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Common Ground

These are Twitter accounts that rank highly in both lenses, meaning these are the people who are likely trusted by both groups and could be useful at neutrally establishing a shared reality. Once they clear a threshold in PageRank score, they are sorted by geometric mean of both Personalized PageRank scores (decreasing).

Summary

  1. Baseline (53)
  2. Reality-Based Community (35)
  3. Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism (21)
  4. The New York Times (20)
  5. Think Tanks (17)
  6. Wall Street Journal (17)
  7. Hoover Institution (17)
  8. American Enterprise Institute (17)
  9. National Bureau of Economic Research (17)
  10. Arnold Kling's Fantasy Intellectual Teams (16)
  11. Moderate Conservatism (15)
  12. The Dispatch (15)
  13. Bloomberg Opinion (14)
  14. The Atlantic (12)
  15. Claremont Institute (8)
  16. Heritage Foundation (8)
  17. Brookings (8)
  18. Center for American Progress (8)
  19. Washington Post (6)
  20. The Intercept (6)
  21. CNBC (6)
  22. Populist Libertarians (5)
  23. The Daily Beast (5)
  24. Niskanen Center (5)
  25. Foreign Policy (5)
  26. New Yorker (5)
  27. BuzzFeed (5)
  28. Recode (5)
  29. Atlantic Council (4)
  30. The Los Angeles Times (4)
  31. Wired (4)
  32. Homebrew (3)
  33. Council on Foreign Relations (3)
  34. Financial Times (3)
  35. VICE (3)
  36. Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) (3)
  37. Epidemiology Journalism (3)
  38. Biotech (2)
  39. Palladium Magazine (2)
  40. A16Z (2)
  41. The Verge (2)
  42. OANN (2)
  43. Black Lives Matter (2)
  44. Cato Institute (2)
  45. Heterodox Academy (2)
  46. Founders (2)
  47. Mercatus Center (1)
  48. Crypto VC (1)
  49. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (1)
  50. Social Epistemology (1)
  51. Works in Progress (1)
  52. Sutter Hill Ventures (1)
  53. Benchmark Capital (1)
  54. Belfer Center (1)
  55. The Economist (1)
  56. Khosla Ventures (1)
  57. Newsmax (1)
  58. The Information (1)
  59. Ars Technica (1)
  60. Village Global (1)
  61. Peterson Institute for International Economics (1)
  62. Earth Institute (1)
  63. My Climate Journey (1)
  64. Bismark Analysis (1)

Common Ground Accounts

Baseline

  1. Stephen L. Miller (9.1549386)
  2. Seth Mandel (8.9742530)
  3. Karol Markowicz (8.8209846)
  4. Jennifer Wright (8.8196356)
  5. Sohrab Ahmari (8.8061188)
  6. Miranda Devine (8.7393592)
  7. David Harsanyi (8.7201508)
  8. Tara Palmeri (8.7000010)
  9. Tim Bontemps (8.6841344)
  10. delia paunescu (8.6611833)
  11. Connor Ryan (8.6488684)
  12. Jon Levine (8.6346418)
  13. Lesley Abravanel (8.6266938)
  14. Kirsten Fleming (8.6207664)
  15. Kyle Smith (8.6170977)
  16. New York Post Sports (8.5973856)
  17. Tom Namako (8.5239919)
  18. Maggie Coughlan (8.5228941)
  19. Nancy Rommelmann (8.5004453)
  20. New York Post Metro (8.4798866)
  21. Carleton English (8.4246933)
  22. Emma-Jo Morris (8.4108863)
  23. Nikki Schwab (8.4073814)
  24. Ebony Bowden (8.3742194)
  25. Brooke Rogers 🌻 (8.3403607)
  26. Rav Arora (8.3277265)
  27. libby emmons (8.3223997)
  28. Steven Nelson (8.3063136)
  29. Mollie Walker (8.3021579)
  30. Brian Lewis (8.2978824)
  31. Lois Weiss (8.2900693)
  32. Noam Blum (8.2168737)
  33. Glenn Thrush (8.1897841)
  34. Daniel Kibblesmith (8.1769439)
  35. Jonathan Capehart (8.1506411)
  36. Jonathon Trugman (8.1280355)
  37. Stop scolding me, I'm vaccinated (8.0762938)
  38. Joe Gabriel Simonson (8.0664540)
  39. Barbara Hoffman (8.0152001)
  40. Comfortably Smug (7.9997465)
  41. Charles Gasparino (7.9481208)
  42. Mark Murray (7.9329322)
  43. David Burge (7.9295153)
  44. Branson Taylor (7.8524641)
  45. Robert Shields (7.8464927)
  46. AlecBaldwin(HABF) (7.8459773)
  47. Jim Roberts (7.8400500)
  48. Myles Miller (7.8338065)
  49. Megan Hess (7.8163511)
  50. Joe Kemp (7.7791538)
  51. Pat Smith (7.7178405)
  52. Chief Impact Officer BT (7.6988196)
  53. Domenico Montanaro (7.6437926)

