Ginni Scott @ginnivotes.bsky.social Mom 🙍🏻♀️| Texan | OK State Grad 🤠 | Public Education 🏫 | Non Religious | Avid Researcher | Loves 🧘🏻♀️ 🍁 🎃 🐍
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Logan M. Davis @loganmdavis.bsky.social Award-Winning Investigative Journalist | Researcher | Consultant | Founder & Past Chairman at PWG Colorado | Very opposed to fascism | Opinions my own
I report the news, and then I do something about it.
Denver
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
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Anne Nelson @anelsona.bsky.social Author, screenwriter, research scholar at Columbia SIPA.
Americans United for Separation of Church and State @americansunited.bsky.social Bringing together people of all religions and none to defend our democracy & fight for freedom without favor & equality without exception. linktr.ee/au.org
SometimesPDX @sometimespdx.bsky.social Portland activist focusing on Christian Nationalist extremism, police brutality, and local issues.
Elizabeth Neumann @elizabethneumann.bsky.social Violence prevention advocate; Former DHS Asst Sec for CT; Author, Kingdom of Rage; Builder, the Path Back to Peace. @NeuSummits on other platforms.
ElizabethNeumann.org
Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org Nonpartisan, nonadvocacy data and analysis. Visit us at https://www.pewresearch.org/
James Frederick Stephens, J.D. @jamfste.bsky.social Historian, lawyer, philosopher, and writer. #Progressive defender of the #RuleOfLaw. Lover of #virtue, #beauty, #wisdom, #humor, and #joy. Born to learn and share, but aren't we all? Motto: "Feed your head."
Center for the Study of Religion & American Culture @csraac.bsky.social https://raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/
The Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture at IUI explores the connection between religion and other aspects of American culture.
Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social Professor | 2026-2027 Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholar | Books: Growing God's Family; Addicted to Lust; Taking America Back for God; The Flag & The Cross; Religion for Realists; SOON: Fill the Earth and Subdue It | CV: https://tinyurl.com/mtvxvdfa
John Fea @johnfea1.bsky.social Historian at Lumen Center (Madison, WI) and Messiah University. Author of 6 books. Blogger and podcaster at The Way of Improvement Leads Home. #LGM #Bruuuuuce!
Andrew Ambrose Mackey @andrewmackey.com Sociologist of Religion researching Christian Nationalism and digital rhetoric. Former political candidate turned academic researcher.
Jonathan Larsen @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social Journalist.
jonathanlarsen.substack.com and thefuckingnews.substack.com
Ex-MSNBC (Up, Countdown), ex-CNN (AC 360), ex-ABCNews
Mike Gavin @michaelhgavin.bsky.social President and CEO, Alliance for Higher Education, author of The New White Nationalism in Politics and Higher Education, Founder, Education for All. Cubs. allianceforhighered.org
Social Theory on Film @socialtheoryonfilm.bsky.social Short films about Sociology, intended to welcome newcomers to the discipline, help students and entertain Sociologists | Committed to Public Sociology | Sociology lecturer based in Leeds, UK.
https://youtube.com/@socialtheoryonfilm?si=I2drpF7ww45l9PKr
Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social Historian @ruhistorydept.bsky.social
Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social NYT opinion writer, Slate Money co-host, Dem messaging consultant, former EIC The New York Observer, Dealbreaker founder and Gawker founding editor. Brooklyn via Bama. Rednexican. Striver with no chill.
https://linktr.ee/elizabethspiers
PERIL @perilresearch.bsky.social Polarization & Extremism Research & Innovation Lab at American University, School of Public Affairs. We design, test, & scale up evidence-based tools to help communities prevent & respond to hate & violence. https://perilresearch.com
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
Vivian Jenna Wilson @thevivllainous.bsky.social She/Her 🍉
Bsky is my spam acct basically
USA Disappeared Tracker @disappearedtracker.bsky.social Alt-Account of @cripdyke.bsky.social
Tracking persons politically arrested, detained, or disappeared by the Trump regime since March 9, 2025.
Jeremy Schwartz @jschwartzreporter.bsky.social ProPublica/Texas Tribune Investigative Unit reporter in Austin, TX (on book leave until Spring 2026)
Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social #Anonymous: Actions Not Nouns. All that exists is interaction. #BindingChaos #3E https://yacnews.com/
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social Yelling the truth about Tennessee.
