Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social Truth-Teller | Independent Journalist and Legal Analyst | Trial Lawyer | @katiephang on Substack, Instagram, Threads, & TikTok
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“Though She Be But Little, She Is Fierce”
FiftyPlusOne.news @fiftyplusone.news polling aggregation and data-driven journalism from the former research team of fivethirtyeight. https://www.FiftyPlusOne.news
Julian Davis Mortenson @jdmortenson.bsky.social Early American legal and political history. Presidential power. Probably kidding.
emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social Coverage of American authoritarianism with a focus on legal cases. An American-Irish in Limerick, Ireland.
Legendary potty mouth! 
Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social U.S. Senator from Connecticut.
Howard Mortman @howardmortman.bsky.social C-SPAN Communications Director. Weekly C-SPAN podcast for political history junkies: "Extreme Mortman."
Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social Dad, husband, journalist at 9News Denver. Helping the community raise $18M via 300+ weekly microgiving campaigns. Next with Kyle Clark 6p weeknights + 9NEWS at 9/10p on-air/streaming on 9NEWS+. Signal tips: 303-871-1841.
Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social Attorney, former AUSA, father, husband, former JBLC, long-time Knicks fan and occasional talking head
When it happens, I’ll be emulating Jose Alvarado
https://mitchellepner.substack.com/
School of Criminal Justice @runscj.bsky.social Official Bluesky of the Rutgers School of Criminal Justice
Investigative Reporters & Editors @ire.org Providing training, resources and a community of support to journalists around the world. Join us at #IRE26 June 18-21 in National Harbor, MD! 🔍 ire.org
Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social Opinions about product management, technology news and inclusivity in tech. Diversity is about demographics, inclusion is about creating a sense of belonging.
things.mn @things.mn an extremely Minnesota website
beta testing as of 4/15 - fully launching soon
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Stephanie Stratta @stephstratta.bsky.social Sociology PhD student, emphasis in crime, law, and deviance. Here to learn.
NERV IRB Coordinator @professormusgrave.bsky.social Professor of political science. Willing expat becoming an unwilling emigre. Essentially millennial, analytically millenarian. https://musgrave.substack.com
Deportation Data Project @handle.invalid The Deportation Data Project obtains and analyzes U.S. government immigration enforcement data via public records litigation.
Led by Berkeley Law & UCLA faculty, FOIA litigators
deportationdata.org
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Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social Good in a crisis and at no other time
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Sam Shirazi @samshirazi.bsky.social Fan of Virginia Elections 🗳️ (Views expressed are mine personally)
Randy Herman @randyhermanlaw.com I am a lawyer. I am not your lawyer.
"I have searched the depths of Legal Arguments not yet articulated or vetted."
Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough. New England then, Minneapolis now, housing and economic justice forever.
Cedrick Frazier @cedrickfrazier.bsky.social Father, Husband, Lawyer, and Minnesota Lawmaker. DFL & Labor endorsed candidate for Hennepin County Attorney.
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maitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social staff writer at Defector, mostly women's basketball // maitreyi.me
Samer @remas.bsky.social 🇵🇸
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Justin Ellis @justinellis.bsky.social Projects & Podcast editor for Defector.com
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Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social By day, investigations editor @defector.com. By night, writing a book about Alice Milliat, who got women's athletics into the Olympics.
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books How Far the Light Reaches & Dyke (geology)
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giri nathan @girinathan.bsky.social CHANGEOVER, my book about Alcaraz & Sinner, is out now: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Changeover/Giri-Nathan/9781668076248
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Tom Ley @toley.bsky.social Co-owner Defector Media- Y kathryn @yuekaxu.bsky.social
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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social Constitutional scholar, general law nerd, Izzet mage, bear lover, Mets fan.
Trans rights are constitutional rights!
Uphold Yang Wenli Thought
He/him
https://www.eveningconstitutional.net
Reallysarah @reallysarahha.bsky.social What is this place?
Mikki Kendall @karnythia.blacksky.app Writer, hex throwing goon. Dainty, delicate, and deadly.
