The Problem Is That Perry Hasn’t Been Charged With A Crime— He Should Have Been
What’s Jack Smith Afraid Of? Insurrectionists Like Perry Belong In Prison There are only two Republican-held House districts in...
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Howie Klein
- 2 days ago
- 3 min
Brand New Blue America Endorsement Alert: Jerrad Christian (OH-12)
Ohio’s sprawling 12th district was thrown together by the gerrymanderers in the state legislature from bits and pieces of various...
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Howie Klein
- 5 days ago
- 11 min
Nate McMurray— Taking On The Western New York Political Machine
In 2020, when Nate McMurray was running for Congress in a very red district in western New York (the reddest district in the state),...
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Howie Klein
- 7 days ago
- 4 min
Getting To Know Candidates Helps You To Know What They'll Be Like In Congress-- Jerrad Christian
While the media attention on drug addiction has diminished in recent years, the problem remains a significant public health concern....
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Howie Klein
- Nov 23
- 6 min
How Bad Is MAGA Mike-- And Who Is Responsible For Putting Him In Charge Of The House?
Ready For The MAGA Mike-Donald Trump Shutdown After New Years? MSNBC reported that MAGA Mike made his way down to the capital of...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 21
- 4 min
Yesterday, The L.A. Times Reported That Tony Cárdenas Is Retiring But... They Forgot To Report Why
Corrupt San Fernando Valley career pol Tony Cárdenas is retiring just as the film about his child rape case is about to be released....
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Howie Klein
- Nov 21
- 3 min
New Congressional Candidate In Ohio-- Meet Jerrad Christian
OH-12 was drawn to elect Republicans. The partisan lean is R+34 and the incumbent, Troy Balderson, is the definition of a bland,...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 10
- 6 min
A Pair Of Louisiana Reactionaries Are Steering The Country Towards A Government Shutdown Next Week
MAGA Mike & Scalise Are In Safe Gerrymandered Districts This Bloomberg headline yesterday was, in part, misleading: House Speaker Johnson...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 2
- 2 min
Ironic: MAGA Mike Wins His Battle To Prevent George Santos' Expulsion
It looks like the Long Island drag queen— with his golden crown— tweeted a silly, empty threat aimed at the New York Republicans who...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 1
- 4 min
The DCCC Could Be A Lot Less Ham-Handed And Mechanical In Their District Targeting For 2024
A DCCC-adjacent PAC, the Congressional Integrity Project, launched 18 pretty cool identical ads today that were poorly targeted—using the...
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Howie Klein
- Oct 30
- 6 min
AIPAC Amping Up For Its Multimillion Dollar, GOP-Financed, War Against Progressives
The House was unable to vote on anything for the 3 chaotic weeks when the GOP dumped McCarthy and then was unable to elect a replacement....
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Howie Klein
- Oct 30
- 5 min
Better To See Santos' Political Corpse Rot Around The Necks Of Republican Incumbents Than Expel Him
If you get your George Santos news from DWT and you;’ve been following the whole sordid year-long saga on the blog, you probably think I...
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Howie Klein
- Oct 25
- 3 min
Dems Unite Behind Tom Suozzi--While Long Island Republicans Will Take Anyone Not Named George Santos
George Santos— despite what he says as part of his checker-playing with the federal prosecutors— will not be running for Congress ever...
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Howie Klein
- Oct 22
- 2 min
Report: More Rich People Trying To Buy Their Way Into Congress
Based on FEC reports for the 3rd quarter, these were the big self-funders for July, August and September in Senate races: Silicon Valley...
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Howie Klein
- Oct 19
- 5 min
Can "Speaker Designee" Gym Jordan Cost Republicans More Seats Than Trump Already Is Going To
Are Two Albatrosses Worse Than One? After the second ballot, CNN’s Melanie Zanona reported that some of Jim Jordan's opponents have told...
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Howie Klein
- Oct 17
- 3 min
It Didn't Take Much Arm-Twisting By The Fascists To Flip The GOP Holdouts, Did It? It Never Does
Ready For Speaker Jordan? As part of his… um, charm offensive, Gym Jordan promised a handful of Republicans who were reluctant to vote...
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Howie Klein
- Oct 16
- 4 min
Of The 55 House Republicans Who Cast Secret Ballots Against Jordan, How Many Can Resist Bullying?
Not Many Gym Jordan had enough votes in a secret ballot meeting of the House GOP conference to win the Republican nomination for the...
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Howie Klein
- Oct 9
- 4 min
You Can Count On This: In The House GOP Fever Swamp, The Fever Is Not Going To Break
Over the weekend, campaigning in Iowa, Mike Pence “tore into Donald Trump and pointed to isolationism in the Republican Party as...
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Howie Klein
- Oct 7
- 3 min
Expect A Red To Blue Flip In Central New York-- Unless The DCCC Screws It Up Again
Sarah Klee Hood Can Beat Williams, Mannion Is Way Too Conservative If you follow the political press, they’re always talking about the...
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Howie Klein
- Oct 6
- 5 min
Just What The Democratic Party Needs-- Another Sam Bankman Fried, Financing Conservative Candidates
Another Right-of-Center Billionaire-- This Time Rick Caruso When billionaire developer Rick Caruso ran for mayor of L.A. as a "Democrat"...
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