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  • Josh Barro

    I have a lot of opinions.

  • Andrew Sullivan

    Recovering blogger

  • Matthew Yglesias

    Blogger, journalist, podcaster, trying to get back to my roots.

  • Sonny Bunch

    Culture Editor

  • Sean Trende
  • Sam Bowman

    I'm the co-founder and editor of worksinprogress.co

  • Megan McArdle

    Columnist at the Washington Post. Opinions my own, and boy do I have a lot of them.

  • Robinson Meyer

    I’m a journalist who writes about climate change, energy, the economy, and ideas. I’m executive editor of Heatmap News, a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, and a columnist at The Argument.

  • Kristen Soltis Anderson

    Founding Partner, Echelon Insights. Contributor, CNN. Contributing opinion writer, NYT. I write about polls, politics, social trends and the Millennial generation.

  • Nate Silver

    https://www.natesilver.net/ Really just a poker player at heart, but I sometimes make election forecasts and write about things.

  • Patrick Ruffini

    Pollster at Echelon Insights, author of PARTY OF THE PEOPLE

  • Ben Dreyfuss

    Writer, SoulCycler, occasional Twitter Main Character, former editorial director @motherjones. my tweets automatically delete so if you plan on complaining about them in the future, take screenshots.

  • Dean W. Ball

    I write about AI, emerging technology, and the future of governance.

  • James Kirchick

    Author and journalist

  • Reihan Salam
  • Daniel Biss

    Dad, husband, progressive leader, & fighter for working folks. Let’s take on the billionaire class together

  • Tyler Austin Harper
  • Lakshya Jain

    running the political data and polls @TheArgument. founder of Split Ticket, also an ML engineer in the SF bay area :) cal alum and chelsea fan, so I love watching my sports teams lose.

  • Gabriel Rossman

    Professor of Sociology at UCLA.

  • Phil Chan
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