Commentary on news, politics, food, relationships, or anything that I find controversial, or not. Egberto Off The Record is not necessarily politically correct but always honest opinions that will make you think on just about every issue. Included are outtakes from my radio/media show Politics Done Right. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/egbertowillies/support
Thank you Sandra D, Sheryl, Margaret Ryan, Mary Lockhart, LBW, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* Racism, Propaganda, immigration roundup, and Democracy: The Fight Against Voter Suppression: Voter suppression, propaganda, immigration fallacies, and systemic racism are dismantling democracy. Here's how to fight back. [M… To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
Thank you Sandra D, ITS Never Happening…, Mary B ☮️, Marg KJ, Steven Rosenzweig, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* The Pope exposed the Conservative Right Wing MAGA hypocrisy in a few word: Pope Leo XIV did not mince his words as he called out MAGA, Conservatives, Republicans, and Conservatives. One cannot be pro-life if they support the death penalty and mistreat immigrant. [More]* MSNBC breaks into lying GOP presser on government shutdown. Ana Cabrera called out illegal alien lie: Republicans are lying, claiming the government shutdown is because Democrats want to give healthcare to “illegal aliens,” aka undocumented immigrants. MSNBC's Ana Cabrera called them out in real time. [More]* Bernie and AOC Explain How Trump and GOP Are About to Double Insurance Premiums for Millions of Americans: “This messaging is approximately 142 times better,” said one political observer, “than Democrats are getting from leadership.” [More] To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
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Thank you Mary B ☮️, Marg KJ, Linda Jean, Jennie A YoungWalczyk, Barbara Fetonte, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* AOC Schools Media Health Care Fight Is Survival, Not Semantics: AOC reframes Chris Hayes' shutdown debate, exposing GOP health care sabotage as life-or-death. Progressives must follow AOC's lead: speak to bread-and-butter … To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
Thank you Cheryl Elkins, Marg KJ, Scilla Yukich, Natalie Lago, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* Facts Don't Lie—Right Wing Extremists Cause the Vast Majority of Political Violence: Joe Scarborough's segment on Conservative Think Tanks, which pointed out that most political violence and killing in the country is from th… To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
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* This doctor's humanity superseded her FAFO desire for her MAGA patient: It is admirable that this doctor disregarded the FAFO instinct and went above and beyond to save a MAGA patient in a rural healthcare desert. [More]* America is becoming the Baghdad of our millennia, the decline to irrelevance: As the Right pushes to make Ameri… To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
Thank you Sandra D, Elwyn Hudson, Marg KJ, Margaret Ryan, Richard Hogan, MD, PhD(2), DBA, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* Trump's $20B Bailout Betrays U.S. Farmers, Benefits Argentina & China: Trump's $20B bailout of Argentina boosts China's soybean imports while U.S. farmers face ruin. [More]* If more moms prevented Charlie Kirk's programming … To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
Thank you Sandra D, laura oshea, Mary B ☮️, Marg KJ, Steven Rosenzweig, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* Monopoly Round-Up: U.S. Farmers Revolt Over Trump's Argentina Bailout: The White House, facing angry farmers over a bailout of their competitors in Argentina, is trying to offer favors. Like cracking down on agri-business.… To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
* Creative Writing Activism: Using Words to Resist Authoritarianism: Egberto Willies and Thomas Czarnik explore art's role in political resistance. Writing isn't just art — it's activism that builds progressive movements. [More]* Timothy Snyder speculates on what Hegseth is doing by calling all the top military brass together: Timothy Snyder is looking at w… To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
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Thank you Margaret Ryan, Karen Andrews, LBW, Elaine Brandt, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* Donald Trump is manipulating the process of selecting US Attorneys: Former Pardon Attorney for the Department of Justice exposes the illegal acts of the Trump administration in appointing US Attorneys. [More]* Dallas ICE Shoot… To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
