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Republicans Hope No One Notices When They Cut Medicaid While Pretending The Cuts Aren’t Really Cuts
Even MAGAts May Notice Hundreds Of Billions Of Less Dollars Though Republicans have a dilemma. In order to cut taxes for the very rich—...
Howie Klein
6 days ago3 min read
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Republicans Are Dying To Slash Medicaid— Except They Don't Want Their Political Careers To Die
Everyone's Waiting To See What Trump's Sleight Of Hand Will Be This page has 4 pictures of electronic billboards strategically placed...
Howie Klein
Mar 264 min read
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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
Mar 246 min read
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Is A Republican Recession Set In Stone— Or Are We Looking At Something Even Worse Around The Bend?
Trump Didn't Nominate Anyone Good For His Cabinet "Trump Pisses On The World" by Nancy Ohanian Wisely, all 47 Senate Democrats — even...
Howie Klein
Mar 1011 min read
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Unlike Republican Voters, Republicans In Congress Want Lower Tax Rates For The Very Wealthy
Will GOP "Moderates" Stand Up For Working Class Constituents? Most Americans want these 3 bums to pay a lot more in taxes Polling has...
Howie Klein
Feb 177 min read
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Did Musk Buy A Stake In The Presidency? Or Did Trump Bring Him— And Vought— In To Do The Dirty Work?
Trump Is Getting Closer To Death... What Does He Care About? Trump’s deep-seated desire for public adoration is a paradox wrapped in the...
Howie Klein
Feb 28 min read
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Damn Shame That When The GOP Cuts Safety Net Benefits It Won't Be A Disaster Just For Trump Voters
Many Working Class Voters Helped Elect A Plutocracy Yesterday, Greg Ip claimed that cutting the deficit is easy—it’s just unpopular ....
Howie Klein
Dec 27, 20244 min read
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Will Biden Make Up What's He's Losing By Alienating Young Voters, From More Reliable Elderly Voters?
Will Bingo Nights & Ads On The Price Is Right Save Democracy? There’s been a lot written about Democrats panicking over Biden losing very...
Howie Klein
Jun 15, 20244 min read
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House Republicans Want To Make The Nov Election About Raising The Retirement Age— Will Dems Fight?
Most GOP Members Just Grabbed The 3rd Rail Of American Politics Last week, I heard Erica Payne, founder of Patriotic Millionaires,...
Howie Klein
Mar 21, 20246 min read
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How Could The Voters Have Ever Let The Democrats Allow The New Deal Era To End?
Neoliberalism Kills It’s April 19, 1935, time for the House to vote on the Social Security Act. Extremely popular with the American...
Howie Klein
Nov 26, 20239 min read
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MAGA-Mike Thinks Social Security & Medicare Is An Unfair Burden On Wealthy Americans
Who Will Stop The GOP From Eviscerating Those Programs? As DeSantis sees his chances of beating Trump fade away. He’s finally released as...
Howie Klein
Nov 7, 20234 min read
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Should Billionaires Who Refuse To Pay Their Fair Share Of Taxes Face An Automatic Capital Sentence?
Or Just Confiscation Of 100% Of Their Wealth? I pick Door #1. But I've never been squeamish about the death penalty for wealthy...
Howie Klein
Nov 5, 20236 min read
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While The GOP Tries Cutting Social Security & Medicare, Progressives Have Very Different Ideas
Pouring gasoline onto the fire, the Fed raised interest rates by a quarter of a percent yesterday. Meanwhile, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie...
Howie Klein
Mar 23, 20238 min read
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The Republicans Can't Control Their Attachment To Unpopular Extremist Measures Their Donors Demand
Many Of Them Are Starting To Realize DeSantis Is Too Extreme Let’s start with 2 important, loosely related questions— Why is the GOP...
Howie Klein
Mar 17, 20238 min read
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If McCarthy Gives In To Freedom Caucus Demands To Cut Social Welfare Programs, Who Pays Politically?
First Victims Are Republicans Running For Senate Mike Gallagher is a shoe-in for reelection. The 8th district, in the northeast of the...
Howie Klein
Mar 11, 20234 min read
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Do They Really Want To Cut Social Security Benefits?
They Sure Do... Did You Vote For One Of Them? Progressives have proposed bills to protect and expand Social Security benefits by raising...
Howie Klein
Feb 27, 20234 min read
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Reactionary Republicans— The Old Country Club Variety— Have Grabbed The Third Rail And Can’t Let Go
Biden And Trump will Eat Them Alive Neither Trump nor Biden has clean hands when it comes to Social Security. Trump is an inveterate liar...
Howie Klein
Feb 19, 20236 min read
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The Economic Inequality Chasm Has Grown In The Last 40 Years-- Guest Post By Bonnie Watson Coleman
I first met Bonnie in 2013 when she was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly. When Rush Holt decided to run for the U.S. Senate,...
Howie Klein
Oct 23, 20225 min read
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Universal Programs Are Better-- And They Stand The Test Of Time
Means testing has always sounded, at least on the surface, like it makes sense-- just help the poor, not rich people who don't really...
Howie Klein
Oct 15, 20215 min read
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