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Daily Kos

Created by Markos Moulitsas
Political affiliation progressive/liberal
Website dailykos.com

Daily Kos (IPA: /koʊs/) is an American political blog, publishing news and opinion from a liberal or progressive point of view. Markos Moulitsas Zúñiga (born 11 September 1971) often known by his Username and former military moniker "Kos" ( kōs) is the In US history the term Progressivism refers to a broadly based reform movement that reached its height early in the 20th century Liberalism in the United States is a broad political and philosophical mindset favoring individual Liberty, and opposing restrictions on liberty whether they come from The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Politics of the United States takes place in the framework of a presidential, Federal republic where the President of the United States (the Head of A blog (a contraction of the term " Web log " is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary descriptions of Liberalism in the United States is a broad political and philosophical mindset favoring individual Liberty, and opposing restrictions on liberty whether they come from In US history the term Progressivism refers to a broadly based reform movement that reached its height early in the 20th century It functions as a discussion forum and group blog for a variety of netroots activists, whose efforts are primarily directed toward influencing and strengthening the Democratic Party. Netroots is a recent term coined to describe political Activism organized through blogs and other online media including Wikis and Social The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Additionally, the site features a participatory political encyclopedia, glossaries, and other permanent content. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages

Daily Kos is among the most popular examples of a collaborative blog, offering comment posting privileges to its visitors. A collaborative blog is a type of Weblog which publishes posts written by multiple users Daily Kos was founded by Markos Moulitsas (Kos from the last syllable of his first name) in 2002. Markos Moulitsas Zúñiga (born 11 September 1971) often known by his Username and former military moniker "Kos" ( kōs) is the In 2007 parent company Kos Media, LLC began a fellowship program to help fund a new generation of progressive or liberal activists. Liberalism in the United States is a broad political and philosophical mindset favoring individual Liberty, and opposing restrictions on liberty whether they come from About a dozen contributing editors provide content for the site, with 3-4 new editors being chosen from the Daily Kos community every year.

Daily Kos has an average weekday traffic of about 519,000 visits,[1] and has between 14 million and 24 million visits per month. [2] It is financially sustained by advertising, with Google AdSense and Blogads. Advertising is a form of Communication that typically attempts to persuade potential Customers to Purchase or to consume more of a particular Brand AdSense is an advertisement serving program run by Google. Website owners can enroll in this program to enable text image and more recently video Advertisements Blogads is an online ad network based in Carrboro, North Carolina that provides advertising services to both Bloggers and advertisers The ads focus mostly on activist causes, media, and political candidates. Members can also purchase an ad-free subscription to the site if they so desire.

Daily Kos members are referred to as Kossacks, a pun on Cossacks. The Cossacks (Каза́ки́ Kazaki; Козаки́ Kozaki; Kozacy are a group of martial people living in the southern Steppe regions of Eastern

The website runs on the Scoop content management system. Scoop is a Content management system originally developed by Rusty Foster.

Contents

Content

Moulitsas and a small group of selected users post entries directly to the front page; other users can post "diaries," the titles of which appear on the front page in reverse chronological order, with special attention and longer display time for those diaries highly recommended by other users. The other major source of content is the myriad comments posted in response to front page entries and diaries. Comments for popular or controversial diaries or front page threads can run into the thousands.

Front page entries and diaries often take the form of a news story from an outside source interspersed with commentary from the author of the diary or post. Sometimes these stories contain a request for action from other members of the community, such as to get involved with a particular campaign, give money to a candidate or contact an elected official about an issue. Some front page entries are called "open threads", which are an open platform for comments on any issue. One of the most popular versions of these open threads are "live threads" of commentary on important events happening in real time, such as debates or elections.


