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The New York Times
Where the Conversation Begins. Follow for breaking news, NYTimes.com home page articles, special features and RTs of our journalists.5,153,354 followers | Follow
Stephen Fry
British Actor, Writer, Lord of Dance, Prince of Swimwear & Blogger4,350,350 followers | Follow
The White House
Official WH twitter account. Comments & messages received through official WH pages are subject to the PRA and may be archived. Learn more http://wh.gov/privacy2,890,341 followers | Follow
Anderson Cooper
Personal tweets by Anderson Cooper. Anchor of @AC360, weeknights at 8p/ET & 10p/ET on @CNN and daytime talk show host of @Anderson, airing weekdays.2,520,495 followers | Follow
Rachel Maddow MSNBC
I see political people... (Retweets do not imply endorsement.)2,120,420 followers | Follow
Huffington Post
The Internet Newspaper - Curated by @kerstinshamberg, @lauralizhibbard, @socialmia, @deanpraetorius, @travelinganna1,838,786 followers | Follow
Wall Street Journal
Breaking news, investigative reporting, business coverage and features from The Wall Street Journal.1,749,407 followers | Follow
John Dickerson
Political correspondent Slate magazine/Political Director CBS News1,374,725 followers | Follow
Nicholas Kristof
New York Times columnist, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, co-author @Half the Sky, http://www.facebook.com/kristof1,258,174 followers | Follow
Terry Moran
Terry Moran is the co-anchor of ABC News Nightline and covers the Supreme Court of the United States for ABC News.1,238,586 followers | Follow
Seth Meyers
1,193,938 followers | Follow
United Nations
Official twitter account of United Nations. Get the latest information on the UN.863,097 followers | Follow
Andrew Ross Sorkin
New York Times Columnist & CNBC Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC) Co-Anchor. Author, Too Big To Fail. Founder, @DealBook. Proud father of two boys. RTs ≠ endorsements401,190 followers | Follow
Christiane Amanpour
I'm thrilled to achieve the best of both worlds -- prime time specials at ABC and weekday shows around the world at CNN International!322,554 followers | Follow
Jay Carney (EOP)
An official WH twitter account. Comments & messages received through official WH pages are subject to the PRA and may be archived. Learn more wh.gov/privacy298,271 followers | Follow
Jared Cohen
Director of Google Ideas & Adjunct Senior Fellow at CFR. Author of the books Children of Jihad, One Hundred Days of Silence, & forthcoming The New Digital Age294,414 followers | Follow
Nancy Pelosi
Democratic Leader, focused on strengthening America's middle class and creating jobs; mother, grandmother, dark chocolate connoisseur.187,196 followers | Follow
Scott Rasmussen
President and Founder, Rasmussen Reports, Author, Speaker181,277 followers | Follow
The Nation
Bringing a critical and independent spirit to the reporting of politics, social issues, culture and the arts.170,233 followers | Follow
Democracy Now!
