Journos&politicos&wonks
CNN Breaking News
CNN.com is among the world's leaders in online news and information delivery.7,644,670 followers | Follow
The New York Times
Where the Conversation Begins. Follow for breaking news, NYTimes.com home page articles, special features and RTs of our journalists.5,225,993 followers | Follow
Breaking News
Breaking news alerts around the world from hundreds of sources 24 hours a day. Get more on BreakingNews.com, and follow our team on @breaking.4,104,751 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/privacy2,902,683 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.2,545,305 followers | Follow
Rachel Maddow MSNBC
I see political people... (Retweets do not imply endorsement.)2,125,385 followers | Follow
Huffington Post
The Internet Newspaper - Curated by @kerstinshamberg, @lauralizhibbard, @socialmia, @deanpraetorius, @travelinganna1,856,629 followers | Follow
GeorgeStephanopoulos
Good Morning America Anchor, @ThisWeekABC Anchor and ABC News Chief Political Correspondent1,757,070 followers | Follow
Steven Johnson
Writer. (7 books, most recently Where Good Ideas Come From.) Web site creator (3 companies, most recently outside.in.) Dad (three boys.)1,439,081 followers | Follow
John Dickerson
Political correspondent Slate magazine/Political Director CBS News1,375,110 followers | Follow
Ana Marie Cox
You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.1,350,132 followers | Follow
Nicholas Kristof
New York Times columnist, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, co-author @Half the Sky, http://www.facebook.com/kristof1,261,063 followers | Follow
Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera English, the 24-hour English-language news and current affairs channel, headquartered in Doha, Qatar. Follow @AJELive for breaking news alerts.1,046,331 followers | Follow
Michael Moore
Filmmaker ('Fahrenheit 9/11'), author ('Stupid White Men'), citizen ('United States of America').1,046,092 followers | Follow
Joe Trippi
Fmr Dean Campaign Mgr. Author of The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Tweets important causes. Internet and Democracy. Social media and business.1,021,307 followers | Follow
The Washington Post
One of many ways The Washington Post gets social. @tjortenzi and @marksluckie are here to help navigate the news. Send your tips and tweets to @washingtonpost.1,013,313 followers | Follow
Arianna Huffington
president and editor-in-chief of the huffington post media group. mother. sister. flat shoe advocate. sleep evangelist.921,539 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 ≠ endorsements402,095 followers | Follow
The Daily Beast
The Daily Beast is a smart, speedy read of what is happening in the world. Feed managed by humans, assisted by robots. [hosted by @moneyries]323,483 followers | Follow
Drudge Report
The Drudge Report is a U.S. based news aggregation website run by Matt Drudge(@DRUDGE).322,700 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/privacy300,236 followers | Follow
Los Angeles Times
News from SoCal, California and the world, from the L.A. Times. Staffed by latimes.com editors. See latimes.com/twitter for other LAT streams.293,060 followers | Follow
HuffPost Politics
The latest political news from The Huffington Post's politics team.195,656 followers | Follow
Jeffrey Levin
Marketing Programs Manager, social media, human rights, politics and news junkie, #hrc #p2 #topprog #TeamFollowBack #tfb #TeamVirgo179,935 followers | Follow
Jake Tapper
ABC News' Sr White House Correspondent. Dissecting my tweets with Talmudic meticulousness will result in wrong conclusions. RTs do not = endorsement.175,508 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.157,044 followers | Follow
Nate Silver
Blogger/writer/columnist/whatever. Stats, sports, politics and food geek. Tweets are unedited and reflect solely my own views.153,348 followers | Follow
Mona Eltahawy
Columnist and public speaker on Arab and Muslim issues www.monaeltahawy.com138,796 followers | Follow
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)126,681 followers | Follow
AP Stylebook
The essential style guide for journalists. Ask the Editor remains the best place to take specific style questions: bit.ly/14CdnW111,849 followers | Follow
Bernie Sanders
