Jim Hightower

WATCH: It's Viral!

Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Ben Cohen, Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Video, Lee Camp, Laura Flanders, Jim Hightower, Cenk Uygar, It's Viral, Urlesque, Citizens United, Jerry Greenfield, Comedy News

With opposition to Citizens United growing steadily in recent weeks, comedian Lee Camp decided to do his part to help the keep the movement cool and r...

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Paul Blumenthal

Progressive Media Figures Seek End To Money In Politics

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Jay Harris, Video, We the People Campaign, Jim Hightower, Progressives, Elections 2012, Citizens United, Barack Obama, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Campaign Finance, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The backlash against the Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission continues to grow as a trio of progres...

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Dave Jamieson

Perry’s Political Rise Began With Opposition To Pesticide Regulations

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: United Farm Workers, Farm Workers, Environmental Protection Agency, Farming, Pesticides, Video, Karl Rove, Workers, Jim Hightower, Agriculture, Elections 2012, Environment, Workplace Safety, Rick Perry, Rick Perry Pesticides, Politics News

Jason Cherkis contributed reporting to this story. WASHINGTON -- More than two decades ago, there was a bitter fight within Texas' agricultural com...

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Stand Up for Main Street!

Steve Skrovan | Posted 08.03.2011

Read More: Ralph Nader: An Unreasonable Man, Dr. Sidney Wolfe, Roy Zimmerman, Joan Claybrook, Robert Weissman, Andy Kindler, Public Citizen, Bill Burr, No Nukes, Hal Sparks, Citizens United, Barbara Ehrenreich, Dom Irrera, Steve Skrovan, Stand Up for Man Street, Brentwood Theater, Jim Hightower, Annie Leonard, Koch Industries, Jeff Garlin, Paula Poundstone, Ralph Nader, Entertainment News
Steve Skrovan

I think they were under the mistaken impression that I was a Hollywood player. I've never been on a board before. I have no organizational experience. And everything I know about the law, I learned from the OJ trial.

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Weekly Audit: Crashing the Koch's Billionaire Caucus

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andrew Breitbart, David Koch, Nancy Goldstein, Van Jones, Firedoglake, Washington Monthly, Jobs, David Dayen, Monica Potts, George Warner, The Nation, Enviornment, Rancho Las Palmas, Iowa Independent, Alternet, Tapped, Recycling, Steve Benen, Palm Spring, Minimum Wage, Campus Progress, Unemployment, Koch, Charles Koch, Jim Hightower, Tyler Kingkade, Common Cause, Plastic, Poor, Billionaire, Bruce Hunter, Economy, Politics News
The Media Consortium

By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Oil barons Charles and David Koch held their annual billionaires' summit in Palm Springs on Sunday, Na...

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The Biggest Election Showdown is WHERE?

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Radiance Dairy, Fred Kirschenmann, Farming, Iowa for Secretary of Agriculture, Grist, Bill Mckibben, Food. Inc., Sustainable Agriculture, change.org, Election, Wes Jackson, Iowa Independent, Francis Thicke, Wendell Berry, Michael Pollan, Slow Food, Monsanto, Bill Northey, Jim Hightower, A New Vision for Iowa Food and Agriculture, Kurt Michael Friese, Robert Kenner, Statistics, Politics News
Jeffrey Smith

Michael Pollan said "For the food movement," this may be "the most important election this year." Slow Food chef Kurt Michael Friese named it, The Mo...

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Right-Wing GOP vs. Corporate Democrats vs. Progressive Populism

Norman Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jim Hightower, David Segal, Tea Bag, New York Times, Washington Post, Chamber of Commerce, Progressive Populism, Democratic Party, Obama Administration, Politics News
Norman Solomon

Progressives need to fight back. The electoral struggle is just one part of what's needed to build effective social movements, but it's an important part. And that effort should include primary battles to elect real progressives to Congress.

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No Goldman at the End of the Rainbow?

