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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...

Howie Klein
Aug 24, 20235 min read
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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...

Howie Klein
Aug 23, 20236 min read
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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...

Howie Klein
Aug 20, 20233 min read
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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...

Howie Klein
Jul 9, 20238 min read
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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...

Alan Grayson
Jun 15, 20232 min read
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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...

Howie Klein
May 13, 20234 min read
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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—...

Howie Klein
Mar 5, 20239 min read
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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...

Howie Klein
Mar 3, 20237 min read
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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...

Howie Klein
Mar 1, 20233 min read
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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...

Howie Klein
Dec 25, 202217 min read
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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...

Howie Klein
Dec 16, 20224 min read
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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...

Howie Klein
Nov 30, 20223 min read
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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...

Howie Klein
Aug 23, 20227 min read
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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...

Howie Klein
Aug 13, 20226 min read
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Bullshit Detector Alert: Maxwell Frost
This cycle I’ve had lots of calls from lots of new candidates running for office. They want support from Blue America. And I’ve been so...

Howie Klein
Aug 10, 20228 min read
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The IRS Needs To Tax Crooked Political Operations Pretending To Be Religions
I’m so-so ok with bona fide religious institutions not paying taxes on donations from their members, you know, like when they pass the...

Howie Klein
Aug 3, 20222 min read
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Time For A Windfall Profits Tax On Gas And Oil
Alan Grayson is running for his old seat in Orlando. Since he was, arguably, the best member of Congress when he was a member, there’s no...

Howie Klein
Aug 2, 20224 min read
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Alan Grayson For Orlando, For Florida, For All Of Us... Not Just Another Faceless Congressman
Primary season is coming to a close but there are still a few very important ones, including House races in Michigan (Rashida Tlaib and...

Howie Klein
Jul 24, 20223 min read
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AIPAC Is Now Essentially A Money Laundering Operation For GOP Cash To Disrupt Democratic Primaries
Regular readers of DWT already know this but early this morning Robert Reich confirmed what we already know, namely that AIPAC is no...

Howie Klein
Jul 22, 20226 min read
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Wanted: More Fighters In Congress
Every Democrat I know likes a fighter. And more important, wants some fighters on Team Blue. It’s why Democrats are so excited, for...

Howie Klein
Jul 22, 20224 min read
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