Occupy Wall Street May Save America’s Middle Class
The Occupy Wall Street movement was more important than the Tea Party movement. The Tea Party movement was simply an Astro Turf movement toeing the corporate line. President Obama gets cover from the Tea Party misinformation on the Auto bailout from picking up and running with the Occupy Wall-Streeter theme.
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Politics Done Right with Egberto Willies 12:00 Noon Central/1:00 PM Eastern Call In and Listen: (646) 929-2495 Listen And Chat Here I am excited about today’s program. I will be talking to Lois McGee, Texas Team leader for the “Unite Against The War On Women Rally” that will be occurring in every Capitol of [...]
READ THIS. KNOW THIS Mitt Romney – A Danger To The Middle Class
A Danger To The Middle Class Read This, Know This Before Mitt Romney gets any closer to the White House You saw the news: Mitt Romney is almost certainly the Republican nominee and our opponent in this election. That means voters are going to have a very clear choice this November. The President is rebuilding [...]
What the New Jobs Numbers Show – Do Not Buy The GOP Narrative
GOP politicians are pouncing on the March employment numbers to attack the President — hoping no one notices that it’s their own policies to lay off Americans that are keeping the unemployment rate far worse than it should be. We need more good jobs and leaders committed to creating them. Republican politicians admit their [...]
The Republican budget puts America on a Path to Poverty.
"Path to Poverty" For America This week, Republicans in Congress are back in their home districts desperately trying to convince their constituents that voting to disinvest in America to pay for more millionaire tax giveaways is really putting our country on the so-called "Path to Prosperity." The Republican budget puts America on a Path to [...]
Unite Against The War On Women Texas Site Launches–Women WILL Remember in November
VISIT NOW TEXANS UNITE AGAINST THE WAR ON WOMEN We are shocked and angered to see a radical and well-funded fringe element attempt to roll back the clock, not just a generation, but a century, to a time when family planning was considered outrageous and brave women went to jail to secure the freedom and [...]
House Republican Vote For Romney – Ryan Republican Budget Ending Medicare As We Know It
All in one day on Capitol Hill, House Republicans voted for the Romney-Ryan-Republican plan to end Medicare as we know it and Senate Republicans voted to protect $24 billion in tax giveaways for Big Oil. Here they go again: taking away Medicare to give more taxpayer money to Big Oil. After a lifetime paying into [...]
Trayvon Martin Rally In Houston Texas (VIDEOS)
On March 25th, 2012 there was a very well attended multi-ethnic, multi-denominational rally that took place to demand justice for Trayvon Martin. There were several prominent speakers and politicians present including Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee, Congressman Al Green, Reverend William Lawson (civil rights leader), Mary Ramos (LULAC), Richard Shaw (AFLCIO), Dr. Zedicki (Islamic Society of Greater [...]
Your tipsheet On Obamacare–SHARE EVERYWHERE
Friend — Yesterday was the second anniversary of health care reform, or Obamacare, which is under threat of repeal by each of the GOP candidates. Mitt Romney said he’d "kill it dead." So each tip this week focuses on how this landmark reform is working to help people — from young people to seniors [...]
NPR Politics
- French Plan To Pull Troops From Afghanistan Starts Busy Diplomatic Days 2012/05/18Before President Obama welcomes world leaders to Camp David and Chicago, new French President Francoise Hollande is expected to say he wants his nation's 3,300 troops home from Afghanistan by year's end. That could upset other NATO nations. […]
- 5 Takeaways From Trove Of Evidence Related To Trayvon Martin's Death 2012/05/18Hundreds of pages of documents and other materials offer some new insights into what happened when George Zimmerman and Martin encountered each other on Feb. 26. […]
- NASA, SpaceX Aim To Launch Private Era In Orbit 2012/05/18If all goes well, an unmanned capsule will become the first commercial spacecraft to visit the International Space Station. SpaceX and NASA have been working together to make this launch happen, navigating cultural differences between the young startup and the veteran agency. […]
- China Sentences Fugitive Smuggler To Life Term 2012/05/18Lai Changxing, once deemed China's most-wanted fugitive, also got 15 years for bribery and had all his personal property seized. The corruption case reached into the highest echelons of the Communist Party and involved a decade-long extradition fight. […]
- Like It Or Not, It's Facebook's Day On Wall Street 2012/05/18The social media giant's stock is set to start trading publicly for the first time around 11 a.m. ET. […]
- Is Now The Time To Vacation In Greece? 2012/05/18The Greek economy depends heavily on tourism. The crisis seems to be scaring away visitors, which would deal the economy another blow. But could the crisis create a bargain for travelers who would simultaneously be giving the Greek economy a boost? […]
- The Long, Long, Long Road To New Rules For Banks 2012/05/18Nearly four years after the financial crisis — and two years after a major new law was passed — key details remain unresolved. […]
