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Jim Hightower's Lowdown

Jim Hightower, Deanna Zandt, Laura Ehrlich, Tavis Smiley
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America's #1 populist! News and shows about the progressive, democratic populist rebellion from former Texas Ag Commissioner and NYT best-selling author Jim Hightower.

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Two-Legged Hogs Trying to Rule Ag Policy

Warning: This is a sob story that might bring you to tears. Or make you upchuck in disgust.

It’s about hogs – both the four-legged species and the more piggish, two-legged breed of agribusiness executives. The latter have long profited fro...

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You Betcha the GOP “Loves” Small Business. Loves It to Death.

I’ve got to hand it to Washington’s Republican policy makers. They’ve come up with a truly remarkable way that, they promise, will vastly expand the number of small businesses in America. Great!

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Why Can’t Ill Seniors Get Even a Scrap of Dignity from Congress?

What’s wrong with us? Our nation’s moral compass, I mean.

I don’t like being a downer, just focusing on wrongs, but some wrongs stand out as morally abominable, such as this one. It’s about hundreds of thousands of our low-income elders wh...

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Montana Proposes a Way to Stop “Dark Money” Corruption of Our Democracy

It’s the fall harvest season, when many farm stands and homes decorate with pumpkins, corn stalks, and maybe even a straw man.

How to make a straw man? Easy – stuff a couple of burlap bags with hay and dress your “man” in an old flannel sh...

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Friday Signpost: Hightower & Tavis Smiley on the Fight for Fundamental Fairness

Last week, Hightower had the absolute pleasure of appearing on ’s live radio talk show—a lot of great laughs, and a lot of good ground covered! From the Texas races, to America at 250, to the idea that fundamental fairness is a sense all hu...

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    America's #1 populist! NYT bestselling author, former twice-elected Ag Commissioner of Texas, radio commentator and populist agitator for over 80 (!) years.

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    Entrepreneur, broadcaster, advocate, and author.

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