Contributors

Prominent contributors

Numerous political figures use Daily Kos to publish frequent or occasional content, including consultants, candidates, and sitting members of Congress. Prominent posters include:

Current officeholders
Former officeholders
Candidates
Former candidates
Consultants
Commentators
Authors

Contributing Editors

Guest bloggers

Beginning in 2003, as his blog expanded to a community, Kos appointed four or five "guest bloggers" (also called "front page diarists," "contributing editors," "front-pagers," and simply "FPers") who are selected from the community and tasked with regular contributions on the front page (without needing to have their articles recommended or promoted). Ross C "Rocky" Anderson (born September 9, 1951) is the former Mayor of Salt Lake City Utah. Earl Blumenauer (born August 16, 1948) is a Democratic US representative from Oregon, representing. Debra Bowen (born October 27 1955) is a California Politician from the Democratic Party. Barbara Levy Boxer (born 11 November 1940 is an American Democratic Politician and the current junior U Mark B Cohen (born June 3, 1949) is a Democratic Party member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives since 1974 John Conyers Jr (born May 16, 1929) is a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Michigan's 14th congressional district Jon Stevens Corzine (born January 1 1947 is the Governor of New Jersey and a former United States Senator Russell Dana "Russ" Feingold (born March 2, 1953) is an American politician from the U Barton Jennings (Bart Gordon (born January 24, 1949) is a United States Representative from Tennessee, representing the state's 6th Congressional Jennifer Mulhern Granholm (born February 5 1959 in Vancouver British Columbia) is a Canadian -born American Politician, former Attorney Thomas Richard "Tom" Harkin (born November 19 1939 is a Democratic Senator from Iowa serving in his fourth senate term Jane Harman is also a pseudonym of the British author Terry Harknett. Steven L Kagen MD (born December 12 1949 in Appleton Wisconsin) is a Physician and Politician from the state of Wisconsin. Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy (born February 22 1932 is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic } John Forbes Kerry (born December 11 1943 is an American Politician who is currently serving his fourth term as the junior United States Senator For the illustrator see Jim McDermott (illustrator. James Adelbert "Jim" McDermott (born December 28 1936 Ralph Bradley "Brad" Miller (born May 19, 1953) is an American lawyer and politician from North Carolina, currently representing James Patrick "Jim" Moran Jr (born 16 May 1945 in Buffalo New York) has represented the of Virginia since 1991 Christopher S Murphy (b August 3 1973, White Plains New York) is an American politician member of the Democratic Party Frank Pallone Jr (born October 30, 1951 in Long Branch, New Jersey) is an American Democratic Politician, who David Alexander Paterson (born May 20 1954 is an American politician and the current Governor of New York. Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi (born March 26 1940 is the current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Harry Mason Reid (born December 2 1939 is the senior United States Senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party, as well as Andrew Monroe Rice (born April 23, 1973) represents the Oklahoma State Senate district 46 William Blaine "Bill" Richardson III (born November 15, 1947) is the current Governor of New Mexico and was a candidate for the 2008 Ciro Davis Rodriguez (born December 9 1946) is a Democratic Congressman who represents Texas's 23rd congressional district. Brian David Schweitzer (born September 4, 1955) is an American politician from the U Charles Ellis "Chuck" Schumer (born November 23, 1950) is the senior U Louise McIntosh Slaughter (born August 14, 1929) is an American Democratic Party Politician, currently representing New Linda Stender (born July 25, 1951) is an American Democratic Party Politician who has served in the New Jersey General Ted Strickland (born August 4 1941) is an American politician of the Democratic party, and the current governor of the state Jon Tester (born August 21, 1956) is an Organic farmer and junior U Henry Arnold Waxman (born September 12, 1939 in Los Angeles California) is an American politician. James Henry "Jim" Webb Jr (born February 9 1946 is the Junior Senator from Virginia. Anthony David Weiner ( "weener" born September 4, 1964) is a Democratic Politician from New York. Lynn C Woolsey (born November 3, 1937) American politician has been a liberal Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives Birch Evans Bayh II (born January 22, 1928) is a former United States Senator from Indiana (1963 to 1981 Robert Christopher "Chris" Bell (born November 23, 1959) is a Democratic Party Politician in the United States. James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr (born October 1 1924 was the thirty-ninth President of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981 and the recipient of the 2002 Johnny Reid "John" Edwards (born June 10 1953 Joseph Robert "Bob" Kerrey (born August 27 1943 is a former Democratic Governor of Nebraska from 1983 to 1987 and a U Eliot Laurence Spitzer (born June 10, 1959) is an American lawyer and former politician of the Democratic Party. Thomas James Vilsack, born December 13, 1950, is an American politician a member of the Democratic Party, and served as the 40th Governor of Mark Robert Warner (born December 15, 1954) is an American politician and businessman from the U Mark P Begich (born 1962 is an American Democratic Party politician and the current mayor of Anchorage Alaska. Larry Kissell (born January 31, 1951) is a American Social studies High school teacher former Textile worker Larry LaRocco (born August 25, 1946) is a Democratic Politician from the U Eric J Massa is a Democratic politician from Corning New York most notable for his two runs against Randy Kuhl to represent New York's Dr Jerry Northington (born November 30 1946 sought the Democratic Party nomination for the U Barry Welsh is a Democratic candidate for Congress in Indiana's 6th congressional district (see map in the 2008 House elections. Peter Lynn "Pete" Ashdown (born January 11 1967) is the founder and CEO of Utah 's first independent and oldest Internet service John William "Jack" Carter, (born July 3 1947) is an American Businessman and Politician who unsuccessfully ran for the Wesley Kanne Clark, KBE (born December 23 1944 is a retired General of the United States Army. Paul Lewis Hackett III (born March 30 1962 is a lawyer and veteran of the Iraq War who unsuccessfully sought election to the United States Congress from the Lois Herr (born December 23, 1941 in Hershey Pennsylvania) is an aspiring American politician and a Lancaster County, Pennsylvania John Laesch (born January Edward Miner "Ned" Lamont Jr (born January 3, 1954 Lois Murphy (born February 27, 1963 in Hempstead New York) is a Democrat from the state of Pennsylvania, who unsuccessfully Scudder Parker is a Democratic politician from Vermont. Parker grew up on a Dairy farm in a region of Vermont known as the Northeast Kingdom Jeff Seemann is an American Politician of the Democratic Party. Jonathan Tasini (born 1956 in Houston Texas) is a strategist organizer activist commentator and writer primarily focusing his energies on the topics of work Bill Winter (born 1964 is an American Lawyer who is an Assistant District Attorney in Denver, Colorado. David J Sirota (born 1975) is an American political figure and Commentator. Alan Whitney Brown (born July 8 1952) is an Emmy Award -winning writer and comedian probably best known for his recurring appearances on Saturday Michael Francis Moore (born April 23 1954 is an Academy Award -winning American filmmaker author and liberal Political commentator. Keith Olbermann (born January 27 1959 is an American Sportscaster, news anchor, and Political commentator. Michael Richard Schiavo (born April 3, 1963) was the husband of Terri Schiavo, who became a public figure in a national debate over end-of-life Samuel Lincoln Seder (born November 28, 1966) is a Comedian, Writer, Actor, Film director, Television producer Glen David Brin, PhD (born October 6, 1950) is an American scientist and award-winning author of Science fiction. Robert Altemeyer, also known as Bob Altemeyer, or Dr Bob by his students is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Manitoba John Wesley Dean III (born October 14, 1938) was White House Counsel to U

