@gjohnsit

But the site grew suddenly to over 2,100 users following Daily Kos’ endorsement of Clinton in March,

Sure 2,100 people just up and decided to leave DK on their own without any help from the site owner's banning them left and left...heh

Shikspack’s skepticism, much like that of patrons of his site, is rooted in the belief that the Democratic primary was “rigged” in more ways than one. He says DNC chairman Wasserman Shultz “went out of her way to make the rules to favor Clinton”; that the primary debate schedule gave Clinton more exposure; that electronic voting systems have resulted in voter roll purges; and that the Hillary Victory Fund, a joint fundraising venture of Clinton’s presidential campaign, the DNC and 32 state party committees, is a giant “fundraising scam.”

Whoo Hoo Joe! Great job on explaining to those at the back what actually happened. Of course this is considered CT over there. Actually both parts are.

"Kos never banned anyone."

#2 remember this?

But Sanders’ most dogged grassroots supporters have not disappeared.

They might have left the Daily Kos, but instead they’ve dispersed to more obscure, leftist corners of the Internet, where they are plotting their next moves. Taking up the hashtags #StillSanders and #NeverHillary, Sanders’ staunchest allies—who range from Democrats to Greens to unaffiliated renegades—are lurking in Reddit forums like “Kossacks_for_Sanders,” on emerging niche blogs such as Caucus99Percent and The Progressive Wing, and on YouTube vlogs like “The Sane Progressive,” where their fervor for the candidate and his progressive ideals is still very much alive.
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The purists among these online activists describe their movement principally as one of populist ideals, including mass political mobilization, combating income equality, creating a more progressive tax system and stopping climate change. But a large faction of the movement is also made up of political misfits united in contempt for core elements of today’s Democratic Party: superdelegates, the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, corporate media and money, what they believe to be widespread election fraud—and, of course, Clinton herself, despite her pending nomination. “What I hope Sanders’ fight does is mobilize the base to organize outside of the Democratic Party, which is and has been for years and obstacle to progressive change,” Joe Shikspack, founder of Caucus99Percent, told me in an interview in the days ahead of Sanders’ endorsement of Clinton.
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The profile of Caucus99Percent users is further left. Evolving from mailing lists, Google groups and primitive webpages, Caucus99Percent was started as a non-partisan progressive blog in January 2015 with a few hundred active community members. But the site grew suddenly to over 2,100 users following Daily Kos’ endorsement of Clinton in March, when “word got out that our site would allow people to advocate for Bernie,” says Joe Shikspack, a Maryland-based co-administrator of the site. Although the site does not endorse any candidate, its community is largely composed of Sanders supporters who do not affiliate with a party, including many who have been involved in the 2011 Occupy movement, anti-war protests and environmentalism efforts. “The two major parties monopolize the political space and present us with choices that are completely unacceptable in terms of creating the better world that we are looking for,” says Shikspack, who will join the ranks of Sanders progressives at the Philadelphia convention.

Shikspack’s skepticism, much like that of patrons of his site, is rooted in the belief that the Democratic primary was “rigged” in more ways than one. He says DNC chairman Wasserman Shultz “went out of her way to make the rules to favor Clinton”; that the primary debate schedule gave Clinton more exposure; that electronic voting systems have resulted in voter roll purges; and that the Hillary Victory Fund, a joint fundraising venture of Clinton’s presidential campaign, the DNC and 32 state party committees, is a giant “fundraising scam.”

@gjohnsit

[The caucus99percent] community is largely composed of Sanders supporters who do not affiliate with a party, including many who have been involved in the 2011 Occupy movement, anti-war protests and environmentalism efforts

Those things are a large part of why I'm here.

#2 remember this?

But Sanders’ most dogged grassroots supporters have not disappeared.

They might have left the Daily Kos, but instead they’ve dispersed to more obscure, leftist corners of the Internet, where they are plotting their next moves. Taking up the hashtags #StillSanders and #NeverHillary, Sanders’ staunchest allies—who range from Democrats to Greens to unaffiliated renegades—are lurking in Reddit forums like “Kossacks_for_Sanders,” on emerging niche blogs such as Caucus99Percent and The Progressive Wing, and on YouTube vlogs like “The Sane Progressive,” where their fervor for the candidate and his progressive ideals is still very much alive.
...
The purists among these online activists describe their movement principally as one of populist ideals, including mass political mobilization, combating income equality, creating a more progressive tax system and stopping climate change. But a large faction of the movement is also made up of political misfits united in contempt for core elements of today’s Democratic Party: superdelegates, the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, corporate media and money, what they believe to be widespread election fraud—and, of course, Clinton herself, despite her pending nomination. “What I hope Sanders’ fight does is mobilize the base to organize outside of the Democratic Party, which is and has been for years and obstacle to progressive change,” Joe Shikspack, founder of Caucus99Percent, told me in an interview in the days ahead of Sanders’ endorsement of Clinton.
...
The profile of Caucus99Percent users is further left. Evolving from mailing lists, Google groups and primitive webpages, Caucus99Percent was started as a non-partisan progressive blog in January 2015 with a few hundred active community members. But the site grew suddenly to over 2,100 users following Daily Kos’ endorsement of Clinton in March, when “word got out that our site would allow people to advocate for Bernie,” says Joe Shikspack, a Maryland-based co-administrator of the site. Although the site does not endorse any candidate, its community is largely composed of Sanders supporters who do not affiliate with a party, including many who have been involved in the 2011 Occupy movement, anti-war protests and environmentalism efforts. “The two major parties monopolize the political space and present us with choices that are completely unacceptable in terms of creating the better world that we are looking for,” says Shikspack, who will join the ranks of Sanders progressives at the Philadelphia convention.

Shikspack’s skepticism, much like that of patrons of his site, is rooted in the belief that the Democratic primary was “rigged” in more ways than one. He says DNC chairman Wasserman Shultz “went out of her way to make the rules to favor Clinton”; that the primary debate schedule gave Clinton more exposure; that electronic voting systems have resulted in voter roll purges; and that the Hillary Victory Fund, a joint fundraising venture of Clinton’s presidential campaign, the DNC and 32 state party committees, is a giant “fundraising scam.”