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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
Dean Fredriksen @deanfred.bsky.social Unapologetic Liberal. I care about equality, fairness, honesty, opportunity, the environment & our Democracy. Univ of Michigan Electrical Engineer & Zoologist.
Caitlin Kelly @caitlinkelly.bsky.social Senior editor at ProPublica.
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov 40th Governor of California.
Building a California for All.
East Traveler @easttraveler.bsky.social Anti-Fascist Followers Always Welcomed
Boston, Massachusetts (Born & Raised)
Political Scientist
Truthism> "When the country needed the Republicans the most, they turned their backs on justice and the rule of law."
Sporto 💙 🐶 🇺🇦 🇺🇲 @sportobluesky.bsky.social Cancer fighter! Michigander. Daddy to the best dog ever. Avid golfer but in dire need of lessons. Love sports, music, art, and photography. FSU Dawg! Fantasy football legend (in my own mind). Waited all my life to see the Detroit Lions win the big one.
LuckyLucyRicardo 🦋🇵🇷🦋 @luckylucyricardo.bsky.social 💙 I’m Puerto Rican & living in a Red State. Married 💞 No D/M’s PLEASE! 🚫
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Murgatroid Bonbon @murgatroidbonbon.bsky.social Lots of degrees, some common sense. Some say snarky, I say witty. Plenty of memes, too. Past HIPAA BA, current HIPPA expert. Vax & vote. Exit stage left.
Eric Benshetler @ebenshetler.bsky.social Penn State business instructor (part-time). Former software dev/project mgr @ NextGen Healthcare & Unisys. Penn & Temple alumnus. IEEE. Flyers & Union/Sons of Ben.
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Vox-Veritas @ricomobes.bsky.social A voice in pursuit of truth, or at least a reasonable approximation. Where logic is applied liberally, certainty is met with suspicion, and the occasional epiphany is treated as a happy accident. Discourse welcome; nonsense will be quietly archived.
TheDestroyahofWorlds @destoroyah22.bsky.social Twitch streamer, gamer and all around nerd. LGBTQIA friendly space. Adults only please.
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Miss Pittsburgh @ilovemysteelers.bsky.social Born & raised in Pittsburgh ❤️🚠 Retired ballet🩰teacher & taught for 17 years in San Diego 🏄♀️ 🏖🚣♀️ Moved ✈️ to Tennessee 🌄 to be with my fiance 💍 Worked as a Sr. Recruiter & Branch Mgr. for 10 years 4 a staffing agency 📇 My main client was TVA 👩💻👩🔬
@horhpodcast.bsky.social @horhpodcast.bsky.social Hollywood or History? Unpack fact vs. fiction in film. Great for teachers, trivia buffs, and history fans. New episodes every other week.
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Fight for Progress @fightforprogress.org Dedicated to restoring a progressive America. Let's take back the House and the Senate.
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Jennifer Em @jenniferem.bsky.social Brown, married, lesbian, healthcare worker, in the PNW, with loads of family and friends that I love. I resist to keep sane. I keep going because they deserve better. 💙💙💙
Opinions expressed are my own.
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Ken @msbsongs.bsky.social Musician, retired teacher, creating and producing songs and sharing them. The name of my group is MRS SMITH'S BASEMENT. I hope you will give us a listen. 
Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social My children are Jesse & Jaime. Jaime was murdered in the Parkland school shooting. My life is dedicated to saving lives fighting for gun safety in America and have written two books Find The Helpers and American Carnage.
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social Fight fascism She/her
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Hart Cunningham @hart28.bsky.social ‘28 Progressive Dem candidate Hart28.com
1) End genocide globally
2) Pardon 100k protestors
3) Nuremberg type trials
4) Free Healthcare for every citizen
5) END fascism/zionism
Trevor Marshall @trevor24151470.bsky.social Retired, woke UK citizen who is centrist and detests extremism. Love cooking, gardening, reading and used to love woodturning until arthritis prevailed. 🇺🇦🇬🇧Military Veteran. #PR supporter #ProEurope. I do not respond to DMs.
Katt 💙 🌊💜 🐾 🍷 @kathycesario.bsky.social At 70 I'm a Retired Italian-American/ Wife,Mom & Nonna. living in 💙 California, pro Democracy and Human Rights. Healthy Planet Advocate. LGBTQ ally/progressive AF/I ❤️ Animals, Swimming, Camping, Star & Moon Gazing & 🍷. No DMs #BlueResisters#BlueCrew 💜 💙
Hand Warmer @handwharmer.bsky.social Eat. Sleep. Game. Repeat.