Additionally, while on the promotional tour for Crashing the Gate, Kos turned over much of the day-to-day management to the 2006 guest bloggers. Billmon is the pseudonym of a prominent American blogger who wrote commentary on various political and economic issues of the day from a Left-wing perspective Steve Gilliard ( November 13, 1964 – June 2, 2007) was a freelance journalist and Left-wing political blogger who Crashing the Gate Netroots Grassroots and the Rise of People Powered Politics is a Book (ISBN 1-931498-99-7 authored by American political bloggers Emeritus guest bloggers have frequently retained some privileges depending on circumstances, but are not expected to post as often.

A front-page diarist known as "Armando" (Armando Lloréns-Sar)[5][6]took a prominent role during Moulitsas' book hiatus in 2005 and was well known for his foreign policy and legal analysis. He also had his own political blogging website, called Swords Crossed, and was a guest political commentator in a wide variety of media outlets, including The Majority Report and Talking Points Memo Cafe. A pundit is someone who offers to mass-media his/her opinion or commentary on a particular subject area (most typically political analysis, the Social sciences The Majority Report was a Talk radio program on the Air America Radio network hosted by film actress and comedienne Janeane Garofalo and Talking Points Memo (or TPM) is a liberal web-based Political journalism organization created and run by Josh Marshall. After his identity and details of his legal career were made widely known, he announced his departure from Daily Kos in June 2006, citing loss of anonymity. [7] For 2 months, Armando would resurface periodically, and all of his comments were accompanied by a signature line stating that he would be returning to blogging in December 2006. Armando did indeed resurface, albeit under a user ID, "Big Tent Democrat," in September 2006. Armando "Big Tent Democrat" then left the Daily Kos site again in March 2007, citing "differences with the management. "

