The Minimum Wage Is 85 Years Old This Week-- Our Corporate Masters & Their GOP Servants Want It Dead
When the 1930 elections came around, the Republicans were still in control of both chambers. The effects of the Great Depression that...
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Howie Klein
- Jul 9
- 4 min
Climate And Conservatism
Earlier today, we looked at David Graham’s assertion that the Democratic Party is now the conservative party. He didn’t talk about the...
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Howie Klein
- Jul 9
- 8 min
The GOP Is Now A Fascist Party-- Has That Made The Democrats A Fundamentally Conservative Party?
The other day, when I was researching some background for the post on Oklahoma Superintendent of Schools, Ryan Walters, a neo-Nazi...
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Howie Klein
- May 24
- 10 min
Hostage Crisis? Or Weak, Senile President Crisis?
Sure, McCarthy And Ricchetti Are Pieces Of Shit, But Biden's The Caitiff Default countdown— 8 days? Biden seems fine with caving to GOP...
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Howie Klein
- Apr 12
- 6 min
A Look At The Comparative Psychology Of Progressive And Conservative Politicians
The Louisiana legislature isn’t exactly an hotbed of progressivism. The state Senate has just 12 Democrats and 27 Republicans (a red...
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Howie Klein
- Apr 6
- 6 min
Why Wisconsin's Election Results Are A 5-Alarm Warning For The GOP-- Not Just A 1 or 2-Alarmer
This morning, conservative types who still bother reading the Wall Street Journal were jabbering about there editorial on the GOP’s...
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Howie Klein
- Jan 12
- 4 min
Conservative Dems Have Failed Miserably In NY— But They Blame Their Shortcomings On Progressives
The Battle Over Judge Hector LaSalle The New York Times has continued shilling for Gov. Kathy Hochul and her choice of conservative...
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Howie Klein
- Sep 23, 2022
- 3 min
Conservatives In Congress Want To Take Things Away From People-- Will Voters Take Away Their Jobs?
Oregon Blue Dog Kurt Schrader was the last Democrat in the House to vote against raising the minimum wage and one of the last to oppose...
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Howie Klein
- Jul 14, 2022
- 8 min
There's No Organized Effort Among Progressives In Congress To Defend Themselves From AIPAC
The most evil of the Republican PACs is AIPAC’s United Democracy Project (plus their associated Democratic Majority for Israel), not just...
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Howie Klein
- Jul 5, 2022
- 7 min
It's Fine That The Conservative Dems Are Vanishing-- But They're Wrecking the Democratic Party
The Democratic Party Is Self-Destructing At The Worst Possible Time Yesterday, if you got past my reminiscences about my early...
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Howie Klein
- May 26, 2022
- 4 min
Is Funding Anti-Semitism The Same As BEING An Anti-Semite? I Wonder What AIPAC Says
When I first heard of AIPAC, in the late 1960s, it was a non-partisan group that seemed to lean heavily towards the Democrats. A lot has...
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Howie Klein
- May 24, 2022
- 4 min
Sean Patrick Maloney Is The 8th Worst Democrat In The House; Alessandra Biaggi Is Primarying Him
When the Democrats in the New York state legislature made their ridiculous gerrymander blunder, on of their stupidest moves was to turn...
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Howie Klein
- May 16, 2022
- 6 min
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...
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Howie Klein
- Apr 6, 2022
- 4 min
Beating An Entrenched Incumbent Is Never Easy-- Nor Is It Impossible. Vincent Fort Is On The Way
David Scott, a corrupt Blue Dog who represents-- although does not live in-- a very blue inner suburban district south of Atlanta, was...
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Howie Klein
- Mar 20, 2022
- 2 min
Doug Schoen, Still Pretending To Be A Democrat
If there was a dictionary definition of "conservative treacherous scumbag lobbyist," the photo would be of Doug Schoen. Usually referred...
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Howie Klein
- Mar 18, 2022
- 5 min
Putting People First! Meet San Diego Progressive JoaquÃn Vázquez
A decade ago, then Congressman Bob Filner described then state Senator Juan Vargas like this: "While Juan has not yet been convicted of a...
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Howie Klein
- Feb 27, 2022
- 4 min
Pulling The Democratic Party Right-- Prevention Is A Battle Worth Fighting
All the regular suspects are inundating the media with "news" items about how the only way for Democrats to win is by turning right and...
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Howie Klein
- Feb 21, 2022
- 5 min
Cristina vs Robert-- A Congressional Race You Should Expect To Hear A Lot About This Cycle
Yesterday's L.A. Times ran a nice "both sides now" piece about the Dem vs Dem congressional race in the newly created 42nd district...
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Howie Klein
- Feb 5, 2022
- 4 min
Yesterday's Hit Piece On Pramila Jayapal In Politico
Yesterday, Politico ran a hit piece on Pramila Jayapal, likely initiated not by Republicans but by No Labels and the anti-progressive PAC...
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Howie Klein
- Jan 26, 2022
- 5 min
With Katko Retiring, There Are 7 Conservatives Running Against Progressive Steven Holden
I'm reluctant to spend too much time writing about the New York State congressional races because the state legislature is still working...
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