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Tips, advice and ideas on how to make the most of living on less than a Living Wage

A community for Maryland Kossacks to discuss progressive politics, policy and issues in MD.

At Media Watch we will discuss, disparage, praise, expose, and analyze every facet of the media. From Fox News to the Barstow Bulletin. From anchors and authors to executives, consultants, and even politicians and others who seek to exploit media. From independent journalists to street artists and more. All of this will be aimed at providing information, producing reform, and promoting accountability. The corporate-dominated press is not going to willingly reshape itself into a responsible, eff...

This is the gathering place for all military community members including veterans and their families. Our goal is two-fold: to publish diaries that help explain military life, especially family life, to civilians and to produce material that shows the military is not only culturally but politically diverse. Active duty family members are in a unique position, as we can freely express our political opinions whereas our active duty members are more likely to keep their mouths shut. That said, all...

For all the followers of TexDem and the lovers of all things mojo. And now, just for thoughts.

Specialists in Jibber Jabber and threading. Copyright Restrictions on Morning Open Thread Posts of this Group. Posts by Daily Kos staff is done under an open content license and republication is allowed without permission. By publishing on this site, non-staff community members implicitly grant rights to Daily Kos to publish on this site and republish on its affiliated outlets. Unless noted otherwise, all non-staff original content, by default, falls under an open content license. Original conte...

Netroots For The Troops® is a project of Netroots for the Troops, Inc., a Virginia non-profit corporation. The organization raises money for the assembly, mailing and delivery of Care Packages to American military in war zones and to provide assistance to military families in the United States. Netroots For The Troops, Inc. is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization.

The official gathering place for all things Netroots Nation, http://www.netrootsnation.org. We're rocking Minneapolis - June 16-19, 2011. Register now at http://regonline.com/nn11

Group for Kos members in New Jersey, to organize meetups, talk politics, and make the Garden State a more progressive place.

Greetings, my name is Randall Thompson and I live near Asheville, North Carolina. I've been asked to be the Connect, Unite, Act State Leader for North Carolina. As part of that job, I am posting a weekly North Carolina Open Thread every Sunday at 1:00 PM Eastern. Please let me know through the week if you have a story or an item you would like for me to highlight.

You can reach me through kosmail at North Carolina B...

We will organize a coordinated descent of OWS, its sister movements and allies on the national mall. We will bring hundreds of thousands, even millions, representing the 99% and demanding our government back @occupythemall #occupythemall. This historic event will not happen automatically, and will take months of planning. We must start now, and this group is for organizing.

Writing about issues that affect the world's Oceans, from over-fishing, cetacean capture, watershed pollution, climate change and species extinction.

My head is like a bad neighborhood and I shouldn't go in there alone, so I write.

A group for people in pain and for people who support them. Mental, physical, and/or emotional pain and/or disability are all relevant topics for discussion. We are particularly concerned about the treatment of pain patients, which often involves treating patients like they're guilty (of drug addiction) until proven innocent. We are working on a Pain Patients' Bill of Rights, to become state and/or federal law. Meanwhile, meet here, make suggestions, share stories. Since this is a support group,...

Personal Storytellers is a group dedicated to learning more about fellow kossacks via the art of sharing personal stories. Every life is an adventure, and through sharing those adventures I hope to bring kossacks closer together.

A jotterville community where all are welcome. Offering friendship and support where discussions are light on politics and meta. A place to share ideas, perspectives, attitudes, memes, images of popular culture and history.

A group for people who have Pootie Pads -- or who enjoy pootie pictures.

We are a group dedicated to serving former Huffington Post Bloggers as a resource in navigating Daily Kos. We are a group providing information, assistance and advice for those getting started here and for those who want to share their experiences as bloggers at HP, DK and elsewhere. We are a group that invites those who made connections that led to friendships at HP to reconnect here at the Daily Kos and stay connected if they wish. PostHuffPost was founded by three former HP Bloggers now blog...

Progressives who believe that the hippies got it right back in the day and today. We have a Facebook presence. Here's the URL to our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/progressivehippies/ And here's the URL to our Facebook community page: facebook.com/pages/Progressive-Hippies/341828275978781

This is the group for the pooties, woozles, and birdies people and if you don't like them and don't see the purpose of us being here, please, do not bother us. Just remember what Nurse Kelley and Kos said - "Don't f**k with the pootie people." Started by the Pootie Queen triciawyse, who sadly left us too soon, now run by the Pootie Princess: The Marti. Long live all the pooties, and the woozles, and the birdheds, and their people too.

Where readers, writers, bibliophiles, and lovers of all things literary find their favorite series and one-of-a-kind diaries, including "Bookflurries," "Write On!," and "Books So Bad They're Good." Plus newer series like "Indigo Kalliope," "Contemporary Fiction Views," "LGBT Literature," and "Books Go Boom!" We hope you'll visit Readers & Book Lovers for the same reasons you get together with a friend -- for the community of like-minded people who share your passion for the written word in all i...

