Bradley Girard @bradleygirard.bsky.social
Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at Stanford | Exploring money in politics, campaigns and elections, ideology, the courts, and inequality | Author of The Judicial Tug of War cup.org/2LEoMrs | https://data4democracy.substack.com
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
Judge Stephen Dillard @judgedillard.bsky.social Presiding Judge and 30th Chief Judge, Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia.
Atlanta, Georgia
Michael Karlik @michaelkarlik.bsky.social Judicial reporter at coloradopolitics.com and gazette.com. Shining a light on the work of our state and federal judges. Plus, full-time bird caretaker.
Der Spekter @derspekter.org Bundist perspectives, original artwork, journalism, and more.
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Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social Reporter for @boltsmag.org covering voting rights, democracy, and criminal justice at the local and state levels. Previously @denverpost.com. Support local journalism.
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Rachel Shelden @rachelshelden.bsky.social Historian of U.S. politics, law, & constitutionalism. Director, Richards Civil War Era Center at Penn State. Book out fall 2026: The Political Supreme Court: A Forgotten History. Preorder: https://a.co/d/05KfbAa4
rachelshelden.com
Adam Carlson @admcrlsn.bsky.social Founding Partner of Zenith Research. Spreadsheets help me relax. Views are my own.
Samuel Moyn @samuelmoyn.bsky.social “Gerontocracy in America” (2026)
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374607647/gerontocracyinamerica/
http://campuspress.yale.edu/samuelmoyn
Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social Democratic nominee for Congress in NY-10. Dad Lander. Love unions, justice, seltzer, and NYC. #FightDontFold
https://linktr.ee/bradlander
Liberalism.org @liberalism.org An online magazine for free and open people. Powered by @theihs.org
Institute for Humane Studies @theihs.org We are building and equipping a network of 10,000+ scholars and leaders to turn the ideas of freedom into outcomes in classrooms, policy, and culture.
Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough. New England then, Minneapolis now, housing and economic justice forever.
Jesse Wegman @jessewegman.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Brennan Center for Justice; Major Questions, a newsletter on Supreme Court reform; NY Times Editorial Board, 2013-2025. "The Lost Founder: James Wilson and the Forgotten Fight for a People’s Constitution" (Celadon, forthcoming June 2026)
Center for an Urban Future @nycfuture.bsky.social NYC-based think tank focused on creating a stronger & more inclusive economy in New York City, and expanding economic mobility for all New Yorkers.
Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social History person, Army officer, transplanted Buckeye, not really that angry anymore. Writes stuff. Some Star Wars. Refugee from Twitter. Views do not reflect or represent the DoD's. He/him/his. angrystaffofficer.com
Reid Wilson @reidwilson.bsky.social Founder and editor, Pluribus News / GM of Enterprise News, State Affairs
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Aaron Ross Powell @aaronrosspowell.com Senior Director of Liberal Projects at @theihs.org, where I lead @Liberalism.org and host The Liberalism.org Show. Views my own. ☸️
Co-host of the Inner Life of Liberalism with @uncanonical.net
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Lucien Ferguson @lucienferguson.bsky.social Lawyer & political theorist writing on social mobility and multiracial democracy • Assistant Prof. @chicagokentlaw.bsky.social • Con Law (state and federal), Local Gov, Labor & Property
Hardy Merriman @hardymerriman.bsky.social Independent consultant focused on nonviolent civil resistance, human rights, democracy, and countering political violence.
Formerly led the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC).
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Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social Jorts the cat.
Jean helps me.
Noah Chauvin @noahchauvin.bsky.social Associate Professor of Law at the University of Oklahoma College of Law. Studies free speech, surveillance, and the production of legal scholarship.
California Racial Justice Act @californiarja.bsky.social This account is dedicated to advancing awareness, understanding, and application of the California Racial Justice Act by tracking how courts across the state interpret and apply this transformative law.
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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social Artist. Author of NY Times bestseller HERE WHERE WE LIVE IS OUR COUNTRY: STORY OF THE JEWISH BUND
my book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646320/here-where-we-live-is-our-country-by-molly-crabapple/
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social Your Jeopardy! pal. Author of THE COMPLETE KENNECTIONS (http://bit.ly/4qUcbhK) and a bunch of other stuff.
