Jorie Graham @joriegraham.bsky.social
"Are you okay?"
MN, January 2026
New book: “Killing Spree”,Carcanet (UK); FSG (US). “The Dream of The Unified Field”(Pulitzer Prize for Poetry).
Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news THE LEGEND OF SKOKIE coming April 2027. Author of GANGSTERS OF CAPITALISM and THE BIG TRUCK THAT WENT BY. Subscribe to my newsletter: http://theracket.news | Signal: jmkatz.18 | @KatzOnEarth on TikTok & Insta | Avi by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social
Brian Highsmith @bhighsmith.bsky.social institutions, inequality, geography, democracy | asst law prof at UCLA
Taniel @taniel.bsky.social Daniel Nichanian. Editor in chief of @boltsmag.org (follow us!). Elections, (local) politics, voting rights, criminal justice, and drag race.
Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social Newsletter: Welcome to Hell World www.welcometohellworld.com
Books:
We Had It Coming (2025) https://orbooks.com/catalog/we-had-it-coming/
A Creature Wanting Form (2023) www.orbooks.com/catalog/a-creature-wanting-form
Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social Polling editor at CNN, keeping (cross)tabs on public opinion and the news. I like puns.
Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social Co-Founder Momentum Training Institute, IfNotNow, More Perfect Union. Formerly Warren, Justice Democrats, etc. Tottenham until they kill me.
Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social Department of Justice Reporter, Bloomberg News | Phone/Signal: 812.243.5582 | jjenkins199@bloomberg.net
Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social Mainer in DC. Host “State of the States” on @siriusxmprog.bsky.social
Husband of @carlosonhousing.bsky.social. Dog dad to Oliver
Wannabe wildlifer
Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social Deputy Editor, The New Republic. Past: ThinkProgress; Huffington Post. “There’s something in the static; I think I’ve been having revelations.”
brian nam-sonenstein @bson.bsky.social senior editor & researcher @prisonpolicy.org.
Bryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social Independent journalist writing about the economy. Contributing writer at @thenation.com. Send tips to brycecovert@protonmail.com or on Signal: brycecovert.25 she/her
jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com criminalization, abolition, labor, politics, journalism—social science theory & methods too. sociologist.
https://jbenmenachem.com/
Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social Reporter: ProPublica. Author: Corrections in Ink. Priors: LA Times, Houston Chron, Marshall Project. Journalist, felon. (I promise I don't bite)
Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.
Rafael Shimunov @rafaelshimunov.bsky.social Host of Beyond The Pale on WBAI 99.5 FM NYC, Board alum Jews for Racial & Economic Justice. Co-founder of the Jewish Vote. Art at Art V War. Queens is the Future. @rafternoon on IG, leaving my 100K on X.
Jenna Amatulli @ohheyjenna.bsky.social Deputy head of news at The Guardian US. Adjunct professor. Book hoarding New Yorker.
Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social Mom. Fighter + Community Leader
Andrew Perez @andrewperez.bsky.social Editing politics at Zeteo. Contributing writer at Rolling Stone. Living in Maine. aperez.03 on signal.
Zack Kopplin @zackkopplin.bsky.social Investigative journalist @OCCRP.org
ZackKopplin@Protonmail.com, Zachary.Kopplin@occrp.org Signal: +1-225-715-5946 (Opinions my own)
Paul Blumenthal @paulblumenthal.bsky.social HuffPost. Reporter covering politics, courts, history and the crisis of democracy.
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Cori Bush @coribush.bsky.social Mom, wife, pastor, and former nurse running to represent the people of Missouri’s 1st District in Congress. St. Louis Strong. ✊🏾 Email: info@coribush.org
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
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alex pareene @pareene.bsky.social this is a Star Trek opinions account 
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
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com @nbcnews.com Senior Justice reporter, ebike guy.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com Ideas. Influence. Impact.
TNR is a leader in the continuing fight for American democracy and a must-read if you want to know the ideas impacting politics and culture today.
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The Austin Chronicle @austinchronicle.bsky.social Alt-weekly serving the Austin community. Find us on stands around town (it's free!) or at austinchronicle.com.
Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social I write Popular Information, an independent newsletter dedicated to accountability journalism. | judd@popular.info | Signal: juddlegum.47
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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
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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social Public Citizen has been standing up to corporate power and holding government accountable for 50 years. We're people-powered and accept no corporate money.
