Fmr. Gov. Chris Christie gave Fmr. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp a layup to point out an inconvenient truth for Republican states. They are welfare states.
General News
Chuck Todd ridicules Mississippi Governor on vaccine mandate objection: It’s a pro-life position.
Chuck Todd mainly was on his game as he ridiculed the hypocrisy exhibited by Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves on vaccines vs. women’s choice.
The two infrastructure bills may be a worse capitulation than the two Obamacare bills.
We must have very long memories. I have seen this game before. And guess who has always won? I do not need to answer. Not human infrastructure.
Mainstream media reporter tells an inconvenient truth about a 17-yr-old killer & the justice system.
A black mainstream reporter, Byron Pitts, went beyond standard vanilla journalism to speak the truth about our justice system few want to talk about.
Big Pharma uses the patent system to rip us off. Example: Insulin costs $6 to make. We pay $300.
We allow Big Pharma to screw us. We pay for the initial research of the drugs then they rip us off when we need it.
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A Few Takes
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.
Opinion: Our middle schoolers learn about racism in Germany but not at home
This opinion piece in the Houston Chronicle by Alice Lively in Kingwood Texas is so very important. I wish more were necessarily opened-minded as she displays here. Teaching about race as interpreted in this country is essential at every age in the appropriate form.
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Columnists
Young column: A little boy and the gun that owned him
One would think the gun sanity organization Everytown for Gun Safety, which formed after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary, might be open to this idea to keep schools safe. Hardly. “The notion of a highly trained teacher armed with a gun is a myth,”
Young column: When culture war is all you’re about
Listen, people: To be a Trump Republican today one must swear off such stuff. Instead, one must devote each waking breath to the culture war.
Guest Bloggers
Norman Rennalls: Our individual existence is precarious
Compared to the existence of the universe and even briefer the existence of our planet human life is exceedingly brief. Our individual existence (in this society) becomes even more precarious when we (especially those who are not part of the world’s 1%)
Living Our Faith
As you were skimming through your emails you noticed one that looked a little suspicious. The sender was God. You figured it was probably spam and you should just delete it but your curiosity got the better of you, so you clicked it open. The message said:
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. They won’t allow our incompetent governor Greg Abbott and his sycophants to get your kids killed. COVID […]
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
No More “Tokyo Roses” Trying To Destroy Our Democracy!
If Congress wants democracy to survive, it must both roll back Citizens United & regulate Big Tech, forbidding them from allowing foreign governments to pretend to be Americans on social media
Why Is the GOP Making America’s Job of Creating a Less Deadly Society More Difficult?
We’ve already banned fully-automatic weapons, shoulder-fired missiles & sawed-off shotguns, only used to kill humans — it’s not a stretch ban Rittenhouse’s AR15 & Russian AK47s to save American lives
The GOP Now Stands For Trolls, Vigilantes & Death
All the Republican Party has left, now that they’ve abandoned any pretense over the past 40 years of supporting working people or even basic infrastructure, is hate, fear and death
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.
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.
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
An interview with Navajo Nation grandmothers thrown under the bus by Senator John McCain (VIDEO)
Marsha Monestersky explained that Peabody Coal Company along with Senator John McCain sold out the grandmothers.
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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 (2012-06-30)
Occupy Kingwood VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL We’ve completed 28 consecutive weeks of Occupy Kingwood. We are well on our way to complete our 52 consecutive weeks at the corner of Kingwood Drive and West Lake Houston Parkway. We do this every Saturday between 9 AM and 10:30 AM. I am still amazed that neither […]
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
KHOU Report on The Firework Attack On My Home
KHOU reports on the fireworks attack on my home I am always concerned with the media spinning a story in a direction for dramatic effect as opposed to the reality of the event. It is for this reason that when I was approached by KHOU that I did not want to be interviewed on camera […]
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 Mentioned In Media
CNN Picked Up One Of My iReport Quotes On The Presidential Debate
I am still riled up about the debate. I really have mixed feelings on President Obama’s performance and passivity. I racked my brain last night and came up with what I believe is the only plausible answer as we know our president knows the material inside out and he knows the severe flaws of Mitt […]
Members of HoustonPBS – Red, White and Blue Advisory Board
Red, White and Blue Advisory Board About the Red, White and Blue Advisory Board: As a partner with the communities it serves, the weekly political affairs program Red, White and Blue receives input from the Red, White and Blue Advisory Board comprised of volunteer representatives from the Greater Houston Area. These Panel members advise […]
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: November 21, 2021 – Conservation Dogs To The Rescue
Simply put, conservation dogs are canines specially trained in sniffing out evidence of specific wildlife species that scientists are seeking to learn more about for one reason or another.
EarthTalk Q&A: November 14, 2021—Dishwasher or Handwashing: Which Is Better?
Here is why hands-down, the dishwasher is the way to go, not only from the standpoint of water waste and energy use but also to preserve your own sanity.