Netroots

Page: 1 2

Netroots Nation 2008: Caucus Refugee

Katie Halper | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

Watch me desperately search for my caucus, for my voice, for my representation. Why are the Netroots excluding me? Why are they so hateful towards me and my people?

Read Post

Media Darlings: The Maverick or The Chosen One?

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

Do reporters like John McCain better? Can Captain Straight Talk Express even complain? And should Obama sidestep his rep as the Anointed One?

Read Post

HuffPost And GQ Throw Party At Netroots Nation (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post, GQ | Katharine Zaleski/Dan Duray | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Texas, Netroots, Photos, Austin, Gq, Jason Linkins, Mario Ruiz, GQ HuffPost Party, HuffPost GQ Party, Netroots Nation Ausin, Nico Pitney, Sam Stein, Katharine Zaleski, Roy Sekoff, Netroots Nation Parties, Politics News

Last Friday night HuffPost and GQ got together to provide some social lubrication outside the Austin convention center for all the bloggers, journalis...

Read Whole Story

Gore Proves Global Warming by Sweating Profusely, and Nine Other Things I Learned at the Netroots Nation/KKK Gathering

Katie Halper | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Contrary to popular belief, bloggers do have a sense of humor. The Netroots Nation gift bags included condoms.

Read Post

Coverage of 'Netroots' Confab Draws Protest

Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.22.2008 | Media

Read More: Netroots, Netroots Nation, Media News

It started innocently enough, with me huddled over a newspaper. A little more than a day later, the front-page article I was getting worked up about, would be pulled from the paper's Web site after a storm of protest. And I had at least a little something to do with it.

Read Post

Nancy Pelosi: "I'm Not Taking Up Any Climate Change Until We Have A Democratic President"

Grist | Kate Sheppard and David Roberts | Posted 07.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Al Gore, Al Gore's Challenge, Ask the Speaker, Al Gore Dar Speech, Nancy Pelosi, Netroots, Al Gore's Climate Challenge, Al Gore Speech, Green News

grist.org For House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), any action on climate change hinges on Barack Obama winning the White House this fall. Only the ...

Read Whole Story

Al Gore "Crashes" Netroots

Jack Hidary | Posted 07.19.2008 | Green

Read More: WeCanSolveIt.Org, Netroots, Clean Energy, Al Gore Netroots, Pelosi Netroots, Nancy Pelosi, Al Gore Speech, Solar Tax Incentives, Melting Ice Caps, Alliance for Climate Protection, Global Warming, Green News

Pelosi's decision to share the stage with Gore is an interesting one. She clearly knew he was coming. But can Gore manage to stay out of the political arena as he skirts so close to it?

Read Post

Paul Krugman: Obama WILL Win -- and Then Media Will Crucify Him

Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Krugman, Netroots, Obama, Barack Obama, Obama Netroots, Obama Media, Krugman Obama, Politics News

Krugman predicte that "within three months of taking office, no, less than three months" the media would be out to get Obama, as much as they had at the high point of anti-Bill Clinton bashing.

Read Post

It's Time For America To Get Smart About Energy

Debbie Cook | Posted 07.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Netroots, Renewable Energy, Energy, Congress, Alternative Energy, 2008 Election, Peak Oil, Green News

More people are now moving past the denial stage and are beginning to consider intelligent responses to the env=ergy problems we will face in the coming decades.

Read Post

Netroots Summit Grapples with Bipartisan Attacks on Rule of Law

Ari Melber | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, George Bush, Netroots, Bush Administration, Netroots Nation, Politics News

Attendees and bloggers at Netroots are disappointed with the emerging, bipartisan consensus in Washington that the lawlessness of the Bush era can largely go unpunished.

Read Post

Netroots Nation and My Campaign

Sherrie Matula | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sherrie Matula, Tom Delay, Texas House, Texas, Netroots, Netroots Nation, Politics News

The netroots connections in Texas have elevated awareness of our campaign as one of the races to take back the Texas Legislature.

Read Post

MoveOn At Ten

The Nation | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Online Activism, Netroots, MoveOn Iraq, Moveon 10 Years, Moveon, MoveOn.Org, Politics News

Five years to the day after American forces began their campaign of "shock and awe" in Iraq, opponents of the war gathered in Washington. While some c...

