Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez aka AOC did not allow Gov. Asa Hutchinson to get away with the Supreme Court’s draconian decision as she reminded him his state does not take care of children.
General News
Democratic politicians better listen to this activist. It’s time for her winning message.
It is time to stop making excuses about Democratic underperformance. Activist Danielle Moodie laid down the gauntlet in no uncertain terms.
Here’s a short-term Roe v. Wade overturn solution. Democrats must stop being spineless in the fight!
President Biden has a few tools he can use to mitigate the Supreme Court’s attack on women’s rights while in office. Democrats must “spine up” for the final solution.
Exposed oil scam the corporate oil cartel will hate: Politics Done Right on Muslim Network TV
Muslim Network TV’s Imam Malik Mujahid interviewed Politics Done Right’s Producer/Host Egberto Willies on the gasoline price hike fraud.
Liz Cheney gets real with Right-Wing Trump sycophants President Trump abused your trust
Liz Cheney continues to impress. In a most recent closing statement in the Jan 6 hearing, she had a message for Trump loyalists.
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A Few Takes
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 […]
Texas consumers will surely enjoy the opportunity to pay for the costs of Winter Storm Uri
This is what happens when Republicans run a state with Conservative principles. People are just commodities to be exploited. Our Republican Legislature effectively murdered Texans.
11/18/21 – More Prefer Republicans To Win Control Of The House And Senate, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; 68% Say Higher Prices Are Changing Spending Habits | Quinnipiac University Poll
This poll says all one needs to know to explain the dysfunctionality within the country. And it is clear where the blame belongs.
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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
Thomas Manning: Broken Arrow open letter
We have a “Broken Arrow” situation throughout the United States against African Americans! The Broken Arrow situation is caused by White supremacist groups targeting African Americans.
A solution to Putin’s War on Ukraine
Once again I am appalled at Russian attacks on the citizens of Ukraine. Let me suggest several courses of action to counter the Russian attack on Ukraine.
Local News
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.
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 […]
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The Hartmann Report
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
Is “Democracy in the Workplace” Having a Moment?
Predatory industries — making millions by helping billionaires squeeze pennies out of working class people — are a tragic indicator of our having reached what I call “the cancer stage of capitalism”
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
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.
Patricia Esteves has a project attempting to unite the country as one.
As I walked in between protest movements at the Democratic Debate at TSU. Patricia Esteves was giving away T-Shirts. Her T-Shirts say.
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
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.
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.
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’ path to winning (Entire Speech)
Maurice Mitchell, Working Families Party National Director (WFP) did not pull any punches as he discussed Progressives’ path to electoral victory.
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 DC Students March From McPherson Square to Sallie Mae Headquarters Protesting Student Debt
March on Sallie Mae by Washington DC students in concert with Occupy DC. They were protesting the stranglehold that Sallie Mae has on their lives by the profits being made on their backs. The march started in McPherson Square in Washington DC and proceeded to Sallie Mae headquarters. The DC police escorted the march which […]
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
Guested On HuffPost Live Discussing Ted Cruz on Climate and more (VIDEO)
Originally aired on March 29, 2013 Hosted by: Ahmed Shihab-Eldin Guests: Luke Johnson @luke_johnson (Washington, DC) HuffPost Associate Politics Editor Blake Henderson @blakeahenderson (New York, NY) Humor Writer Egberto Willies @EgbertoWillies (Kingwood, TX) Political Blogger and Author Josh Garber @TumbleJosh (San Francisco, CA) Attorney Cruz Cuts Climate Talk Sen. Ted Cruz has nixed a […]
Egberto on CNN on Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance
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Texas Rep Ted Poe Office Met By Protest From His Constituents Over Debt Ceiling
People power is what it will require to take back our country. Ted Poe’s office in Kingwood TX will continue to be of interest to one of the most divisive congressmen.
Overheard on CNN.com: SOPA stokes some readers’ ire, plus tech talk from CES – This Just In
Editor’s note: This post is part of the Overheard on CNN.com series, a regular feature that examines interesting comments and thought-provoking conversations posted by the community. Share your thoughts about the technology world on CNN iReport’s Tech Talk assignment. "I used to surf the web freely, then I took SOPA to the knee." –Kaew […]
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? –