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@jaketapper.bsky.social
Dad, husband, CNN anchor, author, doorman to our two dogs.
@kumail.bsky.social
@jamesgunn.bsky.social
Filmmaker, husband, friend to dogs and cats. Creature Commandos debuts on Max Dec 5. Superman in theaters July 11, 2025.
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
@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
@sanders.senate.gov
Sen. Sanders of Vermont, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, is the longest-serving independent in congressional history.
@edzitron.com
British, But In Las Vegas and NYC ezitron.76 Sig Newsletter - wheresyoured.at https://linktr.ee/betteroffline - podcast w/ iheartradio Columnist at Business Insider - https://www.businessinsider.com/author/ed-zitron CEO at EZPR.com - Award-Winning Tech PR
@kateconger.com
tech reporter for the NYT! co-author of CHARACTER LIMIT! signal: kateconger.11 buy our book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737290/character-limit-by-kate-conger-and-ryan-mac/ tour dates & translations: https://linktr.ee/kateconger
@joshtpm.bsky.social
Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew.
@warren.senate.gov
U.S. Senator, Massachusetts. She/her/hers. Official Senate account.
@reuters.com
@polgreen.bsky.social
New York Times Opinion Columnist. The world, especially the global south, migration, inequality, the human future, queer stuff.
@moreperfectunion.bsky.social
Nonprofit newsroom. Media that builds power for working people. Join us: https://linktr.ee/moreperfectunion
@governorwalz.mn.gov
Dad, husband, teacher, coach, veteran. Governor of Minnesota. Working to move our state forward as #OneMinnesota.
@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
@sifill.bsky.social
Civil rights lawyer; democracy warrior, dedicated to racial justice & equality. Fmr President & Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
@kimkelly.bsky.social
labor journalist and author of ‘FIGHT LIKE HELL’ 🏴 big on metal, workers, tattoos, cold places, and Philly. my books: https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Kim-Kelly/178891913 my lefty heavy metal newsletter: salvo.ghost.io rep: The Shipman Agency
@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
@katharinehayhoe.com
climate scientist posts 100% my own 🇨🇦 is my home distinguished professor & chair, Texas Tech chief scientist, The Nature Conservancy board member, Smithsonian NMNH alum, UToronto and UIUC author, Saving Us
@dell.bsky.social
Sr. writer @wired.com. w/ the @newsguild.org. privacy, surveillance + natsec > Send tips via @signal.org ➜ dell.3030
@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/
@zittrain.bsky.social
A small creature who likes to run around in universities. Prof. Harvard Law School, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Harvard Kennedy School. EFF Board. Director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and the HLS Library.
@eliothiggins.bsky.social
Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat. Democracy isn't dead, it just smells funny.
@melissagiragrant.com
staff writer, The New Republic // A WOMAN IS AGAINST THE LAW (Little, Brown) out in 2026 // PLAYING THE WHORE (Verso) // member, NewsGuild of NY » email: melissa@melissagira.com » press releases/lists: mggrant@tnr.com » Signal: melissagira.01 (link below)
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
Brooklyn Congressman. Democratic Leader. Work hard. Stay focused. Deliver results #ForThePeople.
@ryanjreilly.com
@nbcnews.com Justice reporter, ebike guy. Read my stuff: http://ryanjreilly.com/ Order my book: http://tiny.cc/SeditionHunters At DOJ? Message me on Signal: https://signal.me/#eu/J_vTZodR14DC0TRlc4EiTDg7_Kh_XPLPTgsGdYD638WUZTDGiGVCpIu0hq0Io2Du 🚲⚖️🕵️🦅🛎️🇺🇸
@altnps.bsky.social
The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
@ericlipton.nytimes.com
Investigative reporter NYT. Helping cover President Trump (and Elon Musk)-without fear or favor. I write about people and power. And I do believe accountability matters. My contact on Signal: EricNYT.08 Also can get anonymous tips: nytimes.com/tips
@volts.wtf
I run a newsletter/podcast called Volts about clean energy & politics. Subscribe & join the community at http://volts.wtf!
@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
@numb.comfortab.ly
Principal software engineer. AWS/CDK/TypeScript. Interests: Pink Floyd, Star Trek, coding, biking, VR, cats. Not necessarily in this order. @anydoubts.bsky.social is my better half.
@sykescharlie.bsky.social
Author, Substack newsletter “To the Contrary.” Host, "To the Contrary" podcast. Dog owner, grandfather. MSNBC. Still Never Trump. No regrets. Website: https://charliesykes.substack.com/
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social
Husband and father. 40th Governor of California. Former Lt. Governor of California. Former San Francisco Mayor. Personal account.
@maxberger.bsky.social
Just happy to be here. Co-Founder IfNotNow, More Perfect Union, Momentum Training Institute. Formerly Warren, Justice Democrats, etc.
@katz.theracket.news
Author of GANGSTERS OF CAPITALISM and THE BIG TRUCK THAT WENT BY. Newsletter: http://theracket.news | Signal: jmkatz.18 | a.k.a. @KatzOnEarth | Avi by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social
@amandamull.bsky.social
Senior reporter and Buying Power columnist at Bloomberg Businessweek, covering consumer culture. Georgia native, Georgia Bulldog. Opinions mine.
@jasonkoebler.bsky.social
Journalist @404Media.co Signal: jason.404 // email: jason@404media.co
@davidpakman.bsky.social
@normeisen.bsky.social
Sr. Fellow @ Brookings, Executive Director of State Democracy Defenders Fund & Co-Founder of The Contrarian contrarian.substack.com 👇 - TN (posted by Team Norm)
@schiff.senate.gov
Husband. Father. U.S. Senator for California. Fighting for an economy that works for everyone and for our democracy.
@kairyssdal.bsky.social
Dad, husband, host @Marketplace. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran. kryssdal@marketplace.org
@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.
@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)