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  • Josh Barro

    I have a lot of opinions.

  • Jesse Singal

    Author, "The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills." I cohost the podcast "Blocked and Reported" and I write the newsletter "Singal-Minded." Currently working on a book about the fight over American youth gender medicine.

  • Tim Miller

    Writer-at-Large, The Bulwark Host of the Bulwark Podcast

  • Mike Solana

    billionaire media tycoon and mayor of san francisco. vp @foundersfund. ringleader @hereticon. editor-in-chief @piratewires \ud83c\udff4‍☠️

  • 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.

  • Dave Weigel

    National political reporter for Semafor. Mostly post about what books I'm reading.

  • Ross Douthat

    Ross Douthat is a fantasy novelist who writes newspaper columns in his spare time.

  • 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.

  • James Kirchick

    Author and journalist

  • Cartoons Hate Her

    Social dynamics and online culture from the hybrid mind of a terminally online-normie mom

  • Marc A. Caputo

    National political reporter for The Bulwark, covering Donald Trump, the MAGA movement and Republican campaigns

  • Alyssa Rosenberg

    Obsessed with Buster Keaton's insane stunts, Ursula Nordstrom and her empire of children's book authors, David Fincher's "Zodiac" and the genius of Alice Provensen. Also cookies. I bake a lot of cookies.

  • Reihan Salam
  • Daniel Biss

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

  • Alex Bores
  • 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.

  • Phil Chan
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