Firedoglake
Political blog | |
Available in | English |
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Created by | Jane Hamsher |
URL | firedoglake |
Commercial | Yes |
Launched | 2004 |
Current status | Inactive |
Firedoglake (abbreviated as FDL) was an American
History
In December 2004, Hamsher founded the blog Firedoglake, naming it after her favorite activity at the time, sitting by the fire with her dog while watching
In late 2005, Hamsher expanded FDL into a group blog, featuring such regular contributors as Christy Hardin Smith (aka "Reddhead"), Marcy Wheeler (aka "emptywheel"), "TRex", "Pachacutec", and "Siun", later joined by others, and she published it utilizing WordPress, enabling moderated and filtered commenting. In 2008, in a profile of Hamsher published in the Washingtonian, she stated that "FireDogLake has about 20 people who write for it, maybe a dozen site administrators who watch what's happening on the blog."[4]
Components
Blogs
- Elections - blog by Jon Walker, FDL Elections is a blog about election coverage, political campaigns, and polling.
- MyFDL - MyFDL is the community site of progressive political blog Firedoglake. Anyone can participate by writing a diary, commenting on diaries, or joining groups to find other people in their areas.
- TBogg - Humorous/satirical blog written by Tom Boggioni, "A Somewhat Popular Blogger"
- Pam's House Blend - blog on women's, LGBT, and religious issues written by Pam Spaulding along with Autumn Sandeen and other regular contributors.
- Just Say Now - Just Say Now is a campaign for marijuana legalization, made of a transpartisan alliance of organizations seeking to reform our nation's drug laws.
- Dissenter - Dissenter is a Firedoglake blog curated by journalist Kevin Gosztola that covers civil liberties, digital freedom issues, including regular coverage of WikiLeaks, Chelsea Manning, and the US government's prosecution of whistleblowers. According to their About section, "the name also stems from the fact that the right to dissent is one of the most important civil liberties to defend in this country. As dissent becomes more and more objectionable to a government and society, a country becomes less free".
- Bytegeist - Launched in September 2012, Firedoglake's Bytegeist seeks to explore the intersection between politics, technology and laws.
- La Figa - blog by Lisa Derrick exploring the intersection of politics and popular culture
Other components
News Desk - News and analysis for the FDL community provided by David Dayen.
FDL Action
Formerly known as Campaign Silo, FDL Action is an explicitly activist portion of FDL which galvanizes readers for causes.[citation needed]
Blue America
Not related to the similarly named campaigns by
FDL Book Salon
In 2006 Hamsher launched the FDL Sunday Book Salon, in which participants discuss recent books, usually non-fiction political books, with a standing invitation for the books' authors to take part.
Today, the Book Salons generally operate on Saturdays and Sundays from 5 - 7 pm Eastern time (2 - 4 pm Pacific). Book Salon guests and hosts have covered virtually the entire gamut of political, economic, and contemporary thought. Past Book Salons and scheduled future Book Salons can all be reviewed at the Book Salon Front Page
FDL Books
On September 6, 2006, Hamsher announced a book imprint called FDL Books, later adding Vaster Books, in collaboration with Markos Moulitsas, founder of Daily Kos; its first release is a volume about the Valerie Plame affair by Firedoglake and Daily Kos contributor Marcy Wheeler ("emptywheel") entitled Anatomy of Deceit: How the Bush Administration Used the Media to Sell the Iraq War and Out a Spy (Berkeley: Vaster Books [Dist. by Publishers Group West], 2007).[10][11][12] To finance the publication of Wheeler's book, Hamsher sought to raise $65,000 in donations at Firedoglake,[13] ultimately raising $29,000 through PayPal contributions, according to the hyperlinked "dedicated fund-raising page" tracking results.[14]
Regular features
Firedoglake has a number of daily and weekly posts from regular contributors within the FDL Community. Among these are:
- Late Night - Posts nightly at 11 pm Eastern (8 pm Pacific) from rotating group of hosts
- Late, Late Night - Posts nightly at 1 am Eastern (10 pm Pacific) Open thread for overnight comments where there is no set topic but the conversation travels where and how it may
- Pull Up A Chair - Posts at 8 am Eastern (5 am Pacific) on Saturday mornings. Rotating hosts with the only rule being staying away from political talk
- Sunday Talking Heads - Posts at 5 am Eastern (2 am Pacific) on Sunday mornings. Compilation post of guests and topics for the Sunday morning political talk shows.[citation needed]
Activism
Libby trial coverage
