My name is Will Urquhart, I'm the Communications and New Media Director at Main Street Insider (MSI). Before I describe what this group is all about, I want to first introduce who and what MSI is. Our core contributors include David Waldman, Jeremy Koulish, Mitch Malasky, and myself. You may know us from our 90 Second Summaries or because you've watched a House or Senate committee livefeed on our Committee Dashboard. You might have watched our video of "Chairtoddler" McHenry calling Elizabeth Warren a liar during a House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee. Or maybe you've noticed that committee schedule buried at the bottom of This Week in Congress. What we aim to provide is INSIDER reporting from an OUTSIDER perspective. I've included our more substantial "about us" info below the fold in case you want to learn more.
We formed this Daily Kos group, Main Street Insider, to not only present our unique form of Capitol Hill coverage, but also to create a platform we can use to crowd-source the monitoring of what happens in Congress. If you regularly write about what happens on the floor of the House and Senate, or in their respective committees, we want to hear from you. To start with, we are asking folks to include "Capitol Hill" as a tag when applicable. We will be monitoring that tag's feed and republishing material that we think fits with our purpose, is accurate, and is worth sharing.
We are still developing exact guidelines for how we will decide who gets invited to be an editor. For now, the editors are David, Jeremy, Mitch and myself, and it will require a unanimous vote from all editors to invite others.
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