We are a community rooted in solidarity and worker rights. We are primarily focused on the retail industry, but welcome all industries. Share practical workplace survival strategies with a specific focus on empowering those who are employed in nonunionized industries. This is not solely a rant space, but an educational one looking to build community. We'll highlight worker successes across industries, and pinpoint ways to improve. Union organizers are also warmly welcomed. Retail workers and ot...

A weekly forum of advice and encouragement for Kossak DIYers repairing and improving their homes.

The SciTech group is dedicated to the exploration of Science and Technology. We welcome all diaries, essays, and discussions that teach or explain the wonders of the universe.

Shutterbugs is a venue for photographers to push beyond existing formats in search of new ways to diary creative imagery. Readers are encouraged to contribute their own images in comments.

The definition of SLUT seems now to be ANY WOMAN USING BIRTH CONTROL or ANY ONE CONCERNED AND FIGHTING FOR WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH (according to the GOP) FINE! We are sluts and PROUD OF IT As with "Slut Walks" we will own the word and take the power of the word away.

Awareness and action for the crisis in Puerto Rico.

Street Prophets is the forum that mobilizes progressive people of faith to name, discuss and take action on critical political and religious issues. So come on in and make yourself at home. We believe that most, if not all topics touching on faith and politics are appropriate on Street Prophets. While this forum represents people of widely differing (and often directly conflicting) theologies, our goal here is to focus on forwarding the progressive political discussion that our shared values mak...

Established to provide more regular Sunday Train service to Agent Orange station by encouraging multiple authors to get involved. Everyone in the "follows" list is considered a member of the group. If you wish to submit articles for inclusion in the group, send a message asking to "join" the editorial board.

The Dream Defenders are fighting for justice in Florida. Their goal: To enact Trayvon's Law in Florida, which would repeal the Stand Your Ground law, ban racial profiling, and end the school-to-prison pipeline. We are a Daily Kos community with a goal: To promote and support those objectives, online and off. Current project: Improving and promoting the Michael Brown Over-Policed Rights Act, a Daily Kos community crowd-sourced project.

This group addresses food & agricultural issues. Folks in this group dream of a day when agriculture is a way to make the environment cleaner and healthier, promote biodiversity, provide meaningful employment and fair wages to farmers and farmworkers, and provide us with healthy and delicious food.

This group is for the DFH in all of us. It will be dedicated to the spread of peace and love, and of being the change we seek.

Takin' Texas back and scouring the Petri Dish of Bad Government. Grab a Shiner. Help yourself to the TexMex buffet or the brisket. Now let's figure out how to fix this freakin' mess in Texas. Open to Texans and friends.

Alternative universe for those interested in policies and politics that transcend pure partisanship. I.e., the "better" -- or even the other -- vs. the "more."

The First and the Fourth Amendments enshrine some of the key elements of American Freedom and have been under siege by the US Government for decades. This group is dedicated to advancing and preserving these rights. "Leave the First and the Fourth Amendments alone and nothing gets broken".

Solid science education is the best inoculation against ignorance. TIP is an ongoing, volunteer effort to combat the anti-science push in conservative America by crowdfunding science and math projects in red-state classrooms and libraries. We publish every Sunday morning, 10 AM ET.

A group dedicated to the prevention of stagnancy of the recommended list thru a strategic increase in promotions to diaries that otherwise may have fallen short of the rec list and or the Rescue Rangers reach. Group members will create and share their own list of diaries they have recommended, and build consensus towards promoting quality diaries in the community environment. This group is in a pilot project stage. The Royal Manticoran Rangers, we help the poor and the helpless and dont ask for...

By, for, and about people who live in Vermont, who once lived in Vermont, and who want to move to Vermont, as well as about the state of Vermont in general. If you'd like to be a group contributor, please send Ana Thema or radical simplicity Kosmail so we can add you to the group membership.

Dedicated to the issues of transsexual, transgender and gender non-conforming people, their family and friends, and our supporters and allies.

Together, we will fight the lies–and win! I’m a volunteer with Indivisible and the Indivisible disinformation-countering program called the “Indivisible Truth Brigade” on my own time. What I share is my own. Propaganda, false characterizations, intentionally misleading messages and outright lies threaten our democracy and even our lives. We can effectively combat disinformation, despite the well-funded machines that drive it. They may have money, but we have truth and we have people. P...

Our Labor Martyrs: a project to honor the men, women, and children who lost their lives in freedom cause.

smileycreek coordinates this series which publishes diaries answering questions about the site. No question is too basic, no matter how long you've been here. If you submit a question via kosmail (private message), we may publish your question, but we will NOT publish your name. Group membership is for contributing diarists only, but if you'd like to follow our series just click the heart by our name.

This group is for all things hand-made, home-made, and creative in a variety of mediums. Some of them are even edible.

WYFP is our community's Saturday evening gathering to talk about our problems, empathize with one another, and share advice, pootie pictures, favorite adult beverages, and anything else that we think might help. Everyone and all sorts of troubles are welcome. May we find peace and healing here.