Will blog for change. You know the scene: you walk by a street performer and something about them makes you stop. Something about their playing is compelling enough to get you to pause your life and listen, even if only for a half a song. Maybe you drop some change or some folding money into their guitar case or tip […]

One big happy One of the most gratifying things about Eclectablog for me is how many of you are regular readers and, in your own ways, contributors. For example, in the past six months, Eclectablog has had over 625,000 visits from about 445,000 visitors. That means many of you are regular visitors, checking in once a day, once a week, […]

A little blog that grew up I first started blogging at a site called Modblog. It was more of a blogging community than anything and I met some friends there that I still stay in touch with today. That was in 2003, right before the Bush/Kerry election, and the site was called “I’m just sayin’”. I probably had 50 people […]

Please feed the bloggers One thing that I’ve learned over the years is that conservative blogosphere is a pretty lucrative gig if you have even a modicum of talent. Corporatist groups actually pay people to go online not only to blog but to do all sorts of nefarious things like downvoting liberal posts and comments on sites like Reddit, give […]

#GiveToWendy

This morning, Eclectablog participated in a national Money Bomb for Wendy Davis, Democratic candidate for Texas governor. The original goal was $1,000.

As of 10:21 p.m. ET, we raised $10,470. Can I get a hell yeah?!

Wendy Davis herself is well aware of our effort:

[Photo credit: Andrea Greer, used with permission]

Click through to be part of this historic moment.

Texas is changing and YOU can be a part of that [CC image credit: texastribune | Flickr] At the risk of competing with our own Eclectablog fundraiser this week, we are participating in a National Money Bomb for Texas Senator Wendy Davis who is running for governor in the Lone Star State. We’re joining Burnt Orange Report, Feministing, The Rude […]

We don’t just tell you what you need to know. We help motivate action and change. We realize no one loves fundraisers. We wouldn’t keep hitting you up for money if we didn’t have to. But here at Eclectablog, everything we do is supported in large part by our readers. And we return the favor. I can tell you why […]

Go blue. When Michigan-native Mitt Romney went on his “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt” tour, people missed his point. The future GOP nominee didn’t want the auto industry to go out of business — he wanted to use the financial crisis to bust the auto workers unions. He wanted the Big Three to survive just without the careers that helped create […]

Eclectablog is made possible with the support of readers like you. Over the past year or so, the pervasive power of corporatists in our society has really hit home for me. Corporate interests have so much money, so many resources, and have created such an effective network to put their personal, self-serving, profit-maximizing stamp on our policies and laws that […]

“There is a group of extremists in the House that is controlling the agenda and that has to stop.” – Sen. Amy Klobuchar When Wyandotte was in Congressman John Dingell’s district, every year he held a fundraiser at the Yack Arena. That ended in 2001 when redistricting took Wyandotte away. But, now, thanks to re-redistricting, Wyandotte is again represented by […]

Over the past six months, the pervasive power of corporatists in our society has really hit home for me. Corporate interests have so much money, so many resources, and have created such an effective network to put their personal, self-serving, profit-maximizing stamp on our policies and laws that the rest of us seem, at times, to have little if any […]