Daily Kos#Related sites

Daily Kos was founded in May 2002 by Markos Moulitsas in Berkeley, California.

The Daily Kos is funded by advertising,{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Jennifer 8. |title=THE EYES OF THE NATION: THE INTERNET; Year of the Blog? Web Diarists Are Now Official Members of Convention Press Corps |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/26/us/eyes-nation-internet-year-blog-web-diarists-are-now-official-members-convention.html |access-date=December 27, 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=July 26, 2004 |archive-date=August 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804133922/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/26/us/eyes-nation-internet-year-blog-web-diarists-are-now-official-members-convention.html |url-status=live }} fundraising, and donations.{{Citation needed|reason=Need non-primary source for financial information|date=December 2022}}

As of September 2014, Daily Kos has had an average weekday traffic of hundreds of thousands.{{cite web|url=https://www.quantcast.com/dailykos.com|title=Dailykos.com Traffic and Demographic Statistics by Quantcast|work=Quantcast|access-date=December 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140126144719/https://www.quantcast.com/dailykos.com|archive-date=January 26, 2014|url-status=dead}}

The website ran on the Scoop content management system until 2011 when it moved to its own custom content management system referred to as "DK 4.0".{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}} In 2016 and 2017, the Trump presidency brought out huge support for the blog, with more than half a million in direct donations being received from their email campaigns.{{cite web |last1=Grim |first1=Ryan |author-link=Ryan Grim |date=April 13, 2017 |title=Daily Kos Is Back |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/daily-kos-is-back_us_58ee985ce4b0da2ff85de500 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906101412/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/daily-kos-is-back_us_58ee985ce4b0da2ff85de500 |archive-date=September 6, 2017 |access-date=September 4, 2017 |website=HuffPost}}

In 2018, the Daily Kos launched Civiqs, a division of the blog that provides political polling data from volunteer participants.{{cite news |last1=Cauterucci |first1=Christina |title=Arizona Democrats Have Turned On Kyrsten Sinema - Just 8 percent of her party's voters view the senator favorably. What could she be thinking? |url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/01/poll-only-8-percent-of-arizona-democrats-view-kyrsten-sinema-favorably.html |access-date=December 27, 2022 |work=Slate |date=January 21, 2022 |archive-date=June 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606200234/https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/01/poll-only-8-percent-of-arizona-democrats-view-kyrsten-sinema-favorably.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Selby |first1=W. Gardner |title=Texas GOP claims recent poll shows Cruz leading O'Rourke by only 2 point |url=https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/politics/article/Texas-GOP-claims-recent-poll-shows-Cruz-leading-13095928.php |access-date=December 27, 2022 |publisher=San Antonio Express-News |date=July 22, 2018 |archive-date=January 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130191409/https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/politics/article/Texas-GOP-claims-recent-poll-shows-Cruz-leading-13095928.php |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Carpenter |first1=Tim |title=Online poll of Kansas governor's race puts Laura Kelly slightly ahead of Kris Kobach |url=https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/09/25/online-poll-of-kansas-governors-race-puts-laura-kelly-slightly-ahead-of-kris-kobach/9978681007/ |access-date=December 27, 2022 |work=Topeka Capital-Journal |date=September 25, 2018 |archive-date=June 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604112651/https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/09/25/online-poll-of-kansas-governors-race-puts-laura-kelly-slightly-ahead-of-kris-kobach/9978681007/ |url-status=live }}

In 2019 Prism, an independent, non-profit publication focused on covering injustice from the perspective of underrepresented groups, became an affiliate publication of the Daily Kos.{{cite news |last1=Merid |first1=Feven |title=Seeing through a new Prism |url=https://www.cjr.org/the_new_gatekeepers/seeing-through-a-new-prism.php |access-date=December 30, 2022 |publisher=Columbia Journalism Review |date=March 22, 2021 |archive-date=June 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609220636/https://www.cjr.org/the_new_gatekeepers/seeing-through-a-new-prism.php |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Tameez |first1=Hanaa' |title=Prism, a news site led by women of color, centers the voices of marginalized people in its reporting |url=https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/10/prism-a-news-site-led-by-women-of-color-centers-the-voices-of-marginalized-people-in-its-reporting/ |access-date=December 30, 2022 |publisher=Neiman Journalism Lab |date=October 20, 2020 |archive-date=May 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530185148/https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/10/prism-a-news-site-led-by-women-of-color-centers-the-voices-of-marginalized-people-in-its-reporting/ |url-status=live }}

