Daily Kos
A popular and influential liberal blog featuring commentary and analysis on the latest political maneuvering.
Author: A group blog, Daily Kos is the brainchild of Markos Moulitsas, aka "kos," who created the blog in 2002. Kos is a military veteran and trained, though nonpracticing, lawyer. He is author of the books Taking on the System and Crashing the Gate: Netroots, Grassroots, and the Rise of People-Powered Politics and writes a weekly column for The Hill. Other posters include Daily Kos executive editor Susan Gardner and a number of contributing editors: stay-at-home mother Barbara Morrill; actor and playwright Arjun Jaikumar; novelist Mark Sumner; Dr. Greg Dworkin, chief of pediatric pulmonology and medical director of the pediatric inpatient unit at Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Conn.; Georgia Logothetis, an associate at Arnstein & Lehr in Chicago; Internet consultant Michael Lazzaro; and Laura Clawson, a senior writer at Working America, community affiliate of the AFL-CIO.
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Recent Posts from Daily Kos
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Sunday Talk - Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!
What a week, sports fans. Tuesday saw Republicans take back control of the House New Jersey and Senate Virginia Governorships. And although Democrats won the NY-23 special election, it was still a huge win for…
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Open Thread and Diary Rescue
The rescued diaries are: Morgan Sandlin caught a glimpse of the diabolical mastermind behind the Great Orange Satan on TV and wants him to know that Markos..at this point in time..I love you. (Got a…
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64 Democrats on the Wrong Side of Stupak
For future reference, here is the list of Democrats who voted "Aye" on the Stupak Amendment. AL-2 Bright, Bobby; AL- 5 Griffith, Parker; AL-7 Davis, Artur; AR-1 Berry, Robert; AR-2 Snyder, Victor; AR-4 AR-4 Ross,…
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President Obama's response to House bill passage
Statement of President Barack Obama on House Passage of the Affordable Health Care for America Act Tonight, in an historic vote, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would finally make real the promise…
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History Made, 220-215
This is the first time a chamber of Congress has passed healthcare reform since Medicare was enacted. There's a lot of work left to do on this, and a lot of ugly to be undone,…
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HCR House Debate: Final Passage Up Next
The final bill vote is coming up next. Watch it here. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Update: And here we go.... Unless a lot of people have been…
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HCR House Debate: Still Voting
Voting continues on the Republican "plan." Keep talking. And good lord, how do these anti-reform people calling into C-SPAN manage to breathe and dial the phone at the same time? Update: We're saved from the…
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HCR House Debate: Let the Voting Begin
We're starting with the Stupak Wire Coat Hanger Amendment. That vote will go for 15 minutes. Then we have the Republican "substitute." George Miller really said everything that needed to be said about their "plan"…
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What is that orange guy talking about?
The unusually-tinted Minority Leader of the House, John Boehner (R-OH) has been to the floor repeatedly today to try to extract promises from the Democrats managing the health insurance reform bill that if the Stupak…
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Health care reform, lying and GOP hypocrites
Wow, what a frothing frenzy of flat-out fabrications and 200-proof bullshit we've had. But we're nearly there. Votes are coming in around 9:30 EST, on both Stupak and the Republican substitute--though it's not clear at…