The Latest Max Miller Scandal— Who Can Keep Track Of Them All!
A week ago— exactly 2 years to the day that Rep. Max Miller and Emily Moreno were wed at the Trumpanzee Country Club in Bedminster—...
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Howie Klein
- Aug 19
- 3 min
Why Would Jerrad Christian, A Progressive Democrat, Spend The Day In The Reddest County In Ohio?
Last week, Jerrad Christian, the progressive Democrat running for the seat held by knee-jerk MAGA Republican Troy Balderson, told me he...
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Howie Klein
- Aug 18
- 3 min
If Jerrad Christian Flips OH-12, We Won't Be Talking About A Blue Wave... It Means A Tsnami Is Here
Can You Spare $1.30? No one is kidding themselves about Ohio’s sprawling 12th district in the central and eastern part of the state. It...
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Howie Klein
- Aug 6
- 6 min
“Weird” And Its Popular Cousin “Creepy” Are Freaking Republicans Out In A Way “Fascist” Never Did
But Is “Weird” Too Complimentary A Term For Trump And Vance? Yesterday, Melissa Cropper wrote As a Rural Ohioan, I See J.D. Vance for Who...
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Howie Klein
- Aug 2
- 13 min
That Whole “Weird” Thing— And Why It Is Working So Well This Cycle
And JD Vance Is Far From The Only Weird Republican, Mascara Or Not Rep Tim Ryan lost the 2022 Ohio Senate race to JD Vance 2,192,114...
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Howie Klein
- Jun 13
- 2 min
David Joyce Votes No On MAGA Contempt Of Congress Resolution Against Garland: "Enough Is Enough"
On Tuesday, that Ohio special election that Republican state Sen. Michael Rulli massively underperformed in, was partially financed by...
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Howie Klein
- Jun 12
- 3 min
Yesterday's Races: Democrat Outperforms In Super-Red Ohio District Special Election
No Surprises In South Carolina Or Nevada Before we get into yesterday’s primaries, there was a special election in eastern Ohio— filling...
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Howie Klein
- Jun 8
- 3 min
Matt Diemer Is Running Against A Guy Who Went On TV And Advocated Turning Gaza Into A Parking Lot
Plus Dennis Kucinich 2.0-- "not our parents’ Dennis Kucinich" There are 4 counties that make up Ohio’s 7th district— part of Holmes and...
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Howie Klein
- May 20
- 4 min
Guest Post By Jerrad Christian— A Trip Down To The Southern Border
My flight home has me at the airport at 3 am. Everything is quiet, in a stark contrast to the whirlwind of experiences swirling in my...
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Howie Klein
- May 13
- 7 min
Battle For The Senate, 2024: Meet Bernie Moreno, Another Republican Who Cannot Speak Without Lying
Battleground Ohio Trump has promised an “upper class tax cut if he gets back into the White House. He can’t do that without a compliant...
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Harvey Wasserman
- Apr 16
- 5 min
Sam Randazzo’s Tragic Death Mirrors That Of Nuclear Power
-by Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman Columbus, Ohio— This week's tragic, sudden death of Sam Randazzo, former chair of Ohio’s Public...
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Howie Klein
- Mar 27
- 7 min
Turning Out The Voters Is The Only Way To Win Elections— Dems Used To Be Good At That... Long Ago
We frequently talk about how important it is to run a candidate in every district, even when winning the seat is a long shot. It’s not...
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Howie Klein
- Mar 22
- 8 min
Both Biden And Trump Have Terrible Polling Numbers... So What Will That Mean In November? Anything?
Yesterday, Jack Gillum and Anthony DeBarros reported that last month “Biden’s campaign apparatus said it brought in more than $53...
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Howie Klein
- Mar 20
- 5 min
Highlights From Last Night's Primary Results— Ohio, Illinois, Trump's Failing Campaign
The only thing noteworthy about the presidential primaries is that the Republican vote against Trump was much stronger than anyone...
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Howie Klein
- Mar 18
- 5 min
A Defeat For Moreno ("Nardo19672") Tomorrow Will Be A Blow Against GOP Collaboration With Putin
The MAGA War Against Ukraine Northeast Philly is a safely Democratic district with a D+41 partisan lean. Just 38.6% of the residents are...
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Howie Klein
- Mar 16
- 6 min
I Guessed Bernie Moreno Was A Self-Loathing Closet Case 2 Years Ago— Now Everyone In Ohio Knows
I don’t remember the last time I had sex. It was years before the onset of the pandemic. I consider myself still gay though— kind of like...
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Howie Klein
- Feb 3
- 4 min
The Opportunistic De-Evolution Of Ohio Republican Bernie Moreno-- From Worm To MAGAt
Before either DEVO or I was signed by Warner Bros Records, the band released a fantastic self-produced single, “Mongoloid” b/w “Jocko...
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Howie Klein
- Dec 31, 2023
- 4 min
Whether Dirty Diapers Or Sulpher, Trumpschmerz Stinks To High Heaven; Can They Smell It In Ohio?
Why Do House Republicans Like Troy Balderson Blindly Follow Trump? Susan Glasser’s end of the year missive in the New Yorker, The Year We...
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Howie Klein
- Dec 19, 2023
- 5 min
Can The Democrats Hold The Senate In 2024? It'll Be Tough Even In A Blue Year... But Not Impossible
The Democratic and Republican Parties in Nassau County were both over the moon when Congress kicked George Santos out of Congress. They...
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Howie Klein
- Dec 15, 2023
- 3 min
Ohio Republicans Have Their Own (Worse) Version Of George Santos They're Running: J.R. Majewski
Lying About Military Service Is Supposed To Be A Big No-No In their last unconstitutional gerrymandering session, the Ohio legislature's...
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