Sen. Bernie Sanders is the longest serving independent in congressional history. Tweets ending with -B are from Bernie, and all others are from Sanders Staff.101,497 followers | Follow
Luke Russert
I cover Capitol Hill for NBC News. Been sweating it out in the streets of a runaway American dream since 1985.96,745 followers | Follow
HowardKurtz
Newsweek/Daily Beast guy, host of CNN's Reliable Sources, contributor to Daily-Download.com93,196 followers | Follow
Christopher Hayes
Host of Up w/ Chris Hayes on MSNBC,Weekends at 8am. Editor at Large at The Nation. Cubs fan.89,779 followers | Follow
Melissa Harris-Perry
Tulane Professor, MSNBC Host of @MHPShow, Columnist for @TheNation.84,104 followers | Follow
MG Siegler
Partner at CrunchFund, Columnist at TechCrunch. I roam the badlands. An outlaw hunting outlaws. A renegade.82,306 followers | Follow
Daryl Cagle
DARYL CAGLE is msnbc.com’s cartoonist! Visit: http://cagle.com http://politicalcartoons.com http://cagle.com/app http://cartoonblog.msnbc.com82,303 followers | Follow
Glenn Greenwald
82,188 followers | Follow
pourmecoffee
Goal: Funny and/or interesting. Partisan Democrat. Not into arguing on the Internet. Complaints? Consult the Fine Print: http://j.mp/pmcfineprint.79,986 followers | Follow
Andy Carvin
Senior strategist at NPR. Online community organizer since 1994. Former director of the Digital Divide Network. Writer. Photographer. Dad.70,503 followers | Follow
Claire McCaskill
68,146 followers | Follow
PolitiFact
The editors and reporters of PolitiFact.com, a nonpartisan politics fact-checking Web site.67,303 followers | Follow
Jennifer Preston
Staff writer @nytimes. Interested in stories about use of technology, social media in politics, government - and real life. Tips? jepresto@nytimes.com65,106 followers | Follow
Markos Moulitsas
Founder of Daily Kos, author of American Taliban: How Sex, Sin, and Power Bind Jihadists to the Radical Right64,329 followers | Follow
morningmika
Somehow raising my two children while balancing my third child-- my job!59,735 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 Party59,455 followers | Follow
Senator Harry Reid
News from the office of Nevada Senator Harry Reid, the U.S. Senate Majority Leader. (Español: @SenadorReid)54,075 followers | Follow
NBC Politics
Political news from @NBCNews, @NBCFirstRead, @MeetthePress and @msnbc.52,224 followers | Follow
jeremy scahill
national security correspondent for The Nation, author of Blackwater. There's always money in the banana stand.49,537 followers | Follow
ChuckGrassley
U.S. Senator born, raised and still living in New Hartford, IA.http://facebook.com/grassleyhttp://www.youtube.com/SenChuckGrassley44,789 followers | Follow
Eugene Robinson
I am the Washington Post columnist, MSNBC analyst and author.41,990 followers | Follow
David Shuster
Emmy award winning broadcast journalist based in Washington, D.C.40,234 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.39,949 followers | Follow
Charles Arthur
The Guardian's Technology editor. Written a book on Apple, Google, Microsoft. Like: free data, transparency, social networks, etc. Opinions mine, but do borrow.35,412 followers | Follow
Leslie Blanchard
Intellectual is only a dirty word 2 those that can't spell it-Lesbian,w/ Multiple Sclerosis, peace activist,buddhist,truth teller-seeker,friend,I collect words☮35,377 followers | Follow
Danger Room
Noah Shachtman, Spencer Ackerman, and WIRED's national security dorks.34,963 followers | Follow
Bob Woodruff
Correspondent, Anchor for @ABC News. Co-founder Bob Woodruff Foundation @ReMind.org31,164 followers | Follow
Mathew Ingram
I'm a senior writer at GigaOm, a former columnist with the Globe and Mail and co-founder of the mesh conference in Toronto31,068 followers | Follow
✰ David Mathison ✰
Managing Director, Digital Media at Chadick Ellig. Executive Producer, Home Aid. Compiler, Be The Media. Media sommelier. Hi-tech concierge. How can I help you?30,157 followers | Follow
Alan Grayson
27,433 followers | Follow
Angelo Carusone
After a 2 year campaign, we stopped Glenn Beck. But, we have a lot more to do. Onward! Statements expressed here are my own.26,988 followers | Follow
Mark Warner
Updates from the U.S. Senator from Virginia and Staff. Following/retweeting does not equal an endorsement.26,429 followers | Follow
Politico 44
POLITICO44 is a new and innovative way to cover the Obama presidency, minute-by-minute.24,963 followers | Follow
Marc Ambinder
