Hightower Lowdown
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Corporate kangaroo courts have quietly usurped our constitutional right to trial by judge and jury
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7 Plutocrats That Bankrolled the GOP Primary -- and What They Want in Return
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The Big Three secret funders of the $75 million campaign to trash Democratic candidates
It's unlikely that you have heard of a novel entitled Alpaca, but it was a remarkably portentous piece of political writing by one of America's first billionaires, Dallas ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
The top four victories handed to corporate America by today's Supreme Court--so far
this slim majority of five unelected, unaccountable government officials with lifelong tenure has been hurling bombs at our democracy. They've hit us with decision after ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
A new Wall Street sin tax could raise $100B a year to reinvest in Main Street America
After two years of watching Obama in action, we can now see him for who he is: Bill Clinton. Yet another corporate Democrat who refuses to rock the boat.Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Postcards from the frontroads and backroads of the 2010 election campaigns
DeLay's crassly partisan conspiracy between big business, political front groups, and GOP operatives was the precursor of this year's nationwide power play by the same trio. ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Name those nuts!
The media establishment, however, doesn't want us to notice this ideological devolution, so it's still referring to the current crop of corporate-funded, hate-the-government ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
THE FRAUD OF AFGHAN "DEMOCRACY"
"What the hell are we doing in Afghanistan," you ask? According to Washington's war hawks, we're there to win the hearts and minds of the Afghan people. Key to this strategy, ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Corporate kings grab our tax subsidies but create no new jobs. Obama fiddles.
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