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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social Bronx boy. Cubs fan. Dad, husband, writer, podcaster and cable news host.
The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource out now.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social Dartmouth political scientist and Bright Line Watch co-director. Previously Upshot NYT / CJR contributor, Spinsanity co-founder, All the President's Spin co-author.
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Emily Nussbaum @emilynussbaum.bsky.social Theater critic for The New Yorker, Approval Matrix Creatrix
Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social Econ professor at Michigan ● Senior fellow, Brookings ● Intro econ textbook author ● Chief economist & Deputy platypus https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com ● Find me: https://linktr.ee/justinwolfers
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Bethany Albertson @albertsonb2.bsky.social Associate Prof at UT Austin. I study political psych & public opinion. I also post about soccer and my cats.
Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social Leads AEI’s foreign and defense team, author of The State and the Soldier, contributing writer at The Atlantic. 2025-2026 Kissinger Chair at the Library of Congress. Californian. https://www.aei.org/profile/kori-schake/
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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social Political science professor. Has thoughts about that thing someone said.
Book: Backlash Presidents: From Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History
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John Dickerson @jdickerson.bsky.social Reporter. Podcasts: Gabfest/Whistlestop/Navel Gazing. Contributor, The Atlantic. Author, The Hardest Job In the World: The American Presidency
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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
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
Barton Gellman @bartongellman.bsky.social @BrennanCenter | ex Atlantic, WaPo | Author, Angler & Dark Mirror | bartongellman.com/contact
Eliot A. Cohen @eliotacohen.bsky.social Emeritus Professor at Johns Hopkins SAIS, former Counselor of the Department of State, writer at the Atlantic. New book: The Hollow Crown: Shakespeare on How Leaders Rise, Rule, and Fall. (Basic Books). Book in progress: The Strategist's Catechism.
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.'
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social Ex NY Times, now author of Substack Paul Krugman. Nobel laureate and, according to Donald Trump, "Deranged BUM". Also Research Professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center and senior scholar at the GC-CUNY Stone Center.
Steve Metz @stevemetz.bsky.social Writing on national security policy and strategy. Working on a book about the future of insurgency. An unknown unknown. A plumber's son from Elk Hills WV.
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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.
George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social Recovering lawyer | Owned by a Pembroke Corgi | Host of Psycho Politics pod and contributor, @TheBulwark.com | Crappy pol | Trying to figure out Substack
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