Lorelei @loreleiermentrout.bsky.social 
Cat Sharp @catsharp.bsky.social 📍Chicago
Best known for getting hit by a car
James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social Texas State Representative, former middle school teacher, and Presbyterian seminarian running for the U.S. Senate to take power back for working people.
Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social Husband, father, brother, uncle, grandfather, financial planner, scooterist, bowler, baseball fan, anime fan
I am far more interested in what I don't know than what I do know.
John Garrison Marks @johngmarks.com Historian and writer exploring how Americans engage with the past. **Thy Will Be Done: George Washington's Legacy of Slavery and the Fight for American Memory** out now. www.johngmarks.com
Julie Johnson-McGrath, PhD @jjmcgrath.bsky.social socialist, historian, feminist with a dark sense of humor
Jason Meisner @jmetr22b.bsky.social Chicago Tribune reporter covering the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse and criminal justice issues in Chicago.
Signal: jmeisner48.08
Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com The hardest-working paper in America.
Drake Warren for Cook County Commissioner @drakefor10.bsky.social Running for Cook County Commissioner to make it easier to live in the city I love. Visit drakefor10.com to learn more.
Sarah Langs @slangsonsports.bsky.social MLB
https://bit.ly/fistbumps4als
Andy Beshear @andybeshearky.bsky.social Father · Husband · Son · Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky · Committed to setting a positive tone and fighting for all our families.
S Gronkiewicz-Doran for 45th Ward Alderperson @sgdfor45.bsky.social Bringing new leadership to Chicago's 45th Ward. Visit our site at www.sgdfor45.com to learn more, volunteer, donate, and sign up for our weekly newsletter (bit.ly/sgdnewsletter)
Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social Chicagoan, journalist, photographer, author, copy editor, flâneur. https://www.robertloerzel.com/
@rorymchale.bsky.social @rorymchale.bsky.social 
Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social Historian - Democracy and Its Discontents - Newsletter: Democracy Americana https://democracyamericana.com (also available in German: https://steady.page/de/demokratie-americana/posts) - Website: https://www.thomaszimmer.online/
Ryan Cummings @weakinstrument.bsky.social Chief of Staff @SIEPR. Economic Adviser @MITCEEPR. PhD'ing
@UW. 2021-2023 WH CEA.
I research energy markets during the transition and, as a treat to myself, consumer sentiment. Views my own. 
Claudia Peralta for Chicago School Board 1B @claudiaperalta.bsky.social I am a proud CPS parent, community advocate, and candidate for Elected School Board District 1B. I'm running to bring transparency, equity, and real accountability to our schools - ensuring every student has the opportunities and resources they deserve.
The Athletic @theathletic.com Get every sports story that matters.
Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social senior reporter at the guardian us / julia.wong@theguardian.com / juliacarriewong.11 on Signal
Harebrained @harebrained.bsky.social Harebrained is a Chicago design company that makes underwear, shirts, trivia games and anything else we fancy. Artist owned. Fuck AI.
www.harebraineddesign.com
Natalie @campingkiddos.bsky.social Family travel blogger at campingkiddos.com and cosmosmariners.com. National parks obsessed. Slow but determined hiker. Forever handing out snacks to my 2 kids. Former English professor, lifetime book nerd. Always planning my next road trip.
Protect Bridgeport Bicyclists @stevevance.net Chicago, zoning, ADUs, transportation, maps
my blog: http://stevencanplan.com
my business: http://chicagocityscape.com
BUILD: https://buildforil.org/
Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net brucespringsteen.net
Chicago 2100 Urbanism @chicago2100.bsky.social Petition to Demand A World-Class Chicago Transit System: https://www.change.org/Chicago2100
Advocating for a better tomorrow, one street at a time
Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org Chicagoans working together to make our streets better for walking, rolling, bicycling and public transit.
🧑🦼🚶🚲🚌
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social Your Jeopardy! pal. Author of THE COMPLETE KENNECTIONS (http://bit.ly/4qUcbhK) and a bunch of other stuff.