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social independent journalist, thehandbasket.co
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Charlotte @mymentalradio.bsky.social Cat wrangler. Amateur German speaker. She/her. Live, laugh, lesbian. 🏳️🌈 Minneapolis 
SocArXiv @socarxiv.bsky.social Open archive of social science. Free. Academy owned. Posts by director Philip N. Cohen. Say it: so-SHAR-kive (soʊʃɑrkaɪv). Website: socarxiv.org. New papers post at: https://bsky.app/profile/socarxivbot.bsky.social
Rachel Cohen @cohen489.bsky.social pragmatic optimist and well-known email author. lawyer never giving legal advice. views are mine alone.
cohen489.substack.com
americandemands.com
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City of Minneapolis @minneapolismn.gov Official Bluesky for the City of Minneapolis.
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Laura K. Nelson @lauraknelson.bsky.social Associate Professor @ UBC
computational sociology
machine learning is feminist
You only have to look at the Medusa straight on to see her. And she’s not deadly. She’s beautiful and she’s laughing.
www.lauraknelson.com
Chive @chive.pub Decentralized eprints with ATProto. https://chive.pub/
geri katz @gerikatz.bsky.social Minneapolis, she/her. Lefty Jew, recovering union staff, healthcare nerd, history hobbyist. Tell your dog I said hi. 🍉
Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social Armchair phrenologist. Self-certified body language expert. MENSA member. Former Never-Ending Pasta Pass Owner. Intellectual. Gifted kid —> Gifted adult. RIP Seattle Sea Dragons. Vai Corinthians. Bluesky’s premier Seven Mary Three poster.
Rep. Kelly Morrison @kellymorrisonmn.bsky.social Congresswoman for Minnesota’s Third District. Mom. Physician. 6th generation Minnesotan. (Official Government Account)
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
Senator Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger @senamandahj.bsky.social Proud Senator to the Minnesota Senate for the people of South Maplewood and Woodbury (district 47).
MN Senate District 47 DFL @dflsd47.bsky.social www.sd47.org Minnesota DFL Woodbury and South Maplewood Senate district 
Maria Antoniak @mariaa.bsky.social NLP, cultural analytics. Assistant Professor of CS at University of Colorado Boulder. Books, bikes, games, art. https://maria-antoniak.github.io
Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social 🍉; “Happiness Vampire”; Assoc Prof of Soc; social theory + sport; words in The Guardian etc; co-host @endofsportpod.bsky.social; he/him; plz order *The End of College Football*: https://t.co/0C19WAmL6y
Modern Criminal Law Review @modcrimlrev.bsky.social MCLR+ ... A global platform for a global subject since 2023 | articles | events | interventions | video | audio | resources | http://crimlrev.net + http://YouTube.com/@ModCrimLRev + https://crimlrev.podbean.com
Molly Roberts @mollyroberts.bsky.social senior editor at @lawfaremedia.org | ex-washington post opinions 🤐
Jennifer Welch @mizzwelch.bsky.social I'm super busy.
@ivehaditpodcast 
I’ve Had It Podcast @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social Hosted by Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan 🎙️
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social Sr. Legal Affairs Reporter, @POLITICO
Priors: ABC White House & China correspondent, CNN, NY Sun 🇺🇸🇦🇺josh@joshgerstein.com. Signal: joshgerstein.46
Toby Hendy @tibees.bsky.social A three-dimensional being
My bookshop: https://tibees.com/
Susan McNeeley @susan-mcneeley.bsky.social Criminologist | Senior research analyst at MN Department of Corrections | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Susan-Mcneeley
Dex Anderson @dexanderson.com I've written a few books, and I like to rant about gender and hyperlocal Minneapolis politics. Thorn in the side of the DFL: abetterdfl.org. Cat Dad. They/them.
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social Democracy nerd, DC politics guy, public-interest lawyer, Jewish American. Live Free or Die. Views and puns solely my fault; everything else is fedsoc’s fault.
Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social NFL analyst at ESPN.
Arif Hasan, but NFL🔨⚒️🛠️ @arif.bsky.social I cover the NFL
- wideleft.football -
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Miray Philips - ميراي فيلبس @mirayphilips.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto
I study transnational religion, memory, rights & violence in the Middle East and its diasporas
📸 "our demise doesn't have to be like this"
www.mirayphilips.com
National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org Public interest 501(c)(3) law firm for natsec & info/privacy law. Website https://www.nationalsecuritylaw.org. Charitable tax-exempt donations always welcome; details on website front page. Media email Media@ NationalSecurityLaw.org, others email Kel there
Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social Professor of Sociology, Dartmouth;views my own. Author, 'Capital w/out Borders' https://shorturl.at/bGsLB and 'Offshore' https://shorturl.at/rTacl; words
@washingtonpost.com, @nytimes.com, the Atlantic & the Guardian.
