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...
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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 Tavis Smiley ’s live radio talk show—a lot of great laughs, and a lot of good...
The People Are Fighting Data Centers, But the Government Is Fighting the People
To cope with the eminent danger posed by today’s arrogant, profiteering AI billionaires – Donald Trump says that the only thing America need...
GOP Leaders Want to Take America Back… to McCarthyism
It’s one thing for someone like me say that the Republican Party has dived into the abyss of political delirium. But it’s another thing when...
Friday Signpost: Farmers and Ranchers Fight On
This past week, our friends at Farm Aid celebrated the 40th anniversary of the United Farmer and Rancher Congress, held in St. Louis. The co...
Corporate Data Centers + NDAs = Secret Government
A West Texas cowboy saying advises: “Never sign nothing by neon.” But that’s exactly the key operational method of the AI data center huckst...
Greg’s Folly: Governor Abbott Gets Hoisted on His Own Petard
Greg Abbott, the right-wing hack who is governor of Texas, probably doesn’t know what a “petard” is, but he’s now been hoisted by a big one....
The President Goes Bull-Goose Crazy In Support of AI
At a time when communities across America are literally under siege by secretive data center powers intent on seizing our land, water, elect...
Billionaires Say America’s Founding Value of Egalitarianism Is Not For Them
Growing up, I received a wealth of working-class values from my parents, including this nugget about egalitarianism: “Nobody is better than...
Billionaires Playing Cowboys… At Our Expense
Let’s all gather ‘round the campfire, Buckaroos and let Ol’ Cactus Jim here tell you about some of today’s hardy, hard-working cowboys. Yes,...
Who’s Behind The GOP’s Assault on Homeless People?
Memo from corporate headquarters to staff: “Notice – the beatings will continue until employee morale improves.” That corporate joke would a...
I Don’t Hate Poor People. Do You? So Why Are America’s Poverty Policies So Hateful?
Here’s a reality that the Powers That Be keep trying to put out of sight and out of mind: Poverty. Yes, right here in our own fabulously-ric...
Not All Problems Are Global or National: Think Local
Public leadership doesn’t mean that the “leader” has to have all the solutions, but instead must be open to others with problem-solving idea...
Why is Trump Economically Clueless? Meet Scott Bessent.
Wow, here’s some blockbuster economic news from Team Trump : The income gap between the rich and the rest of us is over ! How do we know thi...
Big Tech Is the New Feudalism: How to Fight Back
“If you find that you’ve dug yourself into a hole, the very first thing to do is quit digging.” That old country saying has a newly-urgent r...
Moneyed Powers Are Forcing Art and Artisans Out of Our Towns
The great thing about “art towns” is, of course, the artists who live there and their art. So why are so many art town officials deliberatel...
Voters Rebel Against Effort by Missouri GOP to Kill Voter Rights
It’s no secret that voters are increasingly disgusted by today’s extremist, right-wing Republican lawmakers. But less known is the fact that...
Corporate CEOs Demand Big Bucks – Plus Nickels and Dimes
Until recently, corporate executives were eager to demonstrate how “green” they were. But then came Trump, trashing the very idea of a green...
The Data Center Revolt Is a Populist Rebellion Against Corporate Rule
Not that it matters, but sometimes I wonder if the billionaire potentates of artificial intelligence ever wonder why they’ve become so despi...
Friday Signpost: Hightower's Radical "Socialism" in 1980s Texas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit jimhightower.substack.com In 1982, the Dallas Morning News editorial page had...