Reality-Based Community

  1. Stephen L. Miller (9.1689280)
  2. Seth Mandel (8.9869861)
  3. Jennifer Wright (8.8375566)
  4. Karol Markowicz (8.8366186)
  5. Sohrab Ahmari (8.8196926)
  6. Miranda Devine (8.7576076)
  7. David Harsanyi (8.7339129)
  8. Tara Palmeri (8.7157014)
  9. Tim Bontemps (8.7006999)
  10. delia paunescu (8.6753400)
  11. Connor Ryan (8.6624850)
  12. Jon Levine (8.6477887)
  13. Lesley Abravanel (8.6447278)
  14. Kyle Smith (8.6345483)
  15. Kirsten Fleming (8.6281747)
  16. New York Post Sports (8.6120262)
  17. Maggie Coughlan (8.5387680)
  18. Tom Namako (8.5325459)
  19. Nancy Rommelmann (8.5100170)
  20. New York Post Metro (8.4971008)
  21. Carleton English (8.4782895)
  22. Emma-Jo Morris (8.4258241)
  23. Nikki Schwab (8.4179341)
  24. Ebony Bowden (8.3887970)
  25. Brooke Rogers 🌻 (8.3573189)
  26. Rav Arora (8.3449478)
  27. libby emmons (8.3399107)
  28. Brian Lewis (8.3151709)
  29. Noam Blum (8.2210693)
  30. Glenn Thrush (8.1825727)
  31. Jonathan Capehart (8.1693780)
  32. Daniel Kibblesmith (8.1671624)
  33. Joe Gabriel Simonson (8.0994674)
  34. Stop scolding me, I'm vaccinated (8.0683845)
  35. David Burge (7.9383476)

Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism

  1. Stephen L. Miller (9.0415251)
  2. Seth Mandel (8.6921302)
  3. Karol Markowicz (8.5731264)
  4. David Harsanyi (8.3272509)
  5. Glenn Thrush (8.2048134)
  6. Noam Blum (8.1843789)
  7. Siraj Hashmi (8.0722325)
  8. Blake News (8.0661805)
  9. Mark Murray (8.0536915)
  10. Yashar Ali 🐘 (8.0440382)
  11. AlecBaldwin(HABF) (7.9662467)
  12. Charles Gasparino (7.8790026)
  13. Nancy Rommelmann (7.8756578)
  14. Stop scolding me, I'm vaccinated (7.8752091)
  15. David Burge (7.8322136)
  16. Comfortably Smug (7.8300093)
  17. Chief Impact Officer BT (7.8043955)
  18. Branson Taylor (7.7894983)
  19. Domenico Montanaro (7.7641917)
  20. Maggie Haberman (7.7430777)
  21. Robert A George (7.6968268)