All Rise News @allrisenews.com Fearless journalism about the law, your rights, and your powers to effect change in the Trump era. By Adam Klasfeld
NYC Policy Forum @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social A new research & publishing network dedicated to governance in NYC. Subscribe to our substack https://nycpolicyforum.substack.com/
Sam Breidbart @sam-breidbart.bsky.social thinking about law and history at the Brennan Center; formerly working in NYC gov
Tanvi Misra @tanvi.bsky.social writer +/ journo covering migration, cities, justice etc. words in The Nation, Politico Mag, The Baffler, The Nation, The New Republic, etc. teaching @ CUNY’s Newmark School of Journalism. tanvim.05 on signal. Tanvim27 on insta.
Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social Skeet about markets and political corruption
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Seyward Darby @seywarddarby.bsky.social Editor in Chief, The Atavist Magazine (@atavist.com) • Contributing Editor, Longreads • Author, Sisters in Hate: American Women on the Frontlines of White Nationalism • May I please pet your dog? • www.seywarddarby.com
The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com Data, charts, analysis and games from The New York Times: nytimes.com/upshot
Joshua Citarella @joshuacitarella.bsky.social Artist and internet culture writer. https://joshuacitarella.substack.com
Stephen Caruso @stephenjcaruso.bsky.social Pennsylvania Capitol Reporter for Spotlight PA | Yankee Fan | Die Gedanken Sind Frei | scaruso[at]spotlightpa[dot]org
James Comey @jamescomey.bsky.social Author of legal thrillers. Husband, father, grandfather. Lawyer, teacher, public speaker. Taller and funnier in person.
Isaac Chotiner @ichotiner.bsky.social New Yorker staff writer and Houston Rockets fan.
Owen Winter @owenwntr.bsky.social Covering politics, elections and data at The Economist
Jack Goldsmith @jacklgoldsmith.bsky.social Prof Harvard Law School, Co-founder of Lawfare, Non-res. sr. fellow at AEI; executivefunctions.substack. Opinions mine alone. Likes ≠ agree; = save to read. https://jackgoldsmith.org/
Ben Rothenberg @benrothenberg.bsky.social Please do check out my tennis writing, BOUNCES, at benrothenberg.com
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
Marcelius Braxton @marceliusb.bsky.social "Mar" "Sell" Us". Director, Center for Social Change, Associate Teaching Prof (Africana Studies/Philosophy), Adjunct Law Professor, ABD in Educ. Doctorate. Former Law School Dean of Students, K-12 DEI admin, and cultural center director. *Views are my own*
Michael Waldman @mawaldman.bsky.social President & CEO, @BrennanCenter. Author, The Supermajority, The Fight to Vote, etc. etc. Ex-speechwriter.
@wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social
Barton Gellman @bartongellman.bsky.social @BrennanCenter | ex Atlantic, WaPo | Author, Angler & Dark Mirror | bartongellman.com/contact
Rachel Levinson-Waldman @rlevinsonwaldman.bsky.social Director, Liberty & National Security Program, Brennan Center for Justice. Raised in Austin TX; in DC for last 20+ years; MA/WA/IL/CA/NZ in between. Owner of extremely cute dog.
Spencer Reynolds @sreynolds.bsky.social National security law and policy, NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
Former intelligence and counterterrorism lawyer, US Department of Homeland Security. Former Brennan Center. Views my own, rarely the government's.
>> Signal: sreynolds.16
Emile Ayoub @emileayoub.bsky.social Senior Counsel at the Brennan Center | Lakers enthusiast | LA raised, NY based, 🇱🇧 heritage | views my own
Mireya (Mia) Navarro @mireyawrites.bsky.social I'm a writer and editor, NYT alum, democracy advocate and theatergoer in New York City. Author of "Stepdog." Hablo español.
Dr. Chelsea N. Jones @cnicolejones.bsky.social Voting Rights Researcher & Advocate | Storyteller with Data | Lecturer & Educator
hellodrjones.com
Mike German @rethinkintel.bsky.social Author: "Policing White Supremacy,” "Disrupt, Discredit, and Divide," "Thinking Like a Terrorist." Co-writer of "Imperium." Former FBI Special Agent, turned civil rights advocate. Re-posts are not endorsements.
