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Darrin Hall @darrinhall15.bsky.social Always Blue. Read banned books.
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Yosi Sergant @a35mmlife.bsky.social i've been known to figure skate on thin ice. cultural strategist & movement entrepreneur. your fear doesnโt scare me. unabashedly anti-golf and fascism alike. 
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Lauren @iamlaurenslater.bsky.social Digital on Capitol Hill | Past: @navigatorsurvey & @buildingback-us | WSU & American University Alum | Passionate about the PNW, housing & harm reduction | Views are my own.
Sam Schmir @samschmir.bsky.social ๐ DC / ME
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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com Host of Coffee With Texas Paul.
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Micah Erfan @micaherfan.com Political Commentator & Law Student. Co-Founder @TheSirenHQ. Advisor @AdamMocklerr. ๐บ๐ธ๐๏ธ
Jon Hutson @jonhutson.bsky.social Writer, dog lover, cat lover, and human rights advocate. My personal takes. Read my stories on race, law, and human rights: https://www.salon.com/writer/jonathan-hutson
Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social Defunct account of Ken White, criminal defense attorney and First Amendment litigator. Co-host of Serious Trouble podcast and writer at The Popehat Report. Opinions here are my own. Decent people fight evil.
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Monica Lewinsky @monicalewinsky.bsky.social yeah, that one.
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social Let's see... 39 years teaching journalism at NYU. A critic who tries to be useful. PressThink: the name of my subject and my site. My book: "What Are Journalists For?" (1999, Yale University Press)
Craig Newmark @craignewmark.bsky.social #nerdpatient0
craigslist founder
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social co-founder of various organizations: Interrupting Criminalization; Survived & Punished; Sojourners for Justice Press; For the People Leftist Library Project, NYC PLAN, etc...
Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social Journalist. Quattrone Center journalism fellow.
Author: Rise of the Warrior Cop.
Co-author: The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist.
New podcast: Collateral Damage
Substack: radleybalko.substack.com
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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org Editor in Chief, @lawfaremedia.org
Senior Fellow, Brookings
Author, #DogShirtDaily
Host, #DogShirtTV
Purveyor of mischief.
Harasser of Russian diplomats worldwide.
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social Rabbi/award-winning author.
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๐ฝLOLGOP๐ฝ @thefarce.org Less estranged from Elon than most of his kids
Escape the algorithm
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social gallows humorist
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Author, Unholy
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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social Journalist, currently at The New York Times. I cover privacy, technology, A.I., and the strange times we live in. Named after the Led Zeppelin song. Author of YOUR FACE BELONGS TO US. (Yes, in my head it will always be All Your Face Are Belong To Us)
Laura Rozen @lkrozen.bsky.social Reporting on foreign policy. Current: https://diplomatic.substack.com Just Security ed board. Al Monitor, Politico, Foreign Policy alum.
Human Rights Watch @hrw.org ๐ ๐ โ
Exposing human rights abuses around the world.
Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social Bestselling author of THE UNDERTOW: Scenes from a Slow Civil War; THE FAMILY, also a Netflix series; C Street; THIS BRILLIANT DARKNESS; & SWEET HEAVEN WHEN I DIE. AI stole them all. Professing @ Dartmouth. That's not my cat.
Michelle Goldberg @michellegoldberg.bsky.social New York Times opinion columnist; MSNOW contributor; author.
Ali Velshi @velshi.com Host of The 11th Hour and Chief Data Reporter at MSNOW
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CREW @citizensforethics.org CREW (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington) fights for the democracy Americans deserve and aims to build a government that is accountable, transparent and ethical.
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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social she/her
Book on sheriffs & democracy
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โWomen arenโt typically this crazy about politics.โ
Ethan Zuckerman @ethanz.bsky.social UMass Amherst, Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure, Global Voices, Berkman Klein Center. Formerly Center for Civic Media, MIT Media Lab. 
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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social Pulitzer-winning investigative journo at New Yorker. Documentaries at HBO. Ex-diplomat. Bad lawyer. Disused phd. Tips: ronan_farrow@newyorker.com.
GLAAD @glaad.bsky.social Accelerating acceptance for LGBTQ people. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org We work to build a United States that is democratic, just, and free โ for all. Visit BrennanCenter.org.
digby @digby56.bsky.social OG blogger at digbysblog.net
columnist for Salon.com 
Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org ๐ Battling techno-fascism with our Internet-savvy blend of attention-grabbing activism and mass mobilization.
