Jonathan Gerhardson @jongerhardson.bsky.social "Award winning"..."journalist" in "western Massachusetts"
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jon.gerhardson@proton.me
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BlackJew 🏳️⚧️ @blackjew.bsky.social Jordan (He/Him) - Expert in politics. Recovering Executive Director. Now consulting.
Proud to appear on an award-winning podcast on MA Politics
https://linktr.ee/jordanbergpowers
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roscone @roscone.com That's me, the Massachusetts web dev who loves movies, games, F1, Boston sports, leftie politics...and more!
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Sarah Betancourt @sweetadelinevt.bsky.social Immigration Reporter @gbhnews.bsky.social #desgraciada 🇵🇷 journalist since 2007. Occasional freelancer elsewhere. IRE award 2018 w/ ProPublica.
𝓒𝓡 🍂🕯️ @cinnamonroad.bsky.social Quietly Making Noise🌒🌕🌘The future isn’t what it used to be. Low on spoons. My photography unless repost. Resist 🌊
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Bruce Scott @brucescott55.bsky.social Public Integrity, NatSec, Casino & MAGA Election Fraud, Human Trafficking facts, research & litigation. Father of abducted & child trafficked daughter (redacted above between DJT & Jean-Luc Brunel)
Ogenki desuu ka @genkidesuu.bsky.social [Getting better at] the internet 🤞😬😂
❤️🩹If you’re exhausted, please know I am too. But we must press on. For our ancestors and our children. For ourselves and our neighbors. For love. Let’s do it for love.
🤗Mom, empath, doomerism = privilege — LFG💗
ebike gang ringleader @lasagnadeathray.bsky.social Urbanism, safe streets, climate, sustainable transportation, antifacism, and state/local politics in Cambridge, MA. Car-free. Big-tech skeptic.
Chrissi Elle Bates @chrissiellebates.bsky.social Advocate | Paralegal | Consultant
Boston-based human rights defender & trans woman advancing human rights, healthcare access & progressive advocacy.
DB Reiff @db4dignity.bsky.social "We must scrupulously guard the civil rights and civil liberties of all citizens, whatever their background. We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
@julies403.bsky.social @julies403.bsky.social
Harry Walpert @hjwalpert.bsky.social Love to canvass for progressive candidates!
Safety through solidarity
treaty of frrms (42069) @frrms.blacksky.app some guy but still she/her 🏳️🌈🇭🇹 | probs wrong but who GAF | caregiver | masshole | variety poster, copious liker | debate your daddy, not me | 25+ only
Chris Roughton @chrisroughton.bsky.social Born in Appalachia, grown in the Midwest, and call New England home. Climate and energy storage enthusiast🔋. Also, basketball 🏀, cooking 🧑🍳, and non-fiction books 📚.
Advocake ❌ 👑📎 @advocake.bsky.social MA lawyer advocating for good government and the rule of law, civil rights, and a baseline level of decency. I post about politics and Real Housewives. She/her
Moms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org We're a grassroots movement of Americans fighting for public safety measures that prevent gun violence in our communities. Text READY to 644-33 to join us!
Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org We are a movement of parents, students, survivors, educators, gun owners & concerned citizens fighting to end gun violence and build safer communities.
https://everytown.org/
Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social Fighting ICE since 2006, cohosting @openargs.bsky.social since 2024, playing your piano since 1987. Read my journal at http://deportnation.com
Enrique J. Pepén @enriquepepen.bsky.social #Boston City Councilor • Father • Husband • Urbanist • Housing/Transit Advocate • Organizer • Latino 🇩🇴🇺🇸• Personal Account #bospoli
fpnaboston@bsky.social @fpnaboston.bsky.social The neighborhood association supporting residents in Fort Point and in our slice of the South Boston Waterfront
Visit us at
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Councilor Ruthzee Louijeune @ruthzee.bsky.social Boston City Councilor At-Large | heart & fight for ALL of us 💪🏿 | 617 Born & Bred, @bostonschools ➡️ @harvard_law | she/hers | 🇭🇹-🇺🇸
The Fort Pointer @fortpointer.bsky.social Tweets and opinions mostly regarding Fort Point, Boston. Lover of all things creative, worldly and aspirational. Otherwise bristly.
fortpointer.com Also: fortpoint.org fortpointpier.com
Deb Kozikowski @demdivacooks.bsky.social Saving democracy, cooking Milk Street and Jacques Pépin recipes, manage it quite well...most of the time. Vice-Chair Mass Democratic Party, co-founder @leftofcenters.bsky.social, small but mighty woman-run PAC.
