Mamdani refuses to retreat on Democratic Socialism. I expose how capitalism’s structure—not scarcity—drives inequality and rising costs.
General News
Purity Politics vs Power: How One Democrat’s Stand Risks Strengthening MAGA
A Virginia Democrat rejects counter-gerrymandering on principle—but this stance may hand power to GOP manipulation. Strategy, not purity, decides political outcomes.
Trump Allies Use Faith to Justify War as Divine Mission Through Hegseth and Graham
Trump allies use religious rhetoric to justify war, framing violence as God’s will. This analysis exposes the danger of blending faith, power, and militarism.
Hegseth’s Pulp Fiction Bible Blunder Exposes Deeper Crisis in U.S. Leadership
A Pentagon prayer turns surreal as Pete Hegseth quotes Pulp Fiction as scripture. This moment reveals deeper concerns about leadership, war rhetoric, and political theater.
Ilhan Omar Urges Democrats to Work With MTG to Defeat Trump Threat
Ilhan Omar calls for Democrats to engage MAGA defectors like MTG to confront Trump. Is coalition-building the key to protecting democracy?
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
Guest Bloggers
A public offer to Lt. Gov. Patrick: Enroll In My Texas History Class
See the letter I sent to the Chronicle on Friday, just after the Alamo story initially appeared. The CEO of the Alamo Trust quit the next day. Let’s see if they will run it.
Blood As Money
Imagine a vampire that uses you as its host. He comes to you in the night to feed, draining you of your blood, leaving you weak and vulnerable. He doesn’t feed on you every night, for he has many hosts.
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
Quoted At This Just In CNN.com Blogs – Time to bring troops home? Afghan massacre makes some wonder
I actually agree with Ron Paul quite a bit on foreign policy only (ONLY FOREIGN POLICY). We need to stay out of other countries’ business. The reality is the top one percent reap the rewards for what the average American taxpayer pays for and the average soldier bleeds and dies for. We have a big […]
CNN iReporters Show How "WE ARE CNN"
Egberto On TV
My Daughter and I are in several CNN 2012 election promos (VIDEO)
My daughter Ashley and I were in several CNN 2012 election promos.We recorded the clips on Mount Bonnell in Austin Texas where she attended college.
A Kingwood Area Democrat Interviewed Rally For Education In Austin, TX
Egberto Willies, a Kingwood Area Democrat and Coffee Party Woodland’s member was interviewed at the Rally For Education In Austin, TX. Appearance is at the 47 second mark. Only a non-representative snippet of the interview was actually aired. The portion about the lack of appropriate corporate taxes and the complicity of corporate controlled media in […]
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 Kingwood – A Sustainable Form Of The Occupy Movement (2012-01-28)
We are now at six weeks and Occupy Kingwood is still going strong. We will continue to do this weekly to keep awareness on the issues affecting middle class Americans. We want our community to be aware that we understand the plight of most of them as they keep their real concerns about our economy […]
Netroots Nation
This is why she disrupted Bernie Sanders & Martin O’Malley at Liberal conference Netroots Nation (VIDEO)
Change can be painful & raucous. Patrisse Cullors & cohort are instrumental in focusing on an existential problem.
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
Young column: As American as — Bad Bunny
As American as -- Bad Bunny I didn’t know him from Yosemite Sam. But here’s the thing: The only reason I watched the Super Bowl was Bad Bunny. I don’t dig his genre. I didn’t understand a word.
Young column: Stephen Miller makes a name for himself
Stephen Miller makes a name for himself Their claim was self-defense, sir.Just don’t believe your eyes.It’s our blood and bonesAnd these whistles and phonesAgainst Miller and Noem’s dirty
Young column: Cover-ups are what he does best
“Either you want to advance the cover-up or you want the truth to come out.” – Congressman Jamie Raskin. Multiple choice. Was he referring to: A) A cover-up to mask extensive engagement with
Young column: ‘Riots!’ in Portland and fake news on Fox
I saw the president call the ABC reporter “fake news.” That’s a laugh. The reporter was asking about his obsequiousness with murderous Saudi dictator Mohammed bin Salman while Don and Eric, aka
Young column: Cover-ups are what he does best
“Either you want to advance the cover-up or you want the truth to come out.” – Congressman Jamie Raskin. Multiple choice. Was he referring to: A) A cover-up to mask extensive engagement with
Young column: High ketchup alert at MAGA home office
Maybe it was all that sledgehammering of White House walls. Hard labor at 79. Maybe it was partying like the devil Halloween night while government stood still. (Did they check the ages of those
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
Ashley Mosley, staying in her community to make a difference
Our communities would do well having more people like Ashley Mosley. She stayed in community where many have left intentionally.
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.
Local News
RESOLUTION OF ENDORSEMENT MORATORIUM FOR MAYOR JOHN WHITMIRE
The resolution condemns John Whitmire for aiding GOP power, legitimizing authoritarian politics, and violating Democratic values, calling for accountability and denial of future party endorsements.
PanTex’s celebration of Latin American and American veterans over the weekend is unmatched.
Panama Texas Connection Foundation, aka PanTex, celebrated it’s Veterans’ Day Weekend with The “Cuerpo de Bomberos” from Panamá who participated in our gala and picnic culminating with the parade.
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.
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
Is it true the northern lights will be more intense over the next 50 years.
Dear EarthTalk: Is it true the northern lights will be more intense over the next 50 years, and if so, why? Will this have any negative effect on our environment? — H. Binger, via e-mail
What can we do to make our neighborhoods more walkable?
Dear EarthTalk: What can we do to make our neighborhoods more walkable? – D.F., New York, NY
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.