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
AMA @ama-assn.org American Medical Association. The physicians' powerful ally in patient care. Repost does not equal endorsement. #FightingForDocs #MedSky
Dr. Andrew Chesnut @drdeathanddivinity.bsky.social Chaired Professor of Religious Studies at VCU https://vcu.academia.edu/AndrewChesnut |Santa Muerte| Film, TV & News Consultant| Expert Witness| My Books https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001KHTDGE
Jeff Guhin @jeffguhin.bsky.social Pronounced Gyoo-in, Assoc Prof
@SociologyUCLA. Religion/Schools/Theory, he/él/هو, Dad to 2, Book 2: Against Achievement: What Meritocracy (and Social Science) Misses About Schools
Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social Words. At Salon: https://www.salon.com/writer/paul_rosenberg
& Random Lengths News: https://www.randomlengthsnews.com/archives/author/paul-rosenberg
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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social Senior Writer & Editor, The Contrarian
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Portland, Oregon
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Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social Author @Rowohlt, freelance journalist, senior correspondent Religion Dispatches, writes about Christian Nationalism & Right-Wing Extremism in the Europe & the US 1/2 of @femshelfcontrol.bsky.social
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social After practicing law for 20+ years, I now write about elections and political extremism. You can find my most recent work at the Bucks County Beacon.
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Dr. Jon Sawyer @jonsawyer.org Ph.D. | Visiting Assistant Professor (Clinical) at the University of Alabama (2027-2029) | Social & Cultural Studies in Education
ulyankee @ulyankee.bsky.social Walkaway from a group C. Peter Wagner dubbed one of the main paradigms of the New Apostolic Reformation. Been warning of the takeover since 2004. Also a veteran US higher ed alt ac. Old stuff still on ex-twitter. Psudonym due to years behind enemy lines.
Philippe Gonzalez @phlppgnzlz.bsky.social sociologist (UNIL), religions in the public sphere | sociologue (UNIL), religions dans l’espace public
David R. Brockman, Ph.D. @drdrbrockman.bsky.social
Stephanie McCrummen @mccrummen.bsky.social Staff Writer, The Atlantic. Formerly, The Washington Post. Originally, Alabama. Now, NYC. https://www.theatlantic.com/author/stephanie-mccrummen/
Michael E. Heyes @thedemonologist.bsky.social I am a professor of religion who teaches elements of popular culture, monstrosity, and medieval studies. My writings are primarily about demons and the demonic, currently present-day American demonology and politics: https://www.michaeleheyes.com/
The Lancaster Examiner @lancpaexaminer.bsky.social Hyper-local Dominionist deep dive. LancPA has a number of critical connections; let’s look closer. LancPAExaminer@gmail.com #notajournalist
Paul Djupe @pauldjupe.bsky.social Prof at Denison University; Political Scientist studying US religion and politics. blogging at religioninpublic.blog. Riding all over (hilly) Ohio.
capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social Helping organize information about the Jan 6 Capitol attack and those who planned it. They are still with us.
also: @capitolhunters@mastodon.social
email: capitol.hunters@gmail.com
see bit.ly/Jan6Analysis
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
Josh Cowen @joshcowenmi.bsky.social Author; Policy Professor; I write about politics, markets, and schools; Find me at newsletter The Forum: joshcowen.substack.com
Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social Founder @democracydocket.com. Chair of Elias Law Group. My dog's name is Blue.
Jeffrey Parker @jnparker.bsky.social NC to NOLA via Chicago.
Urban sociology, doughnuts, indie rock—order depends on the day.
Views my own, but ultimately a singular instantiation of the collective process of knowledge production, so really who’s to say.
https://www.jeffreynparker.com
Rev. Angela Denker @angeladenker.bsky.social author of DISCIPLES OF WHITE JESUS March '25 | RED STATE CHRISTIANS '22 + '19 | https://angeladenker.substack.com | mom of 2 boys | censored columnist | Lutheran Pastor | Here for the Truth
Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social National political analyst/forecaster/strategist. Read election analysis from a real expert at The Cycle on Substack 🦆🏈
“The malice of the wicked was reinforced by the weakness of the virtuous.” -Winston Churchill
Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
Caroline Orr Bueno @rvawonk.bsky.social Yep, it’s me! Mother, Wife, Asst. Research Scientist. Studying cyberpsychology, cognitive security, disinformation. “Epistemic Superpredator.” I write things here: https://weaponizedspaces.substack.com
Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social Historian; Author, NYT Bestseller Strongmen; Publisher, Lucid, a Substack newsletter on authoritarianism and threats to democracy; Film & TV Consultant
Diana Butler Bass @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social Author - "A Beautiful Year" and 11 other books on faith, culture, politics & history. Duke PhD. Myriad bylines. The Cottage newsletter: https://dianabutlerbass.substack.com. Opposed to theocrats. Struggling gardener and dog mom.
