Democrats Should Do Very Well On Tuesday— But Are Likely To Be Taken To The Cleaners In 2026
I’m very optimistic about Tuesday. I see Kamala winning the national popular vote plus swing states Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and...
top of page
Down With Tyranny
feat. Howie Klein
Search
Howie Klein
Sep 269 min read
Democrats Have Gotten More Pro-Business, Pro-Wall Street— But Has The GOP Gotten More Pro-Worker?
As an institution, over the last couple of decades, the Democratic Party has backed off its full-throated support for unions a bit. Most...
136 views1 comment
Howie Klein
Jun 164 min read
Is Being A Whore For AIPAC— And The Likud— Incompatible With American Progressivism?
John Fetterman, Mondaire Jones, Ritchie Torres On Friday, New York Magazine profiled 3 politicians’ switch from progressive to… not...
172 views1 comment
Howie Klein
Jun 59 min read
Mondaire Jones Comes Out As The Self-Serving, Backstabbing Hypocrite Of The 2024 Election Cycle
Happiest Man In Congress Today: Mike Lawler (R-NY) Blue America backed Mondaire Jones when he ran for Congress in 2020 and we always felt...
190 views2 comments
Howie Klein
Dec 13, 202310 min read
The 2024 Congressional Outlook Just Changed In New York-- For The Better
Plus Primary Updates Here And There Yesterday, the NY State Court of Appeals issued a decision requiring the redrawing of the state’s...
206 views2 comments
Howie Klein
Dec 13, 20237 min read
Congressional Republicans Will Sacrifice Ukraine If It Means Helping Trump Reach The White House
Some Republican senators are in favor of providing assistance to Ukraine— like Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham— and some are opposed,...
144 views2 comments
Howie Klein
Oct 26, 20237 min read
Wondering How Awful The New Speaker Is? DCCC: “Mike Johnson Is Jim Jordan In A Sports Coat”
Johnson Represents A Strain Of An Anti-Democracy Virus That Has Infected The GOP As soon as the votes were counted— 100% unanimity from...
180 views3 comments
Howie Klein
Sep 13, 20235 min read
Agreeing To An Impeachment Inquiry Isn't Doing McCarthy Any Good With Anyone-- He's Still In Trouble
Some Extremists Insist On A Vote Now With No Hearings Or Evidence Looks like Trump sent the demand to his stooges in the House that Biden...
143 views3 comments
Howie Klein
Aug 9, 20238 min read
Ron DeSantis Is Far From The Only Republican On An Anti-LGBTQ Crusade
Polling has shown that in both 2016 and again in 2020 approximately 15% of LGBTQ voters admitted they cast ballots for Trump and his...
144 views1 comment
Howie Klein
Jul 7, 20233 min read
Democratic Candidates Are Ahead-- Until The Billionaires Kick In
Yesterday, Dan Merica and Matt Holt reported that the Democrats’ fundraising advantage, propelled by grassroots donors, is continuing to...
162 views1 comment
Howie Klein
Jun 7, 20233 min read
Good News From Upstate New York
The Return Of Mondaire Jones? Tomorrow is the first day of the Hoffman v. New York State Independent Redistricting Commission litigation,...
159 views1 comment
Howie Klein
May 11, 20239 min read
Trump Knows His Audience Really Well
They're As Odious As He Is Writing for Punch Bowl in the wee hours, Andrew Desiderio outlined the disagreements riling Senate Republicans...
150 views6 comments
Howie Klein
May 1, 20235 min read
For The GOP, Freedom's Just Another Word For Nothing Left To Lose
The idea of letting the folks who stand for banning books, ending women’s choice, targeting the LGBTQ community, and vigorously...
168 views4 comments
Howie Klein
Apr 29, 20233 min read
Ready For Mondaire Jones Back In Congress?
I got some good news yesterday: Mondaire Jones is going to run for Congress in his old Hudson Valley district. He was an excellent member...
167 views2 comments
Howie Klein
Dec 24, 20224 min read
Mondaire Jones Should Run For Congress Again-- Here's An Example Of Why We Need Him
Far Right Judicial Activism Has To Be Addressed Mondaire Jones is one of the best Members of Congress— really high quality....
164 views3 comments
Howie Klein
Aug 23, 20227 min read
Today Is Primary Day In New York And Florida
Expect Very Low Turnout-- Except In NY-03 I suspect most people have already voted, particularly in Florida. But I’m happy to make some...
129 views0 comments
Howie Klein
Aug 18, 20223 min read
Manhattan Voters Know Trump Longer And Better Than Anyone In The Country-- And They Really Hate Him
So He's Trying To Use Grade School Psychology On Them Trump’s 2022 kiss of death is working like this: he’s been forcing his inadequate...
155 views0 comments
Howie Klein
Jul 15, 20222 min read
It Would Be A Blessing For Congress To Lose Sean Patrick Maloney & A Tragedy To Lose Mondaire Jones
Grotesquely corrupt Wall Street darling and current DCCC Chair, New Dem Sean Patrick Maloney has the 10th worst voting record of any...
151 views0 comments
Howie Klein
May 24, 20224 min read
Sean Patrick Maloney Is The 8th Worst Democrat In The House; Alessandra Biaggi Is Primarying Him
When the Democrats in the New York state legislature made their ridiculous gerrymander blunder, on of their stupidest moves was to turn...
155 views1 comment
Howie Klein
May 21, 20222 min read
Some Of The Best And Worst Democrats Running For Congress Are Congregating In The New NY-10
NY-10 is a pretty ideal district for a progressive candidate to run in, especially because there is no incumbent. Mondaire Jones was...
966 views0 comments
: Political News
bottom of page