Simon Kuper @simonkuper.bsky.social Financial Times columnist, and author of books including Chums, Good Chaps, Impossible City: Paris in the Twenty-First Century, Soccernomics and out in late 2025, World Cup Fever. British and now French too, lives in Paris with wife and kids.
Merrilee Proffitt @merrileeiam.bsky.social Democracy's Library @ the Internet Archive | Library and archives leader | People at the center of all I do; DEI advocate and practitioner
J. Norwood @norwood4ia.bsky.social Community service, finance, land management, defender of Iowa's Public Retirement System (IPERS). Kayaker & traveler. Candidate for State Treasurer of Iowa.
David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social Cato Institute, Director of Immigration Studies, Cato's Selz Foundation Chair in Immigration Policy, BEER, not buyer. Cato, not CATO
Drew @iowhuasca.bsky.social 🎶repair is the dream / of the broken thing / like a message broadcast on an overpass / all my favorite singers couldn’t sing🎶
Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social Writing and yelling. 
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Marquito Carlsonic @markalancarlson.bsky.social Retired Creative Director 👨🎨 | Daily meme maker 💻 | Dog taxi driver in Iowa 🐕 | Red Cross Volunteer ⛑️ | Progressive 💙 | MAGA is ruining 🇺🇸
Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social Not the pirate. Contributor to fightthefire.substack.com, an all-free site. Longtime ink-stained wretch. Wears shoes that fit. Whistles through darkness. Aspires to ask "WTF did you just say?" at a WH press conference. Say hi to your dog for me.
Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social Your Jeopardy! pal. Author of THE COMPLETE KENNECTIONS (http://bit.ly/4qUcbhK) and a bunch of other stuff.
BLACK IOWA NEWS @blackiowanews.com Black Iowa News is an independent media company based in Des Moines, Iowa. Its mission: Highlight Black perspectives, Showcase the Black community and Amplify the voices of Black Iowans.
Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social https://www.youtube.com/@RGoodLaw
Co-editor-in-chief @justsecurity.org. Chaired Prof at NYU Law. Former Chaired Prof Harvard. Former Special Counsel Defense Dept.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social Host of the Fast politics podcast, contributing Writer at The New York Times opinion and MSNBC. Subscribe to fast politics YouTube channel
L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social Street-level journalism in Los Ángeles covering news, culture, and the taco lifestyle. “The 2020 Emerging Voice” James Beard Award winner. Est. 2006.
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Word&Way @wordandway.bsky.social Creating better Christian conversations since 1896. We produce an award-winning magazine, podcast, website, & more.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social Martial Artist. Executioner of Mediocrity.
Ex-Washington Post.
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Garrett Epps @garrettepps.bsky.social Con Law Jock; Legal Editor, WASHINGTON MONTHLY; closing in on 50th anniversary of first novel; he, him, what's-his-face. BTW, I block accounts that consist of pictures of women. 
The Enemy Within @feilmeyer.com #democracy 🟰 anti-fascism
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Votes Blue @nicolettaacs.bsky.social Hobbyist photographer and watercolorist. British mysteries addict. 5hens, 3 pups, 2kids, 1husband (not necessarily in that order). Love Democracy and our 🌎. Don’t like Nazis 🇺🇸 ! Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦
Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social Media reporter at The New York Times. Signal: benmullin.13
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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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social Writer. Tired Dad. Minivan Driver.
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social Health Policy & Health Econ
Professor, WashU, School Public Health
Co-Director Center for Advancing Health Services Policy&Economics Research).
https://source.washu.edu/experts/timothy-mcbride/
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Views my own.
Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan.
Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy.
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Taylor Wettach @wettachforiowa.bsky.social Candidate for Iowa State Auditor
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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org Advancing ideas that rebalance power in our economy and democracy. www.rooseveltinstitute.org
Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social Fmr FBI Special Agent, lawyer, @JacksonYale. Tiger(ish) mom. Legal and national security analyst. Editor @just_security. Steam mop influencer. Views mine.
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social Host & exec prod, "Talking Feds Pod" and "Talking San Diego." FCA Lawyer. Teach con law at UCSD & UCLA. Senior Fellow USC. Former US Atty, Dep Assis AG. Founding Contributor, The Contrarian
Robert Hirschfeld @rfhirschfeld.bsky.social Director of Water Policy at Prairie Rivers Network in Illinois.
