Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute & Hoover Institution, all at Stanford University. U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 2012-2014.
bmaz @bmaz.bsky.social Criminal defense, civil rights, and occasionally civil, trial lawyer. Former Emptywheel legal writer, husband, father and generally cranky observateur. Lifetime F1 fan.
Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social Legal/Justice Reporter, HuffPost.
Writer covering Jan. 6; Proud Boys trial for emptywheel; Oath Keepers trial and Jan. 6 reporting at Daily Kos; former WH, Congressional Correspondent Courthouse News; Law&Crime; Reporter at The Southampton Press/27east.
Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social I track how power, propaganda, and democratic erosion actually work-in real time.
Navy veteran.
Host of The Jack Hopkins Show.
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Michelle Goldberg @michellegoldberg.bsky.social New York Times opinion columnist; MSNOW contributor; author.
Court Watch @courtwatch.bsky.social The Definitive Source for Legal News. www.courtwatch.news
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David Avallone @davallone.bsky.social Writer and stuff. Comics and tv and film. The second-best dressed man in #comics.
The Devil doesn't need advocates: advocate for humans, instead. He/him.
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Sarah Fitzpatrick @sfitz787.bsky.social Staff Writer at The Atlantic covering DOJ and National Security
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social Everything is Connected.
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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social Law professor & journalist looking at tech geopolitics, free expression, internet law, online governance, & AI.
Senior Editor at Lawfare.
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social Senior Editor @lawfaremedia.org. Previously: Obama appointee at DOJ/DHS. Litigator for Speaker Pelosi and Jan. 6 Committee. Yankee Stadium 🌭 vendor. NYC born and bred. Wannabe historian. Dad joker.
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Signal - tylermcbrien.97
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Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg @factforce.bsky.social Columnist. Chessplayer. MA & Management.
benjaminhusstadnedberg.substack.com
You are entitled to your own opinions, but not your own facts.
#NAFO for #Ukraine🫡
Jamil Smith @jamilsmith.bsky.social Faculty lecturer, @berkeleyjournalism.bsky.social. Columnist, @us.theguardian.com.
Ellen L. Weintraub @ellenlweintraub.bsky.social Longtime FEC Commissioner, 4-time Chair, lawyer, mom, wife, believer in democracy and rule of law
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social Dartmouth political scientist and Bright Line Watch co-director. Previously Upshot NYT / CJR contributor, Spinsanity co-founder, All the President's Spin co-author.
https://sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/
http://brightlinewatch.org
Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social Co-founder, Survey 160. Loves survey and voter participation. Researcher. Democrat. YIMBY. Husband and Dad. Opinion haver and measurer. Outdoors and cooking enthusiast. He/Him
Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins.bsky.social CNN's Chief White House Correspondent, 9 p.m. Anchor and diehard Alabama fan.
Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social Diplomatic Correspondent at NOTUS // CROSSING THE RED LINE on Biden/Gaza (W. W. Norton, fall 2026) // he/him
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Gabriel Sherman @gabrielsherman.bsky.social Vanity Fair special correspondent, screenwriter of THE APPRENTICE
Joe Lockhart @joelockhart.bsky.social Dad, Democrat, Knicks fan
Paul McLeary @paulmcleary.bsky.social National security reporter for Politico, Buffalo sports fan despite all of it.
Megan Mineiro @mmineiro.bsky.social Covering Congress for CQ Roll Call / meganmineiro@cqrollcall.com / Listen to CQ Morning Briefing http://tinyurl.com/yn7wum82
Jill Wine-Banks @jillwine-banks.bsky.social Author The Watergate Girl, co-host #SistersInLaw podcast, host YouTube’s Just The Facts, Legal Analyst MSNBC/NBC, speaker, former GC US Army, DOJ, SG and Deputy AG IL and more!
