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Asked By Constituents What She’s Doing To Stand Up To Musk And Trump, Elissa Slotkin Attacked AOC
The Senate's worst Democrat You think Fetterman (D-PA) is bad? He is, but Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) has the worst voting record of any...
Howie Klein
3 days ago2 min read
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What Is Today's Democratic Party A Vehicle For— Aside From Advancing The Careers Of Politicians?
And Apart From Demonizing Trump And Musk? I grew up in a not very political Democratic family in Brooklyn, although my political guru, my...
Howie Klein
5 days ago5 min read
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Democratic Candidates Are Winning Special Elections Even As Voters Say They Hate The Party
Even Democratic Voters Hate The Democratic Establishment & Leadership Although new polling released by NBC yesterday wasn’t exactly good...
Howie Klein
Mar 174 min read
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By Cheating Bernie Out Of The Nomination, The Neoliberal Democratic Establishment Gave Us Trump
Sorry, The Democratic Consultant/Donor Class Aren't Our Friends Elissa Slotkin is a Liz Cheney conservative Democrat, not an FDR Democrat...
Howie Klein
Mar 911 min read
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Democrats Need Some Consensus— A Good Place To Start Would Be Franklin Roosevelt... And Josh Weil
Democratic campaign contributors, according to a report from Amie Parnes and Hanna Trudo, have tightened their purse strings since the...
Howie Klein
Feb 255 min read
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Yes, Democrats Can Defend Minority Groups AND Fight For Strong Economic Policies At The Same Time
Even While GOP Propaganda Says All They Care About Is Trans Sports Trump and his party have, noted Aaron Carroll, “promised to extend the...
Howie Klein
Feb 37 min read
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The Ten Most Important Issues Facing Democrats In Picking A Successful New DNC Chair + 1 More
The Democrats Shouldn't Be The Corporate War-Monger Party Why has Hakeem Jeffries left Marianne Williamson out of his forum? The new...
Howie Klein
Jan 1011 min read
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Ever Think About Why A Conservative Decides To Identify As A Democrat?
Kinzinger's Been Voting Blue... Will He Join The Party? Should Dems Welcome Him? Starting with FDR’s presidency one would describe the...
Howie Klein
Jan 55 min read
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Think There's Still Some Use For The Democratic Party? Here's Some Considerations For Improving It
Yesterday, we bolded a description of the Democratic Party from a spot on essay by Kate Aronoff when she referred to the party as “a...
Howie Klein
Nov 25, 20249 min read
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It May Feel Good, But It's Not Going To Do Any Good To Hate Voters For The Mistake They Just Made
Progressives Have To Figure Out If The Democratic Party Is Their Home Rex Huppke is pissed off — at the American people. Turnout was...
Howie Klein
Nov 8, 20246 min read
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The Three Blue Dog Co-Chairs— Hanging By A Thread
Bernie Speaks For Me Remember Jared Golden’s OpEd about how a second Trump term wouldn’t be so bad. He might not be in Congress to...
Howie Klein
Nov 7, 20243 min read
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Anti-Fascist Conservative Republicans Are Flocking To The Democrats. Are They Bringing Conservatism?
And Economic Progressive Blue Collar Dems Are Going Over To the GOP I always get a good feeling when Obama’s former Solicitor General...
Howie Klein
Sep 22, 202320 min read
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Do You Think The Left Is On The Verge Of Taking Over The Democratic Party?
It's Not, Not The Way The Right Has Absorbed The GOP Marjorie Traitor Greene isn’t right about much, but she was right about Mitch...
Howie Klein
Sep 3, 20238 min read
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The Democratic Party Isn't The Party I Signed Up For-- And The GOP Is Worse Than Ever
It’s weird being the same age as old people We celebrated last night with a couple of adult beverages… Metamucil & Ensure Weight loss...
Howie Klein
Aug 16, 20239 min read
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Recruiting More Blue Dogs To Make The House Democrats More Like Republicans— What A Goal!
How would you like to see more Joe Manchins, Henry Cuellars, Josh Gottheimers and Kyrsten Sinemas among congressional Democrats? The...
Howie Klein
Aug 10, 20239 min read
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Are Democrats Turning Off Young Voters To Electoral Politics?
Young people are inclined to support progressive policies and support candidates who back those kinds of policies. In 2018, 64% of young...
Howie Klein
Dec 12, 20225 min read
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How Bad Does A Party Have To Be To Get Beaten By Terrible, Treacherous, Treasonous Republicans?
I doubt anyone who reads DWT with any kind of regularity would disagree with the premise that, in Robert Reich’s words, the Republican...
Howie Klein
Jul 10, 20225 min read
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Ever Get The Idea Biden Is Just Fine Governing In Conjunction With Manchin & McConnell?
This morning, moments after the illegitimate Trump Supreme Court handed down their decision about Climate Change, MSNBC had Alex Padilla,...
Howie Klein
Jun 30, 202210 min read
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A Memo: If You Abandon Working Families, They Will Abandon You In November
Biden Thinks He Won Because Of Himself, Rather Than Because Trump Lost Alan Grayson launched his congressional campaign on Tuesday with a...
Howie Klein
Jun 16, 20226 min read
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DC's Sleaziest Crooks Have Fully Succumbed To The Lure Of Crypto-- & To Hell With The Public
Crypto-billionaires, adept by nature at playing the ponzi game that made them among the richest people on the planet, are spending...
Howie Klein
Jun 13, 20225 min read
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