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Jim Hightower

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Name: Jim Hightower

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 2 reports

US National Security Agency

Jim Hightower: Metadata Mining Is Mega Awful

- It's good to know that our friendly, über-secret National Security Agency is out there every day, protecting our freedom. By violating it.A whistleblower has blown the lid off the NSA's super-snoop program of rummaging electronically through about a ... [Published YubaNet - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Jim Hightower, Metadata, Mining, US National Security Agency, Lindsey Graham

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Medina Leading Coalition Targeting Pipeline Expansion

Citing concerns with the planned expansion of the Keystone XL Pipeline and other pipelines across Texas, Debra Medina , the head of the advocacy group WeTexans, is leading a coalition that is calling on state lawmakers to hold hearings on eminent domain ... [Published The Texas Tribune - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Eminent Domain, Pipeline, Keystone XL Pipeline, Jim Hightower, Coalition

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Courage! Do you have it?

What comes to mind when you think of the word courage?Most of us in the military automatically think about contingency operations and the actions of our brave men and women downrange. Those outside the military might say the same thing or they may speak ... [Published Aerotech News and Review - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Jim Hightower, Military/Armed Forces, Wingman, NBA Playoffs, Airman

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Public Citizen

TPP: Terrible Plutocratic Plan‏

Share this action on Facebook Share this action on Twitter The TPP is actually the Trans-Pacific Partnership, more commonly known as NAFTA on steroids.[1] Join a growing movement to prevent its creation. The U.S. government is secretly ... [Published St George West - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Stop Online Piracy Act, Public Citizen, James Abourezk, Frances Fox Piven

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

Former state official guided by Denison roots

Former Texas Agricultural Commissioner Jim Hightower speaks Saturday to Denison High School graduates at commencement.Herald DemocratFrom work in Washington to an elected office in Austin, Jim Hightower’s life has been one of influence on the world around ... [Published Sherman Denison Herald Democrat - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Jim Hightower, Denison High School, Ralph Yarborough, Austin

First reported Jun 08 2013 - Updated Jun 08 2013 - 1 reports

Little Sisters of the Poor

Hightower: IRS should outlaw all 'social welfare' political fronts - left and right

If you’re covered in political stink, it might be prudent to avoid yelling “dirty politics” at others.Lately, a mess of right-wing tea party groups have been wailing nonstop they have been targeted, harassed and denied their civic rights by partisan, ... [Published Lubbock Online - Jun 08 2013]

Entities: Jim Hightower, Social Welfare, Ron Johnson, Little Sisters of the Poor, Tea Party Movement

First reported Jun 06 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 1 reports

Jim Hightower: A frog-jumping double standard

I’ll bet that Mark Twain, who wrote "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," would’ve loved a current saga. I call it "The Jumping Congress Critter of Frog Jump."The critter’s name is Representative Stephen Fincher. He’s a millionaire, agribusiness ... [Published Bemidji Pioneer - Jun 06 2013]

Entities: Jim Hightower, Stephen Fincher, Agriculture, Mark Twain

First reported Jun 05 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 3 reports

Jim Hightower: IRS Should Outlaw All ‘Social Welfare’ Political Fronts — Left and Right

If you?re covered in political stink, it might be prudent to avoid yelling ?dirty politics? at others. Lately, a mess of right-wing Tea Party groups have been wailing nonstop that they have been targeted, harassed and denied their civic rights by partisan, ... [Published Noozhawk.com - Jun 06 2013]

Entities: IRS Internal Revenue Service, Jim Hightower, Social Welfare

First reported Jun 02 2013 - Updated Jun 02 2013 - 1 reports

Jim Hightower: The new face of poverty

Fifty years after poverty in America briefly became a front-burner issue on our nation’s political agenda, it’s time to move it off the back burner again.Even as those at the top of our society have grown fabulously richer, those in the economic middle ... [Published Bemidji Pioneer - Jun 02 2013]

Entities: Jim Hightower, Stamp

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 30 2013 - 2 reports

Jim Hightower: The New Face of Poverty in America

- Fifty years after poverty in America briefly became a front-burner issue on our nation's political agenda, it's time to move it off the back burner again.Even as those at the top of our society have grown fabulously richer, those in the economic middle ... [Published YubaNet - May 30 2013]

Entities: Jim Hightower, Brookings Institution, Stamp

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 30 2013 - 1 reports

Focus on good jobs, especially for North County

There has been some good news in recent days. In April, the Santa Barbara County unemployment rate dipped to 6 percent. It is a significant improvement. The California unemployment rate fell to 9 percent, the lowest statewide unemployment reported in ... [Published Santa Maria Times - May 30 2013]