Official Democracy Now! Twitter Account. An independent, global daily news hour. Follow us for daily news, events, and updates on Amy Goodman's speaking tour.168,411 followers | Follow
Ezra Klein
Blogger/columnist for Washington Post, columnist for Bloomberg View, contributor to MSNBC. Eater of food. Hater of filibuster. Lover of charts.155,771 followers | Follow
BP Public Relations
This page exists to get BP's message and mission statement out into the twitterverse!155,271 followers | Follow
Nate Silver
Blogger/writer/columnist/whatever. Stats, sports, politics and food geek. Tweets are unedited and reflect solely my own views.152,229 followers | Follow
BloombergNow
Follow BloombergNow for news and discussion from Bloomberg editors around the biggest stories in business and finance. For top headlines, follow @BloombergNews.151,488 followers | Follow
Mona Eltahawy
Columnist and public speaker on Arab and Muslim issues www.monaeltahawy.com136,968 followers | Follow
ProPublica
We're a non-profit, independent newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. Tweets usually from @amandablair and @bydanielvictor.126,637 followers | Follow
Al Arabiya English
The English site of the Arab world's leading news channel, Al Arabiya News.126,373 followers | Follow
West Wing Reports
Independent White House journalist. Paul's bio: 5 yrs Moscow, 5 yrs network TV, 5 yrs Wall St.; foreign correspondent, early stage VC. 53 countries & counting.116,951 followers | Follow
mediabistro.com
Community, jobs, courses, news, and resources from mediabistro.com and beyond. Please note that featured jobs posted to this feed are #paid.115,647 followers | Follow
The Democrats
This is the official Twitter account of the Democratic Party. Follow our tweets to get the latest info on Democratic news, issues, and events.108,487 followers | Follow
HowardKurtz
Newsweek/Daily Beast guy, host of CNN's Reliable Sources, contributor to Daily-Download.com92,755 followers | Follow
Christopher Hayes
Host of Up w/ Chris Hayes on MSNBC,Weekends at 8am. Editor at Large at The Nation. Cubs fan.87,892 followers | Follow
Glenn Greenwald
81,443 followers | Follow
Foreign Office (FCO)
Latest news from the #UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office. For our #travel updates please follow @fcotravel. #foreignaffairs #digitaldiplomacy #foreignpolicy72,928 followers | Follow
The Joint Staff
News about the Joint Staff and services. Presence of external links, follows do not constitute endorsement from the Joint Staff or DoD.67,328 followers | Follow
Markos Moulitsas
Founder of Daily Kos, author of American Taliban: How Sex, Sin, and Power Bind Jihadists to the Radical Right63,867 followers | Follow
daveweigel
Slate political reporter and MSNBC contributor. daveweigel@gmail.com, 202-261-2848.61,970 followers | Follow
Media Matters
Media Matters for America is the nation's premier progressive media watchdog, research and information center.61,514 followers | Follow
UN Foundation
Connecting people, ideas and resources with the United Nations.59,611 followers | Follow
David Corn
DC editor of Mother Jones, MSNBC analyst & author of the new book, SHOWDOWN: The Inside Story of How Obama Fought Back Against Boehner, Cantor & the Tea Party58,970 followers | Follow
Overheard Newsroom
@OHnewsroom delivers the best overheard comments in any newsroom -- #OHnewsroom your tweets for the site. Managed by @ohmykevin.57,930 followers | Follow
The Caucus
The politics staff of The New York Times tweets the latest news, analysis and multimedia from the 2012 elections and around Washington.54,456 followers | Follow
Harper's Magazine
An American general-interest magazine published since 1850. Tweetings by @jeremy_keehn and sundry Harpies.54,181 followers | Follow
Israel ישראל
The State of Israel's official twitter channel, maintained by the Foreign Ministry's Digital Diplomacy Team (See also: @IsraelMFA)53,549 followers | Follow
Erick Erickson
Editor-in-chief of RedState.com. Host of the Erick Erickson Show on WSB Radio (http://wsbradio.com). A CNN Political Contributor. Not a water carrier.44,716 followers | Follow
ChuckGrassley
