The Downballot @the-downballot.com The premier source of information for the thousands of elections below the presidency, from Senate to city council.
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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Prof. of Law @nyulaw.bsky.social; Faculty Dir. @bwlcnyu.bsky.social; co-host @strictscrutiny.bsky.social; talking head @ms.now; @NYTimes.com bestselling author. Views mine. RT not endrsmt.
Roman Mars @romanmars.bsky.social Creator of 99% Invisible, Trump Con Law, A History of the US in 100 Objects, Power Broker Breakdown- http://99pi.org
TEDTalk on flags w/ over 7M views
NYT Bestseller The 99% Invisible City: http://99pi.org/book
East Bay, CA
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Ashley Jardina @jardina.bsky.social Political scientist @UVA Batten.
Bolts @boltsmag.org A publication that covers the nuts and bolts of political change: Boltsmag.org
BradleyU Political Science and Law @bradleyupolisci.bsky.social Official account for the Department of Political Science and Law at Bradley University. https://www.bradley.edu/academic/departments/pls-is/
Paul Nolley for Congress @nolleyforcongress.bsky.social Father, husband, and champion for Illinois' working class. Running for U.S. Congress in IL-16.
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Mischiefs of Faction @misofact.bsky.social A political science community blog, started in 2012, now in its Substack era. Subscribe! https://open.substack.com/pub/misofact
Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social U.S. Representative, IL-06. Personal account. Dad. Husband. Trained as an engineer, 16 years as a clean energy CEO, now in middle management. For official stuff see @casten.house.gov
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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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com Dad. Husband. Former GOP congressman. Voted to impeach Trump. Now fighting for our democracy. Lt. Col. Air National Guard (ret). Founder of Country First
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social Editor at large, The Bulwark.
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Never Trump.
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GTMO Watch @gtmowatch.bsky.social Aircraft landing at and leaving the US navy base and detention camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba
Data from public ADS-B signals that military planes don't always send. Most flights are routine cargo/troop transport. False positives possible. By @bellingcat.com
Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social Independent Journalist. Host of “The Jim Acosta Show” on Substack, YouTube and Apple Podcasts: Former Chief WH Correspondent. Author. https://substack.com/@jimacosta?r=lpd3z&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile Inquiries: go to jimacosta.com
Kevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social Political scientist at BCJ studying American democracy and voting rights.
Usually on a bike, beach, or backpacking trip.
An American Problem (Princeton UP) coming October 2026: https://shorturl.at/Emjgo
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org We work to build a United States that is democratic, just, and free — for all. Visit BrennanCenter.org.
Melinda Faulkner @meljf.bsky.social 
Amy Scott @amylscott.bsky.social Historian of U.S. cities, social movements, women & gender, and the American West; Okie exile, enjoying life in Illinois; fan of farms, cities, and farming cities.
Dani the Dog Trainer @danidoodlebug13.bsky.social Shelter dog trainer 🐕
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Illinois State Climatologist @ilclimatologist.bsky.social Official account for the Illinois State Climatologist Office. Based at the Illinois State Water Survey and Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
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Jennifer Lawless @jenlawless.bsky.social Leone Reaves and George W. Spicer Professor of Politics
Scott Althaus @salthaus.bsky.social Cline Center Director, professor of political science and communication at Illinois, current data scientist, former Tower Rat.
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Yphtach Lelkes @ylelkes.bsky.social associate professor, University of Pennsylvania
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social Senior Fellow at @mmfa. Views expressed here my own. Husband of @alyssarosenberg. Dad. Not the former GOP congressman. Find me here: http://bio.site/mattgertz
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Andrew Rudalevige @rudalev.bsky.social Bowdoin College professor of political science; affiliated with UCL's Centre on US Politics and UVa's Miller Center. Feed includes posts on presidential power, bureaucratic politics, and carping about Boston sports and European football
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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social UAlbany, SUNY Assistant Professor of American Politics. Researching Black Politics, Distrust, and Neighborhood Institutions. 
Zach Kornfeld @korndiddy.bsky.social try guy guy
Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social Media Matters for America is the nation’s premier media watchdog. Cited as a trusted source of information by Fox News’ “Brain Room.”
NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org yes, really the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District in cleveland, ohio. Customer Relations: 216.881.8247
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Ken Opalo @kopalo.bsky.social Associate Professor at Georgetown University.
Washington, DC.