Another contributor posts pseudonymously as "DarkSyde" on the front page of Daily Kos and a blog called Unscrewing the Inscrutable. He is best known as a science writer with specific attention paid to biology, astronomy, and political issues such as creationism or climate change. "Creationism" can also refer to Creation myths in general or to a concept about the origin of the soul. In particular, DarkSyde's Hurricane Katrina diaries were widely read during the storm and in the immediate aftermath. Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest hurricane, as well as one of the five deadliest in the history of the United States They are included in a collection of science articles in the e-book Kosmos: You Are Here, co-written with science fiction novelist Mark Sumner and illustrated by paleowildlife artist Carl Buell. All the contributors to Kosmos donated the proceeds to fund the YearlyKos convention.

"Bill in Portland Maine" (Bill Harnsberger)[8] is a front page regular, best known for his recurring Cheers & Jeers feature, in which he bestows plaudits and brickbats on various newsmakers. Cheers & Jeers, which first appeared on Daily Kos on 9 December 2003, has evolved into a mini-community within the larger Daily Kos community, in which members post announcements about weddings, engagements, births, deaths, pet news, and other personal items, as well as sharing their own particular plaudits and brickbats. Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. He lives with his partner Michael (known as "Common Sense Mainer"), a cat named Vegas, and his beloved chocolate lab, Molly. In the fall of 2007, Harnsberger lost his job, and the Daily Kos community collected $50,000 in pledges to allow him to continue to write Cheers & Jeers as a full-time paid position.

On June 2, 2007, Steve Gilliard, one of the blog's original contributors, died at the age of 42. Steve Gilliard ( November 13, 1964 – June 2, 2007) was a freelance journalist and Left-wing political blogger who

Campaign fundraising

During the 2004 U. S. election campaign, Daily Kos readers gave approximately $500,000 in user donations to fifteen Democratic candidates denoted as most needing funds. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. The candidates were Tony Miller, Ben Konop, Daniel Mongiardo, Richard Romero, Samara Barend, Jeff Seemann, Nancy Farmer, Ginny Schrader, Jan Schneider, Lois Murphy, Jim Newberry, Brad Carson, Tony Knowles, Stan Matsunaka and Richard Morrison. Tony Miller (born June 22, 1947) is a US Politician from Kentucky. Ben Konop was the Democratic Party candidate in Ohio 's Fourth Congressional District for the United States House of Representatives in 2004 and received Daniel Mongiardo, (born July 4, 1960) is a physician a Democratic United States Politician, and Lieutenant Governor from the Samara "Sam" Barend was the 2004 Democratic Party Nominee for the U Jeff Seemann is an American Politician of the Democratic Party. Nancy Farmer (born September 11, 1956) is a former State Treasurer of the U Dr Jan Schneider (born June 3, 1947) is a Democratic Politician. Lois Murphy (born February 27, 1963 in Hempstead New York) is a Democrat from the state of Pennsylvania, who unsuccessfully Jim Newberry was elected Mayor of Lexington Kentucky on November 7 2006 and was sworn into office on December 31 2006 Bradley Rogers "Brad" Carson (born March 11, 1967) is an American Lawyer and Politician from the state of Anthony Carroll Knowles (born January 1 1943 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American Democratic politician and businessman who Stanley Toshi Matsunaka (born November 12, 1953) is a former Democratic member of the State Senate of the U All of these candidates lost. However, Moulitsas had stated that he was deliberately selecting candidates who were not receiving significant financial support from other sources; candidates who were expected to win — or even be competitive — were, by and large, already being funded by the DNC, DCCC, and other national and regional organizations. The Democratic National Committee (DNC is the principal organization governing the United States Democratic Party on a day to day basis The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (commonly referred to as the " D triple C," or the " D-Trip " is the Democratic Hill

