Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social Democratic political strategist, analyst, commentator. Hopium purveyor. More than 30 years in the fight.
My primary political home is on Substack.
Join me there too - https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/
Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social Co-founder, Survey 160. Loves survey and voter participation. Researcher. Democrat. YIMBY. Husband and Dad. Opinion haver and measurer. Outdoors and cooking enthusiast. He/Him
Joel Wertheimer @wertwhile.bsky.social Civil rights attorney. COYS. 
Dan Smith @dlsmith.dev software engineer, dad, believer, musician, nerd
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”
The Root @therootdotcom.bsky.social The Root is a digital magazine that provides thought-provoking commentary and news from a variety of Black perspectives.
Vanessa Priya Daniel @vanessapriyadaniel.bsky.social Queer, Feminist, Organizer, Writer, Mom.
Unrig the Game: What Women of Color Can Teach Everyone about Winning, Random House, March 2025. Order it today: https://www.vanessapriyadaniel.com/books
Founder of Groundswell Fund & Action Fund.
Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social Professor of Rhetoric in Georgia. Gators, Bonhoeffer, Merton, AAUP, and a Substack about all things TPUSA https://www.matthewboedy.com/
Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social Writer. Featured in Rolling Stone, WIRED, The Guardian and elsewhere. I write about politics, tech and society.
Words: madness.ghost.io
Video: youtube.com/@readmadness
Jean Guerrero @jeanguerre.bsky.social Contributing Opinion Writer a the New York Times. Author of "Hatemonger" and "Crux."
https://ourunsilencing.substack.com
Jared Nielsen @jaredniels.bsky.social Neuroscientist, Brigham Young University
brain.byu.edu
Michael Podhorzer @mikepod.bsky.social Former political director, AFL-CIO. Senior fellow, CAP. My Substack: www.weekendreading.net
Steve in Chicago @spsnomad.bsky.social IT Professional. Friend of democracy. If you're not going to heaven, why only miss it by an inch?
Max Perry Mueller @maxperrymueller.bsky.social Widower, father, writer.
Kevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social Political scientist at BCJ studying American democracy and voting rights.
Usually on a bike, beach, or backpacking trip.
An American Problem (Princeton UP) coming October 2026: https://shorturl.at/Emjgo
kevintmorris.com
Chris Cooper @chriscooperwcu.bsky.social Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs at Western Carolina University. American politics, state politics, North Carolina politics, southern politics, elections. Recent book: Anatomy of a Purple State (UNC Press 2024).
http://www.chriscooperwcu.com
David H. Montgomery @dhmontgomery.com Words, data, code. Senior data journalist with @today.yougov.com. Host of the French history podcast The Siècle (@thesiecle.com). 
Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org Nonpartisan, nonadvocacy data and analysis. Visit us at https://www.pewresearch.org/
Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social Professor of Sociology, Dartmouth;views my own. Author, 'Capital w/out Borders' https://shorturl.at/bGsLB and 'Offshore' https://shorturl.at/rTacl; words
@washingtonpost.com, @nytimes.com, the Atlantic & the Guardian.
All at brookeharrington.com
Decision Desk HQ @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social Fast and reliable results and analysis for elections at every level, from federal to local. Find out more: https://linktr.ee/decisiondeskhq
Adam Harris @adamhsays.com writer, southern.
Co-host, Radio Atlantic.
Author of The State Must Provide. Writing Is This America?
More: www.harrisadam.com
MLC @chicyph80.bsky.social Sports loving (Go Blue!), Vodka consuming, trying to survive the next 4 years.
Lover of Chicago, Democracy, and my fellow LGBTQ brothers & sisters
Kris Inwood @kris-inwood.bsky.social Economic historian w broad interests including population health, First Nations, mobility, inequality & lives of the incarcerated. Directing https://thecanadianpeoples.com & editing Asia-Pacific EcHR https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2832157x
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Daniel Donner @donnermaps.bsky.social Contributor @the-downballot.com. Focusing on data, maps, and demographics. Find our data (and the CD hexmap template!) at https://the-db.co/data
Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social Founder 350.org and Third Act, author The Crucial Years on substack https://billmckibben.substack.com/
Author of 21 books, beginning with The End of Nature
Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social Organizer. Florida State Rep. Mom.