- U.S. Serves Up New Food Security Effort In Africa 2012/05/18As President Obama hosts leaders of the Group of Eight, he's announcing a major initiative to boost investments in rural Africa. The program aims to lift millions out of poverty and will include several billion dollars in investments from private companies. […]
- Son Fulfills Dream That Racism Denied His Mother 2012/05/18Friday, Terry Walls is graduating from the same university that rejected his mother because of the color of her skin. Mary Jean Price Walls hadn't spoken about her application to Missouri State University in six decades, until her son uncovered letters in university archives. […]
- Bike To Work Day: Your Photos, And Riding Advice From Grant Petersen 2012/05/18For many people, Bike to Work Day is a reason to put air in their bike's tires and see if the chain is too rusty to get them to work. For Grant Petersen, it's just another day — he's been riding his bike to work for three decades. […]
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- Action Alert: Address Conflict of Interest at NYT's Jerusalem Bureau 2012/05/16A new FAIR Action Alert (5/16/12) calls on the New York Times public editor to address the conflict of interest posed by Jerusalem correspondent Isabel Kershner's marriage to someone whose job it is to sway the coverage of international outlets … Continue reading → […]Jim Naureckas
- The Only Beltway White Guy Pundits Too Hot for the Sunday Shows? 2012/05/15Norman Ornstein and Thomas Mann are well-known in the Beltway. They work at big-time think tanks (Brookings and American Enterprise Institute), appear on television chat shows, and write books and op-eds that powerful people pay attention to. Lately, though, it … Continue reading → […]Peter Hart
- New Evidence of Stop-and-Frisk Abuses Prompts NYT to Call for More Evidence 2012/05/15The New York Times editorially decried the New York City police department's stop-and-frisk practices ("Injustices of Stop and Frisk," 5/13/12), noting that the criterion of "furtive movements" most often used for stopping disproportionately black and brown people is "so vague … Continue reading → […]Janine Jackson
- Time Ignores Climate Change to Paint a 'Golden Age' of Fracking 2012/05/15You have to wonder: Do journalists covering energy issues imagine they and their loved ones are going to be living on another planet in the not-too-distant future? That seems like the only reason you would write a piece about the … Continue reading → […]Jim Naureckas
CNN Politics
- Avlon: Grow up, Congress 2012/05/17Congressional Republicans are threatening another game of chicken with the debt ceiling. This will get America nowhere, says John Avlon. […]
- Edwards jury to begin deliberating 2012/05/17Closing arguments are set for Thursday in the corruption trial of John Edwards, after his defense team rested its case without calling the former Democratic presidential candidate's ex-mistress to testify. […]
- Romney repudiates potential ad 2012/05/17Mitt Romney said ads that attack personal character are the wrong course for a PAC or a campaign. […]
- LGBT families lobby Congress 2012/05/17Tommy Starling and Jeff Littlefield say they've slowly been changing minds of people in their community when it comes to what a family looks like. […]
- LGBT families lobby Congress 2012/05/17Tommy Starling and Jeff Littlefield say they've slowly been changing minds of people in their community when it comes to what a family looks like. […]
- Romney repudiates potential ad strategy 2012/05/17Mitt Romney said ads that attack personal character are the wrong course for a PAC or a campaign. […]
- Opinion: Grow up, Congress -- make a deal on debt 2012/05/17Congressional Republicans are threatening another game of chicken with the debt ceiling. This will get America nowhere, says John Avlon. […]
- Richards: Romney no friend on women's health 2012/05/17Cecile Richards says the candidate promises to kill health reform act and "get rid" of Planned Parenthood, irresponsible threats that affect the well-being of real women. […]
- Senators tussle over new Iran sanctions 2012/05/17Republicans blocked an attempt by Senate Democrats on Thursday to pass new sanctions against Iran, complaining the final language in the bill, which they had negotiated for months, is not tough enough to deter Iran from pursuing a nuclear weapons program. […]
- Reported anti-Obama ad sparks backlash 2012/05/17Predictions of super PAC-fueled campaign ugliness seemed to come to reality on Thursday when reports broke of a potential conservative group's ad campaign aimed at tying President Barack Obama to a controversy put to rest nearly four years ago. […]
MSNBC Politics
- Bain, Jeremiah Wright and the debt ceiling 2012/05/18First Read: There were several big stories from the campaign trail this week and lessons to learn from all of them. […]
- GOP lawmaker says Dem drank on the job 2012/05/18A usually mundane Congressional proceeding drifted into testy turf when a prominent Republican colleague accused a Democratic colleague of drunkenness. […]
- Romney uses clock to remind voters of debt 2012/05/18It has appeared behind Romney on stage more often than several of his sons, standing stiff and silent. It is Romney's enormous electronic debt clock. […]
- From presidential race to House primaries, super PACs having wide impact 2012/05/17Using unlimited donations and spending money on TV ads in races across the country, Super PACS played a prominent role in helping the Republicans win control of the House in 2010. This year Democrats, who initially condemned Super PACs, are joining the fray with their own. […]
