Unfortunately for Democrats, they allow Republicans to define a good bill on GOP fraudulent terms instead of the good it will do.
General News
The FBI is raiding Donald Trump’s home at Mar-o-Lago. The alleged Criminal In Chief may pay now!
The #FBI is raiding the home of the alleged thug, rapist, criminal, & thieving former President of the United States, #DonaldTrump.
Reporter: The more Trump wins, the more Republicans are poised to lose!
The media is starting to get a bit bolder with their prediction in favor of Democrats. ABC correspondent Jonathan Karl acknowledged that a winning Trump candidate is a losing GOP.
This foul-mouthed attendant at Houston’s Abilities Expo was a disservice to all disabled attendees.
This weekend I took my daughter, who’s had two strokes and is compromised on her left side, to Houston’s Abilities Expo. We encountered a rude, insensitive, foul-mouthed attendant.
Dem strategist on winning: GOP giving gifts. Message Republican Party as wacko party & then …
Democracy for America’s CEO Yvette Simpson appeared on This Week and held her own as she neutralized naysayers with the message Democrats must relay.
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A Few Takes
Dick Cheney goes hard at ‘coward’ and ‘threat to the republic’ Donald Trump in video for Liz Cheney
Dick Cheney comes out swinging for his daughter. For once, I agree with this guy. Sad that he is provably a war criminal. Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here. Liz Cheney is fighting for her political life in Wyoming as she faces real competition from Trump-backed Harriet Hageman for her House seat in the state’s […]
Harris County looking into GOP-connected group asking residents to confirm voter addresses
This is what voter suppression and intimidation look like. The Republican Party started early. One hopes Democrats are taking on only corrective actions but assertive and aggressive actions. The Harris County Attorney’s office on Thursday said it is looking into allegations a grass-roots group knocked on doors in Sunnyside and attempted to get residents to […]
It was Greg Abbott who caused Texans to be ripped off during the Texas Electric Grid failure.
It turns out it was Greg Abbott directly responsible for the billions of dollars Texans were ultimately responsible to pay during the grid failure. Even after the rolling blackouts were receding, he made sure Texans got the shaft. Ex-ERCOT chief says Abbott directed freeze blackouts to stop before decision to run up billions in bills […]
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Columnists
Young column: Silent squires of suffering without Roe
opponent. Like a Senate refusing to have hearings for one Supreme Court nominee and rushing to have hearings for another. This is not majority rule. This is a few having their way over the rest of a nation, and over the Constitution.”
Young column: Staggering toll of willful negligence
“The disease Trump said would cause so little suffering – no worse than the flu – over the last two years was the third leading cause of death behind heart disease and cancer.”
Guest Bloggers
Combating The Housing and Eviction Crisis
Because we don’t (and haven’t) seen housing as a human right we not only have the lack of adequate funding for public housing we have eviction bad laws.
Pet Emergency: Sadly, love empowers ‘whatever the market will bear’ out of our pockets.
I have a dog. He is a male mix breed, between a chihuahua and a Jack Russell terrier. To me, good company and a source of love and care (my road dog). The extortion was palpable.
Local News
This foul-mouthed attendant at Houston’s Abilities Expo was a disservice to all disabled attendees.
This weekend I took my daughter, who’s had two strokes and is compromised on her left side, to Houston’s Abilities Expo. We encountered a rude, insensitive, foul-mouthed attendant.
Judge Hidalgo issues mask mandate for Harris County schools, joining the chorus defying Gov. Abbott
This is what leadership looks like; unlike the Humble Independent School Board, whose lack of science-based serious care for our most precious resources, our kids, have already endangered many of their lives, our county leaders are acting responsibly.
Mike Collier is not wasting any time in defeating Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. At Last!
Our local Kingwood Texas friend, Mike Collier (@CollierForTexas), is ready to kick the failed Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick out of office. Finally, someone who instead of giving away the store to corporate friends will do the bidding for Texas citizens.
Racism overtly exposed in my Donald Trump / Ted Cruz / Dan Crenshaw Kingwood, TX district. Why?
A friend/neighbor was walking through the trails in our Kingwood, Texas neighborhood and came across an epithet that clarifies Trumpism & Racism are alive & well in our town.
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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
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.
People Making a difference
Brialle Ringer: Pleasure activism keeps people engaged
Young activist, Brialle Ringer, a Living Room Conversations, Communications Partner, made me think. Pleasure activism is where it is at.
Savannah Smith details her experience in Cameroon & early exit due to COVID-19
Savannah Smith had experiences in Cameroon cut short by COVID-19. This is an important story for several reasons as explored in the interview.
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 […]
Entertainment
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?
Oops! Will Smith slaps Chris Rock on stage at the Oscars for a Jada Pinkett joke. Really?
It seems Will Smith clocked Chris Rock pretty good at the #Oscars2022 for a bad Jada Pinkett Smith joke. Was this staged? Nope. He apologized while accepting his best actor speech.
Alex Trebek has died at age 80 | CTV News
Alex Trebek, the Canadian broadcaster who found fame in the United States as a game show host, has died at the age of 80.
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.
Netroots Nation
Netroots Nation 2012: Dr. Eddie Moore Jr. on White Privilege Conference
As I walked the exhibit floor at Netroots Nation 2012 I was first taken aback by a black man sitting in under a sign that said White Privilege Conference. I stopped and engage in a very enlightening conversation with Eddie Moore Jr. Interesting enough as a member of the Move to Amend executive committee, that […]
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.
Occupy Movement
Kingwood Women Create New Movement un-Occupy Women
un-Occupy Women VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL Women in Kingwood Texas have started a new movement. The movement was started by Valerie Dunn after her frustration with the continuous attack on women’s rights. “I am simply tired of men thinking they can take control of a woman’s body” said Dunn. The movement is a breakoff […]
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.
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Egberto On TV
KTRK Report On The Firework Attack On My Home
KTRK did a very short snippet about my home being fire bombed by fireworks KTRK ABC13 picked up the story of the firework attack on my home from my local newspaper the Kingwood Observer. KTRK never called me for the story. Activist’s home targeted in fireworks stunt in Kingwood | abc13.com LIKE My Facebook Page – […]
Guested on HuffPost Live Discussing Krugman’s Take On GOP Tax Hike & Susan Rice Maltreatment
Today’s HuffPost Live discussed four issues. Three were serious and one was off the cuff. We talked about the GOP Tax increase on the semi rich in order to protect further increases on the mega rich. He discussed it in the the article Paul Krugman: Republicans Seem Ready To Throw Upper Middle Class ‘Overboard’. The […]
Egberto Mentioned In Media
CNN iReporters Show How "WE ARE CNN"
Kingwood Observer Article on The Firework Attack On My Home
Unknown suspect attacks Kingwood politician’s home with fireworks Posted: Tuesday, January 3, 2012 2:30 pm | Updated: 10:18 pm, Wed Jan 4, 2012. By STEFANIE THOMASHouston Community Newspapers | 1 comment A Kingwood political activist says his home was targeted in an attack with fireworks on Jan. 1, leaving a squirrel dead but his family […]
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 […]
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Environment
EarthTalk Q&A: May 8, 2022: Cargo Ships & Sail Power
“This rewiring of sailing matters because of the immense emissions that cargo ships produce. Because they consume fossil fuels, much of our supply chain is riddled with emissions problems.”
EarthTalk Q&A: May 1, 2022—Too Late To Turn Back Sea Level Rise?
Dear EarthTalk: What are the most recent projections about sea level rise around the world as a result of climate change? And is there any hope of turning back the tide if we rein in emissions as planned under the current iteration of the Paris agreement? –