He also argued that the campaign was successful in that it forced several Republican incumbents to spend time and money defending "safe" seats that they had never had to defend before. For example, between Tom DeLay in Texas and Marilyn Musgrave in Colorado, Moulitsas calculates that the seed money provided by the blog's fundraising tied up well over ten times as much GOP money in return, and kept two of the GOP's most prolific fundraisers back home campaigning in their own districts for several weeks each, rather than roaming the country raising money for other candidates, as they had in past elections. Thomas Dale DeLay (born April 8 1947 is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Sugar Land, Texas. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. Marilyn Neoma Musgrave (born January 27, 1949) American politician has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives The State of Colorado ( or chiefly by nonresidents) is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. A seed round, sometimes known as a friends and family round or seed funding, is a Securities offering whereby one or more parties that have some connection At least two of his candidates came exceptionally close to winning what would have been significant upsets.

Daily Kos led a fundraising campaign again in the 2006 midterm election campaign in conjunction with MyDD and Swing State Project. MyDD is a popular collaborative politically progressive American politics blog. This time around, they raised over 1. 4 million dollars for 17 "Netroots Candidates," of which 8 were victorious: Jim Webb (VA-Sen), Jon Tester (MT-Sen), Tim Walz (MN-01), Joe Sestak (PA-07), Ciro Rodriguez (TX-23), Patrick Murphy (PA-08), Jerry McNerney (CA-11), Paul Hodes (NH-02). James Henry "Jim" Webb Jr (born February 9 1946 is the Junior Senator from Virginia. Jon Tester (born August 21, 1956) is an Organic farmer and junior U Timothy J Walz (born April 6, 1964) is an American politician. Joseph A "Joe" Sestak Jr (born December 12 1951) is a retired United States Navy Vice admiral (United Statesand is the Ciro Davis Rodriguez (born December 9 1946) is a Democratic Congressman who represents Texas's 23rd congressional district. Also see Patrick Murphy (disambiguation Patrick Joseph Murphy (born October 19 1973) is the Congressman from Pennsylvania's Gerald "Jerry" McNerney (born June 18, 1951) is an Engineer, Energy specialist and politician from the U Paul Hodes (born March 21, 1951 in New York City New York) is an attorney from the U Several other Kos-endorsed candidates came within 3 percentage points of winning: Larry Kissell (NC-08), Gary Trauner (WY-AL), Linda Stender (NJ-07) and Darcy Burner (WA-08). Larry Kissell (born January 31, 1951) is a American Social studies High school teacher former Textile worker Gary S Trauner (born 1958) is a Wyoming Businessman and the Democratic nominee for ( map his state's lone seat in the U Linda Stender (born July 25, 1951) is an American Democratic Party Politician who has served in the New Jersey General Darcy Gibbons Burner (born November 12, 1970) is a Democrat from Carnation, Washington. The success of these candidates can be simultaneously considered a cause and effect of the Democratic wave in the 2006 election: fundraising on Daily Kos and other progressive/liberal blogs/websites contributed heavily to this and other races, boosting recognition of Democratic candidates across the board; on the other hand, the general anti-Bush, anti-incumbency sentiment across the country helped boost these candidates and others on the Democratic side.

YearlyKos convention

Main article: YearlyKos

In June 2006, members of Daily Kos organized the first ever political blogger convention, called YearlyKos, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Las Vegas ( Spanish: "The Meadows" is the most populous City in the state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally The event was attended by approximately 1000[9] bloggers and featured appearances by prominent Democrats such as Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, California Senator Barbara Boxer, General Wesley Clark, Governors Mark Warner, Bill Richardson, Tom Vilsack and DNC Chair Howard Dean. Harry Mason Reid (born December 2 1939 is the senior United States Senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party, as well as California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Barbara Levy Boxer (born 11 November 1940 is an American Democratic Politician and the current junior U Wesley Kanne Clark, KBE (born December 23 1944 is a retired General of the United States Army. Mark Robert Warner (born December 15, 1954) is an American politician and businessman from the U William Blaine "Bill" Richardson III (born November 15, 1947) is the current Governor of New Mexico and was a candidate for the 2008 Thomas James Vilsack, born December 13, 1950, is an American politician a member of the Democratic Party, and served as the 40th Governor of Howard Brush Dean III, (born November 17 1948 is an American The event was widely covered in the traditional media including Capitol Hill Blue,[10] The Boston Globe[11] and MSNBC[12]. C-Span also carried portions of the convention. C-SPAN (officially the Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network) is an American Cable television network dedicated to airing non-stop coverage [13]

