Streetsblog Chicago @chi.streetsblog.org The region's sustainable transportation news and advocacy website, helping to make the city and suburbs better since 2013. Posts: @johngreenfield.bsky.social (unsigned) and @stevevance.net.
Nathan Hamill @nathanhamill.bsky.social Artist. 1/2 of 2 Dumb Dinos
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Sheila Q. @sheilaq.bsky.social Freelance writer. MSW. Mom. Wife. Grieving parent. Chicago enthusiast. Politics. CPS. Fancies myself an iPhone camera savant. Known as ‘Mary Tyler Mom’ at that other place.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social Journalist & Pulitzer finalist Historian. Fmr ed, @PoliticoMag & @washingtonian. Author of "Watergate: A New History" and "The Only Plane in the Sky" and other books. garrett.graff AT gmail OR ProtonMail. Subscribe to my newsletter: Doomsdayscenario.co
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social ✨I'm a former local TV news exec, reporter & producer with a few opinions about the news✨
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social Writer. Featured in Rolling Stone, WIRED, The Guardian and elsewhere. I write about politics, tech and society.
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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.”
Ted McClelland @tedmcclelland.bsky.social Father of Lark, Birch and Rose. Author of Chorus of the Union. Contributing Writer, Chicago magazine
Illinois Families for Public Schools @ilfps.bsky.social Grassroots, non-profit 501c4 advocacy org representing the interests of Illinois pro-public school families. Public schools = public good! info@ilfps.org
Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social (VERY SERIOUS) USA TODAY humor(ish) columnist. May or may not be notable. Hypocrisy enthusiast. WOKE MOB, CO-FOUNDER. ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE (2017 to present).
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social Martial Artist. Executioner of Mediocrity.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social Epidemiologist. AIDS Activist. Dog lover. New Haven.
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social Author, pastor, activist, fighter for the common good.
Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social Writer, journalist, filmmaker, professor. Pro-democracy advocate: Not capitulating. Author of Lee Harvey Oswald book, The Gunman & His Mother. Writing/publishing America, America on politics and society: America.substack.com
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social Civil rights lawyer; democracy warrior, dedicated to racial justice & equality. Fmr President & Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social Political commentary. Over 3 billion views on YouTube. #1 NYT bestselling author. Past: MSNBC
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Dr. Theresa Chapple @drtheresachapple.bsky.social Epidemiologist, Public Health Practitioner, Perinatal Health Researcher, Social Justice Advocate, Policy Nerd, and Mother of Four
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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social Independent Journalist. IU alum. Recovering lawyer. She/her
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Martha Bayne @marthabayne.bsky.social Writer, editor, dancer, souper. Coeditor of NOTHING COMPARES TO YOU: WHAT SINEAD O'CONNOR MEANS TO US. Various responsibilities @ University of Illinois Press, South Side Weekly, Theater Oobleck, Soup & Bread. Essays @ marthabayne.substack.com. .
Aaron Sheinin @asheinin.bsky.social There Can't Be More of Them Than Us
Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social Your Jeopardy! pal. Author of THE COMPLETE KENNECTIONS (http://bit.ly/4qUcbhK) and a bunch of other stuff.
Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social Texas Medical Center (TMC) Pediatrics Professor-Vaccine Scientist-Author; Member, Philosophical Society of Texas, Texas Academy of Medicine Engineering Science Technology, National Academy of Medicine, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Kerry Reid (she/her) @kerryreid.bsky.social Theater and Dance Editor for the Chicago Reader. Usual disclaimer that all opinions are my own alone. . .
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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."
Bill McCarthy @billmccarthy.bsky.social Senior digital investigation journalist covering online mis- and disinformation for AFP • Formerly with PolitiFact and the Raleigh News & Observer • Duke alum • “The internet folks” - Stephen Colbert
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Tennille Nicole Allen @tennillenallen.blacksky.app West Side Chicagoan by birth. Sociology professor by training. Black feminist by Audre, bell, and Patricia. I study Black people doing Black things in Black places.
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Occupy Democrats @occupydemocrats.bsky.social Occupy Democrats is a merger of the goals and interests of Occupy with those of the Democratic Party.
Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social ICE OUT
Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app 3 dogs. 2 kitchens. Zero chill. | Lawyer | Journalist | Host of B*tch, Listen podcast | abortion rights are, like, 80% of my personality | skeets are the opinion of your employer. | Colorado, America🏳️🌈
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"
emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social Coverage of American authoritarianism with a focus on legal cases. An American-Irish in Limerick, Ireland.
Legendary potty mouth! 
Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social Lois Lane for the courts and broken tigger
Slate, Amicus, MSNBC, NYT bestseller Lady Justice
CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social Founded to stand up to Trump and the GOP. Legal analysis & news the media is missing.
Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social Cartoonist
HCWvsHunger @hcwvshunger.bsky.social The 2025 #HCWvsHunger competition is underway now thru 12/2!
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social Founder @democracydocket.com. Chair of Elias Law Group. My dog's name is Blue.
Bill Browder @billbrowder.bsky.social Head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign and author of Red Notice and Freezing Order
Julie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social Miami Herald Investigative journalist, author of "Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story." Philly girl trying to make my way in the South Florida wilderness. Temple Owl. Jkbjournalist on Substack.
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.
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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
Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social Law professor & author of BIG DIRTY MONEY and OTHER PEOPLE’S HOUSES
Rachel Vindman @natsechobbyist.bsky.social Wife, mama, sister, friend, suburban woman fighting for democracy. NOT a national security/geopolitical expert but I have a guy for that.
Veronica @veronicaeye.bsky.social Chicago gal who wears many hats:
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social Wife, Mom, UMich Law School Professor from Practice, MSNOW legal analyst, The Contrarian contributor, former U.S. Attorney, EDMI
Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social Truth-Teller | Independent Journalist and Legal Analyst | Trial Lawyer | @katiephang on Substack, Instagram, Threads, & TikTok
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“Though She Be But Little, She Is Fierce”
Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social Public health & economic & AI warnings. Health and economic policy. Former 16 years at Harvard. DC & Virginia.
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Jef Bek @jefbek.bsky.social 18 time Award-Winning composer, multi-instrumentalist and host of The Proper Proggy Prog Show.
Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com Owner of MSW Media, host of The Daily Beans, UnJustified, and Cleanup on Aisle 45 podcasts. #Leguminati. Veteran. She/Her Substack: muellershewrote.com
Signal: muellershewrote.23
Podcast: https://the-daily-beans.simplecast.com/
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.
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Rex Chapman @rexchapman.bsky.social Team game
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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social Lawyer, commentator, fighter for democracy. Prosecuted Trump University @ NY AG. #NAFO Fella. Author of Taking Down Trump. Host of the Tristan Snell Show on Apple and Spotify.
Substack - tristansnell.com
Shannon Palus @shanpalus.bsky.social Features editor at Slate with a special interest in science and health. Writer and runner.
ThirdCoastReview.com @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social Chicago arts & culture, curated
Capitol Fax @capitolfax.bsky.social Your Illinois news radar https://capitolfax.com/
Invisible Institute @invisible.institute A nonprofit journalism production organization on the South Side of Chicago. Home to CPDP.co, Beneath the Surface, and more. 
Injustice Watch @injusticewatch.org Injustice Watch is a Chicago-based nonprofit journalism organization that examines issues of equity and justice in the Cook County court system. https://linktr.ee/injusticewatch
unraveled @unraveledpress.com Independent, reader-supported investigative reporting from Chicago on policing and state violence.
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South Side Weekly @southsideweekly.bsky.social News, arts, and investigations by and for Chicago's South Side. southsideweekly.com 
Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social ✶ State investigations editor at https://illinoisanswers.org/ ✶ https://www.jim-daley.com/ ✶ DM for Signal ✶ He/him
Peter Frampton @mrpeterframpton.bsky.social Kindness is king.
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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social No kings
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
IllumiNative @illuminative.bsky.social IllumiNative is a Native woman-led racial and social justice organization building power for Native peoples by amplifying Native voices, stories, and issues. 
Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social Girl dad. Hip-Hop lover. Fmr Capitol Police Officer. Making good trouble.
https://www.standingourground.us/
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of @inequalitymedia.bsky.social and @imcivicaction.bsky.social.
Substack: http://robertreich.substack.com
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VoteVets @votevets.org GIVING VETERANS A VOICE SINCE 2006
VoteVets is the largest Democratic Veterans group in America, representing 1.5M+ Vets, families, and supporters.
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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social Proud papa. Perpetually pissed.
#BlueWave2026, #Feminist.
Author of The Bigliest Loser and The Liddle'est President.
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social I make Dad jokes on NPR and also write books and other things. 
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dan sinker @dansinker.com I make stuff. Currently Says Who and Rebel Spirit podcasts & writing at dansinker.com. Formerly Punk Planet (RIP), impeachment dot fyi, OpenNews, and much more. Always something new coming soon.
Eve L. Ewing @eveewing.bsky.social I’m a Chicagoan and a prof and I write a lot of things like books [Original Sins, Electric Arches, 1919, Ghosts in the Schoolyard, Maya and the Robot] and comics [X-Men, Black Panther, Ironheart] and more + I love my dog so so much
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Dr. Jen Gunter @drjengunter.bsky.social Doctor, writer, Canadian Spice, lasso of truth, I speak for no one but me. 2X NYT bestsellers. More thoughts at TheVajenda.com