U.S. Senator born, raised and still living in New Hartford, IA.http://facebook.com/grassleyhttp://www.youtube.com/SenChuckGrassley44,598 followers | Follow
Philip J. Crowley
Omar Bradley Chair of Strategic Leadership, Dickinson College, Penn State School of Law and School of International Affairs, and Army War College, Carlisle, PA.44,411 followers | Follow
Jamie Dupree
Jamie Dupree is a reporter for Cox Radio, covering Congress, DC and the elections for WSB Atlanta, WDBO Orlando, WOKV Jacksonville, WHIO Dayton & KRMG Tulsa.43,606 followers | Follow
Michael A. Stelzner
Author of books: Launch & Writing White Papers; founded Social Media Examiner. Committed Christian and dad. Also see Facebook.com/smexaminer & gplus.to/stelzner42,272 followers | Follow
Jesse Newhart
I'm a reformed musician, freelance journalist and digital media strategist who uses the power of the social web to express my passions and help others.39,981 followers | Follow
David Shuster
Emmy award winning broadcast journalist based in Washington, D.C.39,637 followers | Follow
Andrew Rawnsley
The Observer's award-winning Chief Political Commentator, critically-acclaimed broadcaster and author of Number One best-seller, The End of the Party.37,920 followers | Follow
The Stream
The Stream is a web community and daily television show powered by social media and citizen journalism. Now on Al Jazeera English.37,518 followers | Follow
Danger Room
Noah Shachtman, Spencer Ackerman, and WIRED's national security dorks.34,709 followers | Follow
National Journal
Washington’s premier source of nonpartisan insight on politics and policy.33,257 followers | Follow
US Embassy Bogota
Perfil oficial de la Embajada de Estados Unidos en Bogotá, Colombia.30,051 followers | Follow
Kate Sheppard
Reporter at Mother Jones covering energy, environment, reproductive rights, etc. Contributor with Current's Countdown. Also like: running, bikes, books.29,049 followers | Follow
House Democrats
Official Site of the House Democratic Caucus of the United States Congress28,042 followers | Follow
Latinos In Soc Media
Official account for Latinos in Social Media (#LATISM) - hailed as the most influential online movement in the new multicultural Web - Founded by @AnaRC25,993 followers | Follow
WhiteHousePressCorps
Daily adventures with the White House Press Corps in their own words. And other stuff.25,714 followers | Follow
LawLibraryofCongress
News and information from the Law Library of Congress in Washington, DC25,110 followers | Follow
CAP Action: Congress
What's happening in Congress from the Center for American Progress Action Fund (Center for American Progress' sister organization).23,545 followers | Follow
Kurt Andersen
I have a new novel called True Believers coming out in July (http://goo.gl/gWU2f). I also wrote Heyday and Turn of the Century, and host Studio 360.23,456 followers | Follow
Political Hotsheet
Political Hotsheet is an all-encompassing politics blog covering the Obama administration, Congress, and anything and everything else in the political sphere.23,127 followers | Follow
The Diane Rehm Show
The Diane Rehm Show from NPR and WAMU 88.5 - American University Radio22,425 followers | Follow
Frank Gruber
CEO & Co-Founder @TechCocktail - tech startup events, news & resources. Co-creator @DCWEEK. Former AOL & Tribune product dev. Early TechCrunch writer. Cubs fan21,363 followers | Follow
Jessica Valenti
Feminist evangelist & author. Founder of @Feministing. Contributing writer & blogger at @TheNation. Author of Why Have Kids (Sept. 2012)20,879 followers | Follow
White House Blog
Unsanctioned and unofficial twitter feed of the White House blog.20,863 followers | Follow
David Roberts
Seattleite transplanted from Tennessee; now blogging for Grist about energy politics. Climate hawk, deficit dove.20,543 followers | Follow
AOL Politics Daily
PoliticsDaily.com is a political news magazine for the general reader. Tweets on politics, elections, and news, managed by PD's social media team.20,224 followers | Follow
BoldProgressives.org
Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC). 950,000 members and growing. We support bold candidates and organize for progressive priorities. #p220,009 followers | Follow
