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Off the SOPA Box and Into the Town Square

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Pipa, House of Representatives, Opengov, Representative Government, Democracy, Congress, Public Interest, Ota, Privacy, Techpresident, Secrecy, Transparency, Sopa, Common Good, Town Square, Technology, Senate, Politics News
Lorelei Kelly

The Internet blackout was an innovation for sure, but it still belongs in the category of advocacy politics that I'll called "Surround and Punish." What is missing is something the military calls "situational awareness."

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Soooo 15 Months Ago: Can Team Obama Close Engagement Gap By Green-Lighting Social Media?

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bart Stupak, Social Media, Twitter, George MItchell, Kathleen Sebelius, Joe Biden, Paperwork Reduction Act, Nancy Scola, Facebook, Techpresident, Technology News
Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

Now that the White House has cleared the way for members to use social media, will we hear more from major players, like Kathleen Sebelius on health care or George Mitchell on Israel-Palestine?

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New Report on OFA: High Turnout in The Field, Low Impact on The Hill

Ari Melber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ofa, Obama, Community Organizing, Organizing, Community Oranizer, Rahm Emanuel, Techpresident, Politics News
Ari Melber

The reviews of the president's first year are rolling in, but most neglect the biggest force that Obama brought to Washington: His volunteer army.

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McCain Wades Into Email Fight Over Stimulus

Ari Melber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mccain Pac, Obama Email, Mccain Stimulus, Blue State Digital, mccain.com, Macon Phillips, Nancy Scola, Mitch Stewart, Mccain Email, Jerome Armstrong, Organizing for America, Techpresident, Country First Pac, Participatory Politics, Micah Sifry, Jeremy Bird, Zephyr Teachout, Al Giordano, Obama for America 2.0, Tom Watson Blog, Politics News
Ari Melber

Organizationally, McCain's campaign email list is very thin, since the majority of addresses were purchased, not organically recruited.

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Federal Webmasters Onboard for Online Government

Craig Newmark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama CTO, Federal Webmasters, Obama Transparency, Techpresident, Media News
Craig Newmark

Looks like the folks who run Federal web sites got the idea of more effective and honest government years ago, but didn't get heard 'til recently.

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Online Assistance Arrives to Combat Voting Hurdles, Glitches and Dirty Tricks

Sarah Granger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rock the Vote, Hava, Voter Suppression, Databases, Electronic Voting Machines, Election Protection, Techpresident, Epic, Usacm, Voting, Vrd, Home News
Sarah Granger

Twitter users are encouraged to report any voting problems with the hashtag #votereport now through Election Day. Specific problems should be sent to @866ourvote along with #EP followed by the state in question, like #EPFL for Florida.

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The Rising Tide Of Online Opposition To Paulson's Plunder

Micah Sifry | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wall Street Bailout, Wall Street Crisis, Paulson, Techpresident, Fail, Henry Paulson, Bush Paulson, Bailout, Paulson Wall Street, Paulson Fail, Internet Fail, Wall Street Fail, Balout Bush, Paulson Fail Sign, Home News
Micah Sifry

A sure indicator of public sentiment against the Paulson plan was the rapid spread of emails and websites poking fun at it. One email purporting to be from Paulson imitated the Nigerian scam emails that beg for cash.

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MediaBizBuzz on Democrats, Republicans, Gustav and Ike

Jerry Weinstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sms, Pow, 9/11, Aim, Mccain, Stall, Perspctv.com, Craig, Texting, Vp, Rnc, Virtual Worlds, Fox, Minneapolis, Rove, Dncc, Alaska, Boxer, Nbc, Twitter, Platform, Biden, Blogs, Powell, Warner, St. Paul, Techpresident, Brave New Films, Politico, Northern Command, Celebrity, Myspace, Police, Huffingtonpost, Cheney, Kennedy, Romney, Obama, Jindal, Cbs, Bush, Dean, Lieberman, Lobbyists for McCain, Pawlenty, Giuliani, Daily Show, Clinton, Protest, C-Span, Big Tent, Keynote, Mccain's Mansions, Im, Abc, Gustav, Streaming, British Petroleum, Facebook, Cnn, Digg, Ike, Palin, Web Video, Rasiej, Rncc, Quik, Nagin, Mashup, Sifry, Fowler, Greenwald, Daylife, Secondlife, Hutchinson, Ridge, Kovic, Sanchez, Sheehan, Home News
Jerry Weinstein

Click for News, Photos and all the links to major press coverage of the Republican Convention and for the Democratic reaction. This past week could ha...

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Personal Democracy Forum: Twitter Debate On Now!

Sarah Granger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet, John McCain, Ana Marie Cox, Personal Democracy Forum, Twitter, Mike Nelson, Liz Mair, Barack Obama, Techpresident, Home News
Sarah Granger

Beginning Friday evening, representatives from the Obama and McCain campaigns will be embarking on a four-day debate online, via Twitter, and moderated by Ana Marie Cox.

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Ron Paul: Still President Of The Web

Silicon Valley Insider | Dan Frommer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Candidate FaceTime, meetup.com, Ron Paul Internet, Ron Paul Supporters, Ron Paul, Techpresident, Business News

Ron Paul has no practical chance of winning the Republican nomination for president, but his sustained Web caché is remarkable. Last time we checked ...

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