Do GOP Politicians Really Want To Cut Social Security & Medicare Benefits? You Better Believe It!
Short of a goobers like Mike Lee (R-UT), Ron Johnson (R-WI) and multimillionaire criminal Rick Scott (R-FL), even the most reactionary...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 16, 2022
- 5 min
Sam Bankman-Madoff... And The American Political Establishment
On Tuesday, Rolling Stone ran an interview with Bernie in which he discussed the midterms. When Kara Voght asked him about his priorities...
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Howie Klein
- Sep 19, 2022
- 7 min
DeSantis Will Need His Full Armor Of God After His Ugly Stunt With The Venezuelan Refugees
Ron DeSantis wants to prove to MAGA voters that he’s even more cruel and inhumane than Trump, so he took Florida taxpayer money, hired a...
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Howie Klein
- Sep 12, 2022
- 7 min
Conservatives Oppose Democracy-- And There Is No Ironclad Rule That They Can't Win
Yes, Trump’s a stupid and dangerous asshole; but so are many— how many?— of his voters. And, yes, Republicans have nothing to offer the...
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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
- Jun 29, 2022
- 8 min
Yesterday’s Hearings Tied Trump Directly To A Violent Plot To Overthrow The Government
Will It All Be Down The Memory Hole By Tomorrow? The consensus is that yesterday’s select committee hearing was a catastrophe for Trump,...
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Howie Klein
- Jun 14, 2022
- 3 min
Guac Him Up! Guac Him Up!
My memory ain't what it once was-- and for someone in the middle of writing a memoir that is painful-- but one thing I do very much...
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Howie Klein
- May 25, 2022
- 5 min
The Morning After In South Texas: TX-28 Still Too Close To Call
Before dawn this morning, with around 95% of the votes in TX-28, yesterday's primary runoff is still too close to call, about 175 votes...
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Howie Klein
- Apr 22, 2022
- 5 min
DeSantis Names The Enemy Of The GOP: Students Learning Critical Thinking
A little background on the latest from the fascist Floridian who would be presidente. Last week, Ron DeSantis and his state Department of...
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Howie Klein
- Apr 14, 2022
- 6 min
Democratic Establishment Has 1 Thing It Fights For Politically: For The Party To Be The Lesser Evil
How Will The Progressive Caucus PAC Live Down The Disgrace Of Endorsing Against Nina Turner? A couple weeks ago we saw how Democratic...
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Howie Klein
- Jan 31, 2022
- 5 min
The GOP Has An Issue For The Midterms-- One Of Their Most Popular Old Standards: Racism
Can Great Pizza Be A Cure For Racism? As Bernie noted last week: not one single Republican will vote to permanently expand the $300 per...
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Howie Klein
- Jan 19, 2022
- 8 min
Institutionalized Corruption In Congress Is The Most Bipartisan Thing About DC
Ever since Pelosi cluelessly blurted out a ritual self-serving defense of congressional corruption a few weeks ago, there has been a...
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Howie Klein
- Jan 6, 2022
- 7 min
Sometimes The World Can Be Very Confusing-- Which Is When We Need A Good Book
On Monday, Tara Henley wrote that at one time she was the furthest left of any of her colleagues at the Canadian Broadcasting Company...
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Howie Klein
- Dec 7, 2021
- 5 min
Everyone Who Invests In Trump Ventures Loses Their Shirts... Except Trump-- Truth Media
Last night, we took a quick look at the "lifeline" Trump threw Devin Nunes, one of his partners in crime, appointing him CEO of his make...
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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
- Sep 21, 2021
- 6 min
The Word "Corrupt" Is Inexorably Tied To The Word "Conservatism"
Zack Stanton's interview with George Will for Politico a few days ago pretty much equated American conservatism, a political philosophy,...
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Howie Klein
- Sep 16, 2021
- 7 min
Lucas Kunce Wants To Criminalize War Profiteer Lobbyists; Don't Stop There
I don't mean to denigrate Biden in particular with that clip. It could have been Hillary-- who's a much worse lobbyist patsy-- or Mitch...
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Howie Klein
- Sep 8, 2021
- 6 min
Why Can't We Have Nice Things? Conservative Politicians Reeking Of Corruption
Whether Joe Manchin's private jet landing in Lexington, Kentukcy yesterday signaled a meeting with McConnell to discuss his defection to...
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Howie Klein
- Aug 16, 2021
- 5 min
Unless The Democrats Act, The GOP Will Steal The House Next Year
In his newsletter about redistricting this morning, Judd Legum points out what's at stake: "the future of democracy itself." It isn't...
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Howie Klein
- Jun 16, 2021
- 5 min
1/6 Was A Failed Coup Attempt
Earlier today we listed the names of the 21 far right fringe House Republicans who voted against rewarding the policemen-- both alive and...
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