The American People Deserve An Alternative To Trump—Do The Democrats Deserve To Be That Alternative?
People Can Tell When A Politician Puts Their Own Career First Early yesterday morning, Adam Gray inched a tiny bit closer to ousting...
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Howie Klein
Nov 308 min read
There Is A Path To Democratic Party Redemption— But Not Through The Neoliberalism That Wrecked It
Almost As Bad As Rahm As DNC Chair Would Be Ritchie Torres As DCCC Chair I have a strong stomach. Even when I was going through chemo and...
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Patrick Toomey
Nov 294 min read
Sundown On The Donkey “Leadership”
-by Patrick Toomey None of us know what might happen in the 2026 election cycle— much less what will happen in the 2028 cycle. For...
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Howie Klein
Nov 197 min read
When Do We Have To Admit The Democratic Party Is No Longer A Vehicle For Progressive Aspirations?
At Least The Clintons, Obama & Biden Were Unable To Make Rahm DNC Chair The lazy Senate Democrats are lumbering along confirming the last...
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Howie Klein
Jun 119 min read
The Democratic Base Has Gotten More Progressive— But Elected Democratic Leaders, Not So Much
Bonus: The American Housing Crisis Yesterday, Gallup’s Justin McCarthy reported that Americans— especially Democrats— have gotten more...
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Howie Klein
Sep 22, 202320 min read
Anti-Fascist Conservative Republicans Are Flocking To The Democrats. Are They Bringing Conservatism?
And Economic Progressive Blue Collar Dems Are Going Over To the GOP I always get a good feeling when Obama’s former Solicitor General...
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Thomas Neuburger
Jul 26, 20232 min read
How Republicans Use Democrats' Hatred of Republicans
Democrats were manipulated into supporting cluster bombs
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Thomas Neuburger
Jun 6, 202310 min read
Biden Signs Off on Restarting Student Debt
This failure raises an uncomfortable larger question.
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Howie Klein
May 22, 20235 min read
Blue America Endorses Democrats-- Next Year In WA-02 There's A Better Alternative: Jason Call, Green
Jason Call was one of the top Blue America candidates last cycle. He ran for the northwest Washington congressional seat occupied by...
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Thomas Neuburger
Apr 21, 20233 min read
Do Recent Actions by Democratic Party Leaders Increase Their Status Among Independent Voters?
Or do Party actions lower their electoral odds?
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Howie Klein
Dec 12, 20225 min read
Are Democrats Turning Off Young Voters To Electoral Politics?
Young people are inclined to support progressive policies and support candidates who back those kinds of policies. In 2018, 64% of young...
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Howie Klein
Dec 9, 20228 min read
The Most Mentally Unstable Member Of The Senate, Just Destabilized American Politics
Kyrsten Sinema Gets The Attention She Craves My last interaction— if you want to call it that— with Kyrsten Sinema was a few years ago. I...
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Howie Klein
Dec 5, 20225 min read
Crapping On The Democratic Party Brand: Manchin, Jeffries, Pelosi, Biden, The DCCC...
Reporting for the New Republic last week, Pablo Manríquez wrote about the new dynamics involved with selecting a DCCC chair. One...
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Howie Klein
Dec 3, 202212 min read
The GOP-Lite Conservative Wing Of The Democratic Party Is Stronger Than It Should Be
Jamaal Bowman: Why The Squad Voted For Biden's Railroad Bill Biden wants to move the first phase of the Democrats’ presidential selection...
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Howie Klein
Nov 30, 20223 min read
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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Thomas Neuburger
Jul 19, 20226 min read
Can You Reform the Democratic Party Without Reforming Its Ecosystem?
To reform the Party, the ecosystem must be reformed as well.
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Howie Klein
Jul 10, 20225 min read
How Bad Does A Party Have To Be To Get Beaten By Terrible, Treacherous, Treasonous Republicans?
I doubt anyone who reads DWT with any kind of regularity would disagree with the premise that, in Robert Reich’s words, the Republican...
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Howie Klein
Jun 28, 20228 min read
The Ossification Of The Democratic Party Establishment Is Part Of The Problem
The L.A. Times Nicholas Goldberg asked timely question before dawn yesterday: Are Joe Biden and Dianne Feinstein too old to do their...
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Howie Klein
Jun 8, 20224 min read
Is It Time For Progressives To Split From The Corrupt Corporate Democrats Led By Hakeem Jeffries?
The congressional Democrats are on the verge of electing Hakeem Jeffries their post-Pelosi party leader. You'll hear a lot about "first...
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Thomas Neuburger
May 31, 20226 min read
Why Lying About the Climate Crisis Works
You can’t stop people who lie from lying for a living. But you can stop giving them truth to hook their lies onto.
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