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  • Former Texas Agriculture Commissioner
  • New York Times bestselling author of 7 books
  • Award-winning radio commentator since 1992
  • Substack Bestseller

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Warning: This is a sob story that might bring you to tears. Or make you upchuck in disgust.It’s about hogs – both the four-legged species and the more piggish, two-legged breed of agribusiness executives. The latter have long profited from cruel abuse of millions of hogs caged in their monopolistic system, and now the agbiz giants have launched a lobbying campaign called SOB – “Save Our Bacon.” It’s not a plea to save the abused animals, but to save the abusers’ profits!Keep Hightower swinging at hog barons →It turns out that most consumers don’t like animal abuse, so states are [...]

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Jim Hightower has been called America’s most popular progressive. A two-term Texas Agriculture Commissioner, bestselling author, and radio host reaching millions weekly — he’s been fighting for the working stiff since before it was fashionable.

“The only thing in the middle of the road are yellow stripes and dead armadillos.”
—Jim Hightower

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