The New York Times

  1. Jennifer Wright (8.8565520)
  2. Seth Mandel (8.7612107)
  3. Stephen L. Miller (8.6223768)
  4. Kyle Smith (8.3417651)
  5. Karol Markowicz (8.2451707)
  6. Daniel Kibblesmith (8.2196641)
  7. City Nolan (get your 💉!!!) (8.2129066)
  8. Blake News (8.0726200)
  9. Nancy Rommelmann (8.0218718)
  10. David Harsanyi (7.9897884)
  11. Glenn Thrush (7.9762520)
  12. Tom Namako (7.9504228)
  13. Zach Haberman (7.9041458)
  14. Noam Blum (7.8958906)
  15. Helen Rosner (7.8812951)
  16. Carrie Melago (7.8132093)
  17. southpaw (7.7586330)
  18. Siraj Hashmi (7.7582990)
  19. Stop scolding me, I'm vaccinated (7.6257491)
  20. J. Alex Tarquinio (7.5690186)

Think Tanks

  1. Stephen L. Miller (9.1041194)
  2. Seth Mandel (8.9391818)
  3. Karol Markowicz (8.7363855)
  4. David Harsanyi (8.6537360)
  5. Kyle Smith (8.2863677)
  6. Blake News (8.1835481)
  7. Maggie Haberman (8.1627042)
  8. Joe Gabriel Simonson (8.1178630)
  9. southpaw (8.0902920)
  10. Yashar Ali 🐘 (8.0412758)
  11. Nancy Rommelmann (7.9873569)
  12. Kirsten Fleming (7.9606712)
  13. Morgan Fairchild (7.9511183)
  14. Jonathan Capehart (7.9271464)
  15. Charles Gasparino (7.8785898)
  16. Glenn Thrush (7.8203612)
  17. Regina Schrambling (7.6787744)

Wall Street Journal

  1. Seth Mandel (8.4830566)
  2. Karol Markowicz (8.3577755)
  3. Nancy Rommelmann (8.3398419)
  4. Tom Namako (8.3359468)
  5. Carrie Melago (8.2062498)
  6. Maggie Haberman (8.1819025)
  7. David Harsanyi (8.0839102)
  8. Blake News (8.0783304)
  9. Yashar Ali 🐘 (7.9966361)
  10. Noam Blum (7.9765822)
  11. Joe Flint (7.9513144)
  12. Mary Vought (7.9111832)
  13. wade lambert (7.8255036)
  14. southpaw (7.7851363)
  15. Stop scolding me, I'm vaccinated (7.7767003)
  16. J. Alex Tarquinio (7.7616237)
  17. Comfortably Smug (7.7143464)

Hoover Institution

  1. Stephen L. Miller (8.8391408)
  2. Seth Mandel (8.4706828)
  3. David Harsanyi (8.2537672)
  4. Karol Markowicz (8.2170960)
  5. Noam Blum (8.0684452)
  6. Kyle Smith (7.9482174)
  7. Glenn Thrush (7.9363969)
  8. Blake News (7.9146492)
  9. Siraj Hashmi (7.7926638)
  10. Mark Murray (7.7852330)
  11. Stop scolding me, I'm vaccinated (7.7851324)
  12. AlecBaldwin(HABF) (7.6980116)
  13. David Burge (7.6764759)
  14. Comfortably Smug (7.6741588)
  15. Joe Gabriel Simonson (7.6739375)
  16. Yashar Ali 🐘 (7.6335145)
  17. Chief Impact Officer BT (7.5340951)

American Enterprise Institute

  1. Stephen L. Miller (8.8528414)
  2. Seth Mandel (8.6721082)
  3. Karol Markowicz (8.2395027)
  4. David Harsanyi (8.1874693)
  5. Kyle Smith (8.1744715)
  6. Noam Blum (8.1708226)
  7. Nancy Rommelmann (8.0381227)
  8. Maggie Haberman (8.0085813)
  9. Robert A George (7.9397089)
  10. Yashar Ali 🐘 (7.8982811)
  11. Siraj Hashmi (7.8891931)
  12. Comfortably Smug (7.8876188)
  13. Joe Gabriel Simonson (7.8840235)
  14. Blake News (7.8696926)
  15. Stop scolding me, I'm vaccinated (7.7639653)
  16. Glenn Thrush (7.7577855)
  17. David Burge (7.6790716)

