A scared Mainstream Media dereliction: Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie called out ABC thisweek’s Jonathan Karl for defending Trump and blaming Pam Bondi and Kash Patel for the Jeffrey Epstein MAGA meltdown. MSM dereliction.
General News
Why must we blame Trump, Greg Abbott, and Dan Patrick for the Guadalupe River flood drownings?
To ensure the drowning massacre does not happen again, Trump, Texas Governor Greg Abbott, and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick must be blamed and voted out of office for their dereliction.
Fmr. Gov. John Kasich (R-OH) has some good advice for Democrats after the Big Beautiful Bill passed.
Fmr. Gov. John Kasich (R-OH) points out that Democrats will personalize the damage the Big Beautiful Bill to working-class Americans to win in 2026.
Economist Larry Summers: Big Beautiful Bill will kill over 100,000 people.
Economist Larry Summers, not a friend of real progressive policies, excoriates the Big Beautiful Bill as the most significant cut to the safety net ever and policies that will kill over 100,000 Americans.
Kentucky Gov. explains Big Beautiful Bill’s exploitation & slams Republican governor’s dereliction.
Kentucky Democratic governor Andy Beshear itemized the Big Beautiful Bill’s attack on Americans as he slammed Republican governors for their dereliction of duty to their constituents.
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
Support Independent Media
Guest Bloggers
The End of the Frontier means the end of America as we know it
Over a hundred years ago, a German professor stated that socialism failed on American shores because of a surplus roast beef, apple pie, and free real estate on the American western frontier.
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.
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
iReporters’ take on CNN GOP national security debate – CNN iReport Blog
iReporters’ take on CNN GOP national security debate Wednesday, November 30, 2011 Last night, the prospective GOP primary contenders gathered at George Washington University in Washingon, D.C., for a CNN-hosted debate on national security and foreign policy. Candidates squared off on the war in Afghanistan, immigration, aid to Pakistan, and why they believe they’d […]
RT’s Redacted Tonight quoted my DailyKOS story on the derelict media (VIDEO)
RT’s Redacted Tonight’s John F. O’Donnell reaction to the paragraph he quoted from my DailyKOS piece, as funny as it was, is a microcosm of the media’s problem.
Egberto On TV
Politics Done Right at KPFT 90.1 FM appeared on Houston Local CBS on Sheila Jackson Lee Houston Mayor run
Sheila Jackson Lee is running to become mayor of Houston. The KPFT 90.1 FM Houston version of Politics Done Right was used in there newscast.
Egberto on CNN On President Obama’s Job Creation
LIKE My Facebook Page – Visit My Blog: EgbertoWillies.comFollow @EgbertoWillies
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 (2012-12-22)
Occupy Kingwood VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL Today was our next to last Occupy Kingwood. On Saturday December 29th, between 9:00AM and 10:30AM we will have our last Occupy Kingwood at the corner of Kingwood Drive and West Lake Houston Blvd. Please come and be a part of history. We completed 52 consecutive weeks of […]
Netroots Nation
President Obama Pleads For Support From His Liberal Base (VIDEO)
On Thursday President Obama sent a video to the Netroots Nation 2013 gathering in San Jose California. He knows that many are looking at some of his policies with skepticism. His video starts with his speech at his inauguration. It highlights all the liberal policies enacted. They included his support for women rights policies, gay […]
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
Young column: Never you mind, child; free market will fix all
I missed the hearings, so I’m asking: When members of Congress quizzed Stephen Miran as this president’s choice to chair the Council of Economic Advisers, did anyone ask him to identify the planet
Young column: News flash: Supreme Court finds ‘equal’ unconstitutionalSupreme
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men hardly are created equal,” wrote the founders of this country. They continued: “Those of inherent privilege are endowed by their creator with
Young column: A war president with zero credibility
For the one-time reality-show guy, things just got real. Real except for any trustworthy explanation or justification about what happens or what he directs our military to do in the war into which
Young column: Make a wish for a racist police state
It says everything about the Little Dictator’s war on brown people that ICE began its June 6 raids in Los Angeles at a Home Depot. Just the place to find rapists, murderers and gang-bangers: Aisle
Young column: Safe in their tunnels and bunkers
Having grown up just past the dawn of the nuclear age, I remember having silly romantic notions as a child about the scariest thing imaginable: Fall-out shelters. A cozy concrete hang-out:
Why Every Student Needs Human Ecology Education Now
Human ecology education is a transformative program that focuses on the interplay between humans and our human ecosystem. It is an interdisciplinary educational field that combines physical and
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
The inhumane side of our immigration policy seldom spoken about.
I interviewed Andrea Fernandez before she went on stage at the Unlock the Future rally in Houston sponsored by the NOW on immigration policy.
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
Where does Pope Leo stand on climate change.
On April 21, 2025, Pope Francis, known for his inclusivity to various communities worldwide, passed away after decades of serving as Pope of the Catholic church. Pope Leo XIV was inducted shortly thereafter
Is the prevalence of processed foods an environmental threat?
Warm supermarket bread. Mouth-watering hot dogs. Fizzy, sweet soda. Processed and ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are pervasive in American diets.
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.