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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
- Oct 31, 2022
- 4 min
Michelle Vallejo’s Race Is The Closest In The Country— And She’s Ahead of The MAGA Candidate
Conservatives At The DCCC Abandoned The Race Bernie was in Texas over the weekend trying to inspire his followers to get out and vote. He...
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Howie Klein
- Oct 24, 2022
- 4 min
Do You Back Politicians Based On Gender? Color? Religion? That's A Lazy Idea-- And Add Age To That
I’ve always believed in making room for younger people rising through the ranks. I’m 73 now and I still believe in that concept— and...
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Howie Klein
- Oct 17, 2022
- 3 min
AIPAC Is A Republican Organization Encouraged To Exercise Control Over The Democratic Party
Over the weekend, a member of Congress suggested his correspondents read the Ryan Grim post, Primary Occupation, in The Intercept. By way...
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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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Howie Klein
- Sep 18, 2022
- 6 min
Both Parties Are Trying To Persuade Latino Voters That They Offer What They're Looking For
Latinos are the largest ethnic minority group in the country and around 20% of voters nationwide are Hispanics. In some states— New...
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Howie Klein
- Sep 18, 2022
- 2 min
There Are Always Excuses For Progressives To Behave Like Corrupt Conservatives
Climate Progress Is At Stake-- Let's See Who Gives A Damn When Blue America first started in 2006, we would ask candidates for the House...
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Howie Klein
- Sep 14, 2022
- 3 min
Big Money Still Flooding Into Political Campaigns
On Monday I was on a Zoom call with a dozen progressive candidates, some of whom had won their primaries and some of whom had lost. Three...
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Howie Klein
- Sep 11, 2022
- 4 min
Team Hakeem Wants Us To Believe That Progressives Can't Win-- Meet Sarahana Shrestha, Who Just Did
Hakeem Jeffries pretends to be a progressive. He’s even a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, which was once a signal of...
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Howie Klein
- Aug 23, 2022
- 7 min
Today Is Primary Day In New York And Florida
Expect Very Low Turnout-- Except In NY-03 I suspect most people have already voted, particularly in Florida. But I’m happy to make some...
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Howie Klein
- Aug 22, 2022
- 6 min
Practicing What We Preach... When It Comes To Political Sewer Money
The political world was abuzz today with talk of the biggest single sewer money contribution in history. Barre Seid, an electronics...
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Howie Klein
- Aug 19, 2022
- 8 min
America's Two Party System Is Not Just Dysfunctional; It's Poisonous
“I think there’s probably a greater likelihood the House flips than the Senate,” said Mitch McConnell a couple of days ago. “Senate races...
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Howie Klein
- Aug 12, 2022
- 5 min
AIPAC Is Buying Congressional Seats & Their Goal Is To Elect Hakeem Jeffries House Democratic Leader
Last night I spoke with an old friend of mine who was tremendously relived. He’s a member of Congress, a Jewish guy who doesn’t represent...
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Howie Klein
- Jul 25, 2022
- 5 min
Both Parties Are Very Sick— Just Listen To Adam Kinzinger And Bernie Sanders
Adam Kinzinger was Jonathan Karl’s guest on This Week yesterday. The conservative Illinois Republican has so broken with his party that...
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Howie Klein
- Jul 22, 2022
- 6 min
AIPAC Is Now Essentially A Money Laundering Operation For GOP Cash To Disrupt Democratic Primaries
Regular readers of DWT already know this but early this morning Robert Reich confirmed what we already know, namely that AIPAC is no...
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Howie Klein
- Jul 18, 2022
- 7 min
Money Makes The World-- Or At Least DC-- Go Round: Meet The Sewer Money Buying Congress
Tomorrow is primary day in Maryland. The hottest race in the state is in Prince Georges County, southwest of Baltimore— MD-04. It’s the...
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Howie Klein
- Jul 14, 2022
- 8 min
There's No Organized Effort Among Progressives In Congress To Defend Themselves From AIPAC
The most evil of the Republican PACs is AIPAC’s United Democracy Project (plus their associated Democratic Majority for Israel), not just...
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Howie Klein
- Jul 10, 2022
- 5 min
The Democratic Party Will Be Even Worse Off When It's Rid Of Biden
The word I kept hearing on the radio every time there was an item about Biden’s too-little-too-late half-assed attempt to pretend he kind...
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Howie Klein
- Jul 1, 2022
- 5 min
Republicans Haven't Been Able To Shut Down The Progressive Movement-- Can Hakeem Jeffries & AIPAC?
Punchbowl’s Heather Caygle gave Hakeem Jeffries a free ad this morning. I’ll get to it in a moment. But first let me say it made me...
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