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Republicans Are Afraid To Be Confronted By Their Own Constituents— I Don't Wonder Why
As he did in 2018, Trump will serve as the ultimate albatross around the necks of Republican congressional candidates, especially...

Howie Klein
2 hours ago5 min read
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Building The 2026 Big Blue Wave— Trump, Vought And Musk Are The Chief Architects, Not The DCCC
One of the big dynamics happening in electoral politics right now isn’t some strange new paradox— it’s the same failed routine the...

Howie Klein
6 hours ago9 min read
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Let's Not Mix Trump Up With The U.S.A.— And Let's Hope No One Overseas Does Either
A Blue Wave Is Forming— A Big One At a small dinner party the other night, one of the guests, an old friend, stated that she never...

Howie Klein
2 days ago5 min read
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Congressional Republicans Want To Gut Medicaid— As Long As No One Losing Their Healthcare Knows
Democrats Are Fighting Back Republican incumbents in districts where no one gets elected without a coalition that includes independent...

Howie Klein
3 days ago2 min read
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Ever Wonder How The DCCC Has Become So Proficient At Losing Blue Seats? Suzan DelBene Is An Expert
Progressive Randy Villegas and conservative Jasmeet Bains Right now there are 37 congressional districts with more than 50% Hispanic...

Howie Klein
Apr 202 min read
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The Most Important Primaries Are The Ones That Will Yield The Most Consequential Members Of Congress
Not More Garden Variety Backbenchers AOC and Saikat Imagine for a moment that Saikat Chakrabarti somehow beats Nancy Pelosi and becomes...

Howie Klein
Apr 194 min read
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Is Iowa Ready To Send A Progressive To Congress Again? Meet Travis Terrell
Travis Terrell is a working class Iowan who grew up in Ottumwa. A full-on progressive , he’s taking on Trump-supporting Republican...

Howie Klein
Apr 184 min read
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What Does It Mean To Be The ‘Good Guys’ If You Shield The Crooks?
When the Rot Is Bipartisan, So Is the Blame New Jersey seems to grow 'em By any measure, Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) is one of Congress’ most...

Howie Klein
Apr 177 min read
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I Think David Hogg's Tenure As A DNC Vice Chair Is Likelier To Be Measured In Hours Than In Months
I spent much of this week looking into primaries that pit progressive activists against establishment candidates who have already run and...

Howie Klein
Apr 165 min read
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Primary Time Is When We Pick The Best Candidate, Not The Lesser Evil— Meet Wisconsin’s Emily Berge
WI-03, a swing district in western and central Wisconsin, includes 19 counties. In 2016, when independent progressive Bernie Sanders...

Howie Klein
Apr 156 min read
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Is Mike Sacks The Guy To End Mike Lawler's Political Career— Or Is He Too Handsome For Politics?
And Too Idealistic, Passionate And Intense? Republican Mike Lawler has been talking a lot about running for governor of New York instead...

Howie Klein
Apr 102 min read
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Will Drugs Do The Republicans In Next Year? Or Can They Finally Stop Trump On Something Existential?
On Tuesday evening, at an NRCC fundraising gala, Trump committed the GOP to political suicide . He said “We are going to be announcing...

Howie Klein
Apr 94 min read
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DCCC Announced Its Target List For 2026— They Should Put More Energy Into Recruiting Good Candidates
Today's List Is Conservative And Unimaginative But, For Them, OK They're gone... but the DCCC is determined to find plenty just like them...

Howie Klein
Apr 82 min read
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Trump Has Turned The Non-MAGA Electorate Against The Republican Party, Possibly For The Long Run
Trump is busy destroying himself. Unfortunately, he’s doing it by destroying the American economy. There is a bonus though; he’s also...

Howie Klein
Apr 74 min read
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Which House Seats Are The Republicans Most Likely To Give Up By Following Trump Into Hell?
Pundits Forecast Half A Dozen— They're Off By A Factor Of 5! Sooner or later every Republican up for reelection next year is going to...

Howie Klein
Apr 62 min read
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Blue America Endorsement Alert On Long Island— Meet Lukas Ventouras
This cycle Nick LaLota will have an opponent who’s not a Republican-lite corporate shill. Blue America has endorsed Lukas Ventouras and...

Howie Klein
Apr 66 min read
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Will There Ever Be A Serious Reckoning Besides A Few Seat Changes In Congress?
There were 300,000 Dutchmen who collaborated with the Nazis Congressional Republicans seemed concerned when voters started talking about...

Howie Klein
Apr 55 min read
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It Doesn't Matter How Close The Election Was & How Much Buyer's Remorse There Is Now— We're Fucked
The U.S. Had A Good Run On The Top Of The Heap "Wrath Of Liberty" by Greg Bart The Wall Street Journal estimated that $2.7 trillion...

Howie Klein
Apr 46 min read
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The Tariffs Are Coming For Us All— Except The Billionaires Who'll Just Get Richer And More Powerful
Mark Zandi Isn't Talking To Musk; He's Talking To You: “I’d Brace For Impact” Professional Republicans— in Congress, in the Trump regime,...

Howie Klein
Apr 27 min read
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Want To Help Elect Progressives To Congress Next Year? Ignore The EMILY's List Entreaties For Money
Seema Mehta started her essay about 4 targeted congressional districts in California with a misleading description, asserting that...

Howie Klein
Mar 303 min read
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