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Most Americans are Progressives so we should be winning
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Progressives, are you tired of losing? Policies that we want, create, and support are the policies Americans want. How do we know? They tell us when asked absent ideological queues.
So how do we connect our policies with winning? We must start locally. We must build alliances that ultimately change minds when the common good is realized. A park is not Democratic or Republican. It is the commons. The successful education of our kids in science and math is not Republican or Democratic. Results are absolute. Solve local problems and the local problem solvers will eventually become the national problem solvers. They would have earned the vote.
Today I have two special guests, Jolanda Jones and Mia Hoyt. They come from two different sides of the ideological spectrum but interestingly they are both working locally for the good of our children.
Jolanda Jones is one of Houstons most well-known former city council member, grassroots political activist, and lawyer. She starred in both the CBS’s Survivor series and her new show Sisters in Law. She was recently elected Trustee on the Houston Independent School Board. Jones is fighting the fiscal / taxation battle and has a message concerning HISD Prop 1.
Mia Hoyt is a real estate agent in Kingwood, Texas. She is also a parent of kids that attend the Humble Independent school district. She became an activist when she realized the Humble ISD was about to hire a superintendent detrimental to her kids’ education. She formed a group on Facebook and got thousands of parents activated. The school board went against the wishes of the parents and the group she formed decided to run candidates against the board.
We will discuss these issues and why we must take control of our politics locally irrespective of ideologies. After all, our fight is for the well-being of us all.
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My Blog Posts Of The Week
- Michael Steele nails the naivete of journalists covering the Trump-Musk saga.
- Jasmine Crockett paraphrases Sen. Joni Ernst perfectly: You elected me to help you dig your grave.
- Are there ways living organisms can be used to fix pollution?
- Which companies and industry sectors stand to profit the most from global warming?
- Professor nails how tariffs are likely to cost Americans using the washing machine tariff history.
- Tariffs 101: This is how tariffs really work and how Trump is attempting to screw MAGA and us all
- CNN’s Jake Tapper allows Speaker Johnson to lie about the One Big Beautiful Bill to Americans.
- 60 Minutes Scott Pelley nails Trump in his NC Wake Forest University speech.
- AOC scolds Republicans for supporting the for-profit Medicare Advantage waste, fraud, and abuse.
- One Big Beautiful Bill will starve a large portion of Trump’s MAGA base.
- The King of Debt, Trump, will turn America into Argentina.
- Racist National GOP Machine Makes Its Pitch for Harris County
- China ‘deal’ sealed the reality that the American led order is over.
- What is mariculture and why are proponents so bullish on it as a solution to environmental challenges?
- What’s being done to get more minorities into green jobs?
- How big a role has corruption played in slowing the global fight to combat climate change
- Am I being exposed to harsh chemicals when I get a manicure or pedicure?
- How is air quality across the U.S. these days?
- Which U.S.-based Fortune 500 companies are turning their backs on previous climate commitments.
- What is “social housing” and how is it a climate solution?
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