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Even Without Medicaid Cuts Apparent Yet, Trump’s Tariffs Could Devastate GOP Reelection Campaigns
Is Stagflation Season Coming Just Just In Time For The Midterms? Yesterday a trio of Politico  reporters speculated that Trump’s and the...

Howie Klein
Jul 156 min read
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Going Backward With Señor Trump On Clean Drinking Water For People Who Don't Buy Perrier Or Fiji
The Republican Party— Bringer Of Cancer The kind of regulatory capture and backpedaling we’re seeing under the Trump Regime reflects a...

Howie Klein
May 156 min read
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Congressional Republicans Want To Gut Medicaid— As Long As No One Losing Their Healthcare Knows
Democrats Are Fighting Back Republican incumbents in districts where no one gets elected without a coalition that includes independent...

Howie Klein
Apr 252 min read
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My Guess: The Final House Tally Will Be A Dysfunctional 222-213... Until Stefanik And Waltz Leave
The Associated Press' Election Calls Are No Longer The Gold Standard AP hasn’t officially called some races yet where they should have....

Howie Klein
Nov 12, 20245 min read
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A Blue Dog Who Might Not Be Terrible? It Would Be Novel— First Will Rollins Has To Beat Ken Calvert
Democrats Are Always Better Than Republicans— Why Can't They Wipe The Floor With Them? After yearslong rabid Republican opposition, I was...

Howie Klein
Oct 4, 20247 min read
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Trump Puts Congressional Republican SALT Supporters In Another Awkward Position
When the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction was first voted on in the House— Nov 16, 2017 — every Democrat voted against it. Only 13...

Howie Klein
Sep 18, 20244 min read
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Who Are The Weirdest Republicans Of Them All?
Don't Say Weird If You Want Neo-Nazi Marc Thiessen To Take You Seriously Yesterday, Pramila Jayapal reminded her Seattle constituents why...

Howie Klein
Aug 4, 20244 min read
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What To Do About A Company That Says It Supports LGBTQ Issues But Donates To Anti-Gay Politicians
I left the U.S. in May of 1969— My own personal boycott of the War Against Vietnam and of Nixon's presidency. A year later I had driven a...

Howie Klein
Jun 21, 20246 min read
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Trump Got More Votes From California Than From Any Other State
Rudy Salas & Adam Gray Were The Worst Dems In Sacramento— They Want To Be The Worst In DC California may not be all that progressive, but...

Howie Klein
Jun 3, 20246 min read
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6 Cali Seats Will Decide Who Controls Congress— & The Dems Have Opted For Lesser Of 2 Evils Gambles
L.A. Times Coverage Doesn’t Include Candidate Quality Yesterday, L.A. Times political staff writer Julia Wick noted that “While...

Howie Klein
Apr 27, 20246 min read
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Melania On The Campaign Trail— A Mar-a-Lago Fundraiser For Self-Loathing Gays
Although many men and women who worked with Trump in the past have been warning voters that he isn’t fit to be president, Melania is in...

Howie Klein
Apr 6, 20243 min read
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Trump & Putin-- The Giant Albatross Around The Necks Of Republican Congressional Candidates
On Sunday, Russ Baker wrote that he never thought he’d see the day when the American Right bedded down with a murderous Moscow-based...

Howie Klein
Feb 20, 20246 min read
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What Does A Blue Wave Look Like When It’s Forming Up Over A Year Before The General?
Big Wins In Pennsylvania And New Hampshire Yesterday There were two consequential special elections yesterday. We wrote about the one in...

Howie Klein
Sep 20, 20233 min read
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Ron DeSantis Is Far From The Only Republican On An Anti-LGBTQ Crusade
Polling has shown that in both 2016 and again in 2020 approximately 15% of LGBTQ voters admitted they cast ballots for Trump and his...

Howie Klein
Aug 9, 20238 min read
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Incredibly, Gerrymandering Is Still Defeating Democracy In 21st Century America
Southern man, when will you pay them back? I heard screamin' and bullwhips cracking On Thursday, the Cook Political Report did one of...

Howie Klein
Jul 21, 20238 min read
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Another Pretend-Democrat Announces He's Running For Congress-- This One In Riverside County, CA
Riverside County— the 10th most populous county in the U.S.— is also one of the fastest-growing. There are 6 members of Congress who...

Howie Klein
May 12, 20234 min read
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Californians Prefer Choice-- Congressional Republicans Are In Trouble
Post-primary, there are nearly a dozen California races in play that could make a very significant difference in Congress next year....

Howie Klein
Aug 30, 20229 min read
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Today 47 Republicans Broke With The GOP's Homophobic And Racist Stand-- Some With Ulterior Motives
House Takes A Step Towards Protecting Americans From A Rogue Supreme Court This evening, the House passed a Democratic messaging, bill,...

Howie Klein
Jul 19, 20223 min read
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Whatever Happened To Chris Wallace?
I never watch Fox-- like never; I don't even know where it is on the dial-- so just assumed they were all a bunch of Nazis like Hannity,...

Howie Klein
Mar 27, 20222 min read
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Regardless Of Party, Do You Trust Members Of Congress Enough To Let Them Have Earmarks Again?
Every member of Congress I've discussed the reemergence of earmarks with is very enthusiastic-- and in theory, it sounds like a decent...

Howie Klein
Mar 17, 20216 min read
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