Republican Politicians, completely against their voters’ attempt to mislead on the COVID Relief Bill. Hallie Jackson checked Sen. Braun.
General News
After explaining Medicare For All to Right-Winger w/o using its name, she blurted: You are so nice!
I get scolded by my Progressive brethren for attempting to reach those on the Right. This Medicare for All experience tells me I am on the right track.
Discussing race, ethnicity, differences, & equality in America at a Living Room Conversations event
I recently participated in a Living Room Conversations event discussing race, ethnicity, equality, hope, and other issues America must overcome.
AOC is right. Giving Relief Checks to Fewer People Than Trump Would Be Nonsensical. Here is why!
One wonders why Moderate and Centrist Democrats don’t understand our current politics. AOC is correct as they play into the hands of the GOP. AOC hits the nail on the head Democrats must remember who brought them into power. Urban America and the suburbs gave Democrats their victory. Democrats promised them that they would provide […]
Every Democrat must use these selective words about the insurrection enablers this Congressman used
Congressman Eric Swalwell was very disciplined in this interview as he intertwined keywords that kept the insurrection and its enablers in the forefront.
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A Few Takes
“Callous?!” Look in the Mirror, Gov. Abbott – Charlotte Vaughan Coyle
“Gov. Abbott, did you misplace your dictionary? I don’t think you know what the word “callous” means, so let me help you. According to Merriam Webster …”
Texas Gov. Abbott’s “Neanderthal Thinking” may be an attempt to sabotage Biden’s COVID success.
He may be willing to sacrifice the lives of Texans in an attempt to deny President Biden the success he is having fighting the COVID epidemic.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez visits Houston in wake of historic Texas winter storm
While Republicans like Governor Greg Abbott go on TV and cable networks to lie about the causes of the Texas catastrophe, and as Republicans like Ted Cruz fled their state, others led. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC), Sheila Jackson Lee, and Sylvia Garcia were serving their constituents nationally and locally.
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
Deregulation always benefits – somebody
Who can tell me what the Telecommunications Act of 1996 did to radio? Spawned in a laboratory of a Republican Congress but given the electric jolt of life by Bill Clinton’s pen, the law lifted limits on ownership of radio stations.
Governing? Or deflecting it down the fairway?
Here we obsessively focus on the CPI, the GNP, the GDP, when we should be tracking LE – life expectancy.
Guest Bloggers
Challenge the Texas Electric Grid catastrophe false premises with friend or foe.
The recent failure of the Texas electric grid system has been on my Facebook page.
Hilterism – Trumpism: The solution is not penicillin but …
The disease that allowed Trumpism to rise in America is not one that penicillin can cure but one where we understand it quite well.
Local News
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.
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo: Competence in a sea of willful incompetence. COVID-19 is not political.
Texas’ Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo is the county’s top political executive. She has received but headwinds from the governor of Texas as she tries to keep the county safe from COVID-19. Lina Hidalgo a fresh dispatch from the old guard As COVID-19 was ravaging New York, Lina Hidalgo saw the writing on the wall. […]
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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.
White woman’s response to black man who carjacked her at gunpoint a lesson for all.
This white woman’s response to a black man who hijacked her card should present the template for the empathy we should have across the board.
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
Kelly Macias, a DailyKos writer intent on exploring difficult subjects (VIDEO)
Kelly Macias said that DailyKos is important to the Progressive Movement because it is about news and action where people are activating.
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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 Houston Divestment March
Today I spent four hours downtown for the Occupy Houston march on four banks, Bank Of America, Wells Fargo, JP Morgan Chase, and Amegy Bank. At each bank several people went in and cancelled or closed all their accounts, Andy Meyer, Evan Carroll, and Dustin Phipps did a great job in leading the protest in […]
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
Houston Chronicle’s Coverage Of Texans’ Day Of Outrage where Tea Party Activist Assaults The Speaker (VIDEO)
This is the Houston Chronicles coverage of the Texans’ Day Of Outrage where a Tea Party activists assaults the one of the speakers at the event. I presented video from a different angle that shows where the Tea Party activist actually hit a bystander with his bullhorn. The event was a successful protest against the […]
Egberto On CNN On State Of Black America
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Egberto Mentioned In Media
Fox News’ Juan Williams and Son Criticized After Homecoming Visit to Panama
Fox News’ Juan Williams and Son Criticized After Homecoming Visit to Panama By Bruno Gaston, International Editor ATLANTA, July 21, 2012, 6 p.m. – Panamanian activists from the city of Colón are not thrilled with the description of their city offered by political consultant, Raphael Williams who is the son of Fox News contributor, Juan […]
Romney supporter in Texas defaces yard sign: ‘N*gger lover… Obama sucks d*ck’ | The Raw Story
Romney supporter in Texas defaces yard sign: ‘N*gger lover… Obama sucks d*ck’ By David Edwards Monday, September 24, 2012 10:41 EDT A Woman in Texas says that a person who appears to support Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney vandalized her pro-Obama yard sign with racist and vulgar language. Cassy, a 34-year-old white business owner […]
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
How are bee population numbers doing these days?
Whether you’ve noticed it or not, there are far fewer bees around nowadays. One-quarter of the world’s 20,000 bee species are in precipitous decline
Is there scientific basis to that global warming is affecting our ability to make decisions and lowering our collective intelligence?
A handful of recent studies conclude that a warmer world with higher CO2 concentrations in the air we breathe is likely to make us less intelligent.