Economists warn that a Trump presidency could lead to higher inflation, rising interest rates, and a growing federal deficit fueled by tax cuts and increased government spending.
General News
Andrea Mitchell’s focus on Harris’ Black men voter problem ignores a similar white women problem.
The media’s hyperventilation of Trump getting a few more Black & Latino voters ignores a more profound problem with some white women voters. Panelist @AlenciaJohnson challenged @MitchellReports to correct the narrative.
Medicare Advantage called out for the rip-off and fraud it is and its deceptive marketing.
Medicare enrollment has begun, and health insurance companies are misleading with their Medicare Advantage fraud & rip-off with their deceptive marketing.
Stop worrying. Kamala Harris will be president, and it’s in the polls if we engage and vote.
While the closeness of the polls scares many, it is unnecessary. @KamalaHarris and most of us have the values, enough people, and the money to win big if we stop the fear and execute the play. #2024Election #Polls #PresidentialPolls
Former President Barack Obama’s Full Speech at VP Kamala Harris’ Rally in Pittsburgh, PA
President Obama appeared at a Kamala Harris rally in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he excoriated Trump’s character & policies as he spoke about Harris’ policies.
The Hartmann Report
“Free Trade” Has Put America & Democracy At the Mercy of China
Bringing our manufacturing back from overseas will reverse the 40-year-long slide of the American middle class and rebuild our nation’s security & economy. China is threatening the United States: this could get very ugly, very quickly. Here’s what’s happening. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is planning a trip to Taiwan, the first for a Speaker in […]
How Will Trump’s Deadly Sabotage Of America End?
use he has not been held to account, Trumpism has spread across the US landscape like metastasized cancer, with GOP politicians who aspire to corrupt strongman status emulating him in every state
The Abortion Firestorm is also a White Freak-out About the Browning of America
America is no longer all-white or all-under-white-control and white supremacists on the Court are bound and determined to do something about it
Guest Bloggers
On the Eve of World War III: Middle East Edition
One Tuesday afternoon, my grandfather picked up my sister and me from high school. He remarked that today marked nothing less than the beginning of World War Three.
To Support Public Education, Vote Molly Cook
Molly Cook, an ER nurse and organizer who served as the sparkplug of the movement that passed Houston’s Prop B last November, and Jarvis Johnson, the current State House representative for House District 139. I am voting for Molly, and public ed is one of the main reasons why.
League of Independent Voters of Texas
Imperial Governance and Constitutional Wreckage • LIV News, July 29, 2021
Are imperial governance and the related constitutional wreckage taking Texans down a dangerous path to a constitutional crisis?
The elephant in the Texas voting booth that neither party wants to talk about.
The elephant in the Texas voting booth that neither party wants to talk about is the suppression of a plurality of Texas voters. Surprise! There are more non-aligned and independent Texans than Democrats or Republicans.
Egberto Mentioned In Media
Kingwood Area Democrats To Host Candidate Brunch–Kingwood Observer Article 2012-01-25
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What does Huntsman’s departure mean? Who’s next? – This Just In – CNN.com Blogs
Overheard on CNN.com: What does Huntsman’s departure mean? Who’s next? Editor’s note: This post is part of the Overheard on CNN.com series, a regular feature that examines interesting comments and thought-provoking conversations posted by the community. Jon Huntsman announced Monday he is withdrawing from the GOP presidential race and backing Mitt Romney. Some say […]
Egberto On TV
Guested On HuffPost Live Discussing Jobs After The Sequester (VIDEO)
Jim Carr, distinguished scholar at The Opportunity Agenda, says spending cuts will cause pain in U.S. households with economists predicting more than 700,000 jobs lost. We discuss his a article Spending cut. Now, GOP, where are the jobs?. Hosted by: Mike Sacks @MikeSacksHP GUESTS INCLUDE: Jim Carr @OppAgenda (Washington, DC) Distinguished Scholar, The Opportunity Agenda […]
Egberto on CNN Rick Sanchez with Education & Teachers Tweet
Egberto’s Published Articles
Is Net Neutrality Really Necessary? You’re Damn Right!
by Egberto Willies and Keyan Bliss (Originally Published at Common Dreams) Three weeks after Christmas, the American judiciary gave telecommunications corporations a huge present. On January 14 a federal appeals court decided to weaken the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Internet Neutrality policy by striking down the rules it adopted in 2010 to regulate Internet service […]
Egberto Willies: Wendy Davis’ life story provides empathy necessary to be governor – Kingwood Observer
It seems like I chose just about the right time to write an article on Wendy Davis. She finds herself under attack not only by the entire Right Wing establishment, but from the traditional media as well. She happens to be the story to balance the myriad of bad acts by Republicans. There is a […]
Battleground Texas
Support continues to build for Judge William ‘Bill’ McLeod
Judge McLeod turned around his office in two months. McLeod and his staff accomplished more in 2 months than his predecessor did in two years.
Occupy Movement
Occupy Kingwood – A Sustainable Form Of The Occupy Movement (2012-08-11)
Today we had a wonderful Occupy. It was our 34th consecutive week. We had the return of Brandon, our devoted veteran who was busy with a tough schedule in school even as he took care of his family. We had a very good crowd as well as a very positive response from the community. Of […]
Netroots Nation
Why Can’t We Get Our Message Across? It Is About Framing The Narrative
I am at Netroots Nation 2012 right now in a session titled “How Progressives Get Narrative Wrong and How To Get It Right”. This is something we are talk about at Coffee Party USA and many other activist organizations I work with. An idea like “we want an economy that works for everyone” is fine. […]
Coffee Party Posts
Coffee Party USA Board of Directors 2016 Meeting in Blue Ridge, Georgia
The Coffee Party USA board of directors coalesced around a strong voter education and turnout strategy that we will be releasing in the forthcoming weeks.