In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Daily Kos owner Kos Media LLC received $1.4 million in federally backed small business loans from Newtek Small Business Finance as part of the Paycheck Protection Program.{{Cite web |title=Kos Media, LLC - Coronavirus Bailouts - ProPublica |last1=Syed |first1=Moiz |last2=Willis |first2=Derek |work=ProPublica |date=July 7, 2020 |access-date=July 10, 2020 |url=https://projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/bailouts/loans/kos-media-llc-9e1035f1e997d2301308bfd44bf2a61b |archive-date=July 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711235758/https://projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/bailouts/loans/kos-media-llc-9e1035f1e997d2301308bfd44bf2a61b |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Here are the major media companies that received coronavirus relief loans |author=James Bikales |work=The Hill |date=July 6, 2020 |access-date=July 10, 2020 |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/506121-here-are-the-major-media-companies-that-received-coronavirus-relief-loans |archive-date=July 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710235724/https://thehill.com/homenews/media/506121-here-are-the-major-media-companies-that-received-coronavirus-relief-loans |url-status=live }}

Daily Kos had previously partnered with Research 2000 to produce polling for presidential, congressional and gubernatorial races across the country. In June 2010, Daily Kos terminated the relationship after finding that the data showed statistical anomalies consistent with deliberate falsification{{cite web |last1=Moulitsas |first1=Markos |title=Research 2000: Problems in plain sight |url=https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2010/6/29/880179/- |website=Daily Kos |access-date=March 29, 2019 |archive-date=March 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329153711/https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2010/6/29/880179/- |url-status=live }} and announced its intention to sue the polling firm.{{cite news |last1=Sargent |first1=Greg |title=It's war! Lawyer for DailyKos details lawsuit against Research 2000 |url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/06/lawyer_for_dailykos_details_la.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |date= June 29, 2010|access-date=March 29, 2019 |archive-date=March 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328192412/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/06/lawyer_for_dailykos_details_la.html |url-status=dead }}

On November 30, 2010, an agreement to a settlement began as lawyers for the Plaintiff filed a status report indicating that both parties were "in agreement as to the contours of a proper settlement but are still in the process of determining whether the execution of the proposed terms is feasible".{{cite web |title=Kos Media LLC et al v. Research 2000 et al |url=https://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/california/candce/3:2010cv02894/229290/11/ |website=Justia |access-date=March 29, 2019 |archive-date=March 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328215016/https://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/california/candce/3:2010cv02894/229290/11/ |url-status=live }} In May 2011, The Huffington Post reported that Research 2000 pollster Del Ali agreed to settle the lawsuit and make payments to Daily Kos.{{cite web |last1=Blumenthal |first1=Mark |title=Daily Kos vs. Research 2000 Lawsuit Settled |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/daily-kos-research-2000-lawsuit_n_867775 |website=HuffPost |date=May 27, 2011|access-date=March 29, 2019 |archive-date=May 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507073558/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/daily-kos-research-2000-lawsuit_n_867775 |url-status=live }}

The Daily Kos Elections tracked redistricting in the United States,{{cite news |last1=Campbell |first1=Colin |title=Redistricting: What Happens Next? |url=https://observer.com/2012/03/redistricting-what-happens-next/ |access-date=January 16, 2023 |work=The New York Observer |date=March 6, 2012 |archive-date=March 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326122056/https://observer.com/2012/03/redistricting-what-happens-next/ |url-status=live }} forecasted Electoral College results,{{cite news |last1=Tamman |first1=Maurice |last2=Faulconbridge |first2=Guy |title=How the polls missed Trump's victory |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-polls/how-the-polls-including-ours-missed-trumps-victory-idUSKBN1343O6 |access-date=January 17, 2023 |work=Reuters |date=November 10, 2016}} and provided polling data for elections.{{cite news |last1=Silver |first1=Nate |title=So Few Swing Districts, So Little Compromise |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/27/as-swing-districts-dwindle-can-a-divided-house-stand/ |access-date=January 16, 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=December 27, 2012 |archive-date=May 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523204836/https://archive.nytimes.com/fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/27/as-swing-districts-dwindle-can-a-divided-house-stand/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Campbell |first1=Colin |title=Baby business - Data Crunch: How Democratic and Republican Are the Court's Congressional Districts? |url=https://observer.com/2012/03/data-crunch-how-democratic-and-republican-are-the-courts-congressional-districts/ |access-date=January 16, 2023 |work=The New York Observer |date=March 7, 2012 |archive-date=February 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204123216/https://observer.com/2012/03/data-crunch-how-democratic-and-republican-are-the-courts-congressional-districts/ |url-status=live }}

