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The Midterm Fate Of The Democratic Party Rests With Its Corrupt Republican Wing
Without many tangible accomplishments, many voters who could be reasonably expected to vote blue in the midterms will probably stay home...
Howie Klein
Apr 4, 20224 min read
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What Will The Dems Run On? Incrementalism, Scaring People About Trump And... Messaging Bills?
Last night before adjourning, the House passed a bill to cap the price of insulin at $35 a month, every single Democrat + a dozen...
Howie Klein
Apr 1, 20222 min read
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As Long As Congress Tolerates Bribery, Drug Prices Will Remain Outrageously High
Republicans and the Blue Dog, New Dems and corporate whores from the Republican wing of the Democratic Party-- and their allies in the...
Howie Klein
Mar 25, 20223 min read
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Any Blue Will Do? No... Especially Not During Primary Season
A case can be made that there are worse Democrats in the House than corrupt Oregon reactionary Kurt Schrader, a prominent Blue Dog. But...
Howie Klein
Jan 17, 20226 min read
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The Enemy: Conservatives
Mostly under the Build Back Better rubric, Bernie and other progressives came up with a relatively strong package of programs to address...
Howie Klein
Dec 26, 20217 min read
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The Senate, Designed As An Anti-Democratic Institution Should Be An Honorific Debate Club
High Drug Prices Bloated War Budget Biden nominated Dr. Robert Califf as the head of the FDA. Califf, a total shill for Big PhRMA, was...
Howie Klein
Dec 15, 20212 min read
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80% Of Dems Want Lower Drug Prices-- So How Can PhRMA Pawns Like Case & Schrader Be Reelected?
On Wednesday, Andrew Perez and Julia Rock wrote about how a gaggle of corrupt corporate Dems rushed to the rescue of Big PhRMA, while...
Howie Klein
Nov 19, 20215 min read
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Drug Prices Will Never Come Down While Corporate Whores Are Integral To The Democratic Party
Does this sound complicated? Democrats can do the right thing-- the popular thing that people elected them to do-- say, lower the cost of...
Howie Klein
Nov 15, 20215 min read
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Why Are Prescription Drugs So Expensive & Why Can't The Democrats Fix The Problem?
In another Matt Viser Washington Post column, last night he asserted that "Biden entered office determined to rip to shreds most...
Howie Klein
Nov 8, 20219 min read
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A Bunch Of Stuff Happened Today
Let's see... what happened today-- aside from all the regular Manchin drama? I'm sure you heard the great news about JFK, Jr., right? Not...
Howie Klein
Nov 2, 20213 min read
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What Would We Do Without Bernie?
-by Carol Wolman As I watch Bernie battle ceaselessly for a better life for all of us, and a better future for our children, I reflect on...
Howie Klein
Oct 30, 20212 min read
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How Does A Right-Wing Dog Persuade People That Lower Drug Prices Are Bad For Them?
The GOP-oriented Hill, apparently didn't feel it was necessary to identify the lying sack of shit, Mia Palmieri Heck, whose naked...
Howie Klein
Oct 30, 20213 min read
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The Beltway Establishment Doesn't Get Sinema-- She's Not Bluffing; She's Psychotic... And Corrupt
That was some headline from the Associated Press this morning: Manchin agreeable to wealth tax for Biden plan. Biden had Schumer and...
Howie Klein
Oct 25, 20216 min read
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Two Predictions-- Both Dire... Both Avoidable
The first prediction comes from Caitlin Owens at Axios: Democrats' Attempt To Lower Private Drug Prices Is Likely To Fail. The second...
Howie Klein
Oct 15, 20215 min read
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Kyrsten Sinema-- Our Generation's Billy Tauzin With Multi-Colored Wigs & Congress' Ugliest Wardrobe
Democrats better think twice about taking advice about how to save themselves from Republican Ross Douthat. The "helpful" conservative...
Howie Klein
Oct 13, 20215 min read
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What Can The Dems Do About Sinema? Nothing-- But They Can & Should Demote Schumer
Senate Republicans must be thanking their lucky stars for Kyrsten Sinema. She-- and Manchin, but mostly Sinema-- are in the process of...
Howie Klein
Oct 12, 20214 min read
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If The Democrats Don't Clean Up Their Own House With Primaries, The GOP Will Do It For Them
In 2019, the House passed the Raise the Wage Act. Only 6 Democrats voted with the Republicans to kill it-- 6 Blue Dog scumbags... worst...
Howie Klein
Oct 6, 20214 min read
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Prediction: If Dems Fail To Deliver Lower Drug Prices, They Will Lose Both Houses Next Year
Some of the issues Congress is grappling with are complicated enough that everything gets muddied in the wash. But not drug prices....
Howie Klein
Oct 1, 20213 min read
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Voters Are Less Splintered Than Politicians-- Who Are Stoking Hatred & Divisiveness
You should go through this whole look Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball did for the UVA Center for Politics on the political fissures our...
Howie Klein
Sep 30, 20212 min read
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Is Scott Peters-- San Diego Villain-- A Lesser Evil?
In 2012, when multimillionaire conservative Democrat Scott Peters was first elected to a purple San Diego area House seat, it was one of...
Howie Klein
Sep 26, 20214 min read
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