James Neal @james3neal.bsky.social Civil Servant: Urban explorer | Access/Equity - Libraries - Technology (Views are my own) - jazz, art, literature, film, food ... Geo-politics - Investment
Shia Kapos @shiakapos.bsky.social Politics reporter at POLITICO and author of the Illinois Playbook
Lilly Wachowski @lillywachowski.bsky.social Trans Giantess. 
Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social LA-based investigative journalist covering policing, injustice, and inequality. I create job security for public records custodian’s in California.
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Mayor Brandon Johnson @mayorofchicago.bsky.social Father. Husband. Mayor. Building Chicago into the safest, most affordable big city in America.
Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social Host of Words to Win By, a podcast about progressive wins around the world and how we achieved them. https://wordstowinby-pod.com/
Researcher, message maker, campaign strategist to progressive and Democratic causes here and abroad.
Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears.
Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame.
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
John @localcelebrity.bsky.social he/him Product Strategist. Printmaker. Chicago, comics, & punk rock. Anti-tech-bro tech worker. Privacy wonk. Opinions mine. Millennial cringe. Probably on my bike. Say hi.
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Mayor Wren @www.qweeftown.net i invented dilbert 🏳️⚧️
Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com Chicagoan, climate developer, photographer, creator of @chiwho.bike and @electrifychicago.net | 🌎 viktorkoves.com
Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com My New York Times bestseller: ON COURAGE: HOW TO BE A DISSIDENT IN AN AGE OF FEAR (HarperCollins) tinyurl.com/yxpvn488
NYTimes Opinion Writer | Director, Independent Media program HKS
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Nandini Jammi @nandoodles.checkmyads.org Now: *working on something* / Previously: Co-founder @CheckMyAdsHQ, Your Friendly Neighborhood Watchdog / Co-Founder @slpng_giants
Claire Atkin @catthekin.checkmyads.org Co-founder of Check My Ads, the adtech watchdog. Please send me protopian fiction.
Kate Knibbs @knibbs.bsky.social Live in Chicago, write for Wired, got a great attitude
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Kristofer Goldsmith @krisgoldsmith85.bsky.social Host On Offense Pod. Cohost Find Out Podcast. CEO Task Force Butler + Veterans Fighting Fascism. Research: disinfo+extremism among vets+military (http://vva.org/trollreport). Yes, the Nazi hunter you’ve been looking for. linktr.ee/krisgoldsmith
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 !
dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social Author of THE VIRAL UNDERCLASS & THE OVERSEER CLASS. Once won the Cambridge Union Debate Society. Twice sold out The Strand & programmed film series at BAM. Pulitzer Center Global Reporting Fellow. LitHub essayist, Intercept reporter.
Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com Building Digital Ecosystems at Google.
https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke
He/him.
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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Tad Stoermer @tadstoermer.bsky.social Public Historian, NYT Bestselling Author
A RESISTANCE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES (2026)
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social Romanista. Buy my book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/665171/the-cruelty-is-the-point-by-adam-serwer/
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social independent journalist, thehandbasket.co
email: marisa@thehandbasket.co
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Bolts @boltsmag.org A publication that covers the nuts and bolts of political change: Boltsmag.org
Democracy Fund @democracyfund.bsky.social Democracy Fund is a foundation working to build an inclusive, multiracial democracy that is open, just, resilient, and trustworthy. 
Joe Goldman @joegoldman.bsky.social I run a foundation and work to create a more inclusive democracy. You can learn about what I do at work at www.democracyfund.org, but my posts here only reflect my personal views.
Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social "End Times Fascism" book available now.
Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire.
UBC Professor of Climate Justice.
🔗 https://linktr.ee/naomiklein
Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social Former congressional candidate and journalist trying to change politics for good :) | www.kapow.works/
Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app 
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social Facebook Beef
Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com I report on ICE flights and third-country removals at @prospect.org. Former WaPo (sigh), former flight attendant.
Third-Country Removal Tracker: https://gillianbrockell.com/tracking-all-of-trumps-third-country-removals-that-we-know-of/
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Niko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social Law professor at Harvard (https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/nikolas-bowie/)
Author with Daphna Renan of Supremacy: How Rule by the Court Replaced Government by the People (W.W. Norton 2026) (readsupremacy.com)
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
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Kate Shaw @kateshaw.bsky.social Law prof @Penn, cohost Strict Scrutiny podcast 
Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social Fmr FBI Special Agent, lawyer, @JacksonYale. Tiger(ish) mom. Legal and national security analyst. Editor @just_security. Steam mop influencer. Views mine.
https://asharangappa.substack.com
Jay Willis @jaywillis.net I write about courts, democracy, media, and the raccoon family living in a tree behind my house. Bluesky’s ONLY fantasy football guru. EIC @ballsandstrikes.org, more writing at jaywillis.net.
Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social Co-Founder Momentum Training Institute, IfNotNow, More Perfect Union. Formerly Warren, Justice Democrats, etc. Tottenham until they kill me.
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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max asher miller @maxashermiller.bsky.social ✡️🏳️🌈(🟥🟨🟦)(he/him)
Sandwich artist but for words, TikTok entity, somehow a journalist
Columbia MFA '21
✍️: word detritus left hastily smeared across the web and long-lost print volumes
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Kim Bellware @bellwak.bsky.social Chronically tardy yet somehow…Breaking news + bummer beats, formerly @washingtonpost
Why are you booing me? I’m right.
