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February's Lowdown

How corporate money took over Washington--and created the mobs who rant against reform

Despite a constant racket from the forces of the far-out right (Fox television's yackety-yackers, just-say-no GOP know-nothings, tea-bag howlers, Sarah Palinistas, et al.), the great majority of Americans support a bold progressive agenda for our country, ranging from Medicare for all to the decentralization and re-regulation of Wall Street. Indeed, in the elections of 2006 and 2008, people voted for a fundamental break from Washington's 30-year push to enthrone a corporate kleptocracy.


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Welcome to the Hightower Lowdown archive! Here's where you'll find every issue by date; you can also search for what you're looking for. Note that our six most recent issues are available to subscribers only, but everything else is open to everyone!

2007

  • December: America to D.C.--Democrats included: We're mad as hell and you're not listening!
  • November: BushCheney really is planning to attack Iran!
  • October: The presidency is taking over the courts and Congress
  • September: This is the Marx Brothers, bumbling around Animal Farm!
  • August: Loan sharks wreak havoc on Main Street and Wall Street
  • July: Politicians are selling our bridges rather than building them
  • June: The Bushites have outsourced our government to their pals
  • May: Yet the war goes on...
  • April: Corporations that paid-to-play in the last election
  • March: Who paid for Repubs and Dems in our last election?
  • February: Electoral reform isn’t starry-eyed theory, it’s happening!
  • January: Why Wal-Mart is still one down and dirty corporation
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