The event was generally[14] considered a success. YearlyKos 2007 took place in Chicago in August 2007, at which time it was announced that future conventions would be known as Netroots Nation. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. [15]

Controversy

Dean campaign consultancy

In 2003, Moulitsas was retained by the Howard Dean campaign as a technical advisor, an arrangement he disclosed on the site the next day. Howard Brush Dean III, (born November 17 1948 is an American [16] A year and a half later, when Daily Kos criticized Armstrong Williams for accepting money to promote George W. Bush's education agenda (including the No Child Left Behind Act), The Wall Street Journal reported on the payment to Moulitsas as well as a similar payment to Jerome Armstrong. Armstrong Williams (born February 5, 1959) is an African-American political commentator who writes a conservative Newspaper George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-110 often abbreviated in print as NCLB and sometimes shortened in pronunciation to "nickelbee" is a controversial Jerome Armstrong (born February 26 1964 in Los Angeles California) is an American political strategist aligned with the Democratic Party. [1] Zephyr Teachout said,

On Dean’s campaign, we paid Markos and Jerome Armstrong as consultants, largely in order to ensure that they said positive things about Dean. Zephyr Rain Teachout is a visiting assistant law professor at Duke University. We paid them over twice as much as we paid two staffers of similar backgrounds, and they had several other clients. While they ended up also providing useful advice, the initial reason for our outreach was explicitly to buy their airtime. To be very clear, they never committed to supporting Dean for the payment -- but it was very clearly, internally, our goal.

The Journal reporters have been criticized for equating the two events (Moulitsas and Armstrong were not journalists) and for "burying" deep in the article the information that Moulitsas had promptly — and prominently — disclosed the payment, and that Armstrong had stopped blogging entirely while working for Dean. [17] Trippi explained in an interview with Dave Winer that he wanted Kos so that Kos wouldn't go work for Clark or anyone else. [18]

Meanwhile, Chris Suellentrop of Slate criticized Moulitsas not for taking money from the Dean campaign — something he told his readers about — but for working as a political consultant for candidates for whom he raised money on his site. Slate is an English-language online current affairs and culture Magazine created in 1996 by former New Republic editor Michael Political consulting, beyond the self-evident definition of consulting in political matters refers to a specific Management consulting industry which has grown up around [19] Moulitsas has refused to disclose the names of his clients, citing non-disclosure agreements signed with the candidates in question; on the other hand, neither his name nor that of Armstrong Zúniga LLC has been reported in the Federal Election Commission financial disclosure forms of any of the "Kos Dozen" candidates. A non-disclosure agreement (NDA also known as a confidentiality agreement, confidential disclosure agreement (CDA proprietary information agreement The Federal Election Commission (or FEC) is an independent regulatory agency that was founded in 1975 by the United States Congress to regulate the

Armstrong Zúniga shut down after the 2004 political cycle, and Moulitsas has done no consulting since then.

Fallujah comments

Daily Kos attracted some controversy in April 2004 by publishing comments (written by Moulitsas) about the killings of four private military contractors in Fallujah, Iraq that many considered to be insensitive:

Let the people see what war is like. A private military company ( PMC) provides specialized expertise or services of a military nature sometimes called or classified as Mercenary ("soldiers for hire" For other meanings see Fallujah (disambiguation. Fallujah (الفلوجة sometimes transliterated For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. This isn’t an Xbox game. There are real repercussions to Bush’s folly. That said, I feel nothing over the death of merceneries. [sic] They aren’t in Iraq because of orders, or because they are there trying to help the people make Iraq a better place. Sic is a Latin word meaning "thus" "so" "as such" or "just as that" They are there to wage war for profit. Screw them. [20]