The rural Midwest doesn’t have to be a sacrifice zone for corn and soybeans.
Jessica Tarlov @jessicatarlov.bsky.social Liberal talking head (co-host of The Five on Fox News) and excellent mom if I do say so myself. Democracy enthusiast. Perusing the blue skies. 
Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social Subscribe to www.lawdork.com for SCOTUS and other legal news. / lawdorknews@gmail.com / Signal: crg.32 / About me: Sober. Queer. Bipolar. Theater. Buckeye. And, now, F1. (I'm as surprised as you are.) / He/him.
Em @em1lene.bsky.social Red state refugee
Elinor A. Levin @levinforiowa.bsky.social I’m an Iowan by choice twice-over, elected to represent District 89 in the State House of Representatives.
Tax Foundation @taxfoundation.bsky.social Leading nonpartisan tax policy research and analysis.
Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute & Hoover Institution, all at Stanford University. U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 2012-2014.
Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social Senior writer at Slate covering courts and the law. Co-host of the Amicus podcast. Dad.
Jeffrey Goldberg @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social Editor in chief, The Atlantic. Moderator, Washington Week with The Atlantic, on PBS.
The Budget Lab @budgetlab.bsky.social The Budget Lab at Yale is a non-partisan policy research center dedicated to providing in-depth analysis of federal proposals for the American economy.
Civic Federation @civicfederation.bsky.social The Civic Federation is a Chicago-based non-partisan, non-profit research organization focused on improving government services across Illinois.
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Jon Green @modestholdings.com Chairman of the Johnson County, Iowa, Board of Supervisors. I'm from the Government and I'm here to help.
Sig: 1+307-828-1004
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Kat O’Brien @lavidagata.bsky.social Iowa-born, NYC-influenced, Spain living. Former sports journalist launching a sports tourism company, Gata Sports Tours. Runner, traveler, pro-democracy, love to read. My own opinions. Signal @Democracy.23
Eli Perencevich @eliowa.bsky.social doc, epidemiologist, and editor in Iowa City studying antimicrobial resistance and hand hygiene
ignore the noise, always forward
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew.
Michael Hudson @michaelwhudson.bsky.social Pulitzer-sharing journo + author
current gig: head of investigations @GuardianUS
prior gigs: @ICIJorg (Panama Papers, etc.), Associated Press, Center for Public Integrity, Wall Street Journal, Roanoke (Va.) Times
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Jen Sinkler (she/her) @jensinkler.bsky.social Make art, make change. Queer, neurodivergent. Writer, creative director at Progress Iowa. (Views mine.) For, in, and from Iowa. Formerly Philly, MN, & forever women’s rugby.🌎🌍🌏🌈
LabLizard @lablizard.bsky.social I like science, scifi, and monster romance.
Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social Former head of Obama Auto Task Force. Wall Street financier. Contributing Writer to NY Times Op-Ed. Morning Joe Economic Analyst. 🌐
Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social Just asking questions.
Senior Editor, Lawfaremedia.org.
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Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.bsky.social Congressman, former Mayor of Long Beach, educator, comic nerd, progressive & proud American 🇺🇸🏳️🌈
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Tony Almquist @tony-almquist.bsky.social 🌊🌈 Blue wave. ANTIFA Minister of Information. LGBTQ friend. #Resist! #Sober 5+ years. Retired and recovered lawyer. Retired military. Gulf War vet. #INFJ. #Iowa. Follow and find out.💙🌊🌐 #BlueCrew. Follow me on Substack https://substack.com/@tonyalmquist.
Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social 26+ years at @CNBC and @NBCNews / @WSJ alum / Peabody, DuPont, Murrow & Emmy winner
Susan Harman @susanharman.bsky.social Retired sports reporter. Lover of dogs especially bulldogs and Finn our Golden. Bucky Dent. Team Trib. Lawrence U. Cats too. Caroline was right.
Art Cullen @artcullen.bsky.social Editor, Storm Lake (Iowa) Times Pilot, stormlake.com Pulitzer Prize winner.
Iowa Starting Line @iowastartingline.com Iowa news you can use.
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Zachary Oren Smith @zacharyos.bsky.social Your friendly neighborhood reporter ● Writes about politics for Iowa Starting Line ● Cohost of Dingus of the Week Podcast
Chris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social D candidate for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture and author of the book The Swine Republic, Struggles with the Truth about Agriculture and Water Quality and blogging at https://riverraccoon.substack.com
Chris Gloninger @climatechris.bsky.social Meteorologist and Senior Climate Scientist
Climate and weather 24/7.