Running for US Senate because Floridians deserve better. Change can’t wait.
Demetrius Miles Murphy, Ph.D. @demetriusmurphy.bsky.social I’m an urban and economic sociologist of race & culture, studying how Black communities cultivate flourishing across the Americas.
https://bio.site/DemetriusMurphy
Dj @djsoke.bsky.social #WeAreJeromePowell
Transit Tangents @transittangents.bsky.social We are also here now 🙌
Watch us on YouTube or listen on your favorite podcast platforms
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Matt Gannon @mattygannon.bsky.social JD/PhD student at Harvard University and Yale Law School • I research housing insecurity and social mobility.
matthewtgannon.com
Brenden Beck @brendenbeck.net Sociologist at the Rutgers School of Criminal Justice studying policing, city budgets, suburbs, and housing. brenden.beck@rutgers.edu
Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social Law professor & author of BIG DIRTY MONEY and OTHER PEOPLE’S HOUSES
Betsy Wolf @betsyjwolf.bsky.social SWDC Parent, Ed Researcher, Lover of Graphs, #DCStatehood, 🐺 🏃🏻♀️ 🚴♀️. Re-posts != endorsements and posts are my own. https://betsyjwolf.substack.com
Angela Li @angelamli.bsky.social Spatial inequality, housing, environment, and quantitative social science | Sociology PhD @ Princeton, postdoc at Rice University Sociology
Jeremy Kuhnle @jeremykuhnle.bsky.social Postdoc in the EqualStrength project @ University of Lausanne. Previously, Trento, Mannheim, & Indiana University.
Born in 🇩🇪, grew up in 🇺🇸, now 🇨🇭
Studying ethnic, racial, and gender inequality via (quasi)experiments.
Naa Oyo A. Kwate @naaoyokwate.bsky.social Nonfiction writer, James Beard Award winner for White Burgers, Black Cash: Fast Food from Black Exclusion to Exploitation. *Former* professor. Native plants proselytizer. naaoyokwate.com
Dr. Hazel @megafaunal.bsky.social Sociology, Philadelphia
Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social Political theorist studying democracy, ethics, & institutions. Author of Democracy for Busy People (https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/D/bo194847654.html); more at kevinjelliott.net. Generally poasting my way through this thing
Social Forces @socialforcesfan.bsky.social Unofficial social media for the journal Social Forces
Social Forces @sfjournal.bsky.social An International Journal of Social Research 
World’s Biggest Stagflation Truther @corncobanalysis.bsky.social 🤯
woke degree holder
read takes at https://electioncord.com/
Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of The Contrarian, Premier League and tennis fan, dog and art lover, democracy defender, and pro-Oxford comma. Book and travel recommendations welcomed.
Michelle Wu for President @wu4america.bsky.social Not affiliated with Mayor Wu in any way, just really wish she were President!
David Crowley Stan @fanofsheldon.bsky.social Go read electioncord.com
American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social * Support a diverse and inclusive community of sociologists
* Increase public knowledge and understanding of society through sociology
* Promote the use of sociological insights to drive positive social change https://bit.ly/m/AmSocAssoc
BeshearStan @beshearstan.bsky.social Fan of the best American governor!
Annaliese Paulson @annaliesep.bsky.social Present: Postdoc @annenberginstitute.bsky.social & computational social scientist studying higher ed.
Past: Marsal School of Education & Ford School of Public Policy; 2024 Spencer Dissertation Fellow; Most Fashionable Boy 2010, Kaukauna High School 🏳️⚧️
Matt Cohen @mattdcohen.bsky.social Senior Reporter @DemocracyDocket.com, covering voting rights, far-right extremism and threats to democracy (lol). Collector of records, plants, tattoos, horror movies.
YouGov America @today.yougov.com YouGov gathers real opinions and behaviors from worldwide panel members to power insights into what the world thinks.
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Join our panel and share your opinion: account.yougov.com
For press inquiries: uspress@yougov.com
Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social Polling editor at CNN, keeping (cross)tabs on public opinion and the news. I like puns.
