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Whether Biden Wins Or Not, Flipping Congress Is Absolutely Essential To Keep MAGA In Check
There are 12 different versions of this ad and Spencer, the Blue America digital director— who made them— is testing them on Facebook and...
Howie Klein
Jun 11, 20245 min read
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What Does Their Willingness To Support Trump Say About Republicans In Congress?
Not To Mention Voters Who Go Down That Dark Path! This cycle my worry isn’t so much about Trump as it is about his congressional...
Howie Klein
Jun 5, 202410 min read
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Republicans Are Preparing For Another Civil War On Behalf Of Their Convicted Felon
I Wonder If They Expect Help From Putin, Xi, Netanyahu & Orbán Late Thursday, Alex Isenstadt reported that Señor T’s campaign “is sending...
Howie Klein
Jun 1, 20249 min read
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Dan Osborn: “People With The Money Never Give Up Fighting. They Are Relentless.”
The Senate Would Be Better Off With A Working Class Member Dan Osborn doesn’t say how he’ll vote in the presidential election— which...
Howie Klein
May 22, 20248 min read
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Guest Post By Jerrad Christian— A Trip Down To The Southern Border
My flight home has me at the airport at 3 am. Everything is quiet, in a stark contrast to the whirlwind of experiences swirling in my...
Howie Klein
May 20, 20244 min read
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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....
Howie Klein
May 18, 20249 min read
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Republicans Are Climate Change Deniers— In Swing Districts Some Feel Compelled To Pretend Otherwise
Jerrad Christian is a Democrat running in an Ohio district that is slowly shifting from rural red to suburban purple. The Republican...
Howie Klein
May 4, 20245 min read
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Support For Individual Rights Has Long Been Progressive— But There's A Twisted Conservative Version
Joseph Stiglitz has a new book, The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society, which contrasts question of freedom and unfreedom...
Howie Klein
Apr 27, 20244 min read
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Congressional Republicans Have Ceded Their Branch To The Trump Campaign
If Trump Wins & The GOP Gets Control Of Congress, Throw Separation Of Powers Out The Window Trump turned the RNC into a branch of his...
Howie Klein
Apr 12, 20246 min read
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No One On Either Side Liked Trump's Messaging On Abortion Yesterday
The Message Was All About Him, Not About Women's Health Trump’s little transactional abortion video yesterday— you can watch it at the...
Howie Klein
Apr 9, 20248 min read
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Most, Though Not All, Republicans In Congress Want To Wait Until AFTER The Elections To Attack IVF
Last week, 4 of Congress’ most unhinged, far right members— neo-fascists Matt Rosendale (R-MT), Bob Good (R-VA), Mary Miller (R-IL) and...
Howie Klein
Apr 2, 20249 min read
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Both Biden And Trump Have Terrible Polling Numbers... So What Will That Mean In November? Anything?
Yesterday, Jack Gillum and Anthony DeBarros reported that last month “Biden’s campaign apparatus said it brought in more than $53...
Howie Klein
Mar 22, 20248 min read
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House Republicans Want To Make The Nov Election About Raising The Retirement Age— Will Dems Fight?
Most GOP Members Just Grabbed The 3rd Rail Of American Politics Last week, I heard Erica Payne, founder of Patriotic Millionaires,...
Howie Klein
Mar 21, 20246 min read
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Congressional Insider Trading: Bipartisan, Very Prevalent, Rarely Prosecuted, Almost Never Punished
And Certainly NOT An Urban Legend After reading Judd Legum’s essay, Congress' stock trading addiction, I got into a discussion with a...
Howie Klein
Mar 20, 20247 min read
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House Democrats Foolishly Failed To Protect Civil Liberties From Authoritarian Republicans Yesterday
The bill to ban TikTok— and don't listen to the hype; it is that— passed yesterday 352-65 with one, Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), voting...
Howie Klein
Mar 14, 20246 min read
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If I Was A One-Issue Voter, It Would Be On The Truly Existential Issue We're Facing: Global Warming
Congress Has Its Head Buried In The Sand-- Or In The Pockets Of Oil Execs Aaron Regunberg was seriously outspent in the 2023 special...
Howie Klein
Mar 11, 20247 min read
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Are You Serious About Global Warming? I Am Too... WE Have To Change Congress— Meet Jerrad Christian
Troy Balderson dropped out of college and went to work for his father’s car business, drove it into bankruptcy and decided to become a...
Howie Klein
Mar 10, 20243 min read
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Republicans Have Found A Hill To Die On: Interfering With Couples' In Vitro Fertilization
The Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling that a frozen embryo— or even a smudge in a Petri dish— is a child, has caused freakout in the GOP....
Howie Klein
Feb 27, 20245 min read
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GOP Impeachment Circus Was A Russian Psy-Ops Concoction Fed To Gym Jordan & James Comer
Marjorie Traitor Greene may not be the stupidest member of Congress— remember Lauren Boebert— but she is certainly the least self-aware....
Howie Klein
Feb 22, 20245 min read
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Allowing Trump To Control The GOP Congressional Delegations Was A Grievous Error
There are 3 candidates running for the California Senate seat who would make excellent senators— Barbara Lee, Katie Porter and Adam...
Howie Klein
Feb 3, 20246 min read
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