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  • Former Texas Agriculture Commissioner
  • New York Times bestselling author of 7 books
  • Award-winning radio commentator since 1992
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A core role of the US Department of Justice is to protect people from abusees by giant corporations.But DOJ’s present inhabitants have twisted that mission bassackwards – using the agency to protect corporate abusers from people seeking justice. For example: Big Oil. This massive polluter is insisting that government authorities must save it from its own transgressions. For decades, multibillion-dollar behemoths like Exxon have known that their fossil fuel emissions are increasing climate change, causing catastrophic destruction and deaths from intensified fires, floods, etc. Numerous lawsuits have now been filed demanding that the profiteers behind these horrific losses pay a [...]

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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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