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Name: Zachary Ellison
Gender: Male
Hometown: Los Angeles
Home country: United States of America
Current location: Los Angeles
Member since: Tue Oct 4, 2005, 03:58 AM
Number of posts: 27,484
Gender: Male
Hometown: Los Angeles
Home country: United States of America
Current location: Los Angeles
Member since: Tue Oct 4, 2005, 03:58 AM
Number of posts: 27,484
About Me
Zachary Ellison is an Independent Journalist and Whistleblower in the Los Angeles area. Zach was most recently employed by the University of Southern California, Office of the Provost from October 2015 to August 2022 as an Executive Secretary and Administrative Assistant supporting the Vice Provost for Academic Operations and the Vice Provost and Senior Advisor to the Provost among others. Zach holds a Master’s in Public Administration and a Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Policy and Planning from the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy. While a student at USC, he worked for the USC Good Neighbors Campaign including on their newsletter distributed university wide. Zach completed his B.A. in History at Reed College, in Portland, Oregon and was a writer, editor, and photographer for the Pasadena High School Chronicle. He was Barack Obama’s one-millionth online campaign contributor in 2008. Zach is a former AmeriCorps intern for Hawaii State Parks and worked for the City of Manhattan Beach Parks and Recreation. He is a trained civil process server, and enjoys weekends in the great outdoors.
Journal Archives
Toons: Navy Seals, Party of the Poor, Cheerleaders and More. - 1/25/12
By Joe Heller, Green Bay Press-Gazette - 1/25/2012 
By Jimmy Margulies, The Record of Hackensack, NJ - 1/25/2012 
By Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News - 1/25/2012 
By Randall Enos, Cagle Cartoons - 1/25/2012 
By Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune - 1/25/2012 
By Mike Keefe, Cagle Cartoons - 1/25/2012 
By John Darkow, Columbia Daily Tribune, Missouri - 1/25/2012 - "State of Disunion" 
By David Fitzsimmons, The Arizona Star - 1/25/2012 
By Randy Bish, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - 1/25/2012 
By Chris Weyant, The Hill - 1/25/2012 
By J.D. Crowe, Mobile Register - 1/25/2012 
By Bill Day, Cagle Cartoons - 1/25/2012 - "GOP Response" 
By Clay Bennett, January 25, 2012 
By Mike Luckovich, January 25, 2012 
By Steve Sack, January 25, 2012 
By Drew Sheneman, January 26, 2012 
By Pat Oliphant, January 26, 2012 
By Jim Morin, January 26, 2012 Note: Previous editions are in my journal. Credit: Cagle Cartoons, Universal Uclick. |
Posted by ellisonz | Thu Jan 26, 2012, 02:33 AM (18 replies)
Toons: Annual Ritual, Year of the Dragon, Self-Deportation and More. - 1/24/12
By Jimmy Margulies, The Record of Hackensack, NJ - 1/24/2012 
By Kirk Walters, Toledo Blade - 1/24/2012 
By Joe Heller, Green Bay Press-Gazette - 1/24/2012 
By Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune - 1/24/2012 
By Dave Granlund, Politicalcartoons.com - 1/24/2012 
By David Fitzsimmons, The Arizona Star - 1/24/2012 
By John Cole, The Scranton Times-Tribune - 1/24/2012 
By Bill Day, Cagle Cartoons - 1/24/2012 
By Tom Janssen, The Netherlands - 1/24/2012 
By Cardow, The Ottawa Citizen - 1/24/2012 
By Tony Auth, January 24, 2012 
By Steve Benson, January 24, 2012 
By Chan Lowe, January 24, 2012 
By Mike Luckovich, January 24, 2012 
By Ben Sargent, January 24, 2012 
By Signe Wilkinson & Signe Wilkinson, January 24, 2012 
By Pat Oliphant, January 25, 2012 
By Jim Morin, Miami Herald, January 25, 2012 Note: Previous editions are in my journal. Credit: Cagle Cartoons, Universal Uclick. |
Posted by ellisonz | Wed Jan 25, 2012, 02:36 AM (3 replies)
Toons: Wingnut Mammoth Newt, Cave Man Santorum, The Romney Dog and More. - 1/23/12
By RJ Matson, The St. Louis Post Dispatch - 1/23/2012 
By RJ Matson, Roll Call - 1/23/2012 
By RJ Matson, Roll Call - 1/23/2012 
By Milt Priggee, www.miltpriggee.com - 1/23/2012 
By Joe Heller, Green Bay Press-Gazette - 1/23/2012 
By Bill Day, Cagle Cartoons - 1/23/2012 
By Bob Englehart, The Hartford Courant - 1/23/2012 
By Dave Granlund, Politicalcartoons.com - 1/23/2012 
By David Fitzsimmons, The Arizona Star - 1/23/2012 - "Blessed are the 1 Percent" 
By John Darkow, Columbia Daily Tribune, Missouri - 1/23/2012 
By John Cole, The Scranton Times-Tribune - 1/23/2012 
By Bill Schorr, Cagle Cartoons - 1/23/2012 
By Cardow, The Ottawa Citizen - 1/23/2012 
By Hajo de Reijger, The Netherlands - 1/23/2012 "Nature of Banking" 
By Tony Auth, January 22, 2012 
By Clay Bennett, January 23, 2012 
By Stuart Carlson, January 23, 2012 
By Walt Handelsman, January 23, 2012 
By Chan Lowe, January 23, 2012 
By Mike Luckovich, January 22, 2012 
By Ted Rall, January 23, 2012 
