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Remembering Dianne Fienstein-- An Effective Champion For The Wealthy
She Helped Refocus The Democratic Party Establishment I’ve followed Dianne Feinstein’s career since she was a member of the San Francisco...
Howie Klein
Oct 2, 20239 min read
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The Minimum Wage Is 85 Years Old This Week-- Our Corporate Masters & Their GOP Servants Want It Dead
When the 1930 elections came around, the Republicans were still in control of both chambers. The effects of the Great Depression that...
Howie Klein
Jul 27, 20238 min read
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Climate And Conservatism
Earlier today, we looked at David Graham’s assertion that the Democratic Party is now the conservative party. He didn’t talk about the...
Howie Klein
Jul 9, 20234 min read
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The GOP Is Now A Fascist Party-- Has That Made The Democrats A Fundamentally Conservative Party?
The other day, when I was researching some background for the post on Oklahoma Superintendent of Schools, Ryan Walters, a neo-Nazi...
Howie Klein
Jul 9, 20238 min read
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Hostage Crisis? Or Weak, Senile President Crisis?
Sure, McCarthy And Ricchetti Are Pieces Of Shit, But Biden's The Caitiff Default countdown— 8 days? Biden seems fine with caving to GOP...
Howie Klein
May 24, 202310 min read
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A Look At The Comparative Psychology Of Progressive And Conservative Politicians
The Louisiana legislature isn’t exactly an hotbed of progressivism. The state Senate has just 12 Democrats and 27 Republicans (a red...
Howie Klein
Apr 12, 20236 min read
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Why Wisconsin's Election Results Are A 5-Alarm Warning For The GOP-- Not Just A 1 or 2-Alarmer
This morning, conservative types who still bother reading the Wall Street Journal were jabbering about there editorial on the GOP’s...
Howie Klein
Apr 6, 20236 min read
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Conservative Dems Have Failed Miserably In NY— But They Blame Their Shortcomings On Progressives
The Battle Over Judge Hector LaSalle The New York Times has continued shilling for Gov. Kathy Hochul and her choice of conservative...
Howie Klein
Jan 12, 20234 min read
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Conservatives In Congress Want To Take Things Away From People-- Will Voters Take Away Their Jobs?
Oregon Blue Dog Kurt Schrader was the last Democrat in the House to vote against raising the minimum wage and one of the last to oppose...
Howie Klein
Sep 23, 20223 min read
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There's No Organized Effort Among Progressives In Congress To Defend Themselves From AIPAC
The most evil of the Republican PACs is AIPAC’s United Democracy Project (plus their associated Democratic Majority for Israel), not just...
Howie Klein
Jul 14, 20228 min read
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It's Fine That The Conservative Dems Are Vanishing-- But They're Wrecking the Democratic Party
The Democratic Party Is Self-Destructing At The Worst Possible Time Yesterday, if you got past my reminiscences about my early...
Howie Klein
Jul 5, 20227 min read
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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...
Howie Klein
May 26, 20224 min read
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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...
Howie Klein
May 24, 20224 min read
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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...
Howie Klein
May 16, 20226 min read
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Beating An Entrenched Incumbent Is Never Easy-- Nor Is It Impossible. Vincent Fort Is On The Way
David Scott, a corrupt Blue Dog who represents-- although does not live in-- a very blue inner suburban district south of Atlanta, was...
Howie Klein
Apr 6, 20224 min read
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Doug Schoen, Still Pretending To Be A Democrat
If there was a dictionary definition of "conservative treacherous scumbag lobbyist," the photo would be of Doug Schoen. Usually referred...
Howie Klein
Mar 20, 20222 min read
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Putting People First! Meet San Diego Progressive JoaquÃn Vázquez
A decade ago, then Congressman Bob Filner described then state Senator Juan Vargas like this: "While Juan has not yet been convicted of a...
Howie Klein
Mar 18, 20225 min read
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Pulling The Democratic Party Right-- Prevention Is A Battle Worth Fighting
All the regular suspects are inundating the media with "news" items about how the only way for Democrats to win is by turning right and...
Howie Klein
Feb 27, 20224 min read
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Cristina vs Robert-- A Congressional Race You Should Expect To Hear A Lot About This Cycle
Yesterday's L.A. Times ran a nice "both sides now" piece about the Dem vs Dem congressional race in the newly created 42nd district...
Howie Klein
Feb 21, 20225 min read
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Yesterday's Hit Piece On Pramila Jayapal In Politico
Yesterday, Politico ran a hit piece on Pramila Jayapal, likely initiated not by Republicans but by No Labels and the anti-progressive PAC...
Howie Klein
Feb 5, 20224 min read
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