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You are here: Home / Open Threads / Call To Action: One Tiny Thing You Can Do To Help Today (Open Thread)

Call To Action: One Tiny Thing You Can Do To Help Today (Open Thread)

by WaterGirl|  May 4, 20224:28 pm| 173 Comments

This post is in: @Actual_Citizens, Join the Fight!, Open Threads, Political Action, Talk About Whatever You Want

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Hey BJ Peeps,

You guys totally came through yesterday so let’s see if some of you can help out today.

I assume that most of you have seen or heard talk of the Join the Fight! project some of us are working on, or at least have heard about one part of the project – our Social Media Initiative.

Call To Action: One Tiny Thing You Can Do To Help Today

Big thanks to everyone who followed us yesterday @Actual_Citizens on twitter!  Extra thanks to anyone who not only followed us, but also liked us, double-thanks to everyone who retweeted one of our tweets, and triple-thanks to anyone who quote tweeted us.

Fun fact: Most of you may know this, but I did not until recently.  In terms of the twitter algorithm which controls how much of what is seen on twitter… to use an analogy… a “like’ is maybe worth a penny, a retweet is worth a dime, and a “quote tweet” is worth a quarter.  (A quote tweet is where you add your comment to the tweet you are retweeting.)

So if you followed us yesterday but didn’t “like” or retweet, you can always retweet or quote tweet the tweet from yesterday, if you’re willing.

Here’s the TINY ASK for today.  Can you tell us who else should be on the social media contact list?

We have a database of social media contacts that we think are key either because they have good-to-great content that we want to amplify, or because they are “both sides” types that we want to call out and push in the right direction.

For the folks who are clearly on the other side, we will mock them as needed but we will never retweet them or tweet at them because that just moves them up the in the twitter algorithm, which then works in favor of disinformation, and we don’t want that!  So those people don’t need to be in the database.

Aaron Rupar Fred Wellman Marc E Elias
Acyn Gary Peters Marcy Wheeler
Adam Parkhomenko Gene Wu Mark Ruffalo
Adam Kinzinger George Conway Matt Negrin
Adam Schiff Glenn Kirschner Matt Pearce
Alexander Vindman Grace Segers Maxine Waters
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Hakeem Jeffries Maya Wylie
Anderson Cooper Heather Cox Richardson Mehdi Hassan
Arizona Republic Ida Bae Wells Molly Jong-Fast
Balloon Juice Jaime Harrison Mr. Weeks (Wonderking82)
Beau of The Fifth Column Jake Tapper Nancy Pelosi
Benjamin Wittes Jamie Raskin New York Times
Bennie Thompson Jay Rosen Oliver Willis
Bob Schneider Jeet Heer Palmer Report
Brian Schatz Jen Psaki Pete Aguilar
Brian Tyler Cohen Jennifer Mercieca Popehat (Ken White)
BrooklynDad_Defiant Jennifer Rubin Preet Bharara
Caroline Orr Bueno Jimmy Kimmel Rachel Bitecofer
Charles Gaba Joaquin Castro Rachel Maddow
Charles Johnson Jonathan Capehart Ragnarok Lobster
Chris Hayes Jonathan Swan Raw Story
Chris Murphy Joy Reid Ron Klain
Chuck Schumer Joyce White Vance Samantha Bee
Chuck Todd Judd Legum Seth Myers
Crooks and Liars Karoli Sheldon Whitehouse
Dan Froomkin Kenneth of House Pfizer 1st of His Name Soledad O’Brien
David Weigel Kevin M. Kruse Stephanie Murphy
Dick Durbin LOLGOP Stephen Colbert
Distill Social Laura Vozella Susan Vermazen
Don Winslow Lawrence O’Donnell Tea Pain
Elaine Luria Liz Cheney Ted Lieu
Elie Mystal Los Angeles Times The Hill
Elizabeth Warren Lynn V Virginia Heffernan
Frances Langum Magdi Semrau (Magi Jay) Wajahat Ali
Ben Wikler Blue Virginia Washington Post
Josh Marshall George Takei Zoe Lofgren

Who should we add?  Please let us know in the comments.

Oh, and here’s the ask from yesterday, in case you missed it:

I have one simple ask of every person who sees this today. If you have an account on twitter, please follow us. We set up our group account on Saturday, so we are just getting started, and the (fucking) Twitter algorithm will allow our content to be seen more widely if we have a bunch of followers. So I am asking you to please follow us, even if you don’t get any more involved than that.

Our full group name is: Actual Citizens United – Join us in the Fight and you can find us on twitter as:

Please follow us on twitter: @Actual_Citizens

All our tweets will use the hashtag #ActualCitizensUnited

Plus, there’s another group doing something similar with a focus totally on Michigan, so if you are willing to follow them, that will help boost their cause, which is a good one: @DistillSocial

This really is a totally Open thread.

 

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  1. 1.

    Omnes Omnibus

    May 4, 2022 at 4:31 pm

    Ben Wikler.

  2. 2.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 4:32 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: How did I not think of him??

    edit: added to the database.

  3. 3.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 4:34 pm

    This really is an open thread, so talk about whatever you want.  Though I do hope some folks come up with suggestions, too.

  4. 4.

