The Medicare Advantage fraud, a bait and switch, is affecting many unionized retirees all over the country — many times unbeknownst to them.
General News
Watch Charlie Kirk disrespect students, implying women go to college to get a husband.
Charlie Kirk is the promoter of what conservatism stands for on steroids. Why did so many women support a government infected with similar sexist and misogynist beliefs.
GOP Senator ridiculed for his bald-faced lie about tax cuts by Lawrence O’Donnell & Norm Ornstein.
Senator Tim Scott’s bald-faced lie about tax cuts shows he believes his constituents and MAGA are stupid. Lawrence O’Donnell and Norm Ornstein called him out and ridiculed him.
Jasmine Crockett nails a rural hospital truth to Chris Hayes’s question. I’ve got the real answer!
Rep. Jasmine Crockett says that rural hospitals will be hurt most, as Chris Hayes questioned why the powerful hospital lobby is absent from fighting against the Big Beautiful bill. Here’s the answer.
Donald Trump threatens Iran in vicious manner as if taking America to war.
Trump is demanding Iran’s unconditional surrender, implying that absent that, they will take the Supreme Leader of Iran out. Trump’s Truth Social comment makes it clear the U.S. is helping Israel.
The Hartmann Report
“Free Trade” Has Put America & Democracy At the Mercy of China
Bringing our manufacturing back from overseas will reverse the 40-year-long slide of the American middle class and rebuild our nation’s security & economy. China is threatening the United States: this could get very ugly, very quickly. Here’s what’s happening. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is planning a trip to Taiwan, the first for a Speaker in […]
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
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Guest Bloggers
The End of the Frontier means the end of America as we know it
Over a hundred years ago, a German professor stated that socialism failed on American shores because of a surplus roast beef, apple pie, and free real estate on the American western frontier.
On the Eve of World War III: Middle East Edition
One Tuesday afternoon, my grandfather picked up my sister and me from high school. He remarked that today marked nothing less than the beginning of World War Three.
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.
Egberto Mentioned In Media
What does Huntsman’s departure mean? Who’s next? – This Just In – CNN.com Blogs
Overheard on CNN.com: What does Huntsman’s departure mean? Who’s next? 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. Jon Huntsman announced Monday he is withdrawing from the GOP presidential race and backing Mitt Romney. Some say […]
GOP Debate A Hateful Waste Of Time Without Solutions
CNN producer note iReporter Egberto Willies, a software engineer from Kingwood, Texas, says it’s clear from tonight’s GOP debate that the Republican candidates are not interested in offering solutions but only want to criticize the President. He also referred to what he thought was a "key point" in the debate: Mitt Romney pointed out that […]
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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 […]
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.
Occupy Movement
Occupy Houston–Interviews After Silent March In Tranquility Park
On October 15th, 2011 I conducted a few interviews with some of the Occupy Houston protest participants. One of the interviews made the cut on CNN. I’ve included all the other interviews below as well. The protestors dispelled the notion that they did not have specific issues they were protesting against or that they were […]
Netroots Nation
Helen Gym is the activist politician that we must duplicate throughout the country
Helen Gym would not be denied. A few years ago she followed Senator Nina Turner in a candidate mixer a showed the effectiveness of an activist politician.
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.
Columnists
Why Every Student Needs Human Ecology Education Now
Human ecology education is a transformative program that focuses on the interplay between humans and our human ecosystem. It is an interdisciplinary educational field that combines physical and
How to Win the Nation’s Highest Minimum Wage
Tourism workers in Southern California just won a historic battle for the highest minimum wage in the nation—a perfect counterpoint to the Republican-led tax bill that rewards
Young column: Uses for $5 trillion other than a tax-cut ‘debt bomb’
My wife has a way of measuring excess that’s particular to her passion. At any obscene outlay, she’ll wonder: “How many animal shelters would that build?” Let’s say your government shells out
Young column: ‘Venezuelans!’: a scarily racist campfire tale
There’s an iron train a-travelin’ that’s been a-rollin’ through the years with a firebox of hatred and a furnace full of fears – Bob Dylan What is the Spanish word for “boogeyman”?I Googled the
How Charter Schools Promote ‘Development Off the Backs of Children’
Marta Bulaich didn’t notice the charter school that abutted her rental property in Watsonville, California, until she saw children scaling the 12-foot fence surrounding her backyard to retrieve
As a Growing Social Movement and Self-Care Practice, Death Literacy Is Fostering Positive Conversations About the End
As global populations transition into what has been called the “longevity society,” caring for the aging and dying has prompted the emergence of an unusual self-care movement promising improved
A Few Takes
Original Sin? Or Original Choice?
