Brent Cebul @brentcebul.bsky.social I teach history and write about US politics, cities, and inequality, most recently in ILLUSIONS OF PROGRESS: Business, Poverty, and Liberalism in the American Century (Penn Press, 2023).
G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com i write the data-driven politics newsletter Strength In Numbers: gelliottmorris.com/welcome
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polls/forecasts: @fiftyplusone.news
formerly 538 & The Economist
Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social Author of four books and the CULTURE STUDY newsletter. PhD in celebrity gossip. My dogs are named Steve and Beverly.
Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew.
Gabriel "Jack" Chin 趙健民 @jackchin.bsky.social Edward L. Barrett Jr. Chair & Martin Luther King Jr. Prof. at UC Davis School of law. Immigration, Race and Law, Asian Americans and the Law, Criminal Law and Procedure--all the same. Papers: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=20152
Big John @dcbigjohn.bsky.social Editor in Chief, Gambit Weekly. Formerly BuzzFeed, Roll Call, Nat Journal, Your Mom’s House. John Fetterman bit my style. Basically a DC bama livin in New Orleans
KALX Berkeley @kalxberkeley.bsky.social The 2026 Fundraiser is here April 6-12! UC Berkeley and listener supported radio at 90.7FM and kalx.berkeley.edu.
Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social Writer and editor. Host of the newsletter Porch Party (sign up! porchpartynews.com). Ex @PostOpinions @CNN @BostonGlobe @BloomsburyUSA. Sometime poet & translator. Good eater. Parent. Bostonian by birth, New Yorker by disposition, currently in DC.
Deportation Data Project @deportationdata.bsky.social The Deportation Data Project obtains and analyzes U.S. government immigration enforcement data via public records litigation.
Led by Berkeley Law & UCLA faculty, FOIA litigators
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social I cover infectious diseases for STAT (www.statnews.com). 2020 Polk winner. Nieman '11. She/her. I write about H5N1 (in all species), Covid, polio, flu, Ebola, RSV, mpox, STIs. Send me news tips on Signal: HBranswell.01
Chris Brennan @bychrisbrennan.bsky.social USA Today columnist writing about people, power and politics. Tell me a story: cbrennan@usatodayco.com.
https://www.usatoday.com/staff/72269205007/chris-brennan/
theweatherguy @theweatherguy.bsky.social Glenn F. Schreiber, aka, "theweatherguy". Long time weather forecaster located outside of Philadelphia, PA. Forecasting on the web since 1997. Weekend Weather Forecasts, Storms, Birds — basically things “Up in the Air".
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social Former metro editor at Chicago Tribune and Sunday editor at Chicago Sun-Times. Co-author of 11 books, mostly on history. Writer of the Stop the Presses newsletter at www.stopthepresses.news. Subscribe!
Colleen Chien @colleenchien.bsky.social Law Prof and Co-Director, Berkeley Center for Law and Technology. linktr.ee/colleenchien
Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social New York Times Opinion Columnist. The world, especially the global south, migration, inequality, the human future, queer stuff. Reachable via email or on Signal @lpolgreen.39
Jennifer Urban @jenniferurban.bsky.social Personal account. Law prof @Berkeley Law. Board Chairperson, California Privacy Protection Agency. Statements are solely my own views; reposts/follows/links are not endorsements. Ask me about my clinic students!
Bolts @boltsmag.org A publication that covers the nuts and bolts of political change: Boltsmag.org
David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social NPR media guy
Author, Murdoch’s World
Taniel @taniel.bsky.social Daniel Nichanian. Editor in chief of @boltsmag.org (follow us!). Elections, (local) politics, voting rights, criminal justice, and drag race.
Anna Greenberg @annagreenberg.bsky.social Democratic Pollster @ gqrr.com. Feminist. Mom. Milbank’s wife. Yankee Fan.
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Thoughts of a Dog @dogfeelings.bsky.social Scrappier version of my X counterpart and frienemy
Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social Journalist, professor, dad. Via Sioux City, Colorado Springs, Palo Alto, Rome, Standing Rock, Bologna, Miami Herald, Bloomberg, Salt Lake, Columbia J School.
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Brian Galle @bdgesq.bsky.social Berkeley law prof guy, erstwhile Georgetown, DOJ, & points in between. Mostly boring tax stuff; occasional dollops of nonprofits, law & econ, etc. Could be arguing in my spare time.
