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David Firestone @fstonenyc.bsky.social New York Times opinion writer. Possibly retired. Brooklyn; ex-K.C. https://www.nytimes.com/by/david-firestone
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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social Opinion writer. Pvs: Editor at USA Today Opinion and National Journal, campaign reporter at USA Today and AP. Author, "The Art of the Political Deal: How Congress Beat the Odds and Broke Through Gridlock." My work: https://jilllawrence.com
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Lisa Rubin @lawofruby.bsky.social @ms.now senior legal reporter & recovering litigator; former off-air legal analyst @maddow.msnbc.com.
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Mary L Trump @maryltrump.bsky.social Mom. Wife. Author. Defender of democracy. marytrump.org
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Cheryl Pilate @cherylpilate.bsky.social Civil rights & criminal defense lawyer, suiting up for whatever comes next. Proud granddaughter of Armenian diaspora. Caffeine fiend; cat fanatic; Dem forever. 💙🇺🇸
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Rudi Keller @rudikellermi.bsky.social Deputy editor at Missouri Independent; former news editor at Columbia Daily Tribune. I also write Civil War history.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of @inequalitymedia.bsky.social and @imcivicaction.bsky.social.
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Rebecca Richardson @rebeccarichardson.bsky.social President of the Women in Politics Foundation and member of the Greater Kansas City Women's Political Caucus in my spare time. Architect by day.
Bob Cronkleton @cronkb.bsky.social Multimedia/public safety/weather reporter w/ The Kansas City Star. I write stories, shoot videos/photos & work w/ data. Is there something we are missing?
Heidi Schlumpf @heidischlumpf.bsky.social Religion journalist; co-host of the Francis Effect podcast
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Phyllis Jordan @phylliswjordan.bsky.social Contributing editor at The 74, former Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, EdFund, FutureEd, Attendance Works and more
Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social Executive Director, Blue Missouri. Grassroots organizer. Writer. Former State House nominee. Rural mom fighting for rural schools. Dirt Road Democrat.
Kathy Kiely @kathykiely.bsky.social Journalist; teacher of journalists. Lee Hills Chair in Free Press Studies, Missouri School of Journalism
Robin Bernat @rbernat.bsky.social artist, writer, curator, dog-lover, cook.
Melissa Rooker @melissarooker.bsky.social Honored to have represented the 25th District in the Kansas House. Wife. Mother. Grandmother. Fierce advocate for Kansas kids. 🌻
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Pax Christi USA @paxchristiusa.bsky.social "Peace of Christ!" We're the Catholic peace movement in the US. Grounded in the Gospel and Catholic social teaching, we reject war, preparations for war, every form of violence and domination, and personal and systemic racism. www.paxchristiusa.org
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Rick Hellman @rickhellman.bsky.social Husband, father, brother, son.
Toriano Porter @torianoporter.bsky.social Author. Speaker. Mentor. Opinion writer. Kansas City Star Editorial Board. Addicted to books, beer, bourbon, biking and ☕️ beans...
Hon Stacey Newman @honstaceynewman.bsky.social Nana/Mom/Retired legislator
Mackenzie Clark @mclarknews.bsky.social Reporter/founder, @lawrencekstimes.com, lfktimes.com.
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Connie Schultz @connieschultz.bsky.social Columnist, novelist, j-prof.
NYT bestselling novel, The Daughters of Erietown. Next novel: Because You Asked. On Substack at Hopefully Yours. I’m with Sherrod.
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Dianne Sherman @dlsherman.bsky.social Strategic communications consultant. Former head of public affairs/comms at Save the Children and USAID; Adjunct professor at George Washington U. Love dogs, cats, art, activism, global health and democracy. No DMs from those I don’t know. 🦋
Steve Bromberg @stevebromberg.bsky.social Journalist, baseball fan, blues guitarist, call me grandpa
Stephanie McCrummen @mccrummen.bsky.social Staff Writer, The Atlantic. Formerly, The Washington Post. Originally, Alabama. Now, NYC. https://www.theatlantic.com/author/stephanie-mccrummen/
Robert Trussell @texasgothic.bsky.social Retired arts reporter. Singer/songwriter. Blue dot in a red state. Texan by birth, now in flyover country. White guy lost in the blues.
