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General News

Conservative CEO of rural Hospital slams Medicaid cuts inferring they will kill rural healthcare

Conservative CEO of rural hospital slams Medicaid cuts, inferring they will kill rural healthcare.

Kevin Stansbury, CEO of rural Lincoln Community Hospital and Care Center, clarifies that the hospital could not survive Medicaid cuts.

REALLY!! Trump Admin charters flights to bring white South African 'refugees' to U.S.

REALLY!! Trump Admin charters flights to bring white South African ‘refugees’ to U.S.

The Trump Administration is using taxpayer dollars to charter flights to bring white South African (Afrikaner) purported refugees to the U.S., a welcome not granted to genuine refugees of color.

Trump's policies, cuts, and more are another dimension of End Stage Capitalism

Trump’s policies, cuts, and more are another dimension of End State Capitalism.

Most policies that Trump attempts to implement, such as cuts to Medicaid, NOAA, and more, have an End-Stage Capitalism component.

Trump will garnish your tax returns, wages, pension to collect your student loans next month

Trump will garnish your tax returns, wages, and pension to collect your student loans next month.

If you are behind on your student loan, your vote for Trump was likely a vote to get your wages, tax returns, and pension garnished.

MAGA called out- Your condition only changes when you realize it's class warfare and not the isms

JB Pritzker delivered an unabashedly progressive critique of Trumpism that even MAGA should embrace.

JB Pritzker, the Democratic Governor of Illinois, gave an unabashedly progressive speech that MAGA and progressives should love. It channeled Bernie and AOC.

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The Hartmann Report

“Free Trade” Has Put America & Democracy At the Mercy of China

“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

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.

Molly Cook and Jarvis Johnson HISD Houston Independent School District

To Support Public Education, Vote Molly Cook

Molly Cook, an ER nurse and organizer who served as the sparkplug of the movement that passed Houston’s Prop B last November, and Jarvis Johnson, the current State House representative for House District 139. I am voting for Molly, and public ed is one of the main reasons why.

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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.

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.

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Egberto Mentioned In Media

Egberto & Other CNN iReporters Cooking A La Julia Child

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Kingwood Observer Article on The Firework Attack On My Home

Unknown suspect attacks Kingwood politician’s home with fireworks Posted: Tuesday, January 3, 2012 2:30 pm | Updated: 10:18 pm, Wed Jan 4, 2012. By STEFANIE THOMASHouston Community Newspapers | 1 comment A Kingwood political activist says his home was targeted in an attack with fireworks on Jan. 1, leaving a squirrel dead but his family […]

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Egberto On TV

Egberto on HLN on Senator Kennedy’s Passing

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Egberto on CNN John King On Passage of Healthcare #hcr #p2 #tcot

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Egberto’s Published Articles

Net Neutrality

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 […]

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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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Egberto Off The Record

Battleground Texas

William 'Bill' McLeod

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.

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Occupy Movement

Michael Moore on Tavis Smiley Discussing MLK, The Poor, & Capitalism

Michael Moore on Tavis Smiley on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Monday, January 16th, 2012 Friends, Hope you’ve had a good holiday! We’re a better world today, thanks to Martin Luther King, Jr. But, as I’m sure he would say, there is much work left to do. I’m guessing he would have been overjoyed to […]

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Netroots Nation

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My Netroots Nation 2019 Experience: Day 0, the most difficult ever.

Netroots Nation 2019 Day 0 was the hardest pre-conference day I’ve had in the near decade I’ve been attending the event. I am BEAT!

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Coffee Party Posts

Coffee Party USA Board of Directors

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.

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Columnists

How to Help Wild Birds During Their Spring and Fall Migrations

During their spring migration, billions of birds fly from their southern wintering habitats. After the spring breeding season ends and as fall and winter approach in the northern latitudes, they begin

United Steelworkers Lead Mobilization Drive as American Unions Face Growing Vulnerability

In March 2025, hundreds of workers at the JSW Steel facility in Ohio became the latest to unionize under the United Steelworkers Union (USW). Though not the country’s largest union, its full

The World’s Greatest Long Hikes

Hiking is considered one of the most popular outdoor activities worldwide, offering numerous mental and physical health benefits, and allowing us to connect with nature. Walking long distances, often

Three Mind-Blowing Indie Film Festivals That Show Actual Good Movies

A 2020 study by the Institute of Psychology, Russian Academy of Sciences researcher Tina Kubrak is one of many reports showing that movies can powerfully influence

Imagine You Are a Poor Nation, Trapped by Debt and Strangled by Climate Change—What Are Your Options?

Imagine you are a low-income country. You suffer from a heavy debt burden. You’ve been trying to catch up to the more affluent countries for decades, but you’ve been unsuccessful, mainly because of

The Vietnam and Gaza Wars Shattered Young Illusions About U.S. Leaders

Eight years before the U.S.-backed regime in South Vietnam collapsed, I stood with high school friends at Manhattan’s Penn Station on the night of April 15, 1967, waiting for a train back to

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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 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.

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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.

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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.

Arturo Jacobo, PE, discusses his major CA Hwy project described in Humanizing The Highway.

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,”

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Local News

Houston Chronicle Endorses State Senator Molly Cook for reelection to SD-15.

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.

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 is in Danger

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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Environment

What’s up with efforts to restore wild salmon to the U.S. West?

Over the past century, wild salmon populations on the U.S. West Coast have declined drastically.

What kind of environmental toll has the Israel-Hamas War taken on Gaza

Although Palestine is a relatively small territory, it has historically been an ecologically rich area due to the abundant groundwater dispersed by sand wells throughout Gaza.

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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 […]

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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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