Alanna Vagianos @alannavagianos.bsky.social Senior reporter @HuffPost covering gender + politics, focused on repro justice & gender-based violence.
Say hi 👋🏼: alanna.vagianos@huffpost.com / avagianos@protonmail.com / avagianos.25 on Signal
https://www.huffpost.com/author/alanna-vagianos
Sheila Vakharia PhD MSW @myharmreduction.bsky.social Harm Reductionist. Drug Policy Reformer. Writer. Speaker. Lapsed Academic. Researcher-Advocate. Brown. She/Her/Dr. 
J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social "The rich are only defeated when running for their lives" - CLR James.
Co-host/Producer at Millennials Are Killing Capitalism & Co-host of The Imperial 80s
Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social • National investigative correspondent at The New York Times
• Author of zero books
• NYT stuff: https://www.nytimes.com/by/mike-baker
📍 Cascadia
Ali Winston @awinston.bsky.social Investigative Reporter. Criminal Justice/Privacy/XRW. Book: THE RIDERS COME OUT AT NIGHT.
WIRED/Guardian/Vanity Fair/BBC/Popular Front/Rolling Stone/elsewheres
https://bleeding-edge.ghost.io/
Ali.winston@protonmail.com
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Alex Kotch @alexkotch.bsky.social Research manager at Sunstone Strategies and longtime investigative journalist.
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Albert Samaha @samaha.bsky.social journalist & author of “Concepcion” & “Never Ran, Never Will” / albertcsamaha@gmail.com / https://samaha.substack.com/
Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social Bestselling author of THEY KNEW, HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT, THE VIEW FROM FLYOVER COUNTRY and THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP.
https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/
Tyler Kingkade @tktk.bsky.social NBC News National Enterprise Reporter. Currently covering education and tech. Iowa raised, Los Angeles living. Bad at social media, good at petting animals.
Signal: tylerkingkadenbc.20
tyler.kingkade[at]nbcuni.com
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Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social Journalist covering prisons and harsh sentencing. More fun than I sound.
Nashville, TN
https://theintercept.com/staff/liliana-segura/
Signal: @lilianasegura.56
The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org criminal justice news. nonpartisan. nonprofit. nonpaywall.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social Reporter at @Gizmodo.com.
I’ve been writing about the history of futurism at @Paleofuture.com since 2007.
Email: mnovak@gizmodo.com
Signal: mattnovak.11
trip eggert @tripeggert.bsky.social doing it for the bit and a better world.
previously: @vera.org @themarshallproject.org @brennancenter.org, forever proud organizer of @vera-union.bsky.social. they 👈🤠👉 them.
Brad Haywood @bradleyrhaywood.bsky.social Haywood Law LLC. Founder of Justice Forward Virginia. Fmr. Chief Public Defender for Arlington & Falls Church, VA. Proudly blocked by ArlNow since 2025.
haywoodlaw.com
Mother Jones @motherjones.com Investigative journalism 🕵️, politics 🗳️, chart-tastic 📊, and sometimes sarcastic 🙄😌🤪
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Piper French @psfrench.bsky.social reporting on prisons, jails, DAs for Bolts. freelance magazine work: NYRB, NYmag, Aperture, Lux, Drift, Nation
piperstrehlowfrench@gmail.com
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Ethan Corey @ethanscorey.bsky.social My job is to scroll through this spreadsheet and look for numbers that are scary?
Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social I love James Harden & I write about abortioneveryday.com
substack.com/@kylietcheung / kyliewrites.net- H @handle.invalid @handle.invalid
ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com Senior editor at The American Prospect, cohost and producer of the @leftanchor.bsky.social podcast https://www.patreon.com/leftanchor
Newsletter: https://www.ryanlcooper.com/
Meg O'Connor @megoconnor.bsky.social Writer. Most recently I covered cops and prosecutors for
@theappeal.org. Huge fan of hiking and baking 🍪 megoconnor.com
Jerry Iannelli @jerryiannelli.bsky.social They/he/any 🏳️⚧️
The Appeal @theappeal.org We are a worker-run newsroom reporting on the harms of the criminal legal system.
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Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg 🇵🇸 @elizabethweill.bsky.social Investigative Reporting Fellow for The Appeal. Words in: Truthout, The Appeal, The Nation, NY Focus. Founder of The Carceral Report. www.thecarceralreport.com
Free Palestine. Abolish ICE. Anti-Zionist Jew. she/her