    Ohio Mom

    May 4, 2022 at 4:37 pm

    Josh Marshall’s Twitter

  5. 5.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 4:38 pm

    @Ohio Mom: Thank you!.  Added!

  6. 6.

    Reboot

    May 4, 2022 at 4:38 pm

    How about Blue Virginia?

  7. 7.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 4:39 pm

    @Reboot: Is that a blog or a newspaper?

    edit:  neither?  this must be him? @bluevirginia

    yes?  (added)

    edit: is he mostly focused on Virginia, or does he also focus on national stuff?  (not sure whether to classify him as just Virginia or national)

  8. 8.

    ian

    May 4, 2022 at 4:39 pm

    Education Department forgives loans of more than 110,000 people in public service
    link

  9. 9.

    Ann Marie

    May 4, 2022 at 4:40 pm

    George Takei has had some very good tweets.

  10. 10.

    Taphozous

    May 4, 2022 at 4:40 pm

    Amanda Marcotte

    Democracy Docke

    Lindsay Beyerstein

    Mark Pitcavage

  11. 11.

    NotMax

    May 4, 2022 at 4:40 pm

    Chuck Todd? Really?

    Quick scan reveals the absence of Harris and Biden, also too.

  12. 12.

    Dahlia

    May 4, 2022 at 4:41 pm

    Stonekettle Station?

  13. 13.

    trollhattan

    May 4, 2022 at 4:43 pm

    This fuckin’ guy.

    A Marine who was kicked out of the Marine Corps after sharing white supremacist materials is now running for local office in Kentucky.

    Thomas Cade Martin is a candidate for District 4 Constable in Bullitt County [attention, will the writers please report to my office for a time-critical meeting?]. What is a constable? It’s a somewhat obscure position that predates modern police forces. In the 21st century, they can serve court papers, kill and bury livestock and in Kentucky, make arrests and write citations without undergoing the same training as other peace officers.

    Martin was serving as an anti-tank missile gunner with the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment at Camp Pendleton, California when he received field grade non-judicial punishment and was busted down from lance corporal to private first class. He was separated from the Marine Corps on Sept. 11, 2020, although officials declined to specify the type of discharge he received.

    “Martin’s premature discharge and rank are indicative of the fact that the character of his service was incongruent with Marine Corps’ expectations and standards,” Yvonne Carlock, a Marine spokeswoman, said at the time. “Due to the associated administrative processes, further details are not releasable.”

    In an April 28 Facebook post, Martin claimed that he was a “victim of cancel culture” and said he “was discharged under honorable conditions and retained my earned benefits.”

    According to Andrew Dyer, a reporter with the San Diego Union-Tribune, Martin repeatedly posted what was described as “white supremacist messaging” over a two-year period. That included a flyer with the white supremacist slogan “not stolen, conquered” over a map of the United States, and “‘stylized patriotic graphics and photo illustrations of early 20th Century nationalistic propaganda.’”

    Martin also founded an organization called the United States Nationalist Initiative, which its now-defunct website claimed was “comprised of patriotic men and women who wish to make a difference within their country and local communities.” The organization’s vice-president, Everett Corley, was condemned by Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in 2018 for appearing in 2014 on a white nationalist YouTube show called “The Ethno State.”

    https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-kicked-out-the-corps-white-supremacist-flyers-running-local-office/

    I’ll gladly give him to Kentucky since it keeps him out of the Marines.

  14. 14.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 4:44 pm

    @Ann Marie: I thought we already had George Takei, but apparently not!  (well, we do now)

    thank you

  15. 15.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 4:46 pm

    @NotMax:  From up top – bolded part applies to Chuck Todd.

    We have a database of social media contacts that we think are key either because they have good-to-great content that we want to amplify, or because they are “both sides” types that we want to call out and push in the right direction.

  16. 16.

    laura

    May 4, 2022 at 4:47 pm

    Please add Imani Gandy, Charlie Peirce, Melissa Murray and Stonekettle.

  17. 17.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 4:47 pm

    @Dahlia: Good one, added.

  18. 18.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 4:49 pm

    @NotMax:

    Quick scan reveals the absence of Harris and Biden.

    Who?  :-)

    added!

  19. 19.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 4:51 pm

    @Taphozous:

    Amanda Marcotte

    Democracy Docket

    Lindsay Beyerstein

    Mark Pitcavage

    Just added Democracy Docket.

    Can you tell me more about who the other people are?

  20. 20.

    debbie

    May 4, 2022 at 4:53 pm

    Would you consider adding Amy Siskind? I know some aren’t impressed by her, but she’s very active, has about 169,000 followers on FB. Her most recent post:

    Plan and work towards a surprise upset by Democrats in midterms, including picking up seats. Then, we need new, smart leadership who can devise a long-term strategy to right things and be ruthless. Pelosi will be hard to replace. Schumer has got to go – he is totally ineffectual.

    We need people with vision, who can come up with a plan and implement it. For short-term accomplishments, but also with the same multi-decade arc used by the far-right to end Roe. We have to stop screwing up lay-ups like we just did in NY. New, tough, pragmatic, smart faces!

    Bonus: She’s linked to this Threadreader thread about the 17th century “doctor” Alito reveres so hard:

    Link

    (Can’t get it turned into a link, sorry.)

  21. 21.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 4:54 pm

    @laura:

    Imani Gandy, Charlie Peirce, Melissa Murray and Stonekettle.