Larry Norden @larrynorden.bsky.social
Liza Goitein @lizagoitein.bsky.social Senior Director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, reformed oboist and whitewater kayaker, mom of teenage twins. Opinions are my own.
Marina Pino @marinapino.bsky.social Counsel, Elections & Government Program @brennancenter.bsky.social. Views my own.
Eric Petry @eepetry.bsky.social Counsel in the Elections and Government Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, working to address money in politics and public corruption. Opinions my own.
Katherine Yon Ebright @ebrightyon.bsky.social Lawyer focusing on constitutional war powers at the Brennan Center for Justice. Views my own.
Joanna Zdanys @joannazdanys.bsky.social Deputy Director, Elections and Government, Brennan Center for Justice. Adjunct professor of clinical law @ NYU Law. Views my own, reposts aren’t endorsements.
Ivey Dyson @iveydyson.bsky.social she/elle/هي | counsel @brennancenter.bsky.social | frmr
@ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social | proud Okie and meme connoisseur
@kareemcrayton.bsky.social @kareemcrayton.bsky.social
Margy O’Herron @margyoh.bsky.social Immigration Law and Policy Expert | Senior Fellow, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU | Migration and Human Rights Fellow, Cornell Law School | Former Biden Administration Domestic Policy Council | Former Department of Justice
Margaret Sullivan @sulliview.bsky.social Columnist at GuardianUS. Author of NEWSROOM CONFIDENTIAL and GHOSTING THE NEWS. (Join me at ‘American Crisis’ on Substack: https://substack.com/@sulliview?r=1yc91&utm_medium=ios)
Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social Personal Account. Carol Kakalec Kohn Professor of Social Policy. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. I ❤️ surveys. I 😖Administrative Burden. My views do not represent the views of my lovely employer!
@marcusagadson.bsky.social @marcusagadson.bsky.social
Keep Our Republic @keepourrepublic.bsky.social At the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, Benjamin Franklin was asked by a passerby about what kind of political system we would have, and he reportedly replied: “A Republic, if we can keep it.”
We pledge to keep it.
Salt Law Org @saltlaworg.bsky.social A community of progressive law teachers working for Justice, diversity, and academic excellence.
G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com i write the data-driven politics newsletter Strength In Numbers: gelliottmorris.com/welcome
pollster: https://wavepolling.com
book: wwnorton.com/books/Strength-in-Numbers
polls/forecasts: @fiftyplusone.news
formerly 538 & The Economist
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
USA Disappeared Tracker @disappearedtracker.bsky.social Alt-Account of @cripdyke.bsky.social
Tracking persons politically arrested, detained, or disappeared by the Trump regime since March 9, 2025.
Democracy Defenders Action @democracydefendersaction.org Democracy Defenders Action brings together a bipartisan, all-star team of experts to fight autocracy, protect the constitution and safeguard American democracy. https://linktr.ee/DemocracyDefendersAction
Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social Political correspondent @zeteo.com
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Andrew Tobias @andrewjtobias.bsky.social #CLE fan. Lifelong Ohioan. Politics reporter. UFO believer. Lowkey exerciser. Slow runner. Daddy x2. “Total soy boy." Average man. andrew@signalohio.org Signal:andrewjtobias.77
https://signalohio.org/statesignals/
Alt18F @alt18f.bsky.social Delivered effective, efficient, and secure digital services for the American people until we were forced to stop on March 1, 2025. Not an official government account. Reposts are not endorsements. Our new website: https://18f.org/ #AltGov
PSLF Defense @pslfdefense.bsky.social We are a group of public servants including lawyers, educators, healthcare workers, first responders, government employees, military, and nonprofit workers relying on and seeking to defend Public Service Loan Forgiveness. https://discord.gg/Jm2Nzkum.
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social National voting rights correspondent Mother Jones. Author of Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People—and the Fight to Resist It and Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America https://www.aribermanauthor.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.
