Netroots Nation Prequel #5: The Minneapolis Convention Center
A native's informal guide to Minneapolis & St. Paul. Fifth of several. Netroots Nation 2011 will take place at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Almost everyone reading this on Daily Kos knows...
View ArticleStuff learned as a Netroots Nation volunteer
Next week, thousands of us will be pouring into Minneapolis for a jubilant cacophony of hugging, learning, laughing, crying, speaking, listening, organizing, strategizing, schmoozing, and (yes)...
View ArticleNetroots Nation: Why you want me on your Pub Quiz team
- erm, I mean, your Chairman's Quiz team . . . See, while I have had the honor and privilege of having served on three different Pub Quiz teams in my five trips to YearlyKos/Netroots Nation, so far...
View ArticleNetroots Nation Prequel #6: Nicollet Mall and downtown
A native's informal guide to Minneapolis & St. Paul. Sixth of several. I'll delve into Nicollet Ave. south of the Convention Center -- aka Eat Street -- in the next Prequel. Let me start here,...
View ArticleNetroots Nation Prequel #7: Eat Street (most)
A native's informal guide to Minneapolis & St. Paul. Seventh of several. In Prequel #6: Nicollet Mall and downtown, I covered Nicollet Mall from the Convention Center north through downtown. This...
View ArticleNetroots Nation: My Minneapolis
cross posted at real economics This is the last of my guides to Minnesota progressivism. The first three were called: My Minnesota: A Netroots Guide; The tourist attraction that partly explains...
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American Indian Caucus at NN11 and MORE!
Our American Indian Caucus will be held on Saturday morning June 18 at 10:30am (Central) in room L100 D. Meteor Blades and I will be leading the discussion. My heroes rfall and Oke will be there to...
View ArticleAsk the White House: What are your questions for Dan Pfeiffer at Netroots...
So where are you going to be June 16-19? Because Netroots Nation in Minneapolis is the place to be—and it's not too late to register. Here's just a partial list of some of the people who'll be there:...
View ArticleNetroots Nation Prequel #8: Restaurants nearby and distant
A native's informal guide to Minneapolis & St. Paul. Eighth of several. In Prequel #6, we toured Nicollet Mall and a little of downtown Minneapolis. In Prequel #7, we noshed our way up Eat...
View ArticleNetroots Nation Prequel #9: Interesting Places To Go In And Around Minneapolis
A native's informal guide to Minneapolis & St. Paul. Ninth of several. Okay, so you've networked and you've eaten. Now you want to play tourist. Almost all the usual suggestions are good and I...
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NN11 Wednesday, Cheers & Jeers Dinner: REDUX
Okay. Take two. So last night, I was ready to live blog the Cheers & Jeers dinner. I prepped a diary with photos of everyone arriving at the Hilton on Wednesday, during the day. Unfortunately, I...
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Netroots Nation 2011: We Need Your Feedback
Wow. Russ Feingold. Van Jones. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz. Al Franken. Donna Edwards. Randi Weingarten. And about 2500 of y'all. We each have our own memories of Netroots Nation 2011. For me,...
View ArticleNetroots Nation Pub Quiz 2011 Video
If you didn't attend the Netroots Nation Pub Quiz this year, you missed a really good time. This year we had a much bigger room all to ourselves, plenty of nachos, alcohol, and Democracy. Yes, I...
View ArticleONOZ Beat The Front Pagers! Photos!
Prior to the convention, someone asked me what the prize was for winning the Chairman's Pub Quiz. My response was bragging rights. Little did I know, nor never in my wildest dreams did I anticipate...
View ArticleNN11: Photos from Thurs. Fri. & Sat.
I have to admit right up front that I was off my game this year with picture taking. My responsibilities with preparing for my panel presentation on Invisible Indians, organizing the Pine Ridge...
View ArticleNetroots Nation: THANK YOU to the folks that make it happen
For those of you who were at Netroots Nation last week, you saw what an organizational marvel the event itself is. I (and the rest of the staff) get a lot of credit for that, but there is a team of...
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Steppin' Out in Minneapolis: The NN11 Shoe Diary
I was thinking of letting this series expire, as it's gotten a little repetitive. Besides, I'm not sure I like being known mainly for this. But I had the idea of auctioning off the above-the-fold...
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NN11 Chairman's Quiz Time 5: The Aftermath
It has, indeed, taken a full week to recover from that―the most intense, exuberant, wonderfully out-of-control Pub Quiz in Netroots Nation history. My thanks to the Democratic Legislative Campaign...
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This is why we fight: NN12 in Providence
Since our inception, we've held the support of working people and labor as one of our core values. There's no closer ally to the progressive movement than labor, so given the assault being waged on...
View ArticleNetroots Nation scouts Rhode Island
A few weeks ago, some of the staff of Netroots Nation headed out to Providence for a scouting trip. Having not all that much experience in Providence, what we found was a great group of smart, engaged...
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