The Nature Of Conservatism Is Inherently Anti-Intellectual, Grounded In Paranoia & Victimhood
Yesterday, Tom Nichols wished aloud that we could rescue “our love of country”— patriotism— from those who have hijacked it. He found...
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Howie Klein
- May 15
- 6 min
Another Way How American Conservatives Rip Off Their Simple-Minded Donors
Blue America operates the old-fashioned way. We make a case for progressive candidates and then ask people on our mailing list to...
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Howie Klein
- Mar 5
- 9 min
Educational Policy Is Why Floridian Parents May Want To Consider Moving To Another State
Alan Grayson Summed Up DeSantis' School Agenda In 2 Words: "Stay Stupid" Conservatives have always had an agenda regarding education—...
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Howie Klein
- Jan 17
- 5 min
Wyoming-- Quintessentially Conservative... Quintessentially Backward & Frightened
Wyoming is the most politically backward state in the U.S. It borders six other states: Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah...
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Howie Klein
- Jan 6
- 6 min
Conservative Political Parties Embody The Politics Of Nihilism
On Wednesday evening, the Wall Street Journal issued a statement about the disaster that there Republican Party has morphed into. Looking...
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Howie Klein
- Dec 14, 2022
- 7 min
Even Republicans Hate Republicans... And There's Every Reason In The World That They Should
The Monmouth poll released this morning gaged favorability for the top congressional leaders, among other things. McConnell is easily the...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 23, 2022
- 5 min
Today's GOP Is Worse Than Just Being The Party Of Easily Manipulated Low IQ, Anti-Woke Morons
And Worse Than Merely Anti-Intellectual The Encyclopedia Britannica explains that “The scientific method is critical to the development...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 19, 2022
- 3 min
Not All GOP Candidates Are Violent Rapists, But Their Ideology Points Them All In That Direction
This Week's Example: Failed Republican South Dakota House Candidate South Dakota’s 27th state House district includes the Pine Ridge...
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Howie Klein
- Oct 20, 2022
- 6 min
A Little Bit Fascist, A Little Bit Rock’n’Roll?
This morning, writing on Juan Cole’s Informed Consent, Scott Prosterman placed Ken Burn’s latest in a frightening U.S. context: Ken...
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Howie Klein
- Oct 19, 2022
- 6 min
Conservatism Is A Pernicious International Conspiracy Against Working Families-- Always Has Been
After the most backward, reactionary, xenophobic segment of the British population dragged the U.K. into Brexit— the Conservative party...
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Noah
- Aug 25, 2022
- 2 min
Midnight Meme Of The Day! No Contraceptives For You!!!!
by Noah Hey you! You got big plans for a hot weekend? You think those far right goofballs on the so-called Supreme Court and all those...
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Howie Klein
- Aug 24, 2022
- 4 min
The GOP Has A New Line Of Attack Against Democrats: Forgiving A Bit Of Student Debt
“Democrats,” whined the NRCC’s spokesman Mike Berg this morning, “are forcing people who didn’t go to college to pay off student loans...
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Howie Klein
- Aug 16, 2022
- 4 min
All Through American History, Conservatives Have Always Been About Treason-- And Now More Than Ever
I didn’t read Dana Milbank’s new book, The Destructionists: The Twenty-Five Year Crack-Up of the Republican Party, yet, but I plan to....
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Howie Klein
- Aug 6, 2022
- 5 min
Don't Waste Your Contributions On Liz Cheney-- Give To Melanie D'Arrigo Instead
Crook County, Wyoming wasn’t named for Trump… but it may have well have been. Tucked into the primitive northeast corner of the state,...
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Howie Klein
- Jul 6, 2022
- 6 min
Tearing Down Is A Lot Easier Than Building-- Just Ask The Republican Party Elites
BINGO! BINGO! BINGO! The Republicans are a conservative party. They just want to keep the status quo. Their reactionary wing wants to...
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Noah
- Jun 11, 2022
- 1 min
Midnight Meme Of The Day! Death Cult Conservatism
by Noah Your Saturday Cartoon: Yep! Conservatives are always supporting ways to kill people! Always have and always will. It's who they...
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Howie Klein
- May 8, 2022
- 10 min
Impoverishment Of The Soul: Gay Conservative Closet Cases-- Ed Koch Finally Outed
A dozen years ago this month, notorious California Republican closet case, former leader of the Golden State's GOP homophobic movement,...
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Noah
- Apr 21, 2022
- 2 min
Midnight Meme Of The Day! The Trumps & Putin: One Big Happy Family!
by Noah You know when you see those underwater pictures of a large shark cruising through the water with a parasitical fish known as a...
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Howie Klein
- Apr 14, 2022
- 5 min
Did David Mamet Lose His Mind? Or Just His Soul? Old Play Opens Tonight
In 2011 a budding actor friend of mine played the role of Charlie Fox in a college production of David Mamet's 1988 play Speed-the-Plow....
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Howie Klein
- Feb 22, 2022
- 7 min
Governance Is About Compromise... But No One Has The Right To Compromise Away Someone's Life
Ever hear of the Corwin Amendment? I fancy myself a student of history and I never had until a member of Congress mentioned it to me...
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