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How We Unplug

Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 11.10.2009 | Technology

Read More: Jeremy Stoppelman, Foursquare, Dennis Crowley, Craig Newmark, Twitter, Markos Moulitsas, Biz Stone, Craigslist, Henry Jenkins, Yelp, Peter-Rojas, Chris Hughes, David-Weinberger, Facebook, Daily Kos, Jav on Tech, Technology News

Sometimes, we just need to unplug. No firing off text messages. No updating Facebook profiles. No browsing Craigslist or Yelp or whatever-hot-new-site is trending on Twitter.

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Democrat Alan Grayson Calls Republicans "Knuckle-Dragging Neanderthals" on CNN. Was He Right? You Bet!

Ronald B. Robinson | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nagger Party, Socio Spiritual Liberation and Joyful Justice, Politics, Progressives, Media, Drew Westen, Headline News, Keith Olbermann, Alan Grayson, Predatory Politics, Democrats, Acorn, Rachel Maddow, Health Care Reform, Arianna Huffington, The Politcal Brain, Glenn Beck, Naggers, The Situation Room, Gloria Borgia, Cnn, Wolf Blitzer, Berlusconi, National Alliance, Chris Matthews, Positive Agenda, Alex Castellanos, Fox News, Socio-Spiritual Liberation, Nag, Republican, Repubblichini, American Enterprise Institute, Michael Ledeen, Timothy McVeigh, Obama, Black Shirts, Nancy Pelosi, American Terrorism, Oklahoma Federal Building Bombing, Milita Movement, Waco, Birthers, Tea Parties, Mobs, Mussolini, Republican Waco Hearings, Karl Rove, Daily Kos, Extremism, Politics News

Being progressives and promoting a positive agenda of Socio-Spiritual Liberation and Joyful Justice doesn't mean being wimpy.

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For Liberty Examines the Kingmakers

J. Bradley Jansen | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: David Boaz, War on Terror, Rasmussen Poll, Antiwar Movement, Grassroots, Markos Moulitsas, Ron Paul, George W. Bush, David Kirby, Thomas Jefferson, Libertarian, Campaign for Liberty, Republican Convention, 2008 Election, CNN Poll, Arianna Huffington, Afghanistan War, Daily Kos, Iraq War, Nicholas Sanchez, Joe Scarborough, Tax Day Tea Parties, For Liberty, David Brooks, Alternative Media, Grover Norquist, Tea Party, Republican Party, Swing Voters, Republicans, 2010 Elections, 2012 Election, Politics News

The documentary For Liberty beautifully shows us what Markos Mousitlas called the only true people-powered campaign in 2008: Ron Paul's campaign.

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Talk Radio Inciting Violence? What Happened to Listener Discernment?

Michael D. Brown | Posted 09.22.2009 | Denver

Read More: Holland Cooke, Left Wing, David Sirota, Talk Radio, Violence, Right Wing, Media Bias, Daily Kos, Chris Matthews, Dog Whistles, Denver News

We should never refrain from expressing our opinions with emotions and passions for fear that the nut case will hear it wrong and act out violently.

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Organizing For America: Host A "Health Reform Phone Booth"

Posted 09.18.2009 | Impact

Read More: Daily Kos, Democratic National Committee, Barack Obama, Health Reform, Organizing for America, Health Reform Phone Booth, Impact News

Organizing For America, the online campaign that helped sweep President Obama into office, is asking for help again from its supporters. This time, t...

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Cognitive Dissonance: An Entire Future, Lost in "Reality"

Marshall Fine | Posted 08.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Marshall Fine, Oxygen Channel, Addicted to Beauty, Perez Hilton, Talking Heads, Walter Cronkite, Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, Daily Kos, David Byrne, Entertainment News

Never mind the irony of David Byrne singing "Where is my large automobile?" at this particular moment in economic time -- let's talk about cognitive dissonance.

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Pitchforks, Torches and Tivos (A Conniption Over Harsh Words About A Captive U.S. Soldier)

David Quigg | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Msnbc, Bowe Bergdahl, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Donald Rumsfeld, Guantanamo, Prisoner of War, Taliban, Ralph Peters, Daily Kos, Afghanistan War, Cnn, Jonathan Turley, Army, Military, Anti-War Movement, Activism, Fox News, Torture, Politics News

However bizarre, however stupefyingly premature the Fox pundit's words are, they are something other than what they have become in the re-telling.

