As I write this, Lawrence Lessig is giving his talk at Netroots Nation. As usual, it is extraordinary. If you didn't get a chance to see it in person or online live (as I am from San Francisco), it will be archived (and I'll update this with a link).
But even before he started speaking, I got the email I'll post in full after the jump from Japhet Els (who is also at Netroots Nation).
Change Congress has an Act Blue page and Lessig wants at least 500 of us to give contributions ending in .09 (the current approval rating of congress) to at least one of these candidates
On June 5th, Simon Rosenberg of NDN had a conversation in San Francisco with Markos. I was there (and took photos), but for people who weren't, there is now a couple of 4 minute excerpts on YouTube and about 30 minutes (after the jump along with the second YouTube clip) on fora.tv.
I thought someone would have posted a diary by now because I focused on taking photos (though it was recorded & excerpts will probably be posted at http://www.youtube.com/... ).
Just got an email form Clinton. I'll post it in full (it would be smart for campaigns to post email they send on their website for easy linking - update: I was wrong, Clinton's emails are posted on the blog though this one isn't up as I write this http://blog.hillaryclinton.com - so I'll say the post and email should go out at the same time. It was posted at 10:46 am on Thurs http://blog.hillaryclinton.com/... ):
Dear Steve,
I wanted you to be one of the first to know: on Saturday, I will hold an event in Washington D.C. to thank everyone who has supported my campaign. Over the course of the last 16 months, I have been privileged and touched to witness the incredible dedication and sacrifice of so many people working for our campaign. Every minute you put into helping us win, every dollar you gave to keep up the fight meant more to me than I can ever possibly tell you.
On Saturday, I will extend my congratulations to Senator Obama and my support for his candidacy.
Barack Obama is the fist candidate to accept Blogher's invitation to be interviewed.
Clinton & McCain have also been asked for interviews.
He was interviewed for just over 10 minutes by Erin Kotecki Vest in Oregon with input from Kim Pearson. She asked policy questions on issues important to the Blogher community (and us) including Iraq, health care, and the environment.
The NY Times has already posted an important long piece by Matt Bai which will appear in this Sunday's magazine.
Whatever their disagreements on policy, United States senators, even in today’s hyperpolitical climate, are reluctant to impugn one another’s motives or integrity.
That’s doubly true among those who experienced combat in the Vietnam War, a group that now includes four sitting senators — the Republicans John McCain and Chuck Hagel and the Democrats John Kerry and Jim Webb — as well as former colleagues like Bob Kerrey, Max Cleland and Chuck Robb. These men share an obvious bond, and over the years they have more readily crossed partisan lines than other senators, constituting, in some ways, a party unto themselves.
Tim Robbins was scheduled to give a keynote address at NAB, the annual convention of the National Association of Broadcasters. But when they read his prepared remarks, which begin as biting, sometimes profane (so use headphones if you're at work) satire and end with serious criticism, they asked him not to give it, but it was the audience that needed to hear it.
Earlier, Moore endorsed Edwards (and wrote about Iowa), but today he finally
endorses Obama (though like Tom Hayden who I recently saw speak, it is more the movement than the man).
Friends,
I don't get to vote for President this primary season. I live in Michigan. The party leaders (both here and in D.C.) couldn't get their act together, and thus our votes will not be counted.
So, if you live in Pennsylvania, can you do me a favor? Will you please cast my vote -- and yours -- on Tuesday for Senator Barack Obama?
I haven't spoken publicly 'til now as to who I would vote for, primarily for two reasons: 1) Who cares?; and 2) I (and most people I know) don't give a rat's ass whose name is on the ballot in November, as long as there's a picture of JFK and FDR riding a donkey at the top of the ballot, and the word "Democratic" next to the candidate's name.
Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey plans to endorse Sen. Barack Obama for president today in Pittsburgh, sending a message both to the state's primary voters and to undecided superdelegates who might decide the close race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Dan Pfeiffer, deputy communications director for the Obama campaign, confirmed that Casey would announce his support during a rally at the Soldiers and Sailors Military Museum and Memorial and that he would then set out with the Illinois senator on part of a six-day bus trip across the state.
Ofra Bikel's latest documentary looks at five of the 45 prisoners in Colorado who are serving life without parole for crimes they committed when they were juveniles.
Bikel's has done a series of documentaries on the criminal justie system for Frontline. Some of them have helped innocent people be freed from prison.
Even if you aren't wearing something now that was made in China, something in your closet probably was. This documentary introduces you to some of the women who make clothes and the conditions they work under.
Actually, many aren't even women. Some are as young as 14 and work up to 20 hours a day with no overtime. For about 6 cents an hour.
Boxer herself may post this, but she is asking people to sign a thank you card she'll present to him when he testifieds before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on March 21st
Frontline looks at the changes in traditional media and rise of new media. Markos is interviewed and there is footage of YearlyKos. The entire program will be online and there will be an extended transcript of the interview with Markos (I'll update with links later).
Lowell Bergman is the correspondent and Steve Talbot is the producer. They spoke on Jan. 11th at the Commonwealth (video and streaming audio).
Almost everyone who comes to this site has probably seen the ad for the Ghosts of Abu Ghraib (it is to the right as I write this), but I everyone who has HBO will watch it Feb 22nd or when it repeats many times through the end of March (it will be out on DVD in June for those who don't).
We've all read about Abu Ghraib and seen the photos, but this documentary puts it together with a stong narrative in a way that hasn't happened before.
