The Facebook page of 90for90 is currently featuring 3 articles written by Daily Kos members.
Crimson Quillfeather’s piece on voting rights and Terry McAuliffe restoring them to felons. www.dailykos.com/… A fascinating, infuriating, anger and tear inducing piece. An amazing part of history is exposed once again here, along with the horrifying fact that we seem to be repeating it.
Richard Cranium’s piece on Jim Keady, New Jersey’s Congressional candidate for the 3rd district is featured as well. Keady is a rock star. Pro soccer player turned coach who went up against Nike and won. Actually went to live in Indonesia to see if you can live on $1.25 a day. No spoiler alert here — you can’t.
Jim Keady (a DK member) is the guy who kept asking Chris Christie where the money for super storm Sandy went, even after the Governor told him to sit down and shut up. Which he still hasn’t done; one of the reasons I can’t wait to see him on the floor of Congress standing up for people like me.
Go read about his connection to Rage Against the Machine www.dailykos.com/...
The third article is by Michael Miller who is running for Freeholder in Burlington County, NJ. Michael is also a DK member. Check out his article here www.dailykos.com/… I was really intrigued by what a Freeholder does. (And I refrained from asking if people call those in this position “freeloaders”. Well, I refrained for a little while...)
And...right at the top of the page, as I write this, 90for90 welcomes our very own Artist/Activist TrueBlueMajority.
90for90 is a voter advocacy movement that has spread nationwide.
It started in VA to honor Dr. Reid Sr., the first black man to be elected to the VA Assembly since Reconstruction.
To become a supporter of this movement means 3 things:
1. You think voting is good.
2. You think everyone deserves the right to vote.
3. You are willing to openly honor Dr. Reid Sr., a 91 year old civil rights icon who is still out there advocating for voter registration.
If you check the 90for90 site’s news section you’ll see all kinds of articles by Daily Kos writers, about 70 of them. Among the lists of many supporters that they have, there is a category just for Daily Kos groups. Check to make sure that your group is there.
I am so proud to be a part of an online community that supports what I think is one of the most important parts of Democracy, the act which is the key to “electing more and better Democrats.”
Voter Registration. Yep! We’re doing it right.
Oh, and Vetwife ,who we are so grateful to for introducing us to 90for90 is blowing up the internet with a piece she recently did. www.dailykos.com/… Have you ever seen a DK article get 115,929 fb shares? She published it 5 days ago and the number just keeps growing and growing.