All at brookeharrington.com
Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social Matthew Russell Lee for/as Inner City Press covers SDNY, UN Gate, banks & IMF. books http://tinyurl.com/bdhp2j5u http://patreon.com/MatthewRussellLee
rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social Levon Honkers is the author of TACKY (2021) and SLOPPY (2025), as well as co-host of the podcast Low Culture Boil. She lives in Brooklyn.
WIRED @wired.com For Future Reference.
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Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social Congressional bureau chief at Semafor. Former Politico
House Public Information Services @mnhouseinfo.bsky.social Bluesky account for the MN House of Representatives' nonpartisan Public Information Services department.
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Alex Schieferdecker @alexschief.bsky.social Mpls Ped/Bike Coordinator. Cold weather apologist. Sports appreciator. Cookie enthusiast. State capacity booster. Opinions do not represent those of the City.
Chantal Fahmy, PhD @chantalfahmy.bsky.social Associate Professor, UTSA
Associate Editor, Criminal Justice and Behavior
Co-Founder, ASC's Division of Health & Disability Criminology
research interests: prison reentry | health criminology | social support | corrections | incarceration & public health
Lance Storm @lancestorm.bsky.social Pro Wrestler SMW, WAR, ECW, WCW, WWE
Producer TNA Wrestling
Podcaster F4WOnline
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Fightful Wrestling @fightful.com Wrestling news from the leaders in news breaking and exclusives
Fightful.com
FightfulWrestling.com
Hannah Postel @hpostel.bsky.social Migration policy past & present. Public policy prof @dukesanford.bsky.social.
Previously: Stanford, Princeton, CGD, & Middlebury.
Spice fanatic 🌶️ cat mom 😻 she/her.
www.hannahpostel.com
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Senior Fellow at the American Immigration Council. Commenting generally on immigration law and policy. Retweets =/= endorsements, views are my own.
Jay Sieling @jaysieling.bsky.social Retired liberal arts instructor. Communication. Philosophy. Technology Ethics. Grandfather, husband, gardener, magician, musician, birder, outdoorsman. Posting sunrise photos and thoughts since 1/1/21
Center for the Study and Practice of Violence Reduction @vrcinfo.bsky.social The Center for the Study and Practice of Violence Reduction (the VRC) at the University of Maryland translates sound science into practical anti-violence policy.
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.”
Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov Dad, husband, teacher, coach, veteran. Governor of Minnesota. Working to move our state forward as #OneMinnesota.
Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social Former congressional candidate and journalist trying to change politics for good :) | www.kapow.works/
Owen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social I would prefer not to.
NM civil litigator. Trials, appeals, plaintiff, defense, you name it. Opinions are my own, not my firm's #USMC
Brandon Thurston @brandonthurston.bsky.social Email: brandon @wrestlenomics.com | Signal: BrandonThurston.14
Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team Founder & Chief Innovation Officer @ Bluesky
Working on @attie.ai
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Janani Umamaheswar @jananiu.bsky.social Sociologist. Associate Professor, Department of Criminology, Law and Society, George Mason University. Kenyan-Indian-Canadian-American. Views my own.
Senator Angela Alsobrooks @alsobrooks.senate.gov United States Senator for Maryland.
Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov U.S. Senator for Maryland
vanhollen.senate.gov
American Society of Criminology @amersoccriminology.bsky.social The American Society of Criminology is an international organization whose members pursue scholarly, scientific, and professional knowledge concerning the measurement, etiology, consequences, prevention, control, and treatment of crime and delinquency.
Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social Constitutional law prof, historical political scientist, FRHistS studying:
The United States Supreme Court
American Political Development
Anglo-American Constitutionalism
📍ATL
Author, Rot and Revival:
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/rot-and-revival/paper
Nick Bednar @nicholasbednar.bsky.social McKnight Land-Grant Professor, Law and Political Science at U. of Minnesota. AdLaw, Admin. Capacity, and the Federal Workforce. Contributing Editor for Lawfare; Nonresident Fellow at Brookings. Signal: Nbednar.46
Opinions are my own; Not UMN.
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.