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.
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.
Omnes Omnibus
Ben Wikler.
WaterGirl
@Omnes Omnibus: How did I not think of him??
edit: added to the database.
WaterGirl
This really is an open thread, so talk about whatever you want. Though I do hope some folks come up with suggestions, too.
Ohio Mom
Josh Marshall’s Twitter
WaterGirl
@Ohio Mom: Thank you!. Added!
Reboot
How about Blue Virginia?
WaterGirl
@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)
ian
Education Department forgives loans of more than 110,000 people in public service
link
Ann Marie
George Takei has had some very good tweets.
Taphozous
Amanda Marcotte
Democracy Docke
Lindsay Beyerstein
Mark Pitcavage
NotMax
Chuck Todd? Really?
Quick scan reveals the absence of Harris and Biden, also too.
Dahlia
Stonekettle Station?
trollhattan
This fuckin’ guy.
I’ll gladly give him to Kentucky since it keeps him out of the Marines.
WaterGirl
@Ann Marie: I thought we already had George Takei, but apparently not! (well, we do now)
thank you
WaterGirl
@NotMax: From up top – bolded part applies to Chuck Todd.
laura
Please add Imani Gandy, Charlie Peirce, Melissa Murray and Stonekettle.
WaterGirl
@Dahlia: Good one, added.
WaterGirl
@NotMax:
Who? :-)
added!
WaterGirl
@Taphozous:
Just added Democracy Docket.
Can you tell me more about who the other people are?debbie
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:
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.)WaterGirl
@laura:
I can’t believe we didn’t have Imani Gandy. Added her and Charlie Pierce and Stonekettle.
Who is Melissa Murray?
WaterGirl
@debbie: I added her.
What did we just screw up in New York?
JAFD
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
debbie
@WaterGirl:
My guess is the mayor.
Alison Rose ???
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 ;) )
WaterGirl
@JAFD: Added, thanks.
Reboot
@WaterGirl: Focused on Virginia politics–Another Scott (I think that’s right) references this one a lot, which is how I learned about it.
Taphozous
@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
WaterGirl
@debbie: Oh, right. How did I block that out so quickly?
answer: too much crappy stuff to keep in my brain all at once.
Dahlia
James Gleick might be good too.
WaterGirl
@Alison Rose ???:
Who are these people? Irin Carmon, Rebecca Pilar Buckwalter-Pozathanks, 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
psychoticpsychic. :-) All 5 added!Alison Rose ???
@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
WaterGirl
@Dahlia: thanks.
Can you tell me more about James Gleick?
NotMax
Dunno if he Twitters but if he does, Steve Benen.
andy
Lindsay Beyerstein, Dan Savage
WaterGirl
@Taphozous: Got ’em all, thanks.
WaterGirl
@NotMax: added, thanks
WaterGirl
@andy: thanks
Who is Lindsay Beyerstein?
Bex
John Pavlovitz (non-crazy Christian).
WaterGirl
@Bex:
Is John Pavlovitinfluential?<
JanieM
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
eachother
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.
WaterGirl
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. :-)
mrmoshpotato
Mr_Electrico (driftglass)
Bob Cesca
Stephanie Miller
Thom Hartmann
la caterina
ABL- Imani Gandy
Steve M (No More Mister Nice Blog)
Jorts
WaterGirl
@JanieM: Good catch!
WaterGirl
@eachother: Paging Another Scott or Steeplejack. :-)
WaterGirl
@la caterina: Has Jorts turned political?
I added Imani up thread thanks.
AnthroBabe
@laura:
YESSSS
WaterGirl
@mrmoshpotato: Thank you!
schrodingers_cat
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.
la caterina
@WaterGirl: Yes, he occasionally throws some political shade (outside of workers’ rights)
Anyway
@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.
neldob
Dan Pfeiffer, James Fallows, Trevor Noah
WaterGirl
@schrodingers_cat: Added all but Jorts. thanks!
NotMax
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?
schrodingers_cat
@WaterGirl:You are welcome. Jorts is pretty influential.
WaterGirl
@neldob: Added! I cannot believe I didn’t think of Dan Pfeiffer!
WaterGirl
@NotMax: I added all but Wil Wheaton. thanks
DB11
Second for James Gleick. Science writer, author of Chaos, Genius, The Information.
