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Egberto Willies is a political activist, author, political blogger, radio show host, business owner, software developer, web designer, and mechanical engineer in Kingwood, TX. Visit his podcast here. Egberto is an ardent Liberal that believes tolerance is essential. His favorite phrase is "political involvement should be a requirement for citizenship". He believes that we must get away from the current policies that reward those who simply move money/capital and produce nothing tangible for our society. If a change in policy does not occur, America will be no different than many oligarchic societies where a few are able to accumulate wealth while the rest are left out because it is mathematically impossible to catch up.
SHARE Wednesday, September 15, 2021 Medicare Advantage is a fraud. Watch what Thom Hartmann exposes before choosing.
Thom Hartmann visits and reveals an inconvenient truth about Medicare and Medicare Advantage and the fraud that is our healthcare system. The first part of the interview discusses the ills of our healthcare system in general. We discuss the Medicaid Advantage fraud at18:33.
SHARE Wednesday, May 19, 2021 Miles Taylor infiltrating a wayward Republican Party to return it to sanity
We need a sane Republican Party if we are to have a real debate of ideas. Former Trump Administration Official Miles Taylor is on the mission. He, along with his cohort of sane Republicans, are making an effort to save their party.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, September 23, 2020 Richard Wolff explains that our sickness is caused by Capitalism and not COVID.
Professor, Economist, Dr. Richard Wolff spent some time with Politics Done Right deconstructing the real sickness that ails America which he also discussed in his new book, "The Sickness is the System: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself."
SHARE Sunday, May 24, 2020 Sam Seder had the best response to the latest Biden black-folk gaffe
I heard poor and superficial spinning on Joe Biden's gaffe with Charlamagne Tha God on "The Breakfast Club" all day. I mostly remained unengaged on the issue until I was pleasantly surprised that Sam Seder, host of The Majority Report, took the appropriate and substantive take on what was actually missing from the context of the exchange.
SHARE Sunday, May 24, 2020 Chuck Todd on Trump: The president was pretty soft
Words matter. Much of how the president was talked about before the 2016 election gave an incompetent man with the personality and intellect of a child the presidency.
SHARE Monday, May 18, 2020 Watch Bernie take down Trump's spokesman on ThisWeek
George Stephanopoulos interviewed Senator Bernie Sanders and Trump's spokesman Peter Navarro. Watch this re-clipped video with Bernie taking down Navarro on every single point.
(4 comments) SHARE Monday, May 18, 2020 Pastor John Pavlovitz details the 5 reasons white evangelicals worship Trump
Pastor John Pavlovitz masterfully deconstructs the reasons evangelicals, and specifically white evangelicals bow down to Donald Trump. Once understood it makes attacking that metastasizing cancer easier and more strategic.
SHARE Sunday, May 17, 2020 rump's point man uses Chuck Todd to con Americans to work.
Trump and his well-oiled machine are using Chuck Todd and the mainstream media with little pushback to con Americans back to work. It is an election strategy that could work given the anemic pushback from all corners.
SHARE Thursday, May 14, 2020 David Cobb talks Progressives, Democratic Party, & more
David Cobb talks about America at a tipping point. He gave the impression that he believes the salvation of the country is through the Progressives that are infiltrating the Democratic Party.
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, May 3, 2020 Pompeo gets caught lying about origins of COVID-19
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went on This Week and lied to Martha Raddatz about whether COVID-19 was man-made or not. When caught he punted.
SHARE Friday, May 1, 2020 O'Donnell exposes media bias against liberal protests
Lawrence O'Donnell exposed a well-known secret. The supposedly liberal media while present for Right-Wing protests of any size, seldom gives progressive groups the same attention.
SHARE Tuesday, April 21, 2020 MSNBC host on COVID-19 protests: It is just plain dumb.
Imagine if the mainstream media had covered the Tea Party protests in the same manner MSNBC Host Katie Tur had. Cover it but dismiss it for what it really is.
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, April 17, 2020 Steve Schmidt: Trump caused deaths and economic collapse
Steve Schmidt appeared on The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell and went right into his truth-telling about Trump immediately after being asked about Trump's reelection prospects.
(2 comments) SHARE Friday, April 17, 2020 Analysis like this is the path to Democratic defeat
The cognitive dissonance of the "Liberal" punditry is astounding. Analysis like this is what taking defeat from victory looks like. And Trump is loving it.
(3 comments) SHARE Saturday, March 28, 2020 Government is not the problem The financial sector is.
The government is a good boogeyman. But understand what it means because it is the confusion that the plutocracy wants. The government is "we the people" which means if the government is the problem then we are the problem. That simply isn't true.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, March 26, 2020 Dinesh D'Souza taunts Blue States on COVID-19 infections & wanting handouts.
Dinesh D'Sousa gave an ill-advised rant on Fox News where he taunted Blue States about the spread of COVID-19 being much worse than in the Red States. Soon he may regret making coronavirus a Red State vs Blue State issues.
SHARE Tuesday, March 24, 2020 Mnuchin to Pelosi: You're quoting the Pope I'll quote the markets
If you want to understand the callousness of our economic system and those in charge of it, this Pelosi interview should be probative. Inasmuch as I know this stuff, just hearing her saying not only made my blood boil but increased my resolve to expose our form of antiseptic slavery to the corporations and a government they so influence.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, March 24, 2020 Right Wing Host: Forget coronavirus. Go to work.
Irresponsible right-wing narratives continue from the likes of Right-Wing host Glenn Beck disregarding coronavirus which could get many Americans killed.
SHARE Monday, March 23, 2020 President Trump, Sen. Cornyn, & GOP have Chinese Problem
President Trump came out in a conciliatory manner at a recent press conference urging support for Asian Americans. Unfortunately, his previous Chinese Virus statements may have been the catalyst for what he is now speaking out against.
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, March 20, 2020 Rachel Maddow slams Trump's COVID-19 lies in epic rant.
Rachel Maddow did not hold back as she called out the president's lies on his coronavirus actions. She wants the media to stop carrying his press conferences live and only report fact-checked information.
(3 comments) SHARE Monday, March 16, 2020 CNN gives Biden Social Security lifeline, Bernie pounces
The corporate mainstream media continued to play favorites even in the one on one debate. CNN's Dana Bash tried to stymie Bernie Sanders' Social Security challenge of Joe Biden's past positions. Bernie would have none of it.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, March 14, 2020 Watch Trump caring more about stock price & corporations over COVID-19 pandemic
Listen to our President. He displays his feelings through words in public. He was most excited at the press conference highlighting the stock price rise during his press conference. Coronavirus? He continues to be dismissive.
SHARE Wednesday, March 11, 2020 How I handled the most recent caller to my show who called me a nigg$$r.