TP Elections
Breaking news and reporting on the top races across the United States. Brought to you by ThinkProgress.org.19,664 followers | Follow
Friends of the Earth
Friends of the Earth U.S. defends the environment and champions a healthy and just world.18,524 followers | Follow
Jason Linkins
Hi. My name is Jason, this is my Twitter and it is based on the novel of the same name by Michel Houellebecq. I edit Eat The Press, at the Huffington Post.16,942 followers | Follow
Michael Somerville
Host of Wingman, Glamour dating columnist and standup comedian.16,560 followers | Follow
David Pakman Show
Internationally syndicated political television & radio show hosted by David Pakman, airing on 150+ TV & radio stations, DirecTV & DISH Network, iTunes, YouTube16,496 followers | Follow
Pedro da Costa
Journalist covering economics and Federal Reserve policy for @Reuters. Resident instigator at @MacroScope.16,425 followers | Follow
CCHQ Press Office
Richard Holden with the official Conservative Press Office twitter feed; providing snippets of news & commentary from heart of CCHQ15,959 followers | Follow
Amanda Marcotte
Brooklyn writer who likes indie rock, quality television, and political blogging. Despite all this, I'm not interested in knitting, kthnxbai.14,882 followers | Follow
Macon Phillips (EOP)
An official WH twitter account. Comments & messages received through official WH pages are subject to the PRA and may be archived. Learn more wh.gov/privacy14,734 followers | Follow
Chris Cillizza
The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza live-tweets here. Follow him at @thefix for a more mellow, but still personal feed.14,123 followers | Follow
British Embassy
Tweeting about the work of the British Embassy in Washington & our consulates throughout the United States. #DigitalDiplomacy #UKUSRelations13,806 followers | Follow
Amanda Terkel
Senior Political Reporter and Politics Managing Editor, HuffPost. aterkel[at]huffingtonpost.com13,806 followers | Follow
UNICEF Canada Live
Official UNICEF Canada account. We are proud to work with friends who believe as we do: that every child deserves every opportunity, no exceptions.13,338 followers | Follow
Oliver Willis
I am a research fellow at Media Matters for America. These are my opinions. http://oliverwillis.com12,615 followers | Follow
Philip Klein
Senior Editorial Writer, Washington Examiner. Author of Conservative Survival in the Romney Era $2.99 on Amazon. http://amzn.to/K8uI1B11,592 followers | Follow
US Southern Command
SOUTHCOM is one of nine unified combatant commands in DoD responsible for U.S. military activities in Central and South America and the Caribbean.11,095 followers | Follow
Washington DC News
Washington D.C. News ▪ 1299 Pennsylvania Ave NW ▪ Washington DC ▪ 20004 ▪ #dmv ▪ #washingtondc ▪ #dcnews ▪ #beltway ▪ #wsh ▪ #capitolhill ▪ #thedistrict ▪ #dc ▪10,352 followers | Follow
Jane Hamsher
Blogger, author, dog mom, breast cancer survivor, recovering movie producer10,086 followers | Follow
emptywheel
9,909 followers | Follow
Martyn Williams
2012 Knight Fellow at Stanford. KJ6SDF. Run NorthKoreaTech.org, former Tokyo bureau chief at IDG News Svce. Time Mag top 140 Twitterer. Married to @tomokohosaka9,809 followers | Follow
Olivier Knox
White House Correspondent, Yahoo! News. Something something something retweets something something. Views here are my own, not my employer's.9,383 followers | Follow
Gady Epstein
Correspondent, The Economist. Occasionally also known as #FakeChinaExpert, #FakeWhiteHouseReporter & #FakeXinhuaReporter9,073 followers | Follow
Andrew McLaughlin
Vice President, Tumblr. Lecturer, Stanford Law School. [And Ex-X: Ex-White House. Ex-Google. Ex-ICANN. Ex-Berkman. Ex-Civic Commons. Ex-vegetarian. Ex-Xbox.]8,941 followers | Follow
Roberta Jacobson
Updates from WHA Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson8,924 followers | Follow
Tweet Progress
TweetProgress is the directory of Progressives on Twitter. If you're going to tweet, Tweet Progress! Tweets by @myrnatheminx @jgilliam +8,896 followers | Follow
davecatanese
