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Suzanne Ito,
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July 18, 2008

Today's the second full day of (formerly known as YearlyKos). So far we're having a blast: Last night Howard Dean gave the keynote address (the slogan "empowered by Howard" is echoing through my head). Our own Liz Rose from the Washington Legislative Office was on a panel called "Working from the Inside Out: Success Stories in Netroots Organizing," this morning. I attended a panel about using profanity in blogs, which featured agreat, very funny panel with Jesse Taylor and Amanda Marcotte of Pandagon, , Hullabaloo's Digby and Washington Monthly's Kevin Drum.The opinions were varied, but if you've ever read these bloggers' posts, you know their thoughts on swearing on blogs.

Right now I'm in a panel about immigration, and they're hitting all the big issues: comprehensive federal immigration reform, anti-immigrant ordinances, racial profiling (see our lawsuit against Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio), immigration detention, day workers, and other issues. Man Eegee at Latino Politico is .

Tomorrow, Jameel Jaffer, Director of the the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û's National Security Project, will speak at a panel called "Guantánamo, Habeas Corpus, Torture and Military Contractors: The Roadmap to Accountability in the First 100 Days." Jameel will talk about the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û's national security work, which includes our John Adams Project and uncovering the abuse and torture of detainees in U.S. custody abroad. If you're at Netroots, come check it out!

UPDATE: Pandagon's .

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