Josh Marshall's Quality People Starter Pack
Just an array of people who I think are worth following, a very subjective view of course, not canonical or exhaustive, but a general focus on news and politics and other things of interest to me.
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@joshtpm.bsky.social
@joshuagreen.bsky.social
Bloomberg Businessweek correspondent, #1 NYT bestselling author of THE REBELS and DEVIL'S BARGAIN: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/586025/the-rebels-by-joshua-green/
@orinkerr.bsky.social
Professor, Stanford Law School. Author, The Digital 4th Amendment: https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Fourth-Amendment-Privacy-Policing/dp/0190627077/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0
@davidkurtz.bsky.social
TPM editor at large + all things Morning Memo: https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/ Signal: davidkurtz.88 Proton: davidmkurtz@proton.me
@sahilkapur.bsky.social
NBC News Senior National Political Reporter covering Capitol Hill and elections 🏛️🗳️ Part-time Formula 1 correspondent. 🏁🏎️ https://x.com/sahilkapur
@jessicavalenti.bsky.social
I write about abortion every day at abortioneveryday.com Read my newsletter & find me other places here: linktr.ee/jessicavalenti 📚 My new book 'Abortion' is out now prh.com/abortion
@connieschultz.bsky.social
Columnist, novelist, j-prof. NYT bestselling novel, The Daughters of Erietown. Children’s book, Lola and the Troll. On Substack at Hopefully Yours. I love Sherrod Brown. https://connieschultz.substack.com/
@hodgman.bsky.social
Good evening. My name is John Hodgman. You are invited to join a secret society: hodgman.substack.com
@lizzieohreally.bsky.social
I host What Next TBD at Slate. A show about tech, power and the future. Who wants night bacon? https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd Lizzie.oleary@slate.com Signal: Lizzieohreally.31
@dafna.bsky.social
EVP, Editorial Director U.S. News & World Report. Former Executive Editor, POLITICO; Managing Editor, NBC News & MSNBC. Proud alum @GUpolitics
@davidfrum.bsky.social
Staff writer for the Atlantic. Host of the David Frum Show webcast. Formerly ... quite a lot of things. Washington DC and Wellington, Ontario. Reach me via Producer@TheDavidFrumShow.com DMs open to followers
@mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social
Candidate for U.S. Senate | Michigan State Senate Majority Whip | Notre Dame ☘️ | Ray Wert’s ginger half | Noa's mom |
@lebassett.bsky.social
Journalist, columnist at The Cut, former EIC of Jezebel, longtime repro rights reporter. From South Louisiana 🐊. Author of Nightcap, an irreverent newsletter about politics: https://www.laura-bassett.com/
@kateriga.bsky.social
Covering the Supreme Court (especially reproductive rights) etc at TPM & co-hosting the Josh Marshall Podcast; Philly-born Mystics diehard 🚴♀️🏃♀️. Call me/beep me: kate@talkingpointsmemo.com. 📸 Leah Miessler, Anna Moneymaker
@joanwalsh.bsky.social
National correspondent, The Nation. Co-producer of "The Sit In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show." Author: "What's The Matter With White People." Proud mom of Sadie and NoraWD.
@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social
History & Italian Professor, NYU; Author, NYT Bestseller Strongmen; Publisher, Lucid, a Substack newsletter on authoritarianism and threats to democracy; Film & TV Consultant
@asharangappa.bsky.social
Fmr FBI Special Agent, lawyer, @JacksonYale. Tiger(ish) mom. Legal and national security analyst. Editor @just_security. Steam mop influencer. Views mine. https://asharangappa.substack.com
@jeffsharlet.bsky.social
Bestsellers THE UNDERTOW: Scenes from a Slow Civil War & THE FAMILY, also a Netflix series. + THIS BRILLIANT DARKNESS; SWEET HEAVEN WHEN I DIE & more. Words & pics Vanity Fair. Professing @ Dartmouth. He/Him. New writing: https://slowcivilwar.substack.com/
@rickhasen.bsky.social
Professor, UCLA Law; Director, http://SafeguardingDemocracyProject.org; 2020 CNN, 2024 NBC/MSNBC Election Law Analyst; electionlawblog.org
@adamweinstein.bsky.social
MSNBC's All In with Chris Hayes. Ex-Floridian. Catskill climber. Philly fan. Your affable newsroom curmudgeon. Go Navy. Beat Army.
