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NPR Politics

Political coverage and conversation from @NPRnews
1,794,157 followers |

David Gregory

Host of NBC's Meet the Press
1,535,078 followers |

John Dickerson

Political correspondent Slate magazine/Political Director CBS News
1,374,880 followers |

Bill Maher

The Official Bill Maher Twitter
1,200,612 followers |

Paul Krugman

New York Times Op-Ed columnist and blogger.
775,442 followers |

The Daily Show

Jon Stewart and The Best F#@king News Team Ever take on the news with highlights, full episodes and more!
761,379 followers |

Wolf Blitzer

I'm the anchor of CNN's The Situation Room (@CNNSitRoom), CNN's lead political anchor, and, yes, I do my own tweeting.
526,557 followers |

Slate

Politics, culture, technology, business, news, and commentary. Procrastinate better.
360,480 followers |

Karl Rove

Former Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush, Author of Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight
343,540 followers |

POLITICO

Politics, Political News
340,441 followers |

Speaker John Boehner

Official Twitter account for the Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH)
305,185 followers |

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/privacy
299,553 followers |

Michelle Malkin

American. Conservative. Mom. Wife. Blogger.
283,929 followers |

The Hill

The Hill is a congressional newspaper that publishes daily when Congress is in session.
248,166 followers |

Rupert Murdoch

246,552 followers |

Chuck Todd

Political junkie; Reporter and analyst for @NBCNews; host of @msnbctv’s @dailyrundown; Covering politics since '92; And, yes, I tweet about sports too.
209,769 followers |

HuffPost Politics

The latest political news from The Huffington Post's politics team.
195,265 followers |

Heritage Foundation

A think tank devoted to the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.
191,093 followers |

Nancy Pelosi

Democratic Leader, focused on strengthening America's middle class and creating jobs; mother, grandmother, dark chocolate connoisseur.
188,291 followers |

Salon.com

Providing fearless political journalism and cultural analysis since the dawn of the digital era.
181,623 followers |

Jake Tapper

ABC News' Sr White House Correspondent. Dissecting my tweets with Talmudic meticulousness will result in wrong conclusions. RTs do not = endorsement.
175,049 followers |

The Nation

Bringing a critical and independent spirit to the reporting of politics, social issues, culture and the arts.
170,827 followers |

Joe Scarborough

Keep Calm and Carry On
157,531 followers |

Ezra Klein

Blogger/columnist for Washington Post, columnist for Bloomberg View, contributor to MSNBC. Eater of food. Hater of filibuster. Lover of charts.
156,603 followers |

Nate Silver

Blogger/writer/columnist/whatever. Stats, sports, politics and food geek. Tweets are unedited and reflect solely my own views.
152,905 followers |

Bret Baier

Bret Baier is the anchor of Special Report with Bret Baier. He formerly served as Chief WH Correspondent for FNC.
138,241 followers |

Mike Allen

Chief White House correspondent, POLITICO
129,013 followers |

The Atlantic

Official Twitter feed for The Atlantic magazine and TheAtlantic.com. News and analysis on current affairs, politics, and culture. Curated by @JaredBKeller (^JK)
126,039 followers |

CNN Political Ticker

125,011 followers |

The Fix

WaPo's Chris Cillizza. Gospel According to Fix out 7/12. Buy here: http://tinyurl.com/7s4v9te
120,101 followers |

Candy Crowley

Anchor of State of the Union with Candy Crowley & CNN Chief Political Reporter airs Sundays 9aet & 12pet
114,073 followers |

Charles Krauthammer

113,801 followers |

Roll Call

Breaking news, reporter tweets and analysis from the Newspaper of Capitol Hill since 1955. Stories with $ are subscription only.
106,359 followers |

Brian Williams

Anchor and Managing Editor of @NBCNightlyNews and @RockCenterNBC
104,917 followers |

MATT DRUDGE

Personal observations here. DRUDGE REPORT headline feed @Drudge_Report
102,485 followers |

Luke Russert

I cover Capitol Hill for NBC News. Been sweating it out in the streets of a runaway American dream since 1985.
96,507 followers |

Mark Knoller

CBS News White House Correspondent, Radio
96,162 followers |

Lawrence O'Donnell

Host of @TheLastWord with @Lawrence O'Donnell on MSNBC.
92,109 followers |

Christopher Hayes

Host of Up w/ Chris Hayes on MSNBC,Weekends at 8am. Editor at Large at The Nation. Cubs fan.
89,400 followers |

