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2000-2020 Archive

Howie Klein

May 30, 20222 min read

What's wrong with Appling County?

When John Oliver taped his latest show, Kandiss Taylor was polling 4.3%. Perhaps it was the debate clip that Oliver showed that caused...

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Tomorrow Is D-Day For Trump-- "D" As In Defeat... Humiliating Public Defeat

Howie Klein

May 23, 20226 min read

Tomorrow Is D-Day For Trump-- "D" As In Defeat... Humiliating Public Defeat

Speaking last night when she accepted her JFK Profiles in Courage award, Liz Cheney stuck a sharp claw in her own party's eye: "The...

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Maggie Hassan-- The Lesser Evil In New Hampshire

Howie Klein

May 9, 20223 min read

Maggie Hassan-- The Lesser Evil In New Hampshire

Everyone knows that the Democrats' precarious hold on the Senate is in grave jeopardy because of Manchin and Sinema. But not everyone...

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Trump's Up To No Good In Michigan... and Everywhere. Why Hasn't He Been Arrested?

Howie Klein

Nov 16, 20216 min read

Trump's Up To No Good In Michigan... and Everywhere. Why Hasn't He Been Arrested?

Michigan's third congressional district isn't as solidly red as it once was. The two biggest cities-- Grand Rapids and Battle Creek-- are...

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The Most Hated Man In American Politics (Besides Trump)

Howie Klein

Nov 2, 20215 min read

The Most Hated Man In American Politics (Besides Trump)

Yesterday, Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) saw that same tape you just watched above. She was so pissed off that she issued a statement: "Joe...

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Howie Klein

Oct 11, 20218 min read

Which Is Worse-- Facebook Or Amazon?

I wrote a note to Fiji Water when I woke up this morning informing them that Amazon is selling cartons of 1.5 liter Fiji bottles filled...

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Wars Always Have Profiteers-- That's Why We Have Wars

Howie Klein

Aug 24, 20216 min read

Wars Always Have Profiteers-- That's Why We Have Wars

An all too typical Military Industrial Complex contractor, Supreme Foodservice owned by crooks in the UAE and Switzerland, pleaded guilty...

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I Guess Being Woke In Country Music Is A Bad Thing

Howie Klein

Aug 16, 20217 min read

I Guess Being Woke In Country Music Is A Bad Thing

Believe or not, I used to be an editor of Country Music Magazine and I was even part of the Country Music Hall of Fame-- but then I met...

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How Housing Policies Reinforce Systemic Racism-- John Oliver & Shervin Aazami

Howie Klein

Jul 27, 20213 min read

How Housing Policies Reinforce Systemic Racism-- John Oliver & Shervin Aazami

Many of the Blue America-endorsed candidates are prioritizing housing as part of their campaigns. When I saw the John Oliver clip above,...

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Why Do Conservatives Lie all The Time... About Everything?

Howie Klein

May 4, 20213 min read

Why Do Conservatives Lie all The Time... About Everything?

There's not a chance that George Bush's former chief speech writer, lifelong conservative Michael Gerson, has been reading the DWT posts...

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Midnight Meme Of The Day! The Republican Party's New Mascot!

Noah

Apr 22, 20211 min read

Midnight Meme Of The Day! The Republican Party's New Mascot!

by Noah Dateline Washington: The office of $enator Rafael "Ted" Cruz has proudly submitted the photo above to RNC Chairwoman Ronna Romney...

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Aside From Knee-Jerk Obstructionism What Are The GOP Problems With The Infrastructure & Jobs Bill?

Howie Klein

Apr 16, 20214 min read

Aside From Knee-Jerk Obstructionism What Are The GOP Problems With The Infrastructure & Jobs Bill?

Yesterday, Navigator Research did a deep dive into the public's perception of Biden's infrastructure and jobs bill. Even with the GOP's...

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Howie Klein

Apr 4, 20215 min read

Will Biden Cancel Student Loan Debt?

Something like 45 million Americans are carrying some amount of student debt, a debt that often gets bigger rather than smaller. In 2018,...

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Build Back Better... Than Ever-- Without Mayo Pete's Bad Consulting Class Instincts

Howie Klein

Mar 30, 20216 min read

Build Back Better... Than Ever-- Without Mayo Pete's Bad Consulting Class Instincts

Tomorrow Biden will be in Pittsburgh to announce his signature Build Back Better infrastructure and jobs plan. Press reports have it at...

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What's The #1 Most Important Reason To Ditch The Filibuster?

Howie Klein

Mar 2, 20216 min read

What's The #1 Most Important Reason To Ditch The Filibuster?

Plenty of reasons are crucial-- from the GOP obstruction of raising the minimum wage to the inability to get past the conservative...

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Do We Spend Too Much Time On The Republican Civil War?

Howie Klein

Feb 22, 20216 min read

Do We Spend Too Much Time On The Republican Civil War?

In 2018, when Jim Renacci gave up his northern Ohio House seat (OH-16, south of Cleveland, carefully skirting Akron and Canton) former...

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The Republicans Are Counting On Gerrymandering Their Way Back Into Power In 2022

Howie Klein

Feb 1, 20214 min read

The Republicans Are Counting On Gerrymandering Their Way Back Into Power In 2022

This past November, 77,545,341 people voted for Democrats in Congressional races and almost 5 million fewer voted for Republicans--...

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The Trumpists... As Lou Reed Would Have Said: "Piss On 'Em"

Howie Klein

Dec 22, 20204 min read

The Trumpists... As Lou Reed Would Have Said: "Piss On 'Em"

On Sunday, psychotic televangelist and huckster Kenneth Copeland claimed the devil-- and no one knows the Devil better than Kenneth...

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