Hold Fast

Judd Legum used to write for ThinkProgress. He’s currently running for state legislature in Maryland and is a prime example of how this young generation of political activists are moving away from advocacy, writing, and organizing and towards seeing public service as an outlet for their commitment to change. Judd really is the first A-List [...]

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Reading Peter Daou’s post at his new project, Consider This News, on the bipartisan repudiation of the left wing of American politics, I caught this line: I challenge anyone to envision a President Barack Obama without the unrelenting defiance of the netroots during the Bush years. While I personally agree 100% with Daou’s sentiment that [...]

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Hillary Clinton’s internet guru Peter Daou has a very interesting column on Huffington Post today, asking “Why on Earth Are Democrats Legitimizing and Empowering Rush Limbaugh?” I think evaluating whether or not elevating an ideologue like Limbaugh is valuable. Daou’s posts and the comments and his detailed updates reveal a lot of thought on the [...]

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What Glenn Greenwald said: When Obama does things that warrant praise — when he appoints someone like Dawn Johnsen as OLC Chief, or defies Beltway demands by going outside of the intelligence community to find his CIA Director — he should be praised.  When he does things that warrant criticism — such as going on [...]

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My friend Josh Bolotsky of Living Liberally asked me what my new year’s resolution as a progressive was for a post on Open Left. Here’s what I said: The power of the liberal blogosphere is only as great as the willingness of bloggers, commenters, and readers to take action when called upon by our peers. [...]

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One of the issues that regular takes up untold millions of pixels in the realm of meta blogging is the extent to which statewide local blogs are replacing local news coverage. Local papers have had shrinking staffs for a long time, but it’s become dramatic in recent years. More and more papers are removing their [...]

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Per Markos, it’s clear that the joke is and has always been on us.The question remains how we respond to being the butt of a joke before we pick up our marbles and go home. Just to be clear, here’s the Way Things Work, as listed by kos but previously observed by anyone who has [...]

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My former co-blogger Austin Evers sent me this quote from law professor Cass Sunstein. Conformity is often a sensible course of action; we do our best, by our own lights, if we do what others do.  One reason we conform is that we often lack much information on our own, and the decisions of others [...]

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Jane Hamsher goes on Rachel Maddow’s show to talk about Obama staffing decisions regarding Bob Gates and John Brennan. Jane and Rachel put forward what is probably the best analysis on TV of what’s happening with the Obama administration and the online progressive response to some picks that run contrary to who his online supporters [...]

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Shannyn Moore writes a long note to Keith Olbermann for breaking up with her — to the extent that he’s been bashing Alaska and happily turning his back on Sarah Palin’s constituency. It’s a true homage to Alaska and the fight for progressive values that has gone on there during the state’s history. Here’s a [...]

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