Whitney Bryen @wbryen.bsky.social Journalist covering criminal justice and vulnerable populations at InvestigateWest. Holding power to account and lifting marginalized voices. Idaho-based. Open to stories anywhere in the PNW. Send tips to whitney@invw.org.
Prison Flow Project @prisonflowproject.org https://prisonflowproject.org/
The official account of the Prison Flow Project: Providing information, period.
@investigatewest.bsky.social @investigatewest.bsky.social As a nonprofit, collaborative newsroom, InvestigateWest’s mission is to produce high-impact journalism that holds power accountable, exposes injustice and empowers underserved communities across the Pacific Northwest: https://www.investigatewest.org/
Democratic Socialists of America @demsocialists.bsky.social Democratic Socialists of America is the largest and fastest growing socialist organization in the USA. 🌹 Posts are not official statements.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social Justice Correspondent for The Nation Magazine. Author of Allow Me to Retort and Bad Law.
Class: PLD. Alignment: Neutral Good
Str:12 Dex:8 Con:15 Int:13 Wis:10 Char:14 Author: Allow Me To Retort
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/
Signal: gbrockell.44
Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social investigative reporter covering immigration, labor and more for @propublica.org
signal: nicolefoy.27
The Idaho 97 @theidaho97.bsky.social Still fighting extremism, from Idaho to Washington, D.C.
Carolyn Komatsoulis @komatsoulis.bsky.social Boise/Latino affairs reporter for the Idaho Statesman. Aspiring 🐕 owner. My name is pronounced comet-sue-lis.
Marc A. Levin @marclevin.bsky.social Chief Policy Counsel, Council on Criminal Justice. Advancing public safety, individual liberty, and equal justice for all.
Kevin Richert @kevinrichert.bsky.social Senior reporter, Idaho Education News. Avid, slow and stubborn runner. Eclectic music fanatic. Fervent fan of mediocre sports teams.
Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social Sports editor @thenation Edge of Sports TV at http://youtube.com/therealnews Host of the Edge of Sports Podcast. Co-host of WPFW's The Collision.
Eija Sumner @eijasumner.bsky.social Children’s Author | Idahoan | AABB | Hamline MFAC
The Good Little Mermaid’s Guide to Bedtime🧜♀️😡
Crocodile Hungry 🐊🦩😭
Cats, eels, books, etc.
www.eijasumner.com
Christina Lords @christinalords.bsky.social Lover of cheeseburgers, Diet Coke and all cuddly/fuzzy/go woof things. Editor-in-chief of IdahoCapitalSun.com. UI alumna. Excel advocate.
The Inlander @inlander.com Published every Thursday, the Inlander is available free at more than 1,000 locations throughout the Inland Northwest.
Inlander.com
Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com It’s our city. Let’s build it up. 🚰 🌹🧦 🏗️🔰🚊
🔗 anthonyegill.bsky.social
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social Director of Digital Strategy @demcastusa
I taught rhetoric. Now I use it to fight fascism.
English Prof-in-protest
Always Get In Good Trouble
Eve L. Ewing @eveewing.bsky.social I’m a Chicagoan and a prof and I write a lot of things like books [Original Sins, Electric Arches, 1919, Ghosts in the Schoolyard, Maya and the Robot] and comics [X-Men, Black Panther, Ironheart] and more + I love my dog so so much
Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social Immigration historian (PhD) and Director for the Americas and Europe at Refugees International. Mom of teens. Raging at the dying of the light. Views my own.
ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social I turn Art into Sports (and vice versa) | NO AI USED | “Everything I didn't know I needed" - follower testimonial
alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social founder, Civil Rights Corps
civil rights lawyer
author of usual cruelty (2019) and
copaganda (2025)
any views expressed here are my own, and not those of civil rights corps
Jim Leighty @jdleighty.bsky.social Open record, police accountability, justice advocate. Executive Director of Citizen Nine26. Our judicial system needs an overhaul.
My collection of public records: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1rNLNK6sfQArkPrDkfzWaH9ZnVwpzMlCz
Personal account.
