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The Republicans’ Big Ugly Bill Is A Ticking Time Bomb— And They’re Standing Right On It
Now They Have To Sell The Unsellable: They Just Voted to Gut Medicaid In Their Home Districts The party of Medicaid cuts & billionaire...

Howie Klein
1 day ago11 min read
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Trump Gets To Sign His Big Ugly Bill Today Because... CONGRESS ALWAYS CHICKENS OUT
The Republican Party Just Declared Class War Against 75% Of Americans Sure, on the eve of Independence Day, nearly 20% of Americans— and...

Howie Klein
3 days ago7 min read
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Señor TACO’s Senate Circus: Big Ugly Lies, Big Ugly Bill, Big Ugly Betrayals...Profiles in Cowardice
The Big Ugly Vote Is A Gift To Dems in 2026, If They Don't Blow It Trump’s Big Ugly Bill was moved forward with a 51-49 vote last night....

Howie Klein
Jun 295 min read
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Going Backward With Señor Trump On Clean Drinking Water For People Who Don't Buy Perrier Or Fiji
The Republican Party— Bringer Of Cancer The kind of regulatory capture and backpedaling we’re seeing under the Trump Regime reflects a...

Howie Klein
May 156 min read
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Ever Wonder How The DCCC Has Become So Proficient At Losing Blue Seats? Suzan DelBene Is An Expert
Progressive Randy Villegas and conservative Jasmeet Bains Right now there are 37 congressional districts with more than 50% Hispanic...

Howie Klein
Apr 202 min read
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Republican So-Called "Moderates" Are Fakin' It As Much As Faux Democratic "Moderates" Are
For The Most Part, They Vote As Extreme As The Worst MAGAts Do Swing district Republicans like Don Bacon (NE), Mike Lawler (NY), Brian...

Howie Klein
Feb 155 min read
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Do The DCCC Democrats NOT Want To Flip Valadao's Central Valley District? Rudy Salas Again!
The San Joaquin Valley’s 22nd congressional district should have been a Democratic seat. A majority-Latino district, it includes most of...

Howie Klein
Feb 15, 20243 min read
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Worse Than A Do-Nothing Congress Is A Do-Bad Congress-- This One Is Both
Will Swing Voters Turn On Republican Incumbents Next Year? Yesterday, Theodoric Meyer and Leigh Ann Caldwell reminded Washington...

Howie Klein
Dec 16, 20236 min read
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Will Their Abortion Fanaticism Lose The Republicans Their House Majority? I Say YES
Did I Mention Their Dysfunctional Leadership? Extreme right House Republicans in safe hillbilly districts— to use Gym Jordan’s parlance—...

Howie Klein
Aug 10, 20233 min read
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House GOP Extremism And Overreach Will Probably Kill Their Chances To Keep The Majority In 2024
Every time he’s run, conservative Republican Mike Garcia was given a nice present by the DCCC— the same unelectable GOP-lite opponent,...

Howie Klein
Nov 23, 20224 min read
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Californians Prefer Choice-- Congressional Republicans Are In Trouble
Post-primary, there are nearly a dozen California races in play that could make a very significant difference in Congress next year....

Howie Klein
Aug 30, 20229 min read
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The Republicans Just Screwed America... Will The Voters Screw Them Right Back In November?
There's No Way To Make The 6 Evil Justices Pay... But There Is A Way To Get Even-- Defeat The People Who Put Them On The Bench Let’s...

Howie Klein
Jun 27, 20226 min read
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Republican Civil War Spills Into Congressional Races-- NY, NJ, California, Even South Dakota!
The Fascists Are Coming For The Conservatives After New York Democrats tried stealing 4 red seats from the GOP, a Republican judge...

Howie Klein
Jun 5, 20225 min read
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Is 2022 The Year The Central Valley Goes All In For Progressives? Bernie Won Every District
The California redistricting commission scrambled the Central Valley congressional map a bit. Not counting the new CA-27 (former CA-25,...

Howie Klein
Dec 31, 20214 min read
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It's Insane That Climate Action Should Be A Partisan Issue... But That's What Happened To The GOP
I saw an interesting Data For Progress poll yesterday that asked respondents about specific parts of the Build Back Better Act. All of...

Howie Klein
Dec 3, 20215 min read
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CA-21 Will Be One Of The Hottest Races In The Country
CA-21, a Central Valley district that stretches from the Hispanic neighborhoods of Bakersfield, north along the 5 in the west and the 99...

Howie Klein
Oct 25, 20213 min read
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Trump Is Getting Closer To Replacing McCarthy
In return for all that ass-kissing, McCarthy got a joint fundraising committee with Trump that he controls-- basically permission to use...

Howie Klein
Sep 24, 20213 min read
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The Moderates-- What A Glorious Day!
Last night California Blue Dog Jim Costa couldn't be bothered to show up and vote on the John Lewis Voting Voting Rights Advancement Act....

Howie Klein
Aug 25, 20214 min read
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The House Just Voted To Repeal The AUMF; Biden Is OK With It. McConnell Still Has A Filibuster Veto
This morning, the House voted, 268-161, for Barbara Lee's resolution to repeal the hated AUMF-- the Authorization for Use of Military...

Howie Klein
Jun 17, 20213 min read
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Can A Progressive Win A Rural Toss-Up Congressional District?
California’s 21st congressional district is politically unique. David Valadao, a Republican who voted to impeach Trump yet voted with him...

Howie Klein
Jun 6, 20214 min read
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