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2000-2020 Archive

Democratic Elected Officials Tell The Base What's Possible, The Opposite Of How MAGA-World Works

Jun 26
10 min

Democratic Elected Officials Tell The Base What's Possible, The Opposite Of How MAGA-World Works

On Friday, writing for The Lever, David Sirota noted that “If Democratic base constituencies— college-educated white collars, communities of color, young people, etc.— went beyond merely voting in November and actually made demands of their Democratic lawmakers (and held them accountable in primaries), then maybe the party would pursue its purported agenda with the same urgency as the Republican Party does for its conservative base. And if that happened, maybe more voters wou

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There Are PACs That Raise Money For Candidates & PACs That Raise Money For Themselves

Howie Klein

Apr 26
4 min

There Are PACs That Raise Money For Candidates & PACs That Raise Money For Themselves

I got an e-mail today from an outfit called Protect The Vote PAC, a A 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, charitable organization that claims to be "liberal." The e-mail was on behalf of defeated reactionary Blue Dog, Max Rose, who is running against the Republican who slaughtered him in 2020, Nicole Malliotakis. The e-mail deceitfully made it appear that if you contributed the money would go to help Rose defeat Malliotakis. Rose first has a strong progressive Democrat, Brittany Ramos DeBa

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We Need To Enlarge The Squad-- Axios Predicts That Will Happen

Howie Klein

Apr 25
5 min

We Need To Enlarge The Squad-- Axios Predicts That Will Happen

Earlier this evening we saw that Biden had endorsed Kurt Schrader, the Oregon Blue in danger of losing his seat because... he votes against Democratic priorities-- from lowering the costs of medicines to raising the minimum wage. I wonder which asshole told Biden to do it-- Gina Raimondo? Mayo Pete? One of the 2 scumbag Ricchetti lobbyists? Neera Tanden? There are so many corrupt conservatives around Biden who are just like Schrader, it's impossible to guess. In any case if y

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House Candidates Admire Cori Bush Most... And I think It's The Courageousness

Howie Klein

Mar 30
8 min

House Candidates Admire Cori Bush Most... And I think It's The Courageousness

Yesterday, Democratic state Senator Steve Roberts launched a primary challenge against one of the most-- if the most-- progressive members in the House, Cori Bush. The premise of Roberts' campaign is that Bush voted to hold the line and vote against the infrastructure bill. That turned out to be a very prescient move since the minute Manchin and Sinema got their way on the infrastructure bill, they torpedoed Biden's far more important Build Back Better proposal. Roberts bega

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Can A Member Of The Corrupt New Dems Be A Progressive?

Howie Klein

Jan 27
2 min

Can A Member Of The Corrupt New Dems Be A Progressive?

Wall Street's owned and operated Democratic caucus, the New Dems-- a center of corporate congressional corruption-- added two new members last month, Shontel Brown (OH) and Nikema Williams (GA). It was inevitable that a career-long crooked corporatist like Brown would find her way to the New Dems, but tragic that Nikema Williams did. Nikema, the freshman who replaced John Lewis, joined the Congressional Progressive Caucus as soon as she was elected. Shontel Brown didn't, grav

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If Biden Decides To Run Again, Should He Face A Primary From The Left?

Howie Klein

Jan 1
11 min

If Biden Decides To Run Again, Should He Face A Primary From The Left?

The other day, I asked a mutual friend if Nina Turner was planning to primary establishment lackey Shontel Brown and run for the Cleveland congressional seat again. I noted that Turner sounds a lot like a congressional candidate these days. My friend responded that Nina sounds a lot like a presidential candidate. Early this morning, Politico ran a story, The left is already looking to 2024. Some want to see a Biden primary challenge, that features a large photo of Turner with

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Words Can Illuminate; Words Can Distort & Mislead... "Moderate" Has Been Captured By The Bad Guys

Howie Klein

Nov 10, 2021
5 min

Words Can Illuminate; Words Can Distort & Mislead... "Moderate" Has Been Captured By The Bad Guys

The word "moderate" is one of the most favorable in the political lexicon. The Democratic consulting class and the corporate media use the word to describe conservatives. I've been kvetching about it for a decade. Recently I saw that the idea of calling corrupt conservatives Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema and Josh Gottheimer "moderates," got both Rachel Maddow and Paul Krugman to scratch their heads and figure out that something was wrong. The idea that corrupt conservatives are

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Why The CPC Memo Bodes Well For Progressive Challengers To Corporate Dems

Howie Klein

Jun 12, 2021
8 min

Why The CPC Memo Bodes Well For Progressive Challengers To Corporate Dems

-by Jason Call congressional candidate (WA-02) On May 27, the Congressional Progressive Caucus released its Focus Group Findings on 2020 & 2022 Elections for Congress. The memo contained a slew of revealing information about what voters want from the Democratic Party, and the short story is that the direction #ActuallyProgressive candidates and activists are going is where much of the Democratic base wants to go, and that, as we’ve been saying, the corporate political establi

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Biden-- More Progressive Than The GOP, Less Progressive Than Most Americans

Howie Klein

May 21, 2021
11 min

Biden-- More Progressive Than The GOP, Less Progressive Than Most Americans

Shahid Buttar, a recent congressional candidate in San Francisco exploring another run, wasn't in the mood to mince any words when he read about White House plans to cut back on many of Biden's already very modest budget proposals. "Biden’s decision to abandon his campaign promises to lower prescription drug costs, or allow a public option for health insurance," he told me today, "are sadly both predictable and entirely on brand. He’s been characterized by many confused pundi

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Rural Voters: The DCCC Needs REAL New Leadership--Not Just Musical Chairs... And IMMEDIATELY

Howie Klein

May 20, 2021
5 min

Rural Voters: The DCCC Needs REAL New Leadership--Not Just Musical Chairs... And IMMEDIATELY

This morning began with both Sabato's Crystal Ball and Politico (ok, ok... just National Review editor Rich Lowry at Politico), predicting Republican Party victory in the midterms. They sound like they've been absorbing all the NRCC propaganda that flows out every morning. Lowry: "All indications are that GOP voters are united and energized and the party is doing what’s necessary to make Kevin McCarthy speaker in January 2023, which would instantly squash the never-very-plaus

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Why Are There Still Conservatives In The Congressional Progressive Caucus?

Howie Klein

Apr 12, 2021
8 min

Why Are There Still Conservatives In The Congressional Progressive Caucus?

On Wednesday evening, Marianne Williamson will host a free public virtual candidate summit that includes 15 progressive candidates, mostly for House seats. 11 of the 15 are running for blue seats currently held by Democratic incumbents: TX-30- Jessica Mason vs Eddie Bernice Johnson (C) TX-18- Charles Thompson vs Sheila Jackson Lee (C) WA-02- Jason Call vs Rick Larsen (F) CA-30- Shervin Aazami vs Brad Sherman (D) CA-39- Angelica Duenas vs Tony Cardenas (F) CA-28- Maebe A Girl

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