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Getting dignity out of work means getting a fair wage and being able to care for yourself and your family. Wacky idea, Republicans... jimhightower.substack.com/p/why-sanita...

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About 25 percent of service members are so poorly paid and poorly served on US Army bases that that they are officially “food insecure,” relying on food stamps and local food pantries for their bare bones nutritional needs. @feedingamerica.org @commondefense.bsky.social @vetsaboutface.bsky.social

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This is from the Mound City, Missouri newspaper. There are just over 1000 people in Mound City. The paper covered the No Kings protests in little towns across Northwest Missouri. This is how you make change — these are rural people showing up against tyranny and Trump.

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Great resource: The Poster Project has created free graphics and links to tool to help you tell the essential stories about Trump’s Project 2025, DOGE and the Hefty Horrible Bill gutting services that protect and support our country's well-being. jimhightower.substack.com/p/friday-sig...

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With the exceptions of Jesus and Dolly Parton, no one is worth anywhere near $560 million a MONTH in pay. Corporate CEOs and billionaires thrive while the rest of us lose Medicaid, food stamps, and more. jimhightower.substack.com/p/corporate-...

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“It is not possible for the bad or the good to last forever… and since the bad has lasted so long, the good is close at hand.” jimhightower.substack.com/p/instead-of...

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Emmonak, Alaska where no rally was planned but still #NoKings Alaskans wanted to be heard! #IceOutOfAlaska

submitted 12 days ago • 27 comments

Remember the Boeing 737 MAX crashes? Remember how it was discovered that Boeing knowingly defrauded safety regulators and was found guilty of criminal violations? No big whoop, just buy your way out from a corrupt president. jimhightower.substack.com/p/call-them-...

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"Hightower described the party’s broken playbook with rural voters: 'Send in paid, out-of-state consultants. Then they tell the locals what they are doing is wrong. ... They come in with an agenda written by the consultant class and the corporate class. It is just stupidity and arrogance.'"

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Trump has appointed Silicon Valley's creepiest and most dangerous billionaire (not THAT one, the other one) to harvest every snippet of data that the government can get on us. Shoutout to @eff.org! jimhightower.substack.com/p/big-brothe...

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centrist: we need to focus on popular policy me: holy shit! you mean we’re finally going to support universal healthcare? centrist: no haha not that policy me: ok so…gun control? centrist: no lol not that policy either me: ok which policy? centrist: oh you know the ones

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I gleefully join the multitudes who also saw the Elon/Trump fallout coming-- my post from Sept 2024. 🍿 jimhightower.substack.com/p/will-elon-...

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Almost all-- 94%!-- of the shrimp we eat come from huge industrial farms abroad who're infamous for using forced labor, banned antibiotics, and destructive environmental methods. jimhightower.substack.com/p/should-the...

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If right-wingers actually wanted to support families, they’d be backing family-level wages, free child care, and Medicare for all. Everything else is political BS. jimhightower.substack.com/p/right-wing...

submitted 23 days ago • 32 comments

1/ The photo of Ronnie Dugger at his Royal typewriter that's appearing in many people's tributes to him--a photo that was take by my friend Alan Pogue--is just perfect. jimhightower.substack.com/p/ronnie-dug...

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

Years ago, I asked friends what they would do if they weren't professional activists. Cecile Richards commented that she's always wanted to have her own taco truck. THIS IS OUR MOMENT TO HONOR HER LEGACY @ppact.org

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Musk says he’s a genius rocket scientist who will “save civilization” by relocating our human species to the Red Planet. Uhhhhh, no thanks. jimhightower.substack.com/p/why-would-...

submitted 28 days ago • 3 comments

Pointless political grandstanding that hurts everyday people, especially kids. #MedicaidCuts jimhightower.substack.com/p/what-starl...

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All politics is local. That's why this week's action recommendation is @educateusaction.bsky.social, and they've got a great way to work on your local school board: jimhightower.substack.com/p/friday-sig...

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The very people who exploit humans at every possible opportunity are now worried about the "mental welfare" of AI systems? Shoutout to @eff.org! jimhightower.substack.com/p/moral-righ...

