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staff writer @theatlantic. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and now AUTOCRACY INC https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
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Writer, strategist, co-presenter the U.K. No1 podcast The Rest Is Politics … love Britain hate Brexit, loved Twitter loathe Musk n Trump
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Political Editor, The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/profile/pippacrerar
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Writes the most popular UK politics Substack (samf.substack.com) Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State" out now. (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Senior fellow: Institute for Government
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Staff writer, The Atlantic | Author, Difficult Women (2020) and The Genius Myth (2025) | Podcaster, Page 94 and Strong Message Here | Doom scroller, the internet
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Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible. ocasiocortez.com
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senior editor at the Atlantic. I think a lot about climate, disease, animals, plants, risk, kids, New York City, and sometimes other cities too
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Former MP for Brighton Pavilion, former Leader & Co-Leader of @greenparty.org.uk.Co-President of the European Movement. Mum of 2, plus puppy Nell. Author, Another England: How to Reclaim our National Story. Still writing & campaigning on climate & nature 🌎
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Political Correspondent for the Guardian. Previously with the FT in London, Delhi, Washington.
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Labour client journalist and member of the right-wing MSM, apparently. Also political editor of HuffPost UK.
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Host of daily podcast The News Agents. And author of Strangeland. Available at all good bookshops….
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University lecturer and researcher in Educational Leadership. Eden Valley, Cumbria and University of Birmingham, UK. Hills, old boats and good dog walks.