People use the N-Word because they expect it to have a hurtful effect allowing the user to feel empowered. I have been saying for the longest time that I wish people would learn to accept selective words as simply hot vibrating air. Doing so disempower the user and can server to neutralize them altogether. That's what I did with a recent caller.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, March 5, 2020 Zerlina Maxwell slams double standard for women after Elizabeth Warren's exit.
MSNBC commentator Zerlina Maxwell did not pull any punches as she admonished an unfair system biased against women. She was speaking about the breaking news that Elizabeth Warren had suspended her campaign for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.
SHARE Sunday, March 1, 2020 Chuck Todd slams Mike Pence & surrogates for gaslighting
Chuck Todd did something both he and other mainstream journalists rarely do, challenge Republicans. Todd was forceful and insistent as he accused the Trump administration of gaslighting.
SHARE Sunday, March 1, 2020 Biden wins South Carolina because of Jim Clyburn then disses his advice.
Joe Biden did what he always does, disregard the advice of a particular sect. In this case, Jim Clyburn was the recipient of Biden's "love." This isn't new even as many like to disregard his proclivity undermine or trivialize the intelligence of some.
SHARE Sunday, March 1, 2020 Dr. Eddie Glaude: Shocked by black 'status quo' but Latino bomb exploded.
Princeton Professor Eddie Glaude shares the shock many shared for the overwhelming support black voters gave to Joe Biden in South Carolina in support of the moderate wing of the Democratic Party. He acknowledges as well that the Latino time bomb may have exploded. He recently appeared on Meet the Press with Chuck Todd.
SHARE Saturday, February 29, 2020 This Doctor explains why Medicare for All is existential for Black Women & POC.
Dr. Victoria Dewey pointed out an important reality while in Las Vegas Nevada speaking to Bernie Sanders supporters. The fact that black women's healthcare is systemically undermined, only when all have health insurance are Black women able to secure equitable health care. And that is Medicare for All.
SHARE Saturday, February 29, 2020 Nina Turner speaking at Bernie's Nevada victory party
Nina Turner appeared on stage soon after Bernie Sanders was declared the landslide winner of the Nevada caucus. She made it clear there was a lot of work still to do even with the continual incoming flak.
SHARE Wednesday, February 26, 2020 Krystal Ball outs Establishment rigged debate audience
Krystal Ball exposed the orchestrated hit job on progressives at the Democratic Debate in South Carolina. It was clear the audience was rigged. It backfired.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, February 11, 2020 Mike Bloomberg secret racist tape worse than you think.
While many are shocked by racist words coming out of Mike Bloomberg. I find it rather amusing. Patriarchs and Oligarchs of his ilk share the same prejudices and ignorance.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, February 10, 2020 Elizabeth Warren did not fall for Stephanopoulos' Socialism trap
Elizabeth Warren did not allow ThisWeek's George Stephanopoulos to do Joe Biden's dirty work by having her tag and confront Bernie Sanders on Democratic Socialism. Her answers were smart, factual, and perfect.
SHARE Sunday, February 9, 2020 Bernie schools Chuck Todd on counteracting Trump socialist attacks
Bernie Sanders appeared on Meet the Press with Chuck Todd. Chuck tried to make an issue with the problem Bernie would have with his self-ascribed Socialist moniker if he became the Democratic Party's nominee. Bernie illustrated how easy it will be to flip the argument.
SHARE Sunday, February 9, 2020 Andrew Yang: Choose human values over economic values
Andrew Yang gave one of the most profound answers to a question about poverty at the Democratic Debate. It is clear he realizes America requires transformative change.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, February 8, 2020 Andrew Yang slams hyper-corporate capitalism on opioids' blood-money
Andrew Yang must be admired for making the connection between hyper-corporate capitalism and the opioid epidemic in ABC's Democratic Debate in New Hampshire. He acknowledges that the blood-money must be recovered from these corporations responsible for infecting and addicting Americans with their poison.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, February 6, 2020 Mainstream Media finally sour on Biden. What took so long?
An MTP Daily panel finally completely soured on Joe Biden. Interestingly they came to the same conclusion most of the progressive Independent media came to months ago. Biden won't like the tone of the discussion.
(2 comments) SHARE Wednesday, February 5, 2020 Almost went bankrupt with private health insurance, $160K hit in a year
A caller to Politics Done Right told his story about having to spend $160,000 of his savings even with private health insurance in one year for a brain condition. He would still have his money if we had Medicare for All but instead, he was forced to transfer it to rich shareholders.
(2 comments) SHARE Thursday, January 23, 2020 Trump to cut Social Security & Medicare in 2nd term.
Donald Trump promised to be an avid fighter for Social Security & Medicare. All told, he was just lying to the vulnerable. He made that clear at Davos.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, January 13, 2020 Chuck Todd & MTP panel entertained a Bernie Sanders win?
Chuck Todd and his Meet The Press panel had a cogent discussion where they pointed out a rationale for a Bernie Sanders win based on Hillary and Obama.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, January 4, 2020 Professor: Trump assassination of Iranian General just narcissism
It is clear to Professor Eddie Glaude and many that Donald Trump's assassination of Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani was narcissism and was not thought through. It now has all Americans in danger.
(4 comments) SHARE Sunday, December 29, 2019 Democratic Strategist urges quick Sanders or Warren win
Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's former Deputy Chief of Staff, Adam Jentleson, wrote that a quick coalescing around Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren is best for a Democratic win.
SHARE Friday, December 27, 2019 Journalist David Cay Johnston: Why Trump tax cut is really a tax increase with interest.
The report is out on Donald Trump's tax cut and it is not pretty. Just as we expected it helped corporations and not the people. David Cay Johnston said the tax cut scam was nothing but a future tax increase with interest. He was unequivocal in the clip below as he slammed the tax cut.
SHARE Saturday, December 21, 2019 Confrontation with Right-Wing caller on Trump's impeachment.
A caller to Politics Done Right was ready for a fight attempting to use Biden's son's use of nepotism for a lucrative job as justification against Trump's impeachment. This approach neutralized his position.
(3 comments) SHARE Sunday, December 15, 2019 Elizabeth Warren has a message to Democrats seeking the mythical center.
This Elizabeth Warren message to those Democrats seeking the mythical center was succinct and on point. It was, stop being naive. Progressives understand Republicans will not do the right thing for the poor & middle-class.
(2 comments) SHARE Wednesday, December 11, 2019 Stock Market booming. Unemployment low. Yet there's another sad reality for most.
I received a meme in my Facebook feed recently about the record high stock market as it relates to what real people are going through. I addressed it on my Politics Done Right on KPFT 90.1 FM Houston show with input from our millennial engineer Lupita. Watch this snippet with her input which gives a good perspective.
(3 comments) SHARE Sunday, December 8, 2019 Chuck Todd frazzled Ted Cruz for his insane support for Trump
Chuck Todd gave Ted Cruz more than he expected as he did not get the normal treatment he was used to on Meet The Press. He kept Cruz off balance for the entire interview. At the interview's closing, Cruz did not even respond to Todd thanking him for the interview.