Tiffani Deems @tiffanideems.bsky.social she/her. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Boise, Idaho
I like long walks in the forest. I have a kid and three cats. abortion is healthcare. I work in politics. D&D, cocktails, movies, music, books.
Chinga La Migra.
Statements and opinions are my own.
Wilson Criscione @wilsonc.bsky.social Investigative editor at InvestigateWest
Sam Sandmire @samsandmire.bsky.social Nature lover, social justice advocate, grateful for family, friends & the great outdoors.
Data Against Fascism @dataagainstfascism.bsky.social Home of USA Disappeared Tracker (https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/danielleharlow/viz/UnitedStatesDisappearedTracker/Map) and ICE Flights Tracker. To submit a person anonymously: https://tips.hushline.app/to/DisappearedTracker
La Resistencia @laresistencianw.bsky.social Grassroots, undocumented-led movement that works to end the detention of immigrants and stop all deportations.
https://linktr.ee/laresistencianw
Aaron Hedge @aaronhedge.bsky.social Covering the apocalypse for local readers in the INW. MSES, MFA. Pretty scrappy. Shill fr serpents, roaches. & the devil. Soul Sk8r. Signal: 509 957 6539. Luv tips.
Dr. LB Logic @lblogic.bsky.social Higher Ed professor, CJ researcher-former practitioner, policing-prosecution response to IPV, CJ education, CJ policy, The West Wing wingnut, Northern Minnesotan living in the Wild West of Idaho, 🎵 lover, opinions are my own & no one else’s.
@idaho50501.bsky.social @idaho50501.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/ID50501Boise
Ritchie Eppink Ⓥ @eppink.org Lawyer anchored in the communities and movements around me. Friend to the poor and oppressed. Co-founder https://wrest.coop
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#vegan #bikecommuter #linux #foss #lawyer #boise #idaho
Leslie Mac @lesliemac.com Digital Strategist
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Abolitionist
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social Border and Rule (2021) & Undoing Border Imperialism (2013).
Sikh. Inquilab. (she/her). Hard on issues, soft on people. Antidote to despair is collective struggle.
New here - mostly find me IRL organizing, in internationalist collectives & networks.
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
@reclaimidaho.bsky.social @reclaimidaho.bsky.social 
Idaho Capital Sun @idahocapitalsun.com Accountability reporting for the 208’s political landscape. We aim to tell untold stories and provide data, context and analysis on the issues that matter most at IdahoCapitalSun.com. Sign up for our free newsletter: https://idahocapitalsun.com/subscribe/.
Idaho Reports @handle.invalid The longest-running public policy show in the West, Idaho Reports turns a spotlight on the important issues affecting all Idahoans. Stream episodes in the @pbs.org app and visit IdahoReports.org for more. #idleg #idpol
Mike Rogers @tentonheart.bsky.social Jewelry designer/goldsmith • Artist • Musician • Blue Sky (W)elder • Boise
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Kyle Pfannenstiel @pfannyyy.bsky.social Health and politics reporter for the Idaho Capital Sun.
Fawn-in-steel. U of I alum. Always mustachioed. He/him.
Tips: kpfann@idahocapitalsun.com.
Truthout @truthout.org Independent reporting and commentary on a diverse range of social justice issues.
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Silky Shah @silkys13.bsky.social executive director, Detention Watch Network, author Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition (Haymarket Books, 2024), from Texas, views my own
book info/events: https://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/unbuild-walls
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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Lauren Gill @laurengill.bsky.social writing about criminal justice and voting rights
@bolts.bsky.social
lgill@boltsmag.org. Signal: lgill.52
Bolts @boltsmag.org A publication that covers the nuts and bolts of political change: Boltsmag.org
ACLU of Idaho @acluidaho.bsky.social The ACLU of Idaho is a nonprofit organization founded to defend & preserve the individual liberties guaranteed to all by the U.S. Constitution & Bill of Rights.
Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social Host of the Fast politics podcast, contributing Writer at The New York Times opinion and MSNBC. Subscribe to fast politics YouTube channel
Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social Reporter lady @ms.now
Signal username: brandyzadrozny.53
Email from a non-work account: brandy.zadrozny@ms.now
Taniel @taniel.bsky.social Daniel Nichanian. Editor in chief of @boltsmag.org (follow us!). Elections, (local) politics, voting rights, criminal justice, and drag race.
Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social Nearly 20 years in court as a law-talking guy for plaintiffs, now a mix of stuff. Posts too much about politics.
email max@kennerlylaw.com
Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social Lois Lane for the courts and broken tigger
Slate, Amicus, MSNBC, NYT bestseller Lady Justice
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
Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social inside fishsticks outside tarter sauce
Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com @nbcnews.com Senior Justice reporter, ebike guy.
Read my stuff: http://ryanjreilly.com/
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org Straight-shooting information and analysis at the intersection of national security, law, and policy.
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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 !
Olayemi Olurin-Boleware @olurinatti.bsky.social ⚖️ Lawyer, Writer & Creator
🏆 Webby-Nominated
📺 The Olurinattiverse:
Olurinatti | OlurinattiPOP | OlurinattiBITES | OlurinattiPOLITICS | OlurinattiExtras | Olay & Chill
max tani @maxtani.bsky.social media reporter @semafor
John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social Professor at Fordham Law. Prisons and criminal justice quant. I'm not contrarian, the data are. Author of Locked In. New stuff at johnfpfaff.com.
Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social she/her
Book on sheriffs & democracy
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/707263/the-highest-law-in-the-land-by-jessica-pishko/
Repped by @rhaliterary
DM for Signal or email jesspish@gmail.com
“Women aren’t typically this crazy about politics.”
Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social Appellate lawyer at Wright, Close & Barger in Houston, with a Fifth Circuit and TX appellate practice. So-called Dean, #appellatetwitter. Host of The Appellate Wanderer podcast
dan solomon @dansolomon.com senior writer at Texas Monthly. wrote the YA novel The Fight For Midnight (it’s about abortion bans). dogs love me cuz i’m crazy sniffable. he/him
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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Meg O'Connor @megoconnor.bsky.social Writer. Most recently I covered cops and prosecutors for
@theappeal.org. Huge fan of hiking and baking 🍪 megoconnor.com
Kate Cagle @katecagle.bsky.social Los Angeles news, politics, corruption and deputy gangs | Journalist | Anchor Spectrum News 1 | mostly vegetarian 🌱 
Christopher Hooks @hooks.bsky.social Journalist. Let me explain something to you, Walsh. This business requires a certain amount of finesse.
christopherdhooks@gmail.com
Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social Media reporter at The New York Times. Signal: benmullin.13
Seamus Hughes @seamushughes.bsky.social I read a lot of court records because I like a good story. Won a Pulitzer a couple times. “A well-known PACER watcher” - Justice Department
CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social Jeopardizing the good order and security of institutions for Reason Magazine. I report on prisons, policing, and civil liberties. Based in the fabulous Florida Keys.
Email: cj@reason.com, cj.ciaramella@protonmail.com.
Signal: cjciaramella.68
pdx law grrrl @pdxlawgrrrl.bsky.social Attorney. Posting about criminal legal issues, immigration, and protests.
@pdxlawgrrrl on all platforms: https://linktr.ee/pdxlawgrrrl
Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social Guardian senior reporter, based in Los Angeles. Sam.Levin@theguardian [dot] com. https://www.theguardian.com/profile/sam-levin
Jessica Schulberg @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social former senior reporter at HuffPost covering prisons/jails/courts • WGAE Councilmember • jess.schulberg@protonmail.com • Signal: jessicaschulberg.01
Jordan Smith @jordansmith.bsky.social Award-winning investigative reporter. H-E-B fanatic. Murderville pod co-host. Opinions all mine.
KCMO + ATX
Sewell Chan @sewell.bsky.social Journalist
Tyler Kingkade @tktk.bsky.social NBC News National Enterprise Reporter. Currently covering education and tech. Iowa raised, Los Angeles living. Bad at social media, good at petting animals.