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In June 2006, members of Daily Kos organized the first ever Daily Kos political blogger convention, called YearlyKos, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was attended by approximately 1000{{cite news |title=How to neuter the Republicans |url=http://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid15735.aspx |newspaper=The Phoenix |date=June 21, 2006 |first=David S. |last=Bernstein |access-date=July 19, 2006 |archive-date=October 27, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061027132813/http://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid15735.aspx |url-status=live }} bloggers, and featured appearances by prominent Democrats such as Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, California Senator Barbara Boxer, General Wesley Clark, Governors Mark Warner, Bill Richardson, Tom Vilsack and DNC Chair Howard Dean. The event was widely covered in the traditional media, including Capitol Hill Blue,{{cite news |url=http://www.capitolhillblue.com/content2/2006/07/on_second_thought.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060829164351/http://www.capitolhillblue.com/content/2006/07/on_second_thought.html|archive-date=August 29, 2006 |title=On second thought... |first=Doug |last=Thompson |date=July 16, 2006 |access-date=August 14, 2010}} The Boston Globe{{cite news |url=http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/07/06/bloggers_battle_old_school_media_for_political_clout |newspaper=The Boston Globe |title=Bloggers battle old-school media for political clout |first=Michael M. |last=Grynbaum |date=July 6, 2006 |access-date=July 19, 2006 |archive-date=July 18, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060718023223/http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/07/06/bloggers_battle_old_school_media_for_political_clout/ |url-status=live }} and MSNBC.{{cite news |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/13284379 |publisher=NBC News |title=Warner looks left, looks right, looks toward '08 |last=Curry |first=Tom |date=June 16, 2006 |access-date=July 19, 2006 |archive-date=January 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108051325/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/13284379/ |url-status=dead }} C-SPAN also carried portions of the convention.{{cite web |url=http://www.c-span.org/VideoArchives.asp?CatCodePairs=Issue,MP&ArchiveDays=100&Page=2 |title=C-SPAN |access-date=July 19, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619083645/http://www.c-span.org/VideoArchives.asp?CatCodePairs=Issue%2CMP&ArchiveDays=100&Page=2 |archive-date=June 19, 2006 }}

Daily Kos has been described variously as progressive,{{Cite news |last=Talbot |first=Margaret |date=2025-03-04 |title=Elon Musk Also Has a Problem with Wikipedia |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/elon-musk-also-has-a-problem-with-wikipedia |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250327175435/https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/elon-musk-also-has-a-problem-with-wikipedia |archive-date=27 Mar 2025 |access-date=2025-04-27 |work=The New Yorker |language=en-US |issn=0028-792X |quote=It urges skepticism about some other sources because they allow clients to pay for coverage, run press releases or other user-generated content with little oversight, or operate essentially as partisan forums for activists of various political stripes. Those make up a motley assortment, including Amazon user reviews, the publication BroadwayWorld, and the progressive site Daily Kos.}} left-leaning{{cite news |last=Solomon |first=Deborah |date=March 19, 2006 |title=Kos Célèbre |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/19/magazine/kos-celebre.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414011800/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/19/magazine/kos-celebre.html |archive-date=April 14, 2022 |access-date=April 13, 2022 |work=The New York Times |quote=As the founder of the left-leaning Daily Kos, the largest political blog in the country, did you find it hard to write 'Crashing the Gate,' an actual book, as opposed to your usual raw and episodic three-sentence musings?}}{{cite book |last=Benkler |first=Yochai |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/disinformation-age/political-economy-of-the-origins-of-asymmetric-propaganda-in-american-media/10D034A14EA79BDEED26B75EC80B8625 |title=The Disinformation Age Politics, Technology, and Disruptive Communication in the United States |date=October 6, 2020 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9781108914628 |editor-last1=Bennett |editor-first1=W. Lance |pages=43–66 |chapter=A Political Economy of the Origins of Asymmetric Propaganda in American Media |doi=10.1017/9781108914628 |quote=newer left-activist sites like the Daily Kos ... while sites on the left, like the Daily Kos, emphasized ... |access-date=April 14, 2022 |editor-last2=Livingston |editor-first2=Steven |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414011828/https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/disinformation-age/political-economy-of-the-origins-of-asymmetric-propaganda-in-american-media/10D034A14EA79BDEED26B75EC80B8625 |archive-date=April 14, 2022 |url-status=live}} and far-left.{{cite news |date=June 8, 2019 |title=Google rewards reputable reporting, not left-wing politics |url=https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2019/06/08/google-rewards-reputable-reporting-not-left-wing-politics |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628113423/https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2019/06/08/google-rewards-reputable-reporting-not-left-wing-politics |archive-date=June 28, 2022 |access-date=June 26, 2022 |newspaper=The Economist |quote=Because most far-right outlets had bad trust scores, they got few search results. But so did Daily Kos, a far-left site.}}

