Corrupt Conservatives Are Fighting To The End To Keep Drug Prices High
Big day today in DC. The Senate will start going through a plethora or idiotic amendments from Republicans trying to hold up the...
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Howie Klein
- Aug 2
- 4 min
Time For A Windfall Profits Tax On Gas And Oil
Alan Grayson is running for his old seat in Orlando. Since he was, arguably, the best member of Congress when he was a member, there’s no...
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Howie Klein
- Jul 26
- 3 min
How Will Big PhRMA And The GOP Fight Back Against Lower Drug Prices?
By Flooding The Airwaves With Twisted Ads Piyush Jindal (AKA- “Bobby”) served as governor of Louisiana from January, 2008 to January,...
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Howie Klein
- Jul 22
- 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 14
- 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 11
- 4 min
Voters Need To Be Told The GOP Still Wants To Eliminate Or Privatize Social Security If They Win
This morning, Data For Progress released a new poll about Social Security which showed what you would probably expect: there is...
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Howie Klein
- Jul 3
- 3 min
Great Music, Great Candidates... And You
You may already be familiar with Jim Lough’s music. That’s because his band, Old Town Crier, used one of their songs, “You,” as a Blue...
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Howie Klein
- Jun 28
- 8 min
The Ossification Of The Democratic Party Establishment Is Part Of The Problem
The L.A. Times Nicholas Goldberg asked timely question before dawn yesterday: Are Joe Biden and Dianne Feinstein too old to do their...
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Howie Klein
- Jun 26
- 10 min
Democratic Elected Officials Tell The Base What's Possible, The Opposite Of How MAGA-World Works
On Friday, writing for The Lever, David Sirota noted that “If Democratic base constituencies— college-educated white collars, communities...
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Howie Klein
- Jun 25
- 11 min
Contest For Candidates Who Agree That Forced Birth Is UnAmerican
Immediately after the Roe v Wade decision was announced on Friday, Data for Progress released the poll below and Mike Pence-- who has...
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Howie Klein
- Jun 20
- 5 min
Housing Is A Human Right? Yes, In Many Countries... But Not This One
I used to watch John Oliver on Amazon's Prime but now they make you pay for it if you want watch. What else would you expect from Amazon?...
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Howie Klein
- Jun 18
- 5 min
This Is A Pretty Shitty Political Ad-- And In More Ways Than One
Some overpaid consultant came up with this ad idea (above), probably a team of consultants: Trump endorsed Dr. Oz and now "Dr. Oz is...
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Howie Klein
- Jun 16
- 6 min
A Memo: If You Abandon Working Families, They Will Abandon You In November
Biden Thinks He Won Because Of Himself, Rather Than Because Trump Lost Alan Grayson launched his congressional campaign on Tuesday with a...
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Howie Klein
- Jun 15
- 6 min
Trump's Whole Life Has Been All About The Benjamins, So Why Doubt The The Big Lie Was As Well?
In his Washington Post column yesterday, Max Boot admitted he had low expectations for the select committee-- expectation he was delight...
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Howie Klein
- Jun 13
- 4 min
Better Than Thoughts & Prayers For Sure... But It Sure Isn't A Ban On Assault Weapons
Last week I was complaining about how weak and watered down the "gun control" bill was that the House passed. The Senate's proposal isn't...
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Howie Klein
- Jun 4
- 6 min
Dems Must Embrace Progressivism The Way The GOP Embraces Conservatism Or Lose... Bigly
Democratic Candidates Have To Come Out Against What Biden Is Doing To Medicare Or Catch His Cooties I was in the middle of researching a...
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Howie Klein
- May 26
- 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 24
- 5 min
Not $10K Or $20K Or $30K Or Even $50K... Student Debt Should Be Cancelled
Biden can blame neither Manchin nor Sinema nor the regular handful of reactionary Blue Dogs and New Dems in the House for his abysmal...
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Howie Klein
- May 16
- 7 min
$10,000 Isn't Enough-- It's An Insult
I graduated from college in 1969 and Biden graduated a few years earlier. $10,000 in 1969 was a lot of money. In fact $10,000 in 1969 is...
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Howie Klein
- May 1
- 5 min
Today Is A Day Of Solidarity-- Not With The Oppressor Billionaire Class
May Day has more than one meaning. The origin is an ancient festival marking the first day of summer in some cultures and a spring...
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