Dispatches from Texas @dispatchesfromtexas.com Real stories from real Texans.
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Scott Uhl - North Texas (D) @scottuhltx.bsky.social Proud Centrist & Globalist, Pro-Business, Pro-Free Trade, Pro-Energy (Wind-Solar-Nuclear-US Shale) Pro-Civil Rights, Rock & Roll 🎸Pro Rule-of-Law, Pro-Public Education, Pro-Democracy & Pro-Establishment Clause.
Tarrant County Precinct Chair #3035 (D)
RAD - Richardson Area Democrats @richardsonareadems.bsky.social Our mission is to build an inclusive grassroots community, to inform and empower the body politic, and to elect Democrats. Find us at www.rad.vote.
Texan... Engineer... @txkathy.bsky.social I am a career engineer... been at it for a long long time. I read Texas law for fun. 2022 Democratic Nominee for TX Senate. Please run for office! No DMs. No crypto. No porn.
Kate Cohen @katecohen.bsky.social Author of "We of Little Faith," former columnist at the Washington Post, parent, cook, reader, atheist, leftie (both kinds).
Huss/ein Banai @hbanai.bsky.social Associate Professor of International Studies at Indiana University-Bloomington. Books on liberalism, democracy, human rights, Iran, and US-Iran relations. Working on a book on enmity in politics. Co-Editor, Int'l Studies Review.
hussbanai.info
Emily Farris @emayfarris.bsky.social Political scientist who thinks you should care more about local politics (especially sheriffs) and foster dogs.
Author of Power of the Badge: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo220537347.html
Justice Network of Tarrant County @justicenetwork.bsky.social We are a coalition of individuals committed to advancing justice through advocacy, collaboration, and action to build an equitable society for all.
Kelsey Patterson @kelspatterson.bsky.social “The greatest ethical test that we are ever going to face is the treatment of those who are at our mercy.” - L.White
Evan @evan7257.bsky.social Houstonian. Pulitzer finalist. Constant gardener. "Bastion of the area.” I no longer love our technodystopian future. Build the Ike Dike.
Flame77 @flame77.bsky.social 
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Carl Bennett @carllbennett.bsky.social Pro-democracy, progressive, neurodiversity ally. Linux infrastructure architect, Texan 🇺🇸, single. Views are my own. 🫶🏻
Joined Feb 23, 2025
The Texas Signal @texassignal.bsky.social Nonprofit newsroom devoted to creating truthful public interest reporting by and for the new Texas majority. Subscribe to our free newsletter: https://texassignal.com/newsletter/
Taylor Goldenstein @taygoldenstein.bsky.social Investigative/Enterprise Reporter @texastribune.org. 2014 Visiting Fellow @NiemanFoundation.bsky.social. Formerly @houstonchronicle.com @austin-statesman.com @LosAngelesTimes.bsky.social @tampabaytimes.bsky.social. Signal: 5122002910
Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social Executive Director of Campaign for New York Health, VP Legislation National Organization for Women NYS, LGBTQ+ nonprofit co-founder, and former congressional candidate in NY03
Annie Karni @anniekarni.bsky.social Congressional correspondent, New York Times, co-author of the NYT bestseller “Mad House,” out 3/25/25
Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social Washington Bureau chief at The Independent, MSNOW Columnist. Author: We’re Not Broken. Tar Heel. He/Him Eric.garcia@the-independent.com
Chip Stewart @medialawprof.bsky.social Doctor of Journalism. Law-talking guy. Chaotic good. Fan of bad sports teams. I have friends everywhere. https://schieffercollege.tcu.edu/faculty_staff/daxton-chip-stewart/
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
Michelle Palmer for SBOE6 @rabidreader1970.bsky.social Teacher, education advocate, 3X Dem nominee for SBOE6, reader, progressive, Texan
@texaslibrarian.bsky.social @texaslibrarian.bsky.social For democracy. Travel. Be kind. No book banning. Pets make life better. Wish my state of Texas wasn’t full of idiots.
Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com Nomad & Print Artist since 1998: Home isn’t a place, it’s a feeling. Traveling along my German grandmother’s roots. Mover: Strong voice against Trumpism. Linktree: linktr.ee/Strandjunker
Jodie Villemaire @jodievillemaire.bsky.social School leadership coach, 30+ year educator, and retired principal. Progressive Texan. Founder: Principal Leadership Solutions
steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social special investigative correspondent @texasobserver.org • contributor @coolzonemedia.bsky.social • publisher @proteanmag.com • send tips via Signal: stevanzetti.12
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José Menéndez @menendez4texas.bsky.social he/him, husband, father, son, & brother. Hardworking Democrat Texas Senator for District 26. #txlege #SanAntonio josemenendez.net
Julie Johnson @juliejohnsontx.bsky.social U.S. Representative for the gerrymandered TX-32 District — now running for the new TX-33rd District. #ImWithJulie #TX32
Sign up at https://bit.ly/jjcongress
LydiaMK @thedreamlives.bsky.social 💙TX Black 🤦🏾♀️ Christian #resister I fight 4 ur rt to chose 2 believe or not, equality 4 all, 🔫 control, 🤦🏽♀️healthcare, 🏳️🌈, BLM, & “love 1 another.” We walk side-by-side in this #RESISTANCE‼️We are #StrongerTogether 🚫DMs! 🚫MAGATs 🚫Bitcoin 🚫Porn 🚫 💙🙏🏽
sol2thesue @sol2thesue.bsky.social 🏳️🌈💪🏿💙 Proudly voted Harris/Walz. Continuing the fight. American living in the Netherlands. Rights for all. Sorry, I don't reply to DMs. 💙🦋🏞🌎
@whatchaknooow.bsky.social @whatchaknooow.bsky.social Gay Democracy Defender living life's great adventure. Vinyl lover, music, movies, championing the underdog, and helping my fellow human get through are what fuels me.
Sligo, Ireland
●Line Them Up At The Guillotines● @d4vi5-j.bsky.social Sarcasmist • Button pusher • Proud Girl Dad • Married • ❤️ dogs • Deleted all META • Proud Liberal • Serial blocker • 💙 Dad Jokes • I draw • I cook #MenInTheKitchen • #MGAA - Make Guillotines Awesome Again • Traitors & Treason should be punishable by death!
Dammit Doug Smith @dammitdougsmith.bsky.social Retired Curmudgeon at Large. Ne’er do well of questionable morals. Proud purveyor of unmitigated tommyrot. Prone to exaggeration and totally unnecessary embellishment.
@3grands.bsky.social @3grands.bsky.social Retired math teacher. Not childless cat mom. Hard core Democrat. Please, no DM's
Chelsea🐈⬛🐕🦺🐈🦆🐓🫏🐐 @chels3423.bsky.social Wife 🏳️🌈 Lesbian 💙 Ally 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Blue Dot 🔵 Animal lover 🐈⬛🐕🦺 Sports lover (GO CUBS GO 💙❤️🐻⚾️) 🏈🏀 RN 🧑🏼⚕️💉💊Farm life 🐐 🫏 🐓 🦆
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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Political Research Associates @praeyesright.bsky.social Political Research Associates. Social justice research and strategy center since 1981. Publishers of The Public Eye magazine
Religion Dispatches @religiondispatches.org bringing you religion, culture, and politics since 2008
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RD is a @praeyesright.bsky.social publication
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Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social Disrupting Extremism, Defending Democracy.
A project of People For the American Way.
https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch
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.
Donate: Ko-fi https://share.google/x92w1Me217PImRaIl
The Real Truther @therealtruther.bsky.social Spreading truth about vaccines since 2015.
Prof Jeffrey S Morris @jsm2334.bsky.social George S Pepper Professor of Public Health & Preventative Medicine; Biostats, Stats & Data Science, Lifelong learner & truth seeker; Views my own & not employer’s
Dr Susan Oliver (PhD) @drsusanoliver.bsky.social Scientist who is passionate about correcting misinformation
https://www.youtube.com/backtothescience
Laura Cohen @lauralfcsky.bsky.social Seek justice, love mercy, and walk humbly.
Jeff Larche @jeff-larche.bsky.social Data strategy thought leader. Avid reader and runner. Actual film nut. Pretend rock climber. Insufferable news junkie.