Signal: tylerkingkadenbc.20
tyler.kingkade[at]nbcuni.com
https://www.tylerkingkade.com/
Molly Crane-Newman @mollycranenewman.bsky.social SDNY and NYSS courts reporter, New York Daily News. Irishwoman. https://mollycranenewman.com/About
Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com NBC News senior reporter | Author of THEY CAME FOR THE SCHOOLS | Co-creator of SOUTHLAKE & GRAPEVINE podcasts | Retired t-ball coach
www.mikehixenbaugh.com
Michael Barajas @michaelbarajas.bsky.social managing editor boltsmag.org, mbarajas@boltsmag.org
Caitlin Cruz @caitlinrcruz.bsky.social Reporter. WGAE. Atlanta now, Texas forever 🏳️🌈 caitlinrcruz@protonmail.org
Billy Binion @billybinion.bsky.social Journalist. Criminal justice & government accountability. Yes, this is my real name.
Sergio olmos @sergioolmos.bsky.social Investigative reporter @CalMatters | Winner of no awards | sergio@calmatters.org | dm for Signal | 🇲🇽
Lois Beckett @loisbeckett.bsky.social Guardian reporter in Los Angeles.
Lois.Beckett@theguardian.com
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/lois-beckett
Jack Herrera @jherrerx.bsky.social Freelance reporter, un tipo chido
I cover the border and other bad news. I write about how changing demography impacts individual lives, in particular in Latino communities.
Work in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Texas Monthly 
Candice Bernd @candicequestions.com Special Investigative Correspondent covering climate & movements @texasobserver.org • bernd@texasobserver.org • Signal: Candice.49
Preorder my new book:
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https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2860-blood-soil-and-oil
Ken Armstrong @bykenarmstrong.bsky.social Reporter/editor/narrative coach @Bloomberg.com. Co-author, Unbelievable. Law school dropout/honorary doctor. Formers: ProPublica, Marshall Project, Seattle Times. Perturbable.
https://kenarmstrongwriter.com/
Joanna Schwartz @jcschwartzprof.bsky.social Honorable Harry Pregerson Professor of Law, UCLA. Civil rights, police accountability, civil procedure. Author of Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable (2023). Learn more at: joannaschwartz.net
Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social executive editor at In These Times
Jay D. Aronson @jaydaronson.bsky.social History, STS, human rights documentation, deaths in custody, criminal legal system, etc.
New Book: https://deathincustodybook.com
Podcast: https://officialignorance.com
Andrew Pantazi @apantazi.bsky.social @apantazi everywhere | Jacksonville native | former union organizer | Calvin's & Ari’s dad | @caitmcglade.bsky.social’s nerd king | Axios associate breaking news editor
Julian Gill @juliangill.bsky.social Health care reporter for the Houston Chronicle. Send me news tips. Email: julian.gill@houstonchronicle.com | Signal: jgill_chron.04
Scott Medlock @scottmedlock.bsky.social Civil rights lawyer with the ACLU of Colorado. Matt Murdock and Jennifer Walters are the only Super Lawyers. Ex Texas Civil Rights Project, Edwards Law, and Greisen Medlock.
Opinions aren’t those of my employer (except when they are). Go Spurs Go!
trip eggert @tripeggert.bsky.social doing it for the bit and a better world.
previously: @vera.org @themarshallproject.org @brennancenter.org, forever proud organizer of @vera-union.bsky.social. they 👈🤠👉 them.
Chris Tomlinson @cltomlinson.bsky.social Columnist and author writing about money, politics and life in Texas. Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News.
https://lnk.bio/ChrisTomlinson 
Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com Former prisoner. Dharma student. Union tradesman. Dharma leader at Spirit Rock, Insight Meditation Center, & San Jose Insight. Sober since 2005. Hobbyist photographer. San Jose, CA.
Kicked a divot out of Stalin’s grave.
https://linktr.ee/MatthewHahn
Bianca Tylek @biancatylek.bsky.social Executive Director at Worth Rises | The prison industry hates me. It’s mutual. Comfortable in conflict. | Views my own
Morgan Godvin @morgangodvin.bsky.social Drug policy. Prisons and jails. Journalism. Research. Harm reduction. Veterans. Heart in Portland, skin under San Diego sun.