Jen @jenchang107.bsky.social 
Asher Huey @asherhuey.bsky.social Gay, unionist, feminist, progressive, wino, activist, history geek, trekkie, dog lover, filmmaker. AFT Digital Director. These posts are my own. he/him
Shari Obrenski @shariob.bsky.social Union leader and activist, teacher, mom, wife, avid reader, and traveler. As Laurel Thatcher Ulrich once said, “Well-behaved women seldom make history.”
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
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ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com Democracy Skies in Blueness
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Damon Silvers @damonsilvers.bsky.social Senior Advisor to the AFL-CIO and the AFT. Senior Council to Jubilee USA. Visiting Professor of Practice, Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, University College London. Posts are solely my personal opinions and not that of any organization.
The Contrarian @contrariannews.org Unflinching journalism in defense of democracy. https://contrarian.substack.com/
Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social Sr. Fellow @ Brookings, Co-founder of Democracy Defenders Action, Executive Chair of Democracy Defenders Fund & Co-Founder of The Contrarian contrarian.substack.com. Posts with "TN" are from Team Norm
UFT @uft.org This is the official account for the United Federation of Teachers. We proudly represent NYC public school educators, nurses, childcare providers and other professionals.
Mr. James Lautzenheiser @jameslautzenheiser.bsky.social 8th Grade American History & Government - Crestview Middle School. Baldwin-Wallace ('04), BGSU ('09), Ashland ('19), James Madison Memorial Fellow ('16). President - Crestview Employees Association (OFT-AFT). https://t.co/LG7UyS172T 
Ohio House Dems @ohhousedems.bsky.social Official Bluesky account for the Democratic Caucus of the Ohio House of Representatives. #PeopleFirst
Tara Mosley Weems @tmosleyweems.bsky.social Tara is a dedicated community advocate and public servant with over a decade of experience.
Known for her commitment to Akron. Tara has broken barriers as the first Black woman elected official to run for Lieutenant Governor in Ohio.
Karen Kasler @karenkasler.bsky.social Journalist, Statehouse Bureau Chief, Ohio Public Media: ideastream/WKSU/WVIZ, WOSU, WVXU, WOUB, WCBE, WYSO. Love my kid, my cats, CLE⚾, CBJ🏒, OSU🏈. Liking CLE🏀because CLE🏈is a lost cause. I’m at kkasler@statehousenews.org
Kent Smith @kentsmith.bsky.social Ohio State Senator, District 21; Senate Dem Whip; In 2022, I defeated the Koch Brothers; Host of the award winning ICYMI Statehouse Edition; Dem. City Leader; Roller Derby Voice; Art and Music Fan; Cat Dad; Pro-Choice; Anti-Fascist; Apple Farmer.
John Esterly @realjohnesterly.bsky.social Chairman at @bletohio and very loud advocate for passenger rail at @allaboardohio. Although universally correct, opinions are my own.
Greg Landsman @greglandsman.bsky.social Father, husband, proud Cincinnatian. Congressman representing #OH01. 🙏🏼💙
Beryl Brown Piccolantonio @berylbrownpic.bsky.social State Representative, OH HD4. Mom🩷
Anna Staver @annastaver.bsky.social Ohio legislative reporter for Cleveland.com Got a tip? Email astaver@cleveland.com
Megan Henry @megankhenry.bsky.social Ohio Capital Journal reporter • Previous words The Columbus Dispatch
• Ohio University alumna • karate black belt • mhenry@ohiocapitaljournal.com
Dontavius L. Jarrells @iamdontavius.bsky.social Human. 🤙🏾ΑΦΑ. State Representative, HD-01. Committed to building an Ohio we all deserve.
Honesty for Ohio Education @honesty4ohioed.bsky.social We are a nonpartisan, statewide coalition of 70+ organizations and thousands of parents, students, and community members working to protect honest and inclusive education in Ohio's schools. linktr.ee/h4oe
Policy Matters Ohio @policymattersohio.bsky.social A nonpartisan research institute working to create a more vibrant, equitable, sustainable, and inclusive Ohio.
https://linktr.ee/PolicyMattersOhio
Good Works Columbus @goodworkscolumbus.org A newsletter trying to make Columbus a little better
https://www.goodworkscolumbus.org
Kathryn Poe @poements.bsky.social Small, but great in mischief | #Ohio | Lover of spreadsheets, state budgets, and Bioethics | Budget & Health Researcher @policymattersohio.bsky.social 
Nick Evans @nckevns.bsky.social Ohio Capital Journal reporter
Susan Tebben @susantebben.bsky.social Reporter: @ohiocapitaljournal.com
Formerly: WOUB Public Media, Athens (OH) Messenger, Glasgow (KY) Daily Times.