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Bill Clinton, Creative Destruction, Sec, Creative Loafing, Marxism, Jim Hightower, LA Weekly, Village Voice Media, Warren Buffett, Socialism, Greece, Business News
Michael Sigman

We now know that Goldman and other huge banks made multiple billions by financing financing -- as opposed to financing companies.

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The Lowdown from Hightower

Michael Winship | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thomas Paine, Bill Moyers Journal, Corporate Power, Progressive Movement, Populism, Barack Obama, Jim Hightower, Bill Moyers, Politics News
Michael Winship

"Here's what populism is not," Jim Hightower told my colleague Bill Moyers on the final edition of Bill Moyers Journal. "It is not just an incoherent outburst of anger."

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Floor Fight! It's On! Challenger Winograd Takes Harman To CA Democratic Convention Floor

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Delegates, Progressive, Lila Garrett, June 8th California Primary, 2010 Elections, California Democratic Convention, Jim Hightower, War, Jane Harman, Single-Payer Healthcare, Congress, California 36th Congressional District, Blue-Dog, Marcy Winograd, Incumbent, Elections 2010, Los Angeles News
Linda Milazzo

The California Democratic Party is officially endorsing incumbent candidate, Jane Harman, for the 36th Congressional District. The primary is June 8.

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Will Marcy Winograd Pull a Sestak and Beat Jane Harman in the June 8th California Primary?

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arlen Specter, House of Representatives, Debate, California Democratic Convention, Green Jobs, Ca-36, Jane Harman, Corporate, Congress, Marcy Winograd, Democrats, Norman Solomon, Incumbent, California, June 8th Primary, Change, Jim Hightower, California Congressional District 36, Joe Sestak, Primary Election, Jane Hamsher, Pennsylvania, Los Angeles, Cnn, Senator Bob Casey, Governor Ed Rendell, Jessica Yellen, Christine Romans, Los Angeles News
Linda Milazzo

A Marcy Winograd win over Jane Harman, akin to Congressional upstart Joe Sestak's win over three decade incumbent Arlen Specter, would further advance the push for change and an end to entitled incumbents.

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We Need a Fairness Doctrine for Health Care Lobbying

Bryan Young | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Public Option, Lobbying, Jim Hightower, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Politics News
Bryan Young

It's being reported that 350 former government staff members and retired members of Congress are working to subvert the will of the people and the needs of the country.

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Life, Liberty and the Right to Be Sick

Margo Hammond and Ellen Heltzel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rep. Tammy Baldwin, Sen. George McGovern, Health Care, Howard Zinn, Jim Hightower, Barbara Ehrereich, The Progressive, Robert La Folette, Robert Redford, Sen. Russ Feingold, Cindy Sheehan, Bismarck, Health, Politics News
Margo Hammond and Ellen Heltzel

Scandlen argues that "Americans are not required to buy food, clothing or shelter. Why must they buy health insurance?"

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George Bush in Retirement: "I Never Listened To Anyone But Me"

Jackson Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, Bob Woodward, The Decider, Colin Powell, Commander Guy, George W. Bush, Vladimir Putin, Cbs, 60 Minutes, Pooty Poot, Jim Hightower, The Dallas Morning News, Poppy Bush, Smu, State Department, Supreme Court, Treasury Department, Bush Authoritarian Voice, Sammy Sosa, Politics News
Jackson Williams

Poor George. He can't help it. Even out of office, he reinforces the narcissistic traits that were a hallmark of his failed presidency.

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Barack Obama and Ernie Shore

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Democratic Congress, Mumbai Attacks, Operation Cast Lead, Jim Hightower, Ernie Shore, George W. Bush, Russia, George H. W. Bush, Franklin Roosevelt, Bernie Madoff, Barack Obama, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

Barack Obama is like a relief pitcher who was brought in to pitch with his team down by about ten runs and is somehow expected to lead them to victory.

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Presidential Campaigning on the Down-Low?

Brian Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mccain, American Muslims, Jim Hightower, Campaign Finance, Obama Public Financing, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News
Brian Palmer

Even if one disagrees with his call on public financing, Obama did a principled thing: he made a tough choice, and then he defended it publicly. That's democracy in action.

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