Taking turns with Jeralyn Merritt of TalkLeft, Christy Hardin Smith (aka "Reddhead"), Marcy Wheeler (aka "emptywheel"), "Pachacutec", and Susan McIntosh (aka "egregious"), Hamsher live-blogged the Scooter Libby trial from the courtroom for Firedoglake, as she had applied for and been granted two press passes which they all shared to attend and report on the trial in Washington, D.C.[15][16] The New York Times reporter Scott Shane observes: "With no audio or video feed permitted, the Firedoglake 'live blog' has offered the fullest, fastest public report available. Many mainstream journalists use it to check on the trial", and noted that "for blogs, the Libby trial marks a courthouse coming of age".[17] Online donors contributed to defray FDL's trial coverage costs, including travel expenses of the live-bloggers and rental of a Washington, D.C., apartment, nicknamed "Plame House", which they shared.[17]
U.S. Senate election in Connecticut, 2006
Hamsher supported
After Hamsher posted an image depicting Lieberman in superimposed blackface embracing Bill Clinton created from a graphically edited photograph of Lieberman and Clinton in her guest blog in The Huffington Post, she was publicly criticized by Lieberman's campaign and others for doing so.[20] The Lieberman campaign objected publicly that it found the image offensive and racist, with Lieberman publicly calling the use of blackface in the image "one of the most disgusting and hurtful images that has been used in American history, it's deeply offensive to people of all colors, and it has absolutely no place in the political arena today" and demanding that Lamont prohibit Hamsher from traveling with his campaign and to refuse any money that she might have raised for him.[20]
Questioned about the image and his campaign's connections to Hamsher, Lamont responded, "I don't know anything about the blogs. I'm not responsible for those. I have no comment on them", but a spokesman for Lamont was quoted in The Washington Post as calling the image "offensive and inappropriate".[20] Hamsher removed the image after receiving a request from the Lamont campaign, later posting a statement on Firedoglake "apologiz[ing] to anyone who was genuinely offended by the choice of images", and criticizing Lieberman for using the controversy about the image to score political points.[19]
During the summer of 2008, as the U.S.
Time magazine, November 21, 2007
In Firedoglake on November 27, 2007, Hamsher posted that she had determined that
Health care reform debate
Hamsher is known as a strong advocate for a
Hamsher and Rep.
Hamsher was frustrated that
Financial regulatory reform debate
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In December 2009 Hamsher teamed up with Grover Norquist to call for the resignation of Rahm Emanuel for an alleged role in the collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.[43]
Community
Firedoglake, whose administrators often refer to their most frequent commentators as Firepups, has run into controversy within pro-Democratic Party circles, particularly in its criticism of President Obama's administrative shortcomings on progressive campaign promises. As a result, the derogatory term
References
- ^ "About us" FireDogLake website
- ^ "After Firedoglake" Shadowproof website
- ^ "About Shadowproof". Shadowproof. August 4, 2020. Archived from the original on July 1, 2023. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- ^ a b Garrett M. Graff (August 13, 2008). "The Insider: Jane Hamsher". Washingtonian. Washingtonian Magazine, Inc. (Catherine Merrill Williams). Retrieved May 26, 2010.
- Blogger.com (Google, Inc.). Jane Hamsher. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
- ^ Meredith Dwight (April 3, 2006). "2005 Koufax Awards -- The Winners". Wampum. Archived from the original on September 23, 2008. Retrieved November 15, 2008.
- ^ Jane Hamsher (April 30, 2006). "FDL Book Salon Profile". Facebook. Jane Hamsher. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
- ^ Glenn Greenwald; et al. (August 27, 2006). "FDL Book Salon -- Conservatives Without Conscience, Week 1" (Blog). Firedoglake. Jane Hamsher. Retrieved November 24, 2008.
- ^ Glenn Greenwald; et al. (September 4, 2006). "FDL Book Salon -- Conservatives Without Conscience, Week 2" (Blog). Firedoglake. Jane Hamsher. Retrieved November 24, 2008.
- ISBN 978-0-9791761-0-4(13).
- ^ Marcy Wheeler posts as "emptywheel" at both Daily Kos and Firedoglake.
- ^ Cf. Marcy Wheeler (September 5, 2006). "Plame Was in Charge of Finding WMDs in Iraq" (Blog). Daily Kos. Markos Moulitsas.
- ^ Jane Hamsher (September 6, 2006). "Announcing CIA Leak Investigation Book by Marcy Wheeler: We Need Your Help" (Blog). Firedoglake. Jane Hamsher.
- ^ Jane Hamsher. "CIA Leak Investigation Book by Marcy Wheeler". Firedoglake. Jane Hamsher. Retrieved November 18, 2008.
- ^ Jane Hamsher (January 16, 2007). "Three Time
LoserWinner" (Blog). Firedoglake. Jane Hamsher. Retrieved November 16, 2008. - ^ scarecrow; et al. (August 2, 2007). "YKOS — Libby Trial Blogging Panel ..." (Blog). Firedoglake. Jane Hamsher. Retrieved November 15, 2008. [Series of reports on and by the press-accredited Libby trial Firedoglake bloggers.]