    I can’t believe we didn’t have Imani Gandy.  Added her and Charlie Pierce and Stonekettle.

    Who is Melissa Murray?

  22. 22.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 4:56 pm

    @debbie:  I added her.

    What did we just screw up in New York?

  23. 23.

    JAFD

    May 4, 2022 at 4:56 pm

    You might consider:

    David Brin – http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/

    Fred Clark – https://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/

    If I htink of anyone else, will be back

  24. 24.

    debbie

    May 4, 2022 at 4:57 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    My guess is the mayor.

  25. 25.

    Alison Rose ???

    May 4, 2022 at 4:57 pm

    Irin Carmon (repro rights), Rebecca Pilar Buckwalter-Poza (attorney, judicial affairs, formerly of DK and CAP), Adam Serwer (politics, race issues), Shannon Watts (gun control), Stacey Abrams (you know her ;) )

  26. 26.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 4:58 pm

    @JAFD: Added, thanks.

  27. 27.

    Reboot

    May 4, 2022 at 4:58 pm

    @WaterGirl: Focused on Virginia politics–Another Scott (I think that’s right) references this one a lot, which is how I learned about it.

  28. 28.

    Taphozous

    May 4, 2022 at 4:59 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    Amanda Marcotte is a politics writer for Salon (among other things.)

    Lindsay Beyerstin is an investigative journalist and is a terrific twitter follow

    Mark Pitcavage is a research fellow at the center for extremism and an expert on right wing extremism. Another interesting twitter follow.

    I would also suggest:

     

    Jennifer Gunter – women’s health issues

    Lauren Rankin – abortion rights and access

  29. 29.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 4:59 pm

    @debbie: Oh, right.  How did I block that out so quickly?

    answer: too much crappy stuff to keep in my brain all at once.

  30. 30.

    Dahlia

    May 4, 2022 at 4:59 pm

    James Gleick might be good too.

  31. 31.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 5:00 pm

    @Alison Rose ???:

    Who are these people? Irin Carmon, Rebecca Pilar Buckwalter-Poza

    thanks, added the other two, writing to hear who these guys are. :-)

    edit: never mind!  by the time I posted that, you had added the info.  you must be psychotic psychic. :-)   All 5 added!

  32. 32.

    Alison Rose ???

    May 4, 2022 at 5:01 pm

    @WaterGirl: Added some more info. Irin is a repro rights journalist and activist, Rebecca is an attorney who covers judicial affairs, formerly an editor at DKos and a fellow at Center for American Progress.

    ETA lol wrote this while you edited, hahaha

  33. 33.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 5:05 pm

    @Dahlia:  thanks.

    Can you tell me more about James Gleick?

  34. 34.

    NotMax

    May 4, 2022 at 5:06 pm

    Dunno if he Twitters but if he does, Steve Benen.

  35. 35.

    andy

    May 4, 2022 at 5:07 pm

    Lindsay Beyerstein,  Dan Savage

  36. 36.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 5:08 pm

    @Taphozous: Got ’em all, thanks.

  37. 37.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 5:08 pm

    @NotMax: added, thanks

  38. 38.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 5:09 pm

    @andy:  thanks

    Who is Lindsay Beyerstein?

  39. 39.

    Bex

    May 4, 2022 at 5:09 pm

    John Pavlovitz (non-crazy Christian).

  40. 40.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 5:09 pm

    @Bex:

    Is John Pavlovitinfluential?<

  41. 41.

    JanieM

    May 4, 2022 at 5:10 pm

    If I understand what you’re asking for, I’d suggest Hilzoy, who used to blog at Obsidian Wings:

    https://twitter.com/hilzoy

     

    ETA: Something recent from her:

    https://twitter.com/hilzoy/status/1521869746878177281?s=20&t=yVZZv_pZt8GmBLfyDe_uBQ

  42. 42.

    eachother

    May 4, 2022 at 5:10 pm

    Totally Open Thread.

    I have come to the limit of my limited search skills. I read somewhere Martin Luther King Jr. had a list of rituals for participants before peaceful protesting. One I think was cleansing. Didn’t look in the direction of Gandhi.
    The searches talk about his protests, not the preparations ahead of going out.
    Is an internet search becoming denser or am I? I added all the words I could think of to the search and cleansing brought up protest signs? Not to mention MLK cleaners.
    Not exactly three clicks to an answer.
    As to the denser question; It is me getter denser. Skull thicker, arteries harder.
    And come to think of it, protests and protest signs are cleansing.

  43. 43.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 5:11 pm

    Whew, I think I am caught up, except for the few people I have asked about.  Waiting to hear about them so I can add notes with the entries since I have no idea who they are. :-)

  44. 44.

    mrmoshpotato

    May 4, 2022 at 5:14 pm

    Mr_Electrico (driftglass)

    Bob Cesca

    Stephanie Miller

    Thom Hartmann

  45. 45.

    la caterina

    May 4, 2022 at 5:14 pm

    ABL- Imani Gandy

    Steve M (No More Mister Nice Blog)

    Jorts

  46. 46.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 5:14 pm

    @JanieM: Good catch!

  47. 47.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 5:15 pm

    @eachother: Paging Another Scott or Steeplejack. :-)

  48. 48.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 5:16 pm

    @la caterina: Has Jorts turned political?

