Down With Tyranny

feat. Howie Klein

Mar 28, 202211 min read

The Democratic Party-- What Is It Good For, Part II

Yesterday, Democracy published an important essay about the Democratic Party by Sarah Miller and Faiz Shakir, The Democrats' Progress....

Mar 26, 20229 min read

Good News To End The Week-- Unless You're An American Oligarch

On The Other Hand, A Wealth Tax Would Be Better Well... maybe it's good news. We'll see if conservative Democrats team up with the GOP...

Mar 17, 202215 min read

Is There A Progressive Agenda? For Starters, The Progressive Caucus Sent This Over To Biden Today

Most, but not all the Blue America-endorsed candidates are big Congressional Progressive Caucus fans and look forward to joining. Some...

Feb 3, 20228 min read

Why Would Anyone Vote For A Careerist Or A Narcissist? But Most Of Our Elected Officials Are

I was talking with Melanie D'Arrigo yesterday. Because her Long Island district has been seriously redrawn to include silvers of the...

Jan 31, 20226 min read

New York's Disgraceful Gerrymander-- Great For Democrats, Terrible For America

There are 8 Republicans in the New York delegation to Congress right now-- Zeldin and Garbarino on Long Island, Malliotakis on Staten...

Jan 27, 20222 min read

Hot News From Long Island: Who's Going To Replace Tom Suozzi?

I'm old enough so that when I see the name Robert Zimmerman I think of this from 1965 or this from 1966. But there's another Robert...

Jan 12, 20228 min read

If Dems Want To Lose Less Seats, They Should Cancel Student Debt, Which Will Boost The Economy

A good look would have been for Biden to have announced on inauguration day that he would cancel student debt. But he didn't; instead he...

Dec 27, 20213 min read

Blue America Leaving 2021 On An Up-Note, Endorsing Long Island Progressive Melanie D'Arrigo

I grew up in Nassau County and went to college in Suffolk County. The two make up the bulk of NY-03, the North Shore congressional...

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