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UPDATE- libertarian sliver in an electoral thumb: Rand Paul Koched-up at...
Update below the foldFocusing on a libertarian sliver of the Bay Area’s tech crowd, the Kentucky Republican hopes the three-day trip can tap into a powerful resource that could boost his fundraising...
View ArticleSB 1070: Why I'm not going to Arizona
From my user name, you will note I am Latino. Like Markos and Daily Kos, I won't be traveling to Arizona for NN15.Many Arizona progressives are upset about Markos' decision and have expressed...
View ArticleGrassroots struggles in AZ: What's happening, what resources are needed, and...
I'm going to keep this short, as I want to create an information and resource-sharing space:Kossacks in Arizona:1. Could you describe the local, regional and/or statewide organizations, groups and...
View ArticleWhistling Past Marcel's at Midnight
Just to catch a whiff of some damn fine cuisine and maybe a whiff of what the Ubers* are up to. Besides... we've got nuthin' better to do than some radio on a Sun. night. We're up late Jibbering Our...
View ArticleIt can be done without spending money in Arizona:Pack it in pack it out
Hold it in a National Park or Forest with proper permits from the Federal Government. Make the location close enough to the state line that getting fuel/food top ups is not an issue.Haul in stage and...
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NN15: Please join us in Arizona
I want to talk to you about how energized I was from this past week in Detroit, from seeing Vice President Biden, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Rev. William Barber, and most importantly so many of you at...
View ArticleFormer AZ House Minority Leader's Statement on NN 15 and Arizona
I don't publish very many diaries, but I thought this statement by former Arizona House Minority Leader John Loredo was very eloquent in communicating what some of have been attempting to communicate...
View ArticleQuestion for Phoenix People - NN15
For the last two years I've watched my friends go to Netroots Nation, while I sat at home and watched the speeches on my computer. Well, no more. I've decided that I'm going to Netroots Nation next...
View ArticleRandy Parraz: still kicking a*s in AZ
The last time I was motivated and agitated enough to write diaries here was about Arizona politics, and it was in 2010, when SB1070 had recently been signed into law by our unelected (at that time)...
View ArticleI may (or may not) attend NN15. But I will attend many Regional Salons.
Immediately following NN14, I wrote a quick diary entry - quick because I had to write it while at NN as I needed to race home and make the drive to Emporia to prepare for a local event. That diary,...
View ArticleYou inspired me at Netroots Nation. Help me to bring our message home.
As a Democracy For America scholarship winner, I've had more opportunities over the past week than most young people could ever dream. I attended NN14 and learned what the progressive blogger community...
View ArticleWant to win Pub Quiz #NN15?
Seriously? You know you wanna....and I have just the thing you need to do so...follow me below the fold
View ArticleBernie Sanders To Appear At Netroots Nation, Clinton has Scheduling Conflict.
Just a short piece that I have not seen discussed here, so preventing without further commentary:Clinton to miss convention of liberal activists, bloggersST. LOUIS (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton is not...
View ArticleC! U! A! at NN15 Phoenix!
Connect! Unite! Act! at NN15! Fri. 9pm at a location to be determined. Yes, I'm aware that Team Orange is not going, and all of us respect that decision. But, for those of us making the trip it...
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Midnight at The Oasis - Packin' the Gear
The Saturday Night Round Table - aka Wink and RG's Lonely Hearts Club Jam - is on! We're packing the gear - laptops, tablets, smart phones, mics, cables, banners... for NN15 as we talk about TeaBagger...
View ArticleC! U! A! at NN15 Phoenix!
Update Sun. 7/12MeetUp location yet to be determined. Fri. 8:30-10pm Location will be posted on our NN15 411 blogpageConnect! Unite! Act! at NN15! Fri. 9pm at a location to be determined. Yes, I'm...
View ArticleTipping Housekeeping Staff at Netroots 2015.
Every year prior to Netroots I write a diary about the importance of tipping those who clean the hotel rooms at Netroots. It's the same message every time, so here it is again. Perhaps more important...
View ArticleClimate Justice at #NN15
Here's a schedule of events at Netroots Nation 2015 featuring climate and energy activists, including artists and musicians. Not just panels but also the Enviro Caucus and a few Happy Hours! Come to my...
View ArticleThe Arizona border - an eye-opening trip at NN15
We didn't get all the way down to the border at Nogales, but we did take a journey down from NN15 in Phoenix yesterday yesterday to visit with some of the great nonprofits and activists fighting for...
View ArticleThe Biggest Gathering Of Progressives Will Be More About Latinos And...
Timing couldn't be better:PHOENIX — Nearly a year before Netroots Nation 2015, the largest annual gathering of progressive organizers, Netroots leaders and board members met with a small group of...
View ArticleC! U! A! at NN15 Phoenix!