Roll Call Politics

Follow @rollcall for reporter tweets, breaking news & free political coverage. This feed is formerly CQ Politics and it auto-posts Roll Call Politics stories.
88,231 followers |

pourmecoffee

Goal: Funny and/or interesting. Partisan Democrat. Not into arguing on the Internet. Complaints? Consult the Fine Print: http://j.mp/pmcfineprint.
79,703 followers |

Ben Smith

Editor-in-Chief of BuzzFeed.com. Email or gchat me at ben@buzzfeed.com. AIM benobserver.
79,214 followers |

Andrea Mitchell

NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent/anchor MSNBC Andrea Mitchell Reports
75,436 followers |

Office of VP Biden

Official OVP twitter account. Comments&messages received through official WH pages are subject to the PRA and may be archived. Learn more http://wh.gov/privacy
70,153 followers |

PolitiFact

The editors and reporters of PolitiFact.com, a nonpartisan politics fact-checking Web site.
67,172 followers |

daveweigel

Slate political reporter and MSNBC contributor. daveweigel@gmail.com, 202-261-2848.
62,328 followers |

Savannah Guthrie

@TODAY co-host, third hour, and chief legal correspondent @NBCNews
60,932 followers |

LOLGOP

I used to want to be a fundamentalist Christian but I didn't want to think about gay sex that much.
60,857 followers |

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 Party
59,274 followers |

Pew Research Center

Nonpartisan, non-advocacy data and analysis on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world.
56,703 followers |

The Caucus

The politics staff of The New York Times tweets the latest news, analysis and multimedia from the 2012 elections and around Washington.
54,903 followers |

Norah O'Donnell

Wife, mother of 3, CBS News Chief White House correspondent, #1 fan of @chefgeoffs
53,939 followers |

NYTimes Politics

National PolticalNews from NYTimes.com/Politics
52,606 followers |

Major Garrett

Congressional Correspondent National Journal
52,373 followers |

The Daily Caller

USA's fastest growing news website dedicated to providing our audience with original reporting & thought-provoking commentary.
51,514 followers |

Ed Henry

FOX News Chief White House Correspondent, Dad, Husband, NY Yankees nut -- not necessarily in that order
47,997 followers |

Jim Long

new media soul trapped in an old media body
46,523 followers |

Joan Walsh

Salon.com editor at large and MSNBC political analyst
45,965 followers |

Ari Fleischer

Former WH Press Secretary. By night a CNN contributor. By day, I run a communications company whose clients are sports organizations, athletes & corporations.
45,773 followers |

Josh Marshall

Editor and Publisher of TPM.
42,903 followers |

Sam Stein

Political Editor and White House Correspondent -- Huffington Post -- RT's aren't endorsements... but you know that by now.
41,718 followers |

Stephen Hayes

Senior Writer, The Weekly Standard; Fox News Contributor
39,268 followers |

Bill Keller

The New York Times
37,878 followers |

Rick Klein

Senior Washington Editor, @ABC. Husband, father, baseball card collector. Co-host of ABC's #TopLine Webcast.
36,952 followers |

Larry Sabato

Director, U.Va. Center for Politics.Sign up for our FREE, weekly Crystal Ball newsletter to get the latest analysis of the 2012 election:
36,491 followers |

WSJ Washington Wire

The Wall Street Journal’s Capital Bureau offers breaking news, political insight and analysis.
32,316 followers |

jmartpolitico

I write for POLITICO. Email tips, ideas, observations to jmartin@politico.com. RT's don't = endorsements
31,816 followers |

Lester Holt

Anchor for @DatelineNBC. Weekend anchor for @NBCNightlyNews and @TODAYshow. Also like to play bass.
31,142 followers |

Taegan Goddard

Publisher of Political Wire
30,413 followers |

Jeff Zeleny

National Political Correspondent, The New York Times
30,017 followers |

mike murphy

Semi-defrocked senior GOP Political Consultant... Meet the Press Analyst... Hollywood Writer/Producer... TIME Magazine Columnist
29,102 followers |

amy walter

ABC News Political Director; cycling enthusiast; lover of all things summer
25,951 followers |

gallupnews

Get Gallup news and tracking data on politics, business, wellbeing, and the world. Get behind-the-scenes insights @gallupqueue
25,493 followers |

Betsy Fischer Martin

Executive Producer, @MeetThePress/@NBCNews. Proud native of the great City of New Orleans. More bio info here: http://bit.ly/2gTLcW
25,279 followers |

gwen ifill

also http://pbs.org/newshour
25,115 followers |

Politico 44

POLITICO44 is a new and innovative way to cover the Obama presidency, minute-by-minute.
24,923 followers |

