Global pesticide giants are secretly working on preventing Americans from suing them for causing cancer with their products. @foodandwaterwatch.bsky.social jimhightower.substack.com/p/warning-ju...

The exciting new thing being pushed by non-profit hospitals is to spend big chunks of their tax-free revenue on their area’s professional and college sports teams. For what? Get this: To buy the naming rights to the teams’ stadiums and ballparks! jimhightower.substack.com/p/ceos-of-ta...

When right-wingers screech that “fiscal prudence” demands they slash the program’s benefits, that’s bank-robber code for looting wealth you’ve banked for years in this People’s retirement system. jimhightower.substack.com/p/no-need-to...

History lesson! The first person reported to have used the word “WOKE” was Huddie Ledbetter, the legendary Black blues artist known as Lead Belly. jimhightower.substack.com/p/the-secret...

All in favor of DOUBLING Congress' pay say "aye!" jimhightower.substack.com/p/i-ask-you-...

Vox Populist: Jim Hightower on Trump’s Parade, Soldiers Facing “Food Insecurity,” and Florida Billionaires "defecating on the commoners." progressive.org/magazine/sol... #militaryparade #billionaires

#LoomeyTunes? When even Marjorie Taylor Greene thinks your policy is barbaric, you know we've fully lost the plot. 🍉 Shoutout to @lsarsour.bsky.social for actions and more. jimhightower.substack.com/p/this-trump...

RFK Jr. wants to make us "healthy" without doing anything that's actually good for people. Amazing. jimhightower.substack.com/p/kennedys-h...

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Jim Hightower interview on The Marc Steiner Show. It's worth a listen (and/or read). open.substack.com/pub/jimhight...

They're going after Post Office trucks as "woke." Yes, you read that right: POST 👏 OFFICE 👏 TRUCKS. 👏 @apwu.bsky.social jimhightower.substack.com/p/beware-con...

Gerrymandering is the nationalization of local elections, ignoring the real needs of hometown people. jimhightower.substack.com/p/gerrymande...

The great Jim Hightower, former Ag secretary of Texas had a bit about that. Instead of the Dow Jones index on Wall street, let's talk about "the Doug Jones index" on Main Street. Here he is, asking as Robert Reich does, who needs corporate democrats? jimhightower.substack.com/p/shouldnt-t...

Ready to fight kleptocratic GOP and its pusillanimous potentates with @gregcasar.bsky.social, who announced his reelection campaign at the @texasaflcio.org HQ today with so many of our friends who stand for progressive populist values of economic fairness, social justice & equal opportunity for all.

Elon slinked away from the White House... to be rewarded by Texas' shareholder laws that can't stop Tesla from giving him $30 billion to come back to his job. jimhightower.substack.com/p/elon-musks...

Trump crony and rich USDA autocrat Brooke Rollins wants to send poor people literally to the fields to work-- even those most Medicaid recipients already have jobs. jimhightower.substack.com/p/is-ag-secr...

“We’re in the middle of a war for the very soul and possibility of democracy,” legendary Texas populist @jimhightower.com tells TRNN. “This is not a fight about the Texas legislature. This is a fight about whether the people themselves are going to be able to have a vote that matters.”

The once-proud party of America’s broad working class has also yoked itself to corporate money and embraced Republican policies of corporate supremacy. jimhightower.substack.com/p/shouldnt-t...

Brilliant piece right here.

What I like about Jim Hightower is not only does he identify the problems in our society and explains them well, he offers possible solutions. Here he goes deep into the history of populism, what it really is and how it was subverted by the right. jimhightower.substack.com/p/the-deep-l...

MAGA, Inc. has a fancy lease-to-own program... of the President. jimhightower.substack.com/p/trump-is-n...

Trump demands censorship at national parks! jimhightower.substack.com/p/trumpsters...

Deciding whether or not to honor a hard-won union contract? Just another day in the corporate media fiefdoms lording over working people, but rebellion is in the air: jimhightower.substack.com/p/can-feisty...

I am very much enjoying Texas politics for once. jimhightower.substack.com/p/here-we-go...

A group of maverick Democrats is breaking the GOP's attempt to gerrymander Texas AGAIN. And history is on their side. jimhightower.substack.com/p/here-we-go... @texasdemocrats.bsky.social @txprogressives.bsky.social @betoorourke.bsky.social

I sat down with the National Humanities Center to discuss the populist lessons Woody Guthrie brought to us, and why his work still resonates so strongly today. Full episode: jimhightower.substack.com/p/i-feel-the...

Trump and Greg Abbott are teaming up to get 5 House Democrats from Texas out of their way. jimhightower.substack.com/p/are-you-re...

