There Are Hidden Persuaders In American Politics-- & They Can Turn A Turd Into A Member Of Congress
In the early 1960s My family moved back to Brooklyn from Long Island. They enrolled me at PS-197, the same elementary school Bernie went...
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Howie Klein
- Feb 22
- 8 min
Norfolk Southern Has Bribed A Lot Of Politicians-- Think ANY Will Go To Prison?
Señor Trumpanzee Goes To East Palestine The derailment catastrophe in East Palestine was two weeks ago. One thing that stands out in my...
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Howie Klein
- Jan 7
- 3 min
What is PR?
When I moved back to the U.S. from Amsterdam, I stopped for a few months in first New York and then Las Vegas before eventually washing...
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Howie Klein
- Dec 3, 2022
- 12 min
The GOP-Lite Conservative Wing Of The Democratic Party Is Stronger Than It Should Be
Jamaal Bowman: Why The Squad Voted For Biden's Railroad Bill Biden wants to move the first phase of the Democrats’ presidential selection...
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Howie Klein
- Dec 1, 2022
- 4 min
After Clinton's Decision To Turn The Dems Towards Wall St., Is Anyone In Congress Still Pro-Labor
Mayo Pete’s McKinsey training kicked right in as he’ was tasked with keeping the railroad unions from striking. He’s urging the Senate to...
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Howie Klein
- Oct 4, 2022
- 6 min
You Want To Break Up Google And Facebook? Fine... And McKinsey Is MUCH Worse
I listened to NPR yesterday on my way home from City of Hope— where I got an Evusheld booster. Fresh Air was on and Dave Davies...
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Howie Klein
- Apr 28, 2022
- 8 min
Conservatives-- From Both Parties-- Are So Horrible: Completely Opposed To Student Loan Forgiveness
There's a big difference between how conservatives and progressives look at the student debt crisis. Last weekend Elizabeth Warren...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 18, 2021
- 7 min
Who's Worse-- Kamala Or Mayo Pete?
As a Californian, I had several opportunities to vote for Kamala Harris over the years. I passed on each one... not my kind of candidate....
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Howie Klein
- Nov 14, 2021
- 7 min
Picking The 2024 Nominees-- All The Potential Candidates The Media Touts, Suck
Friday night, a friend was visiting L.A. and we scheduled a dinner. She asked if it was OK to bring her new boyfriend and, having heard...
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Howie Klein
- Oct 25, 2021
- 3 min
Frank Schaeffer Guest Post: Fall in Love, Have Children, Stay Put, Save the Planet, Be Happy
Pete Buttigieg faced mockery after the story broke that the transportation secretary has been on paid paternity leave since mid-August....
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Noah
- Sep 14, 2021
- 1 min
Midnight Meme Of The Day! FOX'S Bret Baier: Lights On. Nobody Home
by Noah Damn! Republicans just don't get that science thing. No wonder they hate it. Within conservative media circles, Brett Baier of...
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Howie Klein
- May 22, 2021
- 5 min
How About Not Electing More Conservative Dems In The Pockets Of Corporations, Like Manchin & Sinema
The Jacobin headline looked ominous and it instantly drew my attention-- and concern: An Army of Pete Buttigiegs. Yecchhhh. Short...
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Howie Klein
- May 2, 2021
- 6 min
Democrats Giving Up To The Conservative Coalition On Infrastructure
Almost the whole time I was growing up, the Democrats controlled Congress. There were more Democrats in the House and more Democrats in...
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Howie Klein
- Apr 9, 2021
- 6 min
Trump Cheated His Donors-- And So Did His Doppelgängers... Now Watch Out For McKinsey
A couple of days ago, Maddow showed her audience how Trump was ripping off Republican contributors to his campaign. Awwwwww. We posted it...
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Howie Klein
- Mar 30, 2021
- 6 min
Build Back Better... Than Ever-- Without Mayo Pete's Bad Consulting Class Instincts
Tomorrow Biden will be in Pittsburgh to announce his signature Build Back Better infrastructure and jobs plan. Press reports have it at...
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Howie Klein
- Mar 28, 2021
- 7 min
Tax And Spend-- YES!
"The biggest expansion of the federal government in a generation," wrote Dan Balz, "is underway, a pandemic-inspired shift in resources...
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