Marc Ambinder

Contributing editor @GQ and @TheAtlantic; journalist covering national security and politics; budding documentarian. Just moved to LA. Author of The Command
23,985 followers |

Political Hotsheet

Political Hotsheet is an all-encompassing politics blog covering the Obama administration, Congress, and anything and everything else in the political sphere.
23,236 followers |

NBC News First Read

First Read is an analysis of the day's political news, from the NBC News political unit. First Read is updated throughout the day, so check back often.
22,178 followers |

Felicia Sonmez

Political reporter and Election 2012 blogger for The Washington Post. Email me at sonmezf@washpost.com
21,644 followers |

jimgeraghty

NR campaign correspondent by day, dad by day and night.
21,594 followers |

GuardianUS

Featuring the Guardian's US coverage, conversations and reporters.
21,479 followers |

Andrew Kaczynski

Reporter for @BuzzFeed Politics. Researching/reporting on all things 2012. I also like cats. RTs≠Endorsements. Send tips to Andrew.Kaczynski@BuzzFeed.com
19,648 followers |

Christina Bellantoni

Politics Editor for @newshour who loves engaging on the Twitter. Wife to @bytomanderson, foodie, 49ers fan, @rollcall & @tpm alum, proud Petworthy
19,484 followers |

No Labels

We are about the politics of problem solving. Stop fighting. Start fixing. First fix: #NoBudgetNoPay Hosted by @collinberglund.
19,298 followers |

Mark Preston

CNN Political Director; resident of Red Sox Nation; tweets are a mix of politics/sports/inane. Send comments/suggestions my way, but keep it clean.
19,010 followers |

Kelly O'Donnell

@NBCNews Capitol Hill Correspondent. Politics, Campaigns & Congress for @todayshow, @nbcnightlynews and @msnbctv.
18,830 followers |

Mark Crispin Miller

Mark Crispin Miller is professor of media studies at New York University and the author of the book: Fooled Again, How the Right Stole the 2004 Elections.
18,524 followers |

POLITICO 2012

Tweeting latest news, analysis and opinion about the 2012 presidential election.
17,703 followers |

Ryan Lizza

Washington Correspondent for The New Yorker
17,664 followers |

Kevin Madden

A simple city boy- you might say a cockeyed optimist- mixed up in the high stakes game of world diplomacy and international intrigue...
17,100 followers |

Dwaine Scott

Network Photojournalist with NBC News covering stories for NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, Rock Center, NBC Sports, MSNBC, CNBC and The Weather Channel.
15,973 followers |

NJ Hotline

The official home of National Journal Hotline on Twitter. Also visit our blog, Hotline On Call, at http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com.
14,987 followers |

Reid Wilson

Editor in chief, The Hotline. RTs don't equal any endorsement other than I found them funny/telling/interesting.
14,905 followers |

Zeke Miller

@BuzzFeed Politics Reporter. Yale grad. Email: zekejmiller@gmail.com Links&RTs≠Endorsements
14,752 followers |

John Harwood

Covering Washington and national politics for CNBC and the New York Times; loving Duke basketball, Washington Redskins, dance music, and being a Dad.
14,520 followers |

Michael Falcone

ABC News Deputy Political Director & Political Reporter.
13,936 followers |

Brian Beutler

If you're reading this and wearing Crocs, please unfollow.
13,616 followers |

Josh Kraushaar

Executive Editor of The Hotline
13,579 followers |

Michael Luo

investigative reporter for the new york times
13,378 followers |

Glenn Thrush

POLITICO/White House
13,221 followers |

maggie haberman

Reporter for Politico, RTs don't necessarily mean agreement. Pls email me thoughts, tips, random advice at mhaberman@politico.com
13,162 followers |

Frank Rich

Writer-at-Large, New York Magazine http://nymag.com/frank-rich/ / Executive Producer, Veep (HBO) http://www.hbo.com/#/veep
13,134 followers |

Jeffrey Goldberg

National Correspondent, The Atlantic; Columnist, Bloomberg View, Author, Prisoners
12,715 followers |

AIPAC

America's pro-Israel lobby.
12,672 followers |

Patrick W. Gavin

Writer, online host, Politico
12,590 followers |

Dana Milbank

Dana Milbank is an op-ed columnist with the Washington Post.
12,408 followers |

Michele Norris

NPR host of All Things Considered Author of The Grace of Silence. Curator of The Race Card Project Mama Bear to growing cubs Re-tweets not an endorsement
12,226 followers |

Phil Elliott

Covering national politics for AP, musing on bad life choices for him. Ohio native, cook, runner. RTs are not endorsements.
12,037 followers |