(2 comments) SHARE Saturday, December 7, 2019 Chuck Todd deconstructs the new McCarthyism perfectly in 2 minutes.
I am generally tough on the host of NBC's Meet the Press and MSNBC's Meet The Press Daily, Chuck Todd. His piece on the new McCarthyism, however, is very important. Most importantly it was very well done.
SHARE Tuesday, December 3, 2019 Texas may begin voting like California sooner than later
Recently, Dr. Anand Bhat visited Politics Done Right to discuss his research on Texas elections. He is an engaged medical doctor, activist, and blogger who loves numbers.
(4 comments) SHARE Thursday, November 21, 2019 Amy Klobuchar joins Chris Mathews to slam Progressives with GOP talking points
Amy Klobuchar joined Chris Matthews after the debate to slam Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren with Republican talking points on free stuff and socialism. Amy tried to temper the attack with midwestern charm but showed she like most centrist politicians are there to protect the plutocracy no ensure the best outcomes for their constituencies.
(2 comments) SHARE Wednesday, November 20, 2019 I think this Conservative caller to my radio show is a canary in the coal mine.
It is clear to me from my experience in my own community, people who stumble onto my radio show Politics Done Right, and from a recently attended Bridge Alliance Conference that the fever is breaking. People yearning for dialogue need a path to spaces.
(4 comments) SHARE Saturday, November 16, 2019 Economist: Are we going to let a declining system take us down with it?
Economist Professor Richard Wolff gave a compelling reason for moving to the next economic system. His rhetorical question 'Are we going to let a declining system take us down with it?' is prescient.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, November 16, 2019 This interview with a real Conservative Republican shows there's hope after fever breaks.
There is something to the distinct difference between a real Progressives and a real Conservative. It is not about wrong or right. It is about different views on human nature and how best to have a society that best functions within its constraints. This interview is probative.
(5 comments) SHARE Monday, August 5, 2019 Galveston Police officer on horse pulls a black man on a leash
The Trump Effect visits Galveston Texas. I got a Facebook message that said a kid took a picture of a black man that was being pulled by an officer on a horse with a leash.
(2 comments) SHARE Wednesday, June 19, 2019 Defend Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. They are concentration camps - Chuck Todd wrong.
Chuck Todd attempted to slaughter Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 's integrity on MTP daily for defining the housing of refugees at the border, concentration camps. He did an excellent job of it for uninitiated. For this reason, it is imperative that we counter attacks on AOC from the Right Wing GOP, some Democrats, and the mainstream media.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, June 17, 2019 Liberals & Progressives better reflect Jesus than today's bible thumpers
Liberals & Progressives for too long allowed the Right to promote the fallacy that they are the moral and Christian Party. Actions speak much louder than words. And we must graphically paint those actions precisely onto the shepherds misleading the flock.
(2 comments) SHARE Sunday, June 16, 2019 U.S. Postal Service more proof the government more efficient than the private sector
Republicans and neoliberals force feed Americans too many fallacies. The problem is these pseudo-realities are detrimental to our pocketbooks, health, and more. The U.S. Postal Service comes to mind anytime discussing efficiency as it is the clear example of a myth that can be dispelled thoroughly with apparent examples.
SHARE Sunday, June 9, 2019 Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II warns those adopting religion according to Trump.
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II afforded Politics Done Right a great conversation on those practicing religion according to Trump. I asked the reverend how do we best reach those who are being led astray by their religious leaders, pastors, and shepherds. His answer was quite clear.
SHARE Thursday, May 30, 2019 Trump Supporter: We don't care about the bad things he does because "
A Trump supporter called into the show today and said something we all surmised, but his articulation made it that more poignant. I get quite a few Conservative callers, and interestingly, they stick around because while they know that I disagree with them, I give them a hearing. And you know what? They listen too.
SHARE Wednesday, May 22, 2019 Billionaire's gift to Morehouse college graduates a perfect opportunity to examine unfair advantages.
After billionaire Robert F. Smith made a splash recently by paying off the debt of the Morehouse College 2019 class, I go a lot of pushback from the article I wrote titled "I'll be the pooper. Billionaires paying for or paying off college debt don't impress me nor should it, you." that I must stand by firmly for several reasons.
SHARE Thursday, May 16, 2019 Talking Grand Plan to make Joe Biden inevitable on the Tamara for Georgia Program
The Tamara for Georgia panel discusses the "Hillarization" of Joe Biden as the entire Democratic Industrial Complex (donors, party establishment, & media) seem to be attempting to make him the inevitable Democratic Presidential Candidate. The panel was unanimous in the belief that Biden is not the appropriate candidate.
SHARE Thursday, May 16, 2019 Democrats: Stay on the offensive and force Republicans to defend their putrid record
We are still in an economy ultimately created by Reagan's trickle-down economics. We must not be on the defensive for the ills it has inflicted on poor and middle-class America. The Republicans must defend its putrid outcome for many.
Democrats tend to be less than aggressive in pointing out the reality of the failed Republican economy in the terms necessary
(3 comments) SHARE Sunday, May 5, 2019 Democratic Pundits' disregard of Elizabeth Warren & Bernie Sanders a losing recipe
Democratic pundits would do well to stop trying to slant Democrats' views of the state of the race and the candidates. It will hurt chances to win not only the presidency but Congress and state legislatures as it depresses a more engaged millennial base.
SHARE Friday, May 3, 2019 She sent her sick son to college in Germany because of unaffordable US healthcare
Just before my Politics Done Right radio/media program today I got an email that should embarrass our politicians who are complicit in our immoral healthcare system. This woman sent her son off to Germany to go to college to take advantage of their excellent system. Her family cannot afford basic health insurance.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, May 2, 2019 The next Democratic nominee must be a populist if we are to win.
Move to Amend Director Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap points out a reality Democrats will do well realizing sooner than later. If the Democrats are to win the White House, they must nominate a populist candidate.
(3 comments) SHARE Tuesday, April 30, 2019 #MAGA loving Trump supporter got more than he expected when he called into Politics Done Right
Anytime I do a Politics Done Right show on Donald Trump I seem to get a lot of trolls. This guy Paul was trolling me on the show's Facebook page, and I invited him to call in since he was so vocal and disparaging online initially. He called, and this is how it went.
(2 comments) SHARE Saturday, April 27, 2019 Democrats must stop lying to ourselves: Joe Biden will not beat Trump IMHO.
I sometimes wonder why the Democratic Establishment spend so much money on overpaid analysts. The reality is that when we win, it is in spite of their general advice. Joe Biden is supposed to be the guy that Donald Trump fears the most. It is yet another ruse.
SHARE Wednesday, April 24, 2019 The Caller said she was a racist who used the "N-Word book" to overcome her prejudice.
I had two engaged listeners to Politics Done Right call in with two stories that exposed their flaws. One did something about it while the other is intent on working to solve his. The woman, a recovered racist, has much to offer to anyone who wants to overcome their prejudices. The video clip in this post of our conversation is inspiring.