Columnists
“Escalation Dominance” . . . and the Prospect of More Than 1,000 Holocausts
Everything is at stake. Everything is at stake with nuclear weapons. While working as a nuclear war planner for the Kennedy administration, Daniel Ellsberg was shown a document calculating that a
Young column: OMG! The Venezuelans took over!!!
I had just turned off MSNBC when the doorbell rang.A dark-skinned man stood outside. He pointed a menacing weapon at my head (later Googled as a laser-sighted bazooka).“Salir de su casa,” he
Young column: You can’t ‘respect life’ and buy anti-immigrant lies
In Colorado, a certain number of specialty license plates show an image of the light purple-and-white state flower, the columbine, and the phrase, “Respect Life.” It’s tender and thoughtful, near
Young column: In debate mismatch, Trump couldn’t elude ‘F’ word.
(With apologies to George Thorogood and the Destroyers) On the day I was born/ the nurses all gathered ‘round And they gazed in wide wonder/ at the joy they had found The head nurse spoke up/
Young coumn: Was Trump bribed by ‘favorite dictator’?
It was Aug. 26, 2019, in Biarritz, France, and Donald Trump greeted a friend as only he could – and get away with it politically. Having repeatedly disgraced himself as our face and voice at
What Would a Real Renewable Energy Transition Look Like?
The transition from relying overwhelmingly on fossil fuels to using alternative low-carbon energy sources could be “unstoppable and exponential,” according to some experts. A boosterish attitude by
A Few Takes
Original Sin? Or Original Choice?
I subscribe to a lot of newsletters. I don’t always get around to reading them daily, just like I am sure many cannot read every one of my “Egberto Off The Record” newsletters. After all, I send out 1 to 5 every day, depending on the day’s news. I served on the Coffee Party USA […]
Joy-Ann Reid did the best job of covering the real TikTok narrative, the hidden billionaires.
Joy-Ann Reid and Robert Reich provided the best coverage of the insane TikTok fiasco. Unlike the shallow coverage elsewhere, they hit the real issues.
Maddow Blog: Stefanik picks the wrong fight, asks whether we were better off in 2020
But the idea that conditions in the United States got worse after Trump left the White House is demonstrably ridiculous.
People Making a difference
Angeliina Lawson, a progressive on a conservative board ensuring transparency to her constituents
Angeliina Lawson is the sole progressive on the Johnson County Community College Board of Trustees trying to be fiscally accountable and transparent.
Patricia Esteves has a project attempting to unite the country as one.
As I walked in between protest movements at the Democratic Debate at TSU. Patricia Esteves was giving away T-Shirts. Her T-Shirts say.
Local News
Houston Chronicle Endorses State Senator Molly Cook for reelection to SD-15.
Congratulations to State Senator Molly Cook (@MollyforTexas) for earning the endorsement of the Houston Chronicle for reelection to Senate District 15.
Why DA Kim Ogg must be expelled from the Democratic Party for her Ted Cruz endorsement.
Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg can’t endorse Ted Cruz under the law and order moniker. Ted Cruz was a participant in the attempted coup on America via his support for Donald Trump.
Harris County’s Guaranteed Income Program (Uplift Harris) is in Danger
Last April, Harris County passed a historic guaranteed income program. One of more than sixty pilot programs across the country,
Kingwood Texas Floods Again, May 2024.
Once again, the Kingwood, Texas, area is experiencing a significant flood. It is becoming a way of life that engineering can solve, but our political and economic system proves incapable of mitigating.
Entertainment
Chris Rock used his new Netflix skit Selective Outrage to slam Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith.
I watched Chris Rock on Netflix this morning. It was clear that the Will Smith slap at the Oscars has affected Chris Rock’s comedy.
The movie “Honk For Jesus” brought back memories of a CNN iReport I did on Bishop Eddie Long.
Just got back from the movie “Honk for Jesus.” It felt familiar. A woman told my wife, “That’s the Eddie Long story.” Yes, it is similar to the iReport I did in 2010.
Message To Garth Brooks: Took this superfan lots of money & attempts to finally see you in Houston.
Garth Brooks super fan Debra Willey finally got to see you in Houston, TX, after several attempts and several thousand dollars — a shoutout maybe to her?
Environment
What are Native American tribes doing to transition to a green economy?
Native American tribes are increasingly playing a critical role in promoting the transition to a green economy, driven by their commitment to environmental stewardship, living harmoniously with nature,
Are we really all exposed to many hazardous chemicals that come off the packaging our food travels in?
A large percentage of our food packaging contains toxic Food Contact Chemicals (FCCs), which are chemicals that come into contact with foods during manufacturing, packaging or transportation.
Sports
Texans Win. But why do it the hard way?
The Texans vs Bills game was exciting but it should have ended in regulation. Bill O’Brien is lucky to have stellar players.
Simone Biles named female athlete of the year | khou.com
Simone Biles continues to make Houston proud as she wins female athlete of the year. Congratulations! COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Gymnastics powerhouse Simone Biles has been named the 2019 Team USA Female Olympic Athlete of the Year after another record-setting performance in competition this year. Biles topped a list of award-winners of the honors presented […]
Move To Amend
Move to Amend’s Daniel Lee: Transcending political parties at the People’s Convention (VIDEO)
Many grassroots organizations have converged on Philadelphia, PA using the Democratic National Convention as the catalyst to organize for a better America.