I subscribe to a lot of newsletters. I don’t always get around to reading them daily, just like I am sure many cannot read every one of my “Egberto Off The Record” newsletters. After all, I send out 1 to 5 every day, depending on the day’s news. I served on the Coffee Party USA […]
Joy-Ann Reid did the best job of covering the real TikTok narrative, the hidden billionaires.
Joy-Ann Reid and Robert Reich provided the best coverage of the insane TikTok fiasco. Unlike the shallow coverage elsewhere, they hit the real issues.
Maddow Blog: Stefanik picks the wrong fight, asks whether we were better off in 2020
But the idea that conditions in the United States got worse after Trump left the White House is demonstrably ridiculous.
People Making a difference
Angeliina Lawson, a progressive on a conservative board ensuring transparency to her constituents
Angeliina Lawson is the sole progressive on the Johnson County Community College Board of Trustees trying to be fiscally accountable and transparent.
Arturo Jacobo, PE, discusses his major CA Hwy project described in Humanizing The Highway.
Arturo Jacobo discusses humanizing the freeway in our “People Making A Difference” series. He has written the book “Humanizing The Highway – A Case Study,”
Local News
Houston Chronicle Endorses State Senator Molly Cook for reelection to SD-15.
Congratulations to State Senator Molly Cook (@MollyforTexas) for earning the endorsement of the Houston Chronicle for reelection to Senate District 15.
Why DA Kim Ogg must be expelled from the Democratic Party for her Ted Cruz endorsement.
Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg can’t endorse Ted Cruz under the law and order moniker. Ted Cruz was a participant in the attempted coup on America via his support for Donald Trump.
Harris County’s Guaranteed Income Program (Uplift Harris) is in Danger
Last April, Harris County passed a historic guaranteed income program. One of more than sixty pilot programs across the country,
Kingwood Texas Floods Again, May 2024.
Once again, the Kingwood, Texas, area is experiencing a significant flood. It is becoming a way of life that engineering can solve, but our political and economic system proves incapable of mitigating.
Entertainment
Chris Rock used his new Netflix skit Selective Outrage to slam Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith.
I watched Chris Rock on Netflix this morning. It was clear that the Will Smith slap at the Oscars has affected Chris Rock’s comedy.
The movie “Honk For Jesus” brought back memories of a CNN iReport I did on Bishop Eddie Long.
Just got back from the movie “Honk for Jesus.” It felt familiar. A woman told my wife, “That’s the Eddie Long story.” Yes, it is similar to the iReport I did in 2010.
Message To Garth Brooks: Took this superfan lots of money & attempts to finally see you in Houston.
Garth Brooks super fan Debra Willey finally got to see you in Houston, TX, after several attempts and several thousand dollars — a shoutout maybe to her?
Environment
Why do some environmentalists fear that Artificial Intelligence may be the biggest threat
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is quickly becoming a part of our everyday lives—we now have chatbots and search engines and virtual assistants that can mimic real conversation. But as AI technologies grow, so do environmental concerns.
Does Trump have the political capital needed to gut or overturn the Endangered Species Act?
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) has been one of America’s strongest environmental laws since it first passed in 1973. It’s credited with saving hundreds of species from extinction. Some species include the bald eagle and the gray wolf.
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 […]
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.