Philip Klein

Senior Editorial Writer, Washington Examiner. Author of Conservative Survival in the Romney Era $2.99 on Amazon. http://amzn.to/K8uI1B
11,636 followers |

Mark Murray

Mark Murray is the senior political editor for NBC News, as well as an avid fan of the University of Texas Longhorns
10,719 followers |

Mike Memoli

Reporter in the Chicago Tribune/LA Times Washington Bureau. New Jersey native and Yankees fan. e-mail: michael.memoli (at) latimes.com
10,165 followers |

Nicholas Thompson

Editor of NewYorker.com. Co-founder of The Atavist.
9,657 followers |

Daily Kos Elections

Campaign & Election News — Covering Key Races Around the Country
9,569 followers |

Olivier Knox

White House Correspondent, Yahoo! News. Something something something retweets something something. Views here are my own, not my employer's.
9,462 followers |

Joshua Green

National Correspondent, @BW
8,981 followers |

Jonathan Weisman

Congressional reporter, The New York Times
8,940 followers |

Patrick McMahon

Deputy Director of Communications for the @DailyCaller. Tweets are my own opinions.
8,604 followers |

Jill Jackson

CBS News Capitol Hill producer.
8,540 followers |

Shira Toeplitz

@RollCall politics reporter. DC resident. Pgh Steelers fan. RTs do not = endorsements. http://www.shirat.com
8,535 followers |

Jo Ling Kent

Reporter, @NBCConnecticut. Fmr @NBCNews Campaign Embed Reporter, @CNN China prod. Links/RTs not endorsemts, ops mine http://on.fb.me/IMAvGy jo.kent@nbcuni.com
8,416 followers |

Carrie Dann

@NBCNews Campaign Embed Reporter for @Decision2012. RTs not endorsements.
8,125 followers |

Mike O'Brien

Mike O'Brien of @msnbc and NBCPolitics.com. Email me: michael.obrien@msnbc.com - RT's don't = endorsements, etc
7,676 followers |

Dave Wasserman

U.S. House editor of the nonpartisan Cook Political Report & dangerously fixated on Congressional redistricting. More: http://goo.gl/CHlA5
7,241 followers |

Barry Ellsworth

Official Twitter Page for Barry Ellsworth, Candidate for US Senate - Nevada 2012. If Nevadans want change, they will never get it voting for the status quo.
7,111 followers |

edatpost

Author of 2chambers, The Post's blog all about Congress.
7,077 followers |

Scott Pelley

Scott Pelley is the Anchor and Managing Editor of The @CBSEveningNews as well as a Correspondent for @60Minutes
7,065 followers |

John Cassidy

I'm a staff writer at The New Yorker and a columnist at Fortune.
7,045 followers |

Scott Conroy

RealClearPolitics and CBS News national political reporter, Hoya basketball fan
7,029 followers |

Don Gonyea

NPR Nat'l Political Correspondent/10 yrs White House/DC by way of Detroit/retweets not endorsements
6,297 followers |

D.C. Reporter

I'm an important political reporter in Washington. I appear on cable shows, usually early on Saturdays. I tweet about Morning Joe. Playbook linked me once.
6,196 followers |

Jake Sherman

Staff writer for POLITICO. I cover House leadership and listen to a lot of Phish and Dead. Retweets don't indicate endorsement. sherman [at] politico dot com
6,094 followers |

Stuart Rothenberg

Fantasy baseball manager who does political handicapping in spare time.
5,402 followers |

Holly Bailey

The Artist Formerly Known as WH Corresp for Newsweek/Political Writer for Yahoo!
5,354 followers |

Jackie Kucinich

I'm a reporter covering politics for USA Today.
5,350 followers |

Jessica Taylor

Senior analyst/reporter at Rothenberg Political Report (@RPRpolitics). Ex-House Race Hotline Editor at @njhotline. MT/RT's don't equal endorsements.
5,231 followers |

Michael D. Shear

The Caucus The New York Times
5,155 followers |

Azi Paybarah

I cover politics. CapitalNewYork.com. RT's mean nothing. Azi@CapitalNewYork[dot]com / 646-493-1469
5,119 followers |

Rachel Weiner

Blogger for The Fix, Washington Post. Weird and thorough. weinerr@washpost.com
4,996 followers |

Marty Kady

Congressional editor at POLITICO, optimistic Washington Nationals fan, disgruntled Redskins follower.
4,844 followers |

Alex Moe

@NBCNews Campaign Embed Reporter for @Decision2012. Terps fan! Links & retweets aren't endorsements. Opinions are my own.
4,724 followers |