Karen Tumulty @ktumulty.bsky.social Trying to adapt. Also, Chief Political Correspondent for the Washington Post. You can follow what I write here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/newsletters/follow-karen-tumulty/
Molly Roberts @mollyroberts.bsky.social senior editor at @lawfaremedia.org | ex-washington post opinions 🤐
Liz Oyer @lawyeroyer.com Former DOJ Pardon Attorney. Forever a public defender. Hardwired to stand up to bullies.
Adam Liptak @adamliptak.bsky.social I cover the Supreme Court for The New York Times.
Jodi Kantor @jodikantor.bsky.social NY Times investigative reporter. Co-author of SHE SAID, about how Megan Twohey and I broke the Weinstein story. Now focused on illuminating the Supreme Court.
Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social SCOTUS correspondent for The Economist. Political studies prof at Bard Early College-Manhattan.
Jen Psaki @jenpsaki.bsky.social Mom of 2, Host of @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social Tuesday-Friday at 9pm ET on MS NOW.
Derek Thompson @dkthomp.bsky.social derekthompson.substack.com
zeynep tufekci @zey.bsky.social It is said that there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all
Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social Lapsed novelist, #RoughBeast author, PREVAIL columnist & podcaster, co-host of The Five 8, enjoyer of Friday Manhattans. https://bio.site/gregolear
Frank Bajak @fbajak.bsky.social Journalist with tech focus. Ex-Associated Press foreign correspondent. First AP tech editor, Andes chief. frankbajak.com fbajak(at)proton(dot)me - DM for Signal#
Richard DeMillo @demillo.com Computer science professor, cybersecurity researcher, grandfather, Ducati rider. Studies software engineering, algorithms, election technology and security. Working well past retirement age by choice.
Marilyn Marks @marilynrmarks.bsky.social Election quality and transparency advocate. Primary focus on undemocratic election policies in swing state Georgia.
Exec. Director of Coalition for Good Governance.
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Brad Friedman / The BRAD BLOG @thebradblog.bsky.social That guy who's run BradBlog.com since 2004 and hosts the nationally syndicated #BradCast on Pacifica Radio and other fine affiliates across the nation and world (https://BradBlog.com/BradCast). Finally dipping into BlueSky...
Ema O'Connor @emaocon.bsky.social Journalist/writer, mostly about reproductive health & justice, formerly BuzzFeed News, currently working on a book for Crooked Media Reads on abortion funds.
Daniel Goldman @danielsgoldman.dg4ny.co Congressman (NY-10); Former Lead Counsel, Trump Impeachment 1.0; AUSA, SDNY. Proud husband & father of 5 children.
https://www.dangoldmanforny.com/
Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears.
Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame.
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
Lara Putnam @laraputnam.bsky.social Historian. Mom. Knocks on doors and talks politics. https://www.history.pitt.edu/people/lara-putnam
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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social Investigative Reporter, Bloomberg News. "FOIA terrorist." Subscribe to my newsletter, FOIA Files and my FOIA podcast, Disclosure.
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Anthony Cormier @anthonycormier.bsky.social Investigative Reporter, Bloomberg News
Signal, SecureDrop on request. Opinions my own.
Lachlan Markay @markay.bsky.social 
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Vinny Thomas @vinnythomas.bsky.social ancient reptile in real life, Omar on Platonic. formerly known as vinn_ayy
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Alex Finley @alexzfinley.bsky.social Former CIA, author of the Victor Caro series, watcher of yachts, alexzfinley.com
alexzfinley.substack.com
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Olexander Scherba @olexscherba.bsky.social Ukrainian diplomat, ambassador, author
The Insider @theins.press The Insider is a Russia-focused, independent media outlet. We're fully committed to investigative journalism and to debunking fake news.
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Brent Terhune @brentterhune.bsky.social Comedian. The Field Trip and They're Coming to Get You podcasts. It’s satire.
Acyn @acyn.bsky.social Senior Digital Editor for MeidasTouch.com
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Jim Stewartson, Antifascist @jim-stewartson.bsky.social Independent investigator, writer, counterinsurgent. Radicalized Pod co-host. Please subscribe: mind-war.com
Zarina Zabrisky @zarinazabrisky.bsky.social US journalist in Ukraine.
