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Poking around in js/progress.js, I found all these "wonderful" functions like setText(el, val) and a very interesting method of setting the progress bar's status:

var total_req = document.createElement('script');
total_req.setAttribute("src",
                       "https://pledge.mayone.us/total?callback=totalRaisedCB");
document.head.appendChild(total_req);

This seems like a blatant misuse of JS, held over from the WordPress days.
Moreover, why are there direct DOM calls, and an antiquated callback thingy (for lack of a better word) when in my DevTools, I can see the following list of JS, including jQuery, which would have made much better, much more idiomatic code:

The Privacy Policy link on the page, https://pledge.mayone.us/pledge, leads
to an HTTP 404 error page (https://mayone.us/privacy).

Hey @aaronlifshin:
This repository's the old version of the homepage.
Any plans for removing this and moving homepage_redesign over here?

Current tweet:

Only 18 Days Early to support MayOne.us: Mayday for the Republic https://mayone.us/

It doesn't make much sense, but I don't know know what it should say. I think ideally it should programmatically use this format when the amount is less than the goal, and a different format after the goal is reached. @brianboyko Do you have a suggestion for the updated content?

Image: http://imgur.com/l4iTNFP
Browser: Chrome
OS: OSX

@aroben Do you know if this can be done?

rename foo/index.html to foo.html

• how-corruption-blocks-reform
• submit-project
• two_column comments-area
• sidebar Contribution Rules
• sidebar Credits
• Sign In login form

Currently:

Haunting images of America — for the opening screen, images the evoke a sense of what America needs.

Change to:

Haunting images of America — for the opening screen, images that evoke a sense of what America needs.

For IRS compliance, to be safe, we should change, in FAQ page:
"We have listed five specific proposals at reform.to, and that list may evolve". >> "Lawrence Lessig's campaign finance reform group Rootstrikers has listed five specific proposals at reform.to."