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@mollyjongfast.bsky.social
Special correspondent at Vanity Fair and host of the Fast politics podcast and MSNBC
@ilhanmn.bsky.social
Mom, Refugee and Congresswoman for #MN05. Progressive Caucus Deputy Chair. Fighting for a more just world.✨ http://HC.com/IlhanOmar
@annabower.bsky.social
Just asking questions. Senior Editor, Lawfaremedia.org. Send story ideas and tips to anna.bower@lawfaremedia.org Signal username: annabower.24
@radleybalko.bsky.social
Journalist. Quattrone Center journalism fellow. Author: Rise of the Warrior Cop. Co-author: The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist. Forthcoming book: The Defenders (Spring 2026) Substack: radleybalko.substack.com Signal: radleybalko.52
@joshtpm.bsky.social
Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew.
@dahlialithwick.bsky.social
Lois Lane for the courts and broken tigger Slate, Amicus, MSNBC, NYT bestseller Lady Justice
@samthielman.com
Sam Thielman | Graphic novels at NYT Book Review, seen New Yorker, Slate, Flaming Hydra, foreverwars.ghost.io | he/him | 741.5 (Comic books, strips, etc.) | cat subordinate | DC COMICS: THE STORY OF A UNIVERSE with Sean Howe forthcoming from HarperOne
@therickwilson.bsky.social
Lincoln Project and Resolute Square founder. Ad-maker. NYT #1 Bestselling author. Instrument-rated pilot. Beechcraft driver. TheRickWilson.Substack.com
@michellegoldberg.bsky.social
New York Times opinion columnist; MSNBC contributor; author.
@whstancil.bsky.social
Minnesota guy. "This particular activist will not stop." Sen. Chris Murphy
@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org
Editor in Chief, @lawfaremedia.org Senior Fellow, Brookings Author, #DogShirtDaily Host, #DogShirtTV Purveyor of mischief. Harasser of Russian diplomats worldwide.
@eschatonblog.com
I used to be famous on the internet. Have a blog. https://eschatonblog.com Currently near Toon
@froomkin.bsky.social
Editor of Press Watch (https://presswatchers.org) and Heads Up News (http://headsupnews.org). Ex-Washington Post, HuffPost, Intercept. Freelancer. I afflict comfortable journalists.
@donmoyn.bsky.social
Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan. Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy. Free newsletter, Can We Still Govern?: https://donmoynihan.substack.com
@jfallows.bsky.social
Reporter and writer: https://fallows.substack.com/ and https://www.ourtownsfoundation.org/ One-time speechwriter, long-time pilot, longer-time husband of linguist/writer Deborah Fallows. Note same wristwatch in the two photos, more than 50 years apart.
@brianbeutler.bsky.social
Off Message, Politix.fm; Formerly: Crooked Media, TNR, TPM; www.offmessage.net/subscribe
@jamellebouie.net
The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group. Send me your mutual aid requests.
@jaketapper.bsky.social
Dad, husband, CNN anchor, author, doorman to our two dogs.
@pixelatedboat.bsky.social
The 76th most followed account on bluesky. I will NOT be updating this ranking when it’s no longer true
@kenwhite.bsky.social
Ken White, criminal defense attorney and First Amendment litigator. Co-host of Serious Trouble podcast and writer at The Popehat Report. Signal: KenWhite.1969
@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/
@parkermolloy.com
I write the media/internet/culture/politics/whatever newsletter The Present Age: www.readtpa.com Chicagoan / wife of @kaylapekkala.bsky.social / second favorite human to two dogs / not an activist / likes baseball
@propublica.org
Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts. Support our work: https://propub.li/4d2mFWJ
@attackerman.bsky.social
Journalist & author of REIGN OF TERROR: HOW THE 9/11 ERA DESTABILIZED AMERICA & PRODUCED TRUMP, contributor to Zeteo, IRON MAN for Marvel. Subscribe to FOREVER WARS for ‘natsec’ journalism: https://www.forever-wars.com Signal: attackerman.81
@atrupar.com
Independent journalist and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social
Editor and CEO, Zeteo Author, ‘Win Every Argument’ British-American
@aoc.bsky.social
Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible. ocasiocortez.com
@daveweigel.bsky.social
National politics reporter at semafor.com. Alum: WashPost, Bloomberg, Slate, Reason. Author of “The Show That Never Ends.”
@jessenash.bsky.social
Public school teacher. Holder of lukewarm opinions. Chief inspector in my house for things that aren't closed all the way (lids, doors, potato chip bags) so I can righteously yell at my children.