Jim Hightower

National radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author of the book, "Swim Against The Current: Even A Dead Fish Can Go With The Flow," Jim Hightower has spent three decades battling the Powers That Be on behalf of the Powers That Ought To Be - consumers, working families, environmentalists, small businesses, and just-plain-folks.Twice elected Texas Agriculture Commissioner, Hightower is a modern-day Johnny Appleseed, spreading the message of progressive populism all across the American grassroots.He broadcasts daily radio commentaries that are carried in more than 150 commercial and public stations and on the web.

Can Feisty Journalists Rescue Their Newspaper from Corporate Greed … Again?

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Some small publications can make a recovery, thanks to feisty journalists who believe in local newspapers. In 2018 my newspaper died. Well, actually, the emaciated carcass of the … Read more

Disaster Warning: Profiteers Are Trying to Privatize America’s Public Weather Service

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Wall Street profiteers — including Trump appointees and political funders — have long lusted to privatize the weather service. From the Lowdown’s “Early Political Warning System” comes this … Read more

Bezos and Other Billionaires Defecating on Florida Town

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Yes, there are actually billionaires defecating on the commoners in Florida. Don’t let it be said that the superrich care only about themselves, always taking from society and … Read more

‘Feed the Troops!’ Soldiers Say It’s Hard to Eat a $45 Million Parade

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Trump’s parade needed some reality-TV drama: he could’ve had food trucks chased by hungry U.S. soldiers chanting, “Feed the Troops!” How embarrassing. Our showbiz president’s glorious $45 million … Read more

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