I block unsolicited DMs.
Jenni's Big Mouth @jennisbigmouth.bsky.social It's your favorite Texas Progressive Mom!
I have a lot of big feelings and sometimes, I curse.
AlissaKC @alissakkc.bsky.social Mom, lawyer, fan of the Oxford comma, follower of Jesus (feed the poor Jesus, not storm the Capitol Jesus), passionate about separation of church and state
Anthony @clevebeav.bsky.social Grumpy secular humanist yelling into the void until the U.S. sheds it's dangerous GOD and GOP delusions. Retired bureacrat, current MLIS grad student, and future librarian/archivist. Staunch Ally. he/him
Drew Landry @drewlandry.substack.com Husband. SPC Government Professor. Dry joke teller. Red Sox fan. Lubbockite. Sunrise > Sunset
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Emmy Scott @emmynawjoopinga.bsky.social Hočąk•Spokane•Arikara
Repping the Winnebago Rez | The J.D. is for Just Deadly | She/Her/Hers
Indivisible Hill Country and New Braunfels @indivisiblenb.bsky.social We are a locally-led organization working to stop Trump's agenda and hold elected officials accountable. We work with people all over Texas because there are so many rural areas with no groups to join locally. Legislation and social justice are our focus
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.
Gina Hinojosa @ginafortexas.bsky.social Texas State Rep, mom, attorney, and advocate, running for governor to fight back against the corruption that’s robbing working families of the Texas we deserve.
Texans first.
🔗 ginafortexas.com
Ale Checka @plainy.bsky.social Teacher, latinx, cranky 
Concerned Parent in North Texas @zachrunsthings.bsky.social Concerned Parent in North Texas (for pretend, mostly)
Jody Sanders @jodyssanders.bsky.social Attorney, TX Appellate Law Podcast Co-host, Dad jokes.
This Is NOT Business As Usual @jemartisby.bsky.social ✍🏽 NYT bestselling author | Historian
📖 Faith, justice, religion
✨ Follow JemarTisby.Substack.com for personal insights & history that matters
American Atheists @atheists.org Breaking down barriers. Ending stigma. Promoting understanding. Fighting for church-state separation. Representing atheists in America.
Paul Lander @paullander.bsky.social
TV/comedy writer/Producer, award-winning columnist. His humor pieces have appeared in MAD, American Bystander, Weekly Humorist, McSweeneys, Humor Times, etc.
David Dennison @daviddennison.bsky.social Yes, I ripped off one of his pseudonyms. So what? He has been ripping people off his whole life.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov This account is maintained by federal staff to share services and legislation relevant to constituents of NY-14.
Joel Curzon @joelmcurzon.bsky.social Author of book on the Everglades; environmentalist; serpent lover; hard-hearted empiricist; atheist with a religious past. Physics B.S., Harvard J.D.
San Diego & Tucson
United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social UFW - fighting for farm workers since 1962. Sí Se Puede!®
Dan McClellan @maklelan.bsky.social Public scholar of the Bible and religion
For speaking requests: live@thewatermarkagency.com
Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Brooklyn Congressman. Democratic Leader.
Work hard. Stay focused. Deliver results #ForThePeople.
Thanet Flint @tflint.bsky.social
"The further in the past we look, the farther ahead we can see."
- Winston Churchill
Rep. Ana-María Rodríguez Ramos @anamariafortexas.com House District 102 State Representative | La Diputada Estatal por #HD102 | Chairwoman of Texas Legislative Progressive Caucus | Attorney | Mother
Find More: https://linktr.ee/AnaMariaHD102
Jeremy Flowers @jeremyflowers.bsky.social He/him | Advocating for policy change | healthy masculinity. Father. Partner. Activist. Domestic & Sexual Violence Prevention. Texas.
April McGrew @austinapril.bsky.social Abandoned Twitter when that other guy took over. Let’s see how this goes.
Texan by birth. Agitator by choice.
I identify as a problem.
She/Her
Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social News Editor @mississippifreepress.org •Writer 🖋️ •Film Shooter 📷 •Husband 🏳️🌈 •Pibble Dad 🐾 Opinions = mine
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com SVP, Strategy & Operations. Building products, growing audiences and driving revenue. Previously TIME and VICE News. Posting about media, technology and AI.
