After every discovery of a “new” Trump deceit, the media starts with the administration’s obituary. Forget that. He is too good for the Plutocracy.
General News
The Return of Reefer Madness
Marijuana legalization has always had its opponents—including the alcohol lobby, which wants to protect its monopoly on legal intoxicants, and the prison/industrial complex,
Our willful gullibility to the corporate induced indoctrination is destroying our schools.
We will fix our schools when we realize that they are responsible for the well being of our most precious resource, our children.
Remove the chains, open the mind, and explore Democratic Socialism. It may surprise you.
I have been very excited about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. She is young. She is vibrant. She is exciting. Most importantly, she is wise beyond her years. While the Right Wing, Republicans, and Centrist Democrats seem to have her in their cross-hairs, seeking to make every faux pas a critical failure, I revere her wisdom that stands […]
Fox News’s Nefarious Role in Misinforming Trump Voters
Fox News took the misinforming of the Trump voters to a level never yet seen. They have successfully created an alternate reality for an American constituency.
Fascinating discussion about the border wall & immigrants with a Trump supporting Republican
Engaging Trump supporting Republicans in a civil manner can be rewarding as this discussion about the border wall and immigrants was here.
A Few Takes
The 15 Democrats who didn’t vote for Pelosi as speaker
Nancy Pelosi was elected once again as the Speaker of the House. This is the second time and she made it clear she was in command.
George Bush, 41st President, Dies at 94 – The New York Times
George HW Bush, the 41st President of the United States and the father of the 43rd, George W. Bush is dead at 94. He lived a long and active life.
Survey of battleground House districts shows Democrats with narrow edge
Most of the battleground districts are now in GOP hands and their vote went heavily for Republicans in 2016. This poll suggests a major change could be coming.
Bob Woodward: “People better wake up to what’s going on” in the Oval Office
Recently in his first TV interview, Bob Woodward paints a picture for CBS’s David Martin of the Donald Trump’s administration in complete disarray.
Sports
Houston Astros beat LA Dodgers 5-1 to win World Series
The Houston Astros beat the LA Dodgers to win the 2017 World Series. After enduring Hurricane Harvey, it could not have come at a better time.
The worse rendition of God Bless America occured at the World Series in Houston? (VIDEO)
This is likely the worse rendition of God Bless America you would have ever heard. And it happened at the World Series in Houston, Astros vs Dodgers
Netroots Nation
Vice President Joe Biden heckled at Netroots Nation 2014 ‘Stop deporting our families’
Vice President Joe Biden displays poise when heckled about deportations Vice President Joe Biden visited Netroots Nation this afternoon. The room was full of excitement as he was introduced. The Vice President thanked the Netroots Nation community for demanding and coaxing politicians to effect a progressive agenda. He stated the fact that it would not […]
Occupy Movement
Occupy Kingwood – A Sustainable Form Of The Occupy Movement (2012-11-03)
Occupy Kingwood VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL This is our 46th week of Occupy Kingwood. It is the week before the election and some folks are a bit nervous, some do not care, and some think it really does not matter who gets elected. I personally believe it does matter for inasmuch as both parties […]
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.
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.
Columnists
The Trump Dictatorship
Trump is not only showing inklings of dictatorship, he is actually laying the foundation with the aids of many of the moneyed interests.
Miles and miles of big, beautiful lies
The Liar-In-Chief plethora of lies more than an embarrassment to the country. They are a clear and present danger. The wall is just a symbol.
Radio Shows: Politics Done Right
Special guest John Pavlovitz discusses Trump & Evangelicals – Trump’s going nowhere folks
Pastor John Pavlovitz talks to us about Evangelicals’ attachment to Donald Trump. Afterward, we talk about the media’s Trump hyperventilation to nowhere.
The designing of an educational system to create unchained slaves of corporations
The coercion of our economic system is hard to escape. It’s infiltration into our educational system us the scariest of them all. It is subtle as it creates corporate slaves.
Guest Bloggers
Stripping Steve King of committee positions for racist comments not enough
Representative Steve King (R-IA) has been stripped of his committee positions in the House of Representatives thanks to his recent racist statements. He’s getting off light. He should resign.
Americans should have a “Credible Fear” of William Barr
The Senate must say to William Barr. No man with his record has the moral or legal authority to be the chief law enforcement officer of the country.
Local News
Harris County Dept. of Education votes to cancel Representation for Legislative session
Four Harris County Department of Education trustees cancelled the department’s contract with HillCo Partners.
How to protect the vote here and now
The right to vote has never been a given, not in the past and not in a post–Shelby v. Holder world. It’s certainly not a given in the Houston region.
Houston Continues Fight Against Southwest Key Baby Jail
Here’s the state of the Houston community’s united front against the baby jail on Emancipation.
Interview with Bill King, probable challenger to Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner
Bill King attended an African American Leader’s breakfast recently, a focus group meeting, to hear about their concerns and to clarify some of his positions on various issues. King lost a nailbiter to our current mayor Sylvester Turner. Bill King discusses a possible run for Houston Mayor Bill King is getting his narrative together for what […]
Battleground Texas
Harris County Dept. of Education votes to cancel Representation for Legislative session
Four Harris County Department of Education trustees cancelled the department’s contract with HillCo Partners.
Entertainment
Aretha Franklin, you will be missed but you left us this (VIDEO)
Aretha Franklin is dead but she lives on in the manner most of us knew her. And as such, she lives on and will live on forever.
Anthony Bourdain, Chef, Travel Host and Author, Is Dead at 61 – The New York Times
Anthony Bourdain, celebrity chef extraordinaire committed suicide in Paris. He will be missed for both his cooking and his insight.
Egberto On TV
Egberto on CNN on Notre Dame Protest of President Obama’s Commencement Speech
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Guested On HuffPost Live Discussing Ted Cruz on Climate and more (VIDEO)
Originally aired on March 29, 2013 Hosted by: Ahmed Shihab-Eldin Guests: Luke Johnson @luke_johnson (Washington, DC) HuffPost Associate Politics Editor Blake Henderson @blakeahenderson (New York, NY) Humor Writer Egberto Willies @EgbertoWillies (Kingwood, TX) Political Blogger and Author Josh Garber @TumbleJosh (San Francisco, CA) Attorney Cruz Cuts Climate Talk Sen. Ted Cruz has nixed a […]
Egberto Mentioned In Media
Fact Check: Could — and would — the U.S. cut the Pentagon budget?
By Matt Smith, CNN February 24, 2010 — Updated 2004 GMT (0404 HKT) (CNN) — The Obama administration has called for a freeze on government programs other than defense and entitlements, but why should the Pentagon be excluded? That’s the position of CNN iReporters Egberto Willies and Adriana Maxwell, both of whom see […]
CNN Names Egberto Willies iReport Pundit of the Week
This week I was named CNN iReport Pundit of the week. CNN iReport is a platform I jumped on when they came out because it gave me the opportunity to get arguments and positions out. Think about it. You are watching the news and they are just not making sense or they are missing a […]
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 […]