National Bureau of Economic Research

  1. Stephen L. Miller (8.8528414)
  2. Seth Mandel (8.6721082)
  3. Karol Markowicz (8.2395027)
  4. David Harsanyi (8.1874693)
  5. Kyle Smith (8.1744715)
  6. Noam Blum (8.1708226)
  7. Nancy Rommelmann (8.0381227)
  8. Maggie Haberman (8.0085813)
  9. Robert A George (7.9397089)
  10. Yashar Ali 🐘 (7.8982811)
  11. Siraj Hashmi (7.8891931)
  12. Comfortably Smug (7.8876188)
  13. Joe Gabriel Simonson (7.8840235)
  14. Blake News (7.8696926)
  15. Stop scolding me, I'm vaccinated (7.7639653)
  16. Glenn Thrush (7.7577855)
  17. David Burge (7.6790716)

Arnold Kling's Fantasy Intellectual Teams

  1. Stephen L. Miller (8.7531941)
  2. Seth Mandel (8.7036202)
  3. Karol Markowicz (8.3250072)
  4. Noam Blum (8.1358286)
  5. Nancy Rommelmann (8.0659210)
  6. David Harsanyi (7.9841547)
  7. Comfortably Smug (7.9604150)
  8. Siraj Hashmi (7.8679550)
  9. Maggie Haberman (7.8288813)
  10. Yashar Ali 🐘 (7.8042546)
  11. Robert A George (7.7794994)
  12. southpaw (7.7669367)
  13. Blake News (7.7616745)
  14. Stop scolding me, I'm vaccinated (7.6453160)
  15. David Burge (7.6272030)
  16. Joe Gabriel Simonson (7.6251613)

Moderate Conservatism

  1. Stephen L. Miller (8.6871688)
  2. Seth Mandel (8.6540019)
  3. David Harsanyi (8.1747833)
  4. Noam Blum (8.0329433)
  5. Maggie Haberman (7.9661266)
  6. Robert A George (7.9416705)
  7. Kyle Smith (7.9233544)
  8. Yashar Ali 🐘 (7.8832437)
  9. Nancy Rommelmann (7.7969041)
  10. Siraj Hashmi (7.7883980)
  11. southpaw (7.6833682)
  12. Joe Gabriel Simonson (7.6577512)
  13. Comfortably Smug (7.6457109)
  14. Stop scolding me, I'm vaccinated (7.6068758)
  15. David Burge (7.5938332)

The Dispatch

  1. Stephen L. Miller (8.8788954)
  2. Seth Mandel (8.8013824)
  3. Nancy Rommelmann (8.4345493)
  4. Karol Markowicz (8.2485170)
  5. Maggie Haberman (8.1590779)
  6. Noam Blum (8.1509226)
  7. David Harsanyi (8.0953536)
  8. Kyle Smith (8.0837345)
  9. Siraj Hashmi (7.9788403)
  10. Yashar Ali 🐘 (7.9609067)
  11. Comfortably Smug (7.8682617)
  12. Blake News (7.8070716)
  13. Stop scolding me, I'm vaccinated (7.7733074)
  14. David Burge (7.7094231)
  15. Branson Taylor (7.6068406)

Bloomberg Opinion

  1. Seth Mandel (8.4284711)
  2. Karol Markowicz (8.1330379)
  3. southpaw (8.0192893)
  4. Blake News (7.9827402)
  5. Maggie Haberman (7.9711492)
  6. Noam Blum (7.9703368)
  7. Kyle Smith (7.9234062)
  8. Siraj Hashmi (7.7284842)
  9. Yashar Ali 🐘 (7.7243303)
  10. Jonathan Capehart (7.7204668)
  11. Carrie Melago (7.7150844)
  12. Helen Rosner (7.6785529)
  13. Comfortably Smug (7.6657017)
  14. Stop scolding me, I'm vaccinated (7.6057544)