David L. Levine @dlloydlevine.bsky.social Chairman, Science Writers in New York. Freelance health/science writer. 
Paul Moses @paulbmoses.bsky.social Reporter, author, professor emeritus.
dave-in-sa @dave-in-sa.bsky.social Recovering journalist. Native Texan. Believer in power of Positive Rage. The lady in the photo is my wife, Ginny, who died of leukemia in 2019. Fuck cancer. No DMs please.
Amy Sullivan @amysullivan.bsky.social Once and future journalist • Religion, politics, gender • Alum: TIME, Yahoo, Washington Monthly, Harvard Divinity, University of Michigan
SSconey 🧶🫘💙🍅 🇩🇰🇺🇦 @ssconey.bsky.social Snarky, and for good reason. Also, knitting.
Heather Braum @hbraum.bsky.social Kansan. Librarian. Oliver and Charis’ (cat) Mom. Kids health policy, including Medicaid, CHIP, & immunization policy, esp for #ksleg. Forever recovering techie. Opinions+content=my own.
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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.
Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector editor in chief @journalist-sherman.bsky.social I write news stories of public interest.
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
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ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
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Jason Hancock @jasonhancock.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of The Missouri Independent, a nonpartisan, nonprofit newsroom.
Detective for the people. Raker of muck.
jhancock@missouriindependent.com
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Jonathan Shorman @jonshorman.bsky.social Democracy Reporter, States Newsroom.
Past: The Kansas City Star
Kansan. KU graduate.
jshorman@statesnewsroom.com
Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social Senior national political reporter, NBC News
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Ruth Graham @ruthgraham.bsky.social National correspondent at The New York Times covering religion, faith and values. ~Texas~. Ruth.Graham@nytimes.com
Dave Wasserman (unofficial bot) @redistrict.bluesky.bot Senior Editor & Elections Analyst of the nonpartisan @CookPolitical Report w/ @AmyEWalter. Nerd for 🗺️ maps, ⛷️ ski slopes & 🎻 trad tunes. Has seen enough.
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Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social Author, Substack newsletter “To the Contrary.” Host, "To the Contrary" podcast. Dog owner, grandfather. Still Never Trump. No regrets. Website: https://charliesykes.substack.com/
Glenn E. Rice @grice1911.bsky.social Politics and investigations editor at The Kansas City Star.
Tim Miller @timmiller.bsky.social Host of the Bulwark Podcast
MSNBC political analyst.
Punching bag on FYPod with Cameron Kasky.
Church of Jokic.
Nola Dad.
Weak and Gay.
Progress MO @progressmissouri.bsky.social Missourians deserve a state that works for everyone. 
Jason Kander @jasonkander.bsky.social Recovering politician. Afghanistan Veteran. Bestselling Author. Podcaster. Founder of Let America Vote & American Rescue Project. Baseball player. Advisor, Veterans Community Project. Diana’s dude. True & Bella’s driver. JasonKander.com
Kacen J. Bayless @kacen.bsky.social Democracy Insider at The Kansas City Star. kbayless@kcstar.com
Tony Messenger @tonymess.bsky.social Metro columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Pulitzer Prize winner. Denver Broncos fan. St. Louis CITY fan. Order my book: https://read.macmillan.com/lp/profit-and-punishment/
Mike Hendricks @kcmikehendricks.bsky.social Retired journalist and lard-butt bicyclist. I'm left handed, pro dog and a proud member of the reality-based community.