Jonathan Berk 🏠 @berkie1.bsky.social Supporting a new generation of walkable neighborhoods with housing abundance, active public realms, & thriving small business ecosystems. Founder remainplaces.com
Rise Up Western Mass Indivisible ❌👑 @ruwmi.bsky.social Indivisible group based in the first congressional district in Massachusetts. Dedicated to doing the work because no one is coming to save us. We are people-powered, peaceful, and pro-democracy.
Easthampton Democratic Committee @edc01027.bsky.social
Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov Senator for Massachusetts. Ranker on Senate Small Business Committee & HELP Primary Health & Retirement Security Subcommittee. Fighting for a Green New Deal.
Rep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social Lisa's husband. Patrick and Molly's dad. Proud to serve the 2nd Congressional District of MA. Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. Top Democrat on the House Rules Committee. Hunger is a political condition.
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov Proudly serving the Massachusetts 7th.
https://linktr.ee/rep.pressley
Ayanna Pressley @ayannapressley.bsky.social Your Congresswoman. Proudly representing the MA 7th. Here to break concrete ceilings & shake the table. Personal account. She/hers. #ChangeCantWait
Ed Lyons @mysteriousrook.com US+MA+Boston politics posts. Carnivorous #NeverTrump moderate, Charlie Baker fan, writer, programmer, mad scientist, chess, father of 4 little kids; pro-LGBT+ordain-women+Gothic+Latin Catholic; public radio pundit.
Boston Ward 4 Dems @bostonward4dems.bsky.social The Boston Ward 4 Democratic Committee is the hub for Democratic activism and engagement in Boston’s Ward 4, which spans parts of the neighborhoods of Back Bay, Fenway, and the South End.
State Representative Michelle Badger @repmichellebadger.bsky.social Official account of Massachusetts State Representative Michelle L. Badger proudly serving the 1st Plymouth District (Precinct 4,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,14,15,16,17, and 18 of Plymouth)
Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action (JALSA) @jalsaboston.bsky.social The Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action (JALSA) engages community in the pursuit of social, economic, environmental, and racial justice. Visit us at https://www.jalsa.org/
MassBudget @massbudget.bsky.social The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center advances equitable policy solutions that create an inclusive, thriving Commonwealth.
https://linktr.ee/MassBudget
Lift Our Kids MA @liftourkidsma.bsky.social A Coalition of 160 organizations dedicated to improving cash assistance programs for Massachusetts' lowest income children and families.
liftourkidsma.org
Boston Policy Institute @bostonpolicyinst.bsky.social Boston Policy Institute, Inc is a non-profit corporation focused on providing non-partisan information and in-depth analysis about the issues facing MA & Boston. Learn more at bostonpolicyinstitute.org!
BINJ.News @binjdotnews.bsky.social Independent weekly magazine in the public interest. Covering Boston and beyond. Published by the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism at https://binj.news/. Formerly HorizonMass.
