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Markos "kos" Moulitsas is the founder and publisher of Daily Kos.

Real Name: Markos Moulitsas

DOB: 9/11/1971

Gender: Male

Location: Berkeley, CA, United States

Occupation: Writer

Groups: Daily Kos Elections, Daily Kos, Meatless Advocates Meetup, Velocipede Vanguard, LatinoKos, Comics, Daily Kos Liveblogs

Hobbies: Piano, Cycling, Aquascaping

Twitter: markos

Diaries published: 15776 (6 days since last diary on Wed Dec 03, 2025 at 05:01 PM PST)

Comments posted: 20799 (23 days since last comment on Sun Nov 16, 2025 at 09:02 PM PST)

Diary frequency: frequent

Comment frequency: frequent

Total Recommends: 233951

Total Comment Ratings: 42317

Most Recommended Diary: Given the Tennessee special election result, the GOP is so f'd in 2026, 339 comments, 504 recommends

People Following kos: 2952

kos's Most Recent Diaries:

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson faced questions Wednesday over his party’s disastrous underperformance in Tuesday’s special election in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District—one that ...
by kos
Comment Count 118 comments on Wed Dec 03, 2025 at 05:01 PM PST with 325 Recommends
How do you win an election, yet still lose the night? While votes are still being counted, Republicans have held on to their House seat in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District by a ridiculously slim margin—single digits. This is a district Donald...
by kos
Comment Count 339 comments on Tue Dec 02, 2025 at 07:03 PM PST with 504 Recommends
In yet another sign the electorate is rejecting MAGA’s culture-war politics, Democrats swept school board elections in Texas, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. “From Texas to Pennsylvania to Ohio, ...
by kos
Comment Count 232 comments on Sun Nov 30, 2025 at 04:00 PM PST with 392 Recommends