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Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social An independent national nonprofit initiative that trains incarcerated writers in the tools of journalism and publishes their stories.
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Kaylan_TX @kaylan.bsky.social Former Republican, chud slayer extraordinaire & frequent shitposter. Iโm not just an ally, Iโm an accomplice! Iโm well aware Iโm not for everyone. Follow me at your own risk. #ReceiptQueen๐งพ๐ธ
Cliff Schecter @cliffschecter.bsky.social Ad Writer, Biden '20; Bestselling Author;
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social Founder, Rakkasan Tea Company โข Dallas Police Oversight Board โข Former Obama guy โข Once a soldier
Dallas, Texas
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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social Words. At Salon: https://www.salon.com/writer/paul_rosenberg
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Melanie DโArrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social Executive Director of Campaign for New York Health, VP Legislation National Organization for Women NYS, LGBTQ+ nonprofit co-founder, and former congressional candidate in NY03
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Frederick Clarkson @fredclarkson.bsky.social Senior Research Analyst at Political Research Associates. Writer about religion & politics for four decades. Author. Editor. Public speaker. Occasional commentator.
Bruce Wilson @brucewilson.bsky.social Studying, writing on, & warning about the Christian Supremacist right since 2004. Before that, in late 90s I warned of global warming. Now, I'm hunkering down to weather the storm, & raising giant isopods in my basement, for fun and profit.
Political Research Associates @praeyesright.bsky.social Political Research Associates. Social justice research and strategy center since 1981. Publishers of The Public Eye magazine
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social Progressive political commentator (print, radio, podcasts) in US for years, now in Canada. I post (A LOT) breaking news + legit info you can use, prone to snark. Bite me, Musk.
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NACDL @nacdl.org The nationโs criminal defense bar association & liberty's last champion since 1958. The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) envisions a society where all accused of crimes receive fair, rational, and humane treatment. linktr.ee/NACDL
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Adele M. Stan @addiestan.bsky.social Artist practicing journalism w/o a license. Longtime chronicler of the American right. Union maid. Plays the ukulele. She/her
Christian Picciolini @cpicciolini.bsky.social ๐บ๐ธ Author of #WhiteAmericanYouth + #BreakingHate. Counter-Extremism SME. Public speaker. Retired firefighter/EMT. Northern Michigan by way of Chicago.
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Wayne @justicedragon.bsky.social Executive Director National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. National trial lawyer and lecturer. Defender of Liberty.
Advocates for Trans Equality (A4TE) @transequality.bsky.social Fighting for legal and political rights of transgender people in America.
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Paul Bland @fpbland.bsky.social Public interest lawyer, music fan, dad/granddad/husband
Shayna Medley @shaynam.bsky.social Gender justice lawyer. Ethereal Bisexual.
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Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com Expert repro journalism that inspires. Home of @AngryBlackLady.blacksky.app Chronicles, Baby Boom! Lawyered and The Fallout ๐ง
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Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social Aggregator of Black Culture. James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies at Duke University. Host of the Webby-nominated Left of Black. Author of several books, including forthcoming SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (on Black Fatherhood).
Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social Lawyer trying to transform public defense. Author of The Price of Mercy ( www.emilygalvinalmanza.com ). Can drive a truck and trailer through places you shouldn't. Personal account, personal opinions.
Center for Racial and Disability Justice @crdjustice.bsky.social Promoting justice for people of color, people with disabilities, and individuals at the intersection of race & disability. Housed at UCLA School of Law. Reposts not endorsements. https://linktr.ee/crdjustice
Diego Alcalรก Laboy @diegoalcalapr.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Law, Afro-Latino, abolicionista, Puerto Rico serรก libre, teaching criminal law and criminal procedure while researching surveillance, law, technology, and decoloniality. Creando un mejor mundo con @amartinez-orabona.
Denise Oliver-Velez @deniseoliver-velez.bsky.social Feminist, Activist, former Young Lords Party & Black Panther Party member, Iyalorisha Yemaya, An editor of Black Kos at Daily Kos. #KamalaHarris
Nicole D. Porter (she/her) @nicoledporter.bsky.social Senior Director of Advocacy @sentencingproject.bsky.social | #Htown ๐ค๐พ๐ค| #LIBERATIONโ๐พplaylist http://rb.gy/6dacdn | Life Member #AKA1908๐๐ ๐
Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org We work to end mass incarceration, excessive punishment, and racial injustice. Led by Bryan Stevenson. Creators of @legacysites.eji.org