Flavio Hickel Jr. @flaviohickeljr.bsky.social Assistant Professor of American Politics at Washington College. Studying Latinx Identity and politics
Sam Kestenbaum @skestenbaum.bsky.social Journalist covering religious life in America
www.samkestenbaum.com
Kate Burns @katerqburns.bsky.social Charismatic, NAR and Extremism researcher
Fluent in Sean Feucht
Breast cancer community organizer and survivor.
Taungurung [-o-]
📍LA
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https://leftcoastrightwatch.org/authors/kate-burns/
More
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Brian Kaylor @briankaylor.bsky.social Baptist minister with PhD in political communication. New book: 'The Bible According to Christian Nationalists.' President & Editor-in-Chief - @WordAndWay.bsky.social bkaylor@wordandway.org
http://publicwitness.wordandway.org
Caleb E. Campbell @revcalebcampbell.bsky.social Pastor at Desert Springs Bible Church (http://dsbc.church)
Missionary to Christian Nationalists (http://DisarmingLeviathan.com)
Denver Riggleman @denverr.bsky.social Former Congressman, J6 Committee, CEO AI & Tech, NY Times best selling author of THE BREACH and BIGFOOT-IT’S COMPLICATED, whiskey distiller & dad/husband/granddad who doesn’t vote for sexual abusers. Co-Host of “Truth In The Barrel” with Amy McGrath.
Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social Sociologist | religion, politics, disability | Kettering Foundation Research Fellow | Christian Nationalism books: http://linktr.ee/andrewwhitehead | https://andrewwhitehead.substack.com/ | https://tinyurl.com/42wspc8m | all views my own
André Gagné @profgagne.bsky.social Professeur titulaire - Full Professor, @Concordia | Recherche - Research: Pentecôtismes - Pentecostalisms; Religion et politique - Religion and Politics; Évangéliques - Evangelicals
• Lien à ma page facultaire - Faculty page: https://shorturl.at/Riclq
Molly Olmstead @mollyolmstead.bsky.social Reporter at Slate, covering the right
molly.olmstead@slate.com
The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com Democracy Skies in Blueness
Religion Dispatches @religiondispatches.org bringing you religion, culture, and politics since 2008
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🏴Mhairi Forrest🏴 🤟🤟🤟 @mhairiforrest.bsky.social M.A. Deaf Education
Here for the interactions with interesting folks. Believe that character and integrity matter.
🏴 Scottish Independence Now 🏴
‼️Deletes posts after 5 days.
#DeafEd #ASL #Immigrants #Exvangelical #ChurchAbuseSurvivors #Scotland
Frederick Clarkson @fredclarkson.bsky.social Senior Research Analyst at Political Research Associates. Writer about religion & politics for four decades. Author. Editor. Public speaker. Occasional commentator.
steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social special investigative correspondent @texasobserver.org • contributor @coolzonemedia.bsky.social • publisher @proteanmag.com • send tips via Signal: stevanzetti.12
Read & support my work: https://linktr.ee/Stevanzetti
Bruce Wilson @brucewilson.bsky.social Studying, writing on, & warning about the Christian Supremacist right since 2004. Before that, in late 90s I warned of global warming. Now, I'm hunkering down to weather the storm, & raising giant isopods in my basement, for fun and profit.
Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social Scholar of religious violence and apocalypticism from the Crusades to contemporary America, living and teaching on occupied Baxoje, Meskwaki and Sauk land. Joyful swearbear. Amateur cook. He/him.
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.
Julie Ingersoll @julieingersoll.bsky.social Author: "Building God's Kingdom" (OUP). I teach and write about religion, politics, violence, and the far right. I'm probably in my camper.
Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me National Reporter for Religion News Service. "Workaday writer." — The New Yorker. Author of "American Prophets," a book on the religious left. Tips? Try me on Signal: jackmjenkins.60 Website: jackjenkins.me
Ruth Graham @ruthgraham.bsky.social National correspondent at The New York Times covering religion, faith and values. ~Texas~. Ruth.Graham@nytimes.com
Kristin Du Mez @kkdumez.bsky.social Historian of gender, religion, politics. Author of NYT bestseller JESUS AND JOHN WAYNE. Out Sept 15: LIVE LAUGH LOVE.
Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social Disrupting Extremism, Defending Democracy.
