PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social Dedicated research monitoring and exposing right-wing extremism and other threats to democracy.
Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social No kings
Actor/Producer he/him
The Future of Free Speech @futurefreespeech.org Reaffirming free expression as the bedrock of free and thriving societies through actionable research, empowering tools, and principled advocacy. We are an independent, non-partisan think tank located at Vanderbilt University. https://futurefreespeech.org
Mark Schmitt @mschmitt9.bsky.social Political Reform Program, @NewAmerica. Previously, @rooseveltinst; @theprospect; @OpenSociety; US Senate for Bill Bradley, D-NJ.
@stevedahlgren.bsky.social @stevedahlgren.bsky.social 
Circus Trouble @circustrouble.bsky.social Performance artists looking for redemption or the time of day.
Thomas Reese @thomasreesesj.bsky.social Senior Analyst at Religion News Service, Jesuit priest, author of "Inside the Vatican: The Politics and Organization of the Catholic Church" https://religionnews.com/author/tomreese/ https://bsky.app/profile/rns.org
Virginia Heffernan @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social Longtime journalist. Politics, literature, tech.
MAGIC + LOSS
https://virginiaheffernan.substack.com/
Contributing editor, The New Republic
https://newrepublic.com/authors/virginia-heffernan
David Froomkin @dfroomkin.bsky.social Assistant professor, University of Houston Law Center. I write about democracy and the separation of powers. ssrn.com/author=3062912
The Philosopher @philosopher1923.bsky.social Britain's longest running public philosophy journal with…
print editions of original essays and artwork 2-3 times/year
online talks with philosophers
a new article every Sunday
and more!
Check out our linktr.ee/philosopher1923 for events and socials.
Marc Ambinder @marcambinder.bsky.social National security, politics, breaking news, cats. Author of "The Brink." Trust and safety policy @ TikTok now. Amateur Everettian quantum mechanic. 🌈
Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Columbia. New Book: The Insiders' Game: How Elites Make War and Peace https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691215808/the-insiders-game
Jessica Harris @jessicabharris.bsky.social Communications Director, AIR Opportunity Fund (@airinforms.bsky.social) • Proud CU Boulder alum. I❤️KC —no place like home! 👠👠
David Greenberg @davidgreenberg.bsky.social Historian, writer, author of John Lewis: A Life, Republic of Spin, Nixon's Shadow, more. Professor at Rutgers University. Politico columnist. Occasional contributor to NYT, WP, WSJ, Liberties, Atlantic, old TNR, more. Email: davidgr@rutgers.edu.
Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social We convene leading journalists and scholars for conversations on religion, politics, and public life. An @AspenReligion program. https://youtu.be/yNOvjyss-7Y?si=wFwYuCX-3EGq4Pg9
Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social FT's US columnist/commentator. Author of several books including NYT best selling biography of Zbigniew Brzezinski (Simon & Schuster 2025). People lacking a sense of humour might get muted.
Center for Ballot Freedom @centerforballotfreedom.org America’s political system is broken. We are a cross-partisan nonprofit project that aims to protect and strengthen American democracy by reviving #FusionVoting 🗳️✨ Learn more: https://centerforballotfreedom.org/ 
LucaGattoniCelli.substack.com @lucagattonicelli.bsky.social People need purpose
Catholic, econ
Senior Fellow for Housing, FREOPP.org
Founder Emeritus, YIMBYsOfNoVA.org
Co-Founder, http://DCAbundance.org
lucagattonicelli.substack.com
Love thy neighbor
Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social Senior Editor @TheUnPopulist.net. Executive Director @ismapolicy.bsky.social. Views my own.
Shikha Dalmia @shikhadalmia.bsky.social ISMA @ismapolicy.bsky.social. The UnPopulist www.theunpopulist.net. Classically liberal. Hate dogmas, esp my own. Views personal, not institutional.
Tara Watson @taraelizwatson.bsky.social Director Brookings Center for Economic Security and Opportunity. Former Treasury DAS and professor @williamseconomics. Economics of immigration and the safety net. Author of The Border Within: The Economics of Immigration in an Age of Fear.
Chris Davis @revchrisdavis.bsky.social Jesus follower • Family man • Pastor • Author of 🔆Bright Hope for Tomorrow🔆 • Survivor advocate • Creating space for leaders to be known • Border-stalker • Mostly on Substack
📚 https://a.co/d/3DPd6Lc
Robert P. Jones @robertpjones.bsky.social President and founder of PRRI and NYT bestselling author of Backslide; The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy; White Too Long; The End of White Christian America. Writing at https://www.redeemingdemocracy.net.
Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social @theunpopulist.net
Election law and policy, liberalism and democracy, and occasional pugs.
Matt Lewis @mattklewis.bsky.social Columnist @washingtonsun.bsky.social - Writer, author, and commentator. https://linktr.ee/mattklewis
Phil Gordon @philgordondc.bsky.social Sydney Stein Jr Scholar @BrookingsInst. White House, NSC and State Department under Biden, Obama and Clinton. Only posting articles here, commenting on X.
Michael Wade @mikewords.bsky.social Writer. Journalist. Ph.D. molecular biologist. Former biopharm exec. Sentient neural network. Small Language Model.
Yotam Shmargad @yotam.bsky.social Computational social scientist and associate professor in the School of Government & Public Policy at the University of Arizona. I research online influence and social norms. Website: www.yotamshmargad.com
Megan Buskey @meganbuskey.bsky.social Ukrainian history, politics, and culture. I also wrote a book called UKRAINE IS NOT DEAD YET (ibidem, 2023). All views my own.
Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com Founder and Publisher of Liberal Currents
liberalcurrents.com
Signal profile adamgurri.41
Threads handle adamgurri
Institute for Humane Studies @theihs.org We are building and equipping a network of 10,000+ scholars and leaders to turn the ideas of freedom into outcomes in classrooms, policy, and culture.
Aaron Ross Powell @aaronrosspowell.com Senior Director of Liberal Projects at @theihs.org, where I lead @Liberalism.org and host The Liberalism.org Show. Views my own. ☸️
Co-host of the Inner Life of Liberalism with @uncanonical.net
https://www.aaronrosspowell.com/
Jeffrey Kopstein @jeffkopstein.bsky.social Historian, social scientist, low talent fitness fanatic. Dean's Professor of Political Science. UCI
Recent book: *The Assault on the State* https://www.amazon.com/Assault-State-Global-Government-Endangers/dp/1509563156/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.U0B_8
Wesley Hill @weshill.bsky.social Priest in The Episcopal Church · prof of New Testament at Western Theological Seminary · “Nothing can save us that is possible: We who must die demand a miracle”
Yale University Press @yalepress.bsky.social Books et Veritas. Bringing truth to light for more than one hundred years.
Comment @commentmagazine.bsky.social A magazine of public theology. Pull up a chair to our long and unruly banquet table. Learn more at comment.org/subscribe.
The Niskanen Center @niskanencenter.bsky.social Strengthening liberal democracy through innovative policy solutions.
Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov Husband. Father. U.S. Senator for California. Fighting for an economy that works for everyone and for our democracy.
Nancy French @nancyfrench.bsky.social Author of GHOSTED: AN AMERICAN STORY - order here: https://shorturl.at/bklzH
NYT Best-Selling Author, investigative journalist, story teller. Married to @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social though I don't share his taste in movies.
Bill Emmott @billemmott.bsky.social Writer, former ed-in-chief of The Economist, author “Deterrence, Diplomacy and the Risk of Conflict over Taiwan” (IISS 2024), addict of all things Japanese, Italian and geopolitical
Holly Berkley Fletcher @hollybfletcher.bsky.social Ex-CIA Africa analyst. PhD historian. Author of The Missionary Kids (Runner up for RNA Book of the Year).
https://hollyberkleyfletcher.substack.com
@TheBulwark @Lawfare @liberalcurrents @goodfaithmedia
Co-Host @DogShirtTV
Art For Democracy @ Etsy
Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social Exec. Director, Jordan Center for Journalism Advocacy & Innovation/Asst. Professor of Practice, @OleMiss.bsky.social;
Board: @npcinstitute.bsky.social; @juristnews.bsky.social; Ex VOA White House bureau chief; 2022 Kiplinger Fellow; W7DQ on ham radio
Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social Founder and Executive Director @protectdemocracy.org. Former Associate White House Counsel. Tweets my own.
The Contrarian @contrariannews.org Unflinching journalism in defense of democracy. https://contrarian.substack.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.
Ben Wildavsky @wildavsky.bsky.social Author, The Career Arts: Making the Most of College, Credentials, and Connections, from @PrincetonUPress. Host #HigherEdSpotlight podcast. Visiting fellow @HGSE.
George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social Recovering lawyer | Owned by a Pembroke Corgi | Host of Psycho Politics pod and contributor, @TheBulwark.com | Crappy pol | Trying to figure out Substack
substack.com/@gtconway
Corey Nathan @coreysnathan.bsky.social Creative Businessman, Engaged Citizen
Hubby, dad and die hard @mets fan
Exec. Producer, Host of
Talkin' Politics & Religion Without Killin' Each Other
Michael Linden @michaelslinden.bsky.social Just thinks we should stop spending trillions on tax breaks for the rich.
