lowkell's Profile
Consultant to the Mark Herring for Attorney General campaign in Virginia in 2013. Also a clean energy consultant (to leading clean tech PR firm Tigercomm), editor of Blue Virginia & Scaling Green, author of Netroots Rising.
Groups: Virginia Kos
Home Page: http://www.bluevirginia.us
Twitter: lowkell
Diaries published: 742 (3 days since last diary on Sun Jan 22, 2017 at 05:36 AM PST)
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Most Recommended Diary: Hilarious: VA right-wingnut Sen. Ryan McDougle gets a taste of his own (transvaginal) medicine!, 254 comments, 796 recommends
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Cross posted from Blue Virginia
Great explanation of "Baghdad Sean" Spicer's bizarre, North Korea-style statement yesterday (bolding added by me for emphasis) by a super-smart friend (who prefers to remain anonymous) of one of my Facebook friends.
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by lowkell
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on Sun Jan 22, 2017 at 05:36 AM PST
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Video, Photos: 500,000+ Women (+Men) Dwarf Trump’s Puny Inaugural Crowds, Protest the Orange Fascist Cross posted from Blue Virginia
I was at the Women's March on Washington this morning for a few hours, got to see Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA 8th) and Gerry Connolly (D-VA 11th) speak, as well as Delegates Mark Levine (D-Alexandria, Arlington)...
by lowkell
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on Sat Jan 21, 2017 at 10:01 AM PST
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Cross posted from Blue Virginia
There’s so much irony in the job announcement this morning (see below; from WorkforCongress.com), it’s hard to know where to start. For instance:
“identifying and recruiting the finest men and women from...
by lowkell
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on Mon Nov 28, 2016 at 04:16 AM PST
with 1 Recommend
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Cross posted from the Huffington Post with permission from (Arlington-based clean energy communications firm) Tigercomm President Mike Casey. Note that I have consulted to Tigercomm on clean energy and social media since 2010.
Read the “big...
by lowkell
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on Mon Nov 21, 2016 at 10:47 AM PST
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30-Yr Fed Prosecutor Worked W/Comey: Letter makes "my beloved FBI..look like bunch of Keystone Cops" Cross posted from Blue Virginia
From Gene Rossi, a 30-year federal prosecutor who worked with Jim Comey. Also note that Rossi is running for the Democratic nomination for Lt. Governor of Virginia in 2017 (bolding added by me for emphasis).
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by lowkell
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on Sat Oct 29, 2016 at 05:44 AM PDT
with 154 Recommends
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“Open Carry” Trump Supporter w/Rabidly Anti-Hillary Sign Shows Up @ Farmers Market in Alexandria, VA Cross posted from Blue Virginia
Lovely, eh? Of course, the sign is completely backwards; in fact, Trump is the candidate who has expressed support and/or admiration for authoritarian/dictatorial regimes, and who appears to be the favorite of some of...
by lowkell
34 comments
on Sun Oct 23, 2016 at 05:53 AM PDT
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- For eight years I had the indescribable honor of serving in President Obama's White House, most recently as Special Assistant to the President & Director of Rapid Response. I played a lot of different roles, but going back through the 2008...443 comments 675 Recs
- Yesterday, Virginia political blogger/activist bluevirginia.us/... (Blue Virginia) and I had the opportunity to chat with Representative Don Beyer (D-VA08) about energy and environmental issues, as well as about the impending inauguration of Donald...13 comments 11 Recs
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- I went downstairs this afternoon to see if the mail had been delivered, and the front desk receptionist asked me if I might be of help. There was a short, dark-skinned gentleman standing there, holding an insulated bag in one hand and a cell phone in...140 comments 349 Recs
- We need a serious conversation and consideration of the following: Is Donald Trump as PEOTUS the result of foreign intervention in the U.S. electoral system? Was the Trump campaign — potentially up to and including Trump — interacting (if not...90 comments 37 Recs
- Embrace your anger Like Markos, I am angry. I am angry at those Like myself (even as I did things like advising candidates & canvassing & …) for complacency in the face of an existential threat Active Trump-istas for their lies,...14 comments 24 Recs
- The best kinds of movements are like the binding of a phone book (if you remember what one of those are) — made up of so many different interwoven parts that stand together that they are nearly impossible to break. Only a surprising amount of force can...7 comments 7 Recs
- Only in Washington is it remotely likely that the jerk who just hit your car will turn out to be a Congressman. Even in Washington, it probably requires a certain alignment of the city’ s darker stars: an evening, for instance, when streets close...25 comments 22 Recs
- In response to to the United Nations’ global study on pollinator status, twelve scientists from universities around the world have outlined ten policies to protect pollinators. Earlier this year, the U.N. confirmed that pollinator populations are...64 comments 103 Recs
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