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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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