Kevin Stansbury, CEO of rural Lincoln Community Hospital and Care Center, clarifies that the hospital could not survive Medicaid cuts.
General News
REALLY!! Trump Admin charters flights to bring white South African ‘refugees’ to U.S.
The Trump Administration is using taxpayer dollars to charter flights to bring white South African (Afrikaner) purported refugees to the U.S., a welcome not granted to genuine refugees of color.
Trump’s policies, cuts, and more are another dimension of End State Capitalism.
Most policies that Trump attempts to implement, such as cuts to Medicaid, NOAA, and more, have an End-Stage Capitalism component.
Trump will garnish your tax returns, wages, and pension to collect your student loans next month.
If you are behind on your student loan, your vote for Trump was likely a vote to get your wages, tax returns, and pension garnished.
JB Pritzker delivered an unabashedly progressive critique of Trumpism that even MAGA should embrace.
JB Pritzker, the Democratic Governor of Illinois, gave an unabashedly progressive speech that MAGA and progressives should love. It channeled Bernie and AOC.
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
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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
Check out CNN article with my Mitt Romney analysis along with other CNN iReporters
Over the last few weeks CNN has been seeking out iReporters who had positions and analysis on Romney’s inability to seal the deal with Republicans in their primaries. CNN iReport producer Michael Saba wrote the following piece at CNN.com on our views and analysis. iReport pundits: 5 reasons why Romney can’t seal the deal Editor’s […]
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 […]
Egberto On TV
Egberto on CNN John King USA About #TeaParty Continued Relevance #p2 #tcot
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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’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 (2012-11-03)
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 […]
Netroots Nation
Open Letter To Netroots Nation Panelists Lisa Donner, Matthew Yglesias, Karl Smith, & Mike Konczal
Netroots Nation 2012 list of panels shows that they are serious in pushing the proper socio-economic-political direction of the country. More importantly it provides the factual basis for the reasons we should adopt a progressive direction with fact based themes. One of the panels I most wanted to attend was titled “Why the Fed is […]
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
How to Help Wild Birds During Their Spring and Fall Migrations
During their spring migration, billions of birds fly from their southern wintering habitats. After the spring breeding season ends and as fall and winter approach in the northern latitudes, they begin
United Steelworkers Lead Mobilization Drive as American Unions Face Growing Vulnerability
In March 2025, hundreds of workers at the JSW Steel facility in Ohio became the latest to unionize under the United Steelworkers Union (USW). Though not the country’s largest union, its full
The World’s Greatest Long Hikes
Hiking is considered one of the most popular outdoor activities worldwide, offering numerous mental and physical health benefits, and allowing us to connect with nature. Walking long distances, often
Three Mind-Blowing Indie Film Festivals That Show Actual Good Movies
A 2020 study by the Institute of Psychology, Russian Academy of Sciences researcher Tina Kubrak is one of many reports showing that movies can powerfully influence
Imagine You Are a Poor Nation, Trapped by Debt and Strangled by Climate Change—What Are Your Options?
Imagine you are a low-income country. You suffer from a heavy debt burden. You’ve been trying to catch up to the more affluent countries for decades, but you’ve been unsuccessful, mainly because of
The Vietnam and Gaza Wars Shattered Young Illusions About U.S. Leaders
Eight years before the U.S.-backed regime in South Vietnam collapsed, I stood with high school friends at Manhattan’s Penn Station on the night of April 15, 1967, waiting for a train back to
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
My brother-in-law’s journey inspires stroke victims, giving advice, hope, & purpose.
This is an inspiring story about my brother-in-law’s recovery from a recent stroke that should give stroke victims hope, purpose, and direction.
White woman’s response to black man who carjacked her at gunpoint a lesson for all.
This white woman’s response to a black man who hijacked her card should present the template for the empathy we should have across the board.
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’s up with efforts to restore wild salmon to the U.S. West?
Over the past century, wild salmon populations on the U.S. West Coast have declined drastically.
What kind of environmental toll has the Israel-Hamas War taken on Gaza
Although Palestine is a relatively small territory, it has historically been an ecologically rich area due to the abundant groundwater dispersed by sand wells throughout Gaza.
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.