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  • Ellie Leonard

    Writer, editor, child-wrangler, sometimes-filmmaker, Missoulian dropped on my head in NYC. Wandering Agent-lessly Signal: @redpencilscript.10 (She/Her)

  • Paul Krugman

    Professor, CUNY Grad Center, Nobel laureate and former columnist, NY Times. Also, according to Donald Trump, a “Deranged BUM.”

  • Zev Shalev

    Dispatches from the frontlines of the war on democracy. 'Rarely wrong, often ahead, and effective in ways history may yet fully credit.'

  • Dana DuBois

    Memoirist & cultural essayist. GenX word nerd. I write out loud. Co-host & booker: The Daily Whatever Show. Fine feminist. Loves storytelling, karaoke, ectomorphs, her two teens, and Oxford commas. Loathes the RHCP.

  • THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali

    The Left Hook is a thoroughly opinionated and biased intellectual playground for people who enjoy political, cultural, and religious hot takes without corporate censorship and nonsense centrism.

  • Jim Acosta

    Host: “The Jim Acosta Show” / Independent Journalist / former Chief WH Correspondent / author of NYT Bestseller: “The Enemy of the People: A Dangerous Time to Tell the Truth in America”

  • Cliff Schecter

    BAM Founder. Ad Man (Biden '20, etc). Bestselling Author "The Real McCain." Past columnist Daily Beast, UPI. Frmr contributor Sinclair TV. Contributor Stephanie Miller, Hal Sparks. Paid Subscriptions Deck Fascists https://www.blueamp.co/subscribe

  • Lawrence Winnerman

    Queer sci-fi author writing The Hinge & The Near Field—essays on how democracy bends, fiction on where it lands. Now: Rewiring the Republic—43 repairs, mild to wild. COO @ Blue Amp Media. Co-host, The Daily Whatever Show. Gay AF \ud83c\udff3️‍\ud83c\udf08

  • Lev Parnas

    Author “Shadow Diplomacy”,public speaker, political activist, truth teller. And the subject of the Emmy nominated Rachel Maddow documentary “From Russia With Lev”

  • Katie Phang

    Truth-Teller | Independent Journalist and Legal Analyst | Trial Lawyer | Fighting for OUR Democracy | "Law and Disorder" Substack | "Though She Be But Little, She Is Fierce"

  • Lincoln Square

    Chaos is a distraction; clarity is our weapon. We stand vigilant to ensure the American people get the analysis behind the headlines—and expert strategies to rise to this critical moment.

  • Frank Figliuzzi

    FBI Assistant Director (retired); 25 year veteran Special Agent; Author of national bestseller The FBI Way; and, Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers; speaker; democracy defender

  • Christopher Armitage

    Most tell you what's wrong. I try to tell you what works. Published in the Brennan Center for Justice's State Court Report. Cited by Brookings Institute. Covered by Mother Jones, The Nation, NPR, & PBS.

  • Scott MacFarlane

    I've been covering news in Washington for more than 20 years, specializing in enterprise and investigative reporting. This is a 7-day-a-week home to my latest updates. No days off. Unvarnished, unfiltered and eager for your ideas

  • Kait Justice

    I’m Kait Justice, and I’m here to fight for healthier communities and government transparency. We’re building a more accountable world one story at a time.\ud83d\udc4f

  • Raw America

    The fastest-growing people powered news network in America. Investigative journalism, analysis and Capitol Hill reporting.

  • From the Writer's Cabin

    Jeff Newton is a former 60 Minutes Producer and Senior Producer at Vice on HBO and National Geographic. Duel citizen of the United States and Canada. \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 with a strong lean towards Elbows Up.

  • Rye

    Formerly unemployed workaholic with a strong sense of ethics. Data researcher with degrees in computer science, math, and physics. Helping tell stories by diving into the data: a database-centric approach to look deeply into complicated subjects

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