A project of People For the American Way.
https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch
Dr. Ruth Marshall is still kicking against the pricks @wtfis2bdone.bsky.social Antifascist prof. Political theory, postcolony, anathema, the end of days, demon sperm. Views entirely my own.
Free Palestine! 🇵🇸
Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social Contributing writer, TPM: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/profile/sarahposner
Host, Reign of Error podcast: https://www.axismundi.us/podcasts/reign-of-error
Author, Unholy
More: https://www.sarahposner.com
Michelle Goldberg @michellegoldberg.bsky.social New York Times opinion columnist; MSNOW contributor; author.
Bob Smietana @bmietana.bsky.social National writer Religion News Service. New grandad. Author of Reorganized Religion. Enthusiastic Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics and Sci-Fi fan. Ridiculously Gregarious
Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social Husband to Renee. Father to Andrew and Eleanor. Grandfather to Winnie and Indy. Founder. Writer. Ad-maker. NYT #1 Bestselling author. Instrument-rated Beechcraft pilot. AgainstAllEnemies.net
Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social Bestselling author of THE UNDERTOW: Scenes from a Slow Civil War; THE FAMILY, also a Netflix series; C Street; THIS BRILLIANT DARKNESS; & SWEET HEAVEN WHEN I DIE. AI stole them all. Professing @ Dartmouth. That's not my cat.
Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social Senior Koch Fellow, Wadham College, Oxford. Emerita Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought, Penn. Ride or die Eagles fan, traveler and gin drinker.
Teddy Wilson @reportbywilson.bsky.social Journalist and Researcher | Reporting and Research on the U.S. Radical Right | Publisher of Radical Reports @radicalreports.bsky.social | Subscribe: https://www.radicalreports.org | Support My Work: https://linktr.ee/reportbywilson
NPR @npr.org This is NPR 🎙️
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
Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com Defending democracy. Confronting hate. Speaking truth to power - and the angry mob. NewsChannel 5 chief investigative reporter. Chancellor, duPont, Peabody awards. RTDNA Lifetime Achievement. Pulitzer finalist. Per John Oliver: “Nashville’s Nosiest Bitch.”
Tim Miller @timmiller.bsky.social Host of the Bulwark Podcast
MSNBC political analyst.
Punching bag on FYPod with Cameron Kasky.
Church of Jokic.
Nola Dad.
Weak and Gay.
Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social Cofounder of The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.bsky.social
Senior correspondent for Religion Dispatches
Former weekly columnist for openDemocracy
Ball State (BA) and Stanford (PhD) alum
Pacific Northwest via a long, weird, winding road
emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social Coverage of American authoritarianism with a focus on legal cases. An American-Irish in Limerick, Ireland.
Legendary potty mouth!
Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social Historian: White Flight; New Suburban History; Fog of War; One Nation Under God; Fault Lines; Voter Suppression; Myth America. CAMPAIGN TRAILS: campaign-trails.ghost.io
Andrew L. Seidel @andrewlseidel.bsky.social Attorney. Fighting Christian Nationalism. Defending the 1st Amendment. Author.
📖The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism is un-American
📖American Crusade: How the Supreme Court is Weaponizing Religious Freedom
Life is too good to waste on bad ideas.
Kathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social Historian of the white power movement, gun violence, the apocalypse. Coloradan. kathleenbelew.com Book coming soon! Home, at the End of the World (Random House) Posts reflect my own views only.
Political Research Associates @praeyesright.bsky.social Political Research Associates. Social justice research and strategy center since 1981. Publishers of The Public Eye magazine
Peter Montgomery @petemontdc.com Researcher and writer focused on right-wing movements for Right Wing Watch, a project of People For the American Way. Lover of dogs, poetry, singing, husband. Pennsylvania raised, long roots in DC. UU. Personal account. He/him.
Politico @politico.com Nobody knows politics and policy like we do.
www.politico.com
Andy Kroll @andykroll.bsky.social Investigative reporter for PROPUBLICA
Contact me: 202-215-6203 (phone/Signal)
First book: A DEATH ON W STREET
Next book: Southern true-crime epic about porn kingpin Michael Thevis, the mob, and the FBI. Imagine Goodfellas meets Boogie Nights…
The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us "You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” – Abraham Lincoln 🏴☠️ | Home of #TheBreakdown and LP Podcast- M Meghan Conroy @mconroy.bsky.social Research Fellow @dfrlab.bsky.social. Former J6 Committee Investigator. Really only interested in extremism, social media, Taylor Swift, Love Island, and the epic highs and lows of high school football.