Democratic Strategist Cornell Belcher hits the nail on the head. The GOP civil war is over. The cancer of what’s left is a clear and present danger.
General News
Stephanie Ruhle gets it right. If businesses want workers, pay them more.
Stephanie Ruhle did not mince her words. She pointed out that businesses should pay more if they want more workers. Full stop.
Jen Psaki is cool as she dismantles an incompetent ‘People are saying’ Newsmax Right-Wing reporter.
Newsmax reporter Emerald Robinson made a fool of herself as White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki made minced meat out of her.
Biden on top of his game: Snuffs out GOP narrative blaming rescue plan for fewer jobs created.
Joe Biden did not allow the GOP to drive a narrative blaming the rescue plan and lazy workers. He came out swinging.
Chuck Todd meticulously destroys the Republican Party. They’ll implode, or the country will.
In a perfect deconstruction of their bad acts, Chuck Todd decimated the Republican Party and then made a prescient statement.
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A Few Takes
White privilege fails to protect woman who follows Black delivery driver yelling racial slurs
For those who continue to doubt the continued metastasizing cancer of racism in the country, this behavior is too frequent. Trumpism and those misinforming white America is allowing the reconstitution of a dangerous carnality of fear.
Marjorie Taylor Greene scraps planned launch of controversial ‘America First’ caucus amid blowback from GOP – CNNPolitics
Why not call it what it really is. It is not the America First Caucus. It is the White Supremacist caucus. That is who a large sect of the Republican Party is with their acquiescence to those who continue to push an evil ideology.
Do not buy the hype. Colorado is no voter suppression state like Georgia.
Do not believe the Republicans lie that Colorado voter laws are similar to theirs and sometimes less lenient. We must set the record straight.
Radio Shows: Politics Done Right
Trump & Georgia Senators slammed by Sec. of State official Gabriel Sterling – unanswered threats
Secretary of State official Gabriel Sterling slammed Donald Trump and the two Georgia Senators for not calling out those threatening officials.
RN describes COVID-19 dire straights in Chicago – Conversation with a black Conservative media guy
We interview two very different guys. Dennis Kosuth, a registered nurse & progressive activist, the other, Tyler Bluntman, a conservative media guy.
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Columnists
Increasing Desperation as the U.S. Capitalist System Declines
Like all previous economic systems in recorded history, capitalism is on track to repeat the same three-step trip: birth, evolution, and death. The timing and other specifics of each system’s trip differ.
Hearsay and ‘herd’ stupidity
“First one sheep jumped to its death. Then stunned Turkish shepherds, who had left the herd to graze while they had breakfast, watched as nearly 1,500 others followed, each leaping off the same cliff.”
Guest Bloggers
Voting Gangnam Style: The New Kim Crow in Georgia
For eight years now, I’ve investigated how Georgia’s Secretaries of State have amp’d up the old Jim Crow tactics against Asian-Americans. Call it, the New Kim Crow.
Bold, Visionary Thinking is Necessary to Combat Climate Crisis
Neither Congresswoman Cortez nor Senator Markey make claim to being Franciscan, but their vision as laid out in the Green New Deal clearly embraces the values and the vision of our Franciscan life and spirituality.
Local News
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.
Texas is governed by psychopaths, murderous thugs
PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE POST: We continue to be led by politicians who are killing many of our loved ones. Local authorities must defy the murderous edicts from the state and the federal government. It must be humanity over capital at once. I try to be civil. But how does one stay civil when those […]
Judge Lina Hidalgo puts Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on the spot for COVID-19 response
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo all but called out Texas Governor Greg Abbott in a very diplomatic manner for his failed control of COVID-19 on ABC’s This Week.
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The Hartmann Report
The Deep Delusions of The Republican Party Stripped Down
The Republican Party has gone from being a threat to the lives, health and wealth of working people to being a full-on threat to democracy and our republic itself.
Americans Must Repudiate the Connection Between a Child-Murderer, Reaganism and Trumpism
The roots and brutality of the hard-right, Trumpism, Reaganism, grew in the soil of libertarianism and Ayn Rand’s writings
Will Barr Get Away With Covering Up Treason for HW Bush, Reagan & Now Trump?
It appears Garland has unleashed the FBI and other investigators in ways that must be sending shockwaves through Mar-a-Lago and the ranks of former Trump officials. One can only hope…
People Making a difference
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.
Keshia’s Story: Could save a KKK member from a mob but not her restaurant
Keshia is the activist who put her body between a mob and a KKK member who otherwise was going to get beaten to death. Sadly, she was unable to save her restaurant.
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
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.
Actresses Diahann Carroll, barrier breaker of the ’60s died at 84.
One of my favorite actresses, Diahann Carroll, died today. We actually got her program in Spanish while I was growing up in Panama.
Aretha Franklin, you will be missed but you left us this (VIDEO)
Aretha Franklin is dead but she lives on in the manner most of us knew her. And as such, she lives on and will live on forever.
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
WFP National Director Maurice Mitchell discusses Progressives, centrism, and electability
The Working Families Party National Director, Maurice Mitchell, discussed centrism and electability in a manner all Americans must hear sooner rather than later.
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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
Occupy Kingwood – A Sustainable Form Of The Occupy Movement (2012-09-08)
Occupy Kingwood VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL Well we completed week 38. This post is somewhat late but better late than never. Today Valerie continued with her new break off from Kingwood Occupy with her Un-Occupy Women group. Inasmuch as it is a separate movement I am fusing the videos and pictures as our ultimate […]
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
Egberto on CNN on Michael Jackson’s Death
I was a guest on HuffPost Live Today Discussing The Election & Other Topics (VIDEO)
Sound Off On Polls The Community sounds off with Josh on Obama’s lead in the polls, Candy Crowley’s moderating style and the two American economists who won a Nobel Prize. The Community sounds off with Josh on Obama’s lead in the polls, Candy Crowley’s moderating style and the two American economists who won a Nobel… […]
Egberto Mentioned In Media
Kingwood Area Democrats Interviewed & Quoted At Your Houston News
Today two of Kingwood Area Democrats members (Karen Menke and Egberto Willies) were interviewed and quoted in yourkingwoodnews.com. The entire article may be read here. It was authored by Stefanie Thomas from the Kingwood Observer. The rally organized by moveon.org was attended by Kingwood Area Democrats and other Kingwood are Progressives. Some of those attending […]
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’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
What is a “pollinator lawn” and how can I make one in my backyard?
Bees and other pollinators are essential for growing a great deal of nature’s finest foods. Unfortunately, the populations of bees and other pollinators, including hummingbirds, butterflies, moths and flies, have been drastically declining.
What’s the latest on hydrogen-powered fuel cells?
Around the turn of the millennium, the development of hydrogen fuel cells to power our transportation sector with renewable, non-polluting power was all the rage among environmentalists and techies alike.