@notfree.bsky.social @notfree.bsky.social Utah, politics, warhammer, soccer, and video games
David Chappell @davidforutah.bsky.social ✊🏻 Progressive Fighting for Everyday Utahns
🇺🇸 Utah House District 62 (S Provo & N Springville)
🗳️ VOTE November 3, 2026
U.S. Migration Metrics @usmigrationmetrics.bsky.social Understanding the Foreign-Born Population in the United States
Non-partisan · Transparent · Peer-reviewed
https://linktr.ee/usmigrationmetrics
FiftyPlusOne.news @fiftyplusone.news polling aggregation and data-driven journalism from the former research team of fivethirtyeight. https://www.FiftyPlusOne.news
David Nir @davidnir.com Publisher, @the-downballot.com. davidnir (at) the-downballot (dot) com
Our site: https://the-downballot.com
Alliance for a Better Utah @betterutah.bsky.social We're a nonprofit that holds politicians accountable and advocates for progressive policies that make Utah an even better place.
https://linktr.ee/betterutah
Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs & Director of European Studies, University of Wisconsin - Madison. International political economy, international relations, & international finance. 🇺🇸 & 🇪🇺 politics & economic policy. Tradeoffs in everything.
Amanda Fanniff, PhD @amandafanniff.bsky.social Associate Professor of Psychology. Research focuses on culturally informed forensic mental health assessment. Posts reflect my own views, not my employer's. She/her.
E.J. Fagan @ejfagan.com Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Illinois Chicago. Author of The Thinkers: The Rise of Partisan Think Tanks and the Polarization of American Politics. Also, baseball.
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*
Nick Campbell @chickenoodel.bsky.social An engaged (and enraged) citizen from Utah
Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science at University of Amsterdam
Studying the intersection of AI, social media, and politics.
Polarization, misinformation, radicalization, digital platforms, social complexity.
Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social U.S. Senator fighting for the families and future of Massachusetts. Malden Native, Red Sox Fan, Net Neutrality Defender, co-author of the Green New Deal ( he/him )
Jared Eborn @jaredeborn.bsky.social Candidate - Salt Lake County Council, District 3
Running to make a difference, not just make a point
Secretary/Comms Salt Lake County Democratic Party
Michael Tomasky @mjtoma.bsky.social Editor, The New Republic. Editor, Democracy: A Journal of Ideas. Scribbler. Serbo-Calabrian West Virginia Episcopalian.
Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com staff writer, @newrepublic.com // author, A WOMAN IS AGAINST THE LAW (2KTK, @littlebrown.bsky.social) + PLAYING THE WHORE (Verso)
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» melissa@melissagira.com
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social Mainer by birth. Logger by trade. With your help, Senator for the people.
http://www.JacksonForMaine.com
Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com Freedom through Truth for Service.
Publisher and Editor at @thexylom.com.
I made the "Generative AI Slop-free News Outlets" starter pack + feed: https://go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
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Cato Institute @cato.org A public policy research organization dedicated to individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace. https://www.cato.org/
Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social 26+ years at @CNBC and @NBCNews / @WSJ alum / Peabody, DuPont, Murrow & Emmy winner
Tom Richmond @tom-richmond.com Education policy analyst. Host of 'Inside Your Ed' podcast (www.insideyoured.com). Former teacher, think tank director and government advisor. Follow my work here: https://linktr.ee/tomrichmond
Miriam The Marvelous @miriammarvelous.bsky.social religiously complicated trans gal with lefty views and literally no stomach
Joey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social Writing a data-driven newsletter about economics @ apricitas.io
Nuance? In this Economy
Full Employment Stan, Brazilian Coffee Tariff Victim |
Russ J Rampton @russjrampton.bsky.social Candidate for Utah County Clerk.
Securing your rights through transparent processes and public service.
Seeking the nomination of the Forward Party.
https://russjrampton.com/
@meadia.bsky.social @meadia.bsky.social CA -> DC -> GA
ballerina X @ballerinax.bsky.social I don't have a podcast. I often quip to cope. I Follow leash laws, you should too.
@ballerinaX
on most other places.