Those sniper bullets and rockets have your and my names on them; those wasted children who’re dying in the agony of starvation belong to us; and it’s our politicians who’re propping up Israel’s corrupt prime minister and war machine. jimhightower.substack.com/p/gaza-is-a-...

Texas governor Greg Abbott wants your ̶b̶r̶i̶b̶e̶s̶ "votes." jimhightower.substack.com/p/arent-mill...

From the Lowdown’s “Early Political Warning System” comes this Code Red alert… 🚨 a fast-moving front of corporate corruption is sweeping westward from the White House… 🚨… Residents are urged to seek higher ethical ground immediately… 🚨 @ucs.org jimhightower.substack.com/p/disaster-w...

Such a great feeling: while I'm prepping one of @jimhightower.com's columns for posting, I have to call him and ask him to send me the source for his criticism of Greg Abbott taking corrupt campaign donations because there's so many out there, I can't tell which one he's referring to *this time.* 🫠

Hightower had the opportunity to introduce a webinar training with Blue Horizon Texas for rural progressives who are thinking about running for office, featuring elected officials from The Outrun Coalition. Enjoy!

The biggest divide in our politics is not left vs right — it's top vs bottom. Billionaires are dividing us because our unity is a threat to their wealth and power. I went on Joe Rogan’s show to bridge the divide and build a coalition big enough to take power back.

The new "tinkle-down" economics: Gut Medicaid. Tell people (who mostly already have a job) to get a job, which doesn't offer health care. Give tax breaks to billionaires. Wait for them to spend on jobs. Keep waiting. Keep waiting. Watch workaday people suffer and die.

Selling your stock in a Medicaid provider before voting to tank Medicaid? That's a special kind of stench that only Trump Fragrance would be good for. jimhightower.substack.com/p/can-trumps...

Happy birthday, Woody Guthrie! Enjoy these outtakes from our visit to the gorgeous @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social in Tulsa, OK in honor of this radical populist who lives on in our collective work today. jimhightower.substack.com/p/a-little-m...

Fun Sunday in Cleburne with the Texas Progressive Caucus featuring Clayton Tucker (running for TX Ag Commissioner). Also with us: Jim Hightower the OG Progessive, Vicki Goodwin (running for Lt Gov), and J.D. Scholten IA Progressive, on track to challenge Joni Ernst in IA.

Two great progressives, Clayton Tucker and J. D. Scholten, serving up lunch at the Texas Progressive Caucus get together in Cleburne, TX. @claytontuckertx.bsky.social @jdscholten.bsky.social

SUNDAY IN CLEBURNE, TX! RSVP here: www.claytontuckertx.com/cleburne_pop... @claytontuckertx.bsky.social @jdscholten.bsky.social

#Texans We have a Progressive candidate for Texas Ag Commissioner. This is a statewide elected office. Clayton Tucker is a rancher from Lampasas who has been endorsed by former Tx Ag Commissioner Jim Hightower (a progressive from (40 years ago). Have a look and join in here!!

POPULISM: It's the movement you're part of, but likely didn't know it! Join us for the launch of our new longform series with an exploration of its history, misinformation, and a path forward captured by our very simple motto: Everybody does better, when everybody does better.

Ted Cruz Weather Alert System™️

Heard enough yet? "...Take that $5 million pay-to-play money from Brazil. It came from JBS, the global factory farm monopolist infamous for price fixing, child labor abuse, vast environmental crimes, etc. Even our anything-goes stock exchange refused to sanction JBS’ immorality...."

The most flagrantly corrupt president in US history, Trump’s Oval Office theme song is, “If you’ve got the money, I’ve got the time.” jimhightower.substack.com/p/can-you-bu...

Introducing... the Yellow Stripes & Dead Armadillos Party !!! (God bless @jimhightower.com )

This big, bullshit bill is tinkle-down economics at its worst.

Looking for inspiration-- and wins-- in the relentless fight against bullies and polluters? Look no further than The Formosa Four. jimhightower.substack.com/p/even-the-s...

At @sanders.senate.gov's "Fight Oligarchy" rally in Fort Worth, Texas, a couple of weeks ago. Power to the people! Many thanks to the @machinistsunion.bsky.social for this photo.

No, really: Billionaires who live on a man-made island are letting their s*** pollute the next town over, and are refusing to pay for it. jimhightower.substack.com/p/bezos-and-...

We've known a lot of candidates over the years, but few are as hard-working with as strong of progressive values as @claytontuckertx.bsky.social. Join us in supporting him for Texas Agriculture Commissioner! jimhightower.substack.com/p/were-excit...