Public-Private Partnerships-- How Conservatives Shift The Tax Burden Away From The Rich
I was reading a Noah Smith essay on Pakistan this morning-- about how the corrupt political elites are holding the country back. The...
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Howie Klein
Jun 24, 20215 min read
A Bernie Manchin Alliance?
Manchin wants to pass his compromise infrastructure bill and he thinks he has the 10 Republicans who can shut down McConnell's...
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Howie Klein
Jun 16, 20213 min read
Everyone Wants Biden's Infrastructure Bill To Pass-- Except Republicans
In a new Morning Consult poll for Politico, released today, registered voters were asked whether or not they approve of Biden's $2.3...
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Howie Klein
Jun 15, 20213 min read
Republican Infrastructure-- Same As Republican Healthcare: Die Quickly
Progressives are lining up against the all-conservative faux-compromise infrastructure bill. This morning, Bernie said "I wouldn’t vote...
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Howie Klein
Jun 14, 20214 min read
Many Progressives Don't Trust Biden To Deliver. Do They Think Bernie Can?
Today is Trumpanzee's 75th birthday-- may he never have a 76th-- and he is still the worst president, by far, inAmerican history. The...
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Howie Klein
Jun 13, 20215 min read
June 24 Is World UFO Day-- The Media Will Still Be Obsessing Over McConnell Crushing Democrats
A first encounter with extraterrestrials would probably be a big deal-- even bigger than the machinations of Senate conservatives like...
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Howie Klein
Jun 12, 20217 min read
Is It Finally Line In The Sand Time For Progressives?
Margins are so tight in the House and even more so in the Senate, that just a few dissenters on the Democratic side of the aisle can...
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Howie Klein
Jun 11, 20215 min read
Of Course Biden Will Allow 10 Conservative Senators To Dictate The Terms Of An Infrastructure Bill
Late yesterday, 10 conservative senators, half conservative Democrats and half conservative Republicans-- typical DC faux...
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Howie Klein
Jun 5, 20212 min read
Why Are Prescription Drugs Still So Outrageously Priced?
Social Security Works commissioned a poll from Data for Progress to find out what likely voters are thinking about the importance of...
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Howie Klein
Jun 3, 20214 min read
Despite McConnell, Manchin & Sinema, Biden's Presidency Isn't Doomed Yet
On Tuesday, Biden used the bully pulpit-- a plaintive whine in response to reporters' questions about why he isn’t racking up more...
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Howie Klein
Jun 1, 20213 min read
President Manchin Is Forcing Biden To Waste More Time Negotiating With The Obstructionists
So... mañana, Biden plans to waste more time and energy meeting with McConnell obstructionist assistant Shelley Moore Capito, the other...
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Howie Klein
May 26, 20213 min read
Most Americans Would Like To See Biden Go Bigger, Not Smaller
Last month Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ro Khanna (D-CA),...
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Howie Klein
May 25, 20215 min read
Shocked That Biden, Schumer & Pelosi Haven't Turned Out To Be A Panacea? Student Debt Forgiveness?
This morning, Punchbowl News reported that the Senate Democrats now realize they have to use reconciliation to pass the infrastructure...
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Howie Klein
May 22, 20215 min read
How About Not Electing More Conservative Dems In The Pockets Of Corporations, Like Manchin & Sinema
The Jacobin headline looked ominous and it instantly drew my attention-- and concern: An Army of Pete Buttigiegs. Yecchhhh. Short...
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Howie Klein
May 21, 202111 min read
Biden-- More Progressive Than The GOP, Less Progressive Than Most Americans
Shahid Buttar, a recent congressional candidate in San Francisco exploring another run, wasn't in the mood to mince any words when he...
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Howie Klein
May 17, 20218 min read
Simple Sabotage-- And It's Bipartisan!
A de facto "bipartisan" coalition of lock-step Republicans and conservative Democrats is united to block Biden's very modest plans to...
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Howie Klein
May 14, 20216 min read
If Congressional Democrats Don't Support Their Base, They'll Pay Steeply At The Polls Next Year
Establishment Republicans Charlie Dent, Mary Peters, Denver Riggleman, Michael Steele and Christine Todd Whitman wrote an OpEd for the...
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Howie Klein
May 13, 20218 min read
A Normal Tourist Visit-- The 1/6ers
Yesterday, testifying before the Senate Appropriations Committee, Attorney General Merrick Garland told senators that the greatest...
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Howie Klein
May 13, 20214 min read
The Republicans Are Not Negotiating In Good Faith-- They Want Biden To Fail As President
Democrats should Not Enable Them Two weeks ago when Politico released the newest Morning Consult tracking poll, one of the things we saw...
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Howie Klein
May 2, 20213 min read
Most Voters Recognize That It Is Pavlovian GOP Obstructionism That Is Ruining The Country
If you watched the video of Utah Republican Party convention delegates booing Mitt Romney yesterday, you saw some pretty angry, ignorant...
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