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John Padora @padoraforco.bsky.social 👋 John Padora | Former U.S. Congressional Candidate, CO-4 | Engineer & Advocate for Working Families |
Weld County, Colorado
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Ali Messer @freereed59.net History. Trad music. Teacher Education. #HistoryEducation #TeacherEducation #UKteaching #SSChat #ContraDancing
📒🕰🎓🗺 No DMs unless we talk irl.
https://intheoryandinpractice.wordpress.com/2023/04/11/and-then-the-bell-rang/
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Patrick BERNARD @29pat.bsky.social @Renaissance
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Joshua Walker @bigjosh84.bsky.social I take up space, even when the world says I shouldn’t.
Poet. Observer. Rebel of thought.
Every heartbeat a manifesto. Resisting always. 💙
2025 Pushcart & Best Microfiction Nominee
https://www.amazon.com/Least-Weird-Person-Awake/dp/B0GT1262KP
David Leavitt @davidleavitt.bsky.social Award-Winning Multimedia Journalist.
Bylines: CBS, AXS, Yahoo, Examiner, etc.
I love #Games, #Lotr, #StarWars, and #StarTrek.
Casual #MTG #TTRPG, & #Boardgames player.
Work w/me: DavidLeavitt@gmail.com
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Ariana Niko @ariananiko.bsky.social Liberal Democrat | Free Market Advocate | 🇺🇸 U.S. Political Author
📖 New book coming soon
Politics | Economics | History | Facts over slogans.
Eternally Spellbound📎 @spellbound1311.bsky.social Lifetime Dem💙, I believe in protecting our Democracy. Ally to LGBTQIA+, womens' rights, 🚫trump (uncapitalized intentionally & the name means fart in the UK😂)🚫maga,🚫 mysogyny. Proud Pagan, happily married. Rocker, metalhead, former model, artist, singer
Danno 🌈 @danno510.bsky.social SF Bay Area | Go Niners! 🏈 | US Navy Veteran ('70s), IT/Ops side in criminal justice | Democratic values💙 | Supporter of LGBTQ+ 🌈 | He/Him | Housing is a human right. Protect SSA and Medicare | No trolling. DMs = BLOCK, unless invited. I'm serious
Kool Karyn @koolkaryn.bsky.social 🔥I'm a Resister Sister living in Floriduh.
🔥Speak your mind
even if your voice shakes........RBG 💙🤗
#BlueCrew 😎 #WokeAF
#StrongerTogether 💙
Love my SF Niners! 🏈
Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social Journalists (Ed Krassenstein & Brian Krassenstein) - Fighting hate, lies and tackling conspiracy theories.
IMPORTANT Substack Updates: http://krassencast.com
Eldonedwards @eldonedwards.bsky.social I am a business researcher. I am also very interested in artificial intelligence and business and education and medicine. Also, I am very interested in popular culture and music. I strive to live a simple healthy life. DTM and CBI.Score counselor.
Lino's Version @linosversion.bsky.social Don't know half of you half as well as I should like... ~ Bilbo Baggins
Analysis, Books, Community & Thoughts
#UP = Uniting Progressives
Community Building; Still on Twitter https://x.com/LinosVersion
A Cdn Moose 🇨🇦 🔶 @cdnmoose5.bsky.social I ❤️ dogs. ESTJ. Good trouble. Intolerant of racism & bigotry. Definitely woke, possible snowflake. “Nasty Cdn” maybe even one of the worst.
I will never vote against my best interests by voting Conservative 🚫
DM’s automatically blocked.
Healing Musical one @soundsofmrdosh.bsky.social Vibrations make the sound
Sound makes notes
Notes make music
Music brings Healing
I work as a sound therapist in Fl I use bells,gongs,Tibetan Bowls, Crystal Bowls, and other instruments to bring healing
No DM
Only DM if interested in class schedules
@gopclowncars.bsky.social @gopclowncars.bsky.social Black American. Born in Ohio. Lives in Houston. Loves Houston. Hates Texas. Salsa dancing introduced me to the love of my life who is a naturalized US citizen that was born in Mexico. Sports teams: Buckeye CFB, Duke college BBall, Lakers, Chiefs, Texans.