- Romney calls proposed Wright ads the 'wrong course' 2012/05/17Mitt Romney convened a rare press conference Thursday to explicitly distance himself from a controversial, racially-charged ad campaign reportedly planned by a Republican super PAC. […]
- Ricketts: I'm not going to use Jeremiah Wright 2012/05/17First Read: The Super PAC funded by Joe Ricketts has released a statement that essentially says he won't use Jeremiah Wright as an attack against President Obama. […]
- Republicans anxiously discourage racially-charged super PAC strategy 2012/05/17Republicans moved quickly on Thursday in hopes of distancing themselves from a strategy being weighed by a GOP-oriented super PAC, which threatened to inject race into the 2012 presidential campaign. […]
- Super PAC eyes Jeremiah Wright ad buy 2012/05/17First Read: Possible plans for an ad campaign focused on controversial minister could ratchet campaign to a whole new level. […]
- Christie uses humor video to connect, but would Romney follow suit? 2012/05/16A new viral video starring New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Newark Mayor Cory Booker helps underscore the value for politicians in being able to navigate new media and contemporary culture. […]
- Boehner: 'I'm not threatening default' 2012/05/16House Speaker John Boehner denied he was threatening default when he called for equal or greater spending cuts to accompany a future increase in the debt ceiling. […]
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- Nick Hanauer TED Speech–Wealthy Do Not Create Jobs–The Middle Class Does 2012/05/18I just saw this video in my Facebook feed and had to go to YouTube to find it. It is funny that I came across this today given that I just submitted a modified version of my blog post titled “The American Middle Class Will Revolt Against Austerity” to my local paper to place in […]Egberto Willies
- Donna Summer is dead at 63 – CNN.com 2012/05/17Donna Summer is dead at 63 By Alan Duke, CNN updated 1:03 PM EDT, Thu May 17, 2012 Los Angeles (CNN) — Donna Summer, the "Queen of Disco" whose hits included "Hot Stuff," "Bad Girls," "Love to Love You Baby" and "She Works Hard for the Money," has died, a representative said Thursday. She was […]Egberto Willies
- The Defeat Of Barack Hussein Obama–Politics Of Destruction Must Fail 2012/05/17The Republicans must be careful. We always knew this was going to be a nasty election. After reviewing the hatchet job reported in the New York Times article “G.O.P. ‘Super PAC’ Weighs Hard-Line Attack on Obama”, it is evident the politics of personal destruction will be in vogue. The smear was put together by a […]Egberto Willies
- What If Libertarians, Occupy Movement, & Real Tea Party Got Together–Much Would Be Solved 2012/05/16Bryan Henry of Kingwood, TX has knocked this one out of the park. Check out his article below titled Libertarians often march to the left, to the left … .Bryan’s analysis of the real problems that afflicts us and his understanding on the issues that should unite the three major active grassroots movement is spot […]Egberto Willies
- Root Of Evil by Cody Pogue (Letter to Editor Printed In Kingwood Observer) 2012/05/16Cody Pogue’s letter to the editor below knocks it out of the park. It brings the truth home. Anyone that claims Christianity as their faith and religion should read this article, step back, and examine their hearts. Cody used the current news of the day and shows implicitly that Jesus would definitely not deal with […]Egberto Willies
- A Personal Message from former Houston City Councilmember and Citizen Warrior Jolanda "JO" Jones 2012/05/16Jolanda Jones My son & I voted 2day!!!!! Have u? 1 of the persons I voted 4 was Judge Steven Kirkland because he is more than qualified, as verified by 1 Bar Poll which rated Judge Kirkland "OUTSTANDING" & another Bar Poll which rated Judge Kirkland "WELL-QUALIFIED, the highest rating while that same poll rated […]Egberto Willies
- QR Code Gone Mobile 2012/05/15The QR code is all the rave these days as seen at immediatag.com. Mobile devices are all the rave. They are now like a drivers license. you never leave home without it. Now that mobile devices have GPS systems the amount of applications that can be written for it is astounding.Well you know it is […]Egberto Willies
- The American Middle Class Will Revolt Against Austerity 2012/05/15Will the American middle class revolt? If we keep on the path we are on, I fear we will. When one has nothing else to lose revolt ultimately occurs. The middle class knows there is a problem. They rightfully feel insecure about the future. Yet the only solution being offered is austerity or austerity plus. […]Egberto Willies
- Link To Our Saturday’s Occupy Kingwood Video Made It On CNN.com US Main Page 2012/05/14Even as our local media is not covering our Occupy Kingwood weekly event, the video of this week’s event was picked up by CNN. A link to it is currently featured on the CNN.com US main page. This was our 21st consecutive week of Occupy Kingwood. Every week seem to be a bit more eventful. […]Egberto Willies
- Romney’s Brand Of Capitalism Destroys Jobs & The Middle Class–He Must Atone To Become President 2012/05/14Mitt Romney wants to be elected based on his business acumen. It is fact that Mitt Romney is successful. It is also fact that he followed all the rules of capitalism to accumulate his wealth. Mitt Romney likely broke no laws while amassing his wealth. At Bain Capital Mitt Romney’s fiduciary responsibility was to his […]Egberto Willies
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