“Weird” And Its Popular Cousin “Creepy” Are Freaking Republicans Out In A Way “Fascist” Never Did
But Is “Weird” Too Complimentary A Term For Trump And Vance? Yesterday, Melissa Cropper wrote As a Rural Ohioan, I See J.D. Vance for Who...
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Howie Klein
Aug 213 min read
That Whole “Weird” Thing— And Why It Is Working So Well This Cycle
And JD Vance Is Far From The Only Weird Republican, Mascara Or Not Rep Tim Ryan lost the 2022 Ohio Senate race to JD Vance 2,192,114...
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Howie Klein
Jun 132 min read
David Joyce Votes No On MAGA Contempt Of Congress Resolution Against Garland: "Enough Is Enough"
On Tuesday, that Ohio special election that Republican state Sen. Michael Rulli massively underperformed in, was partially financed by...
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Howie Klein
Jun 123 min read
Yesterday's Races: Democrat Outperforms In Super-Red Ohio District Special Election
No Surprises In South Carolina Or Nevada Before we get into yesterday’s primaries, there was a special election in eastern Ohio— filling...
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Howie Klein
Jun 83 min read
Matt Diemer Is Running Against A Guy Who Went On TV And Advocated Turning Gaza Into A Parking Lot
Plus Dennis Kucinich 2.0-- "not our parents’ Dennis Kucinich" There are 4 counties that make up Ohio’s 7th district— part of Holmes and...
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Howie Klein
May 204 min read
Guest Post By Jerrad Christian— A Trip Down To The Southern Border
My flight home has me at the airport at 3 am. Everything is quiet, in a stark contrast to the whirlwind of experiences swirling in my...
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Howie Klein
May 137 min read
Battle For The Senate, 2024: Meet Bernie Moreno, Another Republican Who Cannot Speak Without Lying
Battleground Ohio Trump has promised an “upper class tax cut if he gets back into the White House. He can’t do that without a compliant...
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Harvey Wasserman
Apr 165 min read
Sam Randazzo’s Tragic Death Mirrors That Of Nuclear Power
-by Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman Columbus, Ohio— This week's tragic, sudden death of Sam Randazzo, former chair of Ohio’s Public...
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Howie Klein
Mar 277 min read
Turning Out The Voters Is The Only Way To Win Elections— Dems Used To Be Good At That... Long Ago
We frequently talk about how important it is to run a candidate in every district, even when winning the seat is a long shot. It’s not...
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Howie Klein
Mar 228 min read
Both Biden And Trump Have Terrible Polling Numbers... So What Will That Mean In November? Anything?
Yesterday, Jack Gillum and Anthony DeBarros reported that last month “Biden’s campaign apparatus said it brought in more than $53...
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Howie Klein
Mar 205 min read
Highlights From Last Night's Primary Results— Ohio, Illinois, Trump's Failing Campaign
The only thing noteworthy about the presidential primaries is that the Republican vote against Trump was much stronger than anyone...
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Howie Klein
Mar 185 min read
A Defeat For Moreno ("Nardo19672") Tomorrow Will Be A Blow Against GOP Collaboration With Putin
The MAGA War Against Ukraine Northeast Philly is a safely Democratic district with a D+41 partisan lean. Just 38.6% of the residents are...
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Howie Klein
Mar 166 min read
I Guessed Bernie Moreno Was A Self-Loathing Closet Case 2 Years Ago— Now Everyone In Ohio Knows
I don’t remember the last time I had sex. It was years before the onset of the pandemic. I consider myself still gay though— kind of like...
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Howie Klein
Feb 34 min read
The Opportunistic De-Evolution Of Ohio Republican Bernie Moreno-- From Worm To MAGAt
Before either DEVO or I was signed by Warner Bros Records, the band released a fantastic self-produced single, “Mongoloid” b/w “Jocko...
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Howie Klein
Dec 31, 20234 min read
Whether Dirty Diapers Or Sulpher, Trumpschmerz Stinks To High Heaven; Can They Smell It In Ohio?
Why Do House Republicans Like Troy Balderson Blindly Follow Trump? Susan Glasser’s end of the year missive in the New Yorker, The Year We...
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Howie Klein
Dec 19, 20235 min read
Can The Democrats Hold The Senate In 2024? It'll Be Tough Even In A Blue Year... But Not Impossible
The Democratic and Republican Parties in Nassau County were both over the moon when Congress kicked George Santos out of Congress. They...
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Howie Klein
Dec 15, 20233 min read
Ohio Republicans Have Their Own (Worse) Version Of George Santos They're Running: J.R. Majewski
Lying About Military Service Is Supposed To Be A Big No-No In their last unconstitutional gerrymandering session, the Ohio legislature's...
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Howie Klein
Dec 6, 20234 min read
Did Trump "Cure" The Opioid Epidemic In Rural America? Or Did His Policies Make It Even Worse?
In 2016, Trump campaigned, at least in rural areas, that he would “cure” the opioid crisis. He didn’t. A 2020 report by the National...
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Howie Klein
Dec 3, 20238 min read
There's A Whole Class Of "Anti-Woke" Grifters Now, A Key Component Of The Republican Party
Meet The Zieglers-- Just Don't Invite Them Over For Dinner Rick Wilson can be a real hoot— and how else can anyone process the latest...
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Howie Klein
Nov 29, 20233 min read
Brand New Blue America Endorsement Alert: Jerrad Christian (OH-12)
Ohio’s sprawling 12th district was thrown together by the gerrymanderers in the state legislature from bits and pieces of various...
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