Ames Grawert @amescg.bsky.social Senior Counsel at the Brennan Center, working on criminal justice policy and understanding the impact of federal funding cuts. Hopefully building a better world for everyone, especially two little girls. Views my own, dad jokes and sci-fi takes welcome.
Michael Beckel @mjbeckel.bsky.social Director of Money in Politics Reform: @issueonereform.bsky.social. Following money in politics and dark money since 2009. Alum: @opensecrets.org
Nathalie Maréchal, PhD @nathaliemarechal.net Fighting for democracy and human rights in the age of technofascism. She/her. Opinions personal, etc. ❌👑
Amos Toh @amostoh.bsky.social senior counsel, Brennan Center for Justice. interested in all the ways money in tech helps and hurts. he/him, 🇸🇬 in 🇺🇸
Sarah D. Wire @sarahdwire.bsky.social Senior national political correspondent for USA TODAY writing about the intersection of people and politics. Covering U.S. politics without the noise.
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Campaign Finance Research Group of APSA @cfrg-of-apsa.bsky.social We're a research group within the American Political Science Association focused on campaign finance and policy and the role of money in politics. All APSA members can join the CFRG for free on the APSA website. Follow us here for updates.
Zeteo @zeteo.com Unfiltered news. Bold opinions. A new media organization from @mehdirhasan.bsky.social
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social Minnesota guy.
"This particular activist will not stop." Sen. Chris Murphy
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.
@lisadanetz.bsky.social @lisadanetz.bsky.social
Institute for Southern Studies @southernstudies.bsky.social Exposing injustice, strengthening democracy, and building community for change in the South. Publisher of Facing South: https://www.facingsouth.org/
Deja Foxx @dejafoxx.bsky.social Digital Strategist | Repro Rights Advocate | Fmr Congressional Candidate AZ07
Wesleyan Media Project @wesmediaproject.bsky.social The Wesleyan Media Project tracks and analyzes political advertising by federal and gov candidates online and on TV in every media market in the country. Directed by @efranklinfowler.bsky.social, @mikefranz.bsky.social, and @tnridout.bsky.social.
Yes on Prop 1 Seattle @yesonprop1seattle.bsky.social Vote YES on Prop 1 on August 5th to renew Seattle's Democracy Voucher Program! Keep Seattle of, by, and for the people. #YesOnProp1
Kyle Tharp @kylewilsontharp.bsky.social Writer & researcher | Author of Chaotic Era, a newsletter about politics, media, and online influence | 15x ultramarathoner | Subscribe: www.chaoticera.news
G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com i write the data-driven politics newsletter Strength In Numbers: gelliottmorris.com/welcome
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Comics Covers @comicscovers.bsky.social Covers of comics, duh. I do not own this artwork, and I mostly do not own these pictures.
(Avatar: Detail from the cover of Marvel Graphic Novel 2: Michael Moorcock's Elric: The Dreaming City, by P. Craig Russell.)
maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social she/her, views my own
Join the tax fight at Families Over Billionaires: familiesoverbillionaires.org
Comedy writer: Onion, McSweeneys, others.
Currently in bed. Email nice things only: quintmaura@ gmail
Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social Journalist & Pulitzer finalist Historian. Fmr ed, @PoliticoMag & @washingtonian. Author of "Watergate: A New History" and "The Only Plane in the Sky" and other books. garrett.graff AT gmail OR ProtonMail. Subscribe to my newsletter: Doomsdayscenario.co
Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social Senior legal affairs reporter at POLITICO with a focus on democracy, the balance of power and the clash between the Trump administration and courts.
Mike Milov-Cordoba @milov-cordobam.bsky.social Counsel, Judiciary & Democracy Programs, Brennan Center for Justice. State courts, state constitutions, and SCOTUS reform. All opinions are my own.
Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social Author of There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America • Writer in Residence at Duke University briangoldstone.net
Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew.
Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social https://www.youtube.com/@RGoodLaw
Co-editor-in-chief @justsecurity.org. Chaired Prof at NYU Law. Former Chaired Prof Harvard. Former Special Counsel Defense Dept.
https://www.justsecurity.org/author/goodmanryan
Corporate Accountability @stopcorpabuse.bsky.social Corporate Accountability stops transnational corporations from devastating democracy, trampling human rights, and destroying our planet. Join us!
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social A non-partisan, independent news outlet exposing the moneyed interests that control U.S. politics.
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Bolts @boltsmag.org A publication that covers the nuts and bolts of political change: Boltsmag.org
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 🏳️🌈
Center for Reproductive Rights @reprorights.org For 30 years, we have used the power of law to advance reproductive rights as fundamental human rights around the world.
Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com Owner of MSW Media, host of The Daily Beans, UnJustified, and Cleanup on Aisle 45 podcasts. #Leguminati. Veteran. She/Her Substack: muellershewrote.com
Signal: muellershewrote.23
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Marina Pino @marinapino.bsky.social Counsel, Elections & Government Program @brennancenter.bsky.social. Views my own.
Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org We’re organizing against this fascist regime the only way that actually works — with on-the-ground, volunteer-led, communities of people power: https://linktr.ee/indivisibleteam
Pavithra Suryanarayan @pavisuri.bsky.social Associate Professor, Government Department, LSE
Indian politics, state capacity, status politics, historical political economy
www.pavisuri.com
Editor at http://broadstreet.blog
David Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social Prof. National Security and International Relations. Space security, civil-military relations. Cats, science, photography for fun. Providence RI; Oregon at heart! Personal views ONLY; no govt resources used. Assoc Ed @TNSR.org
Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social Writing about law and democracy at The Atlantic, previously Lawfare. Not a lawyer. It's KWIN-ta.
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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!
Anna Grzymala-Busse @annagbusse.bsky.social Professor of political science at Stanford. State formation, religion, political parties, Europe, etc. Amateur electrician.
Vote.org @votedotorg.bsky.social Vote.org uses technology to simplify political engagement, increase voter turnout, and strengthen American democracy.
@maggierayz.bsky.social @maggierayz.bsky.social Global citizen living in Maine. Interested in medicine, politics, and justice. Wish I was one of the funny ones.
Debra Ollin Qwerty @debraollin.bsky.social Associate editorial director at ucsantabarbara.bsky.social, Co-founder of Lum Art Magazine, Board member at Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara. Writing on research, art and ideas.
Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com The young person's guide to conquering (and saving) the world.✨
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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
Erin Geiger Smith @erings.bsky.social Journalist. Author of Thank You for Voting (adult + kids editions) @thankyouforvoting on Insta.
Rebekah Tromble @rebekahtromble.bsky.social Dir. of Global Partnerships, Inst. for Information, the Internet & Democracy, NEU | Union of Concerned Scientists 2024 Defender of Science |
Co-founder: https://researchersupport.org/
https://expertvoicestogether.org/
https://independenttechresearch.org/
Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca Information Ecologist exploring the information environment | Senior Fellow at @carnegieendowment.org and Director of @ieproject.bsky.social | PhD from KCL War Studies | Visiting Researcher @uniofbath.bsky.social | Author of The Information Animal 🇨🇦
Abbie Richards @abbierichards.bsky.social I research and create educational videos about misinformation, propaganda, climate change, and sometimes (unfortunately) AI
Julia Davis @juliadavisnews.bsky.social Columnist @TheDailyBeast, creator of the Russian Media Monitor, sanctioned by Russia.
I watch Russian state TV, so you don't have to.
Author of a book "In Their Own Words: How Russian Propagandists Reveal Putin’s Intentions."
Jane Mayer @janemayer.bsky.social New Yorker writer, author Dark Money, The Dark Side, Strange Justice, Landslide, wife & mom.
