Markos Moulitsas, the Berkeley-based founder of the progressive Daily Kos political website, is speaking tonight at 7 p.m. at Books Inc on Fourth Street about his new book, American Taliban (subtitle: “How war, sex, sin, and power bind Jihadists and the radical right”). The book has had a mixed reception, even from some media that […]
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Happy birthday to Daily Kos
Daily Kos, the online progressive political community created by Berkeleyan Markos Moulitsas (above), celebrates its eighth birthday today. To mark the occasion in a small way, Moulitsas posts some extraordinary statistics: Registered users: 242,193 Trolls banned: 8,123 Registered current or former members of Congress: ~40 Registered current or former governors: 9 Registered current or former […]
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Berkeley tweeters part 2: They’re out there
Earlier this month we took a look at well-known Berkeley tweeters. We identified those who do — among them Dave Winer and Markos Moulitsas — those who sort of do, such as Michael Pollan, and then we compiled a wish-list of noted Berkeley people who we hope will take to the Twitter-waves. Of course, our readers […]
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To tweet or not to tweet, that is the question
Blogger extraordinaire Dave Winer does it many times a day and nearly 30,000 people follow his every word. Sustainable food guru Michael Pollan thought he was going to do it, but probably found he was too busy and has only graced us with his 140-character apercus 15 times since he launched himself into micro-blogging. Few […]
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Gasp! Daily Kos founder will write book comparing Republicans to Taliban
Markos Moulitsas Daily Kos founder and Berkeley resident Markos Moulitsas has just signed a deal for a provocative new book that will compare the Republican Party to the Taliban. PoliPoint Press of Sausalito bought the book, which will be called American Taliban. It “will compare the ideologies between the Republican Party and Islamic radicals, ultimately […]
