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Dr. Maya Kornberg @kornbergmaya.bsky.social Senior Fellow @BrennanCenter.org
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Kevin Robillard @robillard.bsky.social HuffPost politics editor. Dad. Terp. Massachusetts native. Pitches, bookings, etc.: kevin.robillard@huffpost.com
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Brad Jones @bradjones.bsky.social Author of Colorado's Political Landscape (https://www.co-political-landscape.org).
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Atiba Ellis @atibaellis.bsky.social Shanker Prof. of Law and at Case Western Reserve Univ. School of Law. Fond of democracy, voting rights, racial justice, and sci-fi.
Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social Professor, UCLA Law; Director, http://SafeguardingDemocracyProject.org; 2020 CNN, 2024 NBC/MSNBC Election Law Analyst; electionlawblog.org
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Julie Brogan @badbuckley.bsky.social Legal Counsel and Program Manager at AmericanPromise.net #usapromise. American Promise has a simple and powerful goal: passage of the For Our Freedom constitutional amendment to restore reasonable limits on money in our campaigns and elections.
Alexander Cohen @capitolmuckrakr.bsky.social Investigative data journalist. Native Washingtonian, garage rock ❤️. Past work: Bloomberg, CNN, Center for Public Integrity, Reuters. Aspiring Butlerian Jihadist. Teach me. Mostly doesn’t follow soapboxers, meanies. He/him. Signal: capitolmuckrakr.01
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The Lever @levernews.com Award-winning, reader-supported media outlet holding power accountable. LeverNews.com
Kate Martin @katereports.bsky.social Correspondent at APM Reports with Sold a Story. Alum: NBC News, Carolina Public Press, The News Tribune, Skagit Valley Herald. FOIA and transparency enthusiast, data digger. 3D printer. Pulling back the curtain on ██████████. kmartin@apmreports.org
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I report on AI and Big Tech.
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Bloomberg News
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Jeremy Merrill @jeremybmerrill.com dad, a reporter, data reporter (writing about tech at The Washington Post)
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