Update Fri. 7/17 5pm ETAzazello dropped by 'Radio Row' here at #NN15 and suggested we meet at Seamus McCaffrey's Irish Pub. Good idea! Seamus' it is! Between 1st Ave. and Central, a couple blocks...
View ArticleWhat #BlackLivesMatter Can Learn From Immigration Activists
I. INTRODUCTIONFirst off, let me say that if you haven’t seen the videos from NetRoots this weekend, I highly encourage that you watch them. It's important to watch them in their entirety, because if...
View ArticleI was in the room when the Black Lives Matter protest started...
...and I was a voluteer at Bernie's record-breaking Pheonix rally later in the evening. I went to NN15 because I live in Arizona and I wanted to be affiliated with those who came to protest in my own...
View ArticleNN15 and Black Lives Matter and Sanders - How it could have looked like
I am a bit sad about what I read here in several diaries about the failing spectacle that happened on stage of the NN15 conference with Sanders in relation to the Black Live Matters voices, which were...
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Filtering for Diversity at Netroots
I just returned from Netroots Nation 2015 in Phoenix, AZ.NN15 became notable for the Black Lives Matter disruption of the Presidential Town Hall on Saturday. That has been diaried aplenty and my...
View ArticleMy apology for my Sunday post.
Last Sunday I made a post I shouldn't have, and it was HR'ed. I would like to apooogize, and also explain.If people don't feel assuaged by my explanation, I regret that, but that's not my intent. An...
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Talk Radio Live at 11 Becuz... #NN15
Chris Reeves joins us on the Last Half of the Show to talk politics and States' GOTV activities.Click Here to Join our Live Chat 11am to Noon ET to add your 2¢ to the Show convo. Or, Tweet us with your...
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Top Comments: Annual NN Photo Wrapup Edition
So I went to Netroots Nation last week, as I have every year for the past ten years. I usually try to post a write-up of my experience, and this year I even made sure to get more pictures than I...
View ArticleQuick Hit: An Open Letter to Bernie Sanders
Dear Senator SandersI know that you are a member here at The Great Orange Satan.I am a black gay man who is also an uncommitted voter.And some of your nice white progressive supporters aren't doing you...
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Talk Radio Live at 11 Becuz... Feminist News Roundup
RH Reality Check's Katie Klabusich aka @Katie_Speak joins us at 11:35am ET talking Reproductive Rights and feminist news. Sick of the RW b.s.? We are too.Click Here to Join our Live Chat 11am to Noon...
View ArticleA black woman's negative encounter with a Sanders supporter after #NN15...
This morning at Eclectablog, I published a Guest Post from my friend Sommer Foster. Foster is an African American woman from Michigan who, like me, was at the #BlackLivesMatter protest during the...
View ArticleSolidarity for Women
Is this a site that is safe for all women, or just some? I think I got my answer today.I have been putting off writing several diaries the past couple of months because my health has been pretty...
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Talk Radio Live at 11 Becuz... Bunny Down!
Arliss Bunny aka @ArlissBunny is off today to attend to bunnies.Click Here to Join our Live Chat 11am to Noon ET to add your 2¢ to the Show convo. Or, Tweet us with your thoughts to @AfterShowLive...
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Talk Radio Live at 11 Becuz... Fri. News Dump
Arliss Bunny and OllieGarkey join us at 11:30 ET for our Fri. News Dump and Recycle Center.Click Here to Join our Live Chat 11am to Noon ET to add your 2¢ to the Show convo. Or, Tweet us with your...
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My First Netroots Nation
My wife and I drove up to Phoenix last weekend for Netroots Nation 2015. It was our first Netroots Nation and it may also be our last, given our limited travel budget and the waning interest in...
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Midnight at The Oasis - BLM one week later
The Saturday Night Round Table - aka Wink and RG's Lonely Hearts Club Jam - is on! We're unpacking the gear - laptops, tablets, smart phones, mics, cables... putting NN15 in the rear view as we rehash...
View ArticleTia Oso makes sense
How Tia Oso and allies make sense can be seen in the video they have produced that is available at FaceBook, showing that they have - to a high degree - the organizational and presentational skills...
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Netroots Nation: Where are we now?
Most of the post #NN15 talk, obviously, has been about the Presidential Town Hall and the Black Lives Matter protest. But I want to make sure there's still space to talk about the conference and our...
View ArticleA New Purpose at Netroots Nation?
There is something different about Netroots Nation this year, and I don't mean the official absence of Daily Kos and most of the front page writers.I even wondered whether it was just that I wasn't...
View ArticleWill #BLM pay HRC a visit?
Not any time soon. The reason is that HRC is only doing "intimate" invitation only meetings. Thus, #BLM couldn't even if it wanted to, and who knows, it very well does. But since HRC wasn't at NN...
View ArticleProtests, Protesters, and the Protested
I was at Netroots Nation, and was therefore at the protest staged by Black Lives Matter and Say Her Name at the presidential town hall. Since then I've taken part in many discussions in person with...
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