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Worse Than A Do-Nothing Congress Is A Do-Bad Congress-- This One Is Both
Will Swing Voters Turn On Republican Incumbents Next Year? Yesterday, Theodoric Meyer and Leigh Ann Caldwell reminded Washington...

Howie Klein
Dec 16, 20236 min read
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Ohio Republicans Have Their Own (Worse) Version Of George Santos They're Running: J.R. Majewski
Lying About Military Service Is Supposed To Be A Big No-No In their last unconstitutional gerrymandering session, the Ohio legislature's...

Howie Klein
Dec 15, 20233 min read
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The Latest House Republican Farce: An Attempt At A Tit-For-Tat Impeachment That Trump Is Demanding
In January 2025, after the Democrats have taken back the House, Jim McGovern (D-MA) will become chair of the Rules Committee. Right now...

Howie Klein
Dec 13, 20234 min read
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The 2024 Congressional Outlook Just Changed In New York-- For The Better
Plus Primary Updates Here And There Yesterday, the NY State Court of Appeals issued a decision requiring the redrawing of the state’s...

Howie Klein
Dec 13, 202310 min read
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Central New York Needs A New, Less Volatile Congressman-- Time To Dump Brandon Williams
Syracuse-based NY-22 is New York’s ultimate swing district, depending what the map-drawer is trying to accomplish. The most recent map...

Howie Klein
Dec 9, 20233 min read
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Blue America Endorsement Alert: Meet Pramila's Sister, Susheela Jayapal
OR-03, basically Portland and some suburbs, is the bluest district in the state, with a D+22 PVI and a partisan lean of D+43. Biden beat...

Howie Klein
Dec 6, 20234 min read
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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...

Howie Klein
Dec 1, 20236 min read
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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...

Howie Klein
Nov 29, 20233 min read
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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),...

Howie Klein
Nov 26, 202311 min read
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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....

Howie Klein
Nov 24, 20234 min read
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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...

Howie Klein
Nov 23, 20236 min read
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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....

Howie Klein
Nov 21, 20234 min read
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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,...

Howie Klein
Nov 21, 20233 min read
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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...

Howie Klein
Nov 10, 20236 min read
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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...

Howie Klein
Nov 2, 20232 min read
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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...

Howie Klein
Nov 1, 20234 min read
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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....

Howie Klein
Oct 30, 20236 min read
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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...

Howie Klein
Oct 30, 20235 min read
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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...

Howie Klein
Oct 25, 20233 min read
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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...

Howie Klein
Oct 22, 20232 min read
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