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A newsletter for big-picture thinking about autocracy and threats to democracy around the world

Illuminating, educating, and organizing the pro-democracy movement.

Former Congressman, Former intelligence officer (NSA, USAF, NRO, Joint), Former J6 Senior Technical Adviser, successful CEO and founder and current CEO of HOOTL AI and co-owner of the nationally renowned Silverback Distillery

After 12 years as a Republican in Congress, I voted to impeach Donald Trump and lost my party. They tried to take everything else. Now I'm bringing you the stories that matter and telling hard truths about what's happening to America.

Start your day with pragmatic takes on politics and public policy.

Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.

Trusted by 80K+ readers, we pick the best-written books from US and UK new releases and prize shortlists, and publish articles by world-class authors on prose style and AI writing. Plus the satire The Demon Inside David Lynch.

Josh Barro's newsletter about politics, the economy and culture.

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

Retired LTC Army Nurse - 39 yrs of nursing - all kinds. 2 dogs and no children. Voted Democratic since McGovern with 1 exception. Deeply concerned about our country and horrified by Trump-supporting Christians.

Retired government employee and daughter of this and other revolutions.

Data-driven insights illuminating the challenges and potential paths forward for American democracy.

Bryan Anderson is a politics reporter for The Assembly, covering state government and anchoring our twice-weekly politics newsletter, The Caucus. He previously covered elections, voting access, and state government for WRAL, the AP, and News & Observer.

A newsletter, podcast, & community focused on the technology, politics, and policy of decarbonization. In your inbox once or twice a week.

Retiring Pediatrician living in Woodland Park Colorado from Huntsville Alabama with Three sons and soon to be a grandmother! I love traveling, hiking and knitting.

Former White House and congressional staffer exploring politics through personal experience. Passionate about Latin America and immigration. Proudly married to Adam Kinzinger and mother to my son, Christian.

A critical look at the interaction of people and place by an ex-Microsoft pioneer in interaction design.

A newsletter for people who are pissed off about the climate crisis.

A space for sharing work by a Japan-based scholar and writer, exploring where politics, society, and technology meet. Notes are freely available before moving behind a paywall. Paid subscriptions are currently not available.

The history and politics of monopoly power.

A war correspondent's open notebook, reporting live from Kyiv. Human stories that illustrate what’s happening during the war in Ukraine, and elsewhere on the frontlines for democracy. Issues 3x a week!

Stories and strategies of resistance in this new dark age.

New and unpublished drawings and thoughts for people who want to see more of life, from a New Yorker cartoonist. Drawings, cartoons, words, live drawing, process, politics, culture, more...

Sponsor of Poe's Law, Representative Jack Kimble's Substack providing news about California's 54th District and the nation at large. Also freedom!

It's pretty random.

I am a counselor in Northern California. I am a poet, a wife, mother, grandmother, friend.

A place for nuanced conversations and exclusive reporting that center your emotional safety. LIVE Newscast M-F 10-11:30am ET

Personal stories and lessons from inside the rise and fall of the PC revolution

Indigenous affairs, cultural politics, & (de)colonization

Thoughts directly from Wiley. Dad, husband, former Congressman, and US Senate candidate in North Carolina. www.wileynickel.com

Madam's thoughts and ramblings through the Age of Irony.

Democracy Docket is the leading progressive source for information, analysis and opinion about voting rights, elections and democracy.

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Attorney. Candidate for District Court Judge (District 41 in Rutherford and McDowell County, NC). Publishing the public record.