John Harwood @johnjharwood.bsky.social journalist. alum: WSJ/NYT/NBC/CNN.
public speaker. requests: https://www.wsb.com/speakers/john-harwood/
advocate of decency in government and elsewhere
Holly Doremus @hollydoremus.bsky.social Environmental law prof and scientist fallen from grace
Dan Rather @thedanrather.bsky.social Journalist, storyteller, and lifelong reader
A Texan by birth and by choice
Catherine Crump @catherinecrump.bsky.social Constitutional lawyer | Berkeley Law prof
Transit Forward Philadelphia @transit4philly.bsky.social A coalition of Philadelphia-based organizations advocating for safe, accessible, and sustainable transit improvements in Southeastern PA. Join us! #FundSEPTA
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Jim Manley @jamespmanley.bsky.social I got lucky and ended up working in the Senate for 21 years, including 2 majority leaders and one of the greatest legislators in the history of that body. So called “democratic strategist”
James Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social This song is for the rats
Philadelphia Phillies @phillies.com Welcome to the official Bluesky account of the Phillies
Jon Steinman @jonsteinman.bsky.social dad, dog walker, Nebraskan
Democracy advocate
*and because time is short, cofounder of workfour.org
Skeets my own
Kathy Blackwell @kathyblackwell.bsky.social Editor at Texas Monthly. Board member, American Short Fiction and Austin Film Society
David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social Executive editor, The American Prospect. Author, Chain of Title and Monopolized. Tips at ddayen-at-prospect-dot-org or Signal at ddayen.90
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social independent journalist, thehandbasket.co
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one dozen rats at a keyboard @panasonicdx4500.bsky.social the rats are union
Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social NYT opinion writer, Slate Money co-host, Dem messaging consultant, former EIC The New York Observer, Dealbreaker founder and Gawker founding editor. Brooklyn via Bama. Rednexican. Striver with no chill.
https://linktr.ee/elizabethspiers
Chabeli Carrazana @chabeli.bsky.social Economy + labor + equity @19thnews | she/her
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Russell Richie 🔰🌐🏗🚲♿🏳️🌈 @drussellmrichie.bsky.social Director of Strategy and Impact at the Progress and Poverty Institute (@pandpinst). Treasurer at 5th Square (@5thsq). he/him. Cancer survivor and ADHD haver.
Blair Braverman @blairbraverman.bsky.social writer and dogsledder, host of story podcast “what to carry, what to burn”
John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social UT Austin journalism professor; former NYT, WP. he/him. Galveston BOI. Born at 314.8 ppm CO2.
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)
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Lyz @lyz.bsky.social Men Yell at Me. I write books.
shamus @shamus.bsky.social Came out swinging from a South Philly basement. Guy who met his wife thanks to Nick Foles. NFL Editorial Manager for @sbnation.bsky.social.
Jason Garcia @jasongarcia.bsky.social Investigative reporter covering corporate influence in Florida. Publisher of Seeking Rents, a newsletter and podcast about state politics. https://jasongarcia.substack.com
Rich Lyons @chancellorlyons.bsky.social Chancellor, UC Berkeley
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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social National politics reporter at semafor.com. Alum: WashPost, Bloomberg, Slate, Reason. Author of “The Show That Never Ends.”
Dave Infante @dinfontay.com reporter covering the beer industry (@vinepair.com), drinking in america (fingers.email), and east end richmond (chlookout.com) | send tips to dave@dinfontay.com, or dinfontay.11 on signal (good tips only, thank you) | more: linktr.ee/dinfontay
James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social Reporter and writer: https://fallows.substack.com/ and https://www.ourtownsfoundation.org/ One-time speechwriter, long-time pilot, longer-time husband of linguist/writer Deborah Fallows. Note same wristwatch in the two photos, more than 50 years apart.
Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social Host of Local News International
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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social Professor of Law, UC Berkeley School of Law.
"[A]cademic and informed commentator."
Main interests, alphabetically: administrative law; federal courts; intellectual property; Internet & telecom. regulation.
Website: http://www.tejasnarechania.net
Julian Davis Mortenson @jdmortenson.bsky.social Early American legal and political history. Presidential power. Probably kidding.