By Steve Sack, January 23, 2012 
By Tom Toles, January 23, 2012 
By Don Wright, January 18, 2012 
By Pat Oliphant, January 23, 2012 
By Jim Morin, January 24, 2012 
By Jeff Danziger, January 23, 2012 "While I breathe, I hope" - Cicero |
Posted by ellisonz | Tue Jan 24, 2012, 01:06 AM (6 replies)
Dean's ‘impossible' Presidential run
Kate O’Connor signs a copy Friday of her memoir, “Do the Impossible: My Crash Course on Presidential Politics Inside the Howard Dean Campaign.” The former governor appeared with his longtime aide at the Northshire Bookstore in Manchester to discuss his run for the White House in 2004./Peter Crabtree Posted: 01/22/2012 10:20:31 PM EST Sunday January 22, 2012 NEAL P. GOSWAMI Staff Writer MANCHESTER -- In late 2003, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean was a front-runner in the Democrat's race for the presidential nomination. Crowds that could once be counted on one hand had grown into thousands, and "Deaniacs" would roar with approval when Dean would deliver the signature line they craved: "You have the power!" -------- Eight years after the campaign, after a successful stint as chairman of the Democratic National Committee and frequent appearances on cable news shows, Dean is now teaching a course about politics at Yale. Had he secured the nomination and gone on to win the presidency he could be wrapping his second term. Although Dean is disappointed, not all share his sentiment, even within his own family. "I'm sorry I didn't win. Very sorry I didn't win. But, my wife isn't sorry. Every year she says, ‘You know Howard, the country really could have used you. You would have been a terrific president, but I'm really glad you didn't win because every time I see what Michelle Obama has to do I think, Oh my God, that could be me,'" Howard said. http://www.benningtonbanner.com/ci_19796524?source=rss_viewed Lengthy interview alongside former aide Kate O'Connor...good read. 
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Posted by ellisonz | Mon Jan 23, 2012, 06:44 AM (2 replies)
Artist looks back on a year of drawing The Los Angeles Times
Photos from top: The Jan. 1, 2011, page. Credit: Erik Shveima. January 20, 2012 | 12:38 pm — Erik Shveima, Mixed Media Daily Los Angeles artist Erik Shveima set out last Jan. 1 on a personal project to draw the Los Angeles Times every day of 2011. In a guest post, he looks back on the endeavor: This past year the paper kept me up at night. Not because I worry about its future (although I do, in fact, worry about its future), but because of what that worry compelled me to do. Mmd-01_01_2011In late 2010 I decided to dedicate the coming year to drawing the Los Angeles Times — the front page in particular — every day. By the end I would have a portrait of the year’s news, a 21st century commonplace book dedicated to the mystery of news cycles, serif fonts and spadeas (which, I learned from a commenter, is what those half-page ads that wrap around the A section are called). I called the project Mixed Media Daily, and I posted the drawings every day. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/readers/2012/01/mixed-media-daily-a-look-back.html Mixed Media Daily: http://mixedmediadaily.blogspot.com/ This is just too cool. A project like this takes a certain level of dedication...sharing this with my art friends who never know what to draw 
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Posted by ellisonz | Sun Jan 22, 2012, 06:05 AM (1 replies)
Ancient Popcorn Found—Made 2,000 Years Earlier Than Thought in Peru
The puffed grain was likely an occasional snack, archaeologist says. Christine Dell'Amore for National Geographic News Published January 19, 2012 Just in time for National Popcorn Day, a new study says that people in what's now Peru were eating the snack 2,000 years earlier than thought. Coastal peoples were preparing corn-based foods up to 6,700 years ago, according to analysis of ancient corncobs, husks, tassels, and stalks recently unearthed at the Paredones and Huaca Prieta archaeological sites on Peru's northern coast. Previously, evidence of corn as a food before about 5,000 years ago had mostly come from what are called microfossils—microscopic remains that do not offer information on the cobs' sizes and shapes. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/01/120119-national-popcorn-day-corn-peru-archaeology-food-science/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ng%2FNews%2FNews_Main+%28National+Geographic+News+-+Main%29 For more history news, subscribe to your friendly DU history groups: American: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1163 World: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1166 We don't bite, our dentures aren't sharp enough, and our eyesight is too poor.
