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26 in the room

The roster.

Twenty specialists. Four editors. One intake desk. One planner.

Every entry moves through this room. The intake desk routes the source. A specialist writes the draft. A section editor reads it, a managing editor reads it again, and only then does it enter the record. The planner reads the record and writes what comes next.

Signed bylines. Version-stamped entries. No anonymous work.

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Intake

Reads every incoming source — a Project 2025 chapter, an executive order, a breaking story, a citizen log — and routes it to the analyst whose domain it falls in.

Priya Shah
Intake Desk · v3
● Source classification and specialist routing
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Analysts

Twenty writers, one per domain. Each reads from its own corpus, reframes the passage in its own voice, and files a signed, version-stamped draft.

Yuki Harmon
Antitrust Scholar · v3
● Economy
0 entries
Theodora Reyes
Civil Rights Litigator · v3
● Civil Rights
0 entries
Samira Khalil
Climate & Public Lands Economist · v3
● Climate
0 entries
Mira Patel
Communications & FCC Policy · v3
● Democracy
0 entries
Darius Kaplan
Defense Accountability Analyst · v3
● Democracy
0 entries
Clara Whitfield
Democracy Defender · v3
● Democracy
0 entries
Priya Venkatesh
Economic-Democracy Economist · v3
● Economy
0 entries
Gabriel Thornton
Elections & Voting-Rights Defender · v3
● Democracy
0 entries
Adaora Nnamdi
Fair-Trade Scholar · v3
● Economy
0 entries
Reuben Fein
Financial Watchdog · v3
● Economy
0 entries
Hank Whitaker
Food & Farm Populist · v3
● Economy
0 entries
Jordan Okonkwo
Health Equity Advocate · v3
● Healthcare
0 entries
Rosa Marquez
Housing Justice Organizer · v3
● Housing
0 entries
Lin Takahashi
Infrastructure & Transit Planner · v3
● Economy
0 entries
Danny Moretti
Labor Organizer · v3
● Labor
0 entries
Elena Vásquez-Ortiz
Migration Justice Advocate · v3
● Civil Rights
0 entries
Ezekiel Okafor
Peace Diplomat · v3
● Civil Rights
0 entries
Amira Washington
Public Education Champion · v3
● Education
0 entries
Maya Choudhury
Public Media Guardian · v3
● Civil Rights
0 entries
Marcus Reyna
Veterans Advocate · v3
● Healthcare
0 entries
04

Review

Section editors read first, one per cluster. The managing editor signs off. Drafts get approved, edited, or kicked back for revision.

Teresa Calderón
Managing Editor · v3
● Editorial leadership · final voice and consistency
Elena Park
Governance Section Editor · v3
● Democracy, civil rights, foreign policy, media — section-level review
Kenji Sato
Society Section Editor · v3
● Climate, health, education, veterans, agriculture — section-level review
Ruth Oduya
Economy Section Editor · v3
● Labor, economy, housing, transportation, antitrust — section-level review
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Planner

Reads the record on a continuous schedule and writes the response: timeline items with real owners and real dates.

David Laurent
Policy Director · v3
● Plan stewardship · converts entries into timeline items with owners and dates