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Joe Trippi Apologizes For Blogging Without Revealing Clients And "Sockpuppeting"

dailykos.com | By Joe Trippi | Posted 08.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Daily Kos, Joe Trippi, Sockpuppeting, Carolyn Maloney, Media News

In early 2003, when no one believed in the Dean campaign, there were two individuals and two online communities in particular that were there from the...

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Markos Moulitsas Warns Harry Reid: Franken Win Takes Away Your 60-Vote Excuses (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Daily Kos, Video, Kos, Markos Moulitsas Video, Kos Al Franken, Markos Moulitsas, Al Franken, Markos Moulitsas Al Frank Video, Ed Show, Bill Press, Ed Show Video, Politics News

Markos Moulitsas, founder of the Daily Kos, and Bill Press, a syndicated radio host, were guests on "The Ed Show" tonight to discuss the political imp...

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Fox Nation: The Seedy Underbelly of Rupert Murdoch's Evil Empire?

Karl Frisch | Posted 07.03.2009 | Media

In the two months that followed the website's launch, The Fox Nation has displayed an uncanny ability to mislead readers, twist the truth, spread wild conspiracy theories, and misrepresent the reporting of legitimate journalists.

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From the Mouths of Babes

Bruce Kluger | Posted 06.15.2009 | Home

Read More: Kid's Letters to the President, Beckham Publications Group, Letters to the President, President Obama, Michael Raysses, David Tabatsky, Dear President Obama: Letters of Hope From Children Across America, Bruce Kluger, No Kidding, Thesometimeswhy, Daily Kos, Home News

It's always rewarding to have one's efforts recognized. But I was especially touched to read an essay in this morning's Daily Kos, in which writer M...

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Future Historians: Blogs Drive U.S. Foreign Policy

Ari Melber | Posted 05.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Politics, Orange to Blue, Washington, Cfr, Leslie Gelb, New York Times, Act Blue, Internet Politics, Iraq, Michael Beschloss, Media, Academy, Daily Kos, Foreign Policy, Media News

For Internet politics, the controversial becomes conventional very quickly. This Sunday's New York Times Book Review has a salient example of blogs' ascension within the conventional wisdom.

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Kos: Time For Democrats To Drop Murtha

Daily Kos | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Murtha, Daily Kos, Politics News

House Democrats have been blocking an ethics investigation into this matter. That has to stop now. It was shit like this that helped Democrats lose co...

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DC Journalists Love GOP Obstructionists, But Americans Don't

Jane Hamsher | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Research 2000, Chuck Todd, Mitch McConnell, Congressional Republicans, John Boehner, Eric Cantor, Reid, Daily Kos, Msnbc, Afscme, Ap, Polling, Liz Sidoti, Nancy Pelosi, Congressional Democrats, Harry Reid, Chris Cillizza, Politics News

There appears to be a pretty big gap between what DC journalists think Americans think, and what Americans actually think. Look at the DC media's "winners" and "losers" in the wake of the stimulus bill.

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Palin, The Press, And Her Pregnancy

Eric Boehlert | Posted 02.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Trig Palin, Andrew Sullivan, New York Times, Booman Tribune, Washington Post, John Aravosis, Reuters, Sarah Palin, Daily Kos, Media News

Palin claims the media picked up the rumor from liberal bloggers and then ran with it. Unfortunately in her role as press critic, Palin misremembers the media's role.

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If It's Friday, It's Meet the Bloggers

Kerry Trueman | Posted 01.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Meet the Press, Consumerism, Reverend Billy, Rachel Maddow, Jdimytai Damour, David Gregory, Church of Stop Shopping, Meet the Bloggers, Daily Kos, Video, Media News

Meet The Bloggers brings us the Rev and the righteous Savitri D from the Church of Stop Shopping, along with tips from the Center For A New American Dream's LaToya Peterson on how to simplify the holidays.

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Progressives Angry Over Reports That Karl Rove Likes Things

Lee Stranahan | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: President-Elect Barack Obama, The Wire, Dexter, True Blood, The Beatles, Karl Rove, Barack Obama, Daily Kos, Politics News

Anger, outrage and confusion spread through the progressive political community as sources close to Karl Rove began leaking a list of things that Rove...