Thank you Richard Hogan, MD, PhD(2), DBA, Gayla Kunis, Steven Rosenzweig, Margaret Ryan, LBW, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* Dallas ICE Shooting Reveals Dangers of Mainstream Media Spin: The Dallas ICE shooting exposes how mainstream media manipulates facts to shape political narratives. [More]* Oklahoma Teacher Exposes Bible Mandate and Altered C… To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
Thank you Sandra D, Mary B ☮️, Marg KJ, MrsEd25, Wendy Bussiere, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* Donald Trump is manipulating the process of selecting US Attorneys: Former Pardon Attorney for the Department of Justice exposes the illegal acts of the Trump administration in appointing US Attorneys. [More]* Dallas ICE Sho… To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
Thank you Mary B ☮️, Susan Jagoda, Marg KJ, Steven Rosenzweig, Penny Boggis, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* Trump Humiliates America at UN by Calling Climate Change a Hoax and Green Energy a Scam: In a shocking UN speech, Trump humiliated America by mocking Europe and nations investing in green energy, calling renewables a scam … To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
Thank you Sandra D, Susan Jagoda, Tom Smith, Margaret Ryan, Thomas Goodfellow, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* Trump Humiliates America at UN by Calling Climate Change a Hoax and Green Energy a Scam: In a shocking UN speech, Trump humiliated America by mocking Europe and nations investing in green energy, calling renewables a scam … To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
Thank you Mary B ☮️, Marg KJ, Cheryl Elkins, Uju M., LBW, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* James Talarico's Bold Senate Bid to Transform Texas Politics: James Talarico launches a people-powered campaign to challenge corporate power, expand healthcare, and revitalize Texas democracy. [More]* Epstein's Ghislaine Maxwell visited by Indivisi… To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
Thank you Sandra D, P. J. Schuster, Marg KJ, Sheryl, Los Gatos Sin Madrid, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* Jasmine Crockett flips the script on a CNN host by schooling the derelict media: Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett shows why progressives need bold voices as she dismantles Trumpism and defends democracy in this must-see CNN … To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
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Thank you Hirut Kidane-mariam, Juwan R Norah, Paula, Joan, Barbara Fetonte, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* James Talarico's Bold Senate Bid to Transform Texas Politics: James Talarico launches a people-powered campaign to challenge corporate power, expand healthcare, and revitalize Texas democracy. [More]* Previous irresponsible … To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
Thank you Richard Hogan, MD, PhD(2), DBA, Elwyn Hudson, Mary B ☮️, Marg KJ, Greg Owens, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* Charlie Kirk's Toxic Legacy of Hatred and Division: We can condemn political violence and this hideous murder while also condemning Charlie Kirk for the rotten, vile hatred he fomented. [More]* The 1776 Project is out to get… To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
Thank you Marg KJ, Greg Owens, Inness Miller, Marilyn Harrington, RONALD SHIFFMAN, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* The Con Producer Patrick Lovell visits Egberto Off The Record to discuss Kimmel, The Fed, & fascism: Patrick Lovell, producer of The Con, visits with "Egberto Off The Record" To discuss the Jimmy Kimmel firing, the turmoil… To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
Thank you ITS Never Happening…, LBW, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* ABC takes Jimmy Kimmel off the air over remarks on Charlie Kirk's killing: The decision to indefinitely preempt “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” follows backlash to comments he made about the conservative influencer's death. [More]* We're Not… To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
Thank you to everyone who tuned into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* Progressive Solutions to Save Family Farmers from Ruin: Trump's tariffs sparked a crisis for U.S. farmers, enriching corporations while family farms vanish. [More]* The 1776 Project is out to get teachers?I received this mailer with steps … To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
Thank you Dannys, Mary B ☮️, Marg KJ, Greg Owens, Noelani, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* Trump threatened ABC's Jonathan Karl for hate speech question- 'Bondi will go after people lie you': President Trump threatened ABC's journalist Jonathan Karl after he asked about AG Bondi targeting purported hate speech b… To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
Thank you Mary B ☮️, Marg KJ, Cheryl Elkins, Barbara Collins, Pamela Day, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this. [More]* Trump threatened ABC's Jonathan Karl for hate speech question- ‘Bondi… To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
