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Writer, editor, child-wrangler, sometimes-filmmaker, Missoulian dropped on my head in NYC. Wandering Agent-lessly (She/Her)
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.
Nat'l security expert. ex-DHS chief of staff. NYT best-selling author. Was “Anonymous” — now urging folks to take their masks off. Founder @ DEFIANCE.org
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. Co-host, The Daily Whatever Show. Gay AF \ud83c\udff3️\ud83c\udf08
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
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.
Dispatches from the frontlines of the war on democracy. 'Rarely wrong, often ahead, and effective in ways history may yet fully credit.'
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
Jeff Newton is a former 60 Minutes Producer and Senior Producer at Vice on HBO and National Geographic. Dual citizen of the United States and Canada. \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 with a strong lean towards Elbows Up.
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"
The fastest-growing people powered news network in America. Investigative journalism, analysis and Capitol Hill reporting.
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
A Modern Jezebel is patriarchy’s worst nightmare.
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.
I stand for women's rights, tolerance, integrity, and compassion. Together we'll work to create a better world for our kids.
Writer, musician, traveler, and founder/editor-in-chief of Thought Thinkers. I've authored 800+ articles, spanning entertainment reviews, cultural commentary, and philosophical diatribes to memoirs, satires, and fiction. https://linktr.ee/benulansey
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
A former Tea Party Congressman and right-wing radio host, I torched my career to challenge Donald Trump & the MAGA GOP head on. Director of The Social Contract. Co-Founder of PAXIS. Founder of HopeNotFearProject.org. Conservative Democrat.
Author “Shadow Diplomacy”,public speaker, political activist, truth teller. And the subject of the Emmy nominated Rachel Maddow documentary “From Russia With Lev”
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