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Friday October 14, 2011 · 3:36 PM PDT

2011/10/14 · 15:36

It's hard out here for a pimp...

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Generation Opportunity At It Again

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Wednesday October 12, 2011 · 8:56 AM PDT

2011/10/12 · 08:56

In August I wrote about the astroturf "youth organization" Generation Opportunity and how it was using people who liked "Being American" as a means of legitimacy. Well, it turns out one deceptive Facebook page just wasn't enough. Generation Opportunity has announced their new Facebook project: The Constitution.

The page was created on October 26, 2010 and has the same modus operandi as "Being American": posting loaded statements and questions that push conservative ideology and policy. "The Constitution" obviously feels violated by the Affordable Care Act, is a big fan of the 10th amendment, and is outraged by the government assassination of Ronald McDonald.

Over 500,000 people like "The Constitution," which is giving Generation Opportunity a bigger number of people that they claim to speak for. I was curious to see if there was an actual Generation Opportunity Facebook page and find out how many supporters it had. Turns out that there is one, and they sure have a massive following:

They have 148 fans.

Generation Opportunity Revealed as Conservative Front

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Tuesday August 23, 2011 · 6:57 PM PDT

2011/08/23 · 18:57

Last month, Sarah wrote about the GOP recently pushing a "youth are leaving Obama" narrative. One of the major sources for these conservative columnists is a new 'youth' organization called Generation Opportunity.

Since its public announcement on June 1, 2011, Generation Opportunity has become one of the largest and fastest growing organizations targeting young Americans through social media, issue education, and grassroots mobilization. Generation Opportunity's facebook page "Being American" has rapidly grown to over 650,000 fans.

Generation Opportunity Press Release, July 1, 2011

Most of us who are actually in the youth movement had never heard anything about this "largest and fastest growing" youth organization until their press release blitz, and many of us were puzzled by how different their "research" results were from existing research. Out of curiosity, I decided to dig deeper into this organization.

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Saturday April 24, 2010 · 4:01 PM PDT

2010/04/24 · 16:01

Governor Jan Brewer and Arizona Republicans have devastated the state education system, passed "birther" laws, and legalized racial profiling.

Arizona needs a change. Our citizens should not have to live in fear or feel shame for the actions of our state government.

Support the Arizona Democratic Party to help remove these Republicans and put an end to their regressive policies.

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Monday March 15, 2010 · 11:24 AM PDT

2010/03/15 · 11:24

The recent vote to rewrite textbooks by the conservative dominated Texas State Board of Education has received a great deal of attention over the last few days. The lesson that we as progressives need to take away from it is one that conservatives internalized long ago: people that are elected to "downballot" races can have a lot of power in shaping the direction of our communities, states, and the country as a whole.

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Wednesday December 23, 2009 · 10:17 AM PST

2009/12/23 · 10:17

As Democrats approach the end of their first year of the 21st century in control of both Congress and the White House, we are reminded of a hard truth: progressive change is much more difficult than conservative retrenchment.

Throughout history change has always faced an uphill battle against the seductive forces of fear, hatred, dogma, and tradition. In fact, major progressive change is so difficult and occurs so infrequently that such victories are historical outliers. As Mike Lux points out, only four or five decades in the history of the United States have proved to be fertile ground for such change.

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Wednesday November 12, 2008 · 1:26 PM PST

2008/11/12 · 13:26

Cross-posted on KevinBondelli.com.

Monday on Future Majority I wrote about some of the next steps the youth movement should take now that the election has passed. One of those steps is to work to bring government and campaigns into the 21st century. While the buzzword for this vision has been Government 2.0, I see it more as User-Generated Government.

The Obama transition appears to be moving in the right direction with the creation of change.gov, which allows visitors to submit their ideas about the direction our country should take. Though this is a step in the right direction, it is only that: a step.

More below fold...

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Wednesday July 02, 2008 · 3:24 PM PDT

2008/07/02 · 15:24

Tomorrow, July 3rd at 5:00 PM Central Donald Betts Jr. will be liveblogging on FutureMajority.com. Betts is running in Kansas' Fourth Congressional District against 7-term incumbent Todd Tiahrt.

This will be the second live-blog from Senator Betts. You can check out his earlier live blog here.

You can also RSVP for the live blog on the Facebook event.

Some background on Senator Betts below the fold.

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Tuesday May 20, 2008 · 1:16 PM PDT

2008/05/20 · 13:16

A Facebook group is now a staple for youth-oriented organizations and chapters, but building membership isn’t like Field of Dreams: just because you built it doesn’t mean that they will come. You need a strategy in order to build membership in your Facebook group, so here are some tips to help you reach your goals.

I am going to use the Young Democrats of Wyoming as an example for this post because they just started a Facebook group and have set a membership goal.

More below fold.

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Friday May 16, 2008 · 8:34 AM PDT

2008/05/16 · 08:34

President George W. Bush's attack on Sen. Barack Obama on the floor of the Israeli Knesset was an unprecedented act that undermines American diplomacy to serve political purposes. Here is Bush's statement:

Some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along. We have heard this foolish delusion before. As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: "Lord, if only I could have talked to Hitler, all of this might have been avoided." We have an obligation to call this what it is – the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history.

Some people suggest that if the United States would just break ties with Israel, all our problems in the Middle East would go away. This is a tired argument that buys into the propaganda of our enemies, and America rejects it utterly. Israel's population may be just over 7 million. But when you confront terror and evil, you are 307 million strong, because America stands with you. Full text of speech here.

Commentary below the fold.

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Monday May 12, 2008 · 11:20 AM PDT

2008/05/12 · 11:20

I figured I would write a round-up post with my previous tips and tutorial articles. Many of these were targeted to a Young Democrats audience, though the tips should be useful for anyone involved in youth organizing.

Tips for College Chapters Starting a New Year
It’s that time of the year again when college chapters are looking to recruit new members from the influx of wide-eyed freshmen joining their campuses. Here are are a few ideas for new member recruitment that have been used effectively by chapters in the past.

Blogging for Young Democrat Chapters
Blogging has grown from being a novelty in political communication to a vital tool for candidates, campaigns, and organizations. This post is designed to guide Young Democrats chapters in developing their blogging strategy.

More below the fold.

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Thursday May 08, 2008 · 4:52 PM PDT

2008/05/08 · 16:52

This post is an attempt to unravel the mystery that is Twitter for the youth organizing community. While Twitter is pervasive amongst the early adopter crowd, it is just now beginning to gain traction with regular internet users.

Twitter is a micro-blogging service that consists of 140 character "tweets" that are broadcasted to a person’s subscribers. Think Facebook status updates but not constrained by Facebook. The question you are probably asking yourself is "if this is essentially the same thing as Facebook status updates, why is it even useful?" Well, here are a few reasons:

* With Facebook status updates, only your friends see them. With Twitter, anyone can subscribe to your updates.
* Facebook updates are more one-way than Twitter. Twitter users can direct message or reply to tweets, creating two-way communication.
* For the most part only people that go to your profile will see your status updates. Twitter updates are sent directly to subscribers.
* Twitter works with text messages (SMS), instant messages, and online.

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