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Barton Stegosaurus @shoesarebig.bsky.social As I plod along thinking with my little pea brain about all the turmoil in the world today, I long for the good old days of the Triassic. At least we didn't have Trump. All artwork and photographs are my own, though you are welcome to share.
Chip @chipgr.bsky.social Gardener, hiker, cyclist, lover of nature. Basically an overall outdoor enthusiast.
Posting a daily nature photo till we have a new administration. Hoping that I can supply a small smile in our chaotic world
Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com Editor-in-Chief of @fangraphs.com, co-host of @ewpod.bsky.social
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social Senior politics reporter for HuffPost.
Drop me a tip or a hello: jen.bendery@huffpost.com
Signal: jbendery.41
New town every hour @townsusa.bsky.social All USA towns chosen randomly.
By @nofunnick.bsky.social
Check out @art-institute.bsky.social and @wydot.bsky.social and @taxsituations.bsky.social
Daniel Pogorzelski ✶ @danpogofc.bsky.social “Listen closely to that sound in your chest, and you can hear the hum of the 'L, clattering home in what other folks brush off as just an ordinary heartbeat."
lake effect kid @mattenloe.bsky.social what is law, really // opinions are my own // he/him
chicago, law, politics, games, beer, etc
Rachel Gunter, Ph.D. 🗃️ @phdrachel.bsky.social Public Historian/Prof; Voting rights, suffrage, & citizenship; 🗃️
On The Great Courses & Audible
Views=my own. On #TikTok
http://buymeacoffee.com/PhDRachel
Buzz Grambo @buzzgrambo.bsky.social #BmoreGoat | dog dad | house husband | retired Navy Chief | Orioles fan | 🫘
https://youtube.com/@bmoregoat?si=CwnEWQ0RNOf7CLrz
NWChiFiets @nwchifiets.bsky.social Salty AF. Safe streets & sound climate policy = social justice. Enjoy biking, travel, beer and cats. Content likely to randomly touch on all of the above. All content is my personal opinion. She/Her.
wild-life-ranger @wild-life-ranger.bsky.social All things Natural History Wild Flowers Plants Birds Butterflies Moths Insects and Photography
The Downballot @the-downballot.com The premier source of information for the thousands of elections below the presidency, from Senate to city council.
Our site: http://the-downballot.com/
Make Some Noise @makesomenoise.dropout.tv A game show where talented contestants compete to bring to life silly prompts. Hosted by Sam Reich.
makesomenoise.dropout.tv
William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social Endowed chair of the Tocqueville-Rand Freedom Enterprise Markets Innovation Center (disputed). Bound but not protected, I lie but I do not pretend. 🚰 🏗 only thing I'll tell you about my employer is that these aren't their views
Bear Wilner-Nugent @saltlick.bsky.social Lawyer (criminal defense, appeals, civil and administrative litigation), festival operations volunteer, musician, outdoorsbear, cook, lover, dad.
You can find my professional contact information at https://bwnlaw.com.
Sam Reich @samreich.bsky.social 🧢 CEO: Dropout
🎤 Host: Game Changer, Make Some Noise
🌸 he / him
Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social Professionally disagreeable senior Chicago politics reporter for @wttw.bsky.social News
Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social Federal Courts Reporter, @chicago.suntimes.com
Signal: jseidel.37
@thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social Not an official account of anything or anyone other than a guy who never learned when to shut his mouth.
You'll Never Walk Alone.
Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social Burned out political writer and podcast/radio host.
I was a regular contributor to Rolling Stone and The Nation and a staff writer for Bill Moyers, among others.
Scuba diver and dog guy.
Joe DeMartino @jdemartino.bsky.social Editor @espn. Formerly @espn_esports and @sportsnation. Northwestern alum, Boston. Mostly I post about swords
James O'Brien for Illinois State Representative, 13th District @jamesforillinois.bsky.social ✶✶✶✶
Lifelong Chicagoan and public servant with a proven track record of delivering progress. Let’s make Chicago affordable and welcoming for all!
JamesForIllinois.com
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Elk Grove Township Democrats @egtdems.org The goal of our organization is to elect Democrats within Elk Grove Township in Northern Illinois and support progressive issues.