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Elephant in the Room: When Will the GOP Join the Blogosphere?

Maegan Carberry and Elizabeth Blackney | Posted 12.11.2008 | Media

Read More: Conservative Media, Liberal Media, Blogosphere, Twitter, Republican Party Internet Outreach, The Huffington Post, Political Talk Radio, Political Blogging, Barack Obama Internet, Bipartisanship 2008, Republican Party Blogosphere, Arianna Huffington, Daily Kos, 2008 Presidential Election, Keith Olbermann Bill O'Reilly, Liberal Media Bias, Conservative Talk Radio, New Media Campaigning, Drudge Report, Barack Obama Internet Campaign, Republican Party Problems, Bipartisanship, Media News

Liberals may be ecstatic about the influence the blogosphere has had on the election results, but thoughtful citizens should have reservations about the absence of conservative dialogue.

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Mormon Church on Prop 8: We Oppose Civil Rights (But Don't Tell)

Rick Jacobs | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mormon Church, Proposition 8, Eric Lee, No on 8, Sclc, Dante Atkins, Thomas Monson, Courage Campaign, Gay Marriage, Daily Kos, California, Kutv, Politics News

On Daily Kos yesterday, Dante Atkins provided a smoking gun memo showing that the Mormon Church has planned for more than a decade to hide behind others in its attempt to suppress civil rights.

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The Unmarried Electorate: 60% Obama, 33% McCain

Bella DePaulo | Posted 11.26.2008 | Politics

But where is the love? When was the last time you heard about this demographic juggernaut on Morning Joe? Where are the network stories or the feature articles in newspapers or magazines?

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McCain Volunteers Finally Roused In Northern Virginia

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.20.2008 | Home

Read More: Abortion, Polls, Star Wars, Congress, Americans With Disabilities Act, John McCain, Abortion Rights, Bloggers, Palin Rallies, Barack Obama Polls, Secret Service, The Front Page, Obama Abortion, Diane Tucker, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Daily Kos, Offthebus, John Mccain Polls, Virginia, Lee Atwater, Abortion Laws, National Security, Sarah Palin, Obama Rally, McCain Abortion, Home News

I peered inside the huge glass windows and saw something unexpected: rows and rows of people on phone banks, dozens of them. It was completely unlike the other McCain "victory offices" I've visited.

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Memo To Media: The Palin Rape-Kit Story Has Not Been "Debunked"

Eric Boehlert | Posted 11.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Confederate Yankee, Time, Cnn, National Review Online, The New York Times, Sara Palin, Amanda Carpenter, Washington Post, Michelle Malkin, Newsweek, Daily Kos, Media News

The press has treated the story as something of a taboo. And the loud, right-wing media claims about it being "debunked" likely add to its untouchable status.

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Kos: Time For Dems To "Get Down In The Mud"

DailyKos | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Daily Kos, Obama Strategy, Karl Rove, Barack Obama, Dem Strategy, Kos Campaign Strategy, Mccain Attacks, Obama Attacks, John McCain, Politics News

Sullivan links to a reader email that asks: It also occurs to me that in a way McCain and Rove have actually simply taken over the liberal blogos...

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The Culture War Option For The Palin Convention

Jay Rosen | Posted 10.04.2008 | Home

Read More: Blogosphere, Liberal Media, John McCain, Culture Wars, Press, Daily Kos, Sarah Palin, Home News

McCain's convention gambit is now a culture war strategy. It depends for its execution on conflict with journalists and bloggers and on confusion between and among the press, the blogosphere, and the Democratic party.

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DailyKos Embraces The Palin 'Fake Pregnancy' Rumor But Rejects The Edwards Story

Lee Stranahan | Posted 10.01.2008 | Media

Read More: Conspiracy Theories, Markos Moulitsas, Sarah Palin, Rumors, Sarah Palin Vice President, Pregnancy, Bristol Palin, Daily Kos, Fake News, Trig Palin, Sarah Palin Pregnancy, Sarah Palin Fake Pregnancy, Daily Kos Palin, Palin Fake Pregnancy, Daily Kos Palin Pregnancy, Daily Kos Bristol Palin, Media News

Progressive standard bearers such as DailyKos have been showing signs lately of stifling dissenting opinions and promoting crazy rumors usually associated with the right.

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