To Understand The Modern Republican Party, You Must Grok The Intense Sense Of Fear And Grievance
The GOP-- A Toxic Brew Of Fear & Desperation, Anger & Indignation, Feelings Of Betrayal & Victimhood, Crying Out For Vengeance On Monday,...
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Howie Klein
- Feb 22
- 22 min
There Were People Like This When I Was 20 Too--They're As Much A Waste Of Time Now As They Were Then
It's Unlikely Anything Good Will Come Out Of Wyoming This Century Marjorie Traitor Greene tweeted that “everyone” she talks to agrees...
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Howie Klein
- Feb 6
- 7 min
The Future Of The Republican Party Is Dismal, Deservedly So
Peter Wehner— a former speech-writer for Reagan and the two Bushes— had a serious warning for his party yesterday: Trump, who he termed...
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Howie Klein
- Dec 19, 2022
- 7 min
Ever Get The Feeling Trump's Going To Get Away With It All-- And That Most People Don't Really Care?
Who’s the bad guy, Trump, the Republican elected officials who enable him or the Republican voters? Yeah, I know; all of the above. But...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 11, 2022
- 10 min
The GOP's Future Looks Grim-- Thanks To You-Know-Who... And The Party's Embrace Of Him
Yesterday’s Peter Wehner’s Atlantic column seems to have started out with the title “More MAGA Than Ever” but when I went back to re-read...
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Howie Klein
- Aug 28, 2022
- 7 min
No Republican Should Be Surprised By The Gleeful Barbarism Of The GOP— It Was Always Headed There
Guernica is a Basque town near the Bay of Biscay in northern Spain. Founded in 1366, it became world famous on April 26, 1937 when, at...
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Howie Klein
- Jun 11, 2022
- 4 min
Forget About GOP Politicians For A Moment-- What Is Wrong With The People Who Vote For Them?
Yesterday we looked at how the rate of premature deaths are higher in red counties than blue counties. This morning a trio of Wall Street...
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Howie Klein
- Mar 4, 2022
- 5 min
Could Russia's War Against Ukraine Bring Americans More Together?
Putin's regime, which claims-- for domestic consumption-- that its war against "neo-Nazis" in Ukraine is going swimmingly, is blocking...
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Howie Klein
- Jun 19, 2021
- 4 min
QAnon Has Taken Over The GOP-- Is American Christianity Its Next Victim?
That tweet below, anyone sane would say, is evergreen. And it very much helps contextualize the latest NY Times guest essay by Peter...
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Howie Klein
- May 21, 2021
- 8 min
Besides Hatred, Bigotry, Greed & Selfishness, The GOP Now Also Stands For Political Violence
Mike Gallagher was a Marine station in Iraq twice and I'm going to assume he isn't a physical coward-- even if he is obviously afraid of...
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Howie Klein
- Apr 27, 2021
- 9 min
Voters Have Good Reason To Be Disgusted With The GOP. How Can They Think They're Going To Win Again?
Today the NY Post ran a click-bait piece on Liz Cheney, who's about to lose her reelection in Wyoming, not ruling out a presidential run....
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Howie Klein
- Dec 8, 2020
- 4 min
Epistemic Chaos, Noetic Disarray And Deadly Trumpanzee Fairy Tales
You know all that crap that flooded out in books and essays and interviews about Trump before he was defeated. I imagine there will be...
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