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Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social Dwight Professor of Law, Columbia Law School. Ex-DOJ/OLC. Becoming familiar with your game.
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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.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social Democratic nominee for Congress in NY-10. Dad Lander. Love unions, justice, seltzer, and NYC. #FightDontFold
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Stephen Walt @stephenwalt.bsky.social Harvard professor, realist, FP columnist. Tennis enthusiast, amateur musician, proud dad, & grateful husband. Troubled by the state of the world & looking for solutions. For speaking engagements contact John Bute at john@chartwellspeakers.com
Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social I make Dad jokes on NPR and also write books and other things. 
Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov Husband and father. Proudly serving as Illinois’ 43rd governor.
Andrew Kahrl @akahrl.bsky.social Professor of History and African American Studies at the University of Virginia, author of The Black Tax: 150 Years of Theft, Exploitation, and Dispossession in America
T.J. Stiles @tj-stiles.bsky.social American historian and biographer.
Pulitzer Prize for History for "Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America"
Pulitzer Prize for Biography & National Book Award for Nonfiction for "The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt”
Robyn Schroeder @reconstitut.bsky.social teacher of places, nostalgic for things, designated remember / public historian
Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social I’m not in James Thurber’s attic any more! right now I’m home yay ! I’m the one who writes this column https://www.theatlantic.com/author/alexandra-petri/ and loves puns
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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social Politics Prof.| Kettering Foundation Research Fellow| Author of The Politics of Common Sense & Reckoning: Black Lives Matter and the Democratic Necessity of Social Movements
Adam Steinbaugh @adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social First Amendment attorney at FIRE. Opinions are my own.
Jeffrey Lewis @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social William J. Perry Lecturer at Stanford CISAC & Distinguished Research Fellow FPRI. Member of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Science and Security Board & National Academies Committee on Int’l Security and Arms Control.
David Cay Johnston @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social Rochester Institute of Technology professor of practice: law, criminal justice, journalism & political science; Pulitzer Prize for NYTimes tax reporting; 4 NYT best sellers; DCReport.org co-founder; 8 grown children; AKA Mr. Jennifer Leonard since 1982.
Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com Scientist, science communicator, public health & climate justice advocate
Biology PhD from Cambridge
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social Epidemiologist. AIDS Activist. Dog lover. New Haven.
Mark Z. Jacobson @mzjacobson.bsky.social Climate, pollution, clean/renewable energy
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Dan Nexon @dhnexon.net Professor in the Department of Government and the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
Power Politics | Empires | International Order
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at Stanford | Exploring money in politics, campaigns and elections, ideology, the courts, and inequality | Author of The Judicial Tug of War cup.org/2LEoMrs | https://data4democracy.substack.com
Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears.
Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame.
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
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Kirk McElhearn @kirkville.com Lapsed New Yorker in Shakespeare's home town. I write and podcast about Apple, Scrivener, computer security, music, and photography.
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Mark Schmitt @mschmitt9.bsky.social Political Reform Program, @NewAmerica. Previously, @rooseveltinst; @theprospect; @OpenSociety; US Senate for Bill Bradley, D-NJ.
Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social Journalist, professor, dad. Via Sioux City, Colorado Springs, Palo Alto, Rome, Standing Rock, Bologna, Miami Herald, Bloomberg, Salt Lake, Columbia J School.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social Former metro editor at Chicago Tribune and Sunday editor at Chicago Sun-Times. Co-author of 11 books, mostly on history. Writer of the Stop the Presses newsletter at www.stopthepresses.news. Subscribe!
Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social Infectious diseases & genomics. Immunologist in (voluntary) exile. Minimal sarcasm. Fierce HOA (Hater of Acronyms). Personal account - opinions expressed are my own and not those of my employer.
Will Saletan @saletan.bsky.social Writer, @thebulwark.com. Email: saletan@thebulwark.com. You can also find me at https://www.threads.net/@wsaletan and http://substack.com/@saletan
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Sophia Bollag @sophiabollag.bsky.social California politics reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle. Reach me at sophia.bollag@sfchronicle.com
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Alissa Anderson @alissabrie.bsky.social Policy Director @CalBudgetCenter
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Laura Mahoney @schwahoney.bsky.social Covering Sacramento business for Abridged @KVIE. Former Sacramento reporter for @BLaw @tax. Penn Stater. Elements of Style fan. She/her
Scott Graves @shg29.bsky.social Budget Director @ calbudgetcenter.org
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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social Author (The Fault in Our Stars, The Anthropocene Reviewed, etc.)
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Rhiannon Giddens @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social New album, Hope Is the Thing with Feathers, out 9/18 on Nonesuch Records!
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Katelyn Jetelina @kkjetelina.bsky.social Epidemiologist, lover of the ocean and ice cream. Mom of two toddlers. Founder of “Your Local Epidemiologist”. https//yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com
Thomas Frampton @tframpton.bsky.social Law prof at GW Law, sometimes lawyer, full-time Ruth wrangler. Speaking as private citizen, outside official job duties, on matters of political/social/other concern.
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Jeremy Schwartz @jschwartzreporter.bsky.social ProPublica/Texas Tribune Investigative Unit reporter in Austin, TX (on book leave until Spring 2026)
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