Nathaniel Rakich @baseballot.bsky.social Managing editor @votebeat.org. Previously senior editor and senior elections analyst at FiveThirtyEight. Email, don't DM: nrakich at votebeat dot org
Derek Clinger @derekclinger.bsky.social Senior Counsel, State Democracy Research Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Law School | Ohio State alum | Midwesterner
Elections Research Center @electionscenter.bsky.social Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social Nonprofit law firm that safeguards voting rights, fights for fair maps, strengthens democratic institutions, and advances the rule of law through strategic litigation. lawforward.org
Jim Malewitz @jmalewitz.bsky.social Managing editor of @wisconsinwatch.org and amateur old man baseball player. Alum: Bridge Michigan, Texas Tribune, Stateline, Iowa Watch.
Following Vanilla Ice's call to collaborate and listen.
Julie Zebrak @juliezebrak.bsky.social Former DOJ and FinCEN attorney
Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social My Book: Giving Up Is Unforgivable |UALawSchool |MSNOW Legal Analyst |Podcasts #SistersInLaw & Cafe Insider|Obama US Atty |25 year fed'l prosecutor|Wife & Mom of 4|Knits a lot|Civil Discourse newsletter: joycevance.substack.com
Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social Sr. Fellow @ Brookings, Co-founder of Democracy Defenders Action, Executive Chair of Democracy Defenders Fund & Co-Founder of The Contrarian contrarian.substack.com. Posts with "TN" are from Team Norm
Ilan Goldenberg @ilangoldenberg.bsky.social Chief Policy Officer, J Street. Former Mideast Advisor to Vice President Harris and Director of Jewish Outreach on the Harris-Walz campaign.
David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social Husband of C, Dad of J & L, CEO/Editor-The DSR Network, Host-Deep State Radio, Siliconsciousness, other pods, Columnist-The Daily Beast, author of many books, also see my "Need to Know" Substack (djrothkopf.substack.com)
David Litt @davidlitt.bsky.social Former Obama speechwriter. NYT bestselling author. Democracy enthusiast. Professional novice surfer. Cat gentleman. “It’s Only Drowning” out June 24th.
Steve Sheffey @stevesheffey.bsky.social Proud Jewish Democrat | Aspiring guitar player | Mediocre chess player. Sign up for my free newsletter: https://visitor.constantcontact.com/manage/optin?v=001MV7eEgn-X0pYqjI-fd8VmEcubnLKpAV8KnAVUsaVcKT3D2IrhVDLLvv1iLnCfVFjN6bRDPOuycQu0h3ewhdCYA%3D%3D
Amy Spitalnick @amyspitalnick.bsky.social CEO, Jewish Council for Public Affairs (@thejcpa.bsky.social)
Focused on democracy, hate, & extremism.
Previously: sued Nazis & won; Comms Director & Sr Policy Advisor, NY Attorney General
Halie Soifer @haliesoifer.bsky.social CEO of Jewish Democratic Council of America @JewishDems || Former national security advisor to then-Senator @KamalaHarris || Senior policy advisor in Obama admin & national security in Congress.
Mandana Dayani @mandanadayani.bsky.social Entrepreneur | Activist | Speaker | Investor
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sami sage @samisagesays.bsky.social 🏝️out of touch coastal elite
🫶🏼cofounder of Betches Media & Betches News
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🎙️host of Morning Announcements
@jarrodbernstein.bsky.social @jarrodbernstein.bsky.social
Ami Fields-Meyer @fieldsmeyer.com NYT Bestselling Author – ON COURAGE: HOW TO BE A DISSIDENT IN AN AGE OF FEAR (HarperCollins/Mariner) tinyurl.com/yxpvn488
Fmr White House Sr Policy Advisor | Fmr Sr Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
Contact: fieldsmeyer.com
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Talia Benamy @taliabenamy.bsky.social Feminist; liberal Zionist & political activist; beach/nature/travel enthusiast; editor & author
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Joel Rubin @joelmrubin.bsky.social Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State | Foreign Policy Expert | Democratic Strategist | Jewish Activist | Author of The Briefing Book on Substack https://joelrubin.substack.com | https://washingtonstrategygroup.com
Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social Founder and Executive Director @protectdemocracy.org. Former Associate White House Counsel. Tweets my own.
Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social Political scientist, co-host of Words Matter podcast, contributor to The Contrarian
davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com Lawyer, and occasional writer about the law and related matters. Nothing I say here is legal advice.
Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of The Contrarian, Premier League and tennis fan, dog and art lover, democracy defender, and pro-Oxford comma. Book and travel recommendations welcomed.
Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social Law professor & author of BIG DIRTY MONEY and OTHER PEOPLE’S HOUSES
Mimi Rocah @mimirocah1.bsky.social Former Westchester County DA, former SDNY prosecutor, sometimes legal & political commentator, always a proud & devoted mama to two teens & a rescue dog. ⚖️
Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social Senior Editor @lawfaremedia.org. Previously: Obama appointee at DOJ/DHS. Litigator for Speaker Pelosi and Jan. 6 Committee. Yankee Stadium 🌭 vendor. NYC born and bred. Wannabe historian. Dad joker.
Alex גדעון בן װעלװל @jewishwonk.bsky.social Columnist for the Forward. U.S. Foreign Policy and Jewish communal concerns. Bylines in The Atlantic, Washington Post, & Tablet Mag. All bad takes are mine alone.
Danny Miller @danielmilleresq.bsky.social Patriotic American. Lawyer. Co-Founder, Democracy Rising Collaborative. Formerly @democracyforward.org and @renewdemocracy.bsky.social. Views my own.
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Sheila Katz @sheilakatz.bsky.social Feminist Jewish Activist
CEO of National Council of Jewish Women
Mona Charen @monacharen.bsky.social Policy Editor, The Bulwark
Syndicated columnist
Opponent of all forms of illiberalism
Author of four books
David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social Staff writer for the Atlantic. Host of the David Frum Show webcast. Formerly ... quite a lot of things.
Washington DC and Wellington, Ontario.
Reach me via Producer@TheDavidFrumShow.com
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social Democratic political strategist, analyst, commentator. Hopium purveyor. More than 30 years in the fight.
My primary political home is on Substack.
Join me there too - https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/
Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social Host & exec prod, "Talking Feds Pod" and "Talking San Diego." FCA Lawyer. Teach con law at UCSD & UCLA. Senior Fellow USC. Former US Atty, Dep Assis AG. Founding Contributor, The Contrarian
Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com Healthcare data analysis, advocacy & snark.
I also raise money for Dems.
🏥 https://ACASignups.net
🔵 https://Blue26.org
Jill Wine-Banks @jillwine-banks.bsky.social Author The Watergate Girl, co-host #SistersInLaw podcast, host YouTube’s Just The Facts, Legal Analyst MSNBC/NBC, speaker, former GC US Army, DOJ, SG and Deputy AG IL and more!
Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com Presidential appointee in Obama and Biden administrations. Served as United States Public Delegate to United Nations. DNC Lawyers Council Chair. Trial Lawyer. Music & Hockey Fan. Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Democracy, Journalism, and Citizenship.
Andrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com My new book Liar’s Kingdom can be ordered here: https://linktr.ee/LiarsKingdomBook; NYU Law; MSNOW legal analyst & podcast cohost "Main Justice »;
Substack "Behind The Headlines" https://weissmann.substack.com
Offering legal analysis & opinion
Jewish Dems @jewishdems.bsky.social The political home and voice of Jewish voters, advocating for policies and supporting Democrats who share our core values.
https://jewishdems.org/
Democratic Majority For Israel @demmaj4israel.bsky.social The home for pro-Israel Democrats: electing Democrats, supporting Israel, strengthening the United States. Find us across social media: @DemMaj4Israel
Jewish Council for Public Affairs @thejcpa.bsky.social JCPA is the national convener of Jewish coalitions working to build a just and inclusive American democracy.
Bree Grossi Wilde @breewilde.bsky.social Executive Director of State Democracy Research Initiative, @uwlawdemocracy.bsky.social.
Hayley Harding @hayleyharding.bsky.social I write about Michigan and our elections and our voting rights and our democracy for @votebeat.org. Bunnies are Honey and Puff.
Natalia Contreras @nataliaecm.bsky.social Texas elections reporter for Votebeat -- the only US news organization focused on voting access and election administration. Reach me at ncontreras@votebeat.org
Josh Douglas @joshuaadouglas.bsky.social Election law and voting rights professor at the University of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law (views are my own). Associate Dean for Research. The Court v The Voters, published in May 2024! Award winning podcast: Democracy Optimist. Taco lover.
Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social Professor, UCLA Law; Director, http://SafeguardingDemocracyProject.org; 2020 CNN, 2024 NBC/MSNBC Election Law Analyst; electionlawblog.org
Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social @ksvesq.bsky.social’s husband; father of daughters; professor @georgetownlaw.bsky.social; #SCOTUS nerd @CNN.com
Bio: www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/stephen-i-vladeck
"One First" Supreme Court newsletter: stevevladeck.com
Book: tinyurl.com/shadowdocketpb
Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social Michigan Law Prof.
Co-host, Strict Scrutiny Podcast
Author, NYT Bestseller “LAWLESS: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, & Bad Vibes”
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Lawless/Leah-Litman/9781668054628
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social Dartmouth political scientist and Bright Line Watch co-director. Previously Upshot NYT / CJR contributor, Spinsanity co-founder, All the President's Spin co-author.
https://sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/
http://brightlinewatch.org
Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social Senior writer at Slate covering courts and the law. Co-host of the Amicus podcast. Dad.
Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app Words at ballsandstrikes.org, and even more words in The Originalism Trap: How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take It Back
Out now at tinyurl.com/originalismtrap !
Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social Civil rights lawyer; democracy warrior, dedicated to racial justice & equality. Fmr President & Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
Kate Shaw @kateshaw.bsky.social Law prof @Penn, cohost Strict Scrutiny podcast
Quinn Yeargain @yeargain.bsky.social 1855 Professor of the Law of Democracy at Michigan State. Contributor to The Downballot. I teach, write, and post about state constitutional law, institutional development, and criminal law. I write (infrequently) at guaranteedrepublics.substack.com.
Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social Recent candidate for New Jersey's 12th Congressional District. SamForNJ.org.
Neurosciencer, democracy reform studier, plotter of data by hand as first step. At Princeton too. Long-form essays at samwang.substack.com.
Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social Personal account. Personal views. Frank G. Millard Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School & Arlene Susan Kohn Professor of Social Policy, University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy. Former General Counsel, HHS and OMB.
Nate Persily @persily.bsky.social James B. McClatchy Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social Law professor & book author of Corporatocracy, Political Brands & Corporate Citizen; Brennan Center fellow; board of CREW; campaign finance expert. Podcaster of Democracy & Destiny. I’m a lawyer not your lawyer. https://soundcloud.com/profciara #beans
Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social Law prof @ UCLA. I study equality and oligarchy.
Most recent book @ https://anti-oligarchy.com
Justin Levitt @justinlevitt.bsky.social If you're eligible & want to vote, making sure you can, it's meaningful, and it sticks. Pro-democracy, pro-republic. He/his. Loyola law prof, former WH, former DOJ, former Natl Voter Protection Dir, forever NJDevils fan
Travis Crum @traviscrum.bsky.social Treiman Professor of Law, Washington University in St. Louis. Writing and Teaching about Voting Rights and Constitutional Law.
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com Civ pro, fed cts, con law. Also: baseball, charts, trivia. https://tommybennett.com/
Manoj Mate @manojmate.bsky.social Law prof | Constitutional Law, Election Law and Voting Rights, Democracy and Governance, Comparative Con Law. Posts and opinions my own.
David Schleicher @profschleich.bsky.social Professor, Yale Law School.
Jessica Levinson @levinsonjessica.bsky.social Law Prof. Legal analyst for CBS and KCRW (NPR family station). Columnist for MSNBC. Podcast host - Passing Judgment.
Lover of photography and green tea.
High on snark, low on patience.
Corey Brettschneider @democracyprof.bsky.social Poli Sci Prof @Brown JD/PhD
My podcast: The Oath and the Office: https://shorturl.at/H7vGP
My book: The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It: https://shorturl.at/z31fC
Heather Gerken @heathergerken.bsky.social President, @fordfoundation.org
linkedin.com/in/heathergerken
Atiba Ellis @atibaellis.bsky.social Shanker Prof. of Law and at Case Western Reserve Univ. School of Law. Fond of democracy, voting rights, racial justice, and sci-fi.
Nate Ela @nateela.bsky.social Law prof + sociologist thinking and writing about property, land, cities, democracy, sometimes Philly. Posts ≠ speaking for the institution where I work (obvs).
nateela.net | SSRN: bit.ly/ElaSSRN
Abby Wood @yesthatabbywood.bsky.social Law & politics, campaign finance, bureaucracy, transparency. Writing a book about government allocation of risk. Here in my personal capacity.