In addition to being a blogging, news, and digital media platform, Daily Kos is a political organization. For instance, The New York Times reported that James Thompson, the April 2017 Democratic candidate for the vacant House seat from {{ushr|KS|4|a}}, "was helped by nearly $150,000 from Daily Kos, ... and some more modest contributions from a group aligned with Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont".{{cite news|date=April 11, 2017|title=Ron Estes, a Republican, Survives Tight House Race to Win Kansas Seat|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/11/us/politics/kansas-special-election.html|access-date=April 12, 2017|last1=Eligon|first1=John|last2=Martin|first2=Jonathan|work=The New York Times |archive-date=April 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412080855/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/11/us/politics/kansas-special-election.html|url-status=live}} OpenSecrets reported that "the liberal Daily Kos endorsed Thompson and sent out a fundraising plea, which has so far garnered $178,000 in donations, according to its fundraising page."{{cite news | author=Balcerzak, Ashley | date=April 10, 2017 | title=Flurry of Spending in Kansas 4th | url=https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2017/04/flurry-of-spending-in-kansas-4th/ | publisher=OpenSecrets | archive-date = April 13, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170413071719/https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2017/04/flurry-of-spending-in-kansas-4th/ | url-status = live }}

Daily Kos has endorsed notable Democratic candidates in state and national races, including Hillary Clinton in the run-up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election,Nir, D. [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/7/28/1553614/-Daily-Kos-is-proud-to-endorse-Hillary-Clinton-our-first-woman-nominee-for-president Daily Kos] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108061918/http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/7/28/1553614/-Daily-Kos-is-proud-to-endorse-Hillary-Clinton-our-first-woman-nominee-for-president |date=November 8, 2016 }} July 28, 2016. and candidate Jon Ossoff, who ran for {{ushr|GA|6}} in its 2017 special election. Ossoff received more than $1 million raised on Daily Kos.{{cite news | author = Bluestein, Greg | date = April 5, 2017 | title = Nearly 200K Donors Help Jon Ossoff Net Record Fundraising Haul | url = http://politics.myajc.com/blog/politics/nearly-200k-donors-help-jon-ossoff-net-record-fundraising-haul-georgia-special-election/Y4IT4tCFVYmZqP7oEDsu1O/ | access-date = January 13, 2018 | archive-date = January 14, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180114183708/http://politics.myajc.com/blog/politics/nearly-200k-donors-help-jon-ossoff-net-record-fundraising-haul-georgia-special-election/Y4IT4tCFVYmZqP7oEDsu1O/ | url-status = live |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution}}

In 2004, the site launched the dKosopedia. It was a wiki, using the MediaWiki software, and described as "a political encyclopedia ... written from a left/progressive/liberal/Democratic point of view while also attempting to fairly acknowledge the other side's take".{{cite web | url = http://www.dkosopedia.com/static/index.html| title = Main Page from dKosopedia | work = Daily Kos| access-date = May 11, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210211022436/http://www.dkosopedia.com/static/index.html| archive-date = February 11, 2021}} It grew to more than 14,000 articles but has since been discontinued.{{cite web| url = http://www.dkosopedia.com/static/index.html| title = dkosopedia.com| access-date = May 11, 2021| archive-date = February 11, 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210211022436/http://www.dkosopedia.com/static/index.html| url-status = live}}