POLITICO dcatanese@politico.com politics, hip hop, humor & sarcasm with prone for twars. Biases towards Jersey & Missouri. Homebase is D.C.8,776 followers | Follow
Janie Haddad
JANIE HADDAD TOMPKINS - actress, vlogger, southern gal, oenophile, comedy nerd, goofball. Also, the voice of Margaret on REGULAR SHOW.8,628 followers | Follow
Kennedy Family
The Official Twitter account of the family of the late senator, Edward M. Kennedy8,615 followers | Follow
undispatch
UNDispatch.com, a blog on global issues. Tweets written by Mark Leon Goldberg aka @marklgoldberg8,520 followers | Follow
Jay Newton-Small
TIME magazine -- Retweets do not constitute an endorsement8,372 followers | Follow
columlynch
UN reporter for the Washington Post and Turtle Bay blogger at Foreign Policy Magazine. 2011 National Magazine Award winner for best reporting in digital media.8,321 followers | Follow
Justin Elliott
ProPublica reporter. Email tips/comments/complaints: justin-at-propublica-dot-org8,227 followers | Follow
Will Wilkinson
Blogger for The Economist and Big Think. Soon MFA-seeker at U of Houston.7,907 followers | Follow
Toby Harnden
US Executive Editor, Mail Online. Author Dead Men Risen: Welsh Guards & Defining Story of UK's War in Afghanistan. Views ≠ employer's. RTs ≠ endorsement.7,766 followers | Follow
geneweingarten
Washington Post columnist, epistemologist, enthusiast of excreta-related humor. My tweets represent ONLY the views of The Post. Personally, I disavow them.7,312 followers | Follow
Humanitarian News
The latest news on humanitarian, nonprofit and environmental issues. For lower volume, follow @humanitynews2 (same content, less tweets)6,809 followers | Follow
Robert Costa
National Review political reporter and CNBC contributor rcosta@nationalreview.com6,595 followers | Follow
Studio 360
Radio show about creativity, pop culture, and the arts, hosted by Kurt Andersen. From PRI and WNYC. (with tweets by #producers)6,378 followers | Follow
Adam Green
Co-founder, Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) at BoldProgressives.org (@BoldProgressive)5,903 followers | Follow
Joe Cirincione
President of Ploughshares Fund, a global security foundation.5,631 followers | Follow
Mike Emanuel
Jersey guy - from Westfield; proud Rutgers alum; honorary Texan after working there a long time. I've been with Fox News since July 1997.5,474 followers | Follow
InstPolicyStudies
Since 1963 the Institute for Policy Studies has challenged inequality, corporate power, polluters, and militarism. We support policy for a better world.5,342 followers | Follow
UKUN_NewYork
The official Twitter feed of the UK Mission to the United Nations.5,168 followers | Follow
Price Floyd
BAE Systems VP for Digital Strategy. Formerly Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs. Crossfit fanatic.4,878 followers | Follow
Free Speech TV
Escape the mainstream. Join the FSTV movement. A network powered by the people. Dish Network ch. 9415 DirecTV ch. 3484,865 followers | Follow
alexmassie
Freelance hack, Spectator blogger, disappointingly poor cricketer. Not writing a novel.4,678 followers | Follow
Joe Gandelman
Syndicated columnist, The Moderate Voice's Editor, independent and ventriloquist. Named by John Avlon as one of Top 25 Centrist Columnists and Commentators.4,562 followers | Follow
Embajada de EE.UU.
Cuenta Oficial de la Embajada de los Estados Unidos en Paraguay ¡Sos parte de la Embajada!4,541 followers | Follow
NatlSecurityArchive
The National Security Archive, an independent research institution that advocates for government openness and uses FOIA to publish declassified documents4,239 followers | Follow
NPRbackstory
An experimental mashup that digs through the NPR archives to unearth the backstory on trending topics. This app brought to you by @khopper.3,793 followers | Follow
Tim Fernholz
@_GOOD_Biz Editor. I'm a tastemaker and I kill things. timfernholz.com3,394 followers | Follow
David Saranga
Head of European Parliament Liaison Department - Mission of Israel to the EU, former Consul for Media and Public Affairs at the Israeli Consulate in New York.3,175 followers | Follow
John S. Bracken
#newschallenge, media innovation @knightfdn. Parent. ORD-MIA. johnsbracken@gmail.com 773.451.81693,083 followers | Follow
