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Howie Klein
Feb 25, 20242 min read
Even In A November Blue Wave, South Carolina Will Still Be Trump Country-- It's Who They Are
Yesterday, the NY Times asked what will Haley’s supporters do in November. Few doubt what Haley will do, though. She will endorse Trump...
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Howie Klein
Aug 31, 202311 min read
Tim Scott And George Santos Are Both Gay Republicans— But VERY Different Gay Republicans
When Santos’ Performance Was Over Virtually No One Clapped Early this morning, in the silliest story of the day, Axios writer Alex...
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Howie Klein
Aug 18, 20234 min read
Preview: The First Of The Failed Republican "Presidential" Debates
Trump Will Spoil The Evening The first Republican debate, sponsored by Fox in Milwaukee, is less than a week away. Trump hasn’t signed...
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Howie Klein
Jul 18, 20225 min read
If Trump Runs Again, It's To Stay Out Of Prison And Get Out Of Debt
On Friday, William Rivers Pitt wrote that people in DC are always talking about what Trump intends “to do with his ceaseless presidential...
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Howie Klein
Jun 6, 20223 min read
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...
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Howie Klein
May 23, 20227 min read
The Vultures Are Tepidly Gathering To Pick Trump's Bones Clean-- And Eat His Eyeballs
Last week's YouGov survey for The Economist checked out the favorability among American registered voters for several well-known figures....
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Howie Klein
Jan 16, 20224 min read
Pass The Popcorn-- Trump vs DeSantis
Earlier today I was on a slow line at a pharmacy. The guy ahead of me said "Love your sweatshirt." I looked down: "Feel The Bern." He...
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Howie Klein
Jan 1, 20224 min read
Is Mike Pence Anyone's Salvation? Ticket To Ride?
Before he was subsumed into MAGA-world, Mike Pence was a tawdry right-wing extremist in the House who was elected governor of beet red...
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Howie Klein
Nov 14, 20217 min read
Picking The 2024 Nominees-- All The Potential Candidates The Media Touts, Suck
Friday night, a friend was visiting L.A. and we scheduled a dinner. She asked if it was OK to bring her new boyfriend and, having heard...
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Howie Klein
Oct 31, 20219 min read
Remember #NeverTrumpers Are Not Our Friends. This One Wants Ron DeSantis As An Alternative!
America has never had as existential a threat to the country and Trump and his followers. If the 2016 and 2020 elections didn't get me to...
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Howie Klein
Oct 24, 20215 min read
Does Trump Belong In Prison? Or Should We Let Bygones Be Bygones?
This morning Jake Tapper asked Pelosi if she's going to run for Congress again next year. (She's already agreed not to run for speaker...
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Howie Klein
Oct 19, 20213 min read
Make A Difference-- Help Defeat Trump & Li'l Marco
A new Quinnipiac poll was released today. You can read the whole thing here if you want to. I just want to bring up a couple of points...
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Howie Klein
Oct 13, 20215 min read
Will The Orange Mobster Ever Be President Again?
Today the last major court challenge by sore loser Donald J. Trump and his cockamamie "Big Lie" supporters to the legitimacy of the 2020...
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Howie Klein
Sep 8, 20214 min read
Would You Want To Live In The United States Of Texas?
Texas is the role model for red states transitioning from conservatism to fascism. But Texas' newest additions to the political...
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Howie Klein
Sep 3, 20213 min read
Trump's 2024 Dream-- Him vs Kamala... And It Is Moving In That Direction
Vice President Manchin? There was a lot of buzz last night that Trump is getting serious about jumping into the presidential race sooner...
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Howie Klein
Aug 26, 20214 min read
South Dakota Has Been One Big Super-Spreader
South Dakota hasn't been in the COVID news stories the way they used to when Kristi Noem did everything she could to make her state the...
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Howie Klein
Aug 6, 20217 min read
Gov. DeathSantis (R-FL) Strikes Again
Yesterday, the policies of two right-wing governors up for reelection next year, Texas' Greg Abbott and Florida's Ron DeathSantis,...
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Howie Klein
Jul 24, 20218 min read
Trump Is Driven By Rage & A Need For Revenge And Re-Validation
Yesterday, speaking at a school in rural Vermont, Bernie predicted that a robust infrastructure bill will pass the Senate through...
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Howie Klein
Jul 12, 20219 min read
Fox News Is Killing Off Its Viewers-- And The GOP Is Killing Its Voters; What A Pity!
Toon is my closest friend in Amsterdam, where I lived for nearly 4 years. This morning he wrote that the pandemic is raging again in...
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Howie Klein
May 27, 20214 min read
Republican Establishment Sweating The Reemergence Of Trump
Recent polls show that Republicans overwhelmingly, want Trump as their nominee in 2024-- and that he would lose to Biden by an even...
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