Neil King, WSJ

Wall Street Journal politics reporter, Colorado native, Nationals fan, and part owner of the Brooklyn Bridge
4,348 followers |

Jennifer Duffy

Non-partisan political analyst covering US Senate and Governors races. Passions include politics, good chardonnay and all things Rhode Island.
4,108 followers |

Christopher Bedford

Editor @ The Daily Caller, vice-chair @ YAF, exec. editor of The New Guard magazine, programs director for The Common Sense Society & bartender extraordinaire.
4,060 followers |

Andrew Rafferty

Fmr. @meetthepress staffer turned @NBCNews Campaign Embed Reporter for @Decision2012. Links & retweets aren't endorsements. Opinions are my own.
4,018 followers |

Byron Tau

@POLITICO reporter, covering the White House. Not Canadian. *Legalese about RTs ≠ agreement goes here*
3,745 followers |

Dan Hirschhorn

@daily politics reporter, Philly native, football & basketball fan, dog enthusiast. i take orders from @JJElFar
3,586 followers |

Jordan Fabian

Political Editor for @UnivisionNews, wanna-be NHL agitator, crab-cake aficionado. Email me: jhfabian@univision.net
3,538 followers |

Michael Barbaro

Reporter for The New York Times, inveterate gossip, conflicted Upper East Sider and Twitter neophyte.
3,304 followers |

jasoncherkis

Huffington Post reporter and FOIA czar. Retweets aren't endorsements, etc.
3,276 followers |

Brian Danza

Director of BS (Business Strategies), Jazzercise Weekend Warrior and Live-Tweeter to the Stars, Occasionally seen roaming offices of The Daily Caller
3,131 followers |

Kevin Robillard

@politico staffer. Previously @TBDFactsMachine. Massachusetts native. Maryland Terrapin. Reluctant Virginian. krobillard AT politico DOT com.
2,525 followers |

Mark Z. Barabak

Political Writer, The Los Angeles Times. Proud native Californian. Incipient alter cocker. Happiest when in the Sierra.
2,409 followers |

Dimitri Sotis

WTOP News Anchor
2,197 followers |

Brooke Brower

@dailyrundown senior producer & @HoyaJournalism teacher
2,164 followers |

David Sanger

Chief Washington Correspondent, The New York Times Author: The Inheritance: The World Obama Confronts and the Challenges to American Power (2009)
1,750 followers |

Sean Sullivan

Editor of Hotline On Call. Politics. Other stuff. RTs don't = endorsements.
1,743 followers |

Susan Crabtree

White House correspondent for The Washington Times, longtime Washington ethics, enterprise reporter
1,709 followers |

Jennifer Palmieri

1,630 followers |

Ballotpedia

All about state politics || elections, congress, state executives, state legislatures, ballot measures and more.
1,581 followers |

In the Loop

Washington Post columnists Al Kamen and @Emilyaheil afflict official Washington.
1,462 followers |

Adam Henry

Avid journalist, aspiring broadcast anchor. Associate producer at @WAFF48 News. Formerly with @NBCNewYork. Work-a-holic. myadam2010@gmail.com
1,424 followers |

Nicholas Schmidle

staff writer for The New Yorker; author of To Live or to Perish Forever
1,341 followers |

Trip Gabriel

New York Times political reporter. Recently covered education. Recovering Style editor.
1,244 followers |

Scot Reader

Political junkie reporting U.S. general election polls in near-real-time.
1,193 followers |

BillDedman

Bill Dedman is an investigative reporter for msnbc.com, the news site, http://dedman.msnbc.com/.
1,138 followers |

Erika Bolstad

I write for McClatchy -- I'm the Washington correspondent for the Miami Herald and Bradenton Herald. Instagram: @erikabolstad Email: ebolstad@mcclatchydc.com
970 followers |

Chris Murphy

Chris Murphy is the managing editor of The Capital Times, a media outlet in Madison, WI.
943 followers |

Margaret Talev

Journalist; White House correspondent for Bloomberg
896 followers |

Gregory Simmons

ABC News Digital Journalist covering Capitol Hill, 2012 Elections
407 followers |

Gregory Wallace

CNN in DC. formerly #fitn New Hampshire primary reporter. Email: wallace.gregory@gmail.com
326 followers |

Kevin Brennan

Staff Writer at National Journal's Hotline
315 followers |

Nicole Allan

Magazine maker, slow reader, and heavy sleeper. Would always rather be in California.
279 followers |

Shane D'Aprile

Editor of Campaigns & Elections magazine
185 followers |

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