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Let's Get Real— How Much Damage Can Musk And His Angry Young Incels Actually Do?
After All, Trump Is Watching, Right? One of the founders of the Never Trump movement, William Kristol, named his “Why Elon Will Be...
Howie Klein
Feb 67 min read
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Canada May Put A 100% Tariff On Teslas— China Should Do The Same... So Should The Rest Of The World
I loved going up to Montreal to teach at McGill, more so than any classes I taught in U.S. universities. And what a great town Montreal...
Howie Klein
Feb 36 min read
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Those Who Defied Tyranny During World War II Were Their Countries' Heroes—It's Probably Our Turn Now
They Reelected Him Again— 77 Million This Time... We Have To Deal With It When Nixon was elected president over half a century ago, I...
Howie Klein
Jan 219 min read
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How Many Months Will The Trump-Musk Bromance Last? And How Damaging Will The Fall-Out Be?
Partners In Chaos, Partners In Dysfunction, Partners In Disaster Trump may look larger than life, but Musk is pulling the strings In an...
Howie Klein
Jan 23 min read
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Do You Plan To Continue To Call Trump A Fascist? You Ought To... Because He Is One
Yesterday, Josh Gerstein reported that “A collective sense of dread has taken hold at the Department of Justice, which drew Donald...
Howie Klein
Nov 11, 20247 min read
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Striking 2 Blows For Fascism— One In Erie, Pennsylvania And One In Austria
Erie had a MAGA rally Sunday where Señor T called for “one real rough, nasty” and “violent day” of police retaliation in order to...
Howie Klein
Oct 1, 20249 min read
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Trump's Not Rolling Over; He Has Plenty Of Tricks Up His Sleeve— Starting With RFK Jr Mañana
The latest YouGov poll for The Economist , has Kamala up 46-43% over Señor T , with RFK, Jr's rapidly shrinking campaign at 3%. Asked if...
Howie Klein
Aug 22, 20247 min read
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JD Vance: “Trump Is The Fruit Of The Party’s Collective Neglect... Trump Is A Cynical Asshole Like Nixon Or America’s Hitler.”
Marjorie Traitor Greene Is An Even Crazier GOP Spokesmodel Yesterday, ex-congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) said JD Vance’s incendiary...
Howie Klein
Jul 15, 20244 min read
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We Can't Count On Biden Or Kamala To Stop Fascism— It's A Crucial, Shared Patriotic Responsibility
Far be it for me to contradict historian Timothy Snyder’s ideas about turning back fascism— especially when his analysis (How To Stop...
Howie Klein
Jul 8, 20248 min read
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What Kind Of People Turn To Trump Movements Like MAGA And QAnon? Are They All Life’s Losers?
If We Elect Trump Dictator We Never Have To Worry About A Messy Democracy Again Obviously though there’s no one-size-fits-all explanation...
Howie Klein
Mar 18, 20245 min read
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Smirnov-Gate Is Just Starting… & It's Already Being Noted It Could Bring Down Many Russo-Republicans
Laura Ingraham interviewed Señor Trumpanzee on Wednesday: Frau Ingraham: Does this mean you are not going to defend NATO countries if...
Howie Klein
Feb 23, 202411 min read
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The Russo-Republicans Are Outliers When It Comes To The Ukraine Invasion
The newest YouGov poll asked some questions about the war in Ukraine. The results below are from registered voters. Asked whether Russia...
Howie Klein
Jan 28, 20236 min read
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Get To Know The Name Charles McGonigal
Charles McGonigal hasn’t become a household name the way other villains like Marjorie Traitor Greene, Matt Gaetz and George Santos, or...
Howie Klein
Jan 26, 20237 min read
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Until Now We Never Voted On Whether We Wanted A Democracy Or Not
This morning, NY Times writer Jonathan Wesiman reported that 71% of all voters believe that democracy is at risk "but only 7 percent...
Howie Klein
Oct 23, 20224 min read
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CPAC Goes All In On Fascism
Fascistpalooza Budapest-- aka, CPAC 2022 began yesterday with a keynote speech by Hungary's fascist hetman Viktor Orbán. Reuters covered...
Howie Klein
May 20, 20225 min read
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You Want To Put All The Blame On Putin, Not On The Russian People, Right?
I spent about a month with 2 friends in Russia in 2016. We had a great time, mostly in Moscow, where we started the trip and in St....
Howie Klein
Apr 16, 20228 min read
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Will Putin Melt Down When Neutral Sweden And Finland Join NATO?
We began the day with a little historical context for Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine and I want to build on that a tiny bit as...
Howie Klein
Apr 11, 20226 min read
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This Is No Game: Putin Has To Be Stopped
I didn't read Timothy Snyder's Bloodlands. Did you? I loved his book On Tyranny. How did I miss this! My friend Melody turned me onto it...
Howie Klein
Apr 11, 202214 min read
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The Washington Post Publishes Commentary Full of Lies Against Putin-- And Eric Zuesse Catches Them
-by Eric Zuesse On January 29th, the Washington Post published an op-ed by the well-known Yale neoconservative Timothy Snyder, titled...
Howie Klein
Jan 31, 20223 min read
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GOON-O-RAMA, 2021 In Review, Part 8: A Book Recommendation
-by Noah I don't read as many books as I would like to anymore so when I do, I like to make them count. Ditto for the recommendations....
Noah
Dec 27, 20212 min read
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