A Blue Dog Who Might Not Be Terrible? It Would Be Novel— First Will Rollins Has To Beat Ken Calvert
Democrats Are Always Better Than Republicans— Why Can't They Wipe The Floor With Them? After yearslong rabid Republican opposition, I was...
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Howie Klein
Aug 2612 min read
Is Affordable Housing The Country's Number One Domestic Problem?
Trump Sees It As An Opportunity To Use Racism To Scare Suburbanites Asked by Ali Velshi what stuck out the most about Kamala’s announced...
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Howie Klein
Aug 178 min read
Trump Demanded It— Now What'll He Say About Kamala’s Economic Agenda…Aside From Shrieking Communist?
Can You Say Family Friendly? Apparently, Kamala and Tim are laughing off Trump’s disingenuous ranting and raving about “communists”— a...
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Howie Klein
Aug 164 min read
Fixing The Price Of Hotel Room Rates— And Apartment Rentals— Violates The Sherman Anti-Trust Act
I’ve been traveling to NYC less recently because the hotel prices in the places I’ve always stayed have sky-rocketed. They were never...
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Howie Klein
Jul 117 min read
Dan Ruby Likes Taking On Near-Impossible Problems— He’s Running For Congress In A Ruby Red District
Oregon has six congressional districts. 4 are pretty blue; one’s swingy and one is deep red. Dan Ruby thinks there’s a narrow path to...
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Howie Klein
Jul 108 min read
New Blue America Candidate Endorsement Alert In Vermont: Tanya Vyhovsky
A Working Class Candidate And A Renter In The State Senate There are 7,383 state legislators in the country— 1,972 state senators and...
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Howie Klein
Jun 119 min read
The Democratic Base Has Gotten More Progressive— But Elected Democratic Leaders, Not So Much
Bonus: The American Housing Crisis Yesterday, Gallup’s Justin McCarthy reported that Americans— especially Democrats— have gotten more...
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Howie Klein
May 2711 min read
Netanyahu Is Very Seriously Undermining The Viability Of Israel As A Jewish State
Most Americans (61%), if fewer than in the past, still see Israel as an ally or at least friendly nation, though that number somewhat...
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Howie Klein
May 189 min read
FDR's Second Bill Of Rights Is What Electoral Politics Should Be About, Not Who The Greater Evil Is
Yesterday I mentioned I had had dinner with Stephanie Kelton the evening before. I forgot to mention a couple of things we talked about....
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Denise Sullivan
Apr 123 min read
Aaron Peskin Joins Race In San Francisco's Ranked-Choice Mayoral Election Just In Time
-by Denise Sullivan In case by any chance you’ve been following the story of San Francisco, in case by chance you care, our city of...
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Noah
Jan 61 min read
Midnight Meme Of The Day! A Fair Insight Into How Rich Pigs See Housing Issues
Your Saturday Cartoon by Noah Congress can hold all the insincere dog and pony show hearings on housing issues they want. And they can...
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Howie Klein
May 15, 202311 min read
For Real, How Much Of An Enemy Of Americans Are Republicans And Other Conservatives?
Yesterday, on Fox News Sunday, Byron Donalds— a former illegal drug kingpin, banker robber and bribery felon— accused Biden of “leading...
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Howie Klein
Jun 20, 20225 min read
Housing Is A Human Right? Yes, In Many Countries... But Not This One
I used to watch John Oliver on Amazon's Prime but now they make you pay for it if you want watch. What else would you expect from Amazon?...
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Howie Klein
Mar 27, 202210 min read
Housing As A Human Right: A Transformative Agenda For Colorado’s 1st District And Beyond
-by Andres Bernal, Senior Policy Advisor for the Neal Walia Campaign The Crisis In every major city in this country we have been...
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Howie Klein
Feb 25, 20229 min read
Houselessness Is Plaguing The American Landscape-- Why Is That?
This cycle, candidates are telling me that housing in the biggest single issue they're being asked about by voters, even more so than...
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Howie Klein
Feb 2, 20224 min read
What Andres Bernal Looks For In A Candidate
A Guest Post -by Andrés Bernal I remember it being about 10 pm Mountain Time in Fort Collins, Colorado when the results of New York’s...
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Howie Klein
Jan 18, 20224 min read
Tom Winter On America's Rural Housing Crisis
Tom Winter and I have been discussing the rural housing crisis in western Montana for 3 years, when he was a state legislator trying to...
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Howie Klein
Jan 18, 20224 min read
Can Bad Politicians Be Forced To Do Good Things?
Rhode Island is a strongly Democratic state-- but a shining example of why not any blue will do. It's been a hotbed of neoliberalism and...
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Howie Klein
Nov 30, 20215 min read
Guest Post By Shervin Aazami: What Can A True Progressive Advocate In Congress Mean For The Valley?
The West San Fernando Valley has been my home for nearly my entire life. Since I was four years old, Brad Sherman has been my...
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Howie Klein
Jul 30, 20219 min read
Public Land, Private Houses: A Proposal To Address The Housing Crisis
To solve homelessness, housing insecurity and address the high cost of housing, we should establish new communities on public land. Build...
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