Nicolle Wallace @nicollewallace.bsky.social 
Steve Schmidt @thewarningses.bsky.social steveschmidt.substack.com
www.youtube.com/@thewarningwithsteveschmidt
Claire McCaskill @clairecmc.bsky.social Lots of former stuff including US Senator from MO, professional grandmother to 16, baker and political analyst MS NOW
Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com Investigative reporter NYT. Helping cover President Trump, his administration and circle of friends -- without fear or favor. I write about people and power. My contact on Signal: EricLiptonNYT.01
Jeff @jeff24thid.teamlh.social Former US Army Tanker. Soldier for Life. Dog lover.
Lewis Hamilton fan. #TeamLH
Philly sports fan.
Aston Villa fan. Up the Villa!!!
I typically do not reply to DMs from people I don't know, move along.
Nikolas Gvosdev @fpriorbis.bsky.social Someone who follows geopolitical and geo-economic trends and studies how national security decisions get made. All comments are personal opinions and do not reflect any official/institutional views.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikolas-gvosdev-925485301/
Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social Senior Editor and Cincinnati Bureau Chief at The Bulwark
Kentucky Colonel, Ope-inion Leader™, former hill staffer, Cleveland, Ohio, Cincy, DC and STL sports fan, cheap watch aficionado. 🫡
thebulwark.com, itscasualtime.com, MountWarshington.com
Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social 37th President of the United States. Messages from the President unsigned, others from Ronald Ziegler.
RN@dicknixon.com
Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social Political scientist. Health policy prof at Pitt (Secondary appts: Poli Sci, SPIA). Cal bear, Columbia PhD. Bylines: NYT, WaPo, Guardian, MS NOW. Writing on health insurance and admin burden. Author of Coverage Denied (CUP): https://cup.org/4nfM2IM
@stuartpstevens.bsky.social @stuartpstevens.bsky.social Former Republican media consultant. Worked in 5 presidential races. Senior advisor to Lincoln Project. Author of 9 books. I am obsessed with doing endurance sports badly.
Sean Murphy @smurp31.bsky.social Emmy Award Winning Features Reporter/Traffic Anchor Formerly of NBC4-Los Angeles & CW57/CBS3, CSN-Philadelphia, In-Arena Host-Phila Flyers
Ellen Braaten @ellenbraaten.bsky.social Child Psychologist; Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School; Author; I want this platform to be about child mental health but I keep getting distracted by politics www.ellenbraatenphd.com
Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social Private sector economist. Former professor at China's Tsinghua University and Columbia SIPA. Author of “Cleared for the Option: A Year Learning to Fly”, now available on Amazon. Visit me at http://patrickchovanec.com
🍁🍂 🎃 Diva for the Season 💚💙🏈🫶👠👑 @queenofthinair.bsky.social Montanan now home. Philosopher Queen. Diva. Foodie. Shoes. Not my first rodeo. Act III
Learning, charitable discussion, exploring ideas. No BS. Every day is Ethics Day! Recovering Military Ethicist. Books #OnObedience #Achilles #PME
I say what I want.
Lawrence Freedman @ldfreedman.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of War Studies King's College London. Latest Book Strategists and Strategy: collected essays, 2014-2024. Substack Comment is Freed https://samf.substack.com/
Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social Leads AEI’s foreign and defense team, author of The State and the Soldier, contributing writer at The Atlantic. 2025-2026 Kissinger Chair at the Library of Congress. Californian. https://www.aei.org/profile/kori-schake/
Hayden Center @haydencenter.bsky.social World-class thought center on intelligence & national security | Reposts are not endorsements | hayden@gmu.edu
Vince Houghton @intelhistorian.bsky.social Fmr Dir Nat. Cryptologic Museum, NSA. Formerly IntlSpyMuseum; Miami native living in DMV; Author - Nuking the Moon, The Nuclear Spies, and Covert City; has “Grave Lack of Discretionary Judgment”-The Catholic Church; lesser half to @jordanspeak.bsky.social
Byrd Martin @byrdshouse.bsky.social Anglican | Marine(FRM/CSO ret.) | Tennessee Volunteer(living in California) | Madisonian | Reaganite 
Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social National Security Coordinating Producer at CBS News | Marine infantryman + Afghanistan veteran | Fan of Carolina Hurricanes and Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social Military affairs reporter with The Washington Post. State-school alum. Beer-league softball enthusiast. Dog guy. Signal for encrypted tips: danlamothe.30
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social Editor of The Bulwark
https://www.thebulwark.com/
Host of a Secret Podcast.