Campaign Director at Families Over Billionaires. Senior Policy Fellow at Washington Center for Equitable Growth.
Formerly: OMB, Senate Budget, Senate HELP, Groundwork, CAP.
Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social Opinion writer. Pvs: Editor at USA Today Opinion and National Journal, campaign reporter at USA Today and AP. Author, "The Art of the Political Deal: How Congress Beat the Odds and Broke Through Gridlock." My work: https://jilllawrence.com
Tara Varma @taravarma.bsky.social Managing director at the @gmfus.bsky.social | Interested in geopolitics: Asian and European security, and women’s rights. Views my own.
Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org Editor in Chief, @lawfaremedia.org
Senior Fellow, Brookings
Author, #DogShirtDaily
Host, #DogShirtTV
Purveyor of mischief.
Harasser of Russian diplomats worldwide.
Gopi Shah Goda @gsgoda.bsky.social Senior Fellow and Director, Retirement Security Project @Brookings. Previously: Research Associate @NBER, Senior Fellow @SIEPR, Biden-Harris Council of Economic Advisers. Passionate about connecting research to policy.
https://www.gopishahgoda.org
Katharine Meyer @katharinemeyer.bsky.social Higher education policy researcher | would rather be reading | https://kem3e.github.io/
Lauren Bauer @laurenhlb.bsky.social Fellow | Economic Studies | @brookings.edu
Associate Director | @hamiltonproject.org
Board | @mazonusa.bsky.social
www.hamiltonproject.org
Working to end hunger in America
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Scott R. Anderson @sranderson.bsky.social General Counsel and Senior Editor at Lawfare. Fellow at the Brookings Institution and Columbia Law School. Former diplomat and lawyer.
Suzanne Maloney @suzannemaloney.bsky.social VP & Director of Foreign Policy, The Brookings Institution
Wendy Edelberg @wendyedelberg.bsky.social Senior Fellow in Economic Studies at Brookings. Previously, director of The Hamilton Project at Brookings and before that chief economist of CBO.
Caitlin Talmadge @proftalmadge.bsky.social MIT professor, Brookings senior fellow, series editor at Cornell Press ⎮ Foreign policy, military operations, civil-military relations, nuclear weapons, authoritarianism ⎮ Views are my own ⎮ Book: The Dictator's Army
https://www.caitlintalmadge.com/
Loren Adler @lorenadler.bsky.social Fellow and Associate Director, Brookings Institution Center on Health Policy | mostly health econ, occasionally budgets or Knicks
Matt Fiedler @mattafiedler.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Center on Health Policy, The Brookings Institution. Former Chief Economist for Council of Economic Advisers.
Peter Conti-Brown @petercontibrown.bsky.social Associate Professor of Financial Regulation, Wharton; Banking, central banking, financial history. Petercontibrown.substack.com
Vanessa Williamson @vanessawilliamson.bsky.social Author of "The Price of Democracy: The Revolutionary Power of Taxation in American History." Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution & Tax Policy Center.
Jim Goldgeier @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social Senior advisor, Bridging the Gap; Fellow at Center for Advanced Study and FSI Research Affiliate, Stanford; Non-resident fellow, Kennan Institute. Was a professor for 35 years and a dean for six. Views are my own. www.jamesgoldgeier.com.
Belinda Archibong @belindaarch.bsky.social Associate Professor of Economics at Johns Hopkins SAIS. NBER Research Associate
Fields: development, political economy, environment, economic history, inequality
https://sites.google.com/view/belinda-archibong/home- D David Wessel @davidmwessel.bsky.social Director, Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy, Brookings Institution
https://www.brookings.edu/people/david-wessel/
Molly Reynolds @mollyereynolds.bsky.social Senior Fellow, @brookings.edu. Still not the Senate Parliamentarian.
Constanze Stelzenmüller @constelz.bsky.social Director CUSE, Germany explainer etc. @ Brookings; FT contributing columnist; Wizards Fan (I know). When the going gets tough, the tough go blonde. Pic: Marc Darchinger. Views my own, people.
Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social Econ professor at Michigan ● Senior fellow, Brookings ● Intro econ textbook author ● Chief economist & Deputy platypus https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com ● Find me: https://linktr.ee/justinwolfers
Doug Rediker @dougrediker.bsky.social Managing Partner, International Capital Strategies, Nonresident Senior Fellow @BrookingsInst, Fmr IMF Board, Past @WEF Chair Geopolitics/Geoeconomics, R/T ≠ endorsement. Views are my own.
