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Progressives Need Not Apply: Hakeem Jeffries' New Primary Machine
When Mediocre Leadership Builds A Parallel Party A couple of years before House Democrats made the historic— but predictable— error of...

Howie Klein
Jun 75 min read
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In Theory, The Democrats Can Beat MAGA With The Politics Of Substance— Populism Without The Fascism
The Real Resistance Is Economic In his column yesterday, Trump Is Immensely Vulnerable , Nicholas Kristof lists 3 of Trump’s top...

Howie Klein
May 255 min read
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My Grandfather Once Told Me "The Only Thing Worse Than The Democratic Party Is The Republican Party"
When We're Looking At The Establishment, It's Always Worth Digging A Little Deeper Progressive Policy Institute sounds… progressive,...

Howie Klein
May 222 min read
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Is The Democratic Party Cool Enough— And Wise Enough— To Nominate AOC For the Presidency in 2028?
Yale’s spring polling was released today and they found that a plurality of Democrats (and Democratic-leaning independents) would vote...

Howie Klein
Apr 215 min read
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Grassroots Revolt Against Wall Street Dems— Clintonian Triangulation Is Dead & Needs To Be Buried
Is The Corporate Wing Of The Democratic Party Losing Its Grip? Past time for this old clown to move along Among other political...

Howie Klein
Mar 289 min read
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Gavin Newsom Isn't Really "Old And Out Of Touch"— Just Out Of Touch The Way Chuck Schumer Is
Granted, when Gavin Newsom set out to make a national name for himself— by performing a same sex marriage on the steps of San Francisco’s...

Howie Klein
Mar 248 min read
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Bill Clinton, The Genesis Of The Corporately-Owned New Dems And The Decline Of The Democratic Party
The Democratic Party Won't Fix Itself— It Has To Be Forced On Them They're not Republicans, but they are what's wrong with the Democratic...

Howie Klein
Mar 1115 min read
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By Cheating Bernie Out Of The Nomination, The Neoliberal Democratic Establishment Gave Us Trump
Sorry, The Democratic Consultant/Donor Class Aren't Our Friends Elissa Slotkin is a Liz Cheney conservative Democrat, not an FDR Democrat...

Howie Klein
Mar 911 min read
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Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer At The Rubicon— To Sign Or Not To Sign
Are you thinking about which Democrat will take on the MAGA presidential candidate in 2028? It’s not too early for Erica Payne, founder...

Howie Klein
Feb 183 min read
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Conservatism’s Trojan Horse Inside The Democratic Party Are The New Dems, Corporate Shills
The Fight For Progress Means Taking On The New Dems Too Serving their corporate masters Conservative ideology isn’t just about...

Howie Klein
Feb 165 min read
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20 Terms In Congress Is Enough— Saikat Chakrabarti Is Running Against Nancy Pelosi In San Francisco
Between the time I was living in Amsterdam and when I loved to Los Angeles, my home, for the better part of a decade, was San Francisco....

Howie Klein
Feb 73 min read
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Corrupt Anti-Union ConservaDem Rahm Emanuel Helped Lose The Working Class For His Party
Now He Wants To Do More Damage— In The Senate Yesterday, we found out that Rahm Emanuel— soon to be officially back from Japan (he was...

Howie Klein
Jan 511 min read
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Identity vs. Ideology: How Blue America Picks Its Champions
Blue America’s Litmus Test: It’s About Policy, Not Identity She looked pretty good on paper, right? Yesterday I was looking into how the...

Howie Klein
Dec 14, 20244 min read
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Is A Democratic Billionaire Better Than A Republican Billionaire?
What Country Is Reid Hoffman Fleeing To? I hope It's Far NY-17 is one of the bluest districts in the country with a Republican...

Howie Klein
Nov 28, 202410 min read
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Ever Think About What Saving The Democratic Party From Careerist Greed Would Actually Entail?
Bernie sent his supporters an e-mail called “Tough Times,” yesterday. He noted that “The American people understand that our economic and...

Howie Klein
Nov 24, 202411 min read
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When Do We Have To Admit The Democratic Party Is No Longer A Vehicle For Progressive Aspirations?
At Least The Clintons, Obama & Biden Were Unable To Make Rahm DNC Chair The lazy Senate Democrats are lumbering along confirming the last...

Howie Klein
Nov 19, 20247 min read
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Can Things Get Worse For The Democrats? Satan Is Running To Be Chair Of The DNC— Rahm Is Back
Democratic Party Establishment Goes To War... Against Democratic Voters Last week, Rahm Emanuel abandoned his post in Tokyo and spent his...

Howie Klein
Nov 17, 20244 min read
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The Alternative To Leaving And Starting A Progressive Party— No More Power For Corporate Dems
The DCCC Failed— Why Should It Continue Being Dominated By New Dems? When I think about DNC Chair Jaime Harrison, the first things that...

Howie Klein
Nov 11, 20245 min read
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Hey Progressives, Play Your Hand, Sometimes The Cards Ain't Worth A Dime If You Don't Lay 'Em Down
Liz Cheney? Hell No! What Was Kamala Even Thinking? Kamala and those around her— basically the Democratic Party establishment— opted for...

Howie Klein
Nov 10, 20246 min read
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Yes, The GOP Is Irredeemably Horrible— And So, I'm Afraid, Is The Progressive-Hating DCCC
Suzan DelBene Is Rahm Emanuel Without The Potty Mouth & Tutu There are some excellent candidates running for Congress this cycle but...

Howie Klein
Oct 20, 20245 min read
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