War correspondent: BylineTimes, EuromaidanPress
Also BBC World, TVP World, Sunday Post.
Literary Essays: Longreads, Paris Review, LARB.
🎥 https://khersonhumansafari.com/
Author. Novel: We, Monsters (2012)
Jon B. Wolfsthal @jonatomic.bsky.social Nuclear Fellow @ Pax Sapiens, former Bulletin of Atomic Scientists and State Department International Sec Advisory Board, CNAS Sr. Fellow, former National Security Council. No #manels, Yankees/Gunners.
Dr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social Executive Director, Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation. Views are mine alone. Historian. Writer. Army veteran. Adjunct history instructor. Author of “The Last Lincoln Republican” (Univ. Press of Kansas, 2020). #ParkChat Hall of Famer. Pittsburgh sports fan.
leelagray.bsky.social @leelagray.bsky.social A retired Brigadier General, 3rd-gen. veteran, lawyer, and mom running for Congress to serve the people of Pinellas and Pasco County, FL.
www.linktr.ee/leelajgray
Ana Cabrera @anacabrera.bsky.social Anchor 10am ET @ms.now, Mom, Wife, Runner, Traveler, Gardener, Dog lover, Skier, Denver Broncos Fan, Proud @MurrowCollege alumna, Former CNN, RT ≠ endorsements.
Nick Brumfield @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social Political risk researcher on Yemen, MENA Based in Bangkok | Also posts on Appalachia, Rivers, เมืองไทย | Words in Daily Beast, FPRI, Amwaj, Al-Jazeera, Arab Center DC | Contact info.nickjbrumfield@gmail.com for work, media inquiries | he/him
BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social Welcome! Find us weekdays 10:30pm on BBC Two, BBC News, iPlayer with Victoria Derbyshire, Paddy O'Connell & Matt Chorley - plus Katie Razzall, Nicholas Watt and Faisal Islam
Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social Writer/lecturer on Russian influence & information warfare | lead writer of greatpower.us | Be excellent to each other
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/
Ben Rhodes @rhodesben.bsky.social Pod Save the World. NYT opinion. MSNBC. Author: After the Fall and The World As It Is
Steven Hassan PhD @cultexpert.freedomofmind.com World-renowned cult expert, NYT Best Selling author of The Cult of Trump, and creator of the BITE Model and Influence Continuum. Other Books: Combating Cult Mind Control and Freedom of Mind
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@artandpoetry.bsky.social @artandpoetry.bsky.social 
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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.
David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social The flannel dunce. Defector.com is the website
Andrea Chalupa @andreachalupa.com Journalist. Writer-Producer of historical thriller MR JONES. Watch: http://tiny.cc/okyx001
BOOKS: Orwell & The Refugees. Mrs Orwell. Dictatorship-It's Easier Than You Think!
PODCAST: @gaslitnationpod.com
CONTACT: AndreaChalupa.com
Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social Contributing editor, Harper's Magazine; Lecturer, Columbia Law School; Attorney. Previously lived in Munich, New York, Moscow and London, now lives in Santa Fe, NM. Husband of Carol, groomer of Aisha.
Don Lemon @donlemonofficial.bsky.social Truth Teller
Claire Wardle @cward1e.bsky.social Associate Professor, Dept of Communication, Cornell University. Bit partial to information ecosystems.
Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social Senior Koch Fellow, Wadham College, Oxford. Emerita Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought, Penn. Ride or die Eagles fan, traveler and gin drinker.
Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social Explaining anti-democratic rhetorical tricks. Award winning #teamrhetoric professor & author. Very earnest. Democracy cheerleader. Views represent my academic research, not my university. I post things on substack: https://jennifermercieca.substack.com/
Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social Focus: Russia, intel, Eastern Europe.