Katherine Stewart @katherinestewart.bsky.social Money, Lies, and God & other books
Katherinestewart.me, https://substack.com/@katherinestewartbooks
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Seth Masket @smotus.bsky.social "A very accessible, very interesting, non-bombastic political scientist." -Jonah Goldberg
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Mark Engler @markengler.bsky.social Writer based in Philly, author of This Is An Uprising, co-director of Whirlwind Institute, editorial board at Dissent. He/him. Sign up for new writings at: https://whirlwinddispatches.substack.com/
Ilker Kalin @ilkerkalin.bsky.social Researcher at democracy.umb.sk & Stockholm University Institute for Turkish Studies (SUITS) | Interested in nonviolent resistance, state repression, gender, and military
Ruth Braunstein @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social Sociologist. Religion, culture, politics | Director Meanings of Democracy Lab | 📚 MY TAX DOLLARS, PROPHETS & PATRIOTS, RELIGION & PROGRESSIVE ACTIVISM | 🎧 WHEN THE WOLVES CAME
Farida Bemba Nabourema @faridabemba.bsky.social Writer, Pan-African Activist, Human Rights Defender
Berghof Foundation @berghoffnd.bsky.social We believe violent conflict is not inevitable. We’re an independent, non-profit organisation creating space for peace around the world.
Paolo Gerbaudo @paologerbaudo.bsky.social Senior researcher in Political Science Department, Universidad Complutense, Madrid. Technopolitics, Geopolitics, Political Parties and Public Opinion.
Waging Nonviolence @wagingnonviolence.org Original reporting and analysis on movements for justice around the world. Sign up for our weekly newsletter: https://wagingnonviolence.org/subscribe/
Rubén Campos @rubencampos.eurosky.social South Asia, Democracy & Nonviolent Movements Scholar.
@clubdemadrid.bsky.social Programs Director @rielcano.bsky.social Senior Fellow. Proud father-29 years in love with my wife. https://clubmadrid.org/who/secretariat/campos-ruben/
Empire State Indivisible @esindivisible.bsky.social A grassroots org increasing civic engagement, accountable governance, and passing progressive policies!
Enraged? Engage!
@kareemcrayton.bsky.social @kareemcrayton.bsky.social
Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
Tania Cháidez-Leoncavallo @chaideztania.bsky.social Periodista multimedia, trabajo a favor de la democracia y de la justicia social. Host del podcast A que no te atreves. También mamá.
Accountable Tech @accountabletech.bsky.social Doing what our name says, holding Big Tech accountable. #ReinInBigTech
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Jen Heerwig @drjenh.bsky.social Professor / political sociologist studying money in American politics.
Cristie Wool @lifeofmeri.bsky.social Autistic professor, researcher, and writer exploring the intersection of AI, media studies, and propaganda. Sharing insights to inspire ethical innovation and critical thinking 🇨🇦
Cris Tardaguila @ctardaguila.bsky.social Anti-disinformation journalist and researcher in Washington, DC. Founder of @agencia-lupa.bsky.social (Brazil). Former ICFJ, IFCN/Poynter, revista piauí, O Globo, Folha de S.Paulo. She/her. Portuguese/Spanish/English. Wine and trips. Breaking news ❤️
Iryna Hnatiuk @irhnatiuk.bsky.social Fact-checker at Logically Facts
Focused on geopolitics, health misinformation, and conspiracies
Allie Sinclair @asinclair.bsky.social Assistant Prof of Psychological Sciences, Rice University
🧠 Cognitive neuroscientist/psychologist exploring how we recall the past & predict the future to change behavior
Interventions for health, climate change, & education
https://sinclairlab.rice.edu
Sarah Sobieraj @sobieraj.bsky.social Sociologist @ Tufts University
political culture & communication • digital abuse and harassment • social inequalities • media/society • democracy
Noura Aljizawi @noura.bsky.social Senior Researcher @Citizenlab.ca , UofT
Exploring the dark dimensions of digital power: authoritarianism, transnational repression & disinformation.
