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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social Founder @democracydocket.com. Chair of Elias Law Group. My dog's name is Blue.
Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social Democracy is like exercise. You can't do it once every four years and complain when you don't see results.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social Economics editor at The Bulwark. MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) anchor.
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Eric Muller @elmunc.bsky.social Fading lawprof. Scholar of WWII Japanese American incarceration. Quasi-intermediate bassist. Squeeze, XTC, Fountains of Wayne. Lover of small dogs--yes, all of them.
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Jack Fryar @ilmjack.bsky.social Historian/teacher in Wilmington NC. Author or editor of more than 30 books of NC and Cape Fear history. I’m a colonial historian by preference, but I love it all! USMC vet.
Dr. Ryan E. Emanuel @waterpotential.bsky.social Lumbee scientist, educator, & engaged scholar. North Carolinian. Duke Professor studying water, climate change, environmental justice, & Indigenous rights. Author of ON THE SWAMP: FIGHTING FOR INDIGENOUS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. he/him. www.RyanEmanuel.com
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