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Last Night's Primaries: Meh-- Although Mo Brooks' Concession Speech Was A Riot
Every election has some degree of importance-- if for no one else, at least for the candidates and the people in the constituency. But...
Howie Klein
Jun 22, 20224 min read
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This Is A Pretty Shitty Political Ad-- And In More Ways Than One
Some overpaid consultant came up with this ad idea (above), probably a team of consultants: Trump endorsed Dr. Oz and now "Dr. Oz is...
Howie Klein
Jun 18, 20225 min read
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Alan Grayson Declared His Candidacy For His Old Congressional District This Morning
I can say with a great degree of confidence that the vast majority of members of Congress make almost no impact-- or absolutely no...
Howie Klein
Jun 14, 20225 min read
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Bitter & Ugly In Defeat, Blue Dog Kurt Schrader Hasn't Joined The GOP... Yet
Defeated Oregon Blue Dog Kurt Schrader is delusional. He was one of only two Democrats to join the Republicans last week to vote against...
Howie Klein
Jun 13, 20223 min read
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DC's Sleaziest Crooks Have Fully Succumbed To The Lure Of Crypto-- & To Hell With The Public
Crypto-billionaires, adept by nature at playing the ponzi game that made them among the richest people on the planet, are spending...
Howie Klein
Jun 13, 20225 min read
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Big Shock In A Red California Congressional District Where A Democrat Came In First
California's new 3rd district isn't really analogous to any of the old California districts. It sprawls over parts of Doug LaMalfa's deep...
Howie Klein
Jun 12, 20222 min read
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A Handful Of Very Wealthy People Are Buying Up Our Government... Is It Too Late To Stop Them?
Billionaires-- who shouldn't exist-- are trying to buy up seats in Congress at a rate I've never seen before. I was so happy yesterday to...
Howie Klein
Jun 11, 202210 min read
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And The Winner Is... Big Money
Overall, challengers from both parties failed to persuade voters to dump incumbents, even though dissatisfaction with Congress is...
Howie Klein
Jun 8, 20224 min read
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Between Sean Patrick Maloney & Hakeem Jeffries The Democratic Party Is Digging Its Own Grave
Today I warned two top progressives in Congress that it will be catastrophic for Democrats and for the progressive movement if Wall...
Howie Klein
Jun 7, 20226 min read
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Trump's Messaging Seems To Work In Most GOP Primaries-- But What About In The General Election?
Since January 8, 2021, when YouTube kicked Steve Bannon's podcast off the channel for spreading the Big Lie, "viewing War Room," Jennifer...
Howie Klein
Jun 6, 20223 min read
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How Bill Clinton Wrecked The Democratic Party As A Legitimate Vehicle Of The Working Class
The New Dems-- The Anti-FDR Wing Of The Party Even if neoliberalism still drives much of the Democratic Party establishment, you may have...
Howie Klein
Jun 6, 20229 min read
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Don't Bet On South Carolina Republican Tom Rice Winning Re-Nomination In The June 14th Primary
ABC News' This Week hosted South Carolina Congressman Tom Rice this morning. Rice is a garden variety conservative in a garden variety...
Howie Klein
Jun 5, 20222 min read
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Hakeem Jeffries' War Against Progressives And Progressivism
I want you to look at this little box directly below from ProgressivePunch. It shows the two members of Congress who have the most...
Howie Klein
Jun 5, 20222 min read
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Republican Congressman Is Quitting Over His Party's Complete Subservience To The NRA
Yesterday, still un-indicted underage sex trafficker Matt Gaetz (R-FL) announced that he supports Rep. Thomas Massie's proposal that...
Howie Klein
Jun 3, 20224 min read
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I Don't Care About The GOP But Primary Campaign Financing Is Perverting The Democratic Party
Is The End Of Progressives In Government Nigh? Every electoral cycle has it's top sewer money villains-- dozens of single-purpose...
Howie Klein
Jun 3, 20228 min read
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The Republican Civil War May Be Scary, But Will That Be Enough For Democrats To Save Themselves?
There's been quite a bit of talk lately about how next time the far right tries a coup, they'll be better prepared and... successful....
Howie Klein
Jun 3, 20226 min read
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Conservative Sewer Money Floods Into Long Beach And SELA On Behalf Of Robert Garcia
AIPAC's shady SuperPAC, United Democracy Project, and it's affiliated Democratic Majority For Israel (DMFI) spent millions of dollars...
Howie Klein
Jun 2, 20225 min read
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Who'll Win Alaska's Special Election? Not Elk, Polar Bear, Owl, Penguin. A Democratic Socialist?
Ready For Congressman Santa Claus? Alaska has the most democratic electoral system of any state-- and the newest and most reformed. And,...
Howie Klein
Jun 1, 20226 min read
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Pelosi's Putrid Hypocrisy & Opportunism Are On Display In South Texas
We still don't know who won the two progressive vs reactionary south Texas races-- TX-28 between reformist challenger Jessica Cisneros...
Howie Klein
May 31, 20226 min read
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Republicans Don’t Seem To Be Able To Distinguish Between Rights... And Wrongs
Does it suddenly seem to you that Republicans are all about curtailing peoples' freedom? They don't just want to leave it up to the state...
Howie Klein
May 31, 20224 min read
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