    I added Imani up thread thanks.

  49. 49.

    AnthroBabe

    May 4, 2022 at 5:16 pm

    @laura: 
    YESSSS

  50. 50.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 5:18 pm

    @mrmoshpotato: Thank you!

  51. 51.

    schrodingers_cat

    May 4, 2022 at 5:20 pm

    Greg Siskind, David Leopold for immigration issues

    Maura Healey, Mass AG and she is running for governor

    Jorts the cat is a bit a Bernie bro but good on labor issues.

  52. 52.

    la caterina

    May 4, 2022 at 5:21 pm

    @WaterGirl:  Yes, he occasionally throws some political shade (outside of workers’ rights)

  53. 53.

    Anyway

    May 4, 2022 at 5:22 pm

    @WaterGirl: @WaterGirl:

    Redistricting maps thought to be favorable to Ds was thrown out.
    D LtGov had to resign after federal corruption charges
    Liberal NYC getting Eric Adams for Mayor is a fiasco.

  54. 54.

    neldob

    May 4, 2022 at 5:24 pm

    Dan Pfeiffer, James Fallows, Trevor Noah

  55. 55.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 5:25 pm

    @schrodingers_cat: Added all but Jorts.  thanks!

  56. 56.

    NotMax

    May 4, 2022 at 5:26 pm

    Again, no idea if they’re on the platform: Michael Beschloss? Frank Figliuzzi? John Oliver?

    Maybe, to mix it up, John Scalzi and/or Wil Wheaton? Dolly Parton?

  57. 57.

    schrodingers_cat

    May 4, 2022 at 5:27 pm

    @WaterGirl:You are welcome. Jorts is pretty influential.

  58. 58.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 5:27 pm

    @neldob: Added!  I cannot believe I didn’t think of Dan Pfeiffer!

  59. 59.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 5:29 pm

    @NotMax: I added all but Wil Wheaton.  thanks

  60. 60.

    DB11

    May 4, 2022 at 5:29 pm

    Second for James Gleick. Science writer, author of Chaos, Genius, The Information.

    Sherrilyn Ifill

    Michael Harriot

    David Rothkopf (foreign policy / deep state expert)

  61. 61.

    schrodingers_cat

    May 4, 2022 at 5:31 pm

    Hakeem Jeffries, Sharice Davids

  62. 62.

    la caterina

    May 4, 2022 at 5:31 pm

    @Anyway: Don’t forget Gov. Hochul just poached a Dem incumbent from a swing seat in the U.S. House as her new Lt. Gov. after screwing up on her first choice!

  63. 63.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 5:33 pm

    @DB11: Got ’em, thanks.

  64. 64.

    SuzieC

    May 4, 2022 at 5:34 pm

    Can’t believe you don’t have Teri Kanefield on your list!  Law professor, posts excellent blog every Sunday.

  65. 65.

    Yutsano

    May 4, 2022 at 5:34 pm

    *cough* Katie Porter? *cough​

    EDIT: also, too @goldengateblonde although I may have her Twitter handle wrong.

  66. 66.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 5:34 pm

    @schrodingers_cat: we already have Hakeem Jeffries, added Sharice Davids.  thanks

  67. 67.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 5:35 pm

    @SuzieC: Added!

  68. 68.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 5:36 pm

    @Yutsano: How did that happen???

    added

  69. 69.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 5:38 pm

    whew, caught up again!

  70. 70.

    schrodingers_cat

    May 4, 2022 at 5:38 pm

    @WaterGirl: Do you have Jim McGovern? He is the Chair of the Rules Committee

    Ashish Jha and Megan Ranney for COVID-19 info.

  71. 71.

    VFX Lurker

    May 4, 2022 at 5:38 pm

    This is already a good list.

    Hood Feminism author Mikki Kendall and fiction writer Gail Simone may be good additions. Gail Simone regularly uses her Twitter powers for the forces of good.

    I, too, also recommend Imani Gandy.

    Sandman author Neil Gaiman, who has a huge following and often works to help the UNHCR refugee charity.

    All four may be good signal-boosters.

  72. 72.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 5:38 pm

    @schrodingers_cat:  We do now. :-)

  73. 73.

    zhena gogolia

    May 4, 2022 at 5:40 pm

    @WaterGirl: It’s Aaron Rupar, not Aron.

  74. 74.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 5:40 pm

    @VFX Lurker: Thank you!

  75. 75.

    zhena gogolia

    May 4, 2022 at 5:40 pm

    I don’t see Eric Swalwell?

  76. 76.

    NotMax

    May 4, 2022 at 5:41 pm

    There’s some dude name of Cole I’ve heard tell about….

    ;)

  77. 77.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 5:41 pm

    @zhena gogolia: Okay, that one is weird because he is right in the database and all I did was copy and paste. ?? ?‍♀️

  78. 78.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 5:42 pm

    @zhena gogolia: Good catch!

  79. 79.

    la caterina

    May 4, 2022 at 5:42 pm

    How about Dr. Jason Johnson?

    Journalism Professor & MSNBC commentator

    ~275K Twitter followers

  80. 80.

    schrodingers_cat

    May 4, 2022 at 5:42 pm

    @WaterGirl: Put in two more good follows, especially for COVID-19

  81. 81.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 5:42 pm

    @zhena gogolia: Good catch.  Who’s the guy that Kay likes who is running in Ohio?

