David French @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social NYT Columnist, visiting professor at Lipscomb University. Married to @nancyfrench.bsky.social.
Iraq vet, Grizzlies fan, born in War Eagle Country and raised in Big Blue Nation.
School of Criminal Justice @runscj.bsky.social Official Bluesky of the Rutgers School of Criminal Justice
Professor Laura Huey @drlaurahuey.bsky.social Criminologist, Editor of Police Practice & Research, Editor of Evidence Base. Royal Society of Canada College alumna. Member ISC Roster of Global Experts
@kbbucklen.bsky.social @kbbucklen.bsky.social
Council on Criminal Justice @counciloncj.org Nonpartisan think tank and invitational membership organization that advances understanding of the criminal justice policy choices facing the nation and builds consensus for solutions that enhance safety and justice for all.
https://counciloncj.org/
David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social Dramatist, author, apostate newspaperman specializing in artisanal contempt and discerning maledicta. The claim that I am the angriest man in television is faint praise indeed; the second angriest is yelling at an agent because residual checks are late.
Chase Madar @madar.bsky.social Author, attorney, translator. Teaching law ~and society~ at NYU Gallatin. Make the Road NY legal alum.
Jose Pina-Sánchez 🇪🇺 @jpinasanchez.eurosky.social Professor of Quantitative Criminology and co-director of the Social Research Methods centre at the University of Leeds. Interested in #Cars&Crime #OpenResearch #Measurement #CriminalJustice #Sentencing #Disparities.
jmpinasanchez.github.io/
Dr. Kareem Carr, Ph.D. @kareemcarr.bsky.social Statistician. PhD @Harvard • Masters degree in pure math • Follow me for fun, nerdy content.
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Chris Sullivan @cjsullivan.bsky.social E Desmond Lee Professor
Youth Crime & Violence
Chair of CCJ @UMSL
https://www.umsl.edu/ccj/directory/sullivan-chris.html
https://scholars.org/scholar/christopher-j-sullivan
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vwX-DHsAAAAJ&hl=en
Opinions my own
guns down america @gunsdownamerica.bsky.social a 501(c)3 nonprofit founded in 2016 to solve gun violence by being a nuisance to sources of power
GVP / corporate accountability / consumer advocacy / research & comms experts
https://gunsdown.carrd.co/
Congressman Glenn Ivey (MD-04) @ivey.house.gov Congressman proudly representing Maryland's Fourth Congressional District.
Lawrence H. Summers @larrysummers.bsky.social Charles W. Eliot Professor and President Emeritus at Harvard, former Secretary of the Treasury for President Clinton
Matt Ashby @mattashby.com I help people use data to reduce crime. Associate Professor, Crime Science, UCL. Former police officer.
🌐: mattashby.com
Alex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College and CUNY Graduate Center. Coordinator Policing and Social Justice Project. Author The End of Policing.
Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social Husband to Renee. Father to Andrew and Eleanor. Grandfather to Winnie and Indy. Founder. Writer. Ad-maker. NYT #1 Bestselling author. Instrument-rated Beechcraft pilot. AgainstAllEnemies.net
Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social Creative Director of the world's best History Channel https://linktr.ee/HistoryHit | I host the Dan Snow’s @HistoryHit podcast
The Campbell Collaboration @campbellreviews.bsky.social Campbell promotes evidence-based policy and practice. We publish social science evidence synthesis #research in our #OpenAccess journal. #SystematicReviews
TomC360 @tomc360.bsky.social First Amendment Citizen Anti-Fascist Pro-Democracy
Homeless Disabled Veteran
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District 6 WA constituent/Advocate
#Navy #Veteran #Disabled #Homeless #GoodTrouble
#SeattleSeahawks #SeattleMariners #TakeBackPatriotism
#Deflock
Liz Cheney @lizcheney.bsky.social Proud rodeo mom, soccer mom, baseball mom, hockey mom, constitutional conservative.
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Stef Feldman @steffeldman.bsky.social Former senior WH aide for @JoeBiden. Expert on executive powers. On Instagram, I’m @stefexplains. On Substack, I'm The Permanent Campaign.