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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social a very serious journalist | signal: shawn.56
Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social Federal Courts Reporter, @chicago.suntimes.com
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social Editor at large, The Bulwark.
Director, Defending Democracy Together.
Host, Conversations with Bill Kristol.
Never Trump.
cassie willson @cassiewillson.bsky.social girl from internet
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American Demands dot com @americandemands.bsky.social American Demands is a grassroots movement built on the simple truth that Americans deserve better 🗽
americandemands.com
Hands Off Chicago @handsoffchicago.bsky.social Hands Off Chicago is a grassroots effort to oppose military intervention in Chicago. #HandsOffChicago
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social DC. political philosopher at Georgetown, editor at @hammerandhope.bsky.social, rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. #COYS
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social Menominee | Organizer | Co-author of Let This Radicalize You | Hosts Movement Memos podcast | Newsletter: organizingmythoughts.org | More: http://linktr.ee/KellyHayes
Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social Studying, researching History of Science, Technology, and Computing. Video archivist. Earnest poster. Digital Humanities. Cis lesbian. Overly helpful
Warning: high volume of reposts and posts. If I follow you, I won't be offended if you don't follow back.
Brian JM Quinn @bjmquinn.bsky.social Professor @ Boston College Law School (Corporations, M&A, VC, and some corporate history)
Paul Gowder @gowder.io Prof @ Northwestern law, political theorist, cat parent. Black lives matter.
Profile, pubs, etc: https://gowder.io
All my books (rule of law, racial justice, platform governance) are downloadable in free open access pdf @ https://books.gowder.io
Jack Cunningham @jacklcii.bsky.social Community Organizer | politics: anti-billionaire | I’m on Bluesky/Skylight, TikTok and Discord only
Emma Janssen @emmarjanssen.bsky.social Staff writer at The New Republic covering Dems in Congress // Chicago-based // hello, hallo, merhaba, سڵاو!
MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com The fastest growing independent news network in the world. We cover breaking news, politics, law and more. We are unapologetically pro-democracy.
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
Court Accountability Action @courtacctability.bsky.social Fighting Judicial Corruption
Building Toward a Better Democracy
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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social Welcome to Legal AF, as part of the MeidasTouch Network, we curate breaking news stories combined with in-depth analysis and interviews, and package it in an informative yet entertaining way to allow our audience to make sense of it all. 
Aidan Walker @aidanwalker.bsky.social internet meme researcher and historian, sometimes reporter
https://linktr.ee/aidanwalker1
Substack: How To Do Things With Memes, @aidanetcetera TikTok, Insta, YouTubey
Traci Feit Love @tracifeitlove.bsky.social Founder & Executive Director, Lawyers for Good Government (L4GG) and the L4GG Action Fund. Posts here represent my personal views only etc etc
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Kennedy @kennedyactual.bsky.social Attorney | Pro-Democracy
Former policy analyst at the Library of Congress | JD, MS, BA x2 🍊
Our best days are ahead of us
Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social she/her
Book on sheriffs & democracy
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“Women aren’t typically this crazy about politics.”
Jon Hanson @thesituationist.bsky.social Alan A. Stone Professor of Law and Director of Systemic Justice Project, Harvard Law School. https://systemicjustice.org/; https://theflaw.org/; https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/jon-d-hanson/
Kevin Cope @kevinlcope.bsky.social Law Professor & Political Scientist at @uvalaw.bsky.social; working on legal/political decisionmaking, courts, (im)migration, & international law. 🌍⚖️🛂👩🏻⚖️ Jurist-Derived Judicial Ideology Scores: www.judjis.org
Ed Yong is offline @edyong209.bsky.social Writer, journalist. Science, health. Pandemics, animals. Birder, photographer. Many words, some awards. AN IMMENSE WORLD, I CONTAIN MULTITUDES. Married to Liz Neeley, parent to Typo. he/him
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Abhi Goyal @abhigoyal.bsky.social Cities | Democracy | Migration
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Alison Roberts @alisonr129.bsky.social Legal services attorney | NYC at the moment | Philly fan | Cat mom
HLS '22, HSPH '22, W&M '15
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social Truth-Teller | Independent Journalist and Legal Analyst | Trial Lawyer | @katiephang on Substack, Instagram, Threads, & TikTok
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“Though She Be But Little, She Is Fierce”
D Dangaran (they/them) @ddangaran.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Law, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law | constitutional law, family law & civil rights | Co-Chair, National Trans Bar Association | formerly @Rights Behind Bars https://www.rightsbehindbars.org/donate
Rep. Ilhan Omar @repilhan.bsky.social Representing Minnesota's 5th District in the People's House.
US Progressives Deputy Chair.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social Mom, Refugee and Congresswoman for #MN05. Progressive Caucus Deputy Chair. Fighting for a more just world.✨ http://HC.com/IlhanOmar 
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...
Frauke Steffens @fraukesteffens.bsky.social Journalist from Germany in Brooklyn,
Korrespondentin Feuilleton Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, she/her
https://www.faz.net/redaktion/frauke-steffens-19540936.html
Will McConnell @wmcconnell.bsky.social Environmental lawyer, also working on abolishing the death penalty and reforming elections
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Tiara Mack @mackdistrict6.bsky.social Senator for RI District 6. She/Her. Queer🌈 Rugby Player🏉Abortion Fundraiser 💜Protect Trans People ✊🏾🏳️⚧️ Pay a living wage 💵Tenant Rights 🏡
Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social Just asking questions.
Senior Editor, Lawfaremedia.org.
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