Entities: Jim Hightower, Unemployment Rate, Unemployment

First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 1 reports

Jim Hightower: Walmart Sinks to a New Low

- In the 14th century, the renowned Italian poet Dante detailed a horrendous descent through nine layers of eternal damnation that he had charted, with the bottom floor reserved for the most wretched of sinners. In recognition of today's realities, Satan ... [Published YubaNet - May 29 2013]

Entities: Jim Hightower, Wal-Mart Stores Inc, Bangladesh, Workers

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Jim Hightower: Metadata Mining Is Mega Awful [Published YubaNet - 3 hours ago]
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Repeal the Patriot Act [Published Creators.Com - 22 hours ago]
Medina Leading Coalition Targeting Pipeline Exp... [Published The Texas Tribune - Jun 18 2013]
The new! Improved! Richer rich! [Published Examiner.com - Jun 15 2013]
Courage! Do you have it? [Published Aerotech News and Review - Jun 14 2013]
TPP: Terrible Plutocratic Plan‏ [Published St George West - Jun 12 2013]
Over 30,000 Sign Thank-You Note to Edward Snowden [Published Common Dreams - Jun 12 2013]
Ralph Nader: Society's Decay Rewards Wrongdoers [Published Huffington Post - Jun 11 2013]
On my way  to the Pour House [Published Aspen Daily News - Jun 11 2013]
Former state official guided by Denison roots [Published Sherman Denison Herald Democrat - Jun 11 2013]
The new face of poverty: the suburbs [Published Pocono Record - Jun 11 2013]
A frog-jumping double standard on food subsidies [Published East Texas Review - Jun 11 2013]
Early in Election Cycle, 2014 Ballot is All Red [Published The Texas Tribune - Jun 10 2013]
DHS grads told to work together to leave imprin... [Published Sherman Denison Herald Democrat - Jun 09 2013]
Hightower: IRS should outlaw all 'social welfar... [Published Lubbock Online - Jun 08 2013]
First Farm to Table International Symposium in ... [Published NOLA Live - Jun 07 2013]
Over 550 Join Andy Brown for County Judge Campa... [Published Burnt Orange Report - Jun 07 2013]
IRS should outlaw all ‘Social Welfare’ politica... [Published Russellville Courier - Jun 06 2013]
Jim Hightower: A frog-jumping double standard [Published Bemidji Pioneer - Jun 06 2013]
Jim Hightower: IRS Should Outlaw All ‘Social We... [Published Noozhawk.com - Jun 06 2013]
IRS Should Outlaw All “Social Welfare” Politica... [Published Common Dreams - Jun 05 2013]
IRS Should Outlaw All Social Welfare Political ... [Published Creators.Com - Jun 05 2013]
The Never-Ending Story: Redistricting and 2014 [Published The Texas Tribune - Jun 04 2013]
DHS valedictorian, salutatorian take different ... [Published Sherman Denison Herald Democrat - Jun 02 2013]
Jim Hightower: The new face of poverty [Published Bemidji Pioneer - Jun 02 2013]
Obama told to investigate killing 18-year-old h... [Published Examiner.com - May 31 2013]
Jim Hightower: The New Face of Poverty in America [Published YubaNet - May 30 2013]
Focus on good jobs, especially for North County [Published Santa Maria Times - May 30 2013]
Suburban poverty [Published Vindy.com - May 30 2013]

Blogs

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TPP: Terrible Plutocratic Plan‏ [Published St George West - Jun 12 2013] Share this action on Facebook Share this action on Twitter The TPP is actually the Trans-Pacific Partnership, more commonly known as NAFTA on steroids.[1] Join a growing movement to prevent its creation. The U.S. government is secretly ...
Over 550 Join Andy Brown for County Judge Campa... [Published Burnt Orange Report - Jun 07 2013] More than 550 people were there on a hot Tuesday. And if you didn't know why so many people see Andy Brown as a strong favorite to be the next County Judge, the sheer size of his kickoff event at Threadgill's gives it away. The campaign counted attendance ...
Fatster’s Roundup [Published Firedoglake - Apr 11 2013] Good Morning! Greetings! International Developments ❖ “ South Korea has raised its alert level to ‘vital threat’ amid indications the North is preparing for a missile test.” ❖ Al-Nusra is one of several rebel groups fighting against the ...
Zakaria's Right-Wing Wishlist 'No Labels' Infom... [Published Crooks and Liars - Jan 20 2013] Click here to view this media Who needs Fox when you've got CNN treating their audience to god-awful programming like Fareed Zakaria's Memo to the President: Road Map for Second Term? It's been airing on their network over the weekend, and it's ...
Signs That Rightwing Talk Radio May Finally Be ... [Published The BRAD BLOG - Dec 31 2012] While both Brad Friedman and Susan Wilson have written in detail here at The BRAD BLOG about the recent closure of progressive talk radio stations in cities such as Portland and Seattle, along with the FCC's failure to enforce the public interest ...