Thank you Cryn Johannsen, Thomas Potgieter, Susan Jagoda, Marg KJ, Uju M., and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* Here is the graphic hate from Charlie Kirk's own voice: If one listens to these hateful lying comments out of Charlie Kirk's own mouth, it would be a moral and character flaw to deify him and claim he is promoting Christian values. [More]* TikTok influencer @CorinneStraight nails it the economics MAGA fails to comprehend: A prominent TikTok influencer who has the ability to simplify how the oligarchy has screwed the masses lays it out in simple economic terms. [More]* White House Working to Criminalize Left-Wing Dissent as ‘Domestic Terror' in Wake of Kirk Murder: “We must end any form of political violence—and reject those who try to exploit it,” one Democratic congresswoman asserted. [More] To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
Thank you Elwyn Hudson, Marg KJ, Susan, Margaret Ryan, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* Stop the Charlie Kirk Myth Before It Becomes Our National Narrative: The Right's deification of Charlie Kirk, amplified by the media, risks cementing a false legacy built on hate and division. [More]* We must not yield to the … To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
Thank you Independent Voter 1, Marg KJ, Chris Rey, Richard Hogan, MD, PhD(2), DBA, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* We must not yield to the Charlie Kirk saintly myth or else: If we allow the Right along with the complicity of the mainstream media to deify Charlie Kirk given the hate he promoted we are marginalizing more than half the country with a manufactured hero. [More]* New ‘Thought Policing' Bill May Let Rubio Strip Passports from US Citizens Over Political Speech: “Marco Rubio has claimed the power to designate people terrorist supporters based solely on what they think and say,” said one free speech advocate. [More]* With Premiums Set to Rise, a Reminder: ‘Medicare for All Would Save $650 Billion' Annually: “Your periodic reminder that health insurance is not healthcare,” said one advocate. “It's an unnecessary middleman designed to restrict access to healthcare and exploit people for profit.” [More] To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
Thank you Cynthia Verdell, Hirut Kidane-mariam, Susan, MC, Margaret Ryan, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* I've Seen States Collapse; Now I See It Happening Here: After years reporting from post-authoritarian states, I now see the same patterns in my own backyard—where justice has collapsed, truth is suppressed, and power no lo… To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
Thank you Sandra Dingler, Marg KJ, Lana Foley, Richard Hogan, MD, PhD(2), DBA, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* The Costs of Our For-Profit Healthcare System Continue to Rise: Every other developed country guarantees healthcare to all citizens as a basic human right. We're essentially the only ones that decided to turn our health into… To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
Thank you Sandra Dingler, Janice Lynch, K. Freya Skarin, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* Trump is correct! Kind of. His Intel play triangulates corporate welfare vs the people: Trump's Intel play exposes the truth about public investment and private gain, taxpayer dollars fund corporate profits while ordinary Amer… To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
Thank you Richard Hogan, MD, PhD(2), DBA, ITS Never Happening…, Marg KJ, Pamela Zenick, Carol Q, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* Beware Rich Men Quoting the Bible to Punish the Poor: The Trump administration and its theological apologists are working overtime, using Jesus' name and the Bible's contents in even more devastating rounds of immoral bibl… To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
Thank you Mary B, Margaret Ryan, Colton Llenos, Don Buckter, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* Trump is correct! Kind of. His Intel play triangulates corporate welfare vs the people: Trump's Intel play exposes the truth about public investment and private gain, taxpayer dollars fund corporate profits while ordinary Am… To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
Thank you Sandra Dingler, Mary B, CowboyHats, Margaret Ryan, Uju M., and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* Anand Giridharadas to Democrats, if you do not want to lead, get out of the damn way: He has a tough but prescient message to Democrats who are not living up to the task necessary in these existential times. Stop holding t… To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
