McCarthy Needs Scapegoats For His Catastrophic Speakership-- Which Gets Worse By The Day
His Deal With The Fascists Is Coming Home To Roost Based on a new poll the AP commissioned, Amanda Seitz and Hannah Fingerhut reported...
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Howie Klein
Mar 31, 20237 min read
Trump's Kiss Of Death For 2024 Will Be Even More Lethal For Republicans Than It Was Last Year!
The Indictment-- And More Jonathan Chait’s column on how Trump is using DeSantis’ record on Social Security and Medicare to destroy his...
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Howie Klein
Mar 23, 20235 min read
Conservative Politicians In DC, Who Don't Even Know What Work Is, Think We Should All Work Longer
French Workers Are Fighting Back-- Will Americans? American conservatives are eager to raise the retirement age. The alternative is...
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Howie Klein
Mar 11, 20234 min read
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...
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Howie Klein
Feb 28, 20234 min read
Corporate Whores Are Still Desperate To Use The Debt Ceiling as Camoflage to Cut Social Security
Angus King (I-ME) & Bill Cassidy (R-LA) Are Leading The Way-- To Hell Cutting Social Security benefits— by raising the retirement age for...
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Howie Klein
Feb 27, 20234 min read
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...
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Howie Klein
Feb 23, 20234 min read
Mike Pence Previews His Platform On CNBC: Austerity For Us, Billions For Wall Street
So Mike Pence wants to run in the Privatize Social Security lane. He’s now publicly embracing his old austeritarian self— the opposite...
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Howie Klein
Feb 19, 20236 min read
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...
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Howie Klein
Feb 16, 20235 min read
Congressional Republicans Are Not Unified Around Policies-- Just A Naked Lust For Power
The Neo-Fascist Wing Has Wrecked The Party Agenda Aside from Hunter Biden’s laptop, do the House Republicans have any agenda— something...
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Howie Klein
Feb 14, 20236 min read
Do GOP Politicians Really Want To Cut Social Security & Medicare Benefits? You Better Believe It!
Short of a goobers like Mike Lee (R-UT), Ron Johnson (R-WI) and multimillionaire criminal Rick Scott (R-FL), even the most reactionary...
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Howie Klein
Feb 9, 20237 min read
Who Were Those Rednecks Embarrassing Their Constituents?
Were Voters In Chattooga County Proud Of Their Little Margie Tuesday Night? Probably For many people, the picture that remains in their...
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Howie Klein
Jan 25, 202311 min read
Congress Has A Choice— Cut Social Security Benefits Or Make The Rich Pay Their Fair Share Of Taxes
Yesterday, Catherine Rampell wrote that the House Republicans “say they want to reduce deficits— but meanwhile have ruled out virtually...
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Howie Klein
Jan 21, 20236 min read
GOP Hostage Takers? Disarm Them... Permanently, Part I
25% Of All The National Debt Ever Accrued In American History Was Added Under Trump In 1996, the Republicans rammed through a platinum...
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Howie Klein
Jan 20, 20233 min read
Trump Demonizes House Republicans For Plans To Cut Social Security And Medicare Benefits
Tongue planted firmly in cheek this morning, Catherine Rampell wrote that “Researchers have identified a previously unknown species in...
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Howie Klein
Jan 20, 20233 min read
The French Have A Good Answer To Conservative Plans To Raise The Retirement Age-- General Strikes
Last night, Le Monde reported that over a million people took to the streets to protest the kind of pension “reform” that the Republicans...
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Howie Klein
Oct 26, 20225 min read
Voters Will Back Dems If They Fight For THEM-- Not For Gottheimer's, Manchin's & Sinema's Donors
That’s Mandela Barnes’ new TV ad— the kind of economic populism every Democratic candidate should be leaning into. Incumbent Ron Johnson,...
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Rep. Ted Lieu
Oct 25, 20224 min read
Social Security Under Threat-- A Guest Post By Congressman Ted Lieu
Ted Lieu represents much of the West Side of Los Angeles and has been a stalwart progressive voice, first in the state legislature and...
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Howie Klein
Oct 24, 20224 min read
Why Would Anyone Think A Wall St Shill Like Sean Patrick Maloney Could Message To The Working Class
Trump won Ohio, long considered the ultimate swing state, both times he ran. In 2016 he beat Hillary 2,841,005 (51.3%) to 2,394,164...
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Howie Klein
Oct 7, 20225 min read
Does It Even Matter Which Crappy Party Wins In November? [Spoiler: This Cycle It Does]
Let’s face it, the Republicans have a lot of over-the-top crazies running this cycle— from gubernatorial hopefuls like Tudor Dixon (MI),...
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Howie Klein
Sep 22, 20225 min read
The MAGA Kiss Of Death Is Beginning To Kick In All Over The Senate Map-- NH & AZ Are Already Lost
Trump’s shady Save America PAC raised almost $100 million so far this cycle and, by law— not that Trump has ever cared about any laws—...
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