@crampell.bsky.social
MSNBC anchor/co-host of The Weekend: Primetime, Sat/Sun 6-9pm. Washington Post syndicated op-ed columnist. Econ, politics, immigration, tax, etc. + occasional theater nerdery.
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social
staff writer @theatlantic. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and now AUTOCRACY INC https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Raised on Coast Miwok land, longtime resident on Ramaytush Ohlone land, writer, climate person, feminist, wanderer. Just started a newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com.
@erictopol.bsky.social
physician-scientist, author, editor https://www.scripps.edu/faculty/topol/ Ground Truths https://erictopol.substack.com SUPER AGERS https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Super-Agers/Eric-Topol/9781668067666
@lawfaremedia.org
Straight-shooting information and analysis at the intersection of national security, law, and policy. Support Lawfare at https://www.lawfaremedia.org/support
@sethcotlar.bsky.social
Teaches US History at Willamette Univ. Working on a book about the long history of the US Right. https://sethcotlar.substack.com/
@jeffstein.bsky.social
Reporter at The Washington Post. Listen to my series on John Brown: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/american-carnage/id1723391781
@michellegoldberg.bsky.social
New York Times opinion columnist; MSNBC contributor; author.
@jeffjarvis.bsky.social
Visiting prof @Stony Brook; fellow @Montclair State; emeritus prof @CUNY's Newmark School of Journalism. Co-host: This Week in Google, AI Inside. Author of The Gutenberg Parenthesis, Magazine, The Web We Weave, available at: https://jeffjarvis.com
@davidcorn.bsky.social
Washington bureau chief, Mother Jones. MSNBC commentator. Author of AMERICAN PSYCHOSIS and other NYT bestsellers. On Signal: DavidCorn.99
@jonrosenberg.bsky.social
extremely alive cartoonist. I won an award once • http://amultiverse.com • http://goats.com • http://patreon.com/jonrosenberg • http://linktr.ee/mrjonrosenberg • he/him
@katzish.bsky.social
Writer and editor. Ex @PostOpinions @CNN @BostonGlobe @BloomsburyUSA. Sometime poet & translator. Good eater. Parent.
@stevevladeck.bsky.social
@ksvesq.bsky.social’s husband; father of daughters; professor @georgetownlaw.bsky.social; #SCOTUS nerd @CNN.com Bio: www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/stephen-i-vladeck "One First" Supreme Court newsletter: stevevladeck.com Book: tinyurl.com/shadowdocket
@mauraquint.bsky.social
she/her Join the tax fight: Fair Share America https://www.fairshareusa.org/join-our-email-list Comedy writer, Onion contributor, mcsweeneys column, etc Currently in bed. Email nice things only: quintmaura@ gmail
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
Levin Professor of History at Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," with 20 new lessons on Ukraine, "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
@theradr.bsky.social
Rabbi/award-winning author. 🌱Sacred + justice newsletter (100% NAZI-FREE!): LifeIsASacredText.com Newest 📚ON REPENTANCE & REPAIR: MAKING AMENDS IN AN UNAPOLOGETIC WORLD. 💥Collective liberation or bust. she/her
@dandrezner.bsky.social
Political science professor, writer, podcaster, shaker of hands with Mel Brooks — you know, the usual kinks.