Thank you Sandra Dingler, Marg KJ, Dawn Marie Galtieri, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* Why Workers Bear Risks While Billionaires Live Tax-Free: Discover how neoliberal policies rig the economy, protecting billionaires while exploiting workers, an economic system designed for the few and paid for by the many. [Mo… To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
Thank you Sandra Dingler, Don't Stop Me Now - TLawrence, ITS Never Happening…, Marg KJ, CowboyHats, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* Gov. Christie destroys Reince Priebus on Trump's failures better than any Democrat has so far: Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie did a more effective job of pointing out the disaster that is the Trump economy with … To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
Thank you Ruth, Elwyn Hudson, Rev.Carlton, Margaret Ryan, Gretchen, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* Gov. Christie destroys Reince Priebus on Trump's failures better than any Democrat has so far: Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie did a more effective job of pointing out the disaster that is the Trump economy with … To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
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Thank you Sandra Dingler, Elwyn Hudson, Lily, MC, Margaret Ryan, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* SAY NO TO MEDICARE ADVANTAGE: Disregard Medicare education on TikTok and elsewhere: Here is why you should disregard the TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and TV ads purporting to educate you on all things Medicare. They will tr… To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
Thank you Sandra Dingler, ITS Never Happening…, Dannys, Susan Jagoda, KarLee, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* Healthcare Giants Have Raked in ‘Sick Profits' From Trump Tax Cuts While Stiffing Patients: Report: The report found that seven of America's biggest healthcare companies have collectively dodged $34 billion in taxes as a r… To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
Thank you Elwyn Hudson, Jodie Ray, Dianne Bryant, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* Rep. Dan Crenshaw is dogged by a collapsed town hall and weekly protests in Kingwood, TX: Dan Crenshaw claimed his collapsed town hall was caused by Democrats and outside paid activists. His constituents continue the protests … To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
Thank you Sandra Dingler, Mary B, CowboyHats, Pamela R. Daniels, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* Neil Aquino visits to discuss local and national issues: Houston Democracy project founder Neil Aquino visits to discuss recent local and national protests and the state of our politics. [More] [More]* Mamdani Rejects 'Corrupt Politics and Backroom D… To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
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Thank you Christine, Steven Rosenzweig, Margaret Ryan, Suzette Jensen, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* This doctor's humanity superseded her FAFO desire for her MAGA patient: It is admirable that this doctor disregarded the FAFO instinct and went above and beyond to save a MAGA patient in a rural healthcare desert. [More]* Amer… To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
Thank you Sandra Dingler, Pamela R. Daniels, Uju M., Genia Sklute, Helen Meadors, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* CMS is Trying to Expand Prior Authorization in Traditional Medicare Even Though All Data Points Say That's a Bad Idea: Critics say CMS' new prior authorization model risks delays and denials for seniors. [More]* As Trump Recession Looms, New WSJ Po… To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
* Trump's $20B Bailout Betrays U.S. Farmers, Benefits Argentina & China: Trump's $20B bailout of Argentina boosts China's soybean imports while U.S. farmers face ruin. [More]* If more moms prevented Charlie Kirk's programming from their boy, just maybe we would …: This mom proactively insulated her sons from the toxic masculinity and… To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
Thank you Sandra Dingler, Margaret Ryan, Judy Jovanelly, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.* Cindi Hendrickson, Invisible Kingwood leader explains the need for #WorkersOverBillionaires rally: Indivisible Kingwood leader Cindi Hendrickson and her cohort arranged yet another successful rally in the purported Houston are… To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com
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* How the Billionaire class got away with their power accumulation over the last 14 years – Episode 5: Patrick Lovell produced The Con, a show discussing the fraudulent mortgage racketeering that broke the economy in 2008. Episode 5 of 5 explains the Biden Administration and more. [More]* Obituary of the Democratic Party is premature… To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com