Category Archives: Netroots Nation

The Future of Progressive Security Policy

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “The Future of Progressive Security Policy”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailI wasn’t at Netroots Nation this year, so I had to attend this panel by internet. As I keep saying, the noninterventionist argument is self-limited, and dissonant with the empirical evidence of … Continue reading →

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I Am Not Going to Netroots Nation this Year

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “I Am Not Going to Netroots Nation this Year”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailI received a voicemail from DFA yesterday to inform me that their DFA Netroots scholarships are not being offered to prior winners this year. Since I cannot cover the … Continue reading →

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I Have Neglected My Netroots Bid

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “I Have Neglected My Netroots Bid”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailHey, I’ve been a little busy. If you haven’t already added your support, please click here and do that — I promise this is much easier than signing a White House petition. … Continue reading →

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I Demand to be Included in Legal Insurrection’s Sinister StopRush Conspiracy Theory

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “I Demand to be Included in Legal Insurrection’s Sinister StopRush Conspiracy Theory”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail I had forgotten about Legal Insurrection and its author, William Jacobson, an Ivy League law professor who’s nuttier than a pecan-pistachio-peanut butter sandwich. He last … Continue reading →

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It’s That Time Again

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “It’s That Time Again”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Please click below to lend your support to my Netroots Nation DFA Scholarship bid.

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Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailAt Netroots Nation 2010, a lone blogger set out to ask attendees of the largest conference of online activists and bloggers in the world whether their organizations had ever taken a check from George Soros. … Continue reading →

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It’s Coming Down

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “It’s Coming Down”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailRegular readers know that I’m not a Jane Hamsher fan. There are still people blogging at FDL whose work I admire, but now there is one less: Marcy Wheeler, better known as @emptywheel, is moving … Continue reading →

Posted in firebaggers, Netroots Nation | Tagged bmaz, fdl, firedoglake, jane hamsher, marcy wheeler, netroots | 2 Comments

Midwest High Speed Rail Association

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Midwest High Speed Rail Association”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailNot only did Minneapolis have awesome transit — buses, bike lanes, and light rail — but the Midwest High Speed Rail Association had a booth at the Netroots Nation confab. Manager of Education … Continue reading →

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Lily Eskelsen on the Education Culture Wars

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Lily Eskelsen on the Education Culture Wars”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThis is Lily Eskelsen, Vice President of the National Education Association. She can tell you all about the radical reconstruction that right-wing conservatives have in mind for public education. Name one … Continue reading →

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David Weigel at Netroots Nation

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “David Weigel at Netroots Nation”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailSo I ran into David Weigel at Netroots, who quoted me: “I’m glad there’s not a hyper-focus on Obama,” says Matt Osborne, a videographer and blogger from Alabama. “I went down and filmed … Continue reading →

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My Interview with Craig Stellmacher

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “My Interview with Craig Stellmacher”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailSo yeah, I ran into Craig Stellmacher on my way out of the confab and gave an interview. Face for radio, voice for television. This is why I’m never going to be a … Continue reading →

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