Today, we’re discussing our experiences during our Crashing the Gates action last month.  As you probably know,  Philo and I worked together to organize a group of volunteers to deliver a [...]

I’m on a winning streak, and when I’m really happy, I go for classic Celia.  This video of a live performance of Quimbara is terrific, fantastic.  Just sublime. Why am I happy? Funny you should ask!  I just chatted with Glenn Greenwald and he’s going to set up some time to talk on an upcoming [...]

What’s that old joke. . ."What do you call 100 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?"  "A good start." Sorry, Christie. I want to take a step back from the reporting of specific events, personalities, gossip and happenings here at YearlyKos to talk about what I see going on here, and by extension, going [...]

The Roots action that put a copy of Crashing the Gate on the desk of every Democratic member of the House and Senate was a resounding success. If you haven’t seen the video produced by Politics TV documenting the delivery of the books, click on the YouTube link above (also written up here). It’s absolutely [...]

                                                                    Today, we're discussing our experiences during our Crashing the Gates action last month.  As you probably know,  Philo and I worked [...]

I have a few items for your Late Nite discussion pleasure this evening: The site for the film An Inconvenient Truth is excellent; I highly recommend you spend some time there.  The film has been criticized for being a little thin on solutions, and though I have not seen it (I pledged to do so, [...]

Some of our Roots Project members crashed the gates of Congress yesterday — delivering a copy of Markos and Jerome’s Crashing the Gate to every Democratic member of the House and the Senate.  Amazing work — all conceived and executed by a handful of Roots Project members.  Now THIS is what Citizen Action looks like! And [...]

      Stand back!  I think he’s gonna hurl! Ned Lamont’s victory last night was bigger than Fitzmas. We have a tradition around here, a sort of people’s pastime: celebrating the arrival of a new post with the gleeful exclamation of the word "Fitz!" (or some such variation).  It bothers some people, but not me.  I’m [...]

Someday, and that day may never come, I’ll call on you to do a service for me. Today, DSCC Chair Chuck Schumer held a conference call with bloggers.  He was in a rush, walking and talking on a cell phone on his way to cast a vote.  He talked to us about some interesting things [...]

             Crashing the Gate  Many of our leaders in Congress are just beginning to catch up on the new American movement toward people-powered politics.  And so, members of the Roots Project decided to give them a little help. In cooperation with Politics & Prose, an independent, non-partisan, fantastic local bookseller in Washington, D. C., they’ve [...]