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Stephen Spaulding @stevespaulding.bsky.social Brennan Center at NYU Law | Used-to-be: Policy Director for Senator Amy Klobuchar + the Senate Rules Committee | VP @ Common Cause | Sr. Counsel to Representative Zoe Lofgren + House Admin Committee Dems | Special Counsel at the FEC | opinions are my own 🏳️🌈
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Past: The Kansas City Star
Kansan. KU graduate.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com Hearst data editor and columnist
Formerly: Washington Post
Book: "The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America"
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social Law professor & author of BIG DIRTY MONEY and OTHER PEOPLE’S HOUSES
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Chris Kromm @chriskromm.bsky.social Director, Institute for Southern Studies | Publisher, Facing South
Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social Reporter for @boltsmag.org covering voting rights, democracy, and criminal justice at the local and state levels. Previously @denverpost.com. Support local journalism.
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Lee Drutman @leedrutman.bsky.social Political scientist.
- Substack: https://leedrutman.substack.com
- Podcast: http://politicsinquestion.com
- Senior Fellow: New America
- Co-Founder: https://www.fixourhouse.org
- Washington Post Next 50 (2026): https://tinyurl.com/4m95978c
Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social What used to be is gone and what ought to be ought not to be so hard. Tweets speak for myself only.
Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social Eaton Professor of Government & Director, Center for European Studies @Harvard/ leads research group at WZB Berlin/author of 'Tyranny of the Minority', 'How Democracies Die', & 'Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy.'
Kevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social Political scientist at BCJ studying American democracy and voting rights.
Usually on a bike, beach, or backpacking trip.
An American Problem (Princeton UP) coming October 2026: https://shorturl.at/Emjgo
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Jeremy Schulman @jeremyschulman.bsky.social Senior News Editor, Mother Jones/CIR
Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social Dwight Professor of Law, Columbia Law School. Ex-DOJ/OLC. Becoming familiar with your game.
How Rights Went Wrong available at Bookshop.org (https://tinyurl.com/se32my4r), Amazon (https://tinyurl.com/3vbcfwa4), or a decent public library.
James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social Reporter and writer: https://fallows.substack.com/ and https://www.ourtownsfoundation.org/ One-time speechwriter, long-time pilot, longer-time husband of linguist/writer Deborah Fallows. Note same wristwatch in the two photos, more than 50 years apart.
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social independent journalist, thehandbasket.co
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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social Philadelphia-based 91st Most Powerful Lawyer in PA (City and State PA, 2023) specializing in political law. Former pop culture blogger. Incredibly amateur birder. Author of third-place Very Best Wrong Answer LL108. Opinions are mine alone.
Matt Cohen @mattdcohen.bsky.social Senior Reporter @DemocracyDocket.com, covering voting rights, far-right extremism and threats to democracy (lol). Collector of records, plants, tattoos, horror movies.
Tim Murphy @timothypmurphy.bsky.social National correspondent at Mother Jones. tmurphy@motherjones.com.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida specializing in American elections
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Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social Lois Lane for the courts and broken tigger
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Tom Bonier @tbonier.bsky.social CEO @ The TARA Group, Senior Advisor @ TargetSmart, Former @ Howard University, Clarity Campaign Labs, NCEC
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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social Opinion writer. Pvs: Editor at USA Today Opinion and National Journal, campaign reporter at USA Today and AP. Author, "The Art of the Political Deal: How Congress Beat the Odds and Broke Through Gridlock." My work: https://jilllawrence.com
Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social Historian - Democracy and Its Discontents - Newsletter: Democracy Americana https://democracyamericana.com (also available in German: https://steady.page/de/demokratie-americana/posts) - Website: https://www.thomaszimmer.online/
Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social Political scientist & part-time farmer. Books: 'On Revolutions' (2022), 'Civil Resistance' (2021), & 'The Politics of Terror' (2019). Coming soon: 'Bread & Roses' & 'The End of People Power.' https://www.ericachenoweth.com. What a time to be alive.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social Media nerd. CNN chief media analyst. INSIDE THE HIVE podcast host. Author of "Network of Lies," "Hoax," and "Top of the Morning." Former Shorenstein fellow, NYT reporter and blogger.
Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-heart-that-works-rob-delaney/3f4398e419f2db84
Kombiz Lavasany @kombiz.bsky.social Former Twitter dad is now a skeeting dad. I do a lot of political work mainly focused on empowering educators, nurses and workers. Beyond that it's Iran, music and trying to believe i can one day be funny. @kombiz everywhere
Howard Beck @howardbeck.bsky.social Senior NBA Writer at TheRinger.com | Co-host, the Real Ones | #NBASky evangelist
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