Chris Seaman @cbseaman.bsky.social Law professor at W&L teaching IP, property, election law and remedies. Husband of @elyons822. Childhood cancer dad.🎗️Pro-public education. All opinions my own.
@tabuelhaj.bsky.social @tabuelhaj.bsky.social
Tom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social Director of Democracy Initiatives at the Brennan Center for Justice. Founder of the Historians Council on the Constitution. By night, I write. My novel SOUND (FSG/Faber) and more: tomtmwolf.com. Views my own.
Yurij Rudensky @yurijrudensky.bsky.social Tinkerer | former: redistricting/representation at Brennan Center and economic justice at Columbia Legal Services | an adjunct’s adjunct | Cascadian | bicycle rider
Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social Senior Counsel, Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law. Redistricting, voting rights, elections. From Texas.
Donald Tobin @dbtobin.bsky.social Tax and election law professor and pup lover.
Can’t Stop Twinkling 💕💚 @proftolson.bsky.social Dean & Carl Mason Franklin Chair in Law @USCGouldLaw. Order my book! https://www.cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/law/us-law/congress-we-trust-enforcing-voting-rights-founding-jim-crow-era?format=PB&isbn=9781009781619
@mk1960.bsky.social @mk1960.bsky.social
@jeffwice.bsky.social @jeffwice.bsky.social Voting Rights & elections attorney, New York Law School professor
Doug Spencer @dougspencer.bsky.social Professor @ Colorado Law / dougspencer.org.- H LarryGarber @haveelections.bsky.social
David H. Gans @davidhgans.bsky.social Director of Civil Rights, Human Rights & Citizenship Program, Constitutional Accountability Center. He/Him. Posts are mine alone.
Scholarly writing: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2051040
Sarah C. Haan @sarahhaan.bsky.social Law prof writing about corporate governance at the intersection of democracy. Shareholder voting rights, corporate elections, First Amendment
Stacie Rosenzweig @ethicking.com Lawyer in MKE. Licensed WI/IL. #ethicking, politics/elections, WeirdLaw, pie. She/her. Posts are personal, not legal advice, maybe attorney advertising. Your favorite lawyer's favorite lawyer AND your least favorite lawyer's favorite lawyer.
David Froomkin @dfroomkin.bsky.social Assistant professor, University of Houston Law Center. I write about democracy and the separation of powers. ssrn.com/author=3062912
Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Law and Politics, Georgetown Law: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/josh-chafetz/
Author, most recently, of _Congress's Constitution_: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300248333/congresss-constitution/
The Election Law Program @electionlawprogram.bsky.social Created in 2005 as a joint venture of the National Center for State Courts and the Law School at the College of William & Mary, the Election Law Program (ELP) seeks to provide practical assistance to judges called upon to resolve difficult election law dis
dscinnyc @dscinnyc.bsky.social Fighting for voting rights, against immigration detention. Also other things.
Kara Karlson @karakarlson.bsky.social Mother. #DisabilityRights. #ElectionLaw attorney. 4th gen Arizonan. #Momvocate
Nina Kohn @ninakohn.bsky.social Distinguished Professor @SyracuseU. Elder Law Scholar with Yale's @SolomonCtrYLS. I write about older adults’ civil rights, including in #LongTermCare, medical & financial #decisionmaking, #voting & #guardianship. Also: legal ethics & #highered.
James Sample @jamessample.bsky.social Law professor. Montanan in NYC. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=792805
Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social Democracy nerd, DC politics guy, public-interest lawyer, Jewish American. Live Free or Die. Views and puns solely my fault; everything else is fedsoc’s fault.
Dan Meek @dmeek.bsky.social Public Interest Attorney in Oregon
Scott Bauer Associated Press @sbauerap.bsky.social Associated Press correspondent covering Wisconsin, politics and music. Not always in that order.
Brennan Center @brennancenter.org We work to build a United States that is democratic, just, and free — for all. Visit BrennanCenter.org.
Center for Democracy & Technology @cdt.org The Center for Democracy & Technology. Shaping technology policy and architecture, with a focus on equity and justice. @cdteu.org for our EU-based team.
https://cdt.org
Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida specializing in American elections
Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social @npr.org correspondent reporting on voting, the census and USPS
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