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Welcome to the party, Antonia! Glad to have you with us! ✊❤️

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Billion-dollar law firms who claim to stand for The People have already caved to The Despot. Shoutout to @nlgnews.bsky.social! jimhightower.substack.com/p/gutless-gr...

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We've missed the deep-dives, too. Bringing back the long(er)-form Lowdown, by popular demand! jimhightower.substack.com/p/you-asked-...

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We truly live in an alternate timeline: Progressive hope erupting all over Texas. jimhightower.substack.com/p/maga-extre...

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Come worship with me at the bountiful table laid out by our farmers. Shoutout to the Farmers Market Coalition! jimhightower.substack.com/p/my-church-...

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A Goldman-Sachs-owned company sells poison poop--literally-- to farmers and now they want Trump and Congress to protect them from being sued. Sounds about right. Shoutout to @peer.org! jimhightower.substack.com/p/amazing-di...

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Remember Trump's promise to end Russia’s war against Ukraine on Day One of his presidency? No joke, he bragged: “It’ll be done within 24 hours. You watch.” jimhightower.substack.com/p/the-big-fo...

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"Politics isn't about left versus right; it's about top versus bottom." Jim Hightower

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I talked to someone who didn't vote in 2024. I asked her why. She said she hates Trump policies, but thought Kamala "couldn't speak well." I asked her what she meant. She watched a YouTube video that was spliced to make Kamala look like an idiot. This voter fell for it and stayed home. The point?

submitted 55 days ago • 177 comments

One of the most effective federal agencies looking out for everyday people no longer belongs to The People. Shoutouts to @consumerreports.org and @consumerfed.bsky.social! jimhightower.substack.com/p/trump-back...

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

Corruption and cruelty are the hallmarks of this administration, intentionally so. The Farm Bill is not just an agriculture bill, it's a food security and rural infrastructure bill. Demand better from your reps! Shoutouts to @ruralorganizing.bsky.social and @demlabs.bsky.social:

submitted 58 days ago • 1 comment

Just as rats should be kept out of America’s seed bins, so should Elon Musk. jimhightower.substack.com/p/dont-let-e...

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

Trump's view is that his every desire should be met with surrender—even if that requires applying force. (Maybe especially so.) jimhightower.substack.com/p/what-is-be...

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

Death by a thousand personnel cuts. Starve and strangle one of the most efficient government programs in history. jimhightower.substack.com/p/yes-trump-...

submitted 70 days ago • 1 comment

As a TX-size howdy to new Chair @kendallscudder.bsky.social, an anonymous TXPC donor is MATCHING ALL donations up to $10k! Will you join us by becoming a sustaining member of the TX Dems (& by doing so having your membership MATCHED)? secure.actblue.com/donate/txpro...

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"When Reagan and Bush were running in 1980, they said, "We're going to get American industry moving again." And they did--to Taiwan, Mexico, Saudi Arabia--everywhere except here." — Jim Hightower

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

It's not "efficiency." It's sabotage. Shoutouts to @lilytomlin.bsky.social's timeless cynicism, and Sen. @edmarkey.bsky.social, too. jimhightower.substack.com/p/trump-and-...

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Rep. Pat Fallon of NE Texas has some fabulous fairy tales for your future: don't worry your pretty little heads about Social Security-- just work two jobs now so you can retire! jimhightower.substack.com/p/congress-c...

submitted 77 days ago • 12 comments

Joe, Joe, Joe! You shoulda called me.

submitted 78 days ago • 1 comment

Brooke Rollins' "new" agriculture markets are chicken manure masquerading as chicken salad. Worse, the slashing of USDA programs comes at the worst possible time for actual family farmers who are already on the rocks. jimhightower.substack.com/p/billionair...

submitted 79 days ago • 1 comment

NEW: The USDA, meant to serve farmers, has become a cash cow for agribusiness giants. Instead of cutting their greed, Trump and Musk are slashing another area of the USDA — food stamps. It's not about efficiency. It's about starving families to feed CEOs. @jimhightower.com:

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