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 2, 20214 min read
Imagine Manchin's & Sinema's Legacies
Today, Trump endorsed Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) for reelection in a nasty slam against Louisiana's other senator, Bill Cassidy, who is...
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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 29, 20218 min read
It's Not JUST Manchin & Sinema-- There Are Other Dems Pretty Much Just As Bad
Lately, more Democrats have experienced a moment of clarity in terms of the political party they identify with, namely, that there are...
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Howie Klein
May 27, 20218 min read
GOP vs USA... Don't Just Take My Word For It
Today, worried about how effective the dead Capitol police officer's mother was in trying to get senators to vote for the sedition...
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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 13, 20215 min read
Do You Think McConnell Has A Bipartisan Bone In His Body? Or That Any Republicans Care?
Clearly, McConnell and the congressional Republicans do not want Biden to succeed, even if they inconvenience millions of Americans,...
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Howie Klein
May 11, 20216 min read
Joe Manchin-- An Arch-Villain... Or An Excuse?
Did Biden have a meeting with Joe Manchin yesterday? Did they announce how close to the GOP positions on everything they're going to move...
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Howie Klein
May 7, 20214 min read
What Can Democrats Learn From Labour's Catastrophic Losses Yesterday?
This morning, The Hill's Alexander Bolton predicted that Manchin is on a collision course with Bernie and Elizabeth Warren over expanding...
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Howie Klein
May 7, 20214 min read
No! There Are No Bipartisan GOP Moderates-- That's A Scam That Only Manchin Pretends To Fall For
This afternoon, when the Washington Post published Paul Waldman's newest column, Don't Be Fooled. GOP 'Moderates' Will Back McConnell's...
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Howie Klein
May 2, 20216 min read
Democrats Giving Up To The Conservative Coalition On Infrastructure
Almost the whole time I was growing up, the Democrats controlled Congress. There were more Democrats in the House and more Democrats in...
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Howie Klein
May 1, 20214 min read
The GOP Is Very Lucky Joe Manchin Is A Senator-- He Just Vetoed DC Statehood
Wyoming's population is 581,075, just over 5,000 of whom are African-Americans. It is one of 10 states where over 90% of the population...
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Howie Klein
Apr 25, 20217 min read
Whose Ox Is Going To Be Gored?-- Taxes
The idea of a literal ox goring someone was first brought up in the Old Testament (Exodus chapter 21:28-36) but the way the cliché "Whose...
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Howie Klein
Apr 24, 20218 min read
Compromise Isn't The Same Thing As Surrender-- Someone Needs To Explain That To Joe Manchin
The most successful legislators understand and embrace the art of compromise. Often it's the only way to get anything viewed as...
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Howie Klein
Apr 5, 20217 min read
Does It Shock You That DINOs Side With The GOP Against Increasing Taxes On Corporations
One of the critiques of Biden's infrastructure proposal involves the plans for taxation to cover the $2 trillion + cost. Progressives,...
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Howie Klein
Mar 27, 20218 min read
Who's Worse, Manchin Or Sinema?
Spoiler alert: Manchin is sane and rational; Sinema is neither. The NY Times ran a big Joe Manchin piece by Jonathan Martin today, In...
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Howie Klein
Mar 27, 20214 min read
It's Saturday & The First Day Of Passover & Bernie Is My Hero
Manchin-- whose wife is getting appointed to a regional development sinecure-- is all gung-ho going big on the infrastructure bill,...
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Howie Klein
Mar 26, 20213 min read
In The End It Won't Be Manchin Who Kills Filibuster Reform; It'll Be Sinema
In his OpEd for Truthout, this week, There’s a Path to Ending the Filibuster, If Democrats Move Wisely, William Rivers Pitt is onto...
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Noah
Mar 26, 20212 min read
Midnight Meme Of The Day! Mass Murder By Proxy
by Noah American Mass Murder Now Available At The Grocery Store It's no surprise that the very day after the Boulder, Colorado...
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Howie Klein
Mar 8, 20213 min read
Does The Democratic Big Tent Have Room For More Joe Manchins Before It Bursts At The Seams?
Yesterday, Manchin was on Meet The Press pretending that the Founding Fathers-- who purposefully decided legislation should pass both...
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