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Birds of Greed Flocking to Florida’s Tax-Free Nests
Oh, gosh, there goes another one – another billionaire “flighty bird,” angrily flitting away from the home nest that long nurtured him.
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Oh, the Horror! Billionaires Threatened with Taxation!
This "tragedy" is a ballot initiative to put a one-time wealth tax on the über-rich – the billionaire class. Indeed, only about 200 royally rich…
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This is me asking
A spring invitation from Hightower
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Let’s Stop Demonizing DEI, and Start Achieving It
When institutions fail the people, We the People have to rise up. That’s the momentous rallying cry of some 70 nationwide groups of gutsy democracy…
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The Deep Lowdown, Issue #1: What Is Populism?
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Despised Billionaires Seek Refuge in Billionaire Bunker
Zuckerberg just paid $170 million to hide from the rest of us. Indian Creek Island: a man-made landfill in Biscayne Bay where Bezos, Ivanka Trump, and…
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Friday Signpost: "You Just Land"—Stories from 40 Years of Grassroots Campaigning
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Why Should Chuck Schumer Choose Maine’s US Senator?
Trying to stop a real democrat from being the party’s nominee, Schumer recruited Maine’s lame-duck, milquetoast governor to run against Platner, knowing…
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Blast from the Past: Hightower, Molly Ivins and friends at Scholz Garten in 1994
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Public Safety Down, CEO Pay Up. Corporations Play “Rig the System”
Listen now (2 mins) | To see how the game of “Rig the System” is played, consider the shameful corporate gaming of the horror of California wildfires…
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Trump Brags That His Name Is “Golden.” But It’s Just Fool’s Gold
Oh Donald, like the demagogic Joe McCarthy and other narcissistic politicos, you're destined to be long remembered… and mocked! Those vainglorious…
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