Michael Starr Hopkins is the editor of Burn The Playbook, an independent investigative newsletter focused on accountability gaps in campaign finance, the STOCK Act, lobbying disclosures, and executive enforcement. He is an attorney; a former Democratic speechwriter and communications director; an op-ed columnist for The Hill, The Daily Beast, HuffPost, and The Washington Post; and a political analyst on national cable news.

He served on the Obama 2008 and Clinton 2016 campaigns, was National Press Secretary for John Delaney's 2020 presidential campaign, and most recently served as Communications Director to Representative Joe Morelle. He founded Burn The Playbook to publish the work the legacy desks won't — names named, documents linked, right of reply offered, no comfortable version.