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Gisela Sin @giselasin.bsky.social Director @CLACS_Illinois | Assoc. Professor @IllinoisPolSci | Separation of Powers & Leg. Org. @CUPAcademic | PhD @umichpolisci | BA @USalvador | #Correntina
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Meghan Leonard @meghanleonard.bsky.social Professor - Political Science @ Illinois State University: judicial politics & state supreme courts. cats. women's sports. basketball. she/her- J Jess @jfkoerner.bsky.social equestrienne. wine snob. changing the way people die. communications strategist. circus master:🦄🐴🐴🐴🐶🐶🌱🌿standard exclusions apply.
Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social Law professor; activist; not convinced we have time; acting as if we do.
Eric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social Knight Professor of Journalism and Media Ethics at Washington&Lee U. Critic at Large, NPR. Blerd. Drummer. Author: Race-Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation. Substack: Switching Codes
Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social Media nerd. CNN chief media analyst. INSIDE THE HIVE podcast host. Author of "Network of Lies," "Hoax," and "Top of the Morning." Former Shorenstein fellow, NYT reporter and blogger.- J @justasknat.bsky.social @justasknat.bsky.social
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Joshua Malina @joshuamalina.bsky.social Flurn.
Ryan Reed @ryanreed.bsky.social Political scientist specializing in political theory. "Justice Across Generations" with @challenbrook.bsky.social out NOW via Palgrave Macmillan. Views solely my own.🏳️🌈
Associate professor at a small midwestern university | UC Davis PhD.
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AndiKay 🏳️⚧️📚🏳️🌈 @andikay.bsky.social Queer academic. Lover of books, puzzles and maps. they/them
Mr. Palmer is My Dad @carllpalmer.bsky.social Nerd. Scientist. Wyoming-curious. ADHD brain. Feeler of feels. Pro-monocle. Political psychologist. Occasionally intentionally obsequious. He/him.
Tiffany Barnes @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social Author of Working Class Inclusion.
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Series Editor Elements in Gender & Politics.
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Ufahamu Africa @ufahamuafrica.bsky.social A podcast about life and politics on the African continent.
NPR @npr.org This is NPR 🎙️
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social Historian of early US politics & culture; howl re: democracy—a lot. Last book: The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress & the Road to Civil War. Owned by Newbie the History Bird & Rosie the Resistance Bird.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social Subscribe to www.lawdork.com for SCOTUS and other legal news. / lawdorknews@gmail.com / Signal: crg.32 / About me: Sober. Queer. Bipolar. Theater. Buckeye. And, now, F1. (I'm as surprised as you are.) / He/him.
Bellingcat @bellingcat.com Bellingcat is a global collective uncovering facts to hold power to account. Our work is independent. Our methods are public. Our community is global.
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Tim Longman 🏳️🌈 @timlongman.bsky.social Poli Sci and IR prof at BU. Posts on Africa, human rights, US politics, LGBTQ+, religion & politics. Progressive, Christian, proud gay dad.
2 books on Rwanda. Currently writing book on church and state across Africa and another on LGBTQ backlash in Africa
darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social not the darth u are looking for
Dr. Danielle Lupton @proflupton.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science at Colgate University. Come for the politics, stay for the pop culture and dog photos. She/Her. All views are my own.
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Seth Masket @smotus.bsky.social "A very accessible, very interesting, non-bombastic political scientist." -Jonah Goldberg
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Bethany Albertson @albertsonb2.bsky.social Associate Prof at UT Austin. I study political psych & public opinion. I also post about soccer and my cats.
ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
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Callan Hummel @callahummel.bsky.social Political scientist, Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia. LGBTQ+ politics, labor, public health, policy. Dr./e/em/eirs 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Monica C. Schneider @poliscimonica.bsky.social Political Science. I study gender stereotypes, political ambition, disability politcs & policy and love mentoring. NU '98, Minn '07. Opinions my own.
Data Bear 🏳️🌈 @dataandpolitics.net Data and Politics.
Engineer, then academic, now engineer again.
Daytime is AI/ML research.
I care a lot about the open Internet and security. Wikipedia administrator.
Very San Francisco with an ATLien heart.
A widow who misses their husband. 🏳️🌈
Good Authority @goodauth.bsky.social Good Authority's mission is to bring insights from political science to a broader audience. https://goodauthority.org
Jennie Sweet-Cushman @jenniesweetcushman.bsky.social American political scientist at Chatham University in Pittsburgh, PA studying women and politics, equity in the academy, and democratic engagement pedagogy. Views are not my employer's. 
Politico @politico.com Nobody knows politics and policy like we do.
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Efrén Pérez @efrenpolipsy.bsky.social UCLA Political Psychologist. Director of Race, Ethnicity, Politics, & Society (REPS) Lab. I play accordion 🪗 Arriba El Grullo, Jalisco 🇲🇽
Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Tennessee. African Politics, Nationalism, and Democracy. Also quilting. Lots of quilting.
Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social Director, Nationhood Lab, @PellCenter.bsky.social - Salve Regina University. Author, American Nations, Nations Apart, American Character, Union, Republic of Pirates, and others. www.colinwoodard.com and www.nationhoodlab.org
Dr. Kelebogile Zvobgo (she/her) @kellyzvobgo.bsky.social Political scientist • Author of Governing Truth bit.ly/governing-truth • Committed to human rights, transitional justice, and international law
zvobgo.com
Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social Behavioral Scientist & Science Communicator.
Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences and Associate Professor of Communication, Medicine, and Public Policy at Cornell University.
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Lily Mason @lilymasonphd.bsky.social Political scientist at Johns Hopkins, author of Uncivil Agreement and co-author of Radical American Partisanship
Eric van der Vort @ericibid.bsky.social Political scientist working in state government and public history.
Knows about: social movements, courts/conlaw, climate; also, pollinator policy... somehow?
Urbanist. YIMBY. Improviser. My ideology: don't hurt people. Opinions mine, maybe yours.
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[Christopher M. Federico] @chrispps.bsky.social midwest academic, political science + psychology / inveterate fan of The Fall / cat enthusiast / boring social democrat / photographer
Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social Professor of Communication & Political Science. NH to PHL. Improv comedian. Author: “Irony and Outrage” (OUP 2020), “Wrong” (JHU 2023). My views and mine alone.
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Meg K Guliford @mkguliford.bsky.social Philadelphia Liaison for the Kansas Board of Tourism
Jayhawk Born; Quaker Educated; Jumbo Trained, Dragon Employed
Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social Ex- lots of things.
Podcast is Mass for Shut-ins. Subscribe for good stuff on Patreon.com/ginandtacos.
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
Mike Fix @mpfix1.bsky.social Professor & DGS, state court scholar, #firstgen, dog person. Opinions are mine not my employer’s. He/Him/His.
Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social Professor of political science at UW-Madison. Director of Elections Research Center. First gen college grad. Native Ohioan.
barryburden.info
Jeff Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social On here way too much. Political scientist at Georgia State University. Congress & elections. My feed is mostly politics but you’ll get some sports takes and terrible dad jokes along the way.
Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social Contributor @the-downballot.com.
Elections, voting rights, redistricting, and maps.
Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social Kurz Chair in Constitutional Rights, CUNY Brooklyn College. Political scientist. Constitutional law & development, US migration(s) & citizenship law, legal history. ORDER my book: https://tinyurl.com/2sjcsupd Home cook, foodie.
Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social Political Communication Prof at GWU. Flaming Hydra.
I write about the history and future of tech and politics. My next book, Vaporware, Inc.: How Silicon Valley Sells the Future to Control the Present, arrives on January 12, 2027.
Davekarpf.beehiiv.com
Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social Polling editor at CNN, keeping (cross)tabs on public opinion and the news. I like puns.
Hans Hassell @hjghassell.bsky.social PoliSci @ BYU
I'm trying to be kinder
I miss Maine
Vasabjit Banerjee @vasabjit.bsky.social Comparative civil-military relations, defense manufacturing, political violence, electoral politics, and foreign policy. Regional foci on South Asia and Latin America, but also the "global south."
Travis N. Ridout @tnridout.bsky.social Thomas S. Foley Professor, Washington State University; co-director of Wesleyan Media Project; political advertising, news media, political communication
Gary Hollibaugh @gholliba.bsky.social Dad, husband, tenured political scientist in a policy school. Seeing what this is about.
Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social I like data, dogs, and my dog named Data. Have I mentioned I like data? I study & teach political science. I live to traipse around the wilds of Newfoundland. www.amandabittner.com
Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Columbia. New Book: The Insiders' Game: How Elites Make War and Peace https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691215808/the-insiders-game
Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto | American Political Thought & Constitutional Development
Ryan Dawkins @ryan-dawkins.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Carleton College. Pol psych, Congress, parties/elections, REP, and urban politics. Native Coloradoan turned Minnesotan. Bad TV takes emphatically my own. He/him.
www.ryancdawkins.com
Rachel Beatty Riedl @beattyriedl.bsky.social Professor @ Cornell University, Director Center on Global Democracy. Teach/research Democracy & Authoritarianism, African politics. Host, Ufahamu Africa podcast
Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social NPR White House correspondent. National Murrow Award Winner. Former Vox, USN&WR. Tariff explainer. Masculinity politics expert. Native Iowan. Jesus freak. Girlboss. Real piece of work.
daniellekurtzleben.substack.com
Pi Sigma Alpha, The National Political Science Honor Society @pisigmaalpha.bsky.social Celebrating and supporting students who excel in the study of political science, international relations, public administration, and similar fields.
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