  82. 82.

    schrodingers_cat

    May 4, 2022 at 5:43 pm

    @WaterGirl: Tim Ryan.

  83. 83.

    zhena gogolia

    May 4, 2022 at 5:43 pm

    @WaterGirl: Tim Ryan?

    Also Seth Meyers, not Myers

  84. 84.

    Yutsano

    May 4, 2022 at 5:43 pm

    Got Imani? Don’t forget her compatriot @hedgemommy!

  85. 85.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 5:43 pm

    @NotMax: He’s in there as Balloon Juice / Balloon Juice.  I changed the name to John Cole.

  86. 86.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 5:44 pm

    @Yutsano: I don’t find a @hedgemommy

    Did you mean @hedgemom ?

  87. 87.

    zhena gogolia

    May 4, 2022 at 5:45 pm

    Michael Bennet?

  88. 88.

    Chris Sherbak

    May 4, 2022 at 5:45 pm

    Not sure how far you’re casting your net, or how many is your goal, but:

    * My rep Jan Schakowsky is one of the most liberal in Congress.  She (or her staff) post on Jewish stuff, Trans allyship (she has a trans grandkid), Unions and more – https://twitter.com/RepSchakowsky
    * Chasten Buttigieg – https://twitter.com/Chasten often posts on thoughtful topics despite his high profile position
    * Politics Girl – https://twitter.com/IAmPoliticsGirl – Queen of The Angry TicTok has a podcast now but her memes are kinda legendary
    * Brian Sims – https://twitter.com/BrianSimsPA – State rep in the Gayborhood in Philly, now running for Lt. Gov in PA. Fun sing alongs to Disney in addition to angry rants in the Statehouse. Like Sen. Brian Schatz (is he on the list?), he has no more f-cks to give.

  89. 89.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 5:46 pm

    @zhena gogolia: Fixed, thank you.  And yes, Tim Ryan.

  90. 90.

    NotMax

    May 4, 2022 at 5:48 pm

    Maisie Hirono?

  91. 91.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 5:50 pm

    @Chris Sherbak: Thanks.

    Brian Schatz is already in there, he’s great.  Added the others except for Jan S because she’s not national.  I think you spelled her name wrong and I was too lazy to look it up.

  92. 92.

    schrodingers_cat

    May 4, 2022 at 5:50 pm

    @What46HasDone

    Lists Biden’s achievements and pushes back on negativity.

  93. 93.

    la caterina

    May 4, 2022 at 5:50 pm

    @WaterGirl: It’s hegemommy. Damn auto-correct.

  94. 94.

    NotMax

    May 4, 2022 at 5:52 pm

    @NotMax

    Dunno why I can never remember how she spells it: Mazie Hirono.

    (Stuck on thinking it’s Maisie as in Ann Sothern.)

  95. 95.

    zhena gogolia

    May 4, 2022 at 5:52 pm

    @WaterGirl: rikyrah has a bunch of cool people she quotes. I don’t know how big their following is.

  96. 96.

    Dahlia

    May 4, 2022 at 5:56 pm

    @WaterGirl: DB11 covered him pretty well.  I sometimes see his tweets on William Gibson’s twitter feed, GreatDismal.  Gibson is a science fiction writer in Vancouver B.C., not overly political,  but James Gleick’s tweets tend to be political.

  97. 97.

    chrome agnomen

    May 4, 2022 at 5:57 pm

    the rectification of names  / yastreblyanski

  98. 98.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 5:58 pm

    @la caterina: thank you!

  99. 99.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 5:59 pm

    @NotMax: fixed

  100. 100.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 6:00 pm

    @chrome agnomen: thanks but that doesn’t come up anywhere.

    Who is that?

  101. 101.

    planetjanet

    May 4, 2022 at 6:02 pm

    @WaterGirl:  Lowell Feld  (Blue Virginia) certainly focuses on Virginia, but also so many national issues that affect all of us.   He is the most read Virginia blogger with quite a reach.

  102. 102.

    Don K

    May 4, 2022 at 6:03 pm

    I’m glad to see one of my Senators (the Hon. G. Peters) as well as a past chair of my local Dem club (Charles Gaba, aka Brainwrap, health policy analyst exctraordinaire) on the list. Although I don’t know whether they have much Twitter presence, I would also recommend fellow Michiganians Barbara McQuade and my present Member of Congress (although probably not after November because of redistricting) Andy Levin. Andy truly is a good guy, following in the footsteps of dad Sander and uncle Carl, member (and Whip) of the House Progressive Caucus when that’s probably not a plus in this district.

  103. 103.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 6:03 pm

    @planetjanet: Thank you that’s really helpful.  Added!

  104. 104.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 6:04 pm

    @Don K: Thank you, added your two.

  105. 105.

    NotMax

    May 4, 2022 at 6:08 pm

    And names spanning the correct spectrum keep on coming — Jon Tester.

  106. 106.

    Sure Lurkalot

    May 4, 2022 at 6:12 pm

    @la caterina: I bookmark No More Mister Nice blog…he’s a Debbie Downer in many respects. Maybe his Twitter feed is more engaging?

  107. 107.