Julia Terruso @jterruso.bsky.social National and Pa. politics reporter at the Philadelphia Inquirer. Philly sports and theater lover.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social policy, $, political economy of race // 70-80s soul, 90s hip hop // #DubNation // proud product of miscegenation // Berkeley prof (formerly: Princeton CSDP, UW)
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
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Julie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social Miami Herald Investigative journalist, author of "Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story." Philly girl trying to make my way in the South Florida wilderness. Temple Owl. Jkbjournalist on Substack.
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Jesse Rothstein @jrothst.bsky.social Economist, public policy wonk, professor at UC Berkeley, faculty director of California Policy Lab & Center for Studies in Higher Education
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/
Katherine Long @klong.bsky.social Investigations reporter at the Wall Street Journal, via Business Insider and The Seattle Times. katherine.long@wsj.com. Send tips on Signal: longka.38
Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social TIPS: Email me at nhannahjones@nytimes.com or send a Signal nhannahjones.67 //Founder Center for Journalism & Democracy at Howard Univ// Staff writer at NYT Mag// Creator #1619Project// History blerd//Smart and Thuggish
Jessica Riedl @jessicabriedl.bsky.social Fellow @Brookings.edu. Past: Manhattan Institute (2017-25) Sen. Portman chief economist (2011-17), budget policy for 4 prez campaigns. Fiercely independent and tribeless. Views mine.🏳️🌈
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social @ksvesq.bsky.social’s husband; father of daughters; prof. @georgetownlaw.bsky.social; #SCOTUS nerd @CNN.com
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social Newsletter editor at MS NOW. Part-time journalism teacher at
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Berkeley Judicial Institute @bji.bsky.social Building bridges between judges and academics and promoting an ethical, resilient, and independent judiciary.
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Robbins Collection Research Center @robbinscollection.bsky.social Official BlueSky of the Robbins Collection Research Center in Religious & Civil Law, preeminent research center and special collections library at UC Berkeley School of Law
Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social Publisher of The Bulwark. Host of the Focus Group Podcast. Co-host, The Next Level. Become a subscriber: http://TheBulwark.com/join
Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social No longer in good standing with the New York State bar
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.
Katie Eyer @katieeyer.bsky.social Rutgers Law Prof writing about equality law, statutes, and the constitution. Academic writing at: http://ssrn.com/author=879928
Elena Chachko @elenachachko.bsky.social Law professor @Berkeley Law. Inaugural Rappaport Fellow @Harvard Law. Writing and teaching about law, geopolitics, administration and technology.
UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Official account for UC Berkeley School of Law. #BerkeleyLaw #LawSchool #GoBears🐻
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social On a mission to save street dogs around the world. You can support here... https://www.happydoggo.com/donate
Alex AG Shapiro @alexagshapiro.bsky.social
Orin Kerr @orinkerr.bsky.social Professor, Stanford Law School.
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution.
Author, The Digital 4th Amendment:
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Julie Parr @parrtar.bsky.social Waiting for the Phillies to join Bluesky.
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social Husband to Renee. Father to Andrew and Eleanor. Grandfather to Winnie and Indy. Founder. Writer. Ad-maker. NYT #1 Bestselling author. Instrument-rated Beechcraft pilot. AgainstAllEnemies.net
Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social Journalist and author. @HoFoCo.org board member.
My newsletter, the Long Game, is about baseball, creativity, and mental health. You can find it here: https://mollyknight.substack.com.
My dog is named Canelo.
Rex Chapman @rexchapman.bsky.social Team game
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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social https://static.macmillan.com/static/holt/robin/
Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social I’m not in James Thurber’s attic any more! right now I’m home yay ! I’m the one who writes this column https://www.theatlantic.com/author/alexandra-petri/ and loves puns
Katie Notopoulos @katienotopoulos.bsky.social Blogger at Business Insider, covering tech, business, culture. knotopoulos@businessinsider.com
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:
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social Historian: White Flight; New Suburban History; Fog of War; One Nation Under God; Fault Lines; Voter Suppression; Myth America. CAMPAIGN TRAILS: campaign-trails.ghost.io
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.
Signal: KenWhite.1969
darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social not the darth u are looking for
gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social Expert provider of lay opinions, and also of Duo push approvals.
Day job: Herman F. Selvin Professor of Law at UC Berkeley Law. Opinions my own, not intended to represent UC's.
Formerly economics professor at Maryland and Arizona