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Around the Tubes - September 1, 2007

  • I don't know where I found it, but check out this trailer for Beautiful Losers, a new documentary about DIY culture in the 1980s. We need to be bringing this ethic and cultural sensibility into youth politics.
  • On a related note, Danah Boyd is asking whether or not MySpace profile cut and pasting qualifies as remix culture.
  • Moving from outsider nerd art to uber-political geek, the FEC is fining America Coming Together, the giant 527 GOTV operation funded by billionaires in the 2004 election. The now basically defunct group must pay $775,000 for improperly using soft money to support the election campaign of John Kerry. I wonder if any other 527s from 2004 are going to come under the gun of the FEC . . .
  • In a throwback to the 2000 election, some may remember that Gore voters in Blue States were using the internet to trade votes with Nader voters in swing states. A court has ruled that such "vote swapping" sites are now legal.
  • Blog for Democracy wants to know why no College Democrats or Young Democrats caucused together at the recent Nevada America Majority Partnership meeting in Las Vegas. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the Nevada Young Dems are now looking for a new Executive Director . . . ?
  • Meanwhile, California Progressive Majority notes that they are making big strides in incorporating CDA and YDA into party activities:

    Still, the California Democratic Party refuses to take the youth vote for granted, and is continually taking proactive steps to solidify support from young Californians.

    For instance, the CDP is currently establishing new partnerships with the California Young Democrats and College and High School Democratic clubs to build upon the successes of 2006 among young voters. In 2006, the CDP recruited over 2000 students from 160 high schools across California becoming Democratic Activists for the first time.

    And this year, the CDP raised its goal for youth representation in the California delegation for the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

  • Conservative author and Campus provacateur D'nesh D'Souza got into a brouhaha at my Alma Mater during a debate with professor Alan Wolfe. Read about it here and then head over to Campus Progress to contribute to their Conservative Course Catalog Contest. The winner receives $250.
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September 1st, 2007 2:29pm
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