Carter Williams @cwilliams.ksl.com KSL.com reporter covering outdoors, history, transportation & #SLC | Photography for fun | Also here for nature, weather & sports | Posts don't represent the opinion of KSL.
Katherine Pompilio @katherinepomps.bsky.social associate editor @ lawfare
Fluffy @zildjianaxeman.bsky.social Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/thebigz
Democat @beckya.bsky.social Mental health, unapologetic liberal politics, ukulele, PNW, outdoors, cats, Latin America especially 🇲🇽, baseball and Bowie. She/her. No DMs unless I know you, please. I block all RW, spam and sexual content sites.
Ram Rayburn @ramrayburn.bsky.social YIMBY, Desert Democrat, Southwest Evangelist, Legislature Enthusiast
Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social Washington Bureau chief at The Independent, MSNOW Columnist. Author: We’re Not Broken. Tar Heel. He/Him Eric.garcia@the-independent.com
Vaquera Elisa @boxelderdust.bsky.social Daughter of the American West. For Union and for Liberty. Open borders extremist. You are not immune to GWOT. No Kings But Christ.
Joe Lorenzini @quidprojlo.bsky.social Chicagoan back from Philly
Cities, movies, and politics
Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/sGW9
Mensch @supermensch.bsky.social With a sky blue sky
This rotten time
Wouldn’t seem so bad to me now
Oh, if I didn’t die
I should be satisfied
I survived
That's good enough for now
Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social Politics, politics, politics
Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com My New York Times bestseller: ON COURAGE: HOW TO BE A DISSIDENT IN AN AGE OF FEAR (HarperCollins) tinyurl.com/yxpvn488
NYTimes Opinion Writer | Director, Independent Media program HKS
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The Union @jointheunionus.bsky.social The Union is a pro-democracy organization working to build communities and infrastructure at state and local levels to ensure decent, competent candidates for public office have the support they need to succeed.
jointheunion.us
Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social I work with data at Relevant Research. I post about migration and sports.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Americas, Earth
Arsenal + Nuggets + Avs + Rockies + Summit
I helped build DetentionReports.com
https://adamjsawyer.com/about
he/him
Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov Congresista proudly serving the diverse IL-03. 🦋
I will not concede the power of the people.
Scott Colom @scolom.bsky.social Christian. Father. Husband. 7th Gen Mississippian. District Attorney. Running for US Senate because Mississippi Matters. Text SCOTT to 54937.
Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social Editor. Political director for Progressive Mass. Opinions are my own. Phone-banking-while-walking evangelist. 
Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social Political Scientist. Professor. Author of “Political Choice in a Polarized America” @OUP. Dad. Sauna enthusiast. Crossword solver. Powerlifter. Cyclist. ✡️ ∞
Website: https://fs.wp.odu.edu/jzingher/
Views are mine alone. RT!=endorsement
James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social Husband. Father. Sociologist. Author. Former co-editor of Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. Newest book: The Power of Sociology
https://collegepublishing.sagepub.com/products/the-power-of-sociology-1-290006
Currently writing a book about White people
Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social Ass. Prof. Public Policy @ UC Riverside | Better Cities Through Better Government | 1st Gen 🇺🇸: 🇷🇸/ Việt Nam Cộng Hòa | 躺平 | Ham chơi
stanokl.github.io | https://everyoneiswelcome.substack.com/
📍: The Inland Empire, California.
Dave Calder @ldsfn.bsky.social Candidate for Utah House District 11
Posts about Utah, Science, Democracy and other things of interest
USAF Veteran
Occasional photos
Deseret Magazine: “Dave — who looks like the quintessential vacationing dad”
Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com Somewhere in Chicago, working near the intersection of immigration law, data, and technology. Not an attorney!
287(g) Program Tracker: tituslegaldesign.com/immigration-101/287g-program
buymeacoffee.com/andrewtitus
Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social Senior writer at Slate covering courts and the law. Co-host of the Amicus podcast. Dad.
Ben Wright @ben-wright.bsky.social Historian. Teacher. Author. Cheesehead. Springnut.
drbenwright.com
David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social Journalist & historian. Pub musician. Dad. Husband. Fishing obsessed. I also do dishes. Order: #ThePublicScholar - https://tinyurl.com/thepublicscholar.