(16 comments) SHARE Tuesday, April 16, 2019 My confrontation with a Republican praising Trump 'dumping' asylum seekers on sanctuary cities.
I go to the gym several times a week. I usually stay in my zone blasting KPFT 90.1 FM's morning shows, The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen, The Thom Hartmann Program, and Democracy Now with Amy Goodman. Usually, I do not hear any of the surrounding conversations. What I heard forced me to react.
(8 comments) SHARE Friday, April 12, 2019 Democrats follow Fox News lead to attack Ilhan Omar on a manufactured scandal
Once again Ilhan Omar is under attack. And it is clear that timid Democrats instead of coming to her aid, put their tails between their legs and condemned statements that were correct which needed no condemnation - shame on them.
SHARE Wednesday, April 10, 2019 Republican caller had to admit to more in common with this Progressive than his party
A Republican caller called into Politics Done Right because he took exception to my statement that political parties are not responsive to their constituents. He said the Republican Party represents him well. By the end of the discussion, he agreed with this Progressive that we, citizens, have more in common than our commonality with any party.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, April 8, 2019 Romney interview by Chuck Todd: Show why Americans uninformed on healthcare
I am convinced that it is not only being wards of the Plutocracy that causes mainst+-ream media talking heads like Chuck Todd to allow the misinformation. There is a level of wanting to ingratiate with these people of power that may also be causal.
(6 comments) SHARE Saturday, March 30, 2019 These four snippets make it clear Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a force to be reckoned with (VIDEO)
Haters will hate. They will try to call out Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for her youth, 'inexperience,' and her unabashed and unapologetic progressivism. But she is from a generation that is not only seen but living through the ills of an economic system that has screwed most if even with the semblance of prosperity for some as a few take most.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, March 25, 2019 Wow! Chuck Todd makes two solid journalistic points in one show
Every so often Chuck Todd surprises us with solid journalism. I don't think it is that he stumbles on it but that when the subject goes far out of the rails, it triggers his inner journalist. He showed this side on MTP Daily today.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, March 7, 2019 Why does the Establishment fear these four women
The Establishment and the Plutocracy know it is easier to put out a brush fire than an outright forest fire. And that is why they are after Ilhan Omar, Pramila Jayapal, Rashida Tlaib, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
SHARE Wednesday, February 27, 2019 The insulin story, a perfect example of corporations stealing the wealth of most of us
I used the example of Pharmaceutical companies inflating the price of insulin to show how our economic system by design steals so much from everyday Americans that it stops the ability of most to build wealth. Instead, it systematically ensures it leaves most without wealth.
(4 comments) SHARE Tuesday, February 19, 2019 Establishment Democrats malign Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and millennials at their peril
2020 is the year Democrats must get a spine. It is no time to run to the center by once again disregarding millennials and a large part of their natural base. And for those scrutinizing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, here is a message to you. Stop it.
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, February 17, 2019 Princeton Professor Eddie Glaude, Jr. points out the real problem with capitalism
Every so often we watch someone say something profound on Sunday morning news shows. Today that went to Princeton Professor Eddie Glaude Jr. who really spoke to the reality of the type of economy, the form of capitalism we practice in the United States.
(3 comments) SHARE Wednesday, February 6, 2019 Politics Done Right to skeptical caller: This is how we pay for Medicare for All
I am doing a lot of my radio/media programs on Medicare for All. Why? Because the entities that profit the most from our dysfunctional healthcare system have infiltrated media and everywhere else to scare and mislead us.
(4 comments) SHARE Tuesday, January 22, 2019 Trump Effect: I was called the N-Word & Monkey by two callers to my show. Isn't it 2019?
Today, on the Martin Luther King Holiday, I was doing a show with renown Houston Progressive activist Neil Aquino when in the middle of the show two callers performed two orchestrated calls to "remind me" that I was black using derogatory terms. They likely did not get the reaction they expected.
SHARE Saturday, December 29, 2018 Response to a Liberal caller who challenged Progressives for holding Democrats accountable
One cannot count the number of times a sect of Democrats has scolded Progressives for calling out recalcitrant Democrats. They continue to offer the-best-of-two-evils-defense. Worse sometimes they promote the fallacy that the majority of Americans want government from the center.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, December 26, 2018 Discussion with black Trump loyalist illustrates their willful confusion
Recently I participated on a panel on the show Conscious Mindset at KPFT 90.1 FM Houston. The discussion got a little heated when a black Republican attempted to defend Trump and disparaged black people supporting the Democratic Party. This discussion after the program shows his delusion.
SHARE Saturday, December 15, 2018 Panamanian American: Why aren't we in the streets for this?
This week's Politics Done Right on KPFT 90.1 FM was titled "We are owned by the 1% because they stole it from us. Reassert Ownership." We received a lot of calls but one from a Panamanian American really got to me. He reminded me of our approach to government in Panama that I think would put the fear into U.S. Politicians.
SHARE Thursday, November 29, 2018 Pathology Explained: Why poor whites support Trump & Right Wing
There are various reasons why many poor whites support Donald Trump and the Right Wing. It is not as simple as just racism or fear. There is a perfect narrative that the Right Wing has honed in on that explains the pathology. The thing is countering that narrative is not difficult once one earns their trust. Progressives can reach these people. How do I know? Even as a black man who many of them fear, I have been able to enter
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, November 10, 2018 Democrats in this lying preacher's congregation must rise up lest they're the problem
If one wants to know the origin of hate in this country, one does not need to veer very far from leaders of some Evangelical churches like the Second Baptist Church of Houston's leader Dr. Ed Young. He made derogatory statements about Democrats, many of who are in his congregation. They must force him out for creating discord and hate speech. He has the right to say as he pleases but as the leader of a Megachurch lyingly calli
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, November 4, 2018 Texas woman's healthcare ordeal is the future if Republicans win Midterm 2018
Those of us who are continually debating our country's health care flaws seldom personalize the issue in a manner that illustrates the vile inhumanity of our system. At any given time millions of Americans are under stress and duress, While those with a semblance of health insurance security can look from afar or antiseptically, the pain and financial crisis our system create are real.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, October 20, 2018 More jobs under Democrats: Stephanie Ruhle exposed Trump/GOP's job lies
Stephanie Ruhle exposed the lie that Republicans have been telling for decades about jobs. It isn't like it is a hard truth to prove. Why do Democrats always seem to lack the message discipline to ensure reality sticks in the heads of the masses? Does this not seem like an easy sell? Repeat. Repeat. Repeat with facts and how it affected different group's personal economies is key.
(6 comments) SHARE Saturday, October 13, 2018 Five minutes that illustrates Republican ideology's affront to humanity
There is a distinct difference between the Progressive ideology and the Conservative Republican ideology. The Right takes advantage of the ignorance of a large plurality of Americans whether Conservative or otherwise to get their inhumane policies enacted. This panel, graciously hosted by Jon Saltzman at the Political Storm, illustrates the point.