Senior Fellow @cepa.org
Syria-Ukraine Network
Substack: https://olgalautman.substack.com/
Twitter: @OlgaNYC1211
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social Senior Adviser, US Program, International Crisis Group. Editor at Just Security. Non-Resident Senior Fellow at Reiss Center on Law and Security at NYU Law. Ex State Dept Lawyer. War Powers| Use of Force| Counterterrorism| Law of War| War Crimes| Arms Sales
Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social Writer (on science, travel & curiosity), Yorkshireman, tedious enthusiast, professional overthinker, Megathreader. Now: Scotland.
Writes Everything Is Amazing: https://everythingisamazing.substack.com/
Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social CFR fellow, Washington Post columnist. Pulitzer finalist for biography. Author: REAGAN: HIS LIFE AND LEGEND, NYT bestseller and NYT 10 best books of 2024. Man of many hats. Repost ≠ endorsement. maxboot.net.
Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social The New York Times national security and legal reporter. Not the Welsh footballer, Roddy Doyle character or 19th Century adventurer in Fiji.
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social Dad, husband. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran.
David Ho @davidho.bsky.social Climate scientist; ocean carbon cycle and climate solutions. Professor @soest.hawaii.edu, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa; Visiting Faculty, Arizona State University. https://linktr.ee/david_ho
Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social Senior Editor, Lawfare. Practiced law a long time ago. Email: roger.parloff@lawfaremedia.org ; signal rparloff.61
Writers Guild of America West @wgawest.bsky.social The Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) is a labor union representing writers of motion pictures, television, radio, and internet programming.
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Jacob Knutson @jaknutson.bsky.social Reporter at @democracydocket.com
Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social https://www.youtube.com/@RGoodLaw
Co-editor-in-chief @justsecurity.org. Chaired Prof at NYU Law. Former Chaired Prof Harvard. Former Special Counsel Defense Dept.
https://www.justsecurity.org/author/goodmanryan
Paul Rieckhoff @rieckhoff.bsky.social Host @indyamericans.bsky.social Founder @indyvetsofamerica.bsky.social, Righteous, @amvets4ukraine.bsky.social, IAVA, Operation Liberty. Speaking truth to power. https://linktr.ee/paulrieckhoff
Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social Girl dad. Hip-Hop lover. Fmr Capitol Police Officer. Making good trouble.
https://www.standingourground.us/
Garry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social Vice-president of the World Liberty Congress. Founder & Chair of the Renew Democracy Initiative. Board of the Human Rights Foundation. Father, activist, author, speaker, 13th World Chess Champion.
Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social FT's US columnist/commentator. Author of several books including NYT best selling biography of Zbigniew Brzezinski (Simon & Schuster 2025). People lacking a sense of humour might get muted.
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social Staff writer for the Atlantic. Messages with links are intended as prompts to read the linked story, not self-contained arguments substituting for the linked story.
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social I don’t post often, so I try to make every one count. I’ve worked for 45 years in government, think tanks, Georgetown U. and philanthropy. I write, lecture and do media interviews. On Substack at: joecirincione.substack.com
Amy McGrath @amymcgrath.bsky.social Mom of Teddy, George, and Ellie. Wife of Erik. Former Marine. F/A-18 pilot. Proud American. Proud Kentuckian.
Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social Political scientist & part-time farmer. Books: 'On Revolutions' (2022), 'Civil Resistance' (2021), & 'The Politics of Terror' (2019). Coming soon: 'Bread & Roses' & 'The End of People Power.' https://www.ericachenoweth.com. What a time to be alive.
Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social Host of Words to Win By, a podcast about progressive wins around the world and how we achieved them. https://wordstowinby-pod.com/
Researcher, message maker, campaign strategist to progressive and Democratic causes here and abroad.
Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social International Relations prof at U. Illinois. Editor of Arc Digital. Author “Drones and Terrorism.” Politics, national security, and occasional nerdery.
Ami Fields-Meyer @fieldsmeyer.com NYT Bestselling Author – ON COURAGE: HOW TO BE A DISSIDENT IN AN AGE OF FEAR (HarperCollins/Mariner) tinyurl.com/yxpvn488
Fmr White House Sr Policy Advisor | Fmr Sr Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
Contact: fieldsmeyer.com
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