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2000-2020 Archive

Hey Progressives, Play Your Hand, Sometimes The Cards Ain't Worth A Dime If You Don't Lay 'Em Down

Nov 10, 20246 min read

Hey Progressives, Play Your Hand, Sometimes The Cards Ain't Worth A Dime If You Don't Lay 'Em Down

Liz Cheney? Hell No! What Was Kamala Even Thinking? Kamala and those around her— basically the Democratic Party establishment— opted for...

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The Banality Of Evil In Red Hats— 2016-'24: How The Republican Party Base Became The Trump Cult

Howie Klein

Nov 2, 20247 min read

The Banality Of Evil In Red Hats— 2016-'24: How The Republican Party Base Became The Trump Cult

I Don't Want To Blame Kristol, Sykes And Cheney... But It Wasn't Just Fox In 2020— after 4 years of watching the worst president in...

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How Much More Conservative Does The Democratic Party Have To Become Before It's The Pre-Trump GOP?

Howie Klein

Oct 23, 20244 min read

How Much More Conservative Does The Democratic Party Have To Become Before It's The Pre-Trump GOP?

Nothing is free— and that, no doubt, includes Liz Cheney’s support for Kamala. As well as the support from other Republicans. Kamala has...

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Wondering Where The Election Stands Now? Worried Trump Can Worm His Way Back Into The White House?

Howie Klein

Oct 11, 20245 min read

Wondering Where The Election Stands Now? Worried Trump Can Worm His Way Back Into The White House?

Tons of excitement about a new Susquehanna poll showing that Pennsylvania voters on the verge of ousting another Trump-fanatic Freedom...

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Trump Wants To Scare His Supporters So They Vote & Donate— & So Do The Democrats… As Does The Media

Howie Klein

Oct 9, 20245 min read

Trump Wants To Scare His Supporters So They Vote & Donate— & So Do The Democrats… As Does The Media

No One Wants You To Think The Election Is In The Bag Nate Silver— reputably a talented sports statistician— is one of the most widely...

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If Trump Isn't Severely Punished For His Crimes, It's Like Society Signaling His Behavior Is Fine

Howie Klein

Oct 5, 20244 min read

If Trump Isn't Severely Punished For His Crimes, It's Like Society Signaling His Behavior Is Fine

On Thursday in Ripon, Wisconsin, where the GOP was founded in 1854, Liz Cheney told the university audience where she and Kamala were...

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Is The Way For Kamala To Lock Down Wisconsin's 10 Electoral Votes To Appeal To Conservatives?

Howie Klein

Oct 4, 20246 min read

Is The Way For Kamala To Lock Down Wisconsin's 10 Electoral Votes To Appeal To Conservatives?

While She Offers GOP-Friendly Policies, The Greens Rile Up Progressives In 1854, 30 opponents of the pro-slavery Kansas-Nebraska Act—...

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Howie Klein

Sep 8, 20244 min read

Who Is America's Worst Living Villain?

I think Liz Cheney’s announcement that she would vote for Kamala didn’t surprise anyone. I suspect that despite what all the NeverTrump...

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Sure, Both Parties Suck... But Only One Is Fascist— We'll Have To Deal With Her After She Wins

Howie Klein

Sep 6, 20245 min read

Sure, Both Parties Suck... But Only One Is Fascist— We'll Have To Deal With Her After She Wins

Its Not An Ideal Strategy By Any Means I live in California and I never voted for Kamala for anything... and my expectations for his...

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It's Not Enough For Anti-Trump Republicans To Stay Home In Nov— They Have To Vote For Biden

Howie Klein

Mar 25, 20244 min read

It's Not Enough For Anti-Trump Republicans To Stay Home In Nov— They Have To Vote For Biden

Liz Cheney is no fan of Ronna Romney McDaniel’s. “Ronna,” she tweeted, “facilitated Trump’s corrupt fake elector plot & his effort to...