@sulliview.bsky.social
Columnist at GuardianUS. Thinking/teaching at Columbia J School. Author of NEWSROOM CONFIDENTIAL and GHOSTING THE NEWS. (Join me at ‘American Crisis’ on Substack)
@noahshachtman.bsky.social
contributing writer at Rolling Stone // contributing editor at Wired // making trouble at ■■■■■■■■ // https://signal.me/#eu/3aA6cspNTXUEOtEYwaK6KOFIw8nf-7G1jQBd3MRqrDeUvZxfzp5Py61cKq4GbcNg
@mmfa.bsky.social
Media Matters for America is the nation’s premier media watchdog. Cited as a trusted source of information by Fox News’ “Brain Room.”
@jaredlholt.bsky.social
Senior Researcher, US Hate & Extremism @ Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) • [Views expressed here are my own] 🎙️Find “Posting Through It” on your favorite podcast player and here: https://postthroughit.substack.com/
@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
@weisenthal.bsky.social
Cohost of The Odd Lots Podcast Singer and guitarist in Light Sweet Crude
@annamerlan.bsky.social
Journalist at Mother Jones and elsewhere, author, writer of social media posts on micro-blogging sites. Tips to Amerlan@motherjones.com or on Signal, username annamerlan.30
@franklinleonard.bsky.social
The Black List founder. Film & TV producer. Politics & Football person. Vanity Fair contributing editor.
@dahlialithwick.bsky.social
Lois Lane for the courts and broken tigger Slate, Amicus, MSNBC, NYT bestseller Lady Justice
@joycewhitevance.bsky.social
UALawSchool |MSNBC & NBCNews |Podcasts #SistersInLaw & Cafe Insider|Obama US Atty |25 year fed'l prosecutor|Wife & Mom of 4|Knits a lot|Civil Discourse newsletter: joycevance.substack.com
@mjsdc.bsky.social
Senior writer at Slate covering courts and the law. Dad to one toddler and several other animals.
@ryanlcooper.com
Managing editor at The American Prospect, cohost and producer of the @leftanchor.bsky.social podcast https://www.patreon.com/leftanchor Newsletter: https://www.ryanlcooper.com/
@espiers.bsky.social
NYT opinion writer, Slate Money co-host, Dem messaging consultant, NYU prof, former EIC The New York Observer, Dealbreaker founder and Gawker founding editor. Brooklyn via Bama. Rednexican. Striver with no chill. https://linktr.ee/elizabethspiers
@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
@acyn.bsky.social
Senior Digital Editor for MeidasTouch.com Clips made with SnapStream Internet Hooligan...
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
@bellingcat.com
Bellingcat is an independent investigative collective of researchers, investigators and citizen journalists brought together by a passion for open source research. Want to support our charity? bellingcat.com/donate
@charliesavage.bsky.social
The New York Times national security and legal reporter. Not the Welsh footballer, Roddy Doyle character or 19th Century adventurer in Fiji.
@kkondik.bsky.social
American elections analyst; Managing Editor, Sabato's Crystal Ball at UVA Center for Politics. Sign up free at http://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball
@petestrzok.bsky.social
26 year FBI and Army veteran. Georgetown School of Foreign Service adjunct professor and alum. NYT/WP bestseller: Compromised
@electproject.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida specializing in American elections
@joshkovensky.bsky.social
Investigative reporter @TPM.bsky.social Get in touch at joshk@talkingpointsmemo.com or via Signal JoshKovensky.04
@pollsandvotes.bsky.social
Director, Marquette Law School poll. Co-founder Pollster.com. Prof Emeritus UW-Madison. R nerd. Site: https://pollsandvotes.com MULawPoll: https://law.marquette.edu/poll/category/results-and-data/
@edkilgore.bsky.social
Political columnist, New York Magazine. Former Senate and gubernatorial aide and policy wonk. Observant Christian and progressive. Georgia Bulldog.
@admcrlsn.bsky.social
Recovering political pollster, current market researcher, and election nerd. Spreadsheets help me relax. Views are my own.