SHARE Friday, October 5, 2018 Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) co-chair removes fear of the word (VIDEO)
This interview with the co-chair of the Houston Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) should dispel the haunting fear many on the Right and some on the Center-Left have of the group and specifically the word. When what it stands for is articulate, it garners majority support as I have written about before.
(5 comments) SHARE Wednesday, September 19, 2018 Junk health insurance is the new weapon being used to kill Obamacare (VIDEO)
Donald Trump and the Republicans are using a back door, an ACA loophole to bring back junk health insurance policies. These insurance policies only work when you are not sick, providing you with a false sense of security. Here is what they are and why people are fooled into buying them.
(12 comments) SHARE Sunday, September 16, 2018 Act Out! Eleanor Goldfield explains why Alex Jones banning terrible for the Left (VIDEO)
Too many Progressives rejoiced when most social media companies banned Alex Jones, the crazy Right Wing conspiracy theory promoting uncivil human being. When one examines the act by these companies through analytical lenses, that ouster is dangerous for the Left and Progressives. Why? Eleanor Goldfield explains.
(2 comments) SHARE Sunday, September 16, 2018 Dr. America, Sanjeev K Sriram MD: Why Single-Payer Medicare for All the only answer
One of the most critical issues everyone should be fighting for now is Single-Payer Medicare for All. Dr. America, Sanjeev K Sriram lays out the case perfectly that should help those who are not sure. It inoculates from the false information that the Plutocracy & the Right continue to promote.
(22 comments) SHARE Friday, September 14, 2018 Single-Payer Medicare for All will increase taxes but you should want that
I got a call from a Politics Done Right listener who said he heard that Single-Payer Medicare for All would increase the taxes of most people and it would increase government expenditures. I told him that in fact, it would raise taxes for most but that is not the whole story. To be clear, every individual will be better off for precise reasons.
SHARE Saturday, September 1, 2018 Meghan McCain scorches Trump at Senator John McCain's memorial service (VIDEO)
Meghan McCain did not hold back in her eulogy for her father's, Senator John McCain, memorial service. It was clear without even calling the President's name, the disdain she had for the Commander in Chief. She said it with the warranted degree of anger.
(3 comments) SHARE Saturday, September 1, 2018 President Barack Obama eulogy at Senator John McCain's memorial service
President Obama gave a eulogy at John McCain's memorial service that illustrated the kind of man John McCain was. It also shows what a real president looks and sounds like for the world to see. We so miss the days where the Presidents of the United States were statespeople or at minimum acted like statespeople.
SHARE Friday, July 27, 2018 Kansas Democratic AG Candidate being dissed by cowardly Democratic Party Establishment
There is a different kind of Democrat running for Democratic AG in Kansas in the 2018 election. She has no primary opponent. And the Democratic Party Establishment wants her out of the race because of a poster? Why would the Democratic Party Establishment cowardly and irresponsibly wish to cede the head of law enforcement to Republicans in a state where the Republican Party headed by Governor Sam Brownback has been a total fai
SHARE Tuesday, July 10, 2018 Immigration could be a fatal Achilles heel for Progressives in 2018
I always think through many degrees of indirection. One must do that to ensure that they are not succumbing to groupthink or a false belief of being right on any particular issue or occurrence. Immigration is an issue that while Progressives seem to be winning the hearts and minds of many, it may be wind pie, a mirage.
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, July 9, 2018 Trump Effect: I'm more concerned about police behavior than racist ranter (VIDEO)
Most people would look at this video as yet another racist ranter emboldened by the Trump Effect. But what evolved in this video is much more dangerous and should give every person of color pause. When we express concerned about police, many diminish our feelings as unwarranted fear. This video should dispel that notion entirely.
(12 comments) SHARE Monday, July 9, 2018 Trump chose corporations over the health of your babies and those around the world
Many countries around the world consider America, a bully. Many Americans find that a display of strength. This behavior is okay in business when taking positions on capital and contracts. When it comes to humanity, said action is immoral and evil. The Trump Administration placed the profits of corporations over the health of all the world's babies.
(5 comments) SHARE Saturday, June 30, 2018 Colonel Wilkerson not sure military with us in event of insurrection by Trump's legions
Michael Moore, Jennifer Rubin, Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, and Bradley Whitford appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher recently. Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson implied that in a Trumpist insurrection, it is not clear if the military would side with the people.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, June 27, 2018 Major Establishment Democrat loses to Progressive Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in major upset (VIDEO)
Progressive Democratic Candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defeated New York Representative Joe Crowley in a significant upset. I interviewed her at Netroots Nation 2017 and told her she would be the next Congressperson from the Bronx, NY-14. It seems in fact; this millennial will be the next representative of the district.
(5 comments) SHARE Sunday, June 24, 2018 How to explain to Right Wing family/friend Trump tax cut scam screwed them (VIDEO)
On the most recent, Politics Done Right show, on the Pacifica Network's KPFT 90.1, FM Houston, I had a rant on the Trump/GOP tax cut scam that I believe makes a good template for "informing" any poor or middle-class Trump supporter that they've been had. Will it work?
SHARE Saturday, June 16, 2018 Trump Effect: New Kingwood, TX business model: Lawn Care by 'White People' U.S. Citizens (VIDEO)
The advertising on this lawn care business truck would likely be more shocking if we were not living in this new political landscape. Unfortunately, we are living through the Trump Effect in all corners of this country as what would generally be considered unacceptable becomes the norm.
(6 comments) SHARE Monday, June 4, 2018 Religious Right Wing Evangelicals' True Colors Exposed
Some winnable congressional races in California are at a tipping point. The presence of an organized Evangelical Right presence could make a difference in places like Orange County.
(7 comments) SHARE Thursday, May 31, 2018 Former UK citizen lost home to U.S. Healthcare & blasts Single-Payer Medicare for All opponents
The media have been derelict in its duty to inform Americans about the reality about Single-Payer Medicare for All. Politics Done Right covered the subject in detail. Michael Dean Newton, a former UK citizen who immigrated to the United States, called into the program to school the detractors.
(6 comments) SHARE Tuesday, May 1, 2018 This is how privileged white people get black men killed (VIDEO)
I usually do not blog when I am mad. But I am doing so now because I do not want to be calm when writing this. As a black man, this story makes me sick. I am tired of those of us trying to make a difference being called out for race-baiting when we are exposing the clear and present danger racial bias is to people of color but specifically black men.