    Sandia Blanca

    May 4, 2022 at 6:15 pm

    Please add Daniel Dale, the fact-checker extraordinaire! He’s @ddale8.

  108. 108.

    Juliet

    May 4, 2022 at 6:16 pm

    Amy klobuchar and Tina Smith the two minnesota senators. Tina was president of mn planned Parenthood before she became senator.

  109. 109.

    japa21

    May 4, 2022 at 6:16 pm

    John Fugelsang

  110. 110.

    la caterina

    May 4, 2022 at 6:17 pm

    @Sure Lurkalot: Yes, he is a Debbie Downer.  I still find his posts well-reasoned.  Maybe not an influencer. Met him at a Balloon Juice meet up ages ago.

  111. 111.

    schrodingers_cat

    May 4, 2022 at 6:18 pm

    @zhena gogolia: I follow some of the same black women, they speak harsh truths that many here don’t want to hear or take it personally.

    (check out this morning’s thread and compared to those women my critique is mild. But was characterized as throwing sharp elbows, painting with a broad brush etc.).

  112. 112.

    Geminid

    May 4, 2022 at 6:19 pm

    Elaine Luria (VA-2nd) and Sharice Davids (KS-3rd) represent two of the battleground districts that Democratic control of the House will turn on. I hope they get a lot of attention.

    I’m really glad to see Mr. Weeks (@ Wonderking82) and  Kenneth House of Pfizer on the list. These “citizen journalists” really impress me. Mr. Weeks works as a counselor in a New York City school with a lot of economically disadvantaged children. Kenneth House of Pfizer works retail in the Denver area, or as he puts it, “Occupied Arapaho Territory. I was introduced to both by Ragnarok Lobster, whose day job is a civilian employee at a Chicagoland police station.

    I would caution people that some of the above have taken taken a side in Pennsylvania’s Democratic Senate race and people may not like what they say about it. But a month from now the primary will be past us and I don’t think this will matter.

  113. 113.

    UncleEbeneezer

    May 4, 2022 at 6:20 pm

    No press people I can think of who aren’t already on the list.  But my Rep. Judy Chu is great.  Very loyal Dem.  Doesn’t tweet endlessly like some, but she’s always on message for promoting the Dem brand.

  114. 114.

    schrodingers_cat

    May 4, 2022 at 6:26 pm

    @agraybee, sarcastic smart and funny. Anti-tankie account. Follow at your own risk. Anne Laurie quotes him often.

  115. 115.

    UncleEbeneezer

    May 4, 2022 at 6:28 pm

    PropaneJane
    Heather McGhee

    Elie Mystal veers a little too-close to DoSomething twitter (especially about DOJ/Garland) imo, but all around he’s pretty good.

  116. 116.

    Va in SC

    May 4, 2022 at 6:28 pm

    Mehdi Hasan

  117. 117.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 6:30 pm

    @japa21: can you tell me about John Fugelsang?

  118. 118.

    chrome agnomen

    May 4, 2022 at 6:37 pm

    @WaterGirl:   the blog is one of my must reads.

    The rectification of names

  119. 119.

    Geminid

    May 4, 2022 at 6:50 pm

    @UncleEbeneezer: Propane Jane is a fierce Democrat. She is another of what I call citizen journalists, a working Texas M.D.

  120. 120.

    DB11

    May 4, 2022 at 6:50 pm

    Three more to consider:

    Karen Attiah:  Ghanaian. Nigerian. Texan / Khashoggi’s former editor. Interesting perspective as a smart, young, progressive black women who lives in Texas, writes an opinion column for the WaPost, and has roots in Africa.

    Joyce Alene: law professor / legal analyst.  Great on abortion / Supreme Court etc.

    Ruth Ben-Ghiat: authoritarian and propaganda expert – necessary knowledge for current times.

  121. 121.

    geg6

    May 4, 2022 at 6:50 pm

    I did not see John Heilman or anyone else from Showtime’s The Circus. I think the others are Jennifer Palmieri, Alex Wagner and Mark McKinnon.

  122. 122.

    japa21

    May 4, 2022 at 6:51 pm

    @WaterGirl: ​
      Has a Sirius XM show. A somewhat comedian and political activist. Very realistic about what can be accomplished, not looking for any unicorns. Has 487K twitter followers. Has no patience with people who call themselves Christians but don’t walk the walk. States some of the best Christians (in action) are atheists.

  123. 123.

    Juliet

    May 4, 2022 at 7:05 pm

    @japa21: His father was a Catholic priest and his mother was a nun. Knows more about what’s in the bible than what most anyone else knows.

  124. 124.

    japa21

    May 4, 2022 at 7:07 pm

    @Juliet: ​
      Love hearing him talk.

  125. 125.

    Another Scott

    May 4, 2022 at 7:14 pm

    Chris Savage’s Eclectablog is a great source for Michigan politics. He was on fire during the Flint water crisis and was constantly after DeVos.

    @eclectablog

    @LOLGOP (based in Ann Arbor) seems/ed to work with him, but I don’t know if it’s anything formal.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  126. 126.

    Bex

    May 4, 2022 at 7:14 pm

    @WaterGirl: Pavlovitz gets called a heretic by crazy Christians.  They’re obviously afraid of him.  That’s influential in my book.

