Progressives May Have The Solutions, But The Corporate Democratic Party? Don't Make Me Laugh
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Howie Klein
Jun 3, 20226 min read
The Republican Civil War May Be Scary, But Will That Be Enough For Democrats To Save Themselves?
There's been quite a bit of talk lately about how next time the far right tries a coup, they'll be better prepared and... successful....
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Howie Klein
May 26, 20224 min read
Is Funding Anti-Semitism The Same As BEING An Anti-Semite? I Wonder What AIPAC Says
When I first heard of AIPAC, in the late 1960s, it was a non-partisan group that seemed to lean heavily towards the Democrats. A lot has...
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Howie Klein
May 24, 20224 min read
A Reactionary Supreme Court Allows Politicians To Sell The Country For Contributions... So They Do
Is Sam Bankman-Fried America's Public Enemy #1? Crypto-billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried wants to do good with the 20 or so billion dollars...
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Howie Klein
May 23, 20226 min read
The Democrats As A Party Is Checked Out-- Fortunately For Them, Some Viable Candidates Run As Dems
Yesterday, we looked briefly at the viciously contested Republican primaries coming up tomorrow in Georgia, Arkansas and Alabama. The...
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Howie Klein
May 22, 20227 min read
"Mo Brooks Is The Least Woke Person In The State Of Alabama"
The still undecided multi-candidate Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary may not have had a best choice but it certainly had a worst...
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Howie Klein
May 20, 20223 min read
Trump's Carnival Freak Show Comes To Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan & Ohio
And They Want To Take Away Your Rights About a week we talked about how lucky Josh Shapiro is to have gotten Trump-backed psychopath Doug...
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Howie Klein
May 19, 20224 min read
Idaho Went Nazi On Tuesday-- But The Mainstream Media Is Ignoring It
Many Americans have all but given up on Idaho. At this point, the state seems more likely to secede than Mississippi or Alabama do....
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Howie Klein
May 19, 20223 min read
Conservatives-- From Both Parties-- Keep Anything From Happening... Even An End To Gas Price Gouging
In his column for New York Magazine this morning, Jonathan Chait asked if the feckless Democrats are already giving up and just ceding...
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Howie Klein
May 17, 20223 min read
Supreme Court Put An Even Bigger "For Sale" Sign On Capitol Hill
Today primary results were influenced by tens of millions of dollars flooding into districts at the last minute to smear grassroots...
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Howie Klein
May 16, 20226 min read
For Progressives-- Tomorrow's Most Important Races
There will be plenty of entertaining primaries to watch tomorrow-- the 3-way shit show among Republicans vying to go up against John...
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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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Howie Klein
May 15, 20226 min read
Republican Leaders Want Trump To Die Even More Than Democrats Do
This headline for the Business Insider yesterday-- Trump charges supporters up to $4,995 to attend rallies where he gives 'motivational'...
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Howie Klein
May 14, 20225 min read
Republican Money Is Gushing Into Democratic Primaries To Nominate Conservative Dems
I Guess Rich Republicans Laugh About Centrists' "Electability" Bullshit Yesterday, Cook published an Amy Walter essay on the so-called...
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Howie Klein
May 12, 20226 min read
It’s Fear That Cripples The Democratic Party-- Fear Of Our Policies, Fear Of Who We Are...
"Somehow, in my lifetime, the Democrats have gone from being the party of the factory floor to the party of the faculty lounge." -Paul...
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Howie Klein
May 9, 20224 min read
"What They Really Believe In Is Subjugating Women... Freedom Is Indivisible"
Yesterday on MSNBC, constitutional law expert Lawrence Tribe persuasively laid out the case against Sam Alito's flawed reasoning in his...
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Howie Klein
May 9, 20229 min read
Pelosi And Clyburn Should Be Organizing A National Strike Instead Of Campaigning For Henry Cuellar
I come from a Democratic neighborhood in Brooklyn and never met an admitted Republican until I went away to college. My political mentor,...
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Howie Klein
May 9, 20226 min read
Smart Democrats Running For Office Are Going On The Offense Against GOP Anti-Choice Extremists
While Pelosi & Her Team Work To Elect Anti-Choice Nut Henry Cuellar Republicans are already seriously discussing-- primarily among...
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Howie Klein
May 7, 20225 min read
Idaho Seceding Wouldn't Be Such A Terrible Idea For America
Earlier we saw how dysfunctional Trump has made the Nebraska GOP. It's a one-party state but the party is at war with itself. Same thing...
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Howie Klein
May 7, 20225 min read
Will Dozens Of Anti-Choice Republicans Be Defeated Because Of The Supreme Court?
Every poll that has tested how voters feel about the Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade has shown that Americans want Roe upheld--...
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