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Republicans Suck, Right? But What About When 75 Democrats Vote For Their Ugly Anti-Immigrant Bill?
We Name The Names Cuellar has the worst voting record of any Democrat in the House— and is probably going to prison for taking bribes On...

Howie Klein
Jun 115 min read
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2024 House Races Set Up 2026— Some Tough Times Ahead For Democrats Who Won In Trump Districts
Although Who Knows What Will Happen Between Now And Then This past cycle, there were only 3 congressional districts that Harris won and...

Howie Klein
Jan 174 min read
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Republicans Just Passed More Anti-Choice Legislation— They Still Haven’t Learned Their Lesson
This Time They Went After Women In The Military The other day we talked about a couple of lunatic fringe amendments to the national...

Howie Klein
Jun 16, 20242 min read
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Don't Get Confused About Texas Republicans— They're All Terrible... But Some Are Even Worse
Brutal Runoffs In Tejas— Both Parties Almost, but not all, the big news out of Tuesday’s Texas runoff primaries were in the Republican...

Howie Klein
May 30, 20248 min read
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It Damages The Party Brand That Dems Are Too Conflicted To Boot Menendez & Cuellar Out Of Congress
DC Corruption Is Bipartisan— Both Parties Should Be Held Accountable Last cycle, when Henry Cuellar faced the general election voters—...

Howie Klein
May 8, 20245 min read
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Is The Sordid Saga Of Pelosi's Favorite Texas Democrap Henry Cuellar Finally Sputtering To An End?
Cuellar Has Been Taking Bribes For Decades— The FBI Finally Caught Him When the story broke on Friday about Henry Cuellar finally being...

Howie Klein
May 5, 20244 min read
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The Latest In The Uncalled House Races
Team Red is Just One Seat Away From A Shaky Majority How desperate is McCarthy for enough votes to make him speaker? The Wall Street...

Howie Klein
Nov 15, 20223 min read
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The Assault Weapons Ban The GOP Is Blocking
The final vote came Friday evening at 6:30 as the House voted 217-213 to pass a modest assault weapons ban. 5 reactionary Democrats voted...

Howie Klein
Jul 30, 20225 min read
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An Assault Weapons Ban Would Take Politicians With Courage &, Generally, We Don't Have That Kind
Instead We Have Careerist Politicians Even if the Pelosi-Hoyer-Clyburn-Jeffries-AIPAC scheme to defeat Jessica Cisneros and keep the...

Howie Klein
Jun 1, 20224 min read
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Pelosi's Putrid Hypocrisy & Opportunism Are On Display In South Texas
We still don't know who won the two progressive vs reactionary south Texas races-- TX-28 between reformist challenger Jessica Cisneros...

Howie Klein
May 31, 20226 min read
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There's Something Seriously Wrong With Congressional Democratic Leadership
Tuesday's TX-28 primary runoff is far from over. There are still votes to be counted (and recounted, considering the mind-boggling degree...

Howie Klein
May 26, 20225 min read
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The Morning After In South Texas: TX-28 Still Too Close To Call
Before dawn this morning, with around 95% of the votes in TX-28, yesterday's primary runoff is still too close to call, about 175 votes...

Howie Klein
May 25, 20225 min read
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Polls Are Open And Today Biden & Pelosi Are Doing More To Hurt Progressivism Than Trump Is
We ran through the big races yesterday. I was so busy that I forgot to mention Alexandra Hunt in Philly and Matt West in the crowded new...

Howie Klein
May 17, 20228 min read
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Pelosi And Clyburn Should Be Organizing A National Strike Instead Of Campaigning For Henry Cuellar
I come from a Democratic neighborhood in Brooklyn and never met an admitted Republican until I went away to college. My political mentor,...

Howie Klein
May 9, 20229 min read
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Will The Democrats Protect Choice-- Or Just Use The Issue To Bludgeon Republicans & Raise Money?
I got an e-mail from the Ohio Democrats' pathetic Senate candidate this morning, begging for money. I can't imagine a more wasteful...

Howie Klein
May 5, 20226 min read
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What's The Worst Thing About The Worst Candidate You Know?
Yesterday I drew a contrast between North Carolina progressive champion Erica Smith and the conservative Democrat who is opposing her for...

Howie Klein
Dec 19, 20215 min read
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Big Oil Is Bribing Members Of Congress To Look The Other Way On Climate Change
So far this cycle, the top half dozen direct oil and gas contributors to congressional campaigns were Koch Industries, Samson Energy,...

Howie Klein
Nov 26, 20212 min read
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Who Did The SCOTUS Anti-Choice Decision Help Politically?
Abortion Showdown Looms Last year, despite massive spending by the Republican wing of the Democratic Party-- and by Republican donors--...

Howie Klein
Sep 2, 20217 min read
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Conservative Dems Still Aiming To Wreck Biden's Agenda
Yesterday everyone voted-- no abstentions or absentees. Every single Democrat voted yes, including the fulminating right-wingers (like...

Howie Klein
Aug 25, 20213 min read
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Strong Labor Bill Passed The House Last Night-- Headed Straight To The Senate Filibuster Graveyard
Last night, betrayed by far right Texas Blue Dog Henry Cuellar, but backed by 5 Republicans, House Democrats passed the Protecting the...

Howie Klein
Mar 10, 20215 min read
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