What is the history of DU?

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4. Seven Days Underground

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Democratic Underground had its official launch on Inauguration Day, January 20, 2001. Much has happened since then. To mark the passing of our first week, we felt that our faithful visitors might like to read a [font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"]SLIGHTLY EMBELLISHED [/font] first-person account of the highs and lows of launching an underground political website. [font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"][font size="2"]by Skinner[/font] [/font]

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