We need to show at every instant to our Right Wing families and friends exactly how the GOP/Trump tax cut scam hurt them and gave their money to the rich.
General News
Sarah Huckabee Sanders should’ve been served. HELL! We are Progressives
Progressives do not prove a point by either turning the other cheek or mimicking the behavior of the Right. Sarah Huckabee Sanders should’ve been served.
Message to Trump Supporters: READ THIS before your next social media post
Trump supporters: For too long many Americans have attempted to temper right and wrong through an ideological lens. Be careful especially now.
Fox News Host on immigrant children: Like it or not these are not our kids (VIDEO)
Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade: “These aren’t our kids. … It’s not like [Trump] is doing this to the people of Idaho or Texas”
FACT: Red States are ‘takers’ – Blue States are givers – GOP tax cuts hurt their own (VIDEO)
Very few of the masses voting for Donald Trump will ultimately get any benefits out of his policies. In fact, they are now paying for those tax cuts.
Should I revere The Constitution when it made me 3/5 of a man?
We should respect the constitution as the law of the land but always note that it continues to be a very flawed document that needs some work.
A Few Takes
Supreme Court gives states the right to arbitrarily purge voters
The Right is slowing eroding our democracy as they attempt to codify minority rule. A robust registration of voters can mitigate this anti-democratic act.
ABC cancels ‘Roseanne’ after Roseanne Barr compares black Obama aide Jarrett to an ape
ABC announced on Tuesday that it would cancel the sitcom “Roseanne” following “abhorrent” comments from the star, Roseanne Barr, who had compared former Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett to an ape.
Starbucks Baristas at flooded & rebuilt Kingwood store expose their talented side (VIDEO)
These young people are more than baristas. These Starbucks baristas are not only talented but friendly smart thinking millennials.
Jake Tapper slams Right Wing Trump supporting preacher using Bible (VIDEO)
This preacher’s hypocrisy shows a serious flaw in their movement. They don’t even seem to understand the book they profess is their doctrine.
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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
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 […]
Occupy Movement
Occupy Wall Street Is Back At Zuccotti Park (Livefeed-VIDEO) #ows
The reoccupation of Zuccotti Park as reported by Timcast TV is the official channel for TimPool, covering technology and journalism. Stay tuned for updates from our friends around the world, interviews, and new technology! Free live streaming by Ustream My Book: As I See It: Class Warfare The Only Resort To Right Wing Doom […]
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
Biblical quotes, child abuse and ‘zero tolerance’ folly
The President and his minions should think twice before they make biblical quotes as the reality of their actions are anything but that.
Robert Reich: The Military Industrial Drain
The military-industrial complex is robbing every American of a future as it transfers our wealth to a select few year after year.
Radio Shows: Politics Done Right
Trump/GOP supporter: The GOP tax cut scam is now screwing you.
We all knew it would not be long before those who voted for Tump and supported the Trump/GOP tax cut scam would be screwed. It’s now!
New Jersey Democrats, flawed Democratic Party Establishment
The Democratic Party Establishment and the Republican Party Establishment are nothing more than the left rail and the right rails of the same track.
Guest Bloggers
The worst aspect of the Brazilian coup: it prevents the Social State
The Brazilian Coup was successful in its attempt to stop the state from improving the social welfare of its citizens through the courts.
Crisis in Brazil: Part of the global crisis that will hit us too
Do not be fooled into believing that the crisis in Brazil is insular. Trump is the instantiation of that pathology in the United States.
Local News
DO NOT allow DCCC or Democratic Establishment to hack our primaries
Never decide on a candidate based on DCCC directives. Firstly, they have no insight into who’s more likely to win any district as they have a failing record nationally and statewide.
Houston Parents & Activists stopped board: No to charter schools (VIDEO)
Houston parents & activists stopped the school board from making them charter schools. Pressure from a united constituency can force politicians to do what is right.
Harris County wasn’t ready for Hurricane Harvey. Has anything changed?
In the year after Hurricane Harvey, an important question looms on the horizon: What happens if a storm hits this year and we still aren’t prepared?
My fender bender showed me there are still good people around
My recent fender bender is a story I needed to relate especially in these times when it seems we are all at each other’s throats.
Battleground Texas
DO NOT allow DCCC or Democratic Establishment to hack our primaries
Never decide on a candidate based on DCCC directives. Firstly, they have no insight into who’s more likely to win any district as they have a failing record nationally and statewide.
Entertainment
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.
Peanut spiked Coke: Vickie turns me on to a cultural food experience
My Starbucks friend Vickie introduced me to Peanut spiked Coke, so I thought after knowing her this long, it was time to get her on one of my blog posts.
Egberto On TV
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Egberto Mentioned In Media
Readers sound off: Military code and McChrystal – This Just In – CNN.com Blogs
iReporters Cliff Olney, Melissa Fazli, Egberto Willies shared their views on the military code and how McChrystal did or didn’t act in accordance with it. An interesting conversation developed on CNN.com about First Amendment rights versus the military code of conduct following Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s resignation. Comments on a story about McChrystal’s resignation have […]
I was a guest on HuffPost Live Today Discussing 4 Front Page Topics (VIDEO)
I was a guest on HuffPost Live today. We were discussing 4 articles they emailed us before the show. Sound Off On Debates The Community sounds off with Ahmed Shihab-Eldin on Obama’s explanation of his debate performance and how a Pro-Life Congressman asked his mistress to get an abortion. Originally aired on October 10, 2012 […]
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 […]