The Atlantic

  1. Seth Mandel (8.6501679)
  2. southpaw (8.1089119)
  3. Maggie Haberman (8.0257250)
  4. Blake News (8.0089856)
  5. Robert A George (7.9635643)
  6. Yashar Ali 🐘 (7.9402222)
  7. Helen Rosner (7.8948158)
  8. Siraj Hashmi (7.8665062)
  9. Jonathan Capehart (7.8349030)
  10. Noam Blum (7.8150524)
  11. Comfortably Smug (7.7310828)
  12. Joe Gabriel Simonson (7.6441769)

Claremont Institute

  1. Stephen L. Miller (8.7747261)
  2. Karol Markowicz (8.6202914)
  3. David Harsanyi (8.5524720)
  4. Kyle Smith (8.0212750)
  5. Noam Blum (7.9839678)
  6. Comfortably Smug (7.8665783)
  7. Mary Vought (7.8083284)
  8. Siraj Hashmi (7.7968761)

Heritage Foundation

  1. Stephen L. Miller (8.8499200)
  2. Karol Markowicz (8.6541065)
  3. David Harsanyi (8.5794702)
  4. Seth Mandel (8.5253512)
  5. Siraj Hashmi (7.8954042)
  6. Charles Gasparino (7.8861013)
  7. Noam Blum (7.7246611)
  8. Blake News (7.6889984)

Brookings

  1. Seth Mandel (8.4157945)
  2. Blake News (8.0638061)
  3. Maggie Haberman (7.9901535)
  4. Yashar Ali 🐘 (7.9109367)
  5. southpaw (7.8709429)
  6. Jonathan Capehart (7.8079116)
  7. Noam Blum (7.7094948)
  8. Robert A George (7.6145652)

Center for American Progress

  1. southpaw (7.9336849)
  2. Jonathan Capehart (7.8588945)
  3. Yashar Ali 🐘 (7.8458790)
  4. Robert A George (7.7902031)
  5. Maggie Haberman (7.7824686)
  6. Siraj Hashmi (7.7612158)
  7. Blake News (7.6812390)
  8. Comfortably Smug (7.6003005)

Washington Post

  1. Tim Bontemps (8.2474421)
  2. Maggie Haberman (7.9761260)
  3. Yashar Ali 🐘 (7.8553755)
  4. Siraj Hashmi (7.7378058)
  5. Jonathan Capehart (7.6469001)
  6. Robert A George (7.6144042)

The Intercept

  1. Seth Mandel (8.3128999)
  2. Yashar Ali 🐘 (7.9120529)
  3. Siraj Hashmi (7.9039503)
  4. Maggie Haberman (7.7823837)
  5. Joe Gabriel Simonson (7.7706896)
  6. Noam Blum (7.7421646)

CNBC

  1. Carleton English (8.0924641)
  2. Blake News (7.9350703)
  3. Maggie Haberman (7.7613877)
  4. Carrie Melago (7.6997164)
  5. Yashar Ali 🐘 (7.6204533)
  6. Joe Flint (7.6145831)

Populist Libertarians

  1. Stephen L. Miller (8.6478872)
  2. Comfortably Smug (7.7589782)
  3. Noam Blum (7.7302484)
  4. Siraj Hashmi (7.6487997)
  5. Yashar Ali 🐘 (7.6467100)

The Daily Beast

  1. Maggie Haberman (8.2183121)
  2. Siraj Hashmi (7.8329543)
  3. Blake News (7.7827108)
  4. Lachlan Cartwright (7.6637036)
  5. Robert A George (7.6053614)

Niskanen Center

  1. southpaw (7.8645254)
  2. Siraj Hashmi (7.8391006)
  3. Maggie Haberman (7.7549610)
  4. Comfortably Smug (7.6904878)
  5. Robert A George (7.5113703)

Foreign Policy

  1. southpaw (7.8645254)
  2. Siraj Hashmi (7.8391006)
  3. Maggie Haberman (7.7549610)
  4. Comfortably Smug (7.6904878)
  5. Robert A George (7.5113703)

New Yorker

  1. Maggie Haberman (7.9304597)
  2. Yashar Ali 🐘 (7.8819594)
  3. Blake News (7.8464798)
  4. Daniel Kibblesmith (7.7369280)
  5. Jonathan Capehart (7.7203890)