Sherrilyn Ifill
Michael Harriot
David Rothkopf (foreign policy / deep state expert)
schrodingers_cat
Hakeem Jeffries, Sharice Davids
la caterina
@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!
WaterGirl
@DB11: Got ’em, thanks.
SuzieC
Can’t believe you don’t have Teri Kanefield on your list! Law professor, posts excellent blog every Sunday.
Yutsano
*cough* Katie Porter? *cough
EDIT: also, too @goldengateblonde although I may have her Twitter handle wrong.
WaterGirl
@schrodingers_cat: we already have Hakeem Jeffries, added Sharice Davids. thanks
WaterGirl
@SuzieC: Added!
WaterGirl
@Yutsano: How did that happen???
added
WaterGirl
whew, caught up again!
schrodingers_cat
@WaterGirl: Do you have Jim McGovern? He is the Chair of the Rules Committee
Ashish Jha and Megan Ranney for COVID-19 info.
VFX Lurker
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.
WaterGirl
@schrodingers_cat: We do now. :-)
zhena gogolia
@WaterGirl: It’s Aaron Rupar, not Aron.
WaterGirl
@VFX Lurker: Thank you!
zhena gogolia
I don’t see Eric Swalwell?
NotMax
There’s some dude name of Cole I’ve heard tell about….
;)
WaterGirl
@zhena gogolia: Okay, that one is weird because he is right in the database and all I did was copy and paste. ?? ?♀️
WaterGirl
@zhena gogolia: Good catch!
la caterina
How about Dr. Jason Johnson?
Journalism Professor & MSNBC commentator
~275K Twitter followers
schrodingers_cat
@WaterGirl: Put in two more good follows, especially for COVID-19
WaterGirl
@zhena gogolia: Good catch. Who’s the guy that Kay likes who is running in Ohio?
schrodingers_cat
@WaterGirl: Tim Ryan.
zhena gogolia
@WaterGirl: Tim Ryan?
Also Seth Meyers, not Myers
Yutsano
Got Imani? Don’t forget her compatriot @hedgemommy!
WaterGirl
@NotMax: He’s in there as Balloon Juice / Balloon Juice. I changed the name to John Cole.
WaterGirl
@Yutsano: I don’t find a @hedgemommy
Did you mean @hedgemom ?
zhena gogolia
Michael Bennet?
Chris Sherbak
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.
WaterGirl
@zhena gogolia: Fixed, thank you. And yes, Tim Ryan.
NotMax
Maisie Hirono?
WaterGirl
@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.
schrodingers_cat
@What46HasDone
Lists Biden’s achievements and pushes back on negativity.
la caterina
@WaterGirl: It’s hegemommy. Damn auto-correct.
NotMax
@NotMax
Dunno why I can never remember how she spells it: Mazie Hirono.
(Stuck on thinking it’s Maisie as in Ann Sothern.)
zhena gogolia
@WaterGirl: rikyrah has a bunch of cool people she quotes. I don’t know how big their following is.
Dahlia
@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.
chrome agnomen
the rectification of names / yastreblyanski
WaterGirl
@la caterina: thank you!
WaterGirl
@NotMax: fixed
WaterGirl
@chrome agnomen: thanks but that doesn’t come up anywhere.
Who is that?
planetjanet
@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.
Don K
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.
WaterGirl
@planetjanet: Thank you that’s really helpful. Added!
WaterGirl
@Don K: Thank you, added your two.
NotMax
And names spanning the correct spectrum keep on coming — Jon Tester.
Sure Lurkalot
@la caterina: I bookmark No More Mister Nice blog…he’s a Debbie Downer in many respects. Maybe his Twitter feed is more engaging?
Sandia Blanca
Please add Daniel Dale, the fact-checker extraordinaire! He’s @ddale8.
Juliet
Amy klobuchar and Tina Smith the two minnesota senators. Tina was president of mn planned Parenthood before she became senator.
japa21
John Fugelsang
la caterina
@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.
schrodingers_cat
@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.).
Geminid
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.
UncleEbeneezer
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.
schrodingers_cat
@agraybee, sarcastic smart and funny. Anti-tankie account. Follow at your own risk. Anne Laurie quotes him often.
UncleEbeneezer
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.
Va in SC
Mehdi Hasan
WaterGirl
@japa21: can you tell me about John Fugelsang?
chrome agnomen
@WaterGirl: the blog is one of my must reads.