Jim MacMillan (he/him) @jimmacmillan.com Journalist, educator and researcher. Student of peace and justice. CMAT superfan. Born in Boston. Shaped by 35 years in Philadelphia and one in Baghdad. Relocated to Cork last spring. Signal: JRM.353 · JimMacMillan.com · Pax et Lux · #SpeirGorm 🇮🇪
London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk Critical thinking, published every fortnight.
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Tyler McCall @tylermccall.bsky.social Kansas City. theatre. politics. executive director for the Jackson County Democrats.
Joyce Saenz Harris @joycesaenzharris.bsky.social Retired journalist, NBCC, progressive Christian, blue Democrat in blue Dallas, Tejana in Tejas, cat lady, avid reader, traveler, UF Gator, Maineac, Anglophile, doting grandmother.- D @derekdonovan.bsky.social @derekdonovan.bsky.social
Liz Pollock: bookseller, non-fiction writer. @lizpollockbooks.bsky.social Specializing in unique books & ephemera on gastronomy, wine, menus, kitchens, and American theater history. Proud to be a member of the National Writers Union. https://www.cooksbookcase.com
Francis X. Rocca @fxrocca.bsky.social Journalist specializing in the Vatican and global religion, senior analyst for EWTN News, ex @wsj.com, director: “Voices of Vatican Il” https://bit.ly/3V0ddKV. Email: fxrocca@gmail.com.
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DonnaStGeorge @donnastgeorge.bsky.social Longtime Journalist - the Washington Post, NYT, Philadelphia Inquirer. Writer. From Chicago. Based in DC.
Andrea Stone @andreastonez.bsky.social Veteran journalist. Mostly @usatoday. Also ex @ newmarkjschool, Al Jazeera America, @Huffpost, @AOL News. Alum @columbiajourn 🗽history buff- A @abrodsky.bsky.social @abrodsky.bsky.social
Krysia @krysiab.bsky.social Expat in Europe. Returned Catholic. History, art, archeology. Mozart, Puccini.
Dan Driscoll @dwdriscoll.bsky.social 
sandra fish @fishnette.bsky.social independent data journo, kinda retired; past prez
@womenjournos; fishnette@mastodon.online; RTs = Hey, look over there! she/her
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Bomberpete @bomberpete.bsky.social Disheveled Patriot, contrarian, and democracy fan. Straight-shooter, but I prefer background checks.
Jeff Preuss @jeffpreuss.bsky.social Gay guy, he/him, total nerd, cat dad (but will pet ALL the animals), singer, artist, rock climber, with husband for 30 years (he's partly in the pic), Kansas City, Missouri. I'm jeffpreuss here, Instagram, & Threads, Jeff Preuss on Facebook. All me.
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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social Writer. Reader. Sometimes funny. Author of WINTERSET HOLLOW (1st edition out of print, 2nd edition coming October 2026!) HOLLYWOODLAND coming 2027!
https://www.jonathanedwarddurham.com
https://jonathanedwarddurham.substack.com
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.
https://sirenscallbook.com/
Jake Tapper, long-suffering Philly sports fan @jaketapper.bsky.social Dad, husband, CNN anchor, author, doorman to three dogs and a cat.
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.
Politico @politico.com Nobody knows politics and policy like we do.
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Joshua McElwee @joshmcelwee.org Vatican correspondent for Reuters. I travel with the pope sometimes. Dual US/EU national. Web: joshmcelwee.org.
Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social Historian and theologian, professor at Villanova University. Byline @commonwealmagazine.org, Global Catholic, Il Regno, et alii. Italian allergic to coffee, gelateria Catholic. Views my own.
Matthew Sitman @mattsitman.bsky.social writer, co-host of Know Your Enemy
Kim Daniels @kdaniels8.bsky.social Director, Georgetown Initiative on Catholic Social Thought & Public Life; Member, Vatican Dicastery for Communication; mom.- T Guardian @theguardian1.bsky.social
Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social Lois Lane for the courts and broken tigger
Slate, Amicus, MSNBC, NYT bestseller Lady Justice