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SHAME! Executive & Congress may sacrifice rail workers to further enrich corporate America.

All our rail workers want is humane working conditions along with pay commensurate with the value of their work. Yet our President & Congress is willing to force them to submit to the corporations.

Adam Kinzinger does not think Kevin McCarthy will last as Speaker of the House.

Adam Kinzinger was not kind to Rep. Kevin McCarthy. He believes he is weak and will not last very long if elected Speaker of the House.

We willfully submit ourselves to the new bondage, antiseptic slavery.

It is easy to be pessimistic in these times where most have acquiesced to an insidious form of bondage I refer to as antiseptic slavery. I am optimistic that grassroots action is the answer.

A fed-up Arkansas Governor, Asa Hutchinson, throws Donald Trump under the bus.

Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson was clear that he is fed up with Donald Trump as he condemned his dinner with Kanye West & Nick Fuentes.

Watch Chuck Todd ding GOP Rep. James Comer with inconvenient facts as he bloviated about crime.

Another Republican gets dinged by Chuck Todd as he caught Rep. James Comer misinforming about crime. The GOP usually gets away with these willful lies.

“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

10+ Things YOU Can Do to Fight Fascism Today – Individual and Collective Actions

As a five-decade social justice organizer, college educator of 32 years, and parent to two activist adult children, I was and am repeatedly asked, okay so you’ve defined a serious problem – in this case,

The Three Cornerstones of Fascism

Know thine enemy. The ongoing threat of full-blown Fascism triumphing here on, or shortly after, January 20, 2025, Presidential Inaugural Day, should deeply, deeply concern every pro-democratic, patriotic, thinking American.

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.

Levitt 2012 for US CA Senate Tour Gains Supporters, Donations & Appearance On Coffee Party USA Radio Show Politics Done Right

I was happy to have David Levitt, California Senate Candidate among other candidates running across the country for both Congress and Senate on my Coffee Party USA show Politics Done Right. These candidate are all making a pledge to be completely transparent with their political financing. Many are using the services of the free service […]

Kingwood Area Democrats To Host Candidate Brunch–Kingwood Observer Article 2012-01-25

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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 […]

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.”

Black teens’ party canceled after white manager says she’s ‘uncomfortable’

Even though this should not be a shocker, blood still boils mainly because the Black Teens had to go through racial profiling in the most hurtful form.

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 […]

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.

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?

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.

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? –

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 […]