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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social Sr. Fellow @ Brookings, Co-founder of Democracy Defenders Action, Executive Chair of Democracy Defenders Fund & Co-Founder of The Contrarian contrarian.substack.com. Posts with "TN" are from Team Norm
Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social Running for U.S. Senate to take on the rigged system and fight for Ohio workers. Proud grandpa, dad, and husband to Connie.
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Reuters @reuters.com 
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Morgan Richter @morganrichter.bsky.social Author of THE DIVIDE and THE UNDERSTUDY, both from Knopf. Gen-X pop culture maven, Duran Duran aficionado, Miami Vice expert. Failed screenwriter, retired YouTuber. https://morganrichter.net/
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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social Girl dad. Hip-Hop lover. Fmr Capitol Police Officer. Making good trouble.
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You're Wrong About @yourewrongabout.bsky.social Setting right what we once got wrong. Hosted by Sarah Marshall, produced by Carolyn Kendrick.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social Mom, Refugee and Congresswoman for #MN05. Progressive Caucus Deputy Chair. Fighting for a more just world.✨ http://HC.com/IlhanOmar 
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Jason @longwall26.bsky.social Writer RiffTrax/MST3K, mystery novelist https://www.jasonphilipmiller.com
Charles Pulliam-Moore @charlespulliam.bsky.social Now: Film / TV / culture critic @ The Verge. As previously seen in: io9 + Gizmodo + NPR. GLAAD Award-winning comics wonk. Adjunct Pokémon Professor. Quite gay. Friend to all cats. charles@theverge.com
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The Newberry @newberrylibrary.bsky.social Curating curiosity for all since 1887. The Newberry Library is an independent research library located in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood. Cover photo: Oak Street Beach postcard from Curt Teich Postcard Collection.
Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk Head of Partnerships and Development @consortium.lgbt | Chair @proudchangemakers.bsky.social | LGBTQ+ Columnist Exposed Magazine
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Tyler Coates @tylercoates.bsky.social writer/editor/podcaster/moderator. currently writing for Filmmaker, LA Times, AARP. previously on staff at THR, Esquire, Decider, Flavorwire.
Susan Glasser @sbg1.bsky.social Staff writer @newyorker, proud wife of @peterbakernyt and mom of @tab_delete, co-author, "Kremlin Rising," "The Man Who Ran Washington," and "The Divider: Trump in the White House."
Corey Frayer @csfrayer.bsky.social Demonstrably less delusional than Mark Cuban.
Director of Investor Protection - Consumer Federation of America. Former: Crypto Adviser to Gensler SEC. House and Senate Banking Committees.
Rev. Dr. Michael Woolf @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social Pastor, Activist, Theologian. The Gospel is anti-fascist, and so am I. Building a new world through the sanctuary movement, combating Islamophobia, and reparations. https://www.michaelcaseywwoolf.com/
Valerie Bertinelli @wolfiesmom.bsky.social https://valeriesplace.com/
Dropkick Murphys @dropkickmurphys.com EST. 1996 • Boston, Mass.
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Ilana Glazer @ilanaglazer.com 
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Levi Stahl @levistahl.bsky.social Editor of The Getaway Car: A Donald Westlake Nonfiction Miscellany and The Daily Sherlock Holmes. Marketing Director at the University of Chicago Press. Board member of the Uptown People’s Law Center.
Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social “Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope.” — Things you won’t see trending on X • L.A./N.Y./London/Rome & NOLA. Energy transition, Silicon Valley technofile, aerospace, filmmaker, writer ✍️, former producer, foreign policy and dolphin hugger. #RESIST
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Chicago, IL
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@80yearsago.bsky.social
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