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.
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social Endowed chair of the Tocqueville-Rand Freedom Enterprise Markets Innovation Center (disputed). Bound but not protected, I lie but I do not pretend. 🚰 🏗 only thing I'll tell you about my employer is that these aren't their views
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social Coverage of American authoritarianism with a focus on legal cases. An American-Irish in Limerick, Ireland.
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Henry Schulman @hankschulman.bsky.social Mostly retired baseball writer with radio and TV experience, resident of Superior California, once bowled a 200 game, once shot 200 on a golf course, unabashed progressive and one who loves all of the people and groups whom Trumpers hate.
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Adam Jentleson @adamjentleson.bsky.social Author, Kill Switch from W.W. Norton + a new 📕 coming soon, “Democrats are good” guy, ex-Fetterman COS and Harry Reid Deputy COS
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Injustice Watch @injusticewatch.org Injustice Watch is a Chicago-based nonprofit journalism organization that examines issues of equity and justice in the Cook County court system. https://linktr.ee/injusticewatch
A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social We call upon your boss.
Author of the novel THE REVISIONARIES (2019) and the essay collections VERY FINE PEOPLE (2024) and FIGHTING IN THE DARK (2026).
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Author site: armoxon.com
Weekly essays on my free newsletter, The Reframe.
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Susan Slusser @susanslusser.bsky.social SF Chronicle senior baseball reporter 
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