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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social Texas State Representative, former middle school teacher, and Presbyterian seminarian running for the U.S. Senate to take power back for working people.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com Dad. Husband. Former GOP congressman. Voted to impeach Trump. Now fighting for our democracy. Lt. Col. Air National Guard (ret). Founder of Country First
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Tim Miller @timmiller.bsky.social Host of the Bulwark Podcast
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Church of Jokic.
Nola Dad.
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Inner ring STL suburbanite.
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New Haven now; Athens, Ga., always.
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Matt Topic @mvtopic.bsky.social Fighting FOIA denials to a soundtrack of thrash metal and avant garde jazz since 2007. Time Magazine 100 Most Influential People in (anti!) AI. Co-host of Disclosure podcast.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/joseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co
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Open Investigations @openinvestigations.org Investigative journalism for Southern Illinois and nationwide. See the stories at www.openinvestigations.org.
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Marta Jewson @martajewson.bsky.social Independent journalist at lamplighter.news
Lost my Minnesota accent reporting on charter schools, special education, sunshine laws in New Orleans. Had successful LITT brain surgery! Mid-Citizen.
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Kati Kokal @katikokal.bsky.social Education reporter + proud union member
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Ziva Branstetter @zivabranstetter.bsky.social Pulitzer Prize winner (2025) & finalist (2015). Editing roles @propublica.org, @washingtonpost.com, @Revealnews.org, @Tulsaworld.com. Proud co-founder of @readfrontier.bsky.social. Native Arkansan. Now an Okie. Let’s go OKC Thunder!
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Jonathan D. Salant @jdsalant.bsky.social Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; member, SPJDC Journalism Hall of Fame; player-coach, Metropolitan Media Softball League; former president, Nat'l Press Club, Regional Reporters Assn. & SPJ DC chapter; Mets fan; Long Islander
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priors: the center for public integrity, kpcc/laist, ucbsoj
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Colleen Schrappen @cschrappen.bsky.social Gym class wrangler. Plodding runner. Reporter & erstwhile copy editor
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Martha Bayne @marthabayne.bsky.social Writer, editor, dancer, souper. Coeditor of NOTHING COMPARES TO YOU: WHAT SINEAD O'CONNOR MEANS TO US. Various responsibilities @ University of Illinois Press, South Side Weekly, Theater Oobleck, Soup & Bread. Essays @ marthabayne.substack.com. .
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