Always: Wife, cat servant, overthinker.
State Rep. Michele Grim @michelegrim.bsky.social State Representative, HD-43. Working hard and getting things done.
Dara Adkison @dara4ohio.bsky.social they/them, Executive Director of TransOhio, genderqueer butch trans masc parent, Opinions are my own
http://transohio.org
American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio @acluohio.bsky.social Dedicated to maintaining and extending constitutional and other fundamental rights, liberties, privileges, and immunities.
A nonprofit, nonpartisan, legal and advocacy 501(c)(4) organization.
Maria Bruno @mariabruno01.bsky.social Talk too much about Ohio state politics, extremism, and billionaires.
Executive Director, Ohioans Against Extremism
@Ohagainstextremism.bsky.social
Ohagainstextremism.org
Kathy DiCristofaro @womenscaucus.bsky.social Trumbull Democratic Women’s Caucus, Chair. Proud Hillary& Kamala Delegate, DNC Rules Cmte 2020, NatFinanceCmte BVF & Hillary4Amer. Ohio TrumbullCo Dems.
Meryl Neiman @neimanohio.bsky.social Recovering attorney. Now political organizer and fiction writer. Dog and democracy lover. In the fight for the long haul.
Katy Shanahan @katyashanahan.bsky.social ohio | political lawyer | basically here to create chaos
Angela Lin @angelalin.bsky.social doing comms for progressive civic engagement groups in Ohio✨but forever Go Blue 〽️ she/her 🇹🇼 (💬=mine)
Nick Tuell @nicktuell.bsky.social Senior Communications Director at Innovation Ohio. Bengals and Bobcats forever.
Neil Waggoner @neilwaggoner.bsky.social Midwest Beyond Coal Campaign Manager for Sierra Club. Way too emotionally invested in the hot dog derby.
Caitlin Johnson @caitlincleve.bsky.social Perpetually optimistic...with a few fits of rage sprinkled in here and there to keep it interesting.
David Niven @nivenpolitics.bsky.social Teach American politics in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Cincinnati. Wrote speeches for Ted Strickland, Martin O'Malley, and Gordon Gee. Personal account.
JoIngles @joingles1.bsky.social I am a journalist for the Ohio Public Media Statehouse News Bureau and host of “The Ohio Statehouse Scoop” podcast. I also teach comm classes at Ohio Wesleyan University. Posts I share on BlueSky are mine and are not sponsored by my employers.
Sarah Ingles @sarahingles.bsky.social 📚 Columbus City School Board Member
⚖️ Attorney
💫 Organize your workplace & community
🏀 Loves Columbus but misses the Quest
▪️ Personal opinions expressed herein
▪️ My posts are not legal advice
Beth Liston MD PhD @bethliston.bsky.social Democrat State Senator OH District 16. Doctor, mother, professor. Med/Peds Hospitalist.
@russo4ohio.bsky.social @russo4ohio.bsky.social 
Christina Collins @docccollins.bsky.social Educator, recovering elected member of the Ohio State Board of Education, Exec Dir of Honesty for Ohio Education, surrounded by incredible badass people and orgs. Posts are always my opinions.
Honestyforohioeducation.org
https://linktr.ee/docccollins
Nick Castele @nickcastele.bsky.social Reporting on your government for Signal Cleveland.
Read the news: signalcleveland.org.
Make the news: nick@signalcleveland.org.
Michael McGovern @mdmcgovern.bsky.social Dayton enthusiast. President of Innovation Ohio, Ohio’s progressive communications and research hub
Rick Neal @rickneal.bsky.social Fight MAGA, Save America 🇺🇸/ Proud Dad and Husband 🏳️🌈 / Peace Corps, Public Health, Politics 🇲🇦🇰🇭🇦🇿🇧🇮🇦🇫🇯🇴🇨🇩
Indivisible Central Ohio @indivcentraloh.bsky.social Mobilizing Central Ohioans in the fight for human rights, truth and justice, racial justice, voting rights, public education, LGBTQ rights, reproductive rights, and more.