Ken Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social Chair of the Democratic National Committee | Proud Minnesotan
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Matt Glassman @mattglassman312.bsky.social Congressional Procedure Nerd. Dad to three girls. Amazing Oh Hell player.
Nancy La Vigne @nancylavigne.bsky.social Criminal justice researcher committed to evidence-informed solutions to safety and justice challenges
@aprilzeoli.bsky.social @aprilzeoli.bsky.social
Joel Caplan @joelcaplan.bsky.social Communities & Crime Prevention | Justice Tech | Maps | Public Safety | Sometimes Food, Pets, Outdoor Stuff | Rutgers Univ Prof/Dir/Admin | Simsi, Inc Cofounder | More at 🔗 jcaplan.com
Sarah Brayne @sarahbrayne.bsky.social Sociology Professor at Stanford
Evan McCuish @evanmccuish.bsky.social Associate Professor
SFU Criminology
Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social inside fishsticks outside tarter sauce
The New York Times @nytimes.com We seek the truth and help people understand the world. Not a subscriber? Your first month is now free in our app. https://nytimes.onelink.me/Xpht/zbx4nci9
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Justin Levitt @justinlevitt.bsky.social If you're eligible & want to vote, making sure you can, it's meaningful, and it sticks. Pro-democracy, pro-republic. He/his. Loyola law prof, former WH, former DOJ, former Natl Voter Protection Dir, forever NJDevils fan
Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social Minnesota guy.
"This particular activist will not stop." Sen. Chris Murphy
Michelle S. Phelps @michellesphelps.bsky.social Professor at UMN, Sociologist, Mom | Books: Breaking the Pendulum on criminal justice & The Minneapolis Reckoning on the politics of policing | www.michellesphelps.com.
Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social Former GOP Congressman. Ex‑Tea Partier turned relentless anti‑Trump truth‑teller. Want the unfiltered takes the cable shows won’t touch? Read & spar with me on Substack 👉 https://substack.com/@socialcontractwithjoewalsh
Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social Staff writer at The Atlantic. Cat guy, Jeopardy champ. New Englander and curmudgeon. Speaker info: https://www.leighbureau.com/speakers/tnichols
Nature @nature.com Research, news, and commentary from Nature, the international science journal. For daily science news, get Nature Briefing: https://go.nature.com/get-Nature-Briefing
Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social Sr. Fellow @ Brookings, Co-founder of Democracy Defenders Action, Executive Chair of Democracy Defenders Fund & Co-Founder of The Contrarian contrarian.substack.com. Posts with "TN" are from Team Norm
@avpapachristos.bsky.social @avpapachristos.bsky.social
Dru Stevenson @drustevenson.bsky.social Professor of Law, South Texas College of Law - Houston. Academic research now focuses on firearms regulation. I won't follow accounts or reply to their posts if I can't tell who they are IRL. #Housky #lawsky #gvp #gvr
John Shjarback @shjarback-ccj.bsky.social Policing/Criminal Justice Researcher. Associate Professor in the Dept. of Law & Justice Studies at Rowan University. Views are my own.
Johnshjarback.com
Nick Wilson @nickbwilson.bsky.social Senior Director of Public Safety Policy at Center for American Progress. Opinions are my own.
Patrick Sharkey @patricksharkey.bsky.social social scientist studying violence and urban inequality in the US
New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center @njgvrc.bsky.social The GVRC aims to provide high-quality, multi-disciplinary research on gun violence causality and prevention while respecting the rights of legal, safe gun owners.
Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social University of Chicago Professor. Posts are my own. Reposts do not imply endorsements. Oh--Pay your credit card off in full every month. That's the best risk-free,-tax-free investment available on Planet Earth.
Josh Greenman @joshgreenman.bsky.social The very same
Morgan C. Williams, Jr. @mwilljr.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Economics at @barnard-college.bsky.social of @columbiauniversity.bsky.social. Interested in crime & criminal justice through the prism of racial inequality.
Website: https://morganwilliamsjr.com/
Brandon del Pozo @brandondelpozo.bsky.social Assistant Professor of medicine and public health at Brown University. Former chief of police and NYPD precinct commander. BK born, NY raised.