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Worse Than A Do-Nothing Congress Is A Do-Bad Congress-- This One Is Both

Howie Klein

Dec 16, 20236 min read

Worse Than A Do-Nothing Congress Is A Do-Bad Congress-- This One Is Both

Will Swing Voters Turn On Republican Incumbents Next Year? Yesterday, Theodoric Meyer and Leigh Ann Caldwell reminded Washington...

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Kevin McCarthy Calls It Quits-- Sticks It To MAGA Mike And His Very Precarious Republican Majority

Howie Klein

Dec 7, 20233 min read

Kevin McCarthy Calls It Quits-- Sticks It To MAGA Mike And His Very Precarious Republican Majority

A Couple More And Hakeem Jeffries Is Speaker Yesterday, Kevin McCarthy started the news day off with an anodyne OpEd in the Wall Street...

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If Trump And His MAGA Allies Wanted To Screw Up America, What Would They Do Different?

Howie Klein

Dec 6, 202310 min read

If Trump And His MAGA Allies Wanted To Screw Up America, What Would They Do Different?

What Happens If He Gets Back Into The White House? Do you think MAGA Mike actually hates America, or at least America outside of his...

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How Far Down The Rabbit Hole Has The Republican Party Gone With Trump? Is There Anything Left?

Howie Klein

Dec 4, 20236 min read

How Far Down The Rabbit Hole Has The Republican Party Gone With Trump? Is There Anything Left?

Will Liz Cheney Be The Last Anti-MAGA Republican Left Standing? Trump has many debilitating psychological conditions. The most commonly...

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How Disastous Of A Mistake Was It To Have Not Charged Trump With Treason? Is It Too Late?

Howie Klein

Oct 23, 20236 min read

How Disastous Of A Mistake Was It To Have Not Charged Trump With Treason? Is It Too Late?

Over the weekend, the Charleston Post and Courier ran an editorial urging South Carolina Senator Tim Scott to drop out of the...

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There Were People Like This When I Was 20 Too--They're As Much A Waste Of Time Now As They Were Then

Howie Klein

Feb 22, 202322 min read

There Were People Like This When I Was 20 Too--They're As Much A Waste Of Time Now As They Were Then

It's Unlikely Anything Good Will Come Out Of Wyoming This Century Marjorie Traitor Greene tweeted that “everyone” she talks to agrees...

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Liz Cheney Had Her Own Agenda— And She Got The J-6 Committee To Adopt It

Howie Klein

Dec 23, 20229 min read

Liz Cheney Had Her Own Agenda— And She Got The J-6 Committee To Adopt It

Republicans are screaming the J-6 report is “partisan,” but they’re wrong. NeverTrumpers on the outside and, more forcefully and more...

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Midnight Meme Of The Day! Some Rhetorical Questions Re: Liz Cheney

Noah

Dec 12, 20222 min read

Midnight Meme Of The Day! Some Rhetorical Questions Re: Liz Cheney

by Noah Every damn day, I get at least one email that pops up to pollute my inbox by suggesting that I sign a petition to get Liz Cheney...

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Wonder What McCarthy Winds Up Conceding To The Neo-Nazis In His Conference For The Speaker’s Gavel?

Howie Klein

Dec 7, 20227 min read

Wonder What McCarthy Winds Up Conceding To The Neo-Nazis In His Conference For The Speaker’s Gavel?

Or Will Blue Dog Josh Gottheimer Be The King-Maker? Arizona fascist Andy Biggs knows he’s not going to be Speaker and he probably knows...

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Why Can’t We All Just Get Along— Where The Two Corporate Parties Meet

Howie Klein

Oct 28, 20225 min read

Why Can’t We All Just Get Along— Where The Two Corporate Parties Meet

Time To End The Dysfunctional Two-Party System? Over the course of the 117th Congress Michigan New Dem Elissa Slotkin racked up the 3rd...

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