Also follow @binjreports.bsky.social
@scottvv.bsky.social @scottvv.bsky.social
Barbara Doyle Atkins @bdatkins.bsky.social Software Eng, Mom, Introvert, Idealist, Political junkie, Live music fan | WPI & BU alum | Arlington MA Dem Committee, Town Meeting member & Human Rights Commissioner | Natl @workingfamilies.org vol leader. Team Warren forever | Community is everything
South Shore News @southshore.news South Shore News is an experiment in hyper local AI journalism. Find us at SouthShore.news
Steven L @stevenl57.bsky.social There is no need for food insecurity in a nation of plenty. Doer of good stuff, burster of balloons. Politics, sports, foodie, Springsteen, #mapoli. School committee member, education advocate. Understands the difference between freedom & anarchy
Chris Oates @chrisoates.bsky.social Former state legislative candidate and political risk analyst. Breaking down what events in the world mean for Massachusetts. https://chrisoates.substack.com/
Ariel Troster @arieltroster.bsky.social Running for reelection as City Councillor for #SomersetWard in Ottawa. Queer Jew. A better city is possible. Let’s build it together. 🏳️🌈
State Senator John F. Keenan @senjohnkeenan.bsky.social MA State Senator proudly serving Abington, Braintree, Hanover, Holbrook, Rockland, and Quincy. 🍪 #MAPoli
Stop Handgun Violence @stophandguns.bsky.social 30+ years of GVP public awareness, education and advocacy in Massachusetts
www.stophandgunviolence.org
Willie Burnley Jr 🌹 @willieburnleyjr.bsky.social Community organizer, part-time Empowerment Self-Defense Instructor, and At-Large Somerville City Councilor.
Jennifer Smith @jenndotsmith.bsky.social Journalist at CommonWealth Beacon probably sitting on the porch of a Dorchester three-decker. Co-host of The Horse Race and The Codcast.
The parties are advised to chill. (jsmith@commonwealthbeacon.org)
Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social • Founder of @equalaccesspublicmedia.org.
• Woman on a mission to make news accessible.
• Journalist with 25-plus yrs experience.
• Former RN.
• View from Boston.
• No filter.
• Cusses too much.
• Makes social media typos.
@ward10dems.org @ward10dems.org
Sharman Sacchetti @sharmantv.bsky.social Political Reporter at WCVB-TV, Boston. Auntie. Send tips to Sharman.sacchetti@hearst.com.
Aaron Berdofe @aaronberdofe.bsky.social Welcome to my personal journal. It’s mostly about Swampscott. I’m sorry if you came here for something else.
James Nichols-Worley @jnicholsworley.bsky.social Georgetown Student / Chair, Central MA Young Democrats.
@loumandarini @loumandarini.bsky.social Senior Adviser to Mayor Michelle Wu (@wutrain.bsky.social)
Boston political history geek
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Crusty, but Lovable
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Michelle Wu 吳弭 @wutrain.bsky.social Mayor of Boston • Mom to Blaise, Cass & Mira • Personal account
michelleforboston.com
Miriam Wasser @miriamwasser.bsky.social Climate and energy reporter for WBUR, Boston's NPR.
Email: MRWASSER@bu.edu
Signal: Miriam_Wasser.47
https://www.wbur.org/inside/staff/miriam-wasser
James Feigenbaum @jamesfeigenbaum.bsky.social Associate Professor of Economics at Boston University | Economic History, Labor, Inequality
https://jamesfeigenbaum.github.io/
Ryan Quinn @ryanquinn.bsky.social Assistant teaching professor of labor and employment law at @nusl.bsky.social. Co-founder, Organization of Workplace Lawyers (OWL). Former union organizer. America’s least-beloved singing cowboy in Salvation Alley String Band. he/him
Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social Editor. Political director for Progressive Mass. Opinions are my own. Phone-banking-while-walking evangelist.
Cam Baker @cameroncbaker.bsky.social Breaking News Editor @bloomberg.com in Boston. Text/Signal: +1-781-264-6191. Email -- cbaker225@bloomberg.net
Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social Member-based advocacy group fighting for a more equitable, just, sustainable and democratic Commonwealth
https://progressivemass.com
Adam Bass @adambassofmass.bsky.social Reporter at MassLive covering Worcester and Worcester County.
Previously: North Star Reporter, WBSM-FM, Lynn Daily Item, NewTV, Western Mass Politics and Insight, WCCS
Tips at abass@masslive.com
Notorious VOG @notoriousvog.b87fm.com 🎙️Host—B87FM Mornings 7–10a | TheVOGPodcast
Boston’s Unapologetic Urban Voice | Quality-Of-Life Advocate
Truth-Teller | Commentator | Mic Emcee | Reggae Enthusiast
Media Pluralist | Radio Pirate | This site censors accounts it disagrees with such as mines.