Seana Davis @seanadavis.bsky.social Information integrity | Exploring AI Risk Mitigation
Olga Tokariuk @olgatokariuk.bsky.social Academy Associate, Chatham House. Journalist, disinfo researcher, occasionally lecturer, speaker and moderator. Proud Ukrainian, currently in the UK
Olga Belogolova 🌻 @olgs7.bsky.social Director, Emerging Tech Initiative at SAIS; Professor at the Alperovitch Institute on disinformation/influence ops. SAIS & BU alum. Former IO Policy Lead at Meta, former journalist at Atlantic Media.
Tess Owen @tessowen.bsky.social Senior video correspondent for WSJ. Previous: words & reporting in New Yorker, NY Mag, Guardian, WIRED & VICE News etc. Send tips and say hi by email tess.owen@wsj.com, or signal tessowen.77
Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social Social psychologist concerned about inequality, misinformation, conspiracy theories, and online subcultures. Ethical vegan. Often targeted by trolls; Never bothered by them. Views always my own. She/her/doorknob depends who you ask.
Dr Susan Oliver (PhD) @drsusanoliver.bsky.social Scientist who is passionate about correcting misinformation
https://www.youtube.com/backtothescience
Aoife Gallagher @aoifegall.bsky.social Senior analyst at @isdglobal.
Previously, Investigations @ Storyful.
Extremism, conspiracy theories, mis/disinfo
Author of Web Of Lies: The Lure and Danger of Conspiracy Theories.
https://www.dubraybooks.ie/product/web-of-lies-9780717195121
🇮🇪🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
Julia Smirnova @jsmirnova.bsky.social Senior researcher for @cemas.io. Disinfo, extremism, technology. Previously, @isdglobal and journalist writing for @spiegel, @zeit, @welt. Alumna @warstudies
Steph Halmhofer @cultarchaeo.bsky.social 🇨🇦 (BC)Archaeologist & PhD candidate: Brother XII & the Aquarian Foundation | archaeology of conspirituality | landscape archaeology | pseudoarchaeology | far-right pseudo/archaeology (she/her)
https://bonesstonesandbooks.com/publication
Eto Buziashvili @buziashvili.bsky.social Technology & emerging threats | Research Fellow, Atlantic Council. Views my own. 🇺🇦
Noelle Cook @noellecook.com Author of THE CONSPIRACISTS: Women, Extremism, and the Lure of Belonging (Broadleaf Books, 2026) | Associate Producer + Researcher, THE CONSPIRACISTS (2024) noellecook.com
https://linktr.ee/NoelleCook
Lea Frühwirth @leafruehwirth.bsky.social All things digital discourse and its impact on society and politics | Disinformation & Propaganda | Senior Researcher @ CeMAS
Karma2023 @karma2023.bsky.social Michael Protzman aka -48 cult researcher.
Conspiracy theories/QAnon researcher.
makena kelly @makenakelly.bsky.social writing about politics + the internet
formerly: @wired.com, @theverge.com
DMs open, Signal: makenakelly.32
FAQ, Instagram, + everything else at linktr.ee/makenakelly
Cecilie Traberg, PhD @cecilietraberg.bsky.social Cambridge-trained psychologist
AI, influence & digital threats
Assistant Professor at Copenhagen Business School
Mum x 3, advocating for a parent-friendly academia
Allison Neitzel @alineitzelmd.bsky.social whowhatwhy.org/author/allison-neitzel/
Olga Robinson @olgar.bsky.social Assistant Editor, BBC Verify and BBC Monitoring
Hebe Campbell @hebecampbell.bsky.social Video Journalist and Presenter at The Independent. Covering disinformation/social media.
Nelly @nellyp.checkfirst.network Co-founder, COO @checkfirst.network - Information integrity, FIMI, platforms accountability and so on.
also Team ObSINT @obsint.eu 🔍
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
Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social Professor of political science at UW-Madison. Director of Elections Research Center. First gen college grad. Native Ohioan.
barryburden.info
Miriam Seifter @miriamseifter.bsky.social Law Professor at Wisconsin Law; Faculty Co-Director @UWLawDemocracy
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.