Contributing editor @GQ and @TheAtlantic; journalist covering national security and politics; budding documentarian. Just moved to LA. Author of The Command23,991 followers | Follow
Dr. Mark Drapeau
Microsoft guy creating things for innovators everywhere. Edit @Publicyte, produce @Geek2Chic, co-founded @Hamstrong, advise @StartupDC, help @NFTE.21,725 followers | Follow
Greg Mitchell
Blogger for The Nation. Author of 13 books (see link below) on OWS, WikiLeaks, Beethoven, Atomic Cover-Up. Former ed. at Editor & Publisher and Crawdaddy.20,979 followers | Follow
Alan Murray
Wall Street Journal Deputy Managing Editor and Executive Editor Online20,488 followers | Follow
Patrick LaForge
Editor, News Presentation, @nytimes. To e-mail the newsroom: nytnews at nytimes dot com.19,864 followers | Follow
Steny Hoyer
The Democratic Whip of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Maryland's 5th Congressional District.19,852 followers | Follow
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.19,068 followers | Follow
Patrick Ruffini
President at @engagedc, makers of @GetMultiply and @GetTrendsetter. Agency guy, number cruncher, seeker of interesting things. #data2012 #OptimizetheVote17,986 followers | Follow
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...17,194 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.16,996 followers | Follow
Nico Pitney
Traveling the world for 6.5 months with @KarinaNewton. http://www.instagramtheworld.com16,010 followers | Follow
Shoq Value
I believe in the semantic web. I just don't know what that means.15,417 followers | Follow
Don Millard
Sardonic Writer and Artist, Loves Peter O'Toole, Writing, History, Comedy, Politics and All Things Irish15,242 followers | Follow
Dan Froomkin
I'm Senior Washington Correspondent for the Huffington Post and Deputy Editor of NiemanWatchdog.org.15,094 followers | Follow
David Sirota
Bestselling author, newspaper columnist, Salon.com writer, AM760 radio host, vegetarian, craft beer drinker, Dad, Golden Doodle lover, proud Denverite.14,917 followers | Follow
Oliver Willis
I am a research fellow at Media Matters for America. These are my opinions. http://oliverwillis.com12,686 followers | Follow
Liz McLellan
owner hyperlocavore.com - a yardsharing community. Let's grow together! Foodie, gardener, crafty nerd and hot-headed ginger. http://ow.ly/acvWq12,187 followers | Follow
Jon Jensen
Producer, CNN's Inside the Middle East. Retweets are not endorsements.12,167 followers | Follow
AdamSerwer
Reporter/Blogger for Mother Jones. I also fight crime. Mostly loitering.12,088 followers | Follow
Phil Elliott
Covering national politics for AP, musing on bad life choices for him. Ohio native, cook, runner. RTs are not endorsements.12,060 followers | Follow
Gerald F Seib
I am Jerry Seib, Washington bureau chief of The Wall Street Journal and author of the Capital Journal column.11,119 followers | Follow
Karl Frisch
Columnist. Radio Host-ish. Gay. #Gleek. Partner at @BullfightStrat. Former @MMFA senior fellow. Former @DSCC and @LouiseSlaughter flack. Views here are his own.10,496 followers | Follow
Ron Charles
Washington Post Book World, Fiction Editor and weekly critic. CharlesR@washpost.com10,301 followers | Follow
Jane Hamsher
Blogger, author, dog mom, breast cancer survivor, recovering movie producer10,082 followers | Follow
Blair LM Kelley
Professor/historian/political observer/pop culture critic/ author of Right to Ride. Also The Oracle. http://profblmkelley.tumblr.com/9,980 followers | Follow
emptywheel
9,940 followers | Follow
Dana Goldstein
I write about schools, health, politics, and women's issues for publications including @TheNation and @Slate. Fellow @NewAmerica and @NationInstitute.9,857 followers | Follow
Steve Benen
Producer for The Rachel Maddow Show, blogger at MaddowBlog, and MSNBC contributor9,776 followers | Follow
Leslie Sanchez
Social & political commentator. Documentary producer. Author of You've Come a Long Way, Maybe & Los Republicanos. Fluent in Spanglish.9,754 followers | Follow
Olivier Knox
White House Correspondent, Yahoo! News. Something something something retweets something something. Views here are my own, not my employer's.9,488 followers | Follow
Matthew Cooper
Editor, National Journal Daily. Vet of Time, Newsweek, Washington Monthly, New Republic. My views only. An RT is not applause.8,894 followers | Follow
