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Crooked Politicians Trading Stocks-- Solid Bipartisanship
Lois Frankel, who’ll be 75 next week, represents a safe blue district— D+14 partisan lean— in Palm Beach County/ The district starts just...

Howie Klein
May 4, 20232 min read


Can The Power Of The Purse Force The Supreme Court To Formally Eschew Corruption?
In light of the latest discovery of gross bribery accepted by Clarence Thomas and his wife, 15 Democratic senators have requested, in a...

Howie Klein
Apr 10, 20234 min read


It Would Be A Big Mistake For Democrats To Join The GOP In Banning TikTok
I don't know anyone who uses TikTok as an organizing tool more successfully than Virginia progressive Jessica Anderson. So I asked her to...

Howie Klein
Mar 26, 20233 min read


Are Some People Just Too Dangerously Ignorant To Be Parents? Think About Colorado's Boeberts
There’s no reasonable or even practical way to do this, but some people shouldn’t be allowed to raise children. There are some parents...

Howie Klein
Mar 25, 20237 min read


Workers Strike Back
Kshama Sawant: “We need leaders on the left who have the courage to become public enemy number one of the ruling class.”

Thomas Neuburger
Mar 21, 202321 min read


It Goes Well Beyond Identity Politics To Say That Congress Urgently Needs A Transgender Member
Yesterday, AOC warned her supporters that “Across the nation, we’ve seen an alarming spike in anti-LGBTQ+— specifically anti-trans— bills...

Howie Klein
Mar 12, 20233 min read


Capitalism... Worse Than MAGA
At a meeting of the Natural Resources Committee’s subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources earlier in the week, AOC batted back...

Howie Klein
Mar 3, 20234 min read


Which Tragicomic Crook Do You Like Reading About More, Sam Bankman-Fried Or George Santos?
How About The Great Kitara? Yesterday, Ally Mutnick and Nick Wu noted that “Crypto-funded super PACs flooded the midterms with millions...

Howie Klein
Jan 18, 20238 min read


Which Is Worse-- The Profligate Republicans Or The Fiscally Conservative Democrats?
Yes All Of The Above-- The Remedy Is Democratic Socialism Last week, AOC sent an e-mail to her supporters responding to a question she...

Howie Klein
Jan 16, 20236 min read


Do You Know What Dreck Is? The House Democrats Are About To Elect A Pile Of It To Lead Them
When asked, progressive Democrats in Congress have complained that there is no democratic process for electing the party’s new leaders....

Howie Klein
Nov 18, 20226 min read


Sean Patrick Maloney Is Still Running His Mouth, Further Demonstrating Why The Voters Rejected Him
The Democratic Party establishment is celebrating how well they did— except for the Democratic Party establishment that is blaming their...

Howie Klein
Nov 17, 20226 min read


Good Riddance To Wall Street Shill Sean Patrick Maloney!
He Tried Blaming His Own Failures On AOC The Democrats have the slimmest possible chance to hold the House by one vote. It’s not likely...

Howie Klein
Nov 11, 20223 min read


One Of The Violent Trump Militias Goes On Trial Today
Writing for the Washington Post yesterday, Karen Tumulty noted that “When you are dealing with someone for whom there is no bottom, it’s...

Howie Klein
Oct 3, 20227 min read


It's Still Rahm Emanuel's Anti-Progressive, Shortsighted And Highly Incompetent DCCC
I’ve been following the DCCC closely since Rahm Emanuel was given the chairmanship in 2005 when Bob Matsui suddenly died of pneumonia. In...

Howie Klein
Sep 16, 20224 min read


The Kids Can Save The Democratic Party From Its Doddering Leadership... But Will They?
Running for the open Long Island congressional seat (NY-03), progressive Melanie D'Arrigo told me this morning that she has "seen a...

Howie Klein
Jul 14, 20226 min read


Ted Lieu & AOC Take The First Step Towards Impeaching Kavanaugh And Gorsuch
As we all get ready for today’s select committee hearing— and with Jamie Raskin running the show, it should be an especially elucidating...

Howie Klein
Jul 12, 20223 min read


Don't Hold Your Breath Waiting For Joe Biden To Save Women's Choice
The “big news” when I woke up today was about Biden signing an executive order to protect abortion access. I rolled my eyes and said to...

Howie Klein
Jul 8, 20227 min read


AOC Wants Tangible Action-- Not Wishful Thinking
AOC was excellent on Meet the Press yesterday. Too bad it wasn’t that Joe Biden guy who said the stuff the junior congresswoman from the...

Howie Klein
Jun 27, 20223 min read


Prognosis For America Is Not Good-- Especially If Good People Don't Vote... In Primaries
Fascists New Favorite Phrase: "Due Process Rights" Last night, the Washington Post published an analysis by Dan Balz of what the...

Howie Klein
Jun 25, 202211 min read


Contest For Candidates Who Agree That Forced Birth Is UnAmerican
Immediately after the Roe v Wade decision was announced on Friday, Data for Progress released the poll below and Mike Pence-- who has...

Howie Klein
Jun 25, 202211 min read
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