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The Democratic Party Is Bad Enough, But Even The Least Horrible Republican Is Much More Toxic
We Need To Always Push Back On Lesser-Of-Two-Evils Politics Sen. John Curtis (R-UT) Utah Republican John Curtis was elected last year to...
Howie Klein
2 days ago6 min read
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Asked By Constituents What She’s Doing To Stand Up To Musk And Trump, Elissa Slotkin Attacked AOC
The Senate's worst Democrat You think Fetterman (D-PA) is bad? He is, but Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) has the worst voting record of any...
Howie Klein
3 days ago2 min read
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Anti-Progressive Democrat Jeanne Shaheen Is Retiring From The Senate Next Year
Remember When She Helped The GOP Kill Raising The Minimum Wage? Jeanne Shaheen, always eager to muddy the Democratic brand Yesterday, New...
Howie Klein
Mar 133 min read
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Trump, Vance, Musk, Rubio, Waltz Stabbed Ukraine In The Back— Will FL-06 Voters Put On The Brakes?
Trump Will Be Remembered As The Worst President— And The Most Hated When Mike Waltz was elected to Congress and while he served in...
Howie Klein
Mar 44 min read
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Centrism Has Always Been A Road To Nowhere... Other Than Misery And Fascism
Democrats Need To Fight Harder For The Working Class I think I first became aware of Josh Barro when he represented “the center” on the...
Howie Klein
Feb 283 min read
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Conservatism’s Trojan Horse Inside The Democratic Party Are The New Dems, Corporate Shills
The Fight For Progress Means Taking On The New Dems Too Serving their corporate masters Conservative ideology isn’t just about...
Howie Klein
Feb 165 min read
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The Most Popular Lie in Politics— The Dems’ Branding Problem: Who Really Owns The Word “Moderate?”
If Henry Cuellar Is a “Moderate,” Words Have No Meaning Fake moderates Henry Cuellar and Kyrsten Sinema: corruption personified A big...
Howie Klein
Feb 143 min read
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What's In Store For The Progressive Movement Under Trump And With Republicans Running Congress?
And With Corporate-Aligned New Dems Running The Democratic Party? There will be big changes on the Senate Finance Committee. Gone are...
Howie Klein
Jan 35 min read
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At 84 It's Time For Pelosi To Retire Instead Of Spending Her Last Rotten Days Sabotaging AOC
Some People Just Don't Know When It's Over With the reliably inauthentic Kamala Harris calling on young people (at a Maryland high...
Howie Klein
Dec 18, 20246 min read
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Fascism Addresses This: When You’re Accustomed To Privilege, Equality Feels Like Oppression
Is There A Progressive Response? Tuesday evening, the NY Times published a blockbuster piece based on three interviews with 4-star...
Howie Klein
Oct 24, 20247 min read
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How Much More Conservative Does The Democratic Party Have To Become Before It's The Pre-Trump GOP?
Nothing is free— and that, no doubt, includes Liz Cheney’s support for Kamala. As well as the support from other Republicans. Kamala has...
Howie Klein
Oct 23, 20244 min read
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Always Happy To See Conservatives Turn Against Trump— But Doesn't Make Them Democratic Party Leaders
It doesn’t matter to me if they’re Republicans or Democrats, I have— and have always had— a great deal of animus towards conservatives....
Howie Klein
Aug 24, 20244 min read
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Dan Ruby Likes Taking On Near-Impossible Problems— He’s Running For Congress In A Ruby Red District
Oregon has six congressional districts. 4 are pretty blue; one’s swingy and one is deep red. Dan Ruby thinks there’s a narrow path to...
Howie Klein
Jul 11, 20247 min read
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There's Not Much We Can Do About SCOTUS— Other Than Commit To Never Voting For Any Conservative Ever
In light of the hideous immunity ruling from the Supreme Court yesterday, I just want to remind everyone that 17 Democratic senators...
Howie Klein
Jul 2, 20246 min read
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There Are Reasons That Conservatives Call Themselves "Moderates" Instead Of What They Really Are
In The Long Run, Blue Dogs And New Dems Can Be Worse Than Republicans When conservatives are allowed to appropriate the word “moderate”...
Howie Klein
Jun 13, 20248 min read
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The Democratic Base Has Gotten More Progressive— But Elected Democratic Leaders, Not So Much
Bonus: The American Housing Crisis Yesterday, Gallup’s Justin McCarthy reported that Americans— especially Democrats— have gotten more...
Howie Klein
Jun 11, 20249 min read
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Gingrich's 1996 Memo Fostered Divisiveness— There's A Much Better Way To Do What He Was Attempting
If you’re old like me, you may recall Newt Gingrich's 1996 GOPAC memo, “Language: A Key Mechanism of Control.” Ring a bell?It was...
Howie Klein
Jun 9, 20245 min read
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Look No Further Than The ACA To Understand Why Not "Any Blue Will Do" In Congressional Elections
The any-blue-will-do drumbeat has begun— from the DCCC and from the DCCC-minded. Most of the candidates in the DCCC’s Red to Blue program...
Howie Klein
Apr 1, 20245 min read
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For Decades San Francisco Has Been Liberal On Social Issues & Conservative On All Things Fiscal
But People Are Freaking Out That The City Has Turned Right I washed up in San Francisco after a few years of living in a van, driving...
Howie Klein
Mar 11, 20247 min read
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Can A Real Democrat Defeat Joe Manchin & Jim Justice? Meet West Virginia Progressive Zach Shrewsbury
I’ve been speaking with dedicated West Virginia progressive, Zach Shrewsbury— politically a Bernie kind of guy, not a Joe Manchin kind of...
Howie Klein
Oct 22, 20234 min read
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