  127. 127.

    glyph2112

    May 4, 2022 at 7:15 pm

    Not sure if you have her but Leigh McGowan is a go to for me.  On twitter its IAmPoliticsGirl and she has a great podcast.

  128. 128.

    ghost cat

    May 4, 2022 at 7:17 pm

    Elie Mystal

    Dan Froomkin

    Deadline White House & Nicolle Wallace

    The Beat with Ari Melber on MSNBC & Ari Melber
    Melissa Murray (prof at NYU Law, considered along with Katanji Brown Jackson for last SCOTUS nom)

  129. 129.

    MomSense

    May 4, 2022 at 7:22 pm

    @Geminid:

    Not just an MD – she is the medical director of a psychiatric hospital in Houston. Veterans of the Obama blog days will know that she was close with Meta.

  130. 130.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 7:22 pm

    @Va in SC: He’s already on the list.

  131. 131.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 7:23 pm

    @chrome agnomen: Maybe something is spelled wrong?  because googling gets me nothing.

  132. 132.

    DB11

    May 4, 2022 at 7:24 pm

    @DB11: Missed that you already had Joyce Alene under her proper name in the original list. Duh!

  133. 133.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 7:26 pm

    @geg6: what is The Circus?

  134. 134.

    Betty

    May 4, 2022 at 7:27 pm

    The Plum Line (Greg Sargent) and Will Bunch

  135. 135.

    Another Scott

    May 4, 2022 at 7:30 pm

    @WaterGirl: This, I assume.  Looks like he was at the Orange Place at one time.

    https://yastreblyansky.blogspot.com/

    Corrections welcome.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  136. 136.

    laura

    May 4, 2022 at 7:30 pm

    Melissa Murray is a law prof at NYU, podcasts Strict Scrutiny with Leah Litman and Kate Shaw, wicked smart, snazzy sartorial style, puppy lover

    Big ups on Jorts- the office cat is a huge labor and work life spokeskitteh.

  137. 137.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 7:34 pm

    @DB11: Is she the same as Joyce White Vance?

  138. 138.

    UncleEbeneezer

    May 4, 2022 at 7:35 pm

    Michael MacDonald (not the Doobies singer)

    Charlotte Clymer (trans issues/awareness)

    LJoyWilliams- BrooklynNAACP, Political strategist

    Oliver Willis

    Jelani Cobb

    Jamele Bouie

    Jemele Hill

    Howard Bryant

    Wesley Lowery

  139. 139.

    UncleEbeneezer

    May 4, 2022 at 7:37 pm

    @WaterGirl: yes.  Legal journalist.

    Her podcast cohost, Kimberly Stohr Atkins is also good as is Jill Wine-Banks

  140. 140.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 7:38 pm

    @Another Scott: Thanks, Scott.

  141. 141.

    WaterGirl

    May 4, 2022 at 7:39 pm

    @laura:

    Melissa Murray is a law prof at NYU, podcasts Strict Scrutiny with Leah Litman and Kate Shaw, wicked smart, snazzy sartorial style, puppy lover

    I can’t tell if that is all about one person or if you are suggesting several people.

  142. 142.

    DB11

    May 4, 2022 at 7:42 pm

    @WaterGirl: 

    Yup.

  143. 143.

    Argiope

    May 4, 2022 at 7:47 pm

    Rick Wilson, who is still the enemy of our enemy
    Ezra Klein, if he tweets
    Dahlia Lithwick, ditto
    Mark Hamill
    Stephen King

  144. 144.

    Wyatt Salamanca

    May 4, 2022 at 7:53 pm

    Charles M. Blow @CharlesMBlow

    Dick Polman @DickPolman1

    Political columnist

    Emily Bazelon @emilybazelon

    Staff writer NYT Mag. Co-host Slate Political Gabfest. Truman Capote Fellow at Yale Law School

    Heather McGhee @hmcghee

    Board Chair Color of Change

    Joan Walsh @joanwalsh

    Joe Conason @JoeConason

    Editor-in-chief National Memo

    Michael Tomasky @mtomasky

    Editor, New Republic

    Rebecca Traister @rtraister

    Writer @NYMag

    Sherrilyn Ifill @Sifill_LDF

  145. 145.

    Wyatt Salamanca

    May 4, 2022 at 8:08 pm

    Here are 2 more names

    Christina Greer @Dr_CMGreer

    Political Scientist; Assoc. Prof at Fordham Univ.

     

    jami floyd @jamifloyd

    Civil Rights Journalist, Legal and Political Analyst

  146. 146.

    artem1s

    May 4, 2022 at 8:09 pm

    ron pearlman

    werner herzog

    rev. william barber

    Moral Mondays

  147. 147.

    Ksmiami

    May 4, 2022 at 8:26 pm

    @WaterGirl: Jennifer Rubin… I actually think she reads Balloon Juice. Her reach is pretty wide

  148. 148.

    Another Scott

    May 4, 2022 at 8:32 pm

    @DougJBalloon is being recognized more and more.

    Seriously.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  149. 149.

    banditqueen

    May 4, 2022 at 8:36 pm

    Did I overlook Hillary, the Obamas, Chelsea Clinton, Biden, Kamala?

  150. 150.

    ghost cat

    May 4, 2022 at 8:37 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    blog: The rectification of names

    Yaslight:  @Yastreblyansky

  151. 151.

    eachother

    May 4, 2022 at 8:37 pm

    Cecile Richards.