@lynnkuok.bsky.social @lynnkuok.bsky.social 
Rohit Acharya @roacharya.bsky.social Partner at Common Good Labs. Nonresident Fellow at Brookings Metro. Data scientist. Dad. Dr Mario prodigy.
Alex Noyes @alexhnoyes.bsky.social Fellow, Brookings Institution. Visiting Scholar, Penn Washington. Past OSD/Policy, RAND, White House SGI/State Dept. Books! https://shorturl.at/w7nwm, https://shorturl.at/DaV8O
Manann @manannan.bsky.social Brookings Institution Center for Community Uplift | Researcher on climate resilience and environmental justice | Geographer | Reformed economist
Asli Aydintasbas @asliaydintasbas.bsky.social Visiting fellow at Brookings. Former journalist. Lots to talk about.
Robert Puentes @robpuentes.bsky.social Vice President and Director of Brookings Metro. Formerly President & CEO of the Eno Center for Transportation.
Valerie Wirtschafter @vwirtschafter.bsky.social Fellow at the Brookings Institution. Poli sci PhD researching all things new media, emerging tech, and democracy.
John Sabelhaus @johnsabelhaus.bsky.social Visiting Fellow, Brookings Institution
Sarah Reber @econsarahreber.bsky.social Economist working on education policy
Rachel M. Perera @rachelmarisa.bsky.social 👩🏽💻 Research & write about k-12 ed policy @ Brookings
💖 Stationery, books, coffee, & reality tv
🏆 Once voted best penmanship
Walter Mondale’s Ghost 🇺🇸🇩🇪🇺🇦🇨🇦☦️ @ghostofmondale.bsky.social Social Democrat, Lutheran. Saint Paul, Minnesota, US.
Neil Briskman @nbriskman.bsky.social 
Johnny Donovan @johnnydonovan.com 18+ Adult Content 🔥
International Porn Star (Deacon of Sean Cody), and regular on Men, Falcon, Naked Sword, KinkMen, and ASG Max.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
max tani @maxtani.bsky.social media reporter @semafor
Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social 
Derek Thompson @dkthomp.bsky.social derekthompson.substack.com
McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins.bsky.social Staff Writer, The Atlantic. Author of NYT bestseller ROMNEY: A RECKONING.
The UnPopulist @theunpopulist.net Defending liberal democracy against authoritarianism in the U.S. and around the world.
https://www.theunpopulist.net
Maxwell Tabarrok @mtabarrok.bsky.social Econ, Math, History, Progress
https://maximumprogress.substack.com/
David M. Drucker @davidmdrucker.bsky.social Contributing Columnist, Bloomberg Opinion; Contributor, MSNOW; Contributing Writer, The Dispatch Author: In Trump's Shadow; The Battle for 2024 and the Future of the GOP
Matt Strassler @mattstrassler.bsky.social Theoretical physicist (particle physics, string theory, black holes), semi-retired professor, writer (author of the popular science book "Waves in an Impossible Sea"), amateur musician, and activist for founding public policy on facts and logic
The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social Independent voices and reporting from the center-right.
https://thedispatch.com/
The New York Times @nytimes.com We seek the truth and help people understand the world. Not a subscriber? Your first month is now free in our app. https://nytimes.onelink.me/Xpht/zbx4nci9
Roman Berens 🇺🇦 @romanberens.bsky.social Catholic. Physics Postdoc at Vanderbilt. Often amusing, sometimes even to others.
Thomas Chatterton Williams @chatterton.bsky.social Writer (The Atlantic). Current 📕: SUMMER OF OUR DISCONTENT (Knopf). Non-resident fellow (AEI). Senior fellow, visiting prof. of humanities (Hannah Arendt Center, Bard College). Representation (APB; Wylie). Student & Teacher. Instagram: @chattertonwilliams.
Jesse Singal @jessesingal.com Journalist, co-host of Blocked and Reported, author of The Quick Fix and an upcoming book on youth gender medicine. Mostly just asking questions.
More info: JesseSingal.com
Griffin Barrows @griffinbarrows.bsky.social Content manufacturer.
OnlyFans.com/GriffinBarrows – full vids, never PPV
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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social New York Times columnist, author, backpacker and Oregon farmer. Always reporting on the ground. Trying to help democracy prevail and distracting myself by making great wine and cider at KristofFarms.com. 
Michael R Strain @michaelrstrain.bsky.social Director of Economic Policy Studies and Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Professor of Practice at Georgetown University. Contributing Columnist for the Financial Times.