#politics #democrats #Illinois #progressives #Chicago
🔵 https://egtdems.org/
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Ted Mason 4 Cook County @tedmason.bsky.social Running for Cook County Commissioner in the 15th District.
Father of 4, husband, Elk Grove Village resident.
Elk Grove Township Democratic Committeeperson.
Follow our website here: tedmason4cookcounty.com
Kevin B. Morrison @kevinbmorrison.bsky.social Cook County Commissioner, 15th District. Candidate for Congress in IL-8. HFA Alum. DePaul Alum. UIC Law School Alum 🇺🇸🏳️🌈
Kasey Ignarski @kaseyi99.bsky.social Co-author Cubs By The Numbers. Cubs season ticket holder since 1984. Blackhawks & Bears fan. Retired COBOL programmer.
Website: CubsByTheNumbers.com
National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov Official Bluesky account for NOAA's National Weather Service.
Shari in AZ🌵 @mutsy67.bsky.social 🌎Don't blame me, I raised an environmental scientist 👨🔬
Quadrilingual: emojis, gifs, typos & swearing
🤬I say fuck a lot because it's warranted. Fuck everything MÃGÄ
I am invincible. I am woman.
~Helen Reddy
Ernie Tedeschi @ernietedeschi.bsky.social Personal Account. Chief economist at Stripe. Former Director of Economics, The Budget Lab at Yale University. Former Chief Economist, White House Council of Economic Advisers.
Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social Historian of early US politics & culture; howl re: democracy—a lot. Last book: The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress & the Road to Civil War. Owned by Newbie the History Bird & Rosie the Resistance Bird.
https://www.youtube.com/@joannefreeman1755
Patrick Barron 🐻〽️ @bluebarronphoto.bsky.social Michigan football photographer.
Photographed all 63 US National Park.
Was in NatGeo two (2!) times.
BlueBarronPhoto.com
Al Yellon @bleedcubbieblue.bsky.social Managing editor of the SB Nation Chicago Cubs site Bleed Cubbie Blue, proud member of the IBWAA(@ibwaa.bsky.social) and SABR and the author of "Chicago Cubs Firsts": http://bit.ly/ChicagoCubsFirsts
The Chamberlain Network @chamberlainvets.bsky.social Empowering veterans to defend democracy.
Proud member of the @unite4vets.bsky.social coalition
Jas Easterly @jaseasterly.bsky.social 13th Gen Virginian. I bow and scrape for no one—neither should anyone else. Dietrich Bonhoeffer fan. Summum Nec Metuam Diem Nec Optem. Mon Mothma’s old man. JET's Pop. NYU MFA—still writing 1st novel. Afghan War Vet. Journeyman lawyer—no problem too small.
Sarah-Jayne A. @sarah-jayne.bsky.social Chicago enthusiast and long-term resident. Married to an amazing weird nerd. Mom to two cats and a human. Trying my best to build a new world in the shell of the old with my beautiful neighbors on the Northwest side.
JGfromNP @jgfromnp.bsky.social I'm JG. I'm from NP. In Chicago. On a bike. He/Him/His.
United Northwest Side @unitednwside.bsky.social A grassroots independent political organization on Chicago’s Northwest Side - organizing against the broken scarcity politics of the past for a future that includes enough for all of us. 
Peter Lucier @peterlucier.bsky.social War is bad. Books are good. He/him. STL. Go Cards. Let’s Go Blues. AllForCity
Garrett Petersen @gpetersen.bsky.social Husband & Dad. OPWDD Clinician by day, Suffolk County Democratic Anger Translator by night. Leftish but probably not your perfect flavor of left. #LGM. #WideAwakes
Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social History person, Army officer, transplanted Buckeye, not really that angry anymore. Writes stuff. Some Star Wars. Refugee from Twitter. Views do not reflect or represent the DoD's. He/him/his. angrystaffofficer.com
Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social Chicago. Interested in how places are shaped. Friend to alley cats. I don't speak on behalf of my affiliations. he/him
"We know this world is good enough because it has to be."
