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Howie Klein
- Dec 12, 2022
- 4 min
Hakeem Jeffries, Fully Co-opted Servant Of The Ruling Class
Almost the moment AOC defeated Democratic Caucus chair Joe Crowley, who was widely considered the presumptive next speaker, it became...
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Thomas Neuburger
- Dec 6, 2022
- 4 min
Do Democratic Leaders Really Think Republicans Are Fascists?
Why do they so often support the Republican Party?
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Howie Klein
- Dec 5, 2022
- 5 min
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
- Nov 30, 2022
- 2 min
Don't Look To Democratic House Leadership For Any... Leadership
It’s probably a bad sign that right after being proclaimed the new House Democratic leaders, Hakeem Jeffries, Kathleen Clark and coke...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 28, 2022
- 4 min
House Democrats Prepare To Doom Themselves With A Leader Every Bit As Wretched As Kevin McCarthy
NBC reported yesterday that “Democrats have coalesced around a trio of young leaders to replace House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her team,...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 18, 2022
- 6 min
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....
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Howie Klein
- Nov 9, 2022
- 2 min
Not Hakeem Jeffries
I’ve been shouting it from the rafters— figuratively— all year: the House Democrats will be making gigantic mistake if they elect Hakeem...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 5, 2022
- 7 min
Who Will The Dems Pick To Be Their Next House Leader? Someone As Steeped In Corruption As McCarthy?
I was just sitting down to write about the Jim Clyburn as kingmaker Politico story in regard to Hakeem Jeffries’ ascent, when a friend of...
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Howie Klein
- Sep 23, 2022
- 4 min
Dislike Pelosi? If Hakeem Jeffries Gets The Leadership Post, You'll Wish She Was Back In Charge
Earlier in the week I had a disturbing phone call with a very old friend, a member of Congress who Blue America stepped in to help many...
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Thomas Neuburger
- Jul 19, 2022
- 6 min
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 14, 2022
- 6 min
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...
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Howie Klein
- Jul 6, 2022
- 5 min
No One Plays The Bipartisanship Game Any Longer But A Hapless Biden
Yesterday, Ashley Parker and Matt Viser quoted former Harry Reid staffer Adam Jentleson: “There is a leadership vacuum right now, and...
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Howie Klein
- Jun 30, 2022
- 10 min
Ever Get The Idea Biden Is Just Fine Governing In Conjunction With Manchin & McConnell?
This morning, moments after the illegitimate Trump Supreme Court handed down their decision about Climate Change, MSNBC had Alex Padilla,...
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Thomas Neuburger
- Jun 28, 2022
- 4 min
How Do We Change the Democratic Party Without Changing Its Voters?
Do "normie" voters feel threatened enough to change the course of the Party? History suggests they don't.
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Howie Klein
- Jun 8, 2022
- 4 min
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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Howie Klein
- Jun 1, 2022
- 4 min
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...
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Howie Klein
- May 29, 2022
- 4 min
Both Party Establishments Are Making It Clear They Will Not Tolerate Any Independent Thought
Last night, after the news broke that longtime corporate shill Bakari Sellers is leading an effort of Zionist businessmen to destroy...
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Howie Klein
- May 26, 2022
- 5 min
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...
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Howie Klein
- May 23, 2022
- 11 min
A Member Of Congress Explains Why Hakeem Jeffries Is An Exceptionally Bad Choice For Leader
-by Anonymous Member of Congress Hakeem Jeffries wants to be Speaker of the House. He’s 30 years younger than the rest of the House...
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