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mopinko

(73,791 posts)

9. none better on the web.

Reply to PJMcK (Reply #7)

Mon Aug 1, 2022, 10:48 AM

Aug 2022

and no, kos is not as good.
fine for news/politics, but nowhere near the complete community we have here.

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A question about Democratic Underground history [View all] PJMcK Aug 2022 OP

You are about to get an "earful" so I'll keep getting dressed for work... hlthe2b Aug 2022 #1

Thanks PJMcK Aug 2022 #4

last I remember the Jackpine Radicals were a Facebook group rurallib Aug 2022 #2

Well, they did have a website PJMcK Aug 2022 #3

Last time I checked, several years ago EYESORE 9001 Aug 2022 #5

iirc, this was post 08 primaries. mopinko Aug 2022 #6

Thank you PJMcK Aug 2022 #7

none better on the web. mopinko Aug 2022 #9

Pumas? Who/what are/were they? wnylib Aug 2022 #27

After Clinton lost the nomination to Obama gratuitous Aug 2022 #31

Thanks for the explanation. wnylib Aug 2022 #32

If I remember correctly it was a group of DU'ers, some long term memebers Fla Dem Aug 2022 #8

he didnt die, he started it. mopinko Aug 2022 #10

No, he didn't start it AZSkiffyGeek Aug 2022 #11

i believe it was started in 09, tho. mopinko Aug 2022 #12

It was a response to the DU environment of the 2016 election. nt Gore1FL Aug 2022 #14

no. mopinko Aug 2022 #15

It started in '15 or '16. Elessar Zappa Aug 2022 #19

I've always been under the impression it came about during the 2016 election period XorXor Aug 2022 #25

that was a different site Kali Aug 2022 #26

already up and running then- mopinko Aug 2022 #16

That isn't my recollection. Gore1FL Aug 2022 #23

Thanks, I was pretty sure that was the case, but didn't think to check "In Memoriam". Fla Dem Aug 2022 #13

was up and running in 16 mopinko Aug 2022 #17

EDIT: Looks like it started in 2015 AZSkiffyGeek Aug 2022 #18

The sort-of mass exodus is what I remember PJMcK Aug 2022 #22

In 2008? Wasn't that Obama vs Hillary? wnylib Aug 2022 #28

You're correct. Fla Dem Aug 2022 #30

not worth the trouble demtenjeep Aug 2022 #20

I remember that a large number of members of that board applauding the booing of John Lewis LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2022 #21

LEFT WING AUTHORITARIANS. I believe that's what Nancegreggs Hortensis Aug 2022 #35

I was disappointed when I saw the site was down last time I tried going there XorXor Aug 2022 #24

If you really want to see a bunch of unfiltered Kremlin bots, go here, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #29

Ohh, I've never heard of that forum before. XorXor Aug 2022 #34

Be interesting to see a history of these spin-off sites. BluesRunTheGame Aug 2022 #33