(2 comments) SHARE Tuesday, May 1, 2018 Michelle Wolf at White House Correspondents' dinner in under 5 minutes (VIDEO)
Michelle Wolf gave a hell of a performance at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. She made a lot of people uncomfortable. The question is why? Wasn't Seth Meyers just as blunt? Well, we know that women who execute outside of the rails tend to get criticized from both men and women. But Michelle Wolf did more than that. She went after the entire political/media cabal with a touch of how it operates within this corrupt econo
SHARE Sunday, April 29, 2018 Michelle Wolf calls Sarah Huckabee Sanders a liar at 2018 White House Correspondents' Dinner, epic (VIDEO)
Michelle Wolf was really tough at the White House Correspondents dinner. She spared no one. She was most harsh on the president. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Donald Trump's press secretary who was present at the event, go told to her face, something likely every journalist there wanted to tell her or say to the world but could not.
(32 comments) SHARE Saturday, April 14, 2018 Black men arrested @ Starbucks for trespassing? Am I next? (VIDEO)
While sitting in my second office, Starbucks, I got the following tweet from a dear friend. "@EgbertoWillies Here's one to look into involving your favorite workplace." Two black guys peacefully sitting down in a Philadelphia Starbucks were arrested after an employee apparently called the police because they hadn't ordered anything.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, April 9, 2018 China holding all the cards in trade war with Donald Trump (VIDEO)
It isn't necessarily the fear of a trade war that crashed the market over the last few days. It is the fact that while many are not talking about it, China holds a large card that is a considerable threat to the U.S economy.
SHARE Friday, March 16, 2018 Texas Republican defends lawmakers who killed citizens by denying them Obamacare (VIDEO)
I invited two Texas Conservative Republicans to my Progressive program Politics Done Right to have a civil conversation. I think we show if we open doors of dialogue at the grassroots, we can make progress. The discussion of about Texas lawmakers effectively killing many of its citizens drew the ire of one of our listeners.
(4 comments) SHARE Tuesday, March 13, 2018 Evangelicals, the death of their morality and decency & path to degeneracy
Trump's most reliable and consistent supporters are the Evangelicals. It is hard to explain how a group that so went after President Obama, a man with a saint halo when compared to Donald Trump, would support such a degenerate president. It speaks more about them than it does about the president.
SHARE Sunday, March 11, 2018 Bill Maher: Evangelical/GOP hypocrisy to help Democrats find a spine? (VIDEO)
This Bill Maher rant is one of his best ones where he explicitly shows that Americans' thought process is fungible and changeable. Evangelical and Republican leaders have worked that reality to make things that would have been evil, vogue. Progressives must instead use that process for good.
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, February 19, 2018 Black & brown people joining 2nd Amendment Movement may save America
When black and brown people talk about open carry and the 2nd Amendment, they do so knowing that for that right they are not afforded the same privilege when found with a gun legal or otherwise.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, February 14, 2018 Trump & the Republicans are on the rise and we warned about it
Every time I warned about Republicans poised to make a comeback many said I was either a pessimist, a person unable to read the real sentiment of the country, or I was creating disagreement among Democrats.
(3 comments) SHARE Sunday, February 11, 2018 Likely Ted Cruz opponent Beto O'Rourke (D-TX) clarifies position on Medicare for All
Many Progressives are concerned about Congressman & Senate Candidate Beto O'Rourke (D-TX)'s position on Medicare for all. In fact, in an earlier interview, I did with Beto, he also left his stance a bit unclear. He clarified it directly when a potential constituent forced him to narrow his position.
(4 comments) SHARE Sunday, February 4, 2018 20 Big Broken promises Trump voters must be reminded of now!
Donald Trump made a lot of promises to his supporters. It is crucial that we continue to point out these 20 broken promises to Trump voters, whether they like it or not. As their realities start to misalign with his failed promises, some will turn against what is mostly a fraud.
SHARE Monday, January 29, 2018 Chris Cuomo scorches Trump's spokesman, What REAL Journalism looks like (VIDEO)
CNN's journalist Chris Cuomo put on a clinic on how reporters and hosts should question Donald Trump's spokespeople as their proclivity for lying is only second to the President's. Cuomo did not allow unfounded soliloquies or lies to take root without immediate pushback.
(13 comments) SHARE Saturday, January 27, 2018 What happens when Trump supporters realize they've been had?
There is a reckoning that will occur. And it may be closer than most think. And when it happens it won't be pretty. There are some crazy Trump supporters out there. And the 'sane' ones will not likely have the sway to mitigate the carnage.
SHARE Friday, January 26, 2018 Fox News exposes GOP memo sham -- weapon of partisan mass distraction (VIDEO)
Fox News Shep Smith has been giving the Republicans hell lately exposing their lies and misinformation. In this recent report, he nails Rep. Devin Nunes & the Right Wing for attempting to release a misleading memo to help the president by maligning the FBI.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, January 25, 2018 Right-Wing anti-abortion man called my show and it went mostly well (VIDEO)
My Politics Done Right show targeted Evangelicals on Wednesday for their hypocrisy and outright evil. Misinformation weaponized them into a clear and present danger to the well-being of America. A Right-Wing anti-abortion guy called into the show and I think by the end, there was some common ground. What do you think?
(2 comments) SHARE Friday, January 19, 2018 A white supremacist called my show and did not get what he expected (VIDEO)
A white supremacist called my show into my Politics Done Right show this week. I pride myself on giving every caller the opportunity to present their point of view. But I am never shy about civilly and respectfully refuting them. And I did just that.
(14 comments) SHARE Saturday, January 13, 2018 Joy-Ann Reid causes Trump apologist pastor to implode, then throws him off air (VIDEO)
Joy-Ann Reid had a very confrontational interview with South Carolina evangelical televangelist Pastor Mark Burns, a Trump apologist serving on Trump's evangelical advisory council. It did not go well for the pastor as Reid destroyed his every statement.
(4 comments) SHARE Wednesday, January 10, 2018 The tale of three Cubans. Don't buy into the hypocritical political crap
I spent two days in Havana Cuba. I learned a lot speaking to three Cubans from a political perspective with points of views that were different but that intersected. It illustrates that the political discourse about Cuba by politicians and wealthy ex-patriots is hypocritical, shallow, and at best lacking. These Cubans should make you think.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, January 10, 2018 We need to fill the Democratic sphere with Progressives like Tamara Johnson-Shealey
Progressive activists running for office always face headwinds. They have a party with a deep-seated belief that America is much less Progressive than it really is. Candidates sanctioned by Our Revolution, Justice Democrats, Brand New Congress, and some running on their own are dispelling that false belief.
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, January 5, 2018 Mainstream media's reaction to Michael Wolff's book exposes them as frauds
The overreaction by the mainstream media (MSM) about Michael Wolff's new book "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House," was expected. But is there anything revealed from the excerpts of the book that we did not know or could not have inferred? I think not. So here is my take.
(11 comments) SHARE Wednesday, January 3, 2018 Steve Bannon fesses up: Trump Tower meeting "treasonous" & "unpatriotic"
The wheels may be coming off the cart. And it does not look good for Donald Trump Jr. Steve Bannon did not mince his words of contempt for the President's son in Michael Wolff's new book. Could this be the reason Bannon believes Trump only stands a 30% chance of finishing his first term? Bannon had much to say.