The rectification of names
Geminid
@UncleEbeneezer: Propane Jane is a fierce Democrat. She is another of what I call citizen journalists, a working Texas M.D.
DB11
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.
geg6
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.
japa21
@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.
Juliet
@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.
japa21
@Juliet:
Love hearing him talk.
Another Scott
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.
Bex
@WaterGirl: Pavlovitz gets called a heretic by crazy Christians. They’re obviously afraid of him. That’s influential in my book.
glyph2112
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.
ghost cat
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)
MomSense
@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.
WaterGirl
@Va in SC: He’s already on the list.
WaterGirl
@chrome agnomen: Maybe something is spelled wrong? because googling gets me nothing.
DB11
@DB11: Missed that you already had Joyce Alene under her proper name in the original list. Duh!
WaterGirl
@geg6: what is The Circus?
Betty
The Plum Line (Greg Sargent) and Will Bunch
Another Scott
@WaterGirl: This, I assume. Looks like he was at the Orange Place at one time.
https://yastreblyansky.blogspot.com/
Corrections welcome.
Cheers,
Scott.
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
Big ups on Jorts- the office cat is a huge labor and work life spokeskitteh.
WaterGirl
@DB11: Is she the same as Joyce White Vance?
UncleEbeneezer
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
UncleEbeneezer
@WaterGirl: yes. Legal journalist.
Her podcast cohost, Kimberly Stohr Atkins is also good as is Jill Wine-Banks
WaterGirl
@Another Scott: Thanks, Scott.
WaterGirl
@laura:
I can’t tell if that is all about one person or if you are suggesting several people.
DB11
@WaterGirl:
Yup.
Argiope
Rick Wilson, who is still the enemy of our enemy
Ezra Klein, if he tweets
Dahlia Lithwick, ditto
Mark Hamill
Stephen King
Wyatt Salamanca
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
Wyatt Salamanca
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
artem1s
ron pearlman
werner herzog
rev. william barber
Moral Mondays
Ksmiami
@WaterGirl: Jennifer Rubin… I actually think she reads Balloon Juice. Her reach is pretty wide
Another Scott
@DougJBalloon is being recognized more and more.
Seriously.
Cheers,
Scott.
banditqueen
Did I overlook Hillary, the Obamas, Chelsea Clinton, Biden, Kamala?
ghost cat
@WaterGirl:
blog: The rectification of names
Yaslight: @Yastreblyansky
eachother
Cecile Richards.
ghost cat
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
Wyatt Salamanca
Joshua Johnson @NBCJoshua
Host of NBC NOW Tonight, former NPR host
Mj_Oregon
@MaryLTrump
@DavidCornDC
@Acosta
@DavidNeiwert
@digby56
banditqueen
Harry Turtledove, Schooley, Fred Guttenberg, Dolly Parton
ghost cat
E. Jean Carroll
banditqueen
Greta Thunberg, Vic J Barrett, Malala
banditqueen
sorry to barrage–Be A King (Bernice King)
Hogeye Grex
Katie Porter
Stacey Abrams
@goldengateblond
Jeff Tiedrich
Michael Harriot
so many
meander
@RepBarbaraLee of California
Rep. @BillPascrell of New Jersey
@jamisonfoser (primarily a media critic, but much more too)
WaterGirl
@Ksmiami: She’s already on the list up top.
WaterGirl
@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.
WaterGirl
@banditqueen: That’s not embarrassing! //
Argiope
Connie Schultz (ok, and her husband Sherrod Brown I guess)
WaterGirl
@Argiope: ooh, good one!
Chat Noir
Shauna (@goldengateblond)
Southpaw (@nycsouthpaw)
Asha Rangappa (@asharangappa_)
Jon Favreau of Pod Save America (@jonfavs)
darth (@darth)
Emily B.
David Hogg @davidhogg111
Jorts (and Jean) @Jortsthecat
Reverend Raphael Warnock @RevendWarnock
Melissa Murray @ProfMMurray
Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw
UncleEbeneezer
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/
WaterGirl
@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?
AJ
https://twitter.com/pareene
Alex Pareene, amazingly insightful articles, TNR etc
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And Cheryl Rofer ofc!!
https://twitter.com/CherylRofer
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@WaterGirl: It’s 9pm-10:15 pm ET
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@AJ: I told you I suck at time zones! thank you