Grebcomics 🐸 @grebcomics.bsky.social silly comic 🐸
greb.store ✨
patreon.com/greb 🐥
Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social U.S. Senator from Connecticut.
Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social Senior Director of Federal Budget Policy for the Center for American Progress doing budget, tax, and econ.
Formerly: Biden OMB, Biden Transition Team, Senate Budget Committee (Murray and Sanders).
CBO and OMB’s biggest fan! Personal account.
Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social Chicago Tribune reporter, 2026 Pulitzer team, author "The City is Up for Grabs." Little Village raised. I'm just trying to make my city a better place
Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov Congresista proudly serving the diverse IL-03. 🦋
I will not concede the power of the people.
Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social Writer & Political Commentator | Making ground-level documentaries on the people, movements and events reshaping Britain & beyond.
Who are Britain’s new far right? Watch our first film 👇
https://youtu.be/ii7UIibLYW4?si=mWxs14s8Ol1T1dMN
Alyssa MacKenzie 💜 @alyssamackenzie.bsky.social Wife, racer, hiker, climber, human, trans, LGBTQ+ media consultant. Coffee & weather aficionado, host of Aly, Aly, Out & Free! She/her.
Email: media@sepfour.com
https://linktr.ee/AlyAlyOutnFree
Colorado
Eric @mountainscalling.me National Parks changed my life. Now I tell their stories — and guide private day hikes + backpacking trips in Yosemite. 63/63 National Parks
https://yosemite.life/
Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social freelance labor journalist & author. big on heavy metal, workers, tattoos, cold places, and Philly. do no harm, take no shit 🏴
my books/email: www.kim-kelly.com
my lefty metal newsletter: salvo.ghost.io
Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social Professional landscape photographer focused on Chicago and Ireland. My website is BarryButlerPhotography.com for prints, books and calendars.
Sara Sanchez @bcbsara.bsky.social Words about baseball. Defending everyone breaking the unwritten rules.
Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov U.S. Senator for Maryland
vanhollen.senate.gov
Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social Bronx boy. Cubs fan. Dad, husband, writer, podcaster and cable news host.
The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource out now.
https://sirenscallbook.com/
Dems 45 @dems45th.bsky.social Dems 45 is a community-focused, neighbor-led political organization dedicated to sustaining democracy, increasing voter turnout, advocating for just and equitable communities, and supporting Democratic candidates who embody our values.
Sam @samd.bsky.social https://bettercities.substack.com/
Better cities and transit are possible 🚇
#1 Congestion pricing stan
#1 RFK Jr. hater
anti-slopulist
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:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
Megan Kate Nelson 📚 @mkn.bsky.social I am a Colorado-born and raised, Boston-based writer, historian, and Pulitzer Prize Finalist. I am the author of "The Westerners" (2026), “Saving Yellowstone” (2022) and “The Three-Cornered War” (2020). More details at https://megankatenelson.com
Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social some kind of bureaucrat | lots of typos | he/him | if you're confused what Double Victory (DVTL) is look at my pinned | views my own, etc normal disclaimers
Cassie Creswell @cassiecreswell.bsky.social Agenda-driven malcontent and grown-up version of Lisa Simpson || Chicago
Michael Churchill @activistmike.bsky.social liberal Methodist (eye problems)
Most active on Facebook
https://linktr.ee/Activist_mike
https://gofund.me/68940ef1f
Strahan Cadell 🇨🇦🇻🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 @quincunctial.bsky.social 
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.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
Ryan Humphrey @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social Politics, video & Geekery
@corrinabirdseye.bsky.social @corrinabirdseye.bsky.social 
Tyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social "An expert in power systems" -NYTimes | J.B. Duke Fellow @DukeU | Substack: http://powerpolicy.net
Ivan Moreno @iva-nm.bsky.social Comms for @NRDC in Chicago
Focused on environmental justice, health, and climate change. Tweets are my own. Email: imoreno@nrdc.org
Maria Galo @mariatg.bsky.social Democratic Committeeperson, Palatine Township, Greater Palatine Area Democrats.