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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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As Scottish literary giant Robert Burns wrote, “The best-laid schemes of mice and men/Go oft awry.”His 1785 poem, titled “To A Mouse,” could be directed today at the right-wing sloganeers who’ve been scheming so furiously to turn their hokey “woke” snobbery into a winning political stratagem. “Your local librarian is woke!” they screech. “So is Disney, Inc.! Some of your churches, too, plus all Democrats, and – OMG – even Bud Light!!!” Creeping Wokeism is the new Red Scare, Welfare Queen, and Willy Horton political bugaboos rolled into one, forming the main “issue” of Republicans now running for President, Congress, [...]

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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.

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