Jim Aloisi @jimaloisi.bsky.social Former Massachusetts Transportation Secretary; board member TransitMatters; MIT DUSP & Mobility Initiative. I write, teach & advocate for a sustainable & justice based transportation system.
Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net J-prof at Northeastern University. Co-leader, with Ellen Clegg, of @whatworks-nu.bsky.social. News and commentary at Media Nation, https://dankennedy.net.
Sierra Club Massachusetts @sierraclubma.bsky.social 🌱 Fighting the climate emergency & building a just, clean, healthy future for all
linktr.ee/sierraclubma
Indivisible Acton Area ❌👑 @indactonma.bsky.social We are thousands of community members in the Acton Area supporting progressive policies through civic and electoral action at the national, state and local levels.
Kim Driscoll @kimdriscollma.bsky.social The 73rd Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts; Teammate with Gov. Maura Healey; Former Mayor of Salem; Baller 🏀; Proud mom of 3; she/her
Dave Cavell @davidcavell.bsky.social Was head speechwriter for @kamalaharris. Ran for Congress, fmr @JohnKerry @MichelleObama @maura_healey @DevalPatrick. @RedSox fan. Eats candy corn. He/Him. Personal account, views own.
North Shore Indivisible Massachusetts ❌👑 @nsindivisible.bsky.social We’re a pro-democracy grassroots group representing the North Shore of Boston, Massachusetts, with a mission to create a more just and equitable country through coordinated nonviolent civic action locally & nationally.
https://northshoreindivisible.org/
Liz Hughes @inventingliz.bsky.social Mom through adoption, perpetual do-gooder, wannabe world-traveler, life-long learner, soon-to-be empty nester so I'm looking for new hobbies! Opinions are my own. #bospoli #mapoli
Tania Del Rio @taniadelrios.bsky.social Mom, ocean lover, public servant, Eastie resident. Personal views here. 💙💛🌊 🇺🇸 #bospoli #mapoli 🌹
Ricardo A. Sánchez @ricardoasnchz.bsky.social Sr. Advisor & Comms Director for @pressley.house.gov / @ayannapressley.bsky.social.
East Boston native and Boston Celtics fanatic. #mapoli
Persis Yu @persisyu.bsky.social Candidate for MA State Senate in Norfolk & Suffolk district
www.electpersis.com
Deputy ED @thesbpc.bsky.social; proud Boston Public School mom; consumer advocate; #mapoli #bospoli
Massachusetts Politics @mapoli.bsky.social Massachusetts Politics. #mapoli
Follow the #mapoli Bluesky Starterpack: https://bsky.app/starter-pack/mapoli.bsky.social/3lqz5vfnxre2h
Mathew Helman @mathelman.bsky.social Dad, #mapoli communications pro, Senate/House race junkie, Springsteen disciple, stand-up comedy enthusiast. He/him. Skeeto ergo sum.
Paul Schlichtman @schlichtman.org School board member; retired urban educator & principal. My passions are public policy (especially education & transportation), local governance. Oxford commas, Daf Yomi. (he/him) #mapoli #maedu #ArlingtonMA
Arlington, Massachusetts
Keren Horn @kerenhorn.bsky.social Economics Faculty @UMassBoston Thinking about cities, housing and labor. Teaching #UrbanEcon. Living in #Dorchester, #Boston. #YIMBY #MAPoli kerenhornecon.com kerenmertenshorn.substack.com
Matthew Broude @matthewbroude.bsky.social #Boston #bospoli #mapoli #queer
Frequent volunteer, particularly for causes addressing homelessness, poverty, food insecurity & housing justice.