- ^ a b Scott Shane (February 15, 2007). "For Liberal Bloggers, Libby Trial Is Fun and Fodder". The New York Times.
- ^ Anne E. Kornblut; Jeremy W. Peters (November 7, 2006). "Lieberman Prevails Against Lamont in Connecticut". The New York Times. Retrieved November 24, 2008.
- ^ a b Jane Hamsher (August 2, 2006). "About That Graphic" (Blog). Firedoglake. Jane Hamsher. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
I sincerely apologize to anyone who was genuinely offended by the choice of images accompanying my blog post today on the Huffington Post. It's also important to note that I do not, nor have I ever worked for Ned Lamont's campaign. However, at their request, I removed the image earlier today. ... Unfortunately, Senator Lieberman's campaign has used this in attempt to hurt Ned and score political points, mustering their own faux indignation in attempt to further distract from the issues important to the voters of Connecticut.
- ^ a b c d Dan Balz (August 3, 2006). "Lieberman Assails Lamont Over Supporter's Blog Post". The Washington Post. p. A9. Retrieved November 19, 2008.
- ^ Jane Hamsher (August 19, 2008). "Rush Limbaugh Fears Lieberman for VP -- And So Do I" (Blog). The Huffington Post. Retrieved November 14, 2008.
- ^ Jane Hamsher (November 12, 2008). "Obama Wants Lieberman to Stay -- But at What Price?" (Blog). The Huffington Post. Retrieved December 6, 2008.
- ^ a b Jane Hamsher (November 27, 2007). "Time Magazine Circles the Wagons around Joe Klein" (Blog). Firedoglake. Jane Hamsher. Retrieved November 14, 2008.
- ^ Joe Klein (November 21, 2007). "The Tone-Deaf Democrats". Time. Archived from the original on November 23, 2007. Retrieved November 15, 2008.
Correction appended: November 28, 2007.
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- ^ "Corrections & Clarifications". Chicago Tribune. November 28, 2007. Archived from the original on November 30, 2007. Retrieved November 29, 2007.
- Peter Hoekstra (November 29, 2007). "Klein Kerfuffle, FISA Facts". National Review. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
- ^ a b c Kate Phillips (March 19, 2010). "Progressives, Public Option and Abortion" (Blog). The New York Times. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
- ^ a b Jane Hamsher (March 17, 2010). "Dennis Kucinich Will Return Money to Donors". Firedoglake. Jane Hamsher. Archived from the original (Blog) on March 27, 2010. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
- ^ Jane Hamsher (July 15, 2009). "I Don't Think 50 Votes Means What They Think It Means" (Blog). Firedoglake. Jane Hamsher. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
- ^ Jane Hamsher (July 30, 2009). "53 House Progressives Won't Vote For Blue Dog Compromise". Firedoglake. Jane Hamsher. Archived from the original (Blog) on March 10, 2010. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
- ^ Jane Hamsher (October 8, 2009). "Public Option Please (POP): Because Health Care Is A Human Right" (Blog). Firedoglake. Jane Hamsher. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
- The Huffington Post. Arianna Huffington. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
- ^ Jane Hamsher (December 11, 2009). "Sign Letter to Susan B. Komen Foundation: Donations Shouldn't Go To Hadassah Lieberman". Firedoglake. Jane Hamsher. Archived from the original (Blog) on June 7, 2010. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
- ^ Jane Hamsher (December 22, 2009). "Why I Went on Fox and Friends". Firedoglake. Jane Hamsher. Archived from the original (Blog) on February 26, 2010. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
- ^ Jane Hamsher (March 18, 2009). "Yes, Rahm is Totally Vindicated". Firedoglake. Jane Hamsher. Archived from the original (Blog) on May 26, 2010. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
- ^ Jane Hamsher (April 8, 2009). "White House May be Dictating, But We're Not Stenographers" (Blog). Firedoglake. Jane Hamsher. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
- ^ Jane Hamsher (November 7, 2009). "And the Catholic Bishops Endorse! A Special Thank-You To Planned Parenthood and NARAL". Firedoglake. Jane Hamsher. Archived from the original (Blog) on April 11, 2010. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
- ^ Jane Hamsher (December 2, 2009). "Announcing One Voice For Choice". Firedoglake. Jane Hamsher. Archived from the original (Blog) on March 31, 2010. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
- ^ "Odd Couple Demands Probe of Rahm Emanuel at Freddie as More Money Rolls In". FOXNews. December 25, 2009. Retrieved December 25, 2009.
- ^ Overreach THIS! (May 18, 2010). "New Definition in Urban Dictionary: FIREBAGGER". Talking Points Memo.