SHARE Wednesday, December 6, 2017 Response from a Facebook friend should concern Progressives for 2018
I have several thousand followers of all ideological persuasions. I watch the pulse of these FB friends for trends, direction, and sometimes an indication of the narrative I need to put out to get the truth through the clutter of misinformation.
SHARE Wednesday, December 6, 2017 This Republican deserves respect for this but scorn for something else
It is easy to have courage when one no longer has to answer to a sect within one's party that has lost all sense of morality and decency. Republican Jeff Flake's symbolic act required little coverage but may convince a few Republicans to stop for a second to see if their moral compass will reset and not vote a pedophile into office.
(4 comments) SHARE Tuesday, December 5, 2017 MSNBC Ali Velshi nails Republicans on their tax cut scam like no other (VIDEO)
It has been very disappointing the poor job most journalists have been doing to debunk the GOP lies about their tax cut scam. Velshi & Ruhle are a couple of journalists that's been hard hitting. Velshi, in this clip, shows how one should do these types of critiques.
(13 comments) SHARE Sunday, December 3, 2017 WAKE UP PEOPLE: We should be in the streets against this tax cut scam
Americans need to stop being so complacent about the tax cut scam that President Trump and Republicans are attempting to impose on them. We must earn our freedom. We cannot keep it with an apathetic attitude.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, December 2, 2017 Senate passes the Republican tax cut scam that will pilfer the middle-class (VIDEO)
The Senate in a marathon session effected one of the most massive thefts on the middle-class and the poor. The tax cut scam is at least a $1.5 trillion transfer of wealth from the masses to a wealthy few. But we can still stymie it as it goes into the conference between the Senate and the House.
(4 comments) SHARE Saturday, December 2, 2017 Democrat stops CNN Host cold as she appeased Trump admin's felonies (VIDEO)
Congressman Denny Heck (D-WA) gave a clinic in how to handle a host who is attempting to minimize the corruption within the Trump administration. He did not give CNN's Erin Burnett any room to leave her spin unanswered. Every Democrat must learn from this; no shouting required.
SHARE Wednesday, November 29, 2017 O'Donnell turns Trump stunt into GOP excoriation & Democratic narrative win (VIDEO)
Donald Trump screwed up again with a failed stunt, and Lawrence O'Donnell made him pay for it. O'Donnell turned the table on the empty chairs stunt in Trump's attempt to disparage Minority Leaders Nancy Pelosi, and Chuck Schumer. O'Donnell's analysis flipped the narrative. He showed what analytical journalism looks like in one well-designed segment.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, November 20, 2017 This analysis of GOP tax cut scam should terrify every American
We still have time to stop the latest insanity in Washington. This crop of Republicans has taken the madness to the next level. This one could destroy the future of an entire generation. It is time for us to stop fighting among each other and keep our eyes on those that are pilfering us with a smile. But you can stop it.
(15 comments) SHARE Sunday, November 19, 2017 A message to Bernie supporters, a 2018 win is in your hands
For the most part, I've stopped following the machinations of the DNC. It is true that they purged Bernie supporters from senior leadership positions. If one remembers that a party is but a conduit to deliver a payload, that should not matter as long as we have a large percentage of the grassroots.
(4 comments) SHARE Sunday, November 19, 2017 Betsy DeVos greeted by protesters as she visits Houston Area High School (VIDEO)
Phones calls, tweets, texts, and Facebook messages started flying between Houston area activists as they got wind that President Trump's Education Secretary Nancy DeVos was coming to town. She did not visit any of the Harvey Hurricane damaged schools in Houston proper. She went to the flooded upscale Kingwood High School in the Houston suburbs for a photo-op showing her painting the walls.
SHARE Wednesday, November 8, 2017 Donald Trump to dignitaries in Japan: I never knew we had so many countries (VIDEO)
Every time Trump goes overseas, he further embarrasses himself and us in the eyes of the rest of the world. The President did it again in Japan. Sadly, he is unlikely to recognize how his ill-chosen statements about the knowledge of countries diminish the United States. Here he speaks ignorantly with pride.
SHARE Tuesday, October 31, 2017 Roland Martin schools General Kelly on history & normalization of America's sin (VIDEO)
Roland Martin in the last few days seemed to be the go-to man to check Trump, his supporters, and Democrats. Today he gave a schooling to Trump's Chief of Staff John Kelly. And he castigated Laura Ingraham, one of the Rights biggest hacks devoted to misinforming the Trump base further.
SHARE Monday, October 30, 2017 Roland Martin's wake up call to Democrats: Republicans ARE NOT imploding (VIDEO)
Democrats continue to play prevent-defense instead of aggressively telling Americans why they believe they are better stewards of the country. Worse, their push back on Republican catastrophically evil legislation is at best timid. They act as if 2018 is a shoo-in. Roland Martin says it best as he busts their bubble.
SHARE Monday, October 30, 2017 Tax cuts may cost Republican majorities just as Obamacare did for Democrats (VIDEO)
Republicans are in overdrive as they attempt to pass tax cuts they are marketing as tax cuts for the middle-class when it is a theft of middle-class money they will transfer to those with means and power. This political analyst has a warning Republicans will do well to listen to sooner than later.
(26 comments) SHARE Tuesday, October 24, 2017 Bob Corker lashes out at Trump in very unbelievably harsh terms that sting
Senator Bob Corker in his most harsh attack to date really let Trump have it. He did not mince his words as he called out the president as a liar and much more. He seemed resolved to a dysfunctional government for the foreseeable future.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, October 23, 2017 Churches sue FEMA. Tax-exempt, hate government, but want handout (VIDEO)
Most ads on TV market global suicide and we're programmed not to see it. A profit-driven system begets media that endlessly justify consumption and fuel the slow-motion destruction of our humanity.
(3 comments) SHARE Friday, October 20, 2017 If Progressives perform the country will respond. Its values are with us (VIDEO)
America is not a Center-Right country. America is a Progressive country based on the value set people by large majorities or pluralities. So why is it that we do not see a government that reflects the people? Here are the reasons and what we must do.
(19 comments) SHARE Thursday, October 12, 2017 The Establishment is starting to reassert. The Trump overthrow may have started (VIDEO)
The shocker continues to fly. What does it say when the architect of your win believes you only stand a 30% chance of fulfilling your first term as President? Here is why I think that barring a sudden change, the countdown to an overthrow, a post-Trump, is on.
(5 comments) SHARE Monday, October 9, 2017 Is Senator Corker building case for removing Trump via 25th Amendment?
It is clear that many sensible voices in the Republican Party like Bob Corker are starting to emerge. Could it be that they are laying the case, not for a Trump impeachment but an outright removal via the 25th Amendment?
