Daily Kos

"Daily Kos" is a popular liberal/progressive political weblog founded by Markos Moulitsas (Zúniga) on May 26, 2002. According to Moulitsas (kos), "while the Bush administration was calling descent in the face of the preemptive war in Iraq unpatriotic and treasonous, veteran, Moulitsas was offended that the freedoms he pledged his life for were so carelessly being tossed aside by the reckless and destructive Republican administration".  The weblog contains "political analysis and other daily rants on the state of the Nation".

"Daily Kos" is collaborative in that users can register and post in a diary. As of December 2008, however, it is rare for any old diary writer to get featured. "Daily Kos" 2008 features an editor, publisher, Moulitas, and executive editor, several contributing editors and a couple of featured writers. You will find diaries from many people of prominence, from Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi to former president Jimmy Carter.

As of December, 2008, "Daily Kos" consistently ranked in the top 50 of all weblogs as well as in the technorati top 100. Daily Kos calls itself "the premiere political community on the web".

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Daily Kos”

• Bachmann wishes she were “more artful” at communicating

  
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  Via Glenn Thrush, Michele Bachmann has a wish: Q: A lot has been made of some of your statements — the "gangster government" comment, the "anti-American" comment. Is there anything you’ve said that you regret? A: Oh, gosh, absolutely. Of course, I wish I could be more artful in the way that I say ...
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• Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up

  
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  From the Sac Bee :   A new University of California Davis study on physician job satisfaction found differences among medical specialties, with the happiest doctors caring for children and the elderly. Dunno about the elderly, but I coulda told you that about working with kids. Paul Krugman : ...
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• Open Thread and Diary Rescue

  
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  Tonights Rescue Rangers are Louisiana 1976, jlms qkw, srkp23, dadanation, grog and Got a Grip.                           In the second installment of his well-researched series CharlesII details the Honduran coup in Whom the gods would destroy, part 2: The crisis in Honduras . (Louisiana ...
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• A Media Criticism In Nine Words

  
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  A media criticism in nine words -- from a Politico article about David Broder: ... a continuing influence in Washington, revered by his peers ...
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• Steele flailin’ on Palin

  
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  Michael Steele, November 2009: Its "offensive" that critics dismiss Sarah Palin as a 2012 possibility. Quitting "was a smart move for her to make so she can focus on the future." Michael Steele, July 2009: "I take 2012 off the table...I think that shes trying to focus on getting her house in order, her personal ...
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• Late afternoon and early evening open thread

  
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  The one that got away ... to Disneyland.
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• Michael Mann Responds to CRU Hack

  
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  Rush Limbaugh says the climate scientists should be drawn and quartered. Glenn Beck touts stolen emails as evidence for a scam, and the Moonie Times says, well who the hell cares. The Moonies are down to 45,000 uber-wingnut subscribers. Last week we explained the story behind one of the stolen emails. ...
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• Gobble Gobble … ROAR!

  
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  Millions of us will be sitting down to enjoy a good meal and great company today, followed by gravy drenched sandwiches for the rest of the week. The centerpiece of the traditional Thanksgiving feast on many US tables will be a stuffed and roasted Meleagris gallopavo , better known as the domestic descendant of the ...
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• Midday Open Thread

  
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  Biden Pardons Single Yam In Vice Presidential Thanksgiving Ritual . Whats cooking? Butterballs or cheese balls If you are in Oregon this Thanksgiving, you stand a better than average chance of encountering Tofurkey. More people in New York are looking for caterers to prepare the holiday meal than anywhere ...
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• President Obama’s Thanksgiving address

  
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  President Barack Obama this morning released a special early weekly address in honor of Thanksgiving, expressing gratitude to the troops and their families, acknowledging the tough economic times for many Americans this year, and vowing to continue to work to solve the nations problems in the year ahead. But ...
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• NY-Sen: Rumor Mill Churns in Gillibrand Race

  
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  On this early morning of the Thanksgiving holiday, let us give thanks for the political rumor mill. The rumor mill this week has been deliciously bountiful, having churned out a beaut from the Empire State. Consider this bit of 2010 speculation an early feast for political junkies: a Democratic Senator in a blue ...
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• Presidential Proclamation For Thanksgiving

  
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  From a White House press release, President Obamas first Thanksgiving Day proclamation: What began as a harvest celebration between European settlers and indigenous communities nearly four centuries ago has become our cherished tradition of Thanksgiving. This days roots are intertwined with those of our Nation, ...
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• Cheers and Jeers: Thanksgiving

  
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  From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE... Things for Which I am Thankful: 2009 Barack Obama is our 44th president and John McCain is not Joe Biden is our vice president and Sarah Palin is not That somehow we didnt fall into Great Depression II The hope of semi-significant healthcare reform - Howard Dean The ...
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• Your Abbreviated Thanksgiving Pundit Round-up

  
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  Happy and safe Thanksgiving. Get your safe and effective H1N1 vaccine when its available.   Gail Collins on the Obama Turkey pardon:   The turkey-pardoning is supposed to be a long-running national tradition, but it officially only goes back to George (the Good One) Bush and 1989. Since Thanksgiving is a ...
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• Open Thread and Diary Rescue

  
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  Tonights Rescue Rangers are jlms qkw, ItsJessMe, mem from somerville, dopper0189, shayera and grog . War on Error gives this Thankful SHOUT OUT to The Original Americans in which we learn that democratic ideals didnt originate solely in Europe. (grog) A Voice gives some pointers on tomorrows holiday in ...
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• Polling and Political Wrap-Up, 11/25/09

  
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  Wow, a guy leaves town for a couple of days to beat the Thanksgiving travel crunch, and a bunch of pollsters figure that would be a dandy time to test the 2010 landscape. Sheesh! In other words, there is quite a bit in the campaign inbox to clear. MA-Sen: Pair of Polls Give Coakley An Edge, Capuano Clear Second ...
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• To Kos, Talibans Real Crime Is Being Un-PC

  
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  Want to understand the liberal mind?  Check out Daily Kos creator Markos Moulitsas on this evenings Schultz show . . Why does Kos say he hates the Taliban?  Because they aided and abetted Osama Bin Laden in the murder of thousands of Americans?  Nope.  That they are actively engaged in killing American troops in ...
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• Stuff It

  
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  Thanksgiving is nearly upon us and it is time to prep the bird (or Tofurkey) and set the table. As we prepare to settle in with our families and friends, we give thanks for the Daily Kos community. Good friends and great progressives, one and all. On the table at the Scout Finch household, well have the usual -- ...
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• More Suggested White House Required Reading

  
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  Yesterday, I had some quibbles with the Ron Brownstein article that has become required reading in the White House, mainly that it focused entirely on the provider side of the equation and ignored the part that matters to the consumer--access to and affordability of high quality coverage. Jon Walker has more than ...
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• Dems: Vitter uniquely qualified to defend Landrieu from Beck’s prostitute analogy

  
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  David Vitter knows Glenn Beck is wrong: The Louisiana Democratic Party, in a rather humorous and bold press release on Tuesday, called for Senator David Vitter (R-La.) to denounce conservatives who have called his fellow Sen. Mary Landrieu (D) a prostitute for her support of health care reform. Vitter, of ...
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