Structurally, The Senate Is A Disaster-- Is There Any Way Around That?
Look, if it was up to me, I would abolish the Senate, one of the most anti-democratic institutions in the government. But it isn’t up to...
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Howie Klein
- Sep 27, 2022
- 4 min
Kyrsten Sinema May Be The Most Hated Senator Other Than Mitch McConnell-- Who Thinks She's Swell
Chuck Schumer picked Sinema for the Senate— and then cleared the field for her and financed her campaign— because she was the single...
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Howie Klein
- Jul 8, 2022
- 7 min
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...
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Howie Klein
- Jan 25, 2022
- 7 min
In Defense Of Chuck Schumer
AKA- Little Chucky Schmucky I'm going to guess that no one reading this has disliked Chuck Schumer longer than I have. Before you...
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Howie Klein
- Jan 21, 2022
- 3 min
Midnight Meme Of The Day! Kathryn Harris's New Friends Manchin & Sinema
by Noah Jim Crow not only lives, it's getting stronger every damn day as the Republicans clap and cheer; the Tinkerbell effect in full...
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Howie Klein
- Jan 17, 2022
- 7 min
Midnight Meme Of The Day! The K Street Streetwalker!
by Noah I have been listening to senate speeches for decades now, most of them while I was sitting in the Senate chamber as a Democratic...
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Howie Klein
- Jan 13, 2022
- 4 min
Who's Worse-- Sinema Or Manchin? And Tell Me Today Why Any Blue Will Do (No, Don't)
The votes were barely tabulated and announced this morning before Mondaire Jones didn't let his Westchester and Rockland County...
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Howie Klein
- Jan 12, 2022
- 6 min
The Democrats May Suck, But The GOP Is The Party Of Dysfunction, Perfidy, Anomie & Violence
Washington Post reporters Matt Zapotosky and Devlin Barrett broke the news today that the Department of Justice has a new unit to address...
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Noah
- Jan 7, 2022
- 1 min
Midnight Meme Of The Day! Voting Rights Hanging By A Thread
by Noah The United States $enate will soon hold a vote on a filibuster change, by Martin Luther King Day, that could enable the...
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Howie Klein
- Jan 3, 2022
- 4 min
The Frustration For Democrats Around Election Protection And The Jim Crow Filibuster
It's mostly theater but Schumer sent a letter to the Senate Democratic caucus today telling his colleagues that if the Republicans...
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Howie Klein
- Jan 3, 2022
- 2 min
Pres. Manchin Dangles A Shriveled Build Back Worse Plan In Front Of Desperate Democrats
Tonight, when Schumer hosts his weekly Senate leadership meeting, Manchin says he will attend. He is also planning to attend tomorrow's...
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Howie Klein
- Dec 4, 2021
- 8 min
Saddled With An Illegitimate Supreme Court
Yesterday, Washington Post columnist Paul Waldman dug into the lies the illegitimate conservative Supreme Court justices told about Roe...
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Howie Klein
- Dec 2, 2021
- 7 min
How Much Will Taking Away Women's Choice Hurt The GOP In The Midterms?
Third Way, a mainstay of the Republican wing of the Democratic Party, is part of the DC Democratic establishment. After the electoral...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 5, 2021
- 5 min
Manchin Will Never Let Go Of The Jim Crow Filibuster; It's Part Of His Identity
It's still the Trump era and you can't shame Republicans. They used the filibuster again (3 times this year!) to prevent a debate on...
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Howie Klein
- Oct 5, 2021
- 7 min
Is The Fight Over The Debt Ceiling A McConnell Maneuver To Get The Dems To Kill The Filibuster?
Annapurna Capital Management, LLC is a private equity firm founded by Marshall Brandt, currently serving as a managing partner. I have no...
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Noah
- Sep 18, 2021
- 1 min
Midnight Meme Of The Day! A Better World!
by Noah Saturday Morning Cartoon: Imagine a world... Yeah, you're gonna have to imagine it because what's depicted in the above cartoon...
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Howie Klein
- Sep 4, 2021
- 5 min
Do You Want A Senate Filled With Republicans + Fake Dems Like Kyrsten Sinema & Joe Manchin?
Or would you prefer a Senate that is moved to accomplish progress for the American people? Conservatives work for special interest donors...
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Howie Klein
- Aug 26, 2021
- 5 min
Civil Disobedience Campaign Against The Filibuster Has Begun
People For The American Way has been an ally to Democratic presidents. Tuesday night the new president of the progressive advocacy group,...
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Howie Klein
- Aug 17, 2021
- 5 min
Can Manchin & Sinema Destroy America's Democracy? This Is What Comes Of Voting For The Lesser Evil
No one wants to hear this-- except Republicans-- but Amherst political science professor Austin Sarat came out and said it out loud in...
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Howie Klein
- Aug 16, 2021
- 5 min
Unless The Democrats Act, The GOP Will Steal The House Next Year
In his newsletter about redistricting this morning, Judd Legum points out what's at stake: "the future of democracy itself." It isn't...
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