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50 State Strategy Project
An off shoot of the DK Fans of 90 for 90 group, the 50State Strategy Group will focus on city, county and state action. All working toward the same goal; electing more and better Democrats, city by city, state by state, until we have a country.
11/26/2025
Black Kos community
Black Kos community group. This group publishes diaries that cover a broad range of topics including black history, the arts, politics, and the culture of peoples of African descent worldwide.
12/06/2025
Charlotte Kos
A group for the readers of Daily Kos in Charlotte, North Carolina to help Connect! Unite! and Act! locally through this forum. The leaders are SteelerGrrl and Gary Norton.
09/06/2025
Crowdsourcing the 50 State Strategy
We as a party and a movement need to reflect on the fact that we actually need candidates on the ballot to win elections at the local level. Many offices run unopposed. One of Daily Kos's greatest strengths as a community is to serve as a collective-think-tank-activist platform. Join us to document the Congressional candidate filing deadlines in your state and to propose who we can recruit. We can crowdsource this. Let the research, brainstorming, and outreach begin. Who wants to join us in org...
 03/18/2023
Democratic Precinct Organizing
Group for current Democratic Party activists at the precinct level, to help share best practices, develop resources, strengthen local and state-based grassroots Democratic organizations. Our goal is to revitalize the Democratic Party in all 50 states/176,000 precincts nationally, becoming a powerful force advancing progressive policies and programs to benefit all. [working description]
11/07/2018
DK Fans of 90 for 90
Voter registration and getting out the vote (GOTV) are critical to positive change in legislative bodies, from the very local level to the national level. Dr. Fergie Reid, Jr., and Brenda Hill started a movement in Virginia called 90 for 90, in honor of and inspired by Dr. Fergie Reid, Sr., who was the first black person elected to the Virginia legislature since Reconstruction, who served there for many years with distinction, and who recently turned 90 yea...
 12/06/2025
DKos Asheville
A place to discuss issues related to Asheville, NC-11, NC-10, and Western North Carolina. If you would like to become a member of this group, please let me know.
10/04/2025
DKos Military Veterans
Are you a veteran of the armed services? Well, hop right in - the purpose of this group is to discuss issues of interest to U.S. military vets. There are many vets (and active duty military) who actually do have a progressive political mindset. Need to know who to call when you need some help? Have a question about the VA Healthcare system (the best socialist healthcare available in America)? Got some benefit news? Or just need to vent? Then, you've come to the right place...
11/06/2025
Down Ticket Rescues
DTR Editors link down ticket related stories throughout the year. This group was born from a front page diary series starting in 2006 that has republished thousands of down ticket contributions. Most recently known as Election Diary Rescue and before that, Election Diary Roundup, the new name reflects a new DK chapter. We hope you find this series useful.
12/02/2025
Humour and Politics
Well, it's all pretty funny when you pay attention, but we're going to pay even closer attention. We're going to post short funny clips, quotes and quips. Designed to make you laugh and think.
12/06/2025
IGTNT Advisory Group
The IGTNT Advisory Group invites those dedicated to remembering our troops killed while on active duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. This group is for the IGTNT followers, commenters, Veterans, non-diarists, etc. who provide support, information and advice to IGTNT. The IGTNT group has long consisted of more than just its writers: the commenters, readers and recommenders are a part of the community, too. The IGTNT Advisory Group is open to everyone. We are honored to have you.
11/22/2020
Kitchen Table Kibitzing
Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share a virtual kitchen table with other readers of Daily Kos who aren't throwing pies at one another. Drop by to talk about music, your weather, your garden, or what you cooked for supper.... Newcomers may notice that many who post in this series already know one another to some degree, but we welcome guests at our kitchen table and hope to make some new friends as well. Our kitchen opens nightly at 5:30PT/8:30ET.
12/06/2025
Kossacks Tweet Too hashtag kt2
Kossacks Tweet Too! Our diaries will be dedicated to publishing follow-me buttons for one-stop follows, and promoting the hashtag #kt2. (Sorry, the Kenyans already have #kot -- Kenyans on Twitter, and #kwt seems to be Kuwait, so it can't be Kossacks Who Tweet. Besides, I like #kt2!)
08/15/2013
Liveblog Group
A group used to coordinate liveblogging for various events
10/02/2011
New Day Cafe
A place to meet and greet the day. Join us for a morning of fun and conversation. Some serious...some silly....always good company! We are an open thread group. All are welcome.
12/09/2025
New York State Weekly
This is the New York State Open Thread, a weekly contribution about all things New York State.
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North Carolina Blue
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...
 11/12/2025
Nuclear Free DK
Nuclear Free DK is a group dedicated to promoting activism, education, conversation, and information about the world's reliance on nuclear power. ~Remember, if you're a group member, to also click the "follow" heart or else you may not have Nuclear Free DK diaries (including your own) show up in your stream.
07/08/2023
Oklahoma Roundup
This is a regional organizing group. We focus on Oklahoma progressive opinion and activism news, and events/meetups for OK Kossacks. If you are from, live in, or are otherwise interested in improving Oklahoma, join us! Oklahoma: birthplace of Kate Barnard, W. Rogers, W. Guthrie, Bill Moyers & Eliz. Warren. Home to proud progressive agitators since before statehood. Current political climate a mere passing dust cloud; we're waiting it out & planning for clearer days.
04/09/2022
People Power Grassroots
This group is for all those interested and active in the the People Power Project Phase One which looks at how we can effect change at the grassroots level. Its purpose is to share ideas and actions, encouragement and inspiration.
 11/16/2025
State Open Thread
State Open Thread is an Admin Group dedicated to a weekly publication of state based updates on news and community. This is a Connect, Unite, Act project designed to create a fifty state network with fifty weekly open threads.
11/24/2025
Support the Dream Defenders
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.
11/27/2025
Triangle Kosmopolitans
We need a description, please donate complete sentences today!
09/06/2025
Trump Russia Investigators
 12/06/2025
Virginia Kos
This group is for Daily Kos members who live in or are interested in Virginia. Topics must be specific to Virginia politics, with turning Virginia completely BLUE being the prime focus!
12/05/2025
White Privilege Working Group
A group for anti-racist activists interested in discussing and producing learning materials about white privilege.
 12/06/2025
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