Mark Zaid, Esq @markzaidesq.bsky.social National Security Attorney, Comic Book Historian, University of Rochester Alum
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Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social Politics (mainly UK and a bit of US), comedy and popular culture more generally.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social Historian: White Flight; New Suburban History; Fog of War; One Nation Under God; Fault Lines; Voter Suppression; Myth America. CAMPAIGN TRAILS: campaign-trails.ghost.io
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Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social Lawfare Senior Editor - MS NOW National Security and Intelligence Analyst - Former FBI Special Agent
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Patrick Iber @patrickiber.bsky.social Historian. Edit Dissent magazine, providing intellectual resources for an effective democratic left. Culture/politics podcast Experts in a Dying Field. Book: Poverty of the Imagination: The Cold War and the Social Science of Development in Latin America
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social Economics editor at The Bulwark. MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) anchor.
Previously WaPo op-ed columnist and NYT reporter.
Econ, politics, immigration, tax, etc. + occasional theater nerdery.
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Phil Frayne @philfrayne.bsky.social Retired US Diplomat
Ken Bazinet @kenbazinet.bsky.social Longtime DC scribe, covering three presidencies (DC is fine, but I prefer the United States). Reflections on democracy, First Amendment, Boston sports, and jam bands. Simple approach: trusted source intel + research & data + analysis = smart solutions.
Center for Angletonian Thought @blackthr0atedwind.bsky.social Former national security executive, ailing distance runner, and struggling girl dad. Run a private intelligence company that supports public and private sector objectives. Based in Washington D.C.
Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social 🌐Studies influence, propaganda, platform design@Georgetown
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📕Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality (invisiblerulers.com)
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Aurora C @theaurorac.bsky.social Lawyer by day (but only for children), Muay Thai fighting fire eater by night, semi-southpaw Romany Gypsy curmudgeon all the time. Fiddler, 9/11 first responder, former aerialist, flâneuse. Union strong. Barrister and Solicitor, Esq.
Jonas Mueller-Töwe @jmuellertoewe.bsky.social Senior Investigative Editor @t-online.de, Berlin / Reporting on Foreign influence operations, National security, Lobbying and Crime (Threema: 4E6EXA2Y)
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Fintan O'Toole @fotoole.bsky.social Writer, Irish Times columnist, New York Review of Books contributor, We Don't Know Ourselves author.
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.
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Carol Leonnig @carolleonnig.bsky.social @washingtonpost investigative reporter
@MSNBC contributor
finder of fact
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PJRO @pjro.bsky.social Retired national security analyst. Pro-democracy at home and abroad (think FDR). 
Sebastiaan Faber @sebasfaber.bsky.social Teaches at Oberlin; writes in Contexto, The Nation, La Marea, Jacobin, El Salto, De Groene Amsterdammer; co-edits The Volunteer (Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives). Opinions my own. Ajacied, Amsterdammer & trompettist. More at sebastiaanfaber.com.
Doug @ex-fso.bsky.social 🇯🇵🇹🇼🇻🇳🇱🇺🇬🇾🇧🇳🇫🇷🇨🇦Former Foreign Service (30 years), Civil Service (12 years), and Uniformed (4 years). FDR on Republicans- https://youtu.be/S3RHnKYNvx8?si=DjzN5NfIjfSPxOf7
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Ambassador Greg Delawie @gregdelawie.bsky.social Former FSO, Ambassador, Europe & Balkans guy, arms controller. Still uphold my oath to defend the Constitution "against all enemies, foreign and domestic." @steadystatevets @NSL4America. Views mine. 
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Stephanie Nolen @stephanienolen.bsky.social Global health reporter, The New York Times. Former correspondent in South Asia, Africa, Latin America and the MidEast. Author, 28 Stories of AIDS in Africa; Promised the Moon. Baker. Canoe tripper. Disease nerd. Lover of a fat novel and Earl Grey tea.
Jon Fasman @jonfasman.bsky.social Senior culture correspondent, The Economist. Podcaster: "The Intelligence", "Checks and Balance". Ex-DC, Singapore, Atlanta, London, Moscow, Providence. Author: "The Geographer's Library," "The Unpossessed City," "We See It All".
Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social New Yorker staff writer. Author of Rogues, Empire of Pain, Say Nothing. Podcast: Wind of Change. Producer of FX series Say Nothing, now streaming on Hulu (in the US) and Disney+ (everywhere else).
New book coming April 7, 2026: London Falling.
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
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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social Historian, writer, former bartender.
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Just Security @justsecurity.org Forum on law, rights, and security. Editorial Board includes professors, top civil society attorneys, former senior government officials.
