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Examining how we make passenger rail better (electric/modern) for NYU-Marron. Prev: NY Mag, NY Post-Metro, NYDN. Hook’em🤘. 🏳️🌈. Tips? bynolanhicks@gmail.com; Signal/WhatsApp.
Reporter @chicago.suntimes.com
Rising Waters reporter for The Post and Courier | Other words in Inside Climate News, Sierra, Nature, Hakai, etc. | Wisconsinite and Copepod enthusiast
Running for the U.S. House in Maryland’s 6th district. Fired by the Trump admin for doing my job. Forever rank and file CFPB Union proud: @nteu335.bsky.social | alexisformd.com | @ElectAlexis.bsky.social
Host of the Fast politics podcast, contributing Writer at The New York Times opinion and MSNBC. Subscribe to fast politics YouTube channel
co-founder of various organizations: Interrupting Criminalization; Survived & Punished; Sojourners for Justice Press; For the People Leftist Library Project, NYC PLAN, etc...
Writing about law and democracy at The Atlantic, previously Lawfare. Not a lawyer. It's KWIN-ta.
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Retired broadcast reporter/anchor. Pittsburgh, Chicago, Oak Park.
“Time flies when you’re in a coma.”
Gender-based violence organizer and attorney in Chicago. Co-founder, Co-director of @healingtoaction.bsky.social. Current chair of City of Chicago’s GBV Taskforce. Parent to two beautiful humans. Views my own.
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Current: Audience Director @themarshallproject.org | Previous: CBS News (Social Media Director), BuzzFeed News (Director of Newsroom Strategy and Experiments), Chicago Sun-Times (Digital Editor) | Once described as 'a beautiful creature of the Internet'
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Journalist covering prisons, jails and more for The Marshall Project. Formerly WBEZ (Chicago NPR affiliate). Host of Motive podcast (Season 4). Writes short stories and essays. Tips: sheffernan@themarshallproject.org
Immigration Reporter @us.theguardian.com Reach out: maanvi.singh@theguardian.com
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Staff writer @LiveScience.com
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PhD in anthropology, MA in classical archaeology. Former professor & Roman bioarchaeologist.
I crochet and bake a lot. Time zone: US Eastern
You can save the world, but first, lunch! He/him. At Work for America getting the best people into State and Local Government. Former digital services at MTA, City of Boston. Politics before that. Mass Oyster Project. Write about food and tech.
Reporter covering Pilsen, Little Village, Back of the Yards for Block Club Chicago | Host of ¡Presente! | Hablo español | Mexicana
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I write investigative and narrative stories about immigration and criminal justice for Reuters. Please send story tips!
📍San Francisco
kristina.cooke@reuters.com
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Six books include "Taming the Street," on FDR's historic financial reforms, and NYT bestseller 'The Wizard of Lies,' on Madoff's historic fraud, now an HBO movie. A half-century of writing and reading. Loves life, really loves puppies.
Journalist for the Chicago Tribune.
labor lawyer & movement idealist in Oregon; against the genocide of Palestinians and all violence against civilians; the rule of law and human rights matter; big fan of education; Abolish ICE is the moderate position
senior political correspondent @ Zeteo // contributing writer @ Rolling Stone // co-author of ‘Sinking in the Swamp’ // adjunct professor @ University of Cincinnati // volunteer @ St. Vincent de Paul // “a deranged hack,” according to the Trump White House
Recovering reporter • Coffee lover • Marathoner • Dog mom • Doing my best • Comms at WHOI • Views are my own
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Host of Say More w/Mary Dixon & Patrick Smith on WBEZ.
Former Morning Edition host, former 93XRT
Irish memory ☘️
cyclist, dog enjoyer. currently @wbez.org / @chicago.suntimes.com
Professor @ University of Minnesota Law School. Teaching & writing about workers' rights; skeeting in my personal capacity, mostly about cats.
