Progressives-- And The American People-- Want To Expand Medicare; Conservatives Want To Privatize It
Trump moved forward with a pilot program that would lead to privatizing Medicare. Shockingly, the Biden administration has continued it....
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Howie Klein
- Nov 30, 2021
- 6 min
Good News! The War Department's Bloated, Wasteful Budget Failed Yesterday
Progressive senators Bernie, Elizabeth Warren, Jeff Merkley, Ed Markey and Ron Wyden were followed by every Republican but Susan Collins....
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Howie Klein
- Nov 27, 2021
- 4 min
The Democratic Party Stands For...
"America," said former Orlando Congressman Alan Grayson last week, "is a two-sector economy: giant corporations, and people. The...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 26, 2021
- 2 min
Big Oil Is Bribing Members Of Congress To Look The Other Way On Climate Change
So far this cycle, the top half dozen direct oil and gas contributors to congressional campaigns were Koch Industries, Samson Energy,...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 23, 2021
- 5 min
Congress Polices Itself Very Badly-- Take Corrupt Stock Trading...
Crew-- Citizens for Ethics-- had a good idea last week. Actually, it's an idea that has been around in progressive circles for many...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 23, 2021
- 8 min
The Democratic Party Brand vs The Midterms
Last night Arizona Public Opinion Pulse released new state polling that shows both Arizona conservative Democratic senators, Mark Kelly...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 18, 2021
- 11 min
Can You Be A Republican And Still Be A Patriot?
On Monday, when Biden signed the hard infrastructure bill at a showy media ceremony, he said "The bill I’m about to sign into law is...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 10, 2021
- 5 min
Words Can Illuminate; Words Can Distort & Mislead... "Moderate" Has Been Captured By The Bad Guys
The word "moderate" is one of the most favorable in the political lexicon. The Democratic consulting class and the corporate media use...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 7, 2021
- 9 min
After Afghanistan-- A Peace Dividend? You Must Be Joking
Who's To Blame? The U.S. finally withdrew from Afghanistan, the smoothest and most successful withdrawal from that country since... I...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 6, 2021
- 8 min
Who Gets The Last Laugh? Easy Question: Manchin, Sinema, McConnell, Thune
According to the PunchBowl News crew early this morning, the hard transportation bill passed last night-- a complete cave by the...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 2, 2021
- 6 min
The Inevitability Of Surrender To All Those "Lesser Evil" Politicians The DCCC & DSCC Always Push
Early this morning, Punchbowl offered this bleak assessment-- which I should add, sounds depressingly like what progressive members have...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 2, 2021
- 5 min
The Most Hated Man In American Politics (Besides Trump)
Yesterday, Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) saw that same tape you just watched above. She was so pissed off that she issued a statement: "Joe...
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Howie Klein
- Oct 25, 2021
- 5 min
Words Of Wisdom From Joe Manchin III
This afternoon, Missouri Democratic Senate candidate Lucas Kunce told me that "Elites in Washington just spent the past twenty years...
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Howie Klein
- Oct 16, 2021
- 7 min
The Two-fer Manchin Hates: Tax Fairness And Climate Crisis Amelioration
Not counting a tiny handful of corrupt conservatives like Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin in the Senate and Josh Gottheimer, Lou Correa...
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Howie Klein
- Oct 15, 2021
- 5 min
Universal Programs Are Better-- And They Stand The Test Of Time
Means testing has always sounded, at least on the surface, like it makes sense-- just help the poor, not rich people who don't really...
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Howie Klein
- Oct 12, 2021
- 9 min
Conservative Republicans Make Their Bid To Take Over The Democratic Party
While the congressional Democrats continue to hopelessly spin their wheels on the package of campaign promises that handed them the...
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Howie Klein
- Oct 9, 2021
- 5 min
Learning How To Write A Good Fundraising E-Mail
"All students," wrote Ken Klippenstein at The Intercept, "hope to learn from the top experts in their field. Graduate students at Arizona...
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Howie Klein
- Oct 4, 2021
- 9 min
Private Greed vs Public Good: Drinking Water
When I was very young, my mom would put Coffee-Time syrup in my milk-- sort of like chocolate syrup-- to entice me into drinking my milk....
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Howie Klein
- Oct 3, 2021
- 9 min
Society Needs To Protect Itself From Political Violence, Terrorism And Anomie
Writing in the wee hours of the night, Jonathan Allen penned a piece for NBC yesterday, Bannon Fires Up 'Shock Troops' For Next GOP White...
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Howie Klein
- Oct 1, 2021
- 5 min
Why Voters Are Souring On Biden-- And How To Turn That Around
American voters are getting surly. Overall, we're not happy with any of our politicians. The Real Clear Politics favorability averages...
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