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Rob Taber @robtaber.bsky.social Historian of Haiti 🇭🇹 and democracy in the Americas at Fayetteville State.
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Dave DeWitt @davedewitt.bsky.social WUNC editor. Politics and Higher Education.
Jennifer (Jenn) Weaver @jennweaver.bsky.social Former mayor of #HillsboroughNC, A better world is possible. Carolina Basketball, Fall, Get me outside. Can we get some buses, trains, and bike lanes up in here?
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Brandon Kingdollar @kingdollar.bsky.social Politics reporter for NC Newsline. Words in the Tampa Bay Times and The Harvard Crimson. “If you’re gonna hype it, hype it with the facts.”
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Korie Dean @koriedean.bsky.social Higher education reporter at The Assembly in NC. Previously at The News & Observer. UNC alum. Reach me at korie@theassemblync.com.
Kyle Ingram @kyleingram.bsky.social Democracy Reporter at The Raleigh News & Observer • UNC ‘23 • Contact: kingram@newsobserver.com
Michael Hewett @michaelhewett.com Beer, video games, travel, software development. Usually in that order.
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Thomas Mills @tmillsnc.bsky.social Editor and publisher of PoliticsNC. Erstwhile Democratic political consultant with 30 years on the campaign battlefield. Now offering insight into North Carolina and national politics. Father, grandfather, dogfather. Tar Heel.
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Tyler Dukes @mtdukes.bsky.social Knight Chair of Journalism & Technology, University of Florida. Former AI innovation in journalism at McClatchy. Former News & Observer I-team. 2017 Nieman Fellow. Powered by gas station coffee and eastern NC barbecue.
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NC Budget & Tax Center @ncbudget.bsky.social We support the work of people, organizations, and govt in #NC to to advance solutions to poverty and pursue racial equity. More: NCBudget.org
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David A. Graham @dgraham.bsky.social Journalist, nouvelle-lettrist, and unionist at The Atlantic. Rubber City -> Bull City. dgraham@theatlantic.com
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Dylan Rhoney @rdrhoney.bsky.social Travel, politics, public policy. App State & King’s College London Alumni. Currently working with Cardinal & Pine (https://cardinalpine.com/author/rodney/) to keep North Carolinians informed.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social Founder @democracydocket.com. Chair of Elias Law Group. My dog's name is Blue.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
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Jane Friedman @janefriedman.com I report on the publishing industry through my paid newsletter, The Bottom Line, and educate writers on the business of authorship in THE BUSINESS OF BEING A WRITER (University of Chicago Press).
Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social Newsletter editor at MS NOW. Part-time journalism teacher at
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Melanie Sill @melaniesill.bsky.social Board chair, @NCLocal nonpartisan local news hub. Former top editor News & Observer, SacBee, KPCC/LAist. Posting on journalism's role in democracy and how people can get the information they need
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Chris Cooper @chriscooperwcu.bsky.social Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs at Western Carolina University. American politics, state politics, North Carolina politics, southern politics, elections. Recent book: Anatomy of a Purple State (UNC Press 2024).
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Bruce Thompson @brucethompson2nd.bsky.social I am an attorney/lobbyist with offices in Raleigh, NC and Washington, DC. I am also an Adjunct Professor at the Wake Forest School of Law.
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Triangle Blog Blog @triangleblogblog.bsky.social A civic news cooperative in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC. We are funny people who care about civics and North Carolina.
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Lisa Song @lisalsong.bsky.social Climate/environment reporter at ProPublica. Cartoon me by Laila Milevski. Pro-cats, anti-carrots. Contact: lisasong.42 on Signal
Jeremy Markovich @ncrabbithole.com
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Carolina Forward @carolinaforward.bsky.social We fight for a better, freer North Carolina that works for everyone. The future is a policy choice. YIMBY, esse quam videri, go Canes. 🏔
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Laura Leslie @lauraleslie.bsky.social NC politics reporter, cat/dog/fish mom, saltwater reefer, birder, gardener, puzzle nerd. If found, please return to the nearest beach.
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Gerry Cohen @gercohen.bsky.social Wake Co Board of Elections member 2019-date, Secretary 2025-date; #ncga staff 1977-2014; member, Chapel Hill Town Council 1973-79. UNC-Chapel Hill BA, JD, MA.
Erin Keever @erinkeever.bsky.social Executive Producer of WUNC’s Due South. Previously WFAE. NC native. Charlotte-born defector relocated to the Triangle. Find me in the woods. Support public radio! 📻
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Cory Vaillancourt @coryvaillancourt.bsky.social Politics Editor, The Smoky Mountain News. Seen/heard WaPo/NPR/CNN & elsewhere. Views=mine. Disclaimers=weird. #ncpol #ncga #helene #AVL #NC11 #election2024
Dawn B. Vaughan @dawnbvaughan.bsky.social State Capitol Bureau Chief and Under the Dome politics podcast host at The News & Observer in Raleigh, NC. B. is for Baumgartner. Go Hokies.
Danielle Battaglia @daniellebattaglia.bsky.social Washington correspondent for The News & Observer, The Charlotte Observer and McClatchy DC. Mainly covering Congress with an #ncpol twist and sometimes the White House. 
Michael Bitzer @bowtiepolitics.bsky.social Professor of Politics & History; Director, @ncpolitics.bsky.social. Manager, Old North State Politics blog (@oldnorthstpolitics.bsky.social). Interested in NC politics, Southern US politics, & US Politics.
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Billy Ball @billyball.bsky.social Founder, TheLivingSouth.com; Senior Editor @CardinalandPine;
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social Historian: White Flight; New Suburban History; Fog of War; One Nation Under God; Fault Lines; Voter Suppression; Myth America. CAMPAIGN TRAILS: campaign-trails.ghost.io
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