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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...
Howie Klein
Jan 25, 202311 min read
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McCarthy Is Doing Something He's Never Done Before: Keeping His Promises-- & They're Bad Promises
House Fascist Fringe Cashes In All that bad behavior on the part of the GOP’s fascist fringe… it sure paid off— in spades. A year ago,...
Howie Klein
Jan 18, 20236 min read
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Ever Notice That People Who Want To Lower Taxes For The Rich, Want To Raise Them For The Non-Rich?
Earl “Buddy” Carter is a pharmacist representing a gerrymandered south Georgia congressional district, based on— and disenfranchising—...
Howie Klein
Jan 16, 20233 min read
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The Effects Of Inequality Are Both Worse And More Pervasive Than Is Generally Acknowledged
Grace Blakeley has an infuriating piece in the new Jacobin, Corporate Welfare Props Up the Billionaire Class. “The last year,” she wrote,...
Howie Klein
Oct 10, 20228 min read
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A Case For Alan Grayson
A few months ago, I spoke with Alan Grayson about his thinking about running for his old Orlando congressional seat. He was putting...
Howie Klein
Aug 13, 20226 min read
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What Republicans Fear Most: An IRS Doing Its Job
The House passed the Inflation Reduction Act yesterday— 220-207. Pelosi noted that it “saves the planet while keeping more money in your...
Howie Klein
Aug 13, 20223 min read
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Kyrsten Sinema-- Chuck Schumer's Frankenstein Monster
I can’t say I know Kyrsten Sinema well, but probably better than you do. About a dozen years ago, when she was still serving in the...
Howie Klein
Aug 10, 20227 min read
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I Would Never Vote For A Republican— And I Would Never Vote For Maggie Hassan
According to ProgressivePunch, there are 8 worse Senate Democrats than New Hampshire conservative Maggie Hassan. Hassan mostly votes the...
Howie Klein
Aug 9, 20222 min read
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Corrupt Conservatives Are Fighting To The End To Keep Drug Prices High
Big day today in DC. The Senate will start going through a plethora or idiotic amendments from Republicans trying to hold up the...
Howie Klein
Aug 6, 20223 min read
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Kyrsten Sinema Is About To Destroy Chuck Schumer's Legacy-- And Does He Ever Deserve That!
Too Bad About The Rest Of Us I saw a lady from Arizona on social media pointing out that she feels “tricked” by Kyrsten Sinema for whom...
Howie Klein
Aug 5, 202213 min read
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Larry Summers Has Tons Of Bad Advice To Share— For Free
Recession-maker and former hedge fund manager Larry Summers, perhaps best known as the progenitor of the catastrophic post-Soviet...
Howie Klein
Jul 24, 20222 min read
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Corrupt Millionaire Coal Barron Doesn't Give A Damn If You Swelter
Yesterday Patriotic Millionaires went after Joe Manchin’s deceitful excuses for working with the GOP to sabotage the Democrats’ climate...
Howie Klein
Jul 20, 20224 min read
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The Enemy Of Working Families Isn't Republicans Per Se... The Enemy Is Conservatism
Conservatism isn't necessarily about abortion policy, marriage equality, banning books or preventing vaccine mandates... although these...
Howie Klein
May 20, 20223 min read
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Predictably, The Idiotic Lesser Of 2 Evils Strategy Is Backfiring On Democrats This Cycle
There are some things all Republicans agree never to say out loud-- although it isn't their homophobia. Yesterday the Associated Press...
Howie Klein
Apr 9, 20223 min read
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The Midterm Fate Of The Democratic Party Rests With Its Corrupt Republican Wing
Without many tangible accomplishments, many voters who could be reasonably expected to vote blue in the midterms will probably stay home...
Howie Klein
Apr 4, 20224 min read
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Biden Hood-- Tax The Rich (A Tiny Bit), Give It To The Police
Bernie Has A Better Idea Over the weekend we looked at some reactions from progressives-- mostly positive-- to Biden's proposed...
Howie Klein
Mar 28, 20224 min read
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Good News To End The Week-- Unless You're An American Oligarch
On The Other Hand, A Wealth Tax Would Be Better Well... maybe it's good news. We'll see if conservative Democrats team up with the GOP...
Howie Klein
Mar 26, 20229 min read
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The Man With The Plan: Rick Scott... Raise Taxes On The 100 Million Poorest Americans
You may recall that that on Wednesday we published the 31 page Republican plan for post-midterm governance: So THIS Is Why Republicans...
Howie Klein
Feb 26, 20223 min read
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Joe Manchin Is Always Out To Screw West Virginia Voters-- and The Rest Of Us Too
I hope that no one mistakes that statement by Manchin as something remotely progressive. It isn't. Voters overwhelmingly want the rich to...
Howie Klein
Feb 11, 20223 min read
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Another Kind Of Progressive Wealth Tax: Taxing Land
Americans would love to not pay taxes. Have you noticed? A couple of weeks ago Columbia University research scholar Polly Cleveland,...
Howie Klein
Feb 7, 20226 min read
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