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Is The Republican Party About Anything? I Mean, Other Than Trump?
Mo Brooks: "Trump Has No Loyalty To Anyone Or Anything But Himself" Remember a few days ago we saw how minor Michigan GOP gubernatorial...

Howie Klein
Jun 16, 20227 min read


Republicans Have Dug Themselves A Very Deep Hole In Michigan
Promising big Wall Street campaign donors that nothing would fundamentally change, Biden achieved he's life's dreams, becoming president....

Howie Klein
Jun 9, 20223 min read


Michigan GOP Still Trying To Cheat On Elections-- 5 Of Their Gubernatorial Candidates Disqualified
Yesterday we looked at a new book coming out by Jonathan Lemire about the way Trump has normalized self-serving, systematic lying and...

Howie Klein
May 27, 20224 min read


Trump's Carnival Freak Show Comes To Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan & Ohio
And They Want To Take Away Your Rights About a week we talked about how lucky Josh Shapiro is to have gotten Trump-backed psychopath Doug...

Howie Klein
May 20, 20223 min read


Mean Jean Schmidt Is Still Among The Living-- And As Mean As Ever
In 2005 when DWT first started there were several congressional characters we used to have a great time with; almost all have either...

Howie Klein
Apr 28, 20225 min read


Tucker vs McCarthy... And A Dear Judy Letter
Remarking on the McCarthy's-A-Big-Liar tapes, Tucker Carlson told Fox viewers that McCarthy "sounds like an MSNBC contributor. And yet,...

Howie Klein
Apr 27, 20223 min read


In The Michigan Incumbent vs Incumbent Battle, Andy Levin Is Clearly The Better Candidate
A couple of days ago I saw a local poll showing two incumbents thrown into the same Michigan district (southern Oakland County in the...

Howie Klein
Feb 10, 20224 min read


Not Every GOP Crackpot Is In Texas & Florida-- Here Are Some Loons In Pennsylvania & Michigan
The other day we looked at the misery the Pennsylvania Senate candidates are going through, but just focused on a pair of also-rans,...

Howie Klein
Feb 1, 20223 min read


This Is How The Democratic Party Muddies Its Brand And Slides Into Corporate Conservatism
Instead of a shape-shifting Democratic Party and a shape-shifting Republican Party, wouldn't it be clearer to just have a progressive...

Howie Klein
Jan 21, 20225 min read


New Michigan Redistricting Has New Dem Haley Stevens Primarying Progressive Andy Levin
In 2017 I got a call from Haley Stevens, a young woman who was running to represent western and northern Detroit in Congress (MI-11), a...

Howie Klein
Dec 30, 20212 min read


Will Peter Meijer (R-MI) Be Another Example Of Trump Road Kill?
Peter Meijer (R-MI), heir to the Michigan supermarket chain that bears his name, is the freshman who won the Grand Rapids-based seat...

Howie Klein
Dec 7, 202110 min read


I Bet The Crumbleys Want Their Case Tried In Kenosha
Yesterday about 100 schools closed down across Michigan because of copy-cat threats after the NRA high school murders; some schools,...

Howie Klein
Dec 4, 20213 min read


Trump's Up To No Good In Michigan... and Everywhere. Why Hasn't He Been Arrested?
Michigan's third congressional district isn't as solidly red as it once was. The two biggest cities-- Grand Rapids and Battle Creek-- are...

Howie Klein
Nov 16, 20216 min read


Michigan & Georgia Have Something In Common: Raging Trump-Caused GOP Civil Wars
Jody Hice has never been a garden variety Republican congressman. Before winning a congressional seat and replacing crackpot Paul Broun,...

Howie Klein
Oct 10, 202116 min read


End Of The Road For Fred Upton?
Yesterday, there were 5 Republicans primarying long-time incumbent Fred Upton in his southwest Michigan swing district-- one term...

Howie Klein
Sep 8, 20212 min read


Remember When People Thought Republicans In Western Michigan Were Relatively Sane?
Western Michigan's 3rd and 6th congressional districts share a long border and mainstream conservative politics. Both have PVIs of R+5...

Howie Klein
Jul 8, 20216 min read


Ever Wonder What The GOP Is Up To?
Burgess Owens (R-UT) is one of the two House GOP token black members. And what better use for your token black person than to get him to...

Howie Klein
May 21, 20215 min read


How The GOP Is Morphing Into The Domestic Terrorist Party
Did you enjoy the trial today? Yeah, me neither. I would put it on and then turn it off and then go back to it and turn it off. That...

Howie Klein
Feb 10, 20216 min read


Violent Terrorists Must Be Permanently Removed From Society
The video, released this morning by Fred Guttenberg, a gun control activist whose daughter was killed in the Parkland shooting, of a...

Howie Klein
Jan 27, 20213 min read


Yesterday's Big Stories That Will Have Lots Of Follow-Through In Coming Weeks And Months
The electoral college cast their ballots and Trump lost, as was the will of 81,268,867 voters (51.3%), as opposed to the 74,216,747...

Howie Klein
Dec 15, 20208 min read
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