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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...
Howie Klein
Oct 24, 20224 min read
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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...
Howie Klein
Oct 17, 20223 min read
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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...
Howie Klein
Sep 23, 20224 min read
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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...
Howie Klein
Sep 18, 20226 min read
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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...
Howie Klein
Sep 18, 20222 min read
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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...
Howie Klein
Sep 14, 20223 min read
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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...
Howie Klein
Sep 11, 20224 min read
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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...
Howie Klein
Aug 23, 20227 min read
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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...
Howie Klein
Aug 22, 20226 min read
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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...
Howie Klein
Aug 19, 20228 min read
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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...
Howie Klein
Aug 12, 20225 min read
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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...
Howie Klein
Jul 25, 20225 min read
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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...
Howie Klein
Jul 22, 20226 min read
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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...
Howie Klein
Jul 18, 20227 min read
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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...
Howie Klein
Jul 14, 20228 min read
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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...
Howie Klein
Jul 10, 20225 min read
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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...
Howie Klein
Jul 1, 20225 min read
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Pathetic San Berdoo Hack Pete Aguilar Makes His Debut In The National Spotlight
I think of Paul Kane as one of the better-- as in both more perceptive and not lazy-- Washington Post regulars. That notion was shaken...
Howie Klein
Jun 18, 20226 min read
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DC's Sleaziest Crooks Have Fully Succumbed To The Lure Of Crypto-- & To Hell With The Public
Crypto-billionaires, adept by nature at playing the ponzi game that made them among the richest people on the planet, are spending...
Howie Klein
Jun 13, 20225 min read
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A Handful Of Very Wealthy People Are Buying Up Our Government... Is It Too Late To Stop Them?
Billionaires-- who shouldn't exist-- are trying to buy up seats in Congress at a rate I've never seen before. I was so happy yesterday to...
Howie Klein
Jun 11, 202210 min read
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