Episode

6/20 Netroots Nation 2013: Markos Moulitsas, Digby, David Dayen, Elijah Zarlin & Tina Dupuy

June 20, 2013

On today’s show Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas, explained why demographics and cultural trends favor progressive politics.

David Dayen & Digby discussed the landscape of Netroots politics, how Twitter and Facebook disrupted the blogging model, the NSA scandal and why the institutions of Washington fail in monitoring the military industrial complex.

Credo’s Political Action Director Elijah Zarlin brought us up to date on Credo’s campaign of civil disobedience against the Keystone Pipeline.

The Contributor’s Editor-in-Chief Tina Dupuy, explained how the Republican’s War on Women and choice is now focused on embryonic masturbation.

And Sam pays more tribute to the great Michael Hastings.

And keep the conversation going on our morning thread

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