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2000-2020 Archive

Remembering Dianne Fienstein-- An Effective Champion For The Wealthy

Howie Klein

Oct 2, 20239 min read

Remembering Dianne Fienstein-- An Effective Champion For The Wealthy

She Helped Refocus The Democratic Party Establishment I’ve followed Dianne Feinstein’s career since she was a member of the San Francisco...

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Who Will Newsom Appoint To Be The Next Senator From California, Another Corporatist Like Himself?

Howie Klein

Oct 1, 20234 min read

Who Will Newsom Appoint To Be The Next Senator From California, Another Corporatist Like Himself?

It's Not Going To Be A Progressive, You Can Count On That With the not surprising passing of Dianne Feinstein (age 90), the Democrats no...

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The Problem Of How To Deal With Cognitively Impaired Elected Officials Goes Way Beyond Feinstein

Howie Klein

Aug 5, 20235 min read

The Problem Of How To Deal With Cognitively Impaired Elected Officials Goes Way Beyond Feinstein

Time To Revisit Nikki Haley's Cognitive Testing Idea? On Thursday, the NY Post reported that DiFi “has relinquished power of attorney to...

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The Problems Of Senators With Cognitive Decline Go Way Beyond Dianne Feinstein's Dysfunction

Howie Klein

May 14, 20239 min read

The Problems Of Senators With Cognitive Decline Go Way Beyond Dianne Feinstein's Dysfunction

Congress has primarily dealt with problems associated with advancing age by protecting elderly workers. The concept of mandatory...

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Two Pictures Are Worth (At Least) 1,000 Words

Patrick Toomey

Apr 30, 20233 min read

Two Pictures Are Worth (At Least) 1,000 Words

-by Patrick Toomey DWT just ran an excellent piece, Hell's Painter by Skip Kaltenheuser, addressing the indefensible invasion of Iraq and...

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Dianne Feinstein's Staffers Weren't Elected To Anything-- But They're Holding The Country Hostage

Howie Klein

Apr 19, 20235 min read

Dianne Feinstein's Staffers Weren't Elected To Anything-- But They're Holding The Country Hostage

The Senate is such a dysfunctional pile of junk that just about the only thing it can do now is confirm nominees. But with Dianne...

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Good News: The California Senate Election Will NOT Force Us Into Another Lesser-Of Two-Evils Choice

Howie Klein

Jan 15, 20236 min read

Good News: The California Senate Election Will NOT Force Us Into Another Lesser-Of Two-Evils Choice

One flaw with American elections that we write about a lot is how the two establishment parties have fashioned a system that normally...

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Who'll Be The Next California Senator? Someone Better Than Feinstein Or Padilla, I Hope

Howie Klein

Dec 5, 20222 min read

Who'll Be The Next California Senator? Someone Better Than Feinstein Or Padilla, I Hope

More people wonder if conservative Democrat Dianne Feinstein— who is in very bad mental decline and will be 91 if she runs again— will...

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Will Ex-Facebook #2 Try To Buy Feinstein's Senate Seat?

Howie Klein

Jun 2, 20224 min read

Will Ex-Facebook #2 Try To Buy Feinstein's Senate Seat?

A disgraced, outed gay Republican, driven out of Congress, asked me to have dinner with him after he had gone through some kind of...

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David Scott-- Another Member Of Congress Unable To Fulfill His Duties

Howie Klein

May 6, 20223 min read

David Scott-- Another Member Of Congress Unable To Fulfill His Duties

You may have read the San Francisco Chronicle story or the derivative NY Times story about Feinstein having lost her marbles. She's been...

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Dianne Feinstein Is 88 And In Severe Cognitive Decline-- Way Past Time To Retire

Howie Klein

Apr 14, 20228 min read

Dianne Feinstein Is 88 And In Severe Cognitive Decline-- Way Past Time To Retire

Feinstein shouldn't have run last time but she's one of those political freaks-- like Pelosi and most of the careerists in Congress who...

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Retirements, Retirements... Why Not Dianne Feinstein Already?

Howie Klein

Feb 16, 20223 min read

Retirements, Retirements... Why Not Dianne Feinstein Already?

This morning the Punchbowl crew reported that 30 House Democrats have now retired or said they’re not going to run for re-election this...

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Some Old People-- Think Trump-- Are Unfit For The Presidency... But Then There's Bernie

Howie Klein

Dec 11, 20216 min read

Some Old People-- Think Trump-- Are Unfit For The Presidency... But Then There's Bernie

When Strom Thurmond, a conservative and racist South Carolina Democrat who eventually found a home in the conservative and racist GOP,...

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Howie Klein

Jul 21, 20216 min read

CCC-- Worth Fighting For?

This is a letter to Pelosi and Schumer you might want to read. It was sent yesterday by 84 members of Congress-- some senators and some...

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News From President Manchin-- Some Good, Some Bad

Howie Klein

Jul 16, 20215 min read

News From President Manchin-- Some Good, Some Bad

And the bad is really bad. In a meeting yesterday with the Texas legislators who are in DC to save voting rights in their state, Manchin...

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Biden's Filthy Fetid Swamp Isn't As Bad As Trump's. Happy?

Howie Klein

Mar 20, 20215 min read

Biden's Filthy Fetid Swamp Isn't As Bad As Trump's. Happy?

Ever since I was a teenager I thought it would be a good idea for presidents to stop selling ambassadorships-- and that was a lot of...

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