Read Whole Story

The United States of Money -- Tell Us What You Think

Alex Gibney | Posted 07.16.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Netroots, Abramoff, Jack Abramoff, Lobbyists, Movies, Entertainment News

The story of Jack Abramoff is an intriguing, stranger-than-fiction tale of Washington, D.C.'s tight knit world of members of Congress and the lobbyists who vie for their favor.

Read Post

Netroots Should Tend To The Net's Roots

Art Brodsky | Posted 07.16.2008 | Media

Read More: Netroots, Internet, Technology, Fcc, Net Neutrality, Netroots Nation, Media News

No discussion of the Internet should be complete without a discussion of preserving and protecting the online environment. The big telecom and cable companies want to control which data goes faster.

Read Post

Back-Talking Barack: The Influence of MyBO FISA Group & Netroots Nation

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Karen North, New Yorker, Politics, Obama Newsweek Cover, Netroots, Ted Johnson, Obama, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein, Barack Obama, Politics News

In this week's Wilshire & Washington show, Dr. Karen North stops by to talk about online engagement and how the user-made anti-FISA group on My.BarackObama.com is the way of the future.

Read Post

Are Progressives Making Too Big A Deal Out Of FISA?

Matthew Yglesias | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Surveillance Bill, Warrantless Wiretapping, Wiretapping, Netroots, Fisa, Warrantless Surveillance, Politics News

Scott wonders if people are making too big a deal out of FISA: While I understand there are dozens of real policy difference to disagree with Pre...

Read Whole Story

Obama Web Site Protest Grows

Bob Ostertag | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mybo, Fisa, Politics News, Surveillance, Obama FISA, Netroots, Barack Obama, Networked Activism, Blog, Spying, Politics News

Online protest has continued to grow against Obama's decision to support legislation granting legal immunity to telecom companies that cooperated with the Bush's program of wiretapping without warrants.

Read Post

Surveillance Protest Group Now Tops Obama Website

Ari Melber | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mybo, Obama FISA, Barack Obama, Blog, Networked Activism, Netroots, Surveillance, Spying, Fisa, Politics News

In many Democratic presidential campaigns, this is precisely the time when the base is ignored. Obama's base activists, however, are still getting heard.

Read Post

Obama Needs to Play Offense on the Supreme Court

Doug Kendall | Posted 06.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Netroots, Guantanamo, Supreme Court, Gun Control, John McCain, Child Rape, Barack Obama, Campaign Finance, Exxon Valdez, Politics News

The Obama campaign has promised to play offense this fall. On the Supreme Court, they need to step up to the plate.

Read Post

Barack Obama's Vice President Will Be...

Chris Kelly | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics

Obama just needs a running mate who's old, Hispanic, southern, female and enjoys state-sponsored violence, especially war.

Read Post

Website Allows Obama Supporters To Set Agenda

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Marc Ambinder, Internet Politics, Digg, Obama Netroots Outreach, Netroots, Barack Obama, Politics News

In the June 2008 Atlantic, Marc Ambinder, touching on the remarkable success the Obama campaign has had leveraging the power of online social networki...

Read Whole Story

Who Will be Thrown Under the Clinton Bus Next?

Eric Schmeltzer | Posted 04.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Impeachment, Bill Clinton, George Stephanopoulos, Triangulation, Netroots, Hillary Clinton, Moveon, Barack Obama, Young Activists, Politics News

Without Move On, she would not be Senator Clinton. She would be the wife of disgraced-and-removed former President Clinton. It's a pattern, of tossing aside key supporters, when she believes the political situation calls for it.

Read Post

Obama v. Clinton: Who The Hell Cares?

David Goldstein | Posted 03.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Netroots, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Blogosphere, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Politics News

Obama and Clinton are not, and never have been our candidates; they are merely the last two standing.

Read Post

Nader Runs, Nation Ralphs

David Goldstein | Posted 02.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Netroots, Green Party, 2008 Election, Ralph Nader, Politics News

That Nader can't see the slow motion political revolution unfolding before his eyes reveals him to be as much a part of the ossified political establishment as the politicians he reviles.

Read Post

Will MoveOn Pick Obama or Clinton Today?

Ari Melber | Posted 01.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Netroots, Moveon Primary, Obama, Moveon, Clinton, MoveOn.Org, moveon.org Endrosement, Politics News

MoveOn could blunt lingering Democratic concerns that Obama's post-partisanship is too nice for the inevitable battles ahead, or validate Clinton's argument that she is the toughest Democrat in the race.

Read Post

Page: 1 2