Journalist. Quattrone Center journalism fellow.
Author: Rise of the Warrior Cop.
Co-author: The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist.
New podcast: Collateral Damage
Substack: radleybalko.substack.com
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Journalist covering prisons and harsh sentencing. More fun than I sound.
https://theintercept.com/staff/liliana-segura/
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Chicago. Interested in how places are shaped. Friend to alley cats. I don't speak on behalf of my affiliations. he/him
"We know this world is good enough because it has to be."
If you’re a staff journalist here to rewrite my posts, you can at least credit me as a fellow journalist. Ty!
https://authory.com/AmandaMoore
https://www.turtlediaries.net/
The four B’s: Baltimore, Bulls, baseball, ‘bortion. Except now I live in Chicago so one C. He/him
Ex-Tex.
Documentary producer (HBO/PBS/HGTV/LOGO). Brooklyn ride or die.
Change isn't made by the people who leave — it's made by the people who stay.
Host, Reign of Error podcast
https://www.axismundi.us/podcasts/reign-of-error
Author, Unholy. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/605774/unholy-by-sarah-posner/
https://www.sarahposner.com
Director of Local News, Lee Enterprises | Lover of local journalism, hot beverages and awkward animals.
tech & society @washingtonpost.com
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Senior Fellow at the American Immigration Council. Commenting generally on immigration law and policy. Retweets =/= endorsements, views are my own.
Writing the technological history of how America really got to space, while trying to keep my sanity in this fascist takeover of what used to be called the United States of America. Officially a Twitter refugee.
Dartmouth political scientist and Bright Line Watch co-director. Previously Upshot NYT / CJR contributor, Spinsanity co-founder, All the President's Spin co-author.
https://sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/
http://brightlinewatch.org
reporter at cnbc.com. email: lora.kolodny@cnbc.com - ex-wsj, techcrunch & all over. i cover: elon musk cos. mostly tesla (some climate tech startups). my posts here are my own. optimistic on the inside. dm me on signal: lorakolodny.55
✨I'm a former local TV news exec, reporter & producer with a few opinions about the news✨
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🔥Now: Indistinct Chatter https://jenniferschulze.substack.com/
Liberal political talk radio in Chicago.
https://heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820/
Ignore my old blue sky acct. I lost the passwords, so joanespositochi is dead to me. And you.
"O, let America be America again—
The land that never has been yet..."
26+ years at @CNBC and @NBCNews / @WSJ alum / Peabody & Emmy winner
Investigative journalist. Trauma-informed. Survivor focused. Relentless.
Breaking News and Politics
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Chicagoan. Organizer. 40th Warder
Coverage of American authoritarianism with a focus on legal cases. An American-Irish in Limerick, Ireland.
Legendary potty mouth!
Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
Political Scientist at George Mason U. studying US politics, congressional networks, parties, campaign finance, and other broken systems. Cat person, dog owner. Take my class: https://tinyurl.com/bderak89 Read me: https://substack.com/@misofact
Ky Capitol reporter @kentuckypublicradio.org ~ prev @chronicle.com @wbez.org @chicagotribune.com ~ she/her
send tips to sgoodman@lpm.org
Midwest correspondent at The Economist, in Chicago. Before that, in London, Mumbai, Nairobi and DC.
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The contemptible Tim Onion.
staff writer @newrepublic.com / author A WOMAN IS AGAINST THE LAW (@littlebrown.bsky.social, 2KTK) + PLAYING THE WHORE (Verso)
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Senior Editor, Lawfaremedia.org.
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Welcoming media and government (and everyone else!) to Bluesky.
Formerly of The Atlantic, Boston Review.
Forklift-certified journalist in Chicago. Words in the Chicago Reader, Unraveled Press, The TRiiBE, South Side Weekly, Courthouse News Service and some other ones I forget right now. All opinions & bad jokes my own. DM me for news tips/Signal info.