AMERICAblog
One of America's most influential Democratic political blogs. Editor @aravosis // Gay Politics @AMERICAblogGay // 2012 elections @AblogElections8,563 followers | Follow
Chris Geidner
Senior political editor at DC LGBT mag @MetroWeekly. NLGJA & GLAAD awards winner. Covering White House, courts & Congress. Law Dork. And so much more.8,560 followers | Follow
Andrew Cohen
Dad. Horseman. @60Minutes Legal Analyst. @CBSRadioNews Senior Analyst. Contributing Editor @TheAtlantic. My views are my own. RTs could mean anything.7,990 followers | Follow
Charlie Crist
7,649 followers | Follow
Craig Crawford
Blogger, Pundit, Author: “The Politics of Life,” “Attack the Messenger,” and “Listen Up, Mr. President”7,604 followers | Follow
Eileen Left™
Democracy isn't a spectator sport! If you want me to follow you back, tell me about yourself #ConnectTheLeft7,437 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.7,323 followers | Follow
Mark Blumenthal
Senior Polling Editor for the Huffington Post. Pollster. Blogger. Political consultant (D) in a previous life. Husband. Father. Cyclist.6,467 followers | Follow
Dan Kennedy
I teach journalism at Northeastern University, blog at Media Nation, and try to make sense of the new media world.6,334 followers | Follow
Jesse Taylor
Adjective. National affiliation. A sport I play. Something quirky. Familial status.6,056 followers | Follow
Queerjohn PA
country queer 4 social justice - Sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity always blocked!5,939 followers | Follow
lizadonnelly
New Yorker cartoonist, writer, Forbes.com. Speaker: TEDTalk http://bit.ly/i6zITj Forthcoming eBook: Women on Men, Spring 2012. lizadonnelly.com5,770 followers | Follow
Betsy Mason
Science editor for Wired.com, geologist, beer snob, calm assertive pack leader.5,411 followers | Follow
joshua epstein
Gay NY Dem. Progressive Blogger. Patriot. I tweet feeds of blogs I depend upon for news. RT's ≠ endorsement.5,215 followers | Follow
Micheal Stinson
activist, writer, Hollywood award winning animator, political commentator, musician, co-creator of Sarah Palin Rogue Coloring & Activity Book5,204 followers | Follow
TeresaKopec
Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment. -- Dorothy Parker5,201 followers | Follow
Jonathan Turley
This is the twitter site for Law Professor Jonathan Turley and www.Jonathanturley.org4,943 followers | Follow
W. David Stephenson
author: Data Dynamite http://amzn.to/ly9Ng9 Gov/Ent.2-3.0 strategist/futurist.Homeland sec.&disaster response.Liberal.Twitter user #262 BoSox!4,878 followers | Follow
roadkillrefugee
Join my noble quest to rid the world of social media experts, one Follower at a time4,842 followers | Follow
Karen DaltonBeninato
New Orleans freelance writer, former newspaper editor. I've written for Huffington, NOLA, NewOrleans.com, EarthIsland, LA Home & Garden. Founded nomRf with Jeff4,777 followers | Follow
Mario Piperni
My focus and passions are politics and art and I get to play with both at mariopiperni.com. And yes, truth does have a liberal bias.4,755 followers | Follow
Jean Esselink
(That's unencumbered in 5 year old speak) Homegrown Terror Baby in defense of liberal ideals like peace and sharing our chocolate cupcakes.4,699 followers | Follow
Paul Levinson
author 15 books (media theory & scifi), professor, media commentator, blogger, podcaster, singer/songwriter; new book: New New Media4,677 followers | Follow
Matt Laslo
I'm a freelance reporter in Washington, D.C. Follow me for a daily glimpse of the inner workings of Congress.4,608 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.4,575 followers | Follow
Brian Boyer
Editor, News Applications at Chicago Tribune. More at @tribapps. Project manager for @pandaproject. Will soon join @nprapps.4,534 followers | Follow
NickBaumann
Journalist for @MotherJones (and @TheEconomist). Red Sox fan. Eagle Scout. Beer pong aficionado. 202.630.2380 / nbaumann@motherjones.com / gchat: nickbaumann4,524 followers | Follow
Cody Kessler
Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow... Don't walk behind me, I may not lead... Just go stand over there somewhere.4,429 followers | Follow
Monte Mayor
Online political progressive/educator/ activist/poet/unpredictable contrarian/RT & Tweeting fiend3,980 followers | Follow
Creigh Deeds
3,972 followers | Follow
Eric Grant