Health + Safety = Justice
Justin Sola @justinsola.bsky.social UNC-Chapel Hill assistant professor in Sociology & Data Science and Society. I research inequality & gun ownership
http://jlsola.com
Volkan Topalli @volkantopalli.bsky.social Criminologist | @GSUCJC | Andrew Young School | Urban Crime | Future Crime | Offender Decision-Making |🗽
Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org We are a movement of parents, students, survivors, educators, gun owners & concerned citizens fighting to end gun violence and build safer communities.
https://everytown.org/
GIFFORDS @giffords.org Founded by Gabby Giffords in 2013, we’re on a mission to save lives from gun violence. Text COURAGE to 34131 to join the fight.
Sonali Rajan @sonalirajan.bsky.social professor @teacherscollege @columbia | senior director of research at everytownresearch.org | founding president: https://www.firearmresearchsociety.org/our-team | runner | mom to the best kid
Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social Emergency physician & Dean of the Yale School of Public Health. Gun violence prevention researcher. Incorrigible optimist (because we can and do create change, together). Mom of two teens. GO BILLS. @meganranney at the other place 🛟🩺📉📈🧪
Brookings Institution @brookings.edu We equip decisionmakers with nonpartisan research and policy strategies to create a more prosperous and secure country and world.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. http://theatlantic.com
Marc Krupanski @mkrupanski.bsky.social Working for healthy, safe + strong communities
now: Director of Criminal Justice Policy (Policing & Community Safety) w/Arnold Ventures || before: a bunch of stuff
Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social Economist & public safety expert. Author, The Science of Second Chances. Host/author, @ProbCausation podcast & substack. Passionate about ROI.
https://jenniferdoleac.com
Brian Corr @bluecorr.bsky.social Cantabrigian | Native Detroiter | Social Changer | Amateur Photographer | Avid Cyclist
Jordan Costa @jordantcosta.bsky.social learner, healer, scholar activist, policy advocate |
giffords center for violence intervention | ph.d. | all views are my own
Rosanna Smart @rosannasmart.bsky.social Economist @ RAND studying guns, drugs, and how regulations shape risky behaviors; personal account, opinions are my own
UConnARMS @uconnarms.bsky.social The UConn Center for Advancing Research, Methods, and Scholarship in Gun Injury Prevention (ARMS) is an interdisciplinary research center that facilitates high quality, original gun injury and violence prevention scholarship.
Shamik Dasgupta @shamikdasgupta.bsky.social Assoc Prof, Philosophy, UC Berkeley. Works in metaphysics, ethics, phil sci. Repost = seemed profound while macrodosing.
Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social Bloomberg Distinguished Professor (SAIS & Carey Business School), Johns Hopkins University. Political economy, Brazil, and a little bit of futebol.
Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social Ezra Klein’s tweets, articles, clips and podcasts on Bluesky.
Charles Fain Lehman @charlesflehman.bsky.social Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, contributing editor of City Journal.
Dara Lind @daralind.bsky.social Former journalist, now at @immcouncil.org (all posts here VERY MUCH my own), guest columnist at @documentedny.bsky.social, forever immigration explainer.
Signal: daralind.18
Ruthless cosmopolitan.
Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social Founder @democracydocket.com. Chair of Elias Law Group. My dog's name is Blue.
Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social Author, PRESIDENTS OF WAR, 9 other books. @NBCNews Presidential Historian. @PBS contributor. Called "normally sober" by Financial Times. X address is @BeschlossDC. Born in Chicago.
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
Justin Fenton @justinfenton.bsky.social Investigative reporter at the Baltimore Banner
Alexander S. Vindman @avindman.bsky.social Dad. Husband. Vet. Ex NSC/White House Staff.
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
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Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social Writer/Editor @protectdemocracy.org. Views are my own.
Anna Dorman @annalovesvoting.bsky.social Counsel @ Protect Democracy. Consumer of carbs (preferably bagels). Opinions and excellent jokes my own. 603.
