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North Carolina Backsliding-- Soon They'll be As Bad As Tennessee
The other day I mentioned Jacob Grumbach’s book, Laboratories Against Democracy, in regard to what he had to say about Tennessee being...

Howie Klein
May 6, 20233 min read
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Republican War On Democracy, Revisited
Morning Consult released its GOP tracker poll yesterday. It’s Trump’s primary to lose— which explains why he’s toying with the idea of...

Howie Klein
Apr 26, 20235 min read
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The State Of Democracy In Two Red States: Alaska And Ohio
Alaska is a pretty red state. 1960— the Goldwater debacle— was the last time a Democratic presidential candidate won the state. Even...

Howie Klein
Apr 24, 20237 min read
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What Happened To "Wisconsin Nice?" The Conservative Base Is Seething With Hatred, Choking On Bile
About 170,000 people live in Winnebago, Wisconsin, a swing county south of Appleton with the small city of Oshkosh as its county seat....

Howie Klein
Apr 9, 20235 min read
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The Republicans' Own Worst Enemy-- Why The Republicans, Of Course
The Republican Party is screwing up mightily. Tuesday's loss in Wisconsin was nothing short of a debacle. Wisconsin is a 50/50 state. In...

Howie Klein
Apr 8, 20234 min read
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It's Impossible To Tell The Story Of The GOP Going Off The Rails Without Mentioning Traitor Greene
Some Democratic candidates are hoping that last door-to-door outreach and last minute ads about the “threat to democracy can anger and...

Howie Klein
Nov 1, 20228 min read
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It Certainly Can Happen Here— And, In Fact, It Has Begun
Over the weekend, Roberto Jefferson, a far right Brazilian ex-congressman, a supporter of President Jair Bolsonaro, wounded two federal...

Howie Klein
Oct 25, 20222 min read
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Until Now We Never Voted On Whether We Wanted A Democracy Or Not
This morning, NY Times writer Jonathan Wesiman reported that 71% of all voters believe that democracy is at risk "but only 7 percent...

Howie Klein
Oct 23, 20224 min read
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Will Accountability Save Democracy From The MAGA Movement? Guest Post By Rep Jim Himes
Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) shot the footage on January 6 in the chamber I n 2008, Blue America endorsed first time candidate Jim Himes in a...

Howie Klein
Oct 19, 20223 min read
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Cheney Is Blocking Jamie Raskin’s Proposal To Eliminate The Electoral College
And Denver Riggleman’s Not Very Explosive Revelations Denver Riggleman has a book, The Breach, coming out next week on the J-6...

Howie Klein
Sep 27, 20228 min read
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Midnight MemeOf The Day! Trump, Judge Cannon & The Art Of The Deal
by Noah Damn. We've got people on planes starting fist fights in midair and obeying traffic lights is now viewed as completely optional...

Noah
Sep 20, 20222 min read
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The GOP Threat To Democracy Is Existential But Rooted In Personal, Shallow Motivations
Not like we didn’t already know, but now it’s official. Matt Gaetz tried to get a blanket pardon out of Trump, not just for his role in...

Howie Klein
Sep 17, 20225 min read
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Who's To Blame... When Situations Degenerate?
This morning I asked Wisconsin Senate candidate-- and former majority leader of the Wisconsin state Assembly-- Tom Nelson what he thought...

Howie Klein
Feb 19, 20227 min read
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Not Every GOP Crackpot Is In Texas & Florida-- Here Are Some Loons In Pennsylvania & Michigan
The other day we looked at the misery the Pennsylvania Senate candidates are going through, but just focused on a pair of also-rans,...

Howie Klein
Jan 31, 20223 min read
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Today's Craziest State Nomination Goes To... Arizona!
I don't go to Arizona as much as I used to. They had a couple of really good radio stations that were always willing to lead the way in...

Howie Klein
Jan 29, 20224 min read
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The Same People Afraid Of Books Are Afraid Of Democracy
Book banning is something they do in fascist countries, not democracies. Although the practice starts becoming prevalent as a democracy...

Howie Klein
Jan 17, 20225 min read
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