@lakshya.splitticket.org
software + ai engineer. cal alum + instructor. I do elections stuff at Split Ticket (https://www.split-ticket.org) ✉️ lakshya@splitticket.org
@johnalight.bsky.social
I’m an editor at TPM. signal: johnalight.99 email: johnalight@protonmail.com
@baseballot.bsky.social
Until March 5, I was the senior editor and senior elections analyst at FiveThirtyEight. Email, don't DM: nrakich at gmail dot com.
@justinhendrix.bsky.social
Concerned with tech, media and democracy. CEO & Editor at Tech Policy Press. Research & Adjunct Professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Opinions mine.
@helenkennedy.bsky.social
Newspapers 4 life. (Ex NY Daily News & Boston Herald.) NYC and North Fork. Francophile fan of Sondheim and Venice. Aspiring watercolorist. (Paintings now at @washbuckler.bsky.social) Hoping sarcasm works out better over here.
@klonick.bsky.social
Law professor & journalist researching internet law, online speech governance, AI. Dallying in consumer protection. For sporadic writings on these things see: https://klonick.substack.com/ For more info and full bio see: www.kateklonick.com
@ddayen.bsky.social
Executive editor, The American Prospect. Author, Chain of Title and Monopolized. Tips at ddayen-at-prospect-dot-org or Signal at ddayen.90
@sarahposner.bsky.social
Investigative journalist, columnist, expert on the Christian right. Working on something new. Author, Unholy. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/605774/unholy-by-sarah-posner/ More: https://www.sarahposner.com
@christopherjm.ft.com
Chief Ukraine correspondent for the Financial Times. 15 years in Ukraine. https://www.ft.com/christopher-miller Author of the book, THE WAR CAME TO US, published by Bloomsbury: https://www.amazon.com/dp/139940685X
@amandamarcotte.bsky.social
Senior politics writer at Salon.com. Subscribe to Standing Room Only: salon.com/newsletter
@citizencohn.bsky.social
Writer at The Bulwark Author of The Ten Year War Lecturer @UMichigan Fan of Red Sox, Dolphins, Wolverines & Billy Joel Proud husband & dad Email cohn [at] thebulwark.com Signal CitizenCohn.41
@timmiller.bsky.social
Host of the Bulwark Podcast MSNBC political analyst. Punching bag on FYPod with Cameron Kasky. Church of Jokic. Nola Dad. Weak and Gay.
@pgourevitch.bsky.social
Staff Writer at The New Yorker. Author of 'The Ballad of Abu Ghraib', 'A Cold Case' & 'We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families.’ Faculty at Bard Prison Initiative.
@gelliottmorris.com
i write a data-driven news and politics newsletter called Strength In Numbers: gelliottmorris.com/welcome wrote a book by the same name: bit.ly/3OWqEqR. formerly ABC News/538 & The Economist. proud custodian of a small community garden plot.
@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social
Dem Strategist. Dad to Cameron and Paxton. https://TheAltMedia.com https://youtube.com/@adamparkhomenkoshow
@rexchapman.bsky.social
Team game https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Its-Hard-for-Me-to-Live-with-Me/Rex-Chapman/9781982197773
@jelaniya.bsky.social
your new neighbor from your old neighborhood. dean. writer. left-hander & occasional photographer. known to frequent the new yorker and columbia journalism school.
@hunterw.bsky.social
Investigative Reporter @ TPM | Author | Words In: The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, The Atlantic Send me a secure message on Signal: hunter.07 https://linktr.ee/hunter_walker
@brendannyhan.bsky.social
Dartmouth political scientist and Bright Line Watch co-director. Previously Upshot NYT / CJR contributor, Spinsanity co-founder, All the President's Spin co-author. https://sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/ http://brightlinewatch.org
@volts.wtf
I run a newsletter/podcast called Volts about clean energy & politics. Subscribe & join the community at http://volts.wtf!
@aedwardslevy.bsky.social
Polling editor at CNN, keeping (cross)tabs on public opinion and the news. I like puns.