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2000-2020 Archive

The MAGAts Almost Beat Robin Vos In A Primary-- Now They're Trying To Recall Him

Howie Klein

Jan 114 min read

The MAGAts Almost Beat Robin Vos In A Primary-- Now They're Trying To Recall Him

Wisconsin Assembly speaker Robin Vos is so far right that it’s off the scale. Yesterday, Wisconsin MAGAt crackpots launched a recall...

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Well-Funded Reactionary Police Unions Are Recalling Progressive DAs Who Hold Cops Accountable

Howie Klein

Aug 16, 20237 min read

Well-Funded Reactionary Police Unions Are Recalling Progressive DAs Who Hold Cops Accountable

Next Up: Pamela Price, Alameda County A week or so ago, a tweet caught my attention and it’s been haunting me ever since: “Chesa Boudin...

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What Really Happened In San Francisco's Recall Election?

Denise Sullivan

Feb 19, 20223 min read

What Really Happened In San Francisco's Recall Election?

-by Denise Sullivan “…It should really alarm people that a few tech billionaires can remove democratically-elected public officials from...

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Midnight Meme Of The Day! A Death Cult Depicted On A Map

Noah

Sep 22, 20211 min read

Midnight Meme Of The Day! A Death Cult Depicted On A Map

by Noah Here we are, the results of last Tuesday's California recall vote in nice map form. Those areas where people voted for the...

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The Good News: Trump/Elder Got Pulverized! The Bad News: Newsom

Howie Klein

Sep 16, 20218 min read

The Good News: Trump/Elder Got Pulverized! The Bad News: Newsom

Like 5,887,471 other California voters (63.8%), I'm glad Trumpist crackpot Larry Elder is not going to be governor of my state. Unlike...

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The Big National Lesson From The Spectacularly Failed GOP Recall

Howie Klein

Sep 15, 20214 min read

The Big National Lesson From The Spectacularly Failed GOP Recall

As of dawn today, the recall had gone down to a much bigger defeat than any poll or polling aggregate had predicated. Few pundits thought...

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Big Recall Election In California Tomorrow-- Big Dud

Howie Klein

Sep 13, 20212 min read

Big Recall Election In California Tomorrow-- Big Dud

Democratic Party strategy is working. By not allowing another Democrat to run, by scaring voters into focussing on what a crackpot GOP...

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The Republican Party Has Given Up On Democracy

Howie Klein

Sep 12, 20215 min read

The Republican Party Has Given Up On Democracy

In a new poll released early this morning by CNN, the Democratic lead in the congressional midterm elections is far too small (45-44%)...

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Is It Fair To Ask Voters To Blame Republican Governors For Pandemic Explosions In Their States?

Howie Klein

Sep 7, 20216 min read

Is It Fair To Ask Voters To Blame Republican Governors For Pandemic Explosions In Their States?

Or, as Greg Sargent put it in his Washington Post column today, The Zombie Trumpism Of GOP Governors Gives Democrats A Big Opening....

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Is California About To "Elect" A Deranged Hate-Talk Radio Host Governor?

Howie Klein

Sep 1, 20217 min read

Is California About To "Elect" A Deranged Hate-Talk Radio Host Governor?

People keep asking me why I'm not covering the California re-call. I think I have mentioned it a couple of times but I'm covering it...

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Forget About Voting For Kevin Paffrath In The Recall-- What A Terrible Idea!

Howie Klein

Aug 27, 20215 min read

Forget About Voting For Kevin Paffrath In The Recall-- What A Terrible Idea!

My friend, Lynn Harvey, didn't mean to write a guest post, just a letter to me about the California recall. I asked her if I could share...

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John Amato Makes The Case For Keeping Gavin Newsom In Office

Howie Klein

Aug 14, 20213 min read

John Amato Makes The Case For Keeping Gavin Newsom In Office

And He Makes Sense I have very mixed opinions about the California recall. I'll probably leave the question about recalling Newsom blank,...

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Midnight Meme Of The Day! Caitlyn Jenner Speaks For Repugs Everywhere

Noah

May 8, 20213 min read

Midnight Meme Of The Day! Caitlyn Jenner Speaks For Repugs Everywhere

Once more, for emphasis: My friends are leaving California. My hangar, the guy across... he was packing up his hangar and I said, ‘Where...

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Here In California, It's Do Or Die Time For Gavin

Howie Klein

Feb 5, 20215 min read

Here In California, It's Do Or Die Time For Gavin

-by Sacramento Sam So, I’m just relaxing and thinking about this whole Recall Newsom thing. Actually, I’m having flashbacks to the Recall...

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