(5 comments) SHARE Friday, October 6, 2017 Trump Effect: Minnesota mayoral candidate shocking racial rant (VIDEO)
Nothing shocks me these days with the level of racism still prevalent in America that is a part of the Trump effect. But this one sent chills down my spine with the matter-of-fact nature with which this politician said what he said about trains and 'the coloreds' that should embarrass the country.
(2 comments) SHARE Tuesday, October 3, 2017 Did GOP Senator John Thune blame victims for being shot? Kinda really
CNN's segment describing who Las Vegas mass killer Stephen Paddock was illustrates the problems with the media. To many, the piece is an attempt to humanize Paddock as they promote his neighbor's description of him as a gentle giant.
(5 comments) SHARE Wednesday, September 13, 2017 Canadian doctor schooled America at Sanders' Medicare for all announcement (VIDEO)
This Canadian doctor held back in tone but not in her words as she praised the Canadian single-payer Medicare for All health care system. Any prideful American was sure to get the message about our deficient system. We need to march this woman throughout the United States.
(7 comments) SHARE Tuesday, May 23, 2017 Melania Trump's frown, freeze-up, & hand-slap: She despises Donald Trump
Here is a 'for fun' post for a change. Melania Trump shows three times in three different venues how much she despises Donald Trump. Her reaction to Trump seems almost involuntary which illustrates a lot.
(3 comments) SHARE Friday, May 12, 2017 Progressives: Russia must not cloud the suffering of working class America (VIDEO)
The Trump/Russian story is very important. But my fear is that Progressives massive concentration on Russia, a delightful topic for the Liberal Intelligensia is leaving our working class and poor brothers and sisters no better off for yet another election cycle. It is time to win them over, and Russia isn't it. This is what we should be doing.
(6 comments) SHARE Friday, April 21, 2017 George Will predicts Obamacare to become single-payer because of this inconvenient fact
Donald Trump continues to lie to the American people about the imminent passage of a new Obamacare repeal and replace bill. Ultra Conservative George Will explains, in this excerpted video, why it will not happen and the reason will shock many.
SHARE Tuesday, March 28, 2017 Rep. John Culberson (R-TX) did not expect a town hall like this (VIDEO)
Congressman John Culberson (R-TX) conducted his town hall at the Spring Branch Middle School auditorium Houston Texas. Given the results, he may not recognize his district much longer. It is likely a far cry from the Country Club meeting with his benefactors he had a few weeks ago which drew a large protest at the entrance of the country club.
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, March 26, 2017 Joy-Ann Reid: A Cruelty to this bill apparent even to Republican voters who were shocked
Joy-ann Reid gives three specific reasons why Trumpcare scared even conservative Republicans as it provided a mirror to them whose reflection scared them. Reid pointed out in, this excerpted video, a reality that most failed to cover appropriately. The utter cruelty of the Trumpcare bill doomed it more than anything else.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, March 7, 2017 CNN sticks it to the president where it matters most to him
Trump had the signing of his signature Muslim Ban Executive Order in private, in hiding. Following, he released the photos. CNN threw a wrench in his gears. They did not acquiesce to Trump's cowardliness and refused to air any of the pictures.
(3 comments) SHARE Monday, February 27, 2017 The resistance is real and we are living it in Texas (VIDEO
Donald Trump presents a silver lining that if realized may be the panacea for a red state like Texas and other red states as well. In an odd kind of way, Trump just may be the catalyst the Progressive movement needed.
(4 comments) SHARE Monday, January 30, 2017 My shocking interview with a Trump voter at Muslim Ban protest in Houston
This Trump voter makes it clear to me that one can have a degree of intelligence but still fall for the trappings of a false narrative that premises one's condition. That is the battle that we must fight.
(4 comments) SHARE Tuesday, December 27, 2016 This is what I intend to do in the age of Trump
It is important that Progressives not lose hope. If we stop doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, we will do fine.
(6 comments) SHARE Thursday, December 15, 2016 Donald Trump, the undemocratically illegitimate president
America awoke to another undemocratically illegitimate president on November 9th, President-Elect Trump; two in five defective elections? As sad as it is we must be proactive.
(13 comments) SHARE Saturday, November 12, 2016 Joy-Ann Reid's most prescient message to voters who elected Trump
Joy-ann Reid in a well-designed message articulates perfectly what the election of Donald Trumps really means as she points out the sad realities Trump voters may not have considered. It is powerful.
(4 comments) SHARE Sunday, November 6, 2016 Fareed Zakaria: Trump 'is a cancer on American democracy. That is why I will vote against him.'
CNN's Fareed Zakaria made the case why it is imperative that Donald Trump must not be elected President of the United States. Anyone who listens to him or reads the transcript cannot truthfully dispute his conclusion. "Your view of Hillary Clinton is irrelevant. Donald Trump is not a normal candidate. He is a danger to American democracy. And that is why I will vote against him on Tuesday."
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, November 5, 2016 Bill Maher slams evangelicals: Their Trump support proves who they really are
Bill Maher in this New Rule slammed evangelicals like no other as he made it clear that their support for Donald Trump made them irrelevant as values voters. They sold out the morality they purported to have.
(5 comments) SHARE Tuesday, November 1, 2016 Spy Tells FBI there was a Russian Operation to Cultivate Donald Trump
Donald Trump defended Russia's Vladimir Putin throughout his campaign. The media ignored the thickening smoke but seem to be dipping their toes, however timid, into this potentially explosive matter.
(16 comments) SHARE Sunday, May 15, 2016 A sustainable progressive revolution requires patience and reality based pragmatism
Many progressives get excited during election season. They retreat back into their bunkers irrespective of election outcome. The reality is that change is slow and requires a lot of work. And most of that work is not flashy, sexy, nor exciting. It requires dedication and perseverance.
(3 comments) SHARE Monday, April 4, 2016 The media & establishment stealth attack on progressive movement exposed
Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) sent out a recent email blast that is concerning. The stealth attack on the real progressive movement comes from all directions. It even comes from parts of the media that are considered Liberal.
(2 comments) SHARE Tuesday, March 22, 2016 Conservative columnist's mea culpa: No, Not Trump, Not ever
Those who know that Donald Trump is an aberration may enjoy David Brook's recent column. It is an elitist mea culpa that stinks of anti-democracy. Brook's column, "No, Not Trump, Not ever" is the perfect read to understand the elitist nature of the mainstream media.
(4 comments) SHARE Tuesday, January 5, 2016 This is why white Americans are angrier
Chuck Todd gave some results of an Esquire Magazine poll that to many seemed shocking. The angriest Americans are white Americans. Latino and black Americans were not nearly as angry.
(6 comments) SHARE Sunday, November 22, 2015 Reaction to France's 9/11 in Paris is dej- vu
ISIS has no Air Force. ISIS has no Navy. ISIS has no standing army. They buy weapons from the West. A war is simply a marketing bonanza for weapons manufacturers, who supply both sides as families on all sides are destroyed. Will we allow ourselves to be played again?