Jim Hightower
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05/23/2026
Grab a drink — this Tuesday is Happy Hour with a historian.
Cory Haala spent a decade researching his new book When Democrats Won the Heartland, and his conclusion is going to make a lot of Democratic consultants very uncomfortable: the Dems who won rural America in the '80s and '90s did it by going harder at corporations, not softer.
I was there. He's right. Come discuss with us!
Tuesday, May 26, 6pm CT — live conversation, paid subscribers can ask questions directly.
What's your drink of choice for a populist Happy Hour?
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Bezos, Musk, and Zuckerberg are draining America's water supply — to cool their computers.
They call them "data centers." And they're sucking millions of gallons a day from rivers and aquifers in drought-stricken states like Texas — while communities fight to survive.
Now they want Congress to make it illegal for local governments to stop them.
Whose water is it?
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My late partner Susan DeMarco had the best political advice I've ever heard.
Democrats have traded door-knocking and potlucks for 21-point plans and Zoom fundraisers. That's not a movement — it's a meeting.
Politics is supposed to be a community effort. So let's make it one.
What would actually get you excited about showing up for a political event?
Read the full commentary at the link in my bio and stories.
Billionaires want to merge your brain with a computer. Seriously.
Elon Musk is already building implants to fuse human minds with machines. Peter Thiel says transhumanism will make us immortal — so stop worrying about war and climate. Google's Larry Page says unleashing digital minds is "almost certain" to go well.
Almost certain. That's their guess for the future of humanity.
How comfortable are you with tech billionaires designing our post-human future without asking us?
Read the full commentary at the link in the comments.
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