🏳️⚧️ Civically enGAYged as cofounder of @tqncboston.bsky.social 🏳️🌈
Policy & Comms with @clrhenrysantana.bsky.social
Mara Dolan @maradolan.bsky.social Public defender, family lawyer, Governor’s Councillor, MA Dems State Committee Woman, #mapoli MaraDolan.com No meanness. @councillordolan.bsky.social
Sarah E Neville PhD @sarahneville.bsky.social Chelsea School Committee member, BU social work assistant prof, public school parent w/ @robertoj.bsky.social, #mapoli adjacent. #globalhealth #socialwork #adoption #fostercare #childprotection #mentalhealthresearch
Ruth @duckduckf.bsky.social Writer and ASL interpreter in western Massachusetts. Pushcart nominated poet. Screenwriter. Author of YA novel, BEING FISHKILL #mglit #yalit #mapoli
Eddie Rupia @edwardrupia.bsky.social Campaign Manager @ayannapressley.bsky.social. Sr. Advisor @pressley.house.gov | Opinions are my own| NBA fan 🏀☘️ |📍Boston, Massachusetts #mapoli
Indivisible LAB @indivisiblelab.bsky.social A place for people in Lexington, Arlington, Bedford, and beyond to build community and take collective action at the local, state, and federal level. We are both a local Indivisible group and a Progressive Mass chapter.
IndivisibleLAB.org #mapoli
MASSterList @massterlist.com The original #MAPoli newsletter
📪 https://massterlist.com/subscribe/
Becca Rausch @beccarausch.bsky.social Mom. Spouse. District-flipper. Lawyer-turned-MassSenate-lawmaker. MassDems Committeewoman. Mostly: democracy, elections, politics, abortion+RJ, antisemitism, health care, environment, dogs, arts. Dancer at heart. beccarausch.com #mapoli #dailydemocracy
UMass Lowell Online @uml-online.bsky.social A leader in affordable & award-winning undergraduate & graduate education - online & on campus
Allston Brighton Community Activist Andrew Beck Lew @lew-beck.bsky.social #Allston #BrightonMA Chef, Jae H. Kim TKD, @ayannapressley.bsky.social @massgovernor.bsky.social
@massauditor.bsky.social @councillordolan.bsky.social, Kevin Honan, Erin Murphy, Will Brownsberger
votebrownsberger.com
maurahealey.com
MassEquality @massequality.bsky.social MassEquality is the leading statewide grassroots advocacy organization working to ensure that everyone across Massachusetts can thrive from cradle to grave without discrimination&oppression based on sexual orientation, gender identity,or gender expression
Environmental League of Massachusetts @enviroleaguema.bsky.social We advocate for policy that meets the scale and urgency of our environmental challenges. #mapoli
https://www.elmaction.org
MassDems @massdems.bsky.social This is the official Bluesky account of the Massachusetts Democratic Party! Follow for updates. #mapoli
Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social Attorney; Editor-in-Chief, @WMassPI.com; #Spfldpoli when you need it; #MaPoli when you want it. "Retweets" ≠ Seal of Approval. Likes = ??? Fasten your seatbelt, please.
"You must go on. I can't go on. I'll go on." -Samuel Beckett
Always Eccles. 1:9
Henry Santana @clrhenrysantana.bsky.social #Boston City Councilor At-Large | he/him/his | Official City Council account. #bospoli #mapoli https://linktr.ee/henry.santana
Steve Koczela @skoczela.bsky.social President of The MassINC Polling Group. Cohost of The Horse Race podcast. All things #mapoli. Iraq veteran. Boston, MA.
Boston City Council @bostoncitycouncil.bsky.social
LeftofCenter @leftofcenters.bsky.social A women-founded, women-run field readiness political defense team working to elect Democrats and protect our democracy. Co-founders @MaraDolan.bsky.social and @demdivacooks.bsky.social
https://www.leftofcenter.org/
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Mara Dolan, Governor’s Councillor @councillordolan.bsky.social First public defender on the Governor’s Council. Governor's Councillor, District 3. If you care who our judges are, you need to care who your Governor's Councillor is.
Jamaica Plain Progressives @jpprogressives.bsky.social JP Progressives brings progressives together to build electoral power, mobilize around issues, build a progressive community, and engage Jamaica Plain. A chapter of Progressive Massachusetts, but we're older and can't stop talking about it.
Sam Squailia @samsquailia.bsky.social Mayor of @FitchburgMass / fmr Architectural Building Engineer / Small biz owner / @fitdogpark Pres / MABPAB Board
League of Women Voters of Massachusetts @lwvma.bsky.social Empowering Voters. Defending Democracy.
https://lwvma.org/