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Posted by ellisonz | Sun Jan 22, 2012, 04:40 AM (27 replies)
Toons: A Three-Way, It's Not Envy, Re-Brand Myself and More. - 1/20/12
By Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune - 1/20/2012 
By J.D. Crowe, Mobile Register - 1/20/2012 
By John Cole, The Scranton Times-Tribune - 1/20/2012 
By Daryl Cagle, MSNBC.com - 1/20/2012 
By Rick McKee, The Augusta Chronicle - 1/20/2012 
By Joe Heller, Green Bay Press-Gazette - 1/20/2012 
By Randy Bish, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - 1/20/2012 
By Tim Eagan, Deep Cover - 1/20/2012 
By John Cole, The Scranton Times-Tribune - 1/20/2012 
By Bill Day, Cagle Cartoons - 1/20/2012 
By Bill Schorr, Cagle Cartoons - 1/20/2012 
By David Fitzsimmons, The Arizona Star - 1/20/2012 
By Jimmy Margulies, The Record of Hackensack, NJ - 1/20/2012 
By Brian Fairrington, Cagle Cartoons - 1/20/2012 
By Tony Auth, January 20, 2012 
By Clay Bennett, January 20, 2012 
By Steve Benson, January 20, 2012 
By Stuart Carlson, January 20, 2012 
By Matt Davies, January 20, 2012 
By Mike Luckovich, January 20, 2012 
By Ted Rall, January 20, 2012 
By Steve Sack, January 20, 2012 
By Ben Sargent, January 20, 2012 
By Tom Toles, January 20, 2012 
By Jim Morin, January 20, 2012 Note: Previous editions can be found in my journal. Have a good weekend!
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Posted by ellisonz | Sat Jan 21, 2012, 12:29 AM (15 replies)
You can download the DFA Training Manual by Chapter in PDF! = Awesome
I just noticed this: http://www.democracyforamerica.com/trainingmanual2009dfa
Pretty useful if you ask me - "These materials are free to share with progressive campaigns everywhere as long as DFA is cited as the source." Now you don't even have to go to Training Academy or Night School to get some of the skills DFA has to offer. = Awesome 
Please someone else tell me I'm not the only one stoked. I had a manual from 2005 and can't find it. Now I'm set for 2012!!!
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Posted by ellisonz | Fri Jan 20, 2012, 06:18 AM (2 replies)
Ambassador Locke: China Is A Country Of Great Contrasts
Posted by ellisonz | Fri Jan 20, 2012, 03:40 AM (1 replies)
Toons: Open Marriage, Mickey Mouse, Mitt Romney's World and More. - 1/19/12
By Daryl Cagle, MSNBC.com - 1/19/2012 
By RJ Matson, The St. Louis Post Dispatch - 1/19/2012 
By Randall Enos, Cagle Cartoons - 1/19/2012 
By Rob Tornoe, PoliticalCartoons.com - 1/19/2012 
By John Cole, The Scranton Times-Tribune - 1/19/2012 
By Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune - 1/19/2012 - "Hookah Smoking Boehner" 
By Mike Keefe, Cagle Cartoons - 1/19/2012 
By Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News - 1/19/2012 
By Joe Heller, Green Bay Press-Gazette - 1/19/2012 
By Dave Granlund, Politicalcartoons.com - 1/19/2012 
By John Darkow, Columbia Daily Tribune, Missouri - 1/19/2012 
By Steve Greenberg, Freelance, Los Angeles - 1/18/2012 
By Tony Auth, January 19, 2012 
By Clay Bennett, January 19, 2012 
By Stuart Carlson, January 19, 2012 
By Jeff Danziger, January 19, 2012 
By Walt Handelsman, January 19, 2012 
By Chan Lowe, January 18, 2012 
By Ben Sargent, January 19, 2012 
By Tom Toles, January 19, 2012 
By Dan Wasserman, January 19, 2012 
By Pat Oliphant, January 19, 2012 |
Posted by ellisonz | Fri Jan 20, 2012, 01:06 AM (15 replies)
