CHAOS— Trump’s Best Friend… And That’s Just What His Congressional Allies Are Giving Him
Though MAGAts argue that Trump is a strong leader not afraid to shake things up— and believe that Trumpian chaos is necessary to bring...
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Howie Klein
- Sep 4
- 4 min
Congressional Candidates Like Bernie Are The Good Candidates-- Others... Not So Much
Bernie was on Face the Nation yesterday and it was an outstanding session. I urge you to watch the whole thing. Bob Costa wanted to talk...
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Howie Klein
- Sep 4
- 7 min
Republicans Keep Trying To Limit Voting Rights But So Far This Cycle They Are Mostly Losing
And The Crucial 2023 Elections In Virginia The things that Republicans are trying to take away from Americans is a long story but the one...
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Howie Klein
- Sep 3
- 4 min
Good News From Florida For A Change: DeSantis' Racist Gerrymander Struck Down By Republican Judge
Yesterday was a pretty slow news day— except for one thing: the groups challenging DeSantis’ racist congressional gerrymander, won....
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Howie Klein
- Sep 2
- 12 min
Blue Wave? I Think So… But I Don’t Want To Jinx It
So… Kenahora We don’t have to worry about shedim— not when we have millions of MAGAts running around, armed, self-righteous, aggrieved...
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Howie Klein
- Aug 26
- 2 min
DeSantis' Overt Racism Can't Even Be Abided By Republican-Appointed Judges
On Thursday, state Judge J. Lee Marsh, a Rick Scott appointee, “signaled skepticism” that the congressional maps that DeSantis shoved up...
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Howie Klein
- Aug 24
- 5 min
Schumer Found Another Loser, In A Long Line Of Losers, To Run For A Winnable Florida Senate Seat
Identity Politics At It's Worst A few weeks ago, we floated the rumor that former Congress Member and mediocre New Dem, Debbie...
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Howie Klein
- Aug 23
- 6 min
Ever Wonder Why Your Credit Card Fees & Interest Rates Are So High? Think About That When You Vote
Bipartisan Corruption... Although 100% Conservative North Carolina Democrat Brad Miller, was one of Congress’ best members when I first...
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Howie Klein
- Aug 20
- 3 min
Which GOP Candidates Are MAGAty (And Transactional) Enough To Earn The Trump Seal Of Approval?
I had a chat with the progressive Democrat running for a central Oregon congressional seat, Jamie McLeod-Skinner. We were wondering if...
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Howie Klein
- Jul 9
- 8 min
The GOP Is Now A Fascist Party-- Has That Made The Democrats A Fundamentally Conservative Party?
The other day, when I was researching some background for the post on Oklahoma Superintendent of Schools, Ryan Walters, a neo-Nazi...
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Alan Grayson
- Jun 15
- 2 min
Here's How It's Done-- A Guest Post By Alan Grayson
There was a relatively unimportant vote on the Judicial Selection Committee in Israel Wednesday, which the Netanyahu coalition lost...
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Howie Klein
- May 13
- 4 min
Roosevelt Had A Great Idea Whose Time Has Come: An Economic Bill Of Rights
During his last State of the Union address (1944), FDR proposed an Economic Bill of Rights or Second Bill of Rights. His point was that...
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Howie Klein
- Mar 5
- 9 min
Educational Policy Is Why Floridian Parents May Want To Consider Moving To Another State
Alan Grayson Summed Up DeSantis' School Agenda In 2 Words: "Stay Stupid" Conservatives have always had an agenda regarding education—...
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Howie Klein
- Mar 3
- 7 min
The Debate Continues: Who Would Be More Destructive To Our Country— Trump Or DeSantis?
Yesterday, writing about CPAC for MSNBC, conservative #NeverTrumper Charlie Sykes declared that in the annual far right event that...
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Howie Klein
- Mar 1
- 3 min
Flirting With Fascism? The GOP Has Gone Way Beyond First Base... Especially In Florida
Last night on Chris Hayes’ show, former GOP strategist turned #NeverTrump activist Stuart Stevens slammed the Republican Party as an...
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Howie Klein
- Dec 25, 2022
- 17 min
Maxwell Frost Gets Sworn In On Jan. 3. If You Like Corrupt, Pretend Progressives, You'll Love Him
Last October, before the midterms and before the FTX implosion and political scandal, Ryan Grim posted a wicked-long substack piece, The...
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Howie Klein
- Dec 16, 2022
- 4 min
Finally, Statehood For Puerto Rico? Or Independence?
Not If The Republicans Have Anything To Say About It Conservatives don’t want anything to change. So yesterday when the House voted on HR...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 30, 2022
- 3 min
Today Is A Really Bad Day For Congressional Democrats-- And For America
As Pelosi and the rest of the Democratic establishment puts the finishing touches on transferring congressional power— with no debate and...
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Howie Klein
- Aug 23, 2022
- 7 min
Today Is Primary Day In New York And Florida
Expect Very Low Turnout-- Except In NY-03 I suspect most people have already voted, particularly in Florida. But I’m happy to make some...
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Howie Klein
- Aug 13, 2022
- 6 min
A Case For Alan Grayson
A few months ago, I spoke with Alan Grayson about his thinking about running for his old Orlando congressional seat. He was putting...
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