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
Stephen Spaulding @stevespaulding.bsky.social Brennan Center at NYU Law | Used-to-be: Policy Director for Senator Amy Klobuchar + the Senate Rules Committee | VP @ Common Cause | Sr. Counsel to Representative Zoe Lofgren + House Admin Committee Dems | Special Counsel at the FEC | opinions are my own 🏳️🌈
Trevor Potter @thetrevorpotter.bsky.social Campaign Finance & Election Law Expert, Former Commissioner & Chairman of Federal Election Commission, Attorney and President @campaignlegal.org / campaignlegal.org
Neil Abrams @readthedetox.com Authoritarianism, corruption, rule of law, Eastern Europe, Ukraine, Russia. Words in WaPo, Slate, Foreign Policy. PhD, political science. He/him.
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The LPE Project @lpeproject.bsky.social Legal scholars, students, & practitioners working to expose & transform law's role in the perpetuation of economic, racial, & gender inequality. & check out our Blog: @lpeblog.bsky.social
Corinne Blalock @corinneblalock.bsky.social currently @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social & a fellow & lecturer at HLS | previously ED of @lpeproject.bsky.social | always @lpenyc.bsky.social & @lpeblog.bsky.social | critical theory & high-fructose corn syrup | opinions are mine alone
Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social I’m an editor at WIRED and have previously written and edited for a number of places. Timothy_marchman@wired.com. Signal me at timmarchman.01. I periodically delete all my posts.
Billy Corriher @billycorriher.bsky.social author of Justice for the People, The Anita Earls Story. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H6KQZ9P3
state courts @peoplesparity.bsky.social @pppaction.bsky.social
ISMA @ismapolicy.bsky.social Institute for the Study of Modern Authoritarianism, a think tank committed to opposing the worldwide slide into illiberalism. Publisher of @theunpopulist.net.
https://www.ismaglobal.org
The UnPopulist @theunpopulist.net Defending liberal democracy against authoritarianism in the U.S. and around the world.
https://www.theunpopulist.net
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social DC. political philosopher at Georgetown, editor at @hammerandhope.bsky.social, rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. #COYS
Rob Yablon @robyablon.bsky.social Wisconsin Law Prof; Faculty Co-Director, State Democracy Research Initiative
Leonore (Lee) Carpenter @leecarpenter.bsky.social Rutgers Law prof. Into democracy, dogs, and cheese. Knows about LGBTQ+ rights, public interest lawyering, legal ethics, state constitutions, LRW. Too insubordinate for autocracy. 🏳️🌈
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1120939
Ellie Margolis @elliemargolis.bsky.social Law professor @TempleLaw, suburban gardener, avid reader. Happy to nerd out about legal writing anytime.
Chad Oldfather @oldfatherc.bsky.social Marquette lawprof / State & fed con law, judicial process / Deeply Minnesotan / Out now: Judges, Judging, & Judgment (Cambridge U Press 2025) / Soon: Originalism, Methodolatry, and the Only Guarantee of Wisdom (Fla. L. Rev.)
Carissa Byrne Hessick @cbhessick.bsky.social Criminal law professor at the University of North Carolina
Director of the Prosecutors and Politics Project
Author of Punishment Without Trial: Why Plea Bargaining is a Bad Deal
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.
Jason P. Steed @profsteed.bsky.social was @5thCircAppeals at The Bad Place • former English Prof & practicing appellate lawyer, now Assist Law Prof @ UToledo Law • he/him • all the disclaimers
Jake Faleschini @jakefaleschini.bsky.social Adding justice and equality to the judiciary one judge at a time. Dad & husband. YIMBY and former DC elected. Making good trouble @AFJustice. @WeDemandJustice @Amprog @ACSLaw & @NewYorkStateAG alum. He/his views only.
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
Signal: radleybalko.52
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.
Michael Smith @msmith750.bsky.social Associate professor of law at University of Oklahoma College of Law. Researching constitutional law, criminal law, and legal oddities.
https://law.ou.edu/node/716
State Democracy Research Initiative @uwlawdemocracy.bsky.social Research hub at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Shining a spotlight on democracy, government, and public law in states across the USA.
@alittlestoneluria.bsky.social @alittlestoneluria.bsky.social
Alex Alsup @zugislander.bsky.social Parcels & property taxes. Research & Development at Regrid.com
Substack: http://detroit.substack.com