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Rick Scott Voted For The Big Ugly Bill. Of Course He Did— He Made His Fortune Stealing From Medicare
From Medicare Fraud To Senate Votes, White Collar-Looter Rick Scott’s Still Cashing In On Our Pain Did you really think Rick Scott would...

Howie Klein
Jul 33 min read
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When The Republicans Say "Fiscal Responsibility," They Mean You And Your Family Pay
Trump's Billionaires First Agenda: Austerity For Us, Yachts For Them Maybe you read yesterday that while Congress and Trump are dithering...

Howie Klein
Jun 196 min read
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Touch the Third Rail And Die— The Party of Cruelty Strikes Again
Senate Republicans Aren’t Just Coming For Medicaid; They’re Looking at Medicare Too— And Think We Won’t Notice How'd that work out? The...

Howie Klein
Jun 64 min read
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They Voted For Trump And A GOP Congress— Now They’re Being Paid Back With A Loss Of Healthcare
"Donnie Dump" by Greg Bart Democrats are united, as far as we know, is fighting tooth and nail to derail the GOP plans to defund...

Howie Klein
Mar 95 min read
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Another GOP Assault on Healthcare: Trump And Musk's War Of Telemedicine
The MAGA movement’s obsession with cruelty has a new target: telemedicine. In a move straight out of the Republican playbook of punishing...

Howie Klein
Feb 223 min read
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Drug Prices Were Coming Down— Señor T Put A Stop To That On His First Day Back In The Oval Office
How Long Before Trump’s Voters Start To Understand They’ve Been Had? It’s no longer a pending nightmare; as you know, Trump’s back in the...

Howie Klein
Jan 224 min read
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RFK Jr May Be The Anti-Vax Crackpot But It’s Dr. Oz Who Wants To Privatize Medicare
Will Trump Achieve The Longtime GOP Dream Of Privatizing Medicare? I don’t watch Fox, so I don’t know how good or bad Dr. Janette...

Howie Klein
Nov 25, 20246 min read
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If You Haven’t Voted Yet, Please Take A Look At These Clips Before You Do
Get Out Of My Bedroom, You Creep Progress Action Fund put up a strong series of ads this cycle. The two most recent and the most...

Howie Klein
Nov 5, 20244 min read
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Sometimes A Democrat Is So Terrible, They’re Not The Lesser Evil— An Equal Evil… Meet John Avlon
Dick Durbin isn’t going to be running for reelection in 2026, when he’ll be 82. He’s been in Congress since 1983; he’s earned a rest....

Howie Klein
May 31, 20247 min read
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House Republicans Want To Make The Nov Election About Raising The Retirement Age— Will Dems Fight?
Most GOP Members Just Grabbed The 3rd Rail Of American Politics Last week, I heard Erica Payne, founder of Patriotic Millionaires,...

Howie Klein
Mar 21, 20246 min read
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MAGA-Mike Thinks Social Security & Medicare Is An Unfair Burden On Wealthy Americans
Who Will Stop The GOP From Eviscerating Those Programs? As DeSantis sees his chances of beating Trump fade away. He’s finally released as...

Howie Klein
Nov 7, 20234 min read
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Are Young Voters Finally Coming For The Republican Politicians Who Are Threatening Them?
New Data Is Very Bad News For The GOP The Harvard Youth Poll, which doesn't just poll Harvard students, shared some new data with Greg...

Howie Klein
Jul 27, 20237 min read
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McCarthy Needs Scapegoats For His Catastrophic Speakership-- Which Gets Worse By The Day
His Deal With The Fascists Is Coming Home To Roost Based on a new poll the AP commissioned, Amanda Seitz and Hannah Fingerhut reported...

Howie Klein
Apr 8, 20237 min read
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Trump's Kiss Of Death For 2024 Will Be Even More Lethal For Republicans Than It Was Last Year!
The Indictment-- And More Jonathan Chait’s column on how Trump is using DeSantis’ record on Social Security and Medicare to destroy his...

Howie Klein
Mar 31, 20237 min read
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If McCarthy Gives In To Freedom Caucus Demands To Cut Social Welfare Programs, Who Pays Politically?
First Victims Are Republicans Running For Senate Mike Gallagher is a shoe-in for reelection. The 8th district, in the northeast of the...

Howie Klein
Mar 11, 20234 min read
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Do They Really Want To Cut Social Security Benefits?
They Sure Do... Did You Vote For One Of Them? Progressives have proposed bills to protect and expand Social Security benefits by raising...

Howie Klein
Feb 27, 20234 min read
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Mike Pence Previews His Platform On CNBC: Austerity For Us, Billions For Wall Street
So Mike Pence wants to run in the Privatize Social Security lane. He’s now publicly embracing his old austeritarian self— the opposite...

Howie Klein
Feb 23, 20234 min read
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Reactionary Republicans— The Old Country Club Variety— Have Grabbed The Third Rail And Can’t Let Go
Biden And Trump will Eat Them Alive Neither Trump nor Biden has clean hands when it comes to Social Security. Trump is an inveterate liar...

Howie Klein
Feb 19, 20236 min read
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Congressional Republicans Are Not Unified Around Policies-- Just A Naked Lust For Power
The Neo-Fascist Wing Has Wrecked The Party Agenda Aside from Hunter Biden’s laptop, do the House Republicans have any agenda— something...

Howie Klein
Feb 16, 20235 min read
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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...

Howie Klein
Feb 14, 20236 min read
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