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Convicted Felon Tom DeLay
"The Hammer" guilty of money laundering
"...Republican Majority PAC aka TRMPAC to funnel $190,000 in corporate donations to Republican candidates for the Texas House (The..."

Nov. 24, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Hightower Report
Simmering Water War; and Vote and Run
"...And don't laugh at Texas, for the same corporate addiction is draining the freshwater supplies in other parts..."

Nov. 19, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

Your Vote Doesn't Count
"...the form of war(s), ecological destruction, poison/GMO food, and corporate-controlled elections. You did not vote for these – corporate..."

Sept. 21, 2010 Postmarks

Overthrow Corporations
"...rights policies here and globally, and the U.S. mainstream corporate-owned media is keeping most of our public dull and..."

Aug. 3, 2010 Postmarks

The Hightower Report
Surprise! The People Speak.; and Superbugs Go Agro
"...at a recent opinion survey run by the right-wing, corporate-funded Peter G. Peterson Foundation. This outfit intended to show..."

July 30, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report
Full Disclosure; and Feisty Grannies Keep It Honest
"...to the Supreme Court's January dictate allowing oceans of corporate campaign cash to flood America's elections. And – ta-da!..."

June 4, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

TRMPAC Forever
Justice DeLayed is justice forgotten
"...Coly­an­dro and Jim Ellis for allegedly laundering $190,000 in corporate donations to Texans for a Republican Majority (aka TRMPAC),..."

May 7, 2010 News Feature by Michael King

The Hightower Report
How to Buy Government; and So Long, Limbaugh
"...the Republican and Democratic governors' associations. Both outfits offer corporate "membership" packages that literally let drug makers, utilities, tobacco..."

April 2, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

What Would John Galt Do ... About Global Warming? Deny It.
Is John Mackey's 'John Galt' complex putting Whole Foods' bottom line on the line?
"...companies with combined CEO/Chairman roles, has been targeted by corporate governance activists for several years now seeking a separation..."

Jan. 15, 2010 News Feature by Michael King

The Hightower Report
Obama's War; and Federal Execution Commission
"...the ultrasleazy überlobbyist of the Bush years, used the corporate jets of his favor-seeking clients to create "Air Abramoff."..."

Dec. 18, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report
Economic Indicators for Real People; and Swine Flu? Shame on You.
"...a single day's pay. So the result of the corporate minginess is that tens of millions of coughing, wheezing,..."

Nov. 13, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report
A New Day for the EPA?; and Rich Boors in Fancy Drawers
"...of central Appalachia have literally been under assault by corporate coal profiteers. Using a brutally destructive mining method called..."

Oct. 16, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report
Take the Tax Money and Run; and The Supreme Court Scorecard
"...Have corporate chieftains become deaf, blind, and stupid – or are..."

May 29, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report
Hiding the Facts on Global Climate Change; Lloyd Blankfein's Big Hair
"...that the GCC's own expert advisory committee told the corporate interests nearly 15 years ago that 1) climate change..."

May 8, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

Point Austin: Astroturf and Grass
More than one way to spark a demonstration
"...Fox, they're being underwritten and coordinated by the usual corporate suspects, the sponsors of FreedomWorks, the supposed nonpartisan think..."

April 17, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Jim Gaffigan
Pack up the kids: Comedian Jim Gaffigan is back, taping his Austin shows for cable
"...you see yourself always making time to be a corporate shill?..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Arts Feature by Steve Birmingham

The Hightower Report
Monsanto's Latest Biotech Miracle; and Spread the Wealth, Rebuild America
"...Once again, here comes the Monsanto Medicine Show! The corporate flimflammer is hawking yet another brand of pricey biotech..."

Nov. 28, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

Who Ya Gonna Call? Not 311.
If you're an AT&T U-verse customer, you don't get to call 311
"...good of a multimillion-dollar civic investment in "transparency" if corporate service providers don't support the services?..."

Nov. 14, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Hightower Report
Smaller Newspapers, Bigger Conglomerates; and Barons of the Mass Media Ignore the Masses
"...fewer reporters to go get stories, no willingness by corporate editors to assign investigative reports that require long lead..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report
Arming the World; and Another Bush Mess to Clean Up
"...rigging our governmental systems to deliver benefits to narrow corporate interests. From environmental agencies to the Pentagon, Bushites are..."

Sept. 26, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report
Newsvertisements; and Mighty Monsanto Gives Up
"...television news programs couldn't possibly get any cheesier, more corporate, or more driven by the big bucks of advertisers...."

Aug. 29, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

Media Watch: Anybody Want to Buy the Bat Cave?
Read all about it – 'Statesman' goes up on the block
"...crunch." It's hard enough to get financing for any corporate purchase these days, let alone a business steadily losing..."

Aug. 22, 2008 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Point Austin: Raising the Bar
AMD opens its Lantana campus, and the questions continue
"...the audience it will "raise the [environmental] bar for corporate campuses"; earlier she also praised the company's decision to..."

June 20, 2008 News Column by Michael King

The Hightower Report
The Toxic Corruption of Our Political System; and Herbert Hoover Revisited
"...to do with our own nuclear nasties, yet this corporate huckster would throw open our borders to everyone's trash...."

May 30, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report
Spending Your Stimulus Check; and Corporate Greed Strangles Health Care
"...the good grassroots work that needs to be done. CORPORATE GREED STRANGLES HEALTH CARE..."

May 16, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report
Tony Mazzocchi; and Read the Fine Print
"...on the front proclaiming, "Value Pack!" Always beware of corporate claims of giving you a good deal. Sure enough,..."

April 11, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

Art + Commerce
Marc English Design's DIY Criteria
"...1) He has incorporated his daughter Rebecka's name into the packaging of every..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Many of Our Economic Problems Are Wal-Mart's Fault
"...don’t have a lot of exports to sell, since corporate America has sent all our manufacturing jobs away.) 2)..."

Jan. 23, 2008 Postmarks

The Hightower Report
The Luxury of Chinese Labor; and Taking Care of the Smithsonian
"...of billions of our tax dollars on wars, weaponry, corporate subsidies, and boondoggles while turning a blind eye to..."

Jan. 11, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report
America's Gaping Economic Divide; and The Bizarre Idolization of Reagan
"...of fairness. Today, the powers that be – both corporate and governmental – have abandoned all pretense of shared..."

Jan. 4, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

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