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Kos may get all the ink, with Atrios a close second, but for my money, the go-to guy in Blogtopia, the one blogger who best blends information and activisim is John Aravosis of Americablog.

From pushing Microsoft to backtrack on its abandonment of support for gay rights in Washington state, to his exposure of JimmyJeff Gannonguckert as the shill he was, Aravosis' dogged pursuit of a story puts ALL mainstream journalists to shame.

Now he's in the running for Politics Online's "Top Ten Who Are Changing The World of Internet & Politics." So, if you haven't clicked over from any of the innumerable links to Americablog that have appeared here, pop on over there, then go here and give one of the last real journalists in America your vote.