BlogPAC

{{Short description|Political action committee}} {{third-party|date=October 2015}} '''BlogPAC''' was a political action committee founded in 2004 by Markos Moulitsas and Jerome Armstrong focused on progressive bloggers and politics online.<ref>[http://www.alternet.org/story/22233/the_blogfather "The Blogfather"], Alternet, June 15, 2005</ref> In 2006, Chris Bowers and Matt Stoller took over BlogPAC from Moulitsas and Armstrong.<ref>[http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/06/05/215981/-BlogPAC "BlogPAC"], DailyKos, June 5, 2006</ref> Instead of channeling money to electoral campaigns, the mission was refocused "to defend the netroots and improve the quality of online activism".<ref>[http://robertbrigham.blogspot.com/2006/06/support-netroots-support-blogpac.html "Support the Netroots, Support BlogPAC"], Bob Brigham Blog, June 5, 2006</ref> In 2007 BlogPAC organized progressive bloggers in several states, and offered microgrants to progressive bloggers through the 50 State Blog Project run by Laura Packard.<ref>[http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/01/10/289114/-Support-The-50-State-Blog-Network "Support The 50 State Blog Network"], DailyKos, January 10, 2007</ref> Later that year, BlogPAC ran a contest to fund progressive entrepreneurs for infrastructure building.<ref>[http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/07/10/356084/-BlogPac-Progressive-Entrepreneur-Contest "BlogPac Progressive Entrepreneur Contest"], DailyKos, July 10, 2007</ref> In 2009, BlogPAC funded the website software platform SoapBlox.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20101211041404/http://www.openleft.com/diary/10870/ "Saving Soapblox Update and Thanks"]}}, OpenLeft, January 12, 2009</ref> BlogPAC was active until 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?C00406405|title = Committee Details for Committee Id C00406405}}</ref>

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Category:United States political action committees Category:Organizations established in 2004 Category:Defunct progressive organizations in the United States