Director of Brand Experience @HotStudio, gay, liberal Democrat and part-time flâneur. #p2 #Design #ui #ux3,246 followers | Follow
Steve Beste
Here to stimulate conversation. DMs are Totes Off The Record. Skype: stevebeste or 954-414-1532. For Ft Laud Real Estate Follow @_pied_a_terre3,090 followers | Follow
Frank Schaeffer
Author of "Crazy For God" and "Portofino" and "Keeping Faith" and many other books.3,084 followers | Follow
Billie Raven
Leftie Atheist w crush on Buddha, Lakers, 30yrs Sober, Broke Not Broken.This is the Fear this is the dread these are the contents of my Head -A. Lennox2,886 followers | Follow
mikegehrke
political hack If you think my tweets represent the views of my employer, you haven't been paying attention.2,324 followers | Follow
Dave Cullen
COLUMBINE author. I write on gay soldiers, outsiders, etc for NY Times, W Post, Slate, Salon, Guardian, Daily Beast. Intro video: http://tinyurl.com/35ngvgs2,171 followers | Follow
Sunny Perkins Stokes
mom, wife, daughter, sister, friend, human being...daydreamer, free thinker, social drinker, bleeding heart liberal...RN/Clinical Analyst Programmer2,101 followers | Follow
John Amussen
News junkie and unrepentant leftie. Amused by GOP Panic. Can't find birth cerificate, so apparently born in Kenya. Also.1,911 followers | Follow
Daria Steigman
Business-savvy communications strategist | Independent Thinking author | former IABC/Washington president | runner | Nationals fan.1,753 followers | Follow
Sarah Emily Labance
Ph.D. in environmental engineering (PSU '02); science/environmental/political writer; activist; sports fanatic1,753 followers | Follow
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Psychologist by trade. SAHM by choice. Smartass always. Tweet re: sports, politics, music, photography, parenthood. Sensitive types need not follow. Cursebird.1,662 followers | Follow
LaurieInQueens
*WWRFKD?* Reform is not Communism. And the denial of freedom, in whatever name, only strengthens the very Communism it claims to oppose.--Bobby Kennedy, 19661,571 followers | Follow
Craig Stoltz
Gov2.0er at HHS, former WashPost journalist. Opinions my own, not the U.S. Gov's. You knew that.1,503 followers | Follow
Lynda Woolard
I believe in New Orleans! I believe in the Saints! I believe in Obama!1,497 followers | Follow
Peter Larsen
Dane who escaped the UK over Germany, LA, now back in Cologne; political junkie, progressive liberal left atheist humanist pinko1,457 followers | Follow
David McLemore
Recovering journalist. Native Texan. Believer in power of Positive Rage1,378 followers | Follow
Lida Verner
Creating Calm Out of Chaos usually with a cup of coffee and a smile Project Manager, Business Manager, and Social Media Expert.1,319 followers | Follow
twilight2000
Writer, teacher, mother, event planner, software engineer - I tend to twitter politics & am often shocked at just how crazy the extreme right can get.1,307 followers | Follow
Rahm Emanuel Facts
Rahm Emanuel Facts are as awesome as Chuck Norris Facts — except 100% true!1,218 followers | Follow
Jason Rosenbaum
Director of Online Communications for Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), working to protect Dem majority in '12. Detroit sports fan living in DC.1,198 followers | Follow
Fake Howard Dean
I'm from the Democratic Wing of the Democratic Party. I'm fake. And I don't tolerate weakness. Also yay universal healthcare!1,155 followers | Follow
Kris Broughton
Brown man thinking hard, writing hard about the universe, Barack Obama, and Dominican cigars -- blog contributor to BigThink.com1,045 followers | Follow
Adam Korengold
Analyst and consultant currently working in market research. Fan of Capitals, Nats, and DC football. Former barista and current Starbucks gold card holder.1,030 followers | Follow
Fake Virginia
I live in a Blue state and blog from that perspective. Nancy Pfotenhauer is my muse.892 followers | Follow
Connie Saltonstall
Democrat Connie Saltonstall is running for Congress in Michigan's 1st District. #MI01 #prochoice604 followers | Follow
Michael Szeto
Former intern reporter for The New York Times and City Hall News (@cityhallnews); Johns Hopkins '11584 followers | Follow
Anna Marie Cox
361 followers | Follow
benzagorski
Head of Sales at the independent media company @Salon and social blogging community @OpenSalon164 followers | Follow
Daniel Doughty
32 followers | Follow