General assignment reporter covering afternoons and evenings the Chicago Tribune | tkenny@chicagotribune.com
Logan Square/Avondale/Humboldt Park reporter/periodista
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Attorney & immigration policy analyst in Washington, DC. Views are my own & posts ≠ endorsement. Message me to reach out.
Previously at the National Immigrant Justice Center in Chicago and the United Nations in Switzerland.
chicago based journalist | online radicalization, extremism, culture | ex-sportswriter — 10 years covering MLB | the athletic + baseball prospectus alum | rp 🙅🏻♀️ e | 🇲🇽 🇮🇹 |
www.bycatgarcia.com
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I am not my employer so neither are my opinions my employers' opinions
development reporter @chicago.suntimes.com. amiller@suntimes.com (she/her)
what is law, really // opinions are my own // he/him
chicago, law, politics, games, beer, etc
Edited the Chicago Reader during what you might call its heyday. Now: various.
“Conspiracy theories are underrated” —me
Global Expression, FIRE. Book: Authoritarians in the Academy, @hopkinspress.bsky.social (August 2025). https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/53835/authoritarians-academy
Signal: sarahemclaugh.01. Go birds.
Philly. First Amendment lawyer at FIRE. Licensed in CA, PA. Opinions my own.
Chicago Sun-Times reporter
https://chicago.suntimes.com/authors/kaitlin-washburn
Detroit/Miami girl turned New Yorker. Prof, Columbia U. Climate, Law, Environmental and Climate Justice, The City as a Commons, Co-Cities sheilarfoster.com
state government and politics reporter for @capitolnewsil.bsky.social
graduate of @medillschool.bsky.social • she/her • on signal at maggie_dough.26 • opinions my own etc etc
Chicago Accent, Dog & Cat Petter, Easily Excitable, Toronto, San Francisco, Chicago
Live in Chicago, write for Wired, got a great attitude
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Avid baker. Former competitive bodybuilder. Wife. Hallmark movie and tv binger. Food Network junkie. No DMs please😊
The Relentless Daughter caregiver, "I do the right thing cuz' it's the right thing to do", former psychotherapist, life coach on pause, thirsty for all things artsy, beautiful, social justice, The Police & Sting lover, still tap dance in grocery stores.
Mom + Chicago Tribune reporter + co-author, HE HAD IT COMING: 4 MURDEROUS WOMEN ... .
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Chicago Tribune health care business reporter
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Reporter @NewHampshireBulletin.com | Formerly with @Forbes.com, @NWItimes.com & The Missourian | Proud Mizzou alum | Texas born, New England transplant, with stops in the Midwest
www.newhampshirebulletin.com/author/wskipworth/
Ex-newspaper guy in Chicago, L.A., Madison and Waukegan, most recently the Chicago Tribune.
(Not the Phil Rosenthal known for "Everybody Loves Raymond" and "Somebody Feed Phil.")
journo, producer & comms whiz kid. she/her ✨ www.reemasaleh.com
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Writing about all things Indianapolis education for Mirror Indy. Chat with me about preK-12 schools. Story ideas or tips? Reach me at carley.lanich@mirrorindy.org.
Author of The Mirror Thief (Melville House 2016). Suspicious of brevity.
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Freelance reporter. Illinoisan in D.C. Helping you understand how government works—or doesn’t. I RT Illinois news and politicians a lot. Reach me at dcvock@gmail.com
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Thinking and writing about youth, culture and society • Pitch me jmjwrites11@gmail.com • jewél.com
Wife, mom, Illinois Comptroller, former Chicago City Clerk and Illinois State Representative, ⚽ fan, and big-time foodie. Retweet ≠ endorsement. 🎗️
CCPSA - 020 District Councilor
40th Ward Born, Raised & Employed
My opinions are my own.
I'm an architecture photographer and Chicago is my backdrop. I post about weather, science, and urbanism issues, too. ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶
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