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The Democratic Party’s Job Must Be The Economic Struggle My friends in Europe all say ‘who the hell is Kamala Harris— what about Bernie,...
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Howie Klein
- Jun 11
- 9 min
The Democratic Base Has Gotten More Progressive— But Elected Democratic Leaders, Not So Much
Bonus: The American Housing Crisis Yesterday, Gallup’s Justin McCarthy reported that Americans— especially Democrats— have gotten more...
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Howie Klein
- Apr 29
- 6 min
Joe Manchin Was Right About One Thing: There Aren't Enough Progressives In Congress
BONUS: A Blue America Contest For Cori & Jamaal Arch-conservative and corrupt Democrat Joe Manchin once said that "If people want more...
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Howie Klein
- Apr 13
- 3 min
Simple: When We Don't Support Progressives, We Wind Up With Corrupt Conservatives Running The Show
Katie Porter has been a solid progressive since getting into Congress and has done yeoman’s work in her area of expertise, far more so...
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Howie Klein
- Mar 4
- 4 min
Democratic Party Politics In New York's North Country— A Chance To Hold Elise Stefanik Accountable
Fear and Loathing in NY In Spring 2023, the Democratic Party held their annual Rural Caucus meeting in Saratoga Springs, NY. The theme of...
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Patrick Toomey
- Jun 6, 2023
- 3 min
Democratic Progressives Are Charlie Brown And The Party Is Lucy
-by Patrick Toomey Occasionally, one cartoon can summarize a long history of events. This Peanuts classic sums up, once again, how the...
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Howie Klein
- Mar 22, 2023
- 3 min
Conservative Billionaires Corrupt The System-- & Are No Friends Of Progressives; Take Reid Hoffman
As promised earlier, there’s more from Theodore Schleifer today, although only tangentially connected to the FTX case. The connection...
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Howie Klein
- Feb 18, 2023
- 2 min
NY Is Stuck With Kathy Hochul, Thanks To Andrew Cuomo, But Fortunately Not All Her Bad Decisions
Ever since New York’s Senate Judiciary Committee, rejected Hector LaSalle, the anti-Choice/anti-union conservative who Kathy Hochul and...
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Howie Klein
- Jan 27, 2023
- 5 min
Corruption Is A Way Of Life In Congress-- It Is Bipartisan... And Progressives Do Not Fit In
Reactionary Centrism In the House last night there was a long series of votes on amendments to a Republican messaging bill to limit the...
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Howie Klein
- Jan 8, 2023
- 7 min
Is There Something Progressives In Congress Could Learn From The Fascists?
How About Winning Tactics? A frequent and gratuitously negative DWT commenter noted yesterday that he’s “more worried that the democrap...
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Howie Klein
- Dec 19, 2022
- 7 min
The Lesser Of 2 Evils & Top Down Politics Of The Democratic Establishment Offers False Hope
Let's Start On Long Island-- And End In Arizona The congressman from NY-03, Tom Suozzi, decided to run for governor against a meh...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 17, 2022
- 6 min
Sean Patrick Maloney Is Still Running His Mouth, Further Demonstrating Why The Voters Rejected Him
The Democratic Party establishment is celebrating how well they did— except for the Democratic Party establishment that is blaming their...
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Howie Klein
- Sep 10, 2022
- 4 min
Would You Clam On A Member Of Congress If There Was A Good Reason To?
New rule: any member of Congress who votes for the Manchin-Schumer deal to increase global warming can’t ever call themselves a...
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Howie Klein
- Sep 8, 2022
- 2 min
Chuck Schumer’s Got His Head Up Joe Manchin’s Ass
Which House Dems Will Stand Firm Against Climate Catastrophe? Do “progressives” have the guts to block Joe Manchin’s proposal to make it...
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Howie Klein
- Aug 28, 2022
- 15 min
Rachel Ventura: Tonight We Lit A Candle Of Hope!
A summary of Rachel Ventura’s upset victory in Illinois’ 43rd State Senate race and lessons learned for other grassroots candidates...
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Howie Klein
- Jul 25, 2022
- 5 min
Both Parties Are Very Sick— Just Listen To Adam Kinzinger And Bernie Sanders
Adam Kinzinger was Jonathan Karl’s guest on This Week yesterday. The conservative Illinois Republican has so broken with his party that...
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Howie Klein
- Jul 10, 2022
- 5 min
The Democratic Party Will Be Even Worse Off When It's Rid Of Biden
The word I kept hearing on the radio every time there was an item about Biden’s too-little-too-late half-assed attempt to pretend he kind...
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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
- Jul 1, 2022
- 5 min
Republicans Haven't Been Able To Shut Down The Progressive Movement-- Can Hakeem Jeffries & AIPAC?
Punchbowl’s Heather Caygle gave Hakeem Jeffries a free ad this morning. I’ll get to it in a moment. But first let me say it made me...
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Howie Klein
- Jun 5, 2022
- 2 min
Hakeem Jeffries' War Against Progressives And Progressivism
I want you to look at this little box directly below from ProgressivePunch. It shows the two members of Congress who have the most...
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