InnerCityPress
Inner City Press un-covers the UN, Matthew Russell Lee covers the Security Council every day, IMF weekly, in NYC from Wall Street to the South Bronx2,956 followers | Follow
David Steven
International relations, global risks, & resilience. Also Pakistan, Nigeria. Find me at: Center on International Cooperation, NYU; River Path; Global Dashboard.2,818 followers | Follow
AS/COA Online
Americas Society/Council of the Americas provide the most trusted forum for debate on issues affecting the Western Hemisphere. FB: http://www.facebook.com/ASCOA2,682 followers | Follow
karlosgaunaschmieder
Bridging Democracy Divides. Imagine a better future with me. Opinions my own. #mediajustice2,307 followers | Follow
Walter Shapiro
Chronicling his ninth presidential campaign for Yahoo, New Republic and CJR. New Yorker ruined by reading Making of the President 1960 at impressionable age.2,275 followers | Follow
Adam Jentleson
Communications Director, Senator Harry Reid; Standard caveat: all opinions expressed are my own.1,899 followers | Follow
NS Network
NSN works with a broad network of experts to identify, develop and communicate progressive national security policy solutions.1,867 followers | Follow
Zach Tumin
Lead the Information and Communication Technology project at Belfer Center/Harvard Kennedy School; direct the Harvard component of cyber collab w/MIT.1,775 followers | Follow
Sonny Hashmi
Career Fed. Cloud, Gov20, Gadget Head, Design fan, Proud Multi-faceted Geek. Trying to make a difference every day. Views are mine alone, not my employer's1,576 followers | Follow
Andy Grazer
Yeah, I'm in politics. Not very proud of it. It's a living (nearly).1,385 followers | Follow
Bo the First Dog
I was a simple dog. Now I am the #1 Dog in America, the World, the Universe. Cats! Beware! #1 dog for the #hashtagmafia1,038 followers | Follow
Matt Yglesias RSS
1,015 followers | Follow
Andrea Nill Sanchez
Guatemalan-American progressive student @YaleLawSch. Contributor to @DailyGrito and @Politic365. Ex-immigration blogger @ThinkProgress.891 followers | Follow
Perrys Restaurant
776 followers | Follow
Patrick Rodenbush
former DNC comms staff, Sen Kennedy staff, Holy Cross golf team759 followers | Follow
PeaceMiddleEast
Passionate about Social Media, and believe, that together, we have a voice that can bring peace to the Middle East in 2009676 followers | Follow
☮ TeensMAD4Rwanda ☮
Texas Teens3 Rwanda!! -Teensmad4rwanda- Ntituzebagirwe abapfiriye mu Rwanda Creator: @Tara_Kendyle ☮#PEACEISAVERB631 followers | Follow
Juan Manuel Benítez
@ny1noticias Political Reporter, Pura Política Host @cunyjschool University Professor624 followers | Follow
Lisa Tweedie
Dr Lisa Tweedie: User Interface Consultant and User Advocate, Director of Tweedie Consulting, Social Media Blogger525 followers | Follow
Transition
Drupal, Web Standards, 中華, 日本. It's all good. 好好(學習|学习)天天向上. Not associated w/ @transitiontowns or @transitionUS; just my personal thoughts515 followers | Follow
kyle leighton.
Editor of @Polltracker, part of the @TPM crew, @nyu_journalism grad. Diplomatic sort, Maine native and Members Only jacket wearer.503 followers | Follow
CAP en Español
El Center for American Progress (CAP) es un centro de acción e investigación de política pública progresista.399 followers | Follow
ChangeTracker
ChangeTracker watches pages on whitehouse.gov so you don’t have to. Tweet back and we'll highlight interesting finds!393 followers | Follow
Charlie Brown
Bringing foreign policy back, girl. Those other countries don't know how to act.349 followers | Follow
Dean Cheves
New Media Enthusiast. Diplomat, Expat and Citizen. Tweets/Retweets reflect personal whims not official endorsements.234 followers | Follow
Ashley Bates
I'm an Arabic-speaking American journalist covering political and humanitarian news from Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza.212 followers | Follow
Carl Meacham
111 followers | Follow
Noah, Jason & Dave
Tech news podcast from the world of politics and government. Recorded in our nation's capital.97 followers | Follow
Nick Buxton
43 followers | Follow
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