Sign up for our newsletter at https://indivisiblecentralohio.org.
Robert Alexander @bgsuprof.bsky.social Founding Director, Democracy and Public Policy Network at BGSU. Author of Representation and the Electoral College, Oxford University Press.
Andrew Tobias @andrewjtobias.bsky.social #CLE fan. Lifelong Ohioan. Politics reporter. UFO believer. Lowkey exerciser. Slow runner. Daddy x2. “Total soy boy." Average man. andrew@signalohio.org Signal:andrewjtobias.77
https://signalohio.org/statesignals/
Morgan Trau @morgantrau.bsky.social Ohio Statehouse reporter for News 5 Cleveland, WCPO 9 News, Scripps News with words in the Ohio Capital Journal.
Aryeh Alex @iaryeh.bsky.social Ohioan, public servant, and Columbus Metro Parks Commissioner. He/Him.
Brent Warren @brentincolumbus.bsky.social Columbus Underground reporter covering urban development, neighborhoods, transit, bike infrastructure & more.
Author of Columbus in 50 Maps
https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/columbus-in-50-maps-9781540270023
brent@columbusunderground.com
Matter News @matternews.bsky.social Independent, nonprofit news org in Columbus, Ohio, covering arts, music, culture and community. 
Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.com Covering politics and policy from the Midwest. Newsroom for WCPT820
Andy Downing @andydowning33.bsky.social director/editor @matternews
Senator Casey Weinstein @senatorweinstein.bsky.social State Senator. Husband to @profweinstein.bsky.social and father of 3. Proud Air Force Academy Falcon and Ohio State Buckeye.
Neil Bhaerman @neilanalien.bsky.social hype man for unions [@OFTunion comms director]. organizer. baker. cyclist. tarotist. dad. baseball watcher. yinzer at heart, ohioan by accident.
opinions=mine only & often bad.
David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social Editor in Chief and Opinion Columnist. @ohiocapitaljournal.com.
Amanda Weinstein @profweinstein.bsky.social Economist studying rural economies. Air Force Veteran. Ohioan. Mom of 3 kids. Wife of the 1 and only @senatorweinstein.bsky.social- R Rick Smith Show @ricksmithshow.bsky.social By working people. For working people.
Weekdays 5p EST on @freespeechtv
Download the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-rick-smith-show/id276944187
April Verrett @seiupres.bsky.social International President of the Service Employees International Union
https://linktr.ee/AprilVerrett
Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social PSCCUNY. #CUNYStrong. Queer. Collective power, public good. Organize your workplace. Zindabad. Makibaka. Solidarity
Library Unionist @library-unionist.bsky.social Librarian and labor union organizer based in Columbus, Ohio.
DebHowesNH @debhowesnh.bsky.social Reading and math intervention teacher grades k-5. Proud public school advocate! President AFT-NH. Mother of 2 wonderful grown-ups.
Education Minnesota @educationmn.bsky.social The voice for professional educators and students. Our members work in pre-K-12 schools and higher education institutions statewide.
Dan Montgomery @djmontgomery.bsky.social American Library Association Executive Director, educator and activist, committed to promoting our libraries, the freedom to read and access knowledge, the basis for a free and just American democracy.
Texas AFT @texasaft.org Proudly dubbed the "most aggressive" group for Texas educators. Representing 66,000 K-12, higher education, and retired school employees. We're #Allin for Texas public schools, colleges, & universities ✊ Affiliated with AFT & the AFL-CIO.
Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT Local 3) @pft.org The PFT represents 14,000 educators working in the School District of Philadelphia. We're fighting for more public education funding & a better world for workers. Nothing about us, without us ✊🏽
PFT.org #PHLed
Ohioans Against Extremism @ohagainstextremism.bsky.social Working to eradicate extremism from state and local government in #Ohio
Founded Aug 2024
OHAgainstExtremism.org
Innovation Ohio @innovationohio.bsky.social Ohio's progressive politics and policy hub
Plunderbund @plunderbund.bsky.social All politics. All #Ohio
Diane Ravitch🇺🇸❤️🇺🇦🗽🇨🇱🏳️🌈✡️🇨🇦 @dianeravitch.bsky.social I write about the history and politics of education. I oppose the privatization of public schools. I support democracy, teachers, students, unions, liberal education, freedom to teach and to learn. Born in Houston, live in Brooklyn. Twitter refugee.- K Karen Gasper @kgasper.bsky.social Social psychologist & emotion researcher fascinated by the marvelously mundane | @Penn_State | she/her | my views are my own.
