Down With Tyranny

feat. Howie Klein

2000-2020 Archive

Howie Klein

Sep 25, 20222 min read

Texas Today... Right Now

Yesterday, Karl Rove was a panelist at the annual Texas Tribune Festival. He described the state’s abortion ban— which outlaws the...

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From Red Wave To Red Ripple-- Will A Blue Wave Materialize This Fall?

Howie Klein

Aug 25, 20225 min read

From Red Wave To Red Ripple-- Will A Blue Wave Materialize This Fall?

The media narrative about Tuesday’s elections, jumped right over the primaries and went to the special election to fill the open Antonio...

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Could Toxic Masculinity Be As Toxic Anywhere As Texas?

Howie Klein

Aug 22, 202211 min read

Could Toxic Masculinity Be As Toxic Anywhere As Texas?

This morning everybody was talking about John Pavlovitz’s post on toxic masculinity MAGA style, Our Young Men Deserve Better Than MAGA...

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Midnight Meme Of The Day! Another Measure Of How Insane Republicans Are!

Noah

Aug 9, 20221 min read

Midnight Meme Of The Day! Another Measure Of How Insane Republicans Are!

by Noah The GOP's sanity-challenged adoration of Trump is continuing to manifest itself in very peculiar ways! And, now, we have Trump...

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Ground Game Texas: Fighting For A New Politics, City By City

Mike Siegel

Jul 28, 20223 min read

Ground Game Texas: Fighting For A New Politics, City By City

-by Mike Siegel After my Congressional campaigns in 2018 and 2020, building progressive coalitions in parts of Texas that had never seen...

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It Isn't Possible For A Sane Gay Person To Identify As A Republican

Howie Klein

Jun 24, 20223 min read

It Isn't Possible For A Sane Gay Person To Identify As A Republican

The headline reads Gay Republican group chair resigns after blasting ‘crazy people’ GOP convention but if the key word is "crazy"......

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Midnight Meme Of The Day! Lower And Lower, Texas Circles The Bowl

Howie Klein

Jun 22, 20224 min read

Midnight Meme Of The Day! Lower And Lower, Texas Circles The Bowl

by Noah Not that there's been any reason to be civil about the state of Texas before, but I'll just go ahead and declare it. There is...

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Howie Klein

Jun 21, 20225 min read

Trump Is Glum And Pissed Off Today

Arizona Speaker Rusty Bowers (R) Gave Trump A Powerful, Perhaps Mortal, Blow Aside from Trump vowing he would never ride a bicycle,...

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Midnight Meme Of The Day! The Lord God Sees All, Knows All!

Howie Klein

Jun 19, 20222 min read

Midnight Meme Of The Day! The Lord God Sees All, Knows All!

by Noah Sunday Thoughts: Today, I look at this cartoon and I can't help but give a special shout out to those Michigan Militia wankers...

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Even Ted Cruz Is A RINO To The Kind Of People Who Go To The Texas Republican Party Convention

Howie Klein

Jun 18, 20223 min read

Even Ted Cruz Is A RINO To The Kind Of People Who Go To The Texas Republican Party Convention

This afternoon, the internet exploded with postings about Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) being "assaulted" and Ted Cruz being called a RINO at...

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Midnight Meme Of The Day! A Chain Of Gun Stores Is Heard From!

Noah

Jun 7, 20221 min read

Midnight Meme Of The Day! A Chain Of Gun Stores Is Heard From!

by Noah In case you were wondering how some Texans celebrated Memorial Day Weekend, this sign (above) appeared out front of the Defiant...

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Midnight Meme Of The Day! Texas: A Land Of Self-Induced Nightmares

Noah

Jun 2, 20224 min read

Midnight Meme Of The Day! Texas: A Land Of Self-Induced Nightmares

by Noah We all know that the state of Texas is in a very ill place. Unfortunately, the state of Texas insists on reminding us of that...

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Pelosi's Putrid Hypocrisy & Opportunism Are On Display In South Texas

Howie Klein

May 31, 20226 min read

Pelosi's Putrid Hypocrisy & Opportunism Are On Display In South Texas

We still don't know who won the two progressive vs reactionary south Texas races-- TX-28 between reformist challenger Jessica Cisneros...

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Midnight Meme Of The Day! A Bad Guy With A Gun

Noah

May 31, 20222 min read

Midnight Meme Of The Day! A Bad Guy With A Gun

by Noah Again. The faces of the little kids that were murdered in Uvalde last week were so mutilated by bullets that they could not be...

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Midnight Meme Of The Day! Republicans Who Shout "Baby Killer" Should Look In A Mirror

Noah

May 30, 20222 min read

Midnight Meme Of The Day! Republicans Who Shout "Baby Killer" Should Look In A Mirror

by Noah "Fuck you @tedcruz you care about a fetus but you will let our children get slaughtered. Just get your ass to Cancun. You are...

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Pelosi & Her Cronies Are Pro-Choice-- Except When It's Politically Inconvenient (Henry Cuellar)

Howie Klein

May 4, 20222 min read

Pelosi & Her Cronies Are Pro-Choice-- Except When It's Politically Inconvenient (Henry Cuellar)

Yesterday and today, as everyone in the country talks about the Supreme Court anti-Choice leak, Pelosi and Clyburn have been in south...

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Mike Siegel

Mar 2, 20224 min read

Mike Siegel: A Progressive Texas Is Rising

In four Congressional districts, candidates are pushing the Democratic delegation to the left -by Mike Siegel The most progressive City...

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Howie Klein

Mar 1, 20223 min read

Tejas!

Huge Win For Greg Casar-- No Run-off Early voting in Texas was not very good-- especially not for Democrats. Republican primary voters...

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Gerrymandering Needs To Be Banned With A Constitutional Amendment

Howie Klein

Feb 28, 20225 min read

Gerrymandering Needs To Be Banned With A Constitutional Amendment

There were no computers when the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution and the first attempts at gerrymandering-- manipulating...

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Trump's Endorsement Is Not A Kiss Of Death... In GOP Primaries

Howie Klein

Feb 24, 20224 min read

Trump's Endorsement Is Not A Kiss Of Death... In GOP Primaries

Yesterday, Punchbowl noted that "Biden’s poll numbers are staggeringly low after 13 months in office, verging into Trump territory." They...

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