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We Feel OK Saying Trump Is The Most Corrupt President Ever— But Is The USA The Most Corrupt Country?
Bruce Springsteen In Manchester “This,” he said on Wednesday at the opening show of his European tour, “is happening now.” He had already...

Howie Klein
3 days ago10 min read
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Teapot DOGE: Elon Musk And The New Gilded Age— Make Graft Great Again
The Billionaire, the Buffoon And The Looting Of The Republic Do you think it’s a manifestation of extreme corruption that Musk’s...

Howie Klein
7 days ago9 min read
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You Know Who's Up To No Good? Donald J. Trump, That's Who— And EJ Dionne & Chris Murphy Are Onto Him
Señor Trumpanzyy is reviving a deeply authoritarian plan to gut the nonpartisan federal civil service and replace it with a corps of...

Howie Klein
Apr 206 min read
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Did You Ever Think You'd Have To Fight To Keep Our Constitutional Democracy? Get Ready For It
We Let Them Take Over... We— Not Chuck Schumer— Need To Win It Back I don’t know where this quote comes from. I saw it online; it really...

Howie Klein
Apr 1310 min read
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Am I Wrong About Chris Murphy— Or Does He Need To Be More Like David Byrne And Volodymyr Zelenskyy?
How About Beyoncé, Jacinda Ardern Or Winston Churchill? I made my career in the music business where I learned what charisma was. When I...

Howie Klein
Apr 115 min read
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Is Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy The One? He's Not Bernie... But At Least He Isn't Gavin Newsom
ProgressivePunch isn’t the flawless measurement of congressional progressivism… but it’s closer to perfect than any other measurement...

Howie Klein
Apr 29 min read
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Can Dems Win Back Gen Z Voters? Yes— But Not If They Keep Nominating Corporate-Friendly Candidates
I think most Democrats— and anyone who fancies themselves sympathetic to the resistance— would agree with Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear: “I...

Howie Klein
Mar 1511 min read
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Democrats Need To Speak Up Loudly About Trump's Crypto-Corruption... The Way Chris Murphy Is
I’ve known Chris Murphy for 2 decades, since he was in the Connecticut legislature. He was never a radical or an extremist, always pretty...

Howie Klein
Mar 96 min read
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Trump’s Speech Last Night Was A Warning— And The Democratic Leadership Is Largely Ignoring It
History's Warning: Weak Opposition Enables Fascism After Trump had finished his 100 minutes of campaign rally lies and grievances, Jake...

Howie Klein
Mar 57 min read
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A Few— A Very Few— Republicans Are Gently Breaking With Trump Over His Alignment With The Kremlin
Musk Isn't Just Running DOGE, He's Also Running US Foreign Policy Now Republican Mike Lawler’s constituents don’t like in the Ozark...

Howie Klein
Mar 36 min read
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Who Is The Worst President In US History? Hint: He's An Abomination And An Embarrassment For America
"Trump World" by Nancy Ohanian The Guardian ran an OpEd by Bernie on Friday, America Must Not Surrender Its Democratic Values , right...

Howie Klein
Mar 26 min read
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Dan Pfeiffer Tells Democrats To Make Musk Into A GOP Albatross— Chris Murphy Shows How It's Done
On Monday, Ursula Perano and Ben Mause reported that congressional Republicans are starting to realize that Musk is going to drag them...

Howie Klein
Feb 268 min read
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Will Americans Rise To The Challenge In Time For The 2026 Midterms? Or Will That Be Too Late?
A Case For Chris Murphy Chris Murphy wrote that last week, Senate Republicans forced the Democrats “to debate their billionaire bailout...

Howie Klein
Feb 236 min read
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Hitler Had Himmler & Stalin Had Beria— The Senate Just Confirmed Kash Patel As Trump’s Enforcer
It’s impossible to say definitively at this point which Trump appointee will do the most damage. There isn’t a single one who won’t harm...

Howie Klein
Feb 225 min read
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Contrasting Chris Murphy's & Jamie Raskin's Activism With Schumer's & Jeffries' Non-Leadership
Desperate Times Do NOT Call For Incremental Measures Trump’s across-the-board headcount slashing— without regard to functionality— has...

Howie Klein
Feb 177 min read
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First They Came For Democracy— And Murkowski Helped Them... When ‘Moderates’ Enable Authoritarianism
This Hollow Resistance Is A Case Study In Republican Cowardice Douchebags in tracksuits Martin Niemöller was a right-winger who embraced...

Howie Klein
Feb 165 min read
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Chris Murphy vs. the Billionaire Class— Is He for Real This Time?
I had high hopes for state Senator Chris Murphy when he first ran for Congress in 2006 against mainstream conservative Nancy Johnson in...

Howie Klein
Feb 154 min read
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MAGA Voters Deserve All The Horrors Trump & Musk Will Inflict On Them—But What About The Rest Of Us!
Democrats Need More Aggressive Leaders In Congress Yesterday, Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy e-mailed his followers that “This week a...

Howie Klein
Feb 138 min read
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Have Any Of The MAGA Scholars Ever Read Marbury v Madison In High School?
Yalie JD Vance claimed yesterday that federal courts “aren’t allowed” to overrule Señor T (and Musk and Big Balls) and their executive...

Howie Klein
Feb 103 min read
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Even The Most Trump-Friendly Democrats Oppose Confirming Project 2025 Extremist Russell Vought
Yesterday, Thune called a cloture vote to move the Russell Vought nomination as OMB head forward. Even Fetterman and Shaheen, the two...

Howie Klein
Feb 66 min read
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