The site has also participated in mass digital campaigns to elected officials over ActionNetwork.org with prominent organizational partners including Saphron Initiative, Futures PAC, Democracy for America's Advocacy Fund, and More Perfect Union.{{Cite web |date=June 24, 2024 |title=Sign the petition: Say NO to diverting public school money to private schools! |url=https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-the-petition-say-no-to-diverting-public-school-money-to-private-schools |access-date=June 24, 2024 |website=ActionNetwork |archive-date=June 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625024640/https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-the-petition-say-no-to-diverting-public-school-money-to-private-schools |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=June 24, 2024 |title=Sign on: support universal pre-K! |url=https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-on-support-universal-pre-k |access-date=June 24, 2024 |website=ActionNetwork |archive-date=June 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625024639/https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-on-support-universal-pre-k |url-status=live }}

In 2008, Time magazine readers named Daily Kos the second-best blog.{{cite magazine |date=April 6, 2008 |title=Time.com's First Annual Blog Index |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1725323_1727246_1727247,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100804074017/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1725323_1727246_1727247,00.html |archive-date=August 4, 2010 |access-date=August 14, 2010 |magazine=Time}} In 2009, Time listed Daily Kos in its "Most Overrated Blogs" section due to the loss of its mission, fighting the "oppressive and war-crazed" Republican administration, during Democrat Barack Obama's presidency.* {{cite magazine |date=February 13, 2009 |title=#5 Daily Kos: State of the Nation — 5 Most Overrated Blogs 2009 |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1879276_1879093_1879090,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100419012608/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1879276_1879093_1879090,00.html |archive-date=April 19, 2010 |access-date=April 30, 2010 |magazine=Time}}

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In 2015, cartoonist Dan Perkins was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Cartooning as Tom Tomorrow of Daily Kos.{{cite web |last1=Grim |first1=Ryan |date=April 10, 2015 |title=Daily Kos Is Back |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/dan-perkins-drawing-tom-tomorrow |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607195737/https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/dan-perkins-drawing-tom-tomorrow |archive-date=June 7, 2023 |access-date=September 10, 2023}}

In an October 2018 Simmons Research survey of 38 news organizations, the Daily Kos was ranked the fifth least trusted news organization by Americans in a tie with Breitbart News, with the Palmer Report, Occupy Democrats, InfoWars and The Daily Caller being lower-ranked.{{Cite web |last=Benton |first=Joshua |author-link=Joshua Benton |date=October 5, 2018 |title=Here's how much Americans trust 38 major news organizations (hint: not all that much!) |url=https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/10/heres-how-much-americans-trust-38-major-news-organizations-hint-not-all-that-much/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208001945/https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/10/heres-how-much-americans-trust-38-major-news-organizations-hint-not-all-that-much/ |archive-date=December 8, 2020 |access-date=July 1, 2021 |website=Nieman Lab}} The misinformation tracker NewsGuard has categorized Daily Kos as an unreliable source.{{Cite news |date=2019-01-23 |title=Mail Online demands browser warning U-turn |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46976834 |access-date=2025-04-27 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB |quote=Visitors to the right-wing US conspiracy site InfoWars, the left-wing US political blog Daily Kos and the Russian government news agency Sputnik also see the same words of advice.}}

In 2023, Daily Kos received a PEN Oakland/Adelle Foley Award.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}

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• [https://www.dailykos.com Daily Kos] – official website
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110505053440/http://www.congressmatters.com/ Congress Matters]
• [https://mothertalkers.com Mother Talkers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125074000/https://mothertalkers.com/ |date=November 25, 2018 }}
• [http://www.yearlyKosconvention.org YearlyKos] – the annual convention of the DailyKos community
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060614131419/http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/georgia10/ Who is Georgia10?]– profile from the Chicago Reader
• [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/14/AR2006041401648.html The Left, Online and Outraged], profile from The Washington Post
• {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090520063208/http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=184 Keynote Address]}} delivered by Howard Dean at Yearly Kos on June 10, 2006
• {{cite journal|last=Farrell |first=Henry |author2=Melissa Schwartzberg |author-link2=Melissa Schwartzberg |date=December 30, 2008 |title=Norms, Minorities, and Collective Choice Online |journal=Ethics & International Affairs |volume=22 |issue=4 |pages=357–367 |publisher=Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs |doi=10.1111/j.1747-7093.2008.00171.x |s2cid=55601586 |url=http://www.cceia.org/resources/journal/22_4/essays/002.html |access-date=February 3, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120200727/http://www.cceia.org/resources/journal/22_4/essays/002.html |archive-date=January 20, 2009 |url-access=subscription }}

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