  152. 152.

    ghost cat

    May 4, 2022 at 8:39 pm

    MeidasTouch

    Maya Wiley

    Neal Katyal

    Mueller, She Wrote

    For possible campaign support, I second Brian Sims

    also from PA: John Fetterman, current Lt. Gov, running for US Senate, strong progressive voice & very colorful presence in PA politics

  153. 153.

    Wyatt Salamanca

    May 4, 2022 at 8:40 pm

    Joshua Johnson @NBCJoshua

    Host of NBC NOW Tonight, former NPR host

  154. 154.

    Mj_Oregon

    May 4, 2022 at 8:55 pm

    @MaryLTrump

    @DavidCornDC

    @Acosta

    @DavidNeiwert

    @digby56

  155. 155.

    banditqueen

    May 4, 2022 at 8:58 pm

    Harry Turtledove, Schooley, Fred Guttenberg, Dolly Parton

  156. 156.

    ghost cat

    May 4, 2022 at 9:09 pm

    E. Jean Carroll

  157. 157.

    banditqueen

    May 4, 2022 at 9:39 pm

    Greta Thunberg, Vic J Barrett, Malala

  158. 158.

    banditqueen

    May 4, 2022 at 9:57 pm

    sorry to barrage–Be A King (Bernice King)

  159. 159.

    Hogeye Grex

    May 4, 2022 at 11:28 pm

    Katie Porter

    Stacey Abrams

    @goldengateblond

    Jeff Tiedrich

    Michael Harriot

    so many

  160. 160.

    meander

    May 5, 2022 at 1:09 am

    @RepBarbaraLee of California
    Rep. @BillPascrell of New Jersey
    @jamisonfoser (primarily a media critic, but much more too)

  161. 161.

    WaterGirl

    May 5, 2022 at 7:23 am

    @Ksmiami: She’s already on the list up top.

  162. 162.

    WaterGirl

    May 5, 2022 at 7:24 am

    @Another Scott: I am waiting to issue the special invitations to John Cole and especially to DougJ until we are actually rolling along and are tweeting regularly.  If, fingers crossed, some of DougJ’s peeps check us out, I want us to be happening when they do.

  163. 163.

    WaterGirl

    May 5, 2022 at 7:24 am

    @banditqueen: That’s not embarrassing! //

  164. 164.

    Argiope

    May 5, 2022 at 8:04 am

    Connie Schultz (ok, and her husband Sherrod Brown I guess)

  165. 165.

    WaterGirl

    May 5, 2022 at 9:11 am

    @Argiope: ooh, good one!

  166. 166.

    Chat Noir

    May 5, 2022 at 9:40 am

    Shauna (@goldengateblond)

    Southpaw (@nycsouthpaw)

    Asha Rangappa (@asharangappa_)

    Jon Favreau of Pod Save America (@jonfavs)

    darth (@darth)

  167. 167.

    Emily B.

    May 5, 2022 at 1:09 pm

    David Hogg @davidhogg111
    Jorts (and Jean) @Jortsthecat
    Reverend Raphael Warnock @RevendWarnock
    Melissa Murray @ProfMMurray
    Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw

  168. 168.

    UncleEbeneezer

    May 5, 2022 at 5:33 pm

    Just wanted to share this here as it may be useful for this project.  From IndivisibleSonomaCounty:

    Monday, 5/9, 6-7:15pm (pst)

    Please join us this coming Monday when we welcome speakers Patti Crane and Duane Bindschadler of Grassroots Messaging Works, a national team of activists from Indivisible and other groups with backgrounds in professional communications fields. In November 2021, they decided to stop complaining about uncoordinated Democratic messaging and start building a coherent, marketing-informed alternative. On Monday, come learn about Grassroots Messaging Works’ three goals – equipping pro-democracy champions, clarifying the high-stakes choice this election, and remobilizing the 81 million Americans who voted against hate in 2020 – and their five-point strategy to achieve them.

    Patti Crane serves as Creative Director and Co-Lead for Grassroots Messaging Works. From Los Angeles, her post-retirement activism includes leading several local, regional, and national Indivisible groups plus service as a founding Roundtable member steering Field Team 6, the national voter registration organization. For several decades she led her own strategic marketing agency from Atlanta, serving universities and non-profit consortia in North America and Europe.

    https://www.mobilize.us/indivisiblesonomacounty/event/457236/

  169. 169.

    WaterGirl

    May 5, 2022 at 5:54 pm

    @UncleEbeneezer: Everyone knows by now that I suck at time zones.  Can you translate that into Eastern time?

    Is it 3-4:15 Eastern time?

  170. 170.

    AJ

    May 5, 2022 at 7:54 pm

    https://twitter.com/pareene

     

    Alex Pareene, amazingly insightful articles, TNR etc

  171. 171.

    AJ

    May 5, 2022 at 7:55 pm

    And Cheryl Rofer ofc!!

     

    https://twitter.com/CherylRofer

  172. 172.

    AJ

    May 5, 2022 at 7:56 pm

    @WaterGirl: It’s 9pm-10:15 pm ET

  173. 173.

    WaterGirl

    May 6, 2022 at 8:15 am

    @AJ: I told you I suck at time zones!  thank you

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