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Author, agitator and activist Jim Hightower spreads the good word of true populism, under the simple notion that "everybody does better, when everybody does better." Read more at jimhightower.substack.com!
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Corporate chieftains are giants, even geniuses – right?
I guess I’ll just have throw myself on Donald Trump’s mercy, for I confess that I am a repeat violator of MAGA’s high crime of DEI-ism.
The DNC elections may be signaling a new progressive future for the party
The far-right potentates of Christian nationalism not only say they speak to God, but they now claim to speak for God.
In the 1787 Constitutional Convention, the framers were clear on what they were NOT creating: A monarchy.
For more than 30 years, our state Democratic Party has relied on high-dollar donors and high-dollar consultants to “win Texas.”
It’s been my honor to know a few real heroes – people who’ve selflessly dared to fight greed and oppression to advance the common good.
A lot of working-class voters, who live outside of blue voting areas are asking: Where the hell is the Democratic party?
Cecile Richards--what a sparkling gem of a human!
This week, we thought we’d share with you one of our favorite classic Lowdown issues from December 2021, on the increasingly tough time political cartoonists are having with the state of news.
One thing you can say about Trump is that he’s absolutely clear on his furious opposition to immigrants taking American jobs.
The sorry state of corporate journalism sagged to an even lower low this month when the Washington Post banned publication of a piece by its own Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, Ann Telnaes.
As a writer, I get stuck every so often straining for the right words to tell my story.
You’re not fooling me, Jimmy Carter.
When we shared our New Year’s post including Woody Guthrie’s own famous resolutions/”rulin’s,” I was reminded of the visit that Hightower and I made to the fantastic Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa, OK this past spring.
I made a few New Year’s resolutions this week – not for me, but as self-improvement ideas for some of the people running our country.
One of the most perverse political gambits this year has been pushed by foam-at-the-mouth, right-wing extremists.
Daddy's Philosophy

Daddy's Philosophy

2024-12-2602:09

This holiday season got me to thinking about America's spirit of giving, and I don't mean this overdone business of Christmas, Hanukkah and other holiday gifts.
And lo, the Magi came from afar, guided by a heavenly star to worship the Messiah of Mar-a-Lago.
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