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2000-2020 Archive

There's A Lot More To Saving Our Democracy Than Defeating Trump— The Threat Of The Oligarchs' PACs

Aug 217 min read

There's A Lot More To Saving Our Democracy Than Defeating Trump— The Threat Of The Oligarchs' PACs

Thanks To Citizens United AIPAC And The Crypto-criminals Control Congress Bernie gave an inspiring speech at the convention last night....

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No Labels— A ScamPAC Run By Grifters, Funded By Wealthy Suckers

Howie Klein

May 235 min read

No Labels— A ScamPAC Run By Grifters, Funded By Wealthy Suckers

I read a long lawyerly letter this morning from Alan Grayson to the Federal Election Commission, the iRS and Department of Justice and...

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Give AIPAC The Finger-- You're Either For Genocide Or Against Genocide... There's No In Between

Howie Klein

Jan 213 min read

Give AIPAC The Finger-- You're Either For Genocide Or Against Genocide... There's No In Between

AIPAC and its allies funnel Republican and (illegally) Israeli money into Democratic primaries to defeat progressives. Last cycle they...

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Is Chicago On The Verge Of Electing An Anti-Choice Conservative Republican Mayor?

Howie Klein

Mar 10, 20234 min read

Is Chicago On The Verge Of Electing An Anti-Choice Conservative Republican Mayor?

Chicago is a month away from electing a new mayor in a runoff pitting progressive City Commissioner Brandon Johnson and conservative,...

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War Budget-- Soon It Will Be A Trillion Dollars

Howie Klein

Dec 9, 20223 min read

War Budget-- Soon It Will Be A Trillion Dollars

A horribly wasteful $847 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA- H Res 1512)— disguised in the records so that no one will be...

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Today Is A Really Bad Day For Congressional Democrats-- And For America

Howie Klein

Nov 30, 20223 min read

Today Is A Really Bad Day For Congressional Democrats-- And For America

As Pelosi and the rest of the Democratic establishment puts the finishing touches on transferring congressional power— with no debate and...

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All That Stuff We Need Congress To Do? None Of It Will Happen Without Campaign Finance Reform

Howie Klein

Oct 21, 20224 min read

All That Stuff We Need Congress To Do? None Of It Will Happen Without Campaign Finance Reform

Chicago Congresswoman Marie Newman is one of just a small handful of members of Congress who does just rail against corporate PACs in...

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There's No Organized Effort Among Progressives In Congress To Defend Themselves From AIPAC

Howie Klein

Jul 14, 20228 min read

There's No Organized Effort Among Progressives In Congress To Defend Themselves From AIPAC

The most evil of the Republican PACs is AIPAC’s United Democracy Project (plus their associated Democratic Majority for Israel), not just...

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Republicans Haven't Been Able To Shut Down The Progressive Movement-- Can Hakeem Jeffries & AIPAC?

Howie Klein

Jul 1, 20225 min read

Republicans Haven't Been Able To Shut Down The Progressive Movement-- Can Hakeem Jeffries & AIPAC?

Punchbowl’s Heather Caygle gave Hakeem Jeffries a free ad this morning. I’ll get to it in a moment. But first let me say it made me...

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Remember When You Thought The Handmaid's Tale Was Far-Fetched?

Howie Klein

Jun 30, 20226 min read

Remember When You Thought The Handmaid's Tale Was Far-Fetched?

Americans— and especially American women— are growing increasingly furious at the 6 reactionaries on the Supreme Court and their...

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Who Congress Choses To Protect-- And Who It Choses To NOT Protect

Howie Klein

Jun 16, 20222 min read

Who Congress Choses To Protect-- And Who It Choses To NOT Protect

Tuesday afternoon, the House passed the Senate's version of a Supreme Court protection proposal, which pointedly leaves out the families...

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Hakeem Jeffries' War Against Progressives And Progressivism

Howie Klein

Jun 5, 20222 min read

Hakeem Jeffries' War Against Progressives And Progressivism

I want you to look at this little box directly below from ProgressivePunch. It shows the two members of Congress who have the most...

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The Racist Reactionaries Are Out To Destroy Detroit Progressive Rashida Tlaib

Howie Klein

May 28, 20223 min read

The Racist Reactionaries Are Out To Destroy Detroit Progressive Rashida Tlaib

Biden was quick to endorse reactionary Democratic incumbent, Oregon Blue Dog Kurt Schrader, despite Schrader having killed Biden's...

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Howie Klein

May 16, 20227 min read

$10,000 Isn't Enough-- It's An Insult

I graduated from college in 1969 and Biden graduated a few years earlier. $10,000 in 1969 was a lot of money. In fact $10,000 in 1969 is...

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Your Member Of Congress, Even If A Democrat, Is Probably NOT A Climate Champion-- Want To Check?

Howie Klein

Apr 6, 202214 min read

Your Member Of Congress, Even If A Democrat, Is Probably NOT A Climate Champion-- Want To Check?

The Republican Party is split between two factions when it comes to Climate-- those who don't believe it's even a thing and confuse it...

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Ever Wonder What Bigots Like Marjorie Traitor Greene & Robert Foster Think Of The GOP Closet Cases?

Howie Klein

Mar 27, 20227 min read

Ever Wonder What Bigots Like Marjorie Traitor Greene & Robert Foster Think Of The GOP Closet Cases?

In the early 1930s, the Nazi campaign platform did not include killing 6 million Jews-- and certainly not during the collapse of Weimer...

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How Do You Know Who's A Real Climate Champion And Who's Shilling For The Bad Guys?

Howie Klein

Mar 18, 20223 min read

How Do You Know Who's A Real Climate Champion And Who's Shilling For The Bad Guys?

Last night I had dinner with two of my old friends who have been part of environmental activism in a big way since the 1970's. We wound...

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Select Committee Needs To Grow A Pair-- Serve Subpoenas On Members Who Conspired In Insurrection

Howie Klein

Mar 16, 20226 min read

Select Committee Needs To Grow A Pair-- Serve Subpoenas On Members Who Conspired In Insurrection

People have faith in Justice when it's administered fairly-- and not just as a weapon against poor people and people of color. I noticed...

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Howie Klein

Feb 20, 20223 min read

Ethics-Wise, Ami Bera = Sean Casten?

Ami Bera's sick, elderly father, Babulal Bera, only got a year in prison-- the designated scapegoat to keep his corrupt New Dem son out...

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3 House Races Pitting Democratic Incumbents Against Each Other

Howie Klein

Feb 12, 20223 min read

3 House Races Pitting Democratic Incumbents Against Each Other

There are 3 congressional races where Democrat incumbents are battling it out. Fortunately none of them pit two good candidates against...

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