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Mr. Blumenauer Goes To Portland... Yes, There's Life After A Successful Career In Congress
His Advice To New Members: Eat Healthy, Exercise, Take The Stairs I only ever met Earl Blumenauer once when nearly a decade ago John...

Howie Klein
Jan 43 min read
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Dan Ruby Likes Taking On Near-Impossible Problems— He’s Running For Congress In A Ruby Red District
Oregon has six congressional districts. 4 are pretty blue; one’s swingy and one is deep red. Dan Ruby thinks there’s a narrow path to...

Howie Klein
Jul 11, 20247 min read
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Let’s Not Even THINK About Giving Up On Oregon— Jonathan Tasini Is Going To Win In November
Last week we experienced a disaster in the Portland area. AIPAC financed the campaigns of two corporate Democratic Party tools, and the...

Howie Klein
May 29, 20244 min read
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Our First Memorial Day Weekend Post Is About The Threat Of Fascism In Oregon
In 2022, in the midst of right-wing blind fury over the COVID pandemic, violent, anti-government extremist Ammon Bundy decided to run for...

Howie Klein
May 25, 20244 min read
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Sorry To Report But It Was Mostly Bad News In Yesterday's Primaries
AIPAC defeated Both Susheela Jayapal And Jamie McLeod-Skinner There were primaries in 4 states yesterday— Georgia, Kentucky, Idaho and...

Howie Klein
May 22, 20246 min read
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The DCCC Has A Reminder For Progressives: "We Hate You And Want Your Candidates To Lose"
Battleground: Oregon I enjoy reading Max Cohen’s morning political reports in PunchBowl when I wake up most days. But yesterday, he wrote...

Howie Klein
May 14, 20244 min read
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AIPAC, At War Against Progressives, Is Focusing On Maryland And Oregon Right Now
Earlier today, we asked how we can know if a member of Congress is too corrupt to vote for and used their relationship with crypto as a...

Howie Klein
May 11, 20244 min read
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AIPAC Invades Oregon With Its Dirty Blood Money
Should Progressives Stop Contributing To Candidates Who Take AIPAC Money? The people who run AIPAC aren’t dummies and they’re well aware...

Howie Klein
May 5, 20247 min read
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Congressional Insider Trading: Bipartisan, Very Prevalent, Rarely Prosecuted, Almost Never Punished
And Certainly NOT An Urban Legend After reading Judd Legum’s essay, Congress' stock trading addiction, I got into a discussion with a...

Howie Klein
Mar 20, 20247 min read
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Oregon: An Unseen Bonanza Awaits Progressives, If We Make It So— Guest Post By Jonathan Tasini
A Case For 3 Outstanding Progressives In Oregon Raise your hand if you’d buy into this deal: two new solid progressive voices in Congress...

Howie Klein
Feb 6, 20243 min read
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10 Oregon GOP State Senators Have Been Barred From Running For Re-Election
The Oregon State Senate has 30 members, 17 Democrats, 11 Republicans and 2 independents. When the Republicans didn’t want the legislature...

Howie Klein
Feb 2, 20242 min read
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Broadband For All-- A Guest Post By Portland Council Candidate Jonathan Tasini
Cable Companies Are Charging Astronomical Fees A few weeks ago, I wrote to the Blue America community about my decision to run for the...

Howie Klein
Nov 27, 20233 min read
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Reinvigorating Solidarity As A Core Value-- A Guest Post By Jonathan Tasini
Why should Blue America’s community care about the elections in 2024 to the Portland City Council? I pose this question not simply...

Howie Klein
Nov 8, 20234 min read
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4 New Democratic Candidates Launched Campaigns For Congress In Texas, Michigan, Oregon & Wisconsin
Quite a few candidates from both parties officially launched their campaigns over the weekend. There were 2 House announcements and 2...

Howie Klein
Jul 11, 20236 min read
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Trump Turned The GOP's Base Into The Psycho Ward Capable Of Electing People Like Lauren Boebert
Will Debate #1 Feature Someone With A Ruler To Measure Everyone’s Dick? Senate Republicans are worried sick that their party’s primary is...

Howie Klein
Jun 9, 20235 min read
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Phil Knight Switches From Republican-Lite To Full Fledged Republican In Oregon's Governor's Race
Because Phil Knight, the founder of Nike, is the richest person in Oregon ($54 billion), he feels he should get to pick the state...

Howie Klein
Oct 7, 20223 min read
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Bitter & Ugly In Defeat, Blue Dog Kurt Schrader Hasn't Joined The GOP... Yet
Defeated Oregon Blue Dog Kurt Schrader is delusional. He was one of only two Democrats to join the Republicans last week to vote against...

Howie Klein
Jun 13, 20223 min read
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Yesterday's Primary Results Are Still Coming In, But It Was A Mixed Bag For Progressives
Endorsements By The 2 Disliked Party Leaders-- Trump & Biden-- Are Not Keys To Victories The polls in North Carolina and Kentucky always...

Howie Klein
May 18, 20225 min read
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Polls Are Open And Today Biden & Pelosi Are Doing More To Hurt Progressivism Than Trump Is
We ran through the big races yesterday. I was so busy that I forgot to mention Alexandra Hunt in Philly and Matt West in the crowded new...

Howie Klein
May 17, 20228 min read
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For Progressives-- Tomorrow's Most Important Races
There will be plenty of entertaining primaries to watch tomorrow-- the 3-way shit show among Republicans vying to go up against John...

Howie Klein
May 16, 20226 min read
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