Gavin Aronsen @garonsen.bsky.social Probably getting back to this in a bit: garonsen.substack.com
Todd Dorman @tdorman.bsky.social Columnist and opinion editor at The Gazette in Cedar Rapids, IA
Douglas W. Burns @douglaswburns.bsky.social 4th-generation Iowa journalist. Fmr. Carroll Times Herald owner. Writes The Iowa Mercury column on Substack. Founder Mercury Boost, advertising and PR
Lisa Grouette @lisagrouette.bsky.social Local news editor 📰 · Photographer · Iowan · She/her · Animal lover · Favored grandchild · Inelegant · Oxford comma diehard · Likely running late
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Dana James @danajames.bsky.social 🎤 “Set our eyes west, chase the sunset . . . “ 🎵🎼🎶
Ty Rushing @rushthewriter.bsky.social From KCK to the 🌽 fields.
Journalist, filmmaker, sneaker head, professor.
Likes: tacos, nerd stuff, rap, and KC sports.
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Lyz @lyz.bsky.social Men Yell at Me. I write books.
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John Pemble @johnpemble.bsky.social Journalist. Public radio announcer. Producer. Podcaster. Photographer. Enjoyer of glowing moving pictures.
Kyle Ocker @kyleocker.bsky.social Multimedia Journalist & Editor | Currently Publisher/Editor at Ottumwa Courier & Oskaloosa Herald. #FOIAandFindOut
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Erin Murphy @erindmurphy.bsky.social Proud husband and father. Des Moines Bureau Chief for The Gazette. Iowa Capitol Press Association President. Wisconsin sports fan. Star Wars geek. erin.murphy@thegazette.com https://www.thegazette.com/users/profile/erin%20murphy/
Maya Marchel Hoff @mmarchelhoff.bsky.social Lee Enterprises Des Moines Bureau Chief | Iowa politics and government |
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Chris Turner @chrislturner.bsky.social Journalist, Mizzou alum, Arkansas native
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social Coverage of American authoritarianism with a focus on legal cases. An American-Irish in Limerick, Ireland.
Legendary potty mouth! 
Eric Zorn @ericzorn.bsky.social Editor of the Picayune Sentinel, former Chicago Tribune columnist, aspiring boulevardier, old time fiddler. Always on the lookout for funny posts. 
Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social Senior Correspondent at Vox covering the crisis of global democracy. Author of The Reactionary Spirit, a book on that topic, and a '25-'26 distinguished visiting fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's Perry World House.
Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team Founder & Chief Innovation Officer @ Bluesky
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com Talking Points Memo (TPM) is an independent news organization that publishes reporting and analysis about American politics, public policy and political culture. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/
Shane Vander Hart @shanevanderhart.bsky.social Saved by grace through faith in Jesus. A proud dad of 3. I read a lot and write occasionally. Unabashed college wrestling, Iowa Hawkeyes, and coffee fan.
https://www.shanevanderhart.com
Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social Political commentary. Over 3 billion views on YouTube. #1 NYT bestselling author. Past: MSNBC
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Paul Deaton @pauldeaton-ia.bsky.social Here to learn about our world.
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Daniel Graham Clark @iowapeacechief.bsky.social Nickname Iowapeacechief.
Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov Husband and father. Proudly serving as Illinois’ 43rd governor.
Binyamin Appelbaum @bcappelbaum.bsky.social I write about the economy for the opinion pages of The New York Times. Verification: https://go.bsky.app/8WhdCDa
Kyle Munson @kylemunson.bsky.social 📱 Flitting among tech platforms with the rest of you.
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Little Village @littlevillage.bsky.social Iowa news & culture in the alt-weekly tradition, online and in print. Independent, locally owned and always free. Est. 2001 and celebrating 25 years! Support our work: littlevillagemag.com/subscribe
Derek Willis @dwillis.bsky.social I teach data journalism at the University of Maryland, run OpenElections. Fan of WBB & test cricket. Posting obscure things about campaign finance, Congress & elections.
https://github.com/dwillis
https://thescoop.org
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Edwin Park @edwincpark.bsky.social Health policy especially Medicaid, CHIP and the Affordable Care Act. Research Professor at the Center for Children and Families (CCF) at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy.
ccf.georgetown.edu