Archive - Jim Hightower's Lowdown

An AI Bot Won’t Take *Your* Job. Will It?

Corporate powers are telling us not to worry our little heads about the humanoid robotics they’re increasingly employing in America’s workplaces.

Feb 20 •

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Milestone: We've reached 50,000+ subscribers!

Two years ago, we made the extremely difficult and, frankly, heartbreaking decision to stop publishing the print edition of The Hightower Lowdown, after…

Feb 19 •

Trump’s Thought Police Are Stomping On Freedom of Speech

In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Humpty Dumpty autocratically declares that “When I use a word, it means what I choose it to mean – neither more nor…

Feb 18 •

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Why Hightower Endorsed Jesse Jackson for President in 1988

As the Trump administration attempts to erase Black history all over the country, we wanted to share this video from a 2022 interview with Hightower…

Feb 15 •

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Let’s Fight this 5-Alarm Monopoly Fire

Here’s something I had never given any thought to: The price of fire trucks.

Feb 13 •

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Big News: Grassroots Democrats Pulling Party Back to the Grassroots

Early in the Civil War, General George McClellan’s Union Army was poised for a decisive victory over Confederate forces.

Feb 11 •

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A weekend note from us: what we're reading and listening to

Plus, actions you can take to save USAID

Feb 8 •

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Bizarre: Today’s Politicians Celebrate Jerks and Ignore Grassroots Genius

Corporate chieftains are giants, even geniuses – right?

Feb 6 •

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Costco Shows Trump What a Real Mandate Is

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.

Feb 4 •

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Good news from the Democrats, for once

The DNC elections may be signaling a new progressive future for the party

Feb 3 •

January 2025

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