Also a super double-secret podcast you can't find.
Brian Klaas @brianklaas.bsky.social Professor of Global Politics @UCL. Author of “Fluke." Writer @TheAtlantic. Host, Power Corrupts podcast. The Garden of Forking Paths Substack.
Tom Tell @thomastell.bsky.social Husband • Dad • Engineer • Marathoner • Stage 4 cancer beater - thanks science! • Top redshirt in the RFT Bluesky Fam. • #ETTD
📍Central NJ
Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social Editor/Co-author, “Atomic Audit: The Costs and Consequences of US Nuclear Weapons Since 1940” • Nonresident Senior Fellow, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists • Nuclear weapons expert (history, policy, costs, accidents) and tracker of the nuclear “Football.”
Hans Kristensen @nukestrat.bsky.social Director, Nuclear Information Project, Federation of American Scientists. Tracking nuclear arsenals, co-author of Nuclear Notebook, SIPRI Yearbook. Opinions my own.
Website: https://fas.org/initiative/nuclear-information-project/
Steve Saideman @smsaideman.bsky.social #CivMil relations; Director, @CdsnRcds; saideman.blogspot.com; Co-host, Battle Rhythm podcast cdsn-rcds.com/battlerhythm, International Relations professor. Used to study nationalism/ethnic conflict.
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
Steve Metz @stevemetz.bsky.social Writing on national security policy and strategy. Working on a book about the future of insurgency. An unknown unknown. A plumber's son from Elk Hills WV.
Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social Retired nuclear scientist. Worked in Estonia, Kazakhstan, and Los Alamos on environmental cleanup, nuclear nonproliferation, and the nuclear fuel cycle.
She/her.
Blogs at Nuclear Diner and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Photo: Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site
Ben Hodges @general-ben.bsky.social Former CG USArmyEurope, loves the Army Team, FSU football, and Braves baseball.
Mick Ryan @warinthefuture.bsky.social Strategist, Leader & Author | Retd Army Major General | Senior Fellow in Military Studies @LowyInstitute | @CSIS | Modern & Future war studies | Futura Doctrina substack | #BannedInRussia
Barry McCaffrey @brma64.bsky.social Four star Ret US Army General. MS NOW Nat Sec analyst. Council Foreign Relations. Joint Commander Latin America. JCS strategic plans. NATO Brussels. 4 combat tours. 3 Purple Hearts. 14 years overseas. West Point. MA Pol Sci. Army Brat.
Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social Former soldier. Student of leadership & national security; Professor, author (“If I Don’t Return: A Father’s Wartime Journal”), speaker. Always looking for civility & new adventures.
https://www.markhertling.com
Mark Stout @markstout.bsky.social Former intelligence officer and university educator, current intelligence historian. Also live on the borderlands of military history. Former Historian at the International Spy Museum. I wish I were in Seattle. The cat is Boadicea. Not flying with Natalie.
John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social Former CIA clandestine service. Spycraft Entertainment, Atlantic Council, NAFO. Host of Mission implausible podcast. Friend of dogs everywhere. Jimothy welcome here!
David Priess @davidpriess.bsky.social Intelligence, geopolitics, and strategy | Vice President of Strategy, Emergent Risk International | Senior Fellow, Hayden Center | Former CIA & State Department | Duke poli sci PhD | Author, The President’s Book of Secrets
Christopher Allen @christopherallen.bsky.social Publisher and EIC of SmokeLong Quarterly. 2023 Flash Fiction Judge Bridport Prize. #BestSmallFictions #FlashFictionAmerica. Nomad. Very much a back-office guy. He/him
Robert Vaughan @rgvaughan.bsky.social Author of 6 books, newest is ASKEW. I am the EIC of Bending Genres, LLC. Work in Best Small Fictions 2016 and 2019. Norton's Exceptionally Short Fictions 2018. www.robert-vaughan.com. www.bendinggenres.com 
Tommy Dean is open to queries @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social Lit Agent Talcott Notch, AALA Member, Editor, Teacher, Writer of Flash Fiction Editor at @fracturedlit.bsky.social Publications: Harpur Palate, Laurel Review, Monkey Bicycle, Ghost Parachute
https://linktr.ee/tommydeanwriter