Zeph Capo @zephcapo.bsky.social Aspiring beach bum. Until then, proud president of @TexasAFT and vice-president of @AFTunion.
Viri Pettersen @mspetter.bsky.social Kamala’s Capt, fmr NYSUT Asst to Pres, fmr Director, AFT NE; NYSUT member; Retired Educator & RVCTA Union President; Long Islander; Focused on families, friends, public education, unions, politics; Coffee-drinker!☕️ 🚫DMs
https://linktr.ee/mspetter
Shaun Richman @shaunrichman.org Labor guy in higher ed. Author, "Tell The Bosses We're Coming" (Monthly Review, 2020) & "We Always Had a Union" (U. of Illinois, 2025). Contributing writer: In These Times, Jacobin, American Prospect.
Sabrina Joy Stevens @realsabijoy.bsky.social Ephesians 6:10-18. Movement-builder, storyteller & strategist serving folks defending life, liberty, & the pursuit of happiness.
Kombiz Lavasany @kombiz.bsky.social Former Twitter dad is now a skeeting dad. I do a lot of political work mainly focused on empowering educators, nurses and workers. Beyond that it's Iran, music and trying to believe i can one day be funny. @kombiz everywhere
David Pepper @davidpepperoh.bsky.social Jack and Charlie’s dad, Alana’s husband. Cincy native. Running for Lieutenant Governor alongside @amyactonoh to fight for Ohioans and lower costs.
Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social 🏳️🌈Poet, Mother, Southerner
📜Archives, Material Media Studies, American Poetry, Artists’ Books
🎓MA, MLS, MAE, MFA, ABD PhD (C&IS)
👩🏼🏫Teach: Typography, Games, Poetry, Gender Studies
🌐 https://linktr.ee/thedaybooks
🤐Posts don’t reflect my institutions
AFT Progressive Caucus @aftprog.bsky.social Moving Forward
@edmuir.bsky.social @edmuir.bsky.social My own thoughts on unions, education and public finance. 
@leoecasey.bsky.social @leoecasey.bsky.social Teacher, Unionist, Citizen, Grandfather.
I aspire to be one of Bayard Rustin's angelic troublemakers.
Author, The Teacher Insurgency.
(He, Him)
Kristi Woodworth @kwoodworth.bsky.social Democracy Warrior, Ohio Moms Demand Action volunteer
Not giving up and never going back
#Opposition
Cincinnati and Tucson
@mrdsantos.bsky.social @mrdsantos.bsky.social 
Judith Browne Dianis @jbrownedianis.bsky.social Movement Lawyer; Racial justice advocate. Former Exec. Dir, Advancement Project& APActionFund
Jesse Hagopian @jessehagopian.bsky.social Educator|Author: "TeachTruth"
(haymarketbooks.org/books/2493-teach-truth), Co-editor “Black Lives Matter at School,” & TeachingForBlackLives.org | Co-editor, Rethinking Schools|Website: IamAnEducator.com | 4 booking: speakoutnow.org/speakers/jesse-hagopian
Jose Vilson, PhD @thejosevilson.com The educator Gotham deserves. Math teacher turned sociologist + policy, studying contemporary and historical teacher professionalism and work , best-selling author, executive director, adjunct, father.
Join the movement 👇🏾
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Jeff Bryant @jeffbinnc.bsky.social Chief correspondent Our Schools, an education media project of the Independent Media Institute and lead fellow Public School Advocate at The Progressive Magazine. Texas native now based in Chapel Hill, NC. Website: https://edpolitics.org/
National Education Union @neunion.bsky.social The National Education Union represents the majority of teachers and education professionals in the UK. It's time to #ValueEducation.
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
Appodlachia @appodlachia.com John Brown is a hero / Unions are good / Accents are sexy / redneck is a term of endearment https://lnk.bio/appodlachia
LaborLab @laborlab.bsky.social LaborLab empowers workers to organize, win strong contracts, and build lasting collective power through education, strategic research, and mobilizing public support in the face of union-busting. LaborLab.us
Democratic Wins Media @democraticwins.bsky.social Keeping Score of Democrats’ wins. Highlighting the future of the Democratic Party. Supporting Democratic candidates and causes.