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The New GOP Playbook: Undermining Progressives From California, Virginia And Even Austin
The Democratic Establishment Isn't Taking The Threat Seriously Enough A week from tomorrow Democrats in north Austin will be deciding who...

Howie Klein
Dec 9, 20247 min read
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Bernie: We’ve Got To Find Grassroots Leaders At The Local, State And Federal Levels
Mike Siegel's RunOff Is In 2 Weeks A day or two ago, Bernie e-mailed his supporters about how “the most important issue facing the...

Howie Klein
Dec 3, 20244 min read
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Most Campaign E-Mails Are Garbage, Just Worthless Empty Calories... Here's One That's The Opposite
Alan Grayson is one of the smartest people I know. I feel like I learn something every time I speak with him. Lately, though, he’s taken...

Howie Klein
Jun 23, 20243 min read
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They Called Us Commies When We Protested Vietnam... Today They Call Students Anti-Semites
There Is No Excuse For Genocide— None, Ever On Thursday, Bernie released a statement in response to Netanyahu’s spurious and entirely...

Howie Klein
Apr 28, 202410 min read
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Mike Siegel Is Running For Austin City Council
This morning Blue America got a letter from our old comrade, Mike Siegel down in Austin. He asked me to share it. So… Sending love from...

Howie Klein
Oct 18, 20232 min read
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Michelle Vallejo’s Race Is The Closest In The Country— And She’s Ahead of The MAGA Candidate
Conservatives At The DCCC Abandoned The Race Bernie was in Texas over the weekend trying to inspire his followers to get out and vote. He...

Howie Klein
Oct 31, 20224 min read
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Ground Game Texas: Fighting For A New Politics, City By City
-by Mike Siegel After my Congressional campaigns in 2018 and 2020, building progressive coalitions in parts of Texas that had never seen...

Mike Siegel
Jul 28, 20223 min read
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Ground Game Texas-- A Guest Post From Julie Oliver And Mike Siegel
We started Ground Game Texas with a simple idea: investing in year-round organizing works. So, our very first initiative in April and May...

Mike Siegel
Dec 17, 20213 min read
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A Letter From Mike Siegel: Why I’m supporting Greg Casar in TX-35
Dear Blue America readers, First of all, thank you. Your support in my race for Congress in 2020 and 2018 was instrumental in helping me...

Mike Siegel
Oct 20, 20213 min read
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Matthew Dowd Expects To Muddy Up The Democratic Party Brand In Texas
As far as I can tell, Matthew Dowd has always been a political opportunist. Most of us first became aware of him-- if at all-- when he...

Howie Klein
Sep 29, 20214 min read
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The "Weed" Part Of "Workers, Wages, Weed"
There were two quotes that stood out for me during Marianne Williamson's Candidate Summit II last night. First came Florida candidate for...

Howie Klein
Jul 14, 20218 min read
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Democratic Politics In Texas Heads Back To Its Grass Roots
Two Texas Democrats who made great headway as candidates-- organizing around progressive values and outperforming expectations-- were...

Howie Klein
Jun 9, 20214 min read
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Fox Isn't Going To Help Democrats Win-- Progressives Can Win Without Them, Even In Texas
Starting yesterday that Meidas Touch ad above was about to bring $184,854 in revenues to Fox News. But then Fox decided they didn't want...

Howie Klein
Jun 7, 20213 min read
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Last Night, The Democrats Won-- In Texas!
The Republicans control all the levers of statewide power in Texas. The legislative districts are grotesquely gerrymandered and the...

Howie Klein
May 31, 20217 min read
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How a North Texas City Council Race Can Change Texas Politics
-by Mike Siegel I spent four years progressive campaigns for Congress, and among the many lessons I learned, a core one is this: the...

Mike Siegel
May 24, 20213 min read
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Will The LGBTQ Community Make Republicans Pay For Their Homophobic Vote Yesterday?
Yesterday, David Cicilline's Equality Act-- guaranteeing an end to "discrimination against members of the LGBTQ community in the areas of...

Howie Klein
Feb 26, 20215 min read
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Post-Insurrection Republican Party Money Woes
Sheldon Adelson, simultaneously a Mafia and a one-man Israeli front operation-- who has also been a conduit for political money from...

Howie Klein
Jan 12, 20214 min read
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We Need A Progressive Surge In Texas
-by Mike Siegel On January 6, White nationalists sacked the U.S. Capitol at the command of our treasonous President. The same President...

Mike Siegel
Jan 8, 20213 min read
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What Should An E-Mail Look Like From A Candidate Who Didn't Win?
Five of the incoming Democratic freshmen won after running in 2018. Marie Newman (IL), Cori Bush (MO), Carolyn Bordeaux (GA), Kathy...

Howie Klein
Dec 2, 20204 min read
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Election Reflections-- Blue Dogs, Schumer, Texas, Florida... You Want To Know What Went Wrong?
Anthony Brindisi (NY) and Joe Cunningham (SC) were elected to the House in the 2018 anti-red wave-- just when Blue Dog chairwoman Kyrsten...

Howie Klein
Nov 15, 202015 min read
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