Website: https://tylerborchers.com/
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tylerborchers/
Kathleen Vale @sanantoguera.bsky.social Liverpool born, San Antonio raised; RGV roots; Starr County 9th Gen Tejana. Mother of 2. Nana to Willa, Bexar Democrat, UT TexasEx.
#Kindness #Respect #CivicEngagement #Curiosity #Truthfulness #MexicanArt #TortillasDeMaiz
Representative Mihaela E. Pleșa @plesafortexas.bsky.social Texas State Representative House District 70 - Collin County | Working to fix our grid & Democracy 🇺🇸
Lauren McGaughy @lmcgaughy.bsky.social Texas politics correspondent @nytimes.com | Past: @kutnews.bsky.social @dallasnews.com @houstonchronicle.com @nolanews.bsky.social | FOIA nerd
📧: lauren.mcgaughy@nytimes.com
Signal: lmcgaughy.40
☎︎: 512-436-3641
Samantha M Clark @samanthamclark.com Author of books for kids and young at heart. Repped by Rachel Orr, Prospect Literary. Samanthamclark.com | Samanthamclark.substack.com | Bsky.app/profile/samanthamclark.com
Ann @annieliz.bsky.social Educator. Policy Advocate. Moms Demand Action Volunteer. Lover of books, chocolate, the outdoors, and justice.
Kathleen McEvoy @kmcevoy.bsky.social Senior Policy Fellow, The EveryLibrary Institute—fighting book bans and censorship and supporting library professionals and providers.
BevoOne @bevowon.bsky.social Fort Worth TX
Marquette University
University of Texas
Tottenham Hotspur
History
Music
Film
Laurel & Hardy
Avatar: Icky Twerp
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Camfield
Atheists United @atheistsunited.bsky.social California's Atheist Hub
Nancy Nichols @ndnichols.bsky.social 
Dani_B @danib.bsky.social Future of education. She/her. EdD student studying futures thinking in the youth educator workforce.
Yell at the machine, girl
Frank Strong @frankstrong.bsky.social Teacher. Publisher of the Book-Loving Texan’s Guides to School Board Elections. Co-founder of Texas Freedom to Read Project.
David Lapp @davidlapp.bsky.social Ed law and policy research (through a mostly Pennsylvania lens) and then an embarrassing amount of Sixers angst.
Jan @hjanj.bsky.social Teacher. TexasEx. Texpat. Traveler.
Roxanne Werner @thisisroxanne.bsky.social Communications & good government
📍Houston
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Network for Public Education @network4pubed.bsky.social To preserve, promote, improve and strengthen public schools for both current and future generations of students. Together we can save our public schools. To learn more about NPE visit our website https://networkforpubliceducation.org/
Rep. Penny Morales Shaw @reppennymshaw.bsky.social Native Texan, Attorney, Texas State Representative - HD148
DISCLAIMER: All posts, unless factually sourced and cited, are merely the opinion of the holder.
State Rep. Gene Wu @genefortexas.bsky.social 
Penni @pennimcd.bsky.social Fiction Writer 📚 Book Lover 📕 Publicist ✍️ Music Booking Agent 🎵 Married with three adult children | Loves Coffee ☕️ Britbox 📺 💙💙 Stop banning books!
Justin Wyatt @wyattforohio.bsky.social President of the Muskingum County Young Democrats, Ohio Democratic Party Central and Executive Committee - 3rd Ward.
IamwhoIsayIam @mdwortman630.bsky.social #BlueCrew 💙🦋💙
I’m fairly certain I would bleed BLUE🔵
#trumpisnotmypresident
Hasn’t been, and will never be
Forever more aka "Toupeed Fucktrumpet" or “Pigmented Pinocchio” !!!
🚫tRumpers Pls🚫DM
Our Country🇺🇸 our Democracy is NOT FOR SALE!!
Edgar Rooke @edgarrooke.bsky.social Writer challenging the myths that shape religion and politics. Uncovering uncomfortable truths from the Bible to the ballot box.