Mankind's Greatest Thinkers Have Always Inveighed Against Our Tendency To Slide Into Plutocracy
Let's Take A Look— From Plato To Tolstoy To Chomsky Let’s go back to high school for a minute. When we read War and Peace — in my case—...
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Howie Klein
Jun 203 min read
Detroit's Democratic Primary Features A Pro-Genocide Incumbent vs A Peace Candidate
As of March 31, freshman Shri Thanedar (D-MI) had spent $3,350,000 of his own on his primary reelection bid in a district (MI-13) that...
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Howie Klein
Jun 103 min read
The California Gubernatorial Race Is 2 Years Away—Let's Get Hopping...Starting With Eleni Kounalakis
Cloobeck Thinking Of Running Again— But Not In Nevada This Time Gavin Newsom is termed out in 2026 and jockeying for the gubernatorial...
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Howie Klein
Jun 108 min read
What's Wrong With Extreme Self-Funding Candidates In A Representative Democracy?
Let's Count The Ways So far this cycle, the 4 biggest self-funders trying to buy electoral office failed. No matter the party, I think we...
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Howie Klein
Mar 77 min read
Lots Of Candidates Tried Buying House Seats On Tuesday— Thankfully Most Of Them Failed
In some states— including the two biggest ones, California and Texas— Super Tuesday wasn’t just about the presidential primary; it was...
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Howie Klein
Mar 54 min read
Buying A Seat In Congress— Not Everyone Can Afford One
It’s legal to spend any amount of personal wealth— even millions of dollars, as some do— to fund your own campaign in a federal election;...
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Howie Klein
Feb 124 min read
The Stinking Rich Self-Funders-- Let's Take A Look At Detroit's 13th Congressional District
Here's What's Wrong With Self-Funders Liquor distributor and New Dem waste of a congressional seat, David Trone has, just in the last...
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Howie Klein
Oct 22, 20232 min read
Report: More Rich People Trying To Buy Their Way Into Congress
Based on FEC reports for the 3rd quarter, these were the big self-funders for July, August and September in Senate races: Silicon Valley...
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Howie Klein
Jun 18, 20236 min read
What Do You Call A Tech Bro Who's A Lady?
Lexi Reese Is About To Waste Many Millions Of Dollars Yesterday, Noah Smith asked if “tech bros” ruined San Francisco. I moved there when...
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Howie Klein
May 3, 20232 min read
Maryland Needs Jamie Raskin In The Senate... And So Does America
In 2016 Rep. Chris Van Hollen ran for Senate, successfully, when Barbara Mikulski retired. That opened up Van Hollen’s safe blue House...
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Howie Klein
Apr 24, 20233 min read
MAGA Ohio Senate Candidate Bernie Moreno Favors Reparations-- For White People
I always remember April 16. It’s my sister Michelle’s birthday. It was also the day Abraham Lincoln signed (in 1862) a bill emancipating...
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Howie Klein
Nov 12, 20223 min read
Immense Sums Of Corrupting Cash Was Spent This Cycle-- Most Of It Wasted
Between October 19 and the end of the election cycle, the 3 House candidates who got the most money in contributions of $1,000 and more...
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Howie Klein
Oct 29, 20223 min read
We Live In A Country With A Lot Of Crazy People-- We Can't Let Them Take Control
A new poll released by Pew yesterday shows a great many of our fellow citizens outside the mainstream of historical American thought....
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Howie Klein
Jun 2, 20224 min read
Will Ex-Facebook #2 Try To Buy Feinstein's Senate Seat?
A disgraced, outed gay Republican, driven out of Congress, asked me to have dinner with him after he had gone through some kind of...
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Howie Klein
Aug 18, 20213 min read
Wisconsin Dems Shouldn't Run A Corrupt Multimillionaire Against The GOP Corrupt Multimillionaire
Yesterday, I spoke with Wisconsin Senate candidate Gillian Battino about the shocking report about the multimillionaires trying to buy...
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Howie Klein
Jan 30, 20216 min read
Marjorie Taylor Greene Is A Millionaire Who Spent $953,650 Of Her Own To Buy The GOP Nomination
Conservative careerist, carpetbagging heiress and self-funder, Sara Jacobs, defeated progressive working class candidate Georgette Gómez...
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