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February 3, 2016
C-SPAN's Washington Journal
I was up bright and early on Monday morning to talk with folks on C-SPAN's Washington Journal. Watch it here!
March 18, 2015
Obama resorts to government by sucker punch
Ed, please call home! Edward Snowden, that is: Come quickly, your country needs you.
Once again, the American people are being victimized by a hush-hush blanket of official secrecy, rhetorical dodges, and outright lies. [read more]
November 6, 2014
Election 2014: The rise of a stealth oligarchy
A stunning surprise coming out of this year’s elections is that the most dominant contenders were not glad-handing braggarts, but the least likely of participants: Shy people.
That’s strange, since running for office these days is assumed to be an ego game, attracting the loudest of self-promoters. But the big winners on Tuesday were a group that actually campaigned anonymously, not even whispering their names to the voters.
October 2, 2014
Help Texans Help Texas!
Dear Fellow Agitators,
I write to you with great news coming out of my great state of Texas. A strong, intelligent, trailblazing populist candidate is running for Texas Lieutenant Governor: Leticia Van de Putte.
July 2, 2014
May 6, 2014
My dear friend, Tim Carpenter
The Grim Reaper is choosing the wrong people to die young. Not that I’d wish an early death on anyone, but there are some passings I’d be okay with.
March 11, 2014
Time for a Populist revival! (text from speech)
Thanks for allowing a scruffy Texas populist to join you here at “The Summit” for this uptown, down-to-earth, back-to-basics populist-palooza. It makes me happier than a mosquito at a nudist colony to be looking out at you unabashed, untamed progressives. Thank you for fighting on behalf of America’s workaday majority, who’re being kicked out, knocked down and stomped on by the bosses, bankers, big shots, bastards and bullshitters.
February 27, 2014
ARE PROGRESSIVES ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL? COULD ANDY SHALLAL BE THE NEXT BILL DE BLASIO?
By Jim Hightower and Steve Cobble
There’s a great band in Austin called “Asleep at the Wheel,” a name that jumps to mind when we consider the current mayoral race in Washington, D.C.
Are national progressives asleep at the wheel right now, missing a rare chance to help elect a very strong progressive as D.C. Mayor? Are we collectively missing a second “de Blasio moment” in Washington?
February 25, 2014
America's Populism
Last week, I had a chance to discuss America's populism in a great interview on Ring of Fire Radio with Mike Papantonio. Here's the video segment of that interview. Enjoy! http://www.ringoffireradio.com/2014/02/papantonio-time-right-populist-movement-video/
January 28, 2014
RIP, Pete Seeger
It never occurred to me that Pete Seeger could die, for I thought of him as a permanent piece of America... [read more]
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