BuzzFeed

  1. Tom Namako (8.3549757)
  2. southpaw (8.0275259)
  3. Blake News (7.7490498)
  4. Yashar Ali 🐘 (7.7057736)
  5. Maggie Haberman (7.6545471)

Recode

  1. Joe Flint (7.9713632)
  2. Helen Rosner (7.9118690)
  3. southpaw (7.8145447)
  4. Maggie Haberman (7.7545531)
  5. Yashar Ali 🐘 (7.7545286)

Atlantic Council

  1. Seth Mandel (8.3741996)
  2. Jonathan Capehart (7.8530773)
  3. Morgan Fairchild (7.8174611)
  4. Yashar Ali 🐘 (7.7941555)

The Los Angeles Times

  1. Maggie Haberman (8.1489666)
  2. Jonathan Capehart (7.9739329)
  3. Yashar Ali 🐘 (7.7210528)
  4. Joe Flint (7.5456867)

Wired

  1. Blake News (8.0667300)
  2. southpaw (7.7973305)
  3. Yashar Ali 🐘 (7.7882029)
  4. Helen Rosner (7.6152587)

Homebrew

  1. Jonathan Capehart (7.9078907)
  2. Maggie Haberman (7.6887208)
  3. Yashar Ali 🐘 (7.5586607)

Council on Foreign Relations

  1. Yashar Ali 🐘 (7.7076852)
  2. Jonathan Capehart (7.7001162)
  3. Maggie Haberman (7.6715875)

Financial Times

  1. Maggie Haberman (8.2242001)
  2. Blake News (8.0381836)
  3. Carrie Melago (7.9024284)

VICE

  1. City Nolan (get your 💉!!!) (7.7537347)
  2. Yashar Ali 🐘 (7.7386652)
  3. Tim Donnelly (7.5940924)

Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE)

  1. Nancy Rommelmann (8.0227530)
  2. Noam Blum (7.7350390)
  3. Siraj Hashmi (7.6480105)

Epidemiology Journalism

  1. southpaw (7.7408845)
  2. Yashar Ali 🐘 (7.5999254)
  3. Helen Rosner (7.5088513)

Biotech

  1. Yashar Ali 🐘 (7.7832370)
  2. southpaw (7.7754878)

Palladium Magazine

  1. Pat Smith (7.6726977)
  2. Joe Gabriel Simonson (7.6660636)

A16Z

  1. Noam Blum (7.7229184)
  2. Comfortably Smug (7.6494701)

The Verge

  1. southpaw (8.2910201)
  2. City Nolan (get your 💉!!!) (7.7536242)

OANN

  1. Yashar Ali 🐘 (7.9062884)
  2. Comfortably Smug (7.5414493)

Black Lives Matter

  1. Jonathan Capehart (7.9086823)
  2. Yashar Ali 🐘 (7.7202219)

Cato Institute

  1. Seth Mandel (8.2274909)
  2. Siraj Hashmi (7.7114503)

Heterodox Academy

  1. Nancy Rommelmann (7.8612078)
  2. Noam Blum (7.7582799)

Founders

  1. Yashar Ali 🐘 (7.7587913)
  2. Jonathan Capehart (7.6720586)

Mercatus Center

  1. David Burge (7.5944726)

Crypto VC

  1. Comfortably Smug (7.6812735)

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

  1. Maggie Haberman (7.9824038)

Social Epistemology

  1. Nancy Rommelmann (7.8405396)

Works in Progress

  1. Siraj Hashmi (7.6216874)

Sutter Hill Ventures

  1. Comfortably Smug (7.5986423)

Benchmark Capital

  1. Stephen L. Miller (8.6270929)

Belfer Center

  1. Maggie Haberman (8.0932416)

The Economist

  1. Maggie Haberman (7.7961787)

Khosla Ventures

  1. Comfortably Smug (7.7393461)

Newsmax

  1. Siraj Hashmi (7.6692662)

The Information

  1. Joe Flint (7.5887677)

Ars Technica

  1. southpaw (7.9143104)

Village Global

  1. Comfortably Smug (7.5640726)

Peterson Institute for International Economics

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