Just 116 Of The 7,400 State Legislators In The U.S. Come From Working-Class Backgrounds
That's At The Root Of Very Big Problems— Class War Lee Carter is no longer in the Virginia House of Delegates, nor any other elected...
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Howie Klein
Oct 29, 20234 min read
Let's Make A Real Difference In Virginia-- Today
Early voting in Virginia is in full swing and Election Day is a week from Tuesday— ten days from now. ABC News just reminded folks that...
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Howie Klein
Sep 28, 20236 min read
Virginia Polling Shows Neck & Neck Race...That Could Swing Blue Because Of A GOP Government Shutdown
The College of William and Mary in Virginia was founded in 1693 under a royal charter issued by King William III and Queen Mary II. It’s...
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Howie Klein
Sep 22, 20239 min read
Virginia General Election Voting Starts Today— Not Next Year Or Next Month, Today, Friday
Democratic Party Prospects Look Excellent Virginia Democrats have two over-arching tasks— to hold or expand their slim majority in the...
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Howie Klein
Sep 4, 20237 min read
Republicans Keep Trying To Limit Voting Rights But So Far This Cycle They Are Mostly Losing
And The Crucial 2023 Elections In Virginia The things that Republicans are trying to take away from Americans is a long story but the one...
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Howie Klein
Sep 2, 202312 min read
Blue Wave? I Think So… But I Don’t Want To Jinx It
So… Kenahora We don’t have to worry about shedim— not when we have millions of MAGAts running around, armed, self-righteous, aggrieved...
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Howie Klein
Jul 1, 20239 min read
Republican Supreme Court Screws Students On Behalf Of The Justices' Corporate Sponsors
Moments after the Republican Supreme Court handed down their ruling against Biden’ modest student loan debt relief plan, Data for...
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Howie Klein
Jun 14, 20235 min read
Are There ANY Decent Republicans Who Could Jump Into The Presidential Race? (Spoiler: No)
On Monday, there was a Bob Costa Twitter thread about how GOP wealthy donors planned to draft Georgia Governor Brian Kemp or Virginia...
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Howie Klein
Jun 3, 20236 min read
This Is What's Happening In Virginia Today-- And Texas
C’ville— and surrounding Albemarle County— is one of the bluest parts of Virginia. Countywide Trump got less than a third of the vote in...
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Howie Klein
May 28, 20233 min read
Why Do Republican Elected Officials Hate Public Schools?
Let's Look At Virginia And Alabama Conservatives Recently, an electorally endangered Republican Delegate, Amanda Batten— who has never...
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Howie Klein
May 20, 20234 min read
The Battle For Virginia Is Happening Right Now-- People Are Voting Now
Charlie Sykes yesterday: “Here comes Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin.” He looked at this video below and saw something with “strong...
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Howie Klein
May 9, 20234 min read
Want To Help Elect 5 Progressives To The Virginia Legislature... & Win A Green Day Platinum Award?
I asked HAL, aka ChatGPT, to help me out with this Green Day contest Blue America is using to raise some money for the progressive...
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Howie Klein
May 8, 20237 min read
Republican Education Is Detrimental To America’s Future—It Promotes Conformity & Uncritical Thinking
On Sunday Scientific American published an opinion piece, Fascism’s History Offers Lessons About Today’s Attacks On Education, by Eden...
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Howie Klein
Apr 6, 20233 min read
Why Jessica Anderson Rejected An Endorsement From Clean Virginia-- And Returned Their Contribution
Jessica Anderson is one of the candidates running for the state legislature in Virginia endorsed by Blue America. She’s running a...
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Howie Klein
Apr 3, 202320 min read
Choice Is Healthcare-- It Is Also Agency & Freedom... And The GOP Is Trying To Take Away All 3
Tomorrow is the big day in Wisconsin— voters are deciding, via a Supreme Court election whether abortions in that state will be banned or...
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Howie Klein
Mar 26, 20233 min read
It Would Be A Big Mistake For Democrats To Join The GOP In Banning TikTok
I don't know anyone who uses TikTok as an organizing tool more successfully than Virginia progressive Jessica Anderson. So I asked her to...
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Howie Klein
Mar 13, 20233 min read
Now Virginia Culture Warrior Glenn Youngkin Says He Wants To Be Gender-Neutral
On Thursday, Glenn Youngkin was in DC for a town hall on education policy. He had agreed in advance to take a question from a 17 year old...
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Howie Klein
Mar 10, 20234 min read
The Dems Have Ignored State Legislative Races For Too Long-- And Has Paid A Price-- That's Changing
2023 Is All About Virginia, Virginia, Virginia There are two important off-cycle legislative elections this year— one in New Jersey and...
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Howie Klein
Mar 3, 20237 min read
The Debate Continues: Who Would Be More Destructive To Our Country— Trump Or DeSantis?
Yesterday, writing about CPAC for MSNBC, conservative #NeverTrumper Charlie Sykes declared that in the annual far right event that...
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Howie Klein
Feb 23, 20233 min read
Republican Poster Boy Du Jour: Alaska Rep. David Eastman
David Eastman is a wingnut from Orange County (California) who was first elected to the Alaska state House in 2016, where he represents a...
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