The post was widely criticized on a number of blogs. John Kerry's official blog removed a link to his blog in response. } John Forbes Kerry (born December 11 1943 is an American Politician who is currently serving his fourth term as the junior United States Senator [21] In a subsequent article, Moulitsas attributed his remarks to anger that the Blackwater employees in Fallujah were given more attention than the five Marines who were killed on the same day, as well as to childhood memories of warfare in El Salvador. Blackwater Worldwide, formerly Blackwater USA, is a Private military company founded in 1997 by Erik Prince and Al Clark El Salvador ( República de El Salvador,) is a country in Central America. [22]

2008: Conflict between supporters of Obama and Clinton

In early 2008, a major conflict, perhaps spurred on by founder Markos Moulitsas, erupted between Daily Kos contributors due to the rivalry between the two Democratic presidential candidates they supported: Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26 1947 is the junior United States Senator from [23] The New York Times reported,

On Friday, it got to be too much for Alegre, a diarist on the flagship liberal blog DailyKos, who frequently writes in support of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. "I've put up with the abuse and anger because I've always believed in what our online community has tried to accomplish in this world," Alegre wrote Friday evening. "No more. " Objecting to the tone of attacks against Mrs. Clinton and her supporters on the blog, the diarist called for a "writers strike. " "This is a strike - a walkout over unfair writing conditions at DailyKos. It does not mean that if conditions get better I won't 'work' at DailyKos again," Alegre wrote, promising to come back only "if we ever get to the point where we're engaging each other in discussion rather than facing off in shouting matches. "[24]

ABC News senior correspondent Jake Tapper described the disagreement:

This is how ugly things have gotten between supporters of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama -- Clinton supporters are staging what they call a "strike" at the influential liberal website DailyKos. . . . [T]hese diarists' boycott of DailyKos is indicative of the turmoil in which the Democratic party finds itself. [23]

On Mar. 17 2008, Moulitsas stated that Senator Hillary Clinton did not stand for the principles behind The Daily Kos and said Clinton "doesn't deserve fairness on this site. " He equated the Democratic primary to a "civil war. " His statement was precipitated by a 'strike' conducted by several prominent pro-Clinton bloggers, even though none of these posters were paid or in anyway officially linked to the site. Moulitsas noted that if bloggers were dissatisfied, there were plenty of other websites at which to blog. [2][3]

Related sites

Street Prophets is a "Daily Kos Community" focusing on the intersection of faith and politics, launched in 2005 by Moulitsas and Rev. Daniel Schultz (known by his username "pastordan"), a United Church of Christ minister from Wisconsin. The United Church of Christ ( UCC) is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination principally in the United States, Wisconsin ( or wɪˈskɑnsɨn (French Ouisconsin) is one of the fifty United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States

MotherTalkers is another "Daily Kos Community" focusing on the intersection of motherhood and politics. The three mom bloggers, Elisa Batista, Erika Chavez and Gloria Riesgo, share their take on modern motherhood and the relevant news that affects parents everywhere. The site has a cohesive feel, yet each blogger has a different voice.

In April 2004, Daily Kos started dKosopedia. com, a political wiki to compile relevant information for netroots efforts, with its contents licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. Politics Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions A wiki is a page or collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content using a simplified Markup language. Netroots is a recent term coined to describe political Activism organized through blogs and other online media including Wikis and Social The GNU Free Documentation License ( GNU FDL or simply GFDL) is a Copyleft License for free documentation designed by the Free Software It applies open politics methods from George Lakoff's book Moral Politics. The open politics theory combines aspects of the Free software and Open content movements promoting Decision making methods claimed to be more open "Lakoff" and "Professor Lakoff" redirect here Moral Politics How Liberals and Conservatives Think is a 1996 book by cognitive linguist George Lakoff. Its initial impetus was the compilation of FOIA records for the ACLU case against alleged Geneva Convention violations at the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp. The American Civil Liberties Union ( ACLU) consists of two separate Non-profit organizations the ACLU Foundation a 501(c(3 organization which focuses The Geneva Conventions consist of four Treaties formulated in Geneva, Switzerland, that set the standards for International law for humanitarian The Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp is a controversial United States Detention center operated by Joint Task Force Guantanamo since 2002 in Guantanamo Some of its conventions are copied from Wikipedia and other projects in the GFDL corpus, including article names for neutral or non-controversial concepts like the names of elections. As of February 2008, dKosopedia had 13,962 articles.