Anne Harden Tindall @anne-tindall.bsky.social Lover of well-assembled words. Lawyer by training. North Carolinian always. I believe in the America we haven’t yet built.
Ben Raderstorf @raders.bsky.social defend democracy and build homes / policy advocate @protectdemocracy.org / author ifyoucankeep.it / board @sacyimby.bsky.social / rash opinions my own
No kings but Sac Kings
📍Sacramento
David A. Weinberg @davidaweinberg.bsky.social Policy Strategist for @protectdemocracy.org
Punster, parent, patriot.
Former staffer for @January6thCmte, et al.
All views are my own, and retweets mean nothing.
Farbod Faraji Nagra @farbodnagra.bsky.social Head of Democracy of Tomorrow Team & Counsel @protectdemocracy.org. Views are my own.
Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social Founder and Executive Director @protectdemocracy.org. Former Associate White House Counsel. Tweets my own.
John Haubenreich @johnhaubenreich.bsky.social Attorney fighting for voting rights and democracy with @protectdemocracy.org. Board member, @organizetn.bsky.social. Teach "Democracy and Voting Rights Litigation.” Film photography hobbyist. Bojangles stan. Opinions my own. Sorry for the soccer stuff.
Jon Steinman @jonsteinman.bsky.social dad, dog walker, Nebraskan
Democracy advocate
*and because time is short, cofounder of workfour.org
Skeets my own
Kristy Parker @kristyparker.bsky.social Special Counsel, Protect Democracy. Fmr federal civil rts prosecutor; current American history geek and democracy advocate. K-State/Oxford/Harvard Law alum. Lifelong #ChiefsKingdom member. Believer in the baseball gods. Personal account, personal views.
Maximillian Potter @maxpotter.bsky.social Writer-editor @protectdemocracy.org
Contributing Editor @vanityfair.com
NYT & WSJ Best Wine Book: “Shadows in the Vineyard” http://amzn.to/2H5ikFW
Ghost in some memoirs.
Facts are facts.
My opinions are my own.
https://linktr.ee/maximillianpotter
Jen Dresden @jrdresden.bsky.social Political Scientist | Ex-Professor | Democracy Advocate
Personal account, views are my own, etc.
Cecilia Muñoz @ceciliamunoz.bsky.social Serial policy nerd: led President Obama's Domestic Policy Council after 20 years at Unidos US; now growing new NGOs. On way too many boards. Author: More Than Ready.
Jeff Berman @jeffberman.bsky.social Former civil rights lawyer & Senate staff. Current entrepreneur, activist & advocate. CEO and co-host of Masters of Scale. Protect Democracy board. Father of 3. Work in progress. (He/Him)
Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social Leads AEI’s foreign and defense team, author of The State and the Soldier, contributing writer at The Atlantic. 2025-2026 Kissinger Chair at the Library of Congress. Californian. https://www.aei.org/profile/kori-schake/
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social Historian; Author, NYT Bestseller Strongmen; Publisher, Lucid, a Substack newsletter on authoritarianism and threats to democracy; Film & TV Consultant
Mona Charen @monacharen.bsky.social Policy Editor, The Bulwark
Syndicated columnist
Opponent of all forms of illiberalism
Author of four books
John W Dean @johnwdean.bsky.social Still active as an Author and Lecturer! Former CNN contributor, former Justia’s VERDICT columnist, former Nixon White House Counsel, former Goldwater Chair at Az State Un., but remain a Senior Fellow, CCLP, Annenberg USC. Just can’t retire. :-)
John McKay @sealawman.bsky.social Former U.S. Attorney, law professor turned volunteer legal aid lawyer, advocate for the rule of law and anti-authoritarianism
Evan McMullin @evanmcmullin.bsky.social
Michael G. Miller @michaelgmiller.bsky.social Political Scientist, Barnard College. Elections, Voting Rights, and Political Behavior. Blue collar scholar. #SkolVikings 🇺🇦- R Richard Primus @richardprimus.bsky.social Professor, University of Michigan Law School. Senior Editorial Adviser, Journal of American Constitutional History. I study the constitutional past and try to do my part for the rule of law in the present.