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More On Democratic "Messaging Problems"-- From Independent-Minded Candidate Jason Call
Earlier today, we looked at the Democrats' messaging problem. It inspired one of Blue America's superstar endorsed candidates, Jason...

Howie Klein
Dec 11, 20214 min read
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The Disgraceful Pentagon Budget Passed Last Night-- Only 51 Dems Voted Against It
As expected, it passed the House late last night, 363-70, but maybe Pelosi and Hoyer don't want voters to be able to find how members...

Howie Klein
Dec 8, 20215 min read
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Conservative Democrats Threaten Biden's Vaccine Mandate Program
The other day, when I noted that 80% of Americans would have be fully vaccinated for the country to achieve herd immunity. I got a great...

Howie Klein
Dec 8, 20214 min read
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Oppo Research-- An Introductory Primer
-by Jason Call Congressional candidate (WA-02) When an incumbent is challenged from within their own party, as I am doing (for all...

Howie Klein
Dec 5, 20214 min read
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The Capitalistic System And Democracy Are Incompatible... Even Antithetical
Banksy created this disturbingly provocative image and I got it from Umair Haque's latest piece about how the capitalistic system is...

Howie Klein
Dec 4, 202110 min read
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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....

Howie Klein
Dec 3, 202110 min read
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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....

Howie Klein
Nov 30, 20216 min read
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The Democratic Party Stands For...
"America," said former Orlando Congressman Alan Grayson last week, "is a two-sector economy: giant corporations, and people. The...

Howie Klein
Nov 27, 20214 min read
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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,...

Howie Klein
Nov 26, 20212 min read
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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...

Howie Klein
Nov 23, 20215 min read
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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...

Howie Klein
Nov 23, 20218 min read
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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...

Howie Klein
Nov 18, 202111 min read
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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...

Howie Klein
Nov 10, 20215 min read
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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...

Howie Klein
Nov 7, 20219 min read
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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...

Howie Klein
Nov 6, 20218 min read
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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...

Howie Klein
Nov 2, 20216 min read
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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...

Howie Klein
Nov 2, 20215 min read
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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...

Howie Klein
Oct 25, 20215 min read
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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...

Howie Klein
Oct 16, 20217 min read
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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...

Howie Klein
Oct 15, 20215 min read
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