Yaddo @yaddocommunity.bsky.social Yaddo provides creative artists the gift of uninterrupted time and work space in a supportive environment.
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social Editor of The Bulwark
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Host of a Secret Podcast.
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Zach Montague @zjmontague.bsky.social Reporter @ NYT covering federal courts.
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social Former Chief Counsel to Sen. Ted Kennedy, Dep. Asst US Atty General, Sup. Ct Law Clerk. Pittsburgh guy now in Colorado
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social Reporter and writer: https://fallows.substack.com/ and https://www.ourtownsfoundation.org/ One-time speechwriter, long-time pilot, longer-time husband of linguist/writer Deborah Fallows. Note same wristwatch in the two photos, more than 50 years apart.
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Nina Burleigh @ninaburleigh.bsky.social Author Satirist Cyclist
Journalism in NYT NYMag TNR and more
The Trump Women: Part of the Deal https://shorturl.at/ejoxN
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Sex Work is Work. She/Her
Primarily involved with Red Umbrella - Sex Worker Led and Centred Org in Ireland.
Your Irish Girl Next Door
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al3x @cyb3rkitties.bsky.social they/she. spreader of virtual kitties. 🐱
threat intelligence & malware, mostly Russia stuff.
probably reading reports.
nerdy and witchy things. rabbit holes. naps are underrated.
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@rikdelhaas.bsky.social @rikdelhaas.bsky.social Journalist. Ex-investigative desk and Ex-foreigndesk at VPRO public broadcasting in The Netherlands. Writing third book on Horn of Africa.
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Pam Fessler @pamfessler.bsky.social Former NPR correspondent. Voting/poverty beat. Communications advisor, The Elections Group. Author of “Carville’s Cure: Leprosy, Stigma and the Fight for Justice.”
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Adam Tooze @adamtooze.bsky.social Chartbook Substack https://adamtooze.substack.com/
OnesandTooze podcast https://foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/ones-and-tooze/
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Gregory P. Wilson @newguardsrising.bsky.social Former U.S. Treasury Department official (Presidents Reagan and Bush41). Democracy. Freedom. Rule of law. National security. 🇺🇸🇺🇦
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Makes good trouble
Tell your dog I said "hi"
Bartelds @bartelds.bsky.social Formerly with Dutch military intelligence (MoD) and counter-terrorism (MoJ)
Former optimist
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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me Law professor | Privacy, AI*, and Technology & Society | Veteran | Offering bespoke mentor-mentee relationships | There is music yet to play | https://tractatus.org
Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social Historian of race, policing, surveillance, and technology. Senior Policy Analyst at EFF. Sometimes teach at Emory. The Church Committee Report is out now! My views are not my employers.
MatthewGuariglia.com
@intolerantcentrist.bsky.social @intolerantcentrist.bsky.social I remember a time when this shit was unbelievable.
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aarongell @aarongell.bsky.social Writer at New Republic, Guardian, Businessweek, Economist, Fast Co and Baffler.
Chloe Hadavas @hadavas.bsky.social senior editor & books, @foreignpolicy.com
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History @historyzone.bsky.social Bringing the past to life. Daily posts about world history, American milestones, wars, revolutions, and forgotten events.
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Nicholas Guyatt @nicholasguyatt.bsky.social I teach American history at Cambridge. Views/opinions strictly personal. Content 40% political, 30% historical, 30% cat photos but ratio under constant review
James Crossland @jamescrossland.bsky.social Professor of History. Writer of books.
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BadToss @badtoss.bsky.social Guggenheim Fellow, Prof Emerita. Working on a book on America's home grown Soviet spy (37Ink). Oh, and tennis tweets. Expect them.
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David Shipley @davidshipley.bsky.social Pack lead at Beauceron Security. Field CISO. Passionate about putting people in control of technology. National expert in #cybersecurity. Ex-journalist. CAF Veteran. Opinions my own. As seen on CTV, Global, CBC, Globe and Mail, National Post and more.
Claude Monet @monet.bsky.social Oscar-Claude Monet was a 19th century French painter. #artbots by
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com Nomad & Print Artist since 1998: Home isn’t a place, it’s a feeling. Traveling along my German grandmother’s roots. Mover: Strong voice against Trumpism. Linktree: linktr.ee/Strandjunker
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Jacqueline L. Hazelton @drjlhazelton.bsky.social Political scientist. IR. International security. RT=not endorsement. Author of award-winning book "Bullets Not Ballots: Success in Counterinsurgency Warfare" from Cornell. She/her.