Notable DailyKos diaries are often adapted into dKosopedia articles. Compilation of timelines and profiles on political rivals are other major projects.

References

  1. ^ Daily Kos: Site Summary. Sitemeter. Retrieved on 2007-12-20. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor.
  2. ^ Daily Kos: This Year's Visits by Month. Sitemeter. Retrieved on 2006-10-04. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas
  3. ^ kos (2005-12-06). Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Changing of the Guard. Daily Kos. Retrieved on 2006-10-05. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople
  4. ^ kos (2005-12-12). Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian The 2006 class of guest bloggers. Retrieved on 2006-10-05. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople
  5. ^ Media Blog on National Review Online
  6. ^ Speakers - Bay Area Law School Technology Conference, 2005
  7. ^ Armando (2006-06-07). Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins Blogging Anonymity. Daily Kos. Retrieved on 2006-10-04. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas
  8. ^ North By East: Blogging Liberally. Downeast Magazine (2006-11-01). Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Retrieved on 2007-03-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 238 - Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor.
  9. ^ Bernstein, David S. . "How to neuter the Republicans", The Phoenix, 2006-06-21. The Phoenix is the name of several Alternative weekly Newspapers published by Phoenix Media/Communications Group of Boston Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. Retrieved on 2006-07-19. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic.  
  10. ^ Thompson, Doug. "On second thought…", Capitol Hill Blue, 2006-07-16. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Retrieved on 2006-07-19. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic.  
  11. ^ Grynbaum, Michael M. . "Bloggers battle old-school media for political clout", The Boston Globe, 2006-07-06. The Boston Globe (and Boston Sunday Globe) is the most widely circulated daily Newspaper in Boston and in New England, Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1044 - The Battle of Ménfő takes place 1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England Retrieved on 2006-07-19. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic.  
  12. ^ Curry, Tom. "Warner looks left, looks right, looks toward '08", MSNBC, 2006-06-16. MSNBC is a 24-hour cable television news channel based in the United States and available in Canada. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. Retrieved on 2006-07-19. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic.  
  13. ^ C-Span. Retrieved on 2006-07-19. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic.
  14. ^ Yearly Kos Tag, Listing of Diaries on Daily Kos. Retrieved on 2006-07-19. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic.
  15. ^ YearlyKos (2006-10-03). Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's And the YearlyKos 2007 location is..... Daily Kos. Retrieved on 2006-10-04. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas
  16. ^ Full Disclosure. Daily Kos (2003-06-09). Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits Retrieved on 2006-10-05. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople
  17. ^ Montopoli, Brian (2005-01-14). Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. It's a Pig, Anyway You Look at It. Columbia Journalism Review. The Columbia Journalism Review (CJR is an American magazine for professional journalists published bimonthly by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Retrieved on 2006-10-04. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas
  18. ^ Spider Jerusalem (2005-01-15). Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign TRANSCRIPT: Dave Winer interviews Trippi on WSJ story & blogging ethics (with poll). Daily Kos. Retrieved on 2006-10-04. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas
  19. ^ Suellentrop, Chris. "Blogging for Dollars", Slate, 2005-01-14. Slate is an English-language online current affairs and culture Magazine created in 1996 by former New Republic editor Michael Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Retrieved on 2006-10-04. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas  
  20. ^ kos (2004-04-01). "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Every death should be on the front page. Daily Kos. Retrieved on 2006-10-04. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas
  21. ^ "Murderous rhetoric", The Spectator, April 10, 2004. For other uses see Spectator. The Spectator is a weekly British Magazine first published on 6 July See also Adam L. Penenberg (2004-07-07). "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death John Kerry and the Lost Kos. Wired News. Retrieved on 2006-11-12. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days
  22. ^ kos (2004-04-02). "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Mercenaries, war, and my childhood. Daily Kos. Retrieved on 2006-10-04. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas
  23. ^ a b Tapper, Jake. "Clinton-Obama War Creates Serious Tensions at DailyKos." ABC News Political Punch, March 15, 2008.
  24. ^ Wheaton, Sarah. "Blogtalk: Pro-Clinton Bloggers Boycott Kos. New York Times: The Caucus," March 15, 2008.

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