The Weeknight on MS NOW @weeknightmsnow.bsky.social Tune in Mondays through Fridays at 7pm ET for "The Weeknight," hosted by Symone Sanders Townsend, Michael Steele, and Luke Russert.
T.X. Watson @txwatson.com The actor who plays T.X. Watson on the internet. Rhetoric PhD student at [I have been advised not to specify for legal reasons]. I had 50 million followers on TikTok
Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov Proudly serving the people of New Jersey in the U.S. Senate. 
College of Arts and Humanities at UMD @umd-arhu.bsky.social Cultivating creativity, critical thinking & global Leadership: ARHU at the University of Maryland is where learning, art, culture and social justice intersect. 
Ben Stiller @benstiller.redhour.com Artist whose mediums include film, tv, and soda. www.StillersSoda.com
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social Mondays at 9pmET on MS NOW
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social My Book: Giving Up Is Unforgivable |UALawSchool |MSNOW Legal Analyst |Podcasts #SistersInLaw & Cafe Insider|Obama US Atty |25 year fed'l prosecutor|Wife & Mom of 4|Knits a lot|Civil Discourse newsletter: joycevance.substack.com
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James Marconi @jamesmarconi.bsky.social Big fan of the written (and especially the printed) word. Here mostly to listen and learn -- anything posted represents my views only.
Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social Host of the Fast politics podcast, contributing Writer at The New York Times opinion and MSNBC. Subscribe to fast politics YouTube channel
Karrin Vasby Anderson @kvanderson.bsky.social she/her
Professor of Communication Studies @ Colorado State University | The Center for Democracy, Art, and Popular Culture cdapc.colostate.edu | The Conversation https://tinyurl.com/yzbmdpuw | Views represent my expertise, not my university.
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/
Jennie Keohane @keohaneja.bsky.social Lover of beer, dogs, crossword puzzles, and all things Minnesota. Associate Prof at UBalt via Northwestern U and UW-Madison. #TeamRhetoric
Jenny Rice @jennyrice.bsky.social Texan/Kentuckian. I study rhetorics of extremism and other weird stuff.
Author of Awful Archives: conspiracy theory, rhetoric, and acts of evidence
https://www.amazon.com/Awful-Archives-Conspiracy-Rhetoric-Evidence/dp/0814255795
Kelly Winfrey @kellywinfrey.bsky.social Associate Professor studying gender and political communication. Mom, cat lady, Jayhawk in IA, feminist, pragmatic progressive scared for America.
Casey Boyle @caseyboyle.fail assoc prof of rhetoric
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Martín Carcasson @mcarcasson.bsky.social Professor of Communication Studies at Colorado State University. I direct the CSU Center for Public Deliberation (www.cpd.colostate.edu), which is a nonpartisan organization focused on improving the quality of public discussion and local problem-solving. 
Ira Allen @rhetlab.bsky.social Dr. Ira Allen's Rhetorical & Ethical Theory Lab at NAU: studying places where persuasion and the good intersect
Ashley Hinck @ashleyhinck.bsky.social I research rhetoric, the internet, and fandom. Associate Professor at Xavier University. PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. BA from Creighton University. 
ProfJSG @profjsg.bsky.social Professor. Constitution hugger. Worried for democracy.
Mary Stuckey @marystuckey.bsky.social Rhetorician, political scientist, lover of good wine and national parks. I study the presidency and vote the down ballot. 
Mindful Heretic 🦅✊🏽🌹💙 @mindfulheretic.bsky.social Independent Scholar, poet, author, performance ethnographer. Chicana crypto-Jewish/Catholic supporter of Indigenous rights, democracy, and environmental justice. In a mindless world, paying attention is heresy.
Dr. Guy McHendry @acaguy.bsky.social ᴀssᴏᴄɪᴀᴛᴇ ᴘʀᴏғᴇssᴏʀ ʀʜᴇᴛᴏʀɪᴄ & sᴜʀᴠᴇɪʟʟᴀɴᴄᴇ ʜᴇ/ʜɪs/ʜɪᴍ Author of The Rhetoric of Western Thought https://bit.ly/RWT11e
Dr. Will X. Uly @wellactually.bsky.social rhetoric sun. media rising. gender moon. assistant professor of communication studies, recovering marketer, and award-winning drag king. thinking about neoliberalism & gender performance in consumer culture. they/them.
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Caroline Koons @ckoons.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Humanities and Communication. Rhetoric, music, ethics, social movements.
M. Elizabeth Thorpe @thorpe.bsky.social Mom, wife, teacher, scholar, cat-owner. Into things like identity, the law, and the 1A. Consistently amazed that her colleagues continue to take her seriously. She/her/hers Rhetorician.
Jeff Bennett 🏳️🌈 @jeffbennett.bsky.social Professor and Chair of Communication Studies at Vandy. T1D. Michigander. First Gen. Views mine. he/him
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Matthew Salzano @mattsalzano.bsky.social 👨🏫 Asst Prof of Communication at Stony Brook University
🚨doctor of communication available for rhetorical emergencies
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📍 Long Island
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Anna Wolfe @annawolfe.bsky.social Associate Professor | Department of Communication & Journalism @Texas A&M University | how do we connect across our differences? : dialogue : storytelling : conflict : collective action : organizational communication : engaged scholarship
JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social VU faculty, cultural critic, soccer enthusiast.
Tell someone about me.
Atilla Hallsby @atillahallsby.bsky.social “Sovereign, Settler, Leaker, Lie” (The Ohio State University Press, 2026). https://tinyurl.com/yfh4pvfd
“Reading Rhetorical Theory” (University of Minnesota Libraries, 2022) https://open.lib.umn.edu/rhetoricaltheory/
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Taylor Johnson, PhD @tayjdebater.bsky.social She/her. Rhetorician studying environmental justice and settler colonialism. Debate coach. I probably need a nap.
Emerson C @ecram.bsky.social i write stuff
Charlotte Harris @kwilz.bsky.social Academic and Paul Mescal Superfan
Rebecca M. Townsend @rmtownsend.bsky.social Deliberation, democracy & public engagement scholar #TeamRhetoric politics in US & #CEE #transportation, public memory, Town Meeting. Lifter. Aromanian. Views here are personal & do not represent my employer #WMASS @TownModerator.bsky.social
Ron Greene @rwgreene.bsky.social University based scholar in communication writing about conviction, capitalism, and culture. When not reading, I watch a lot of sports.
Rosa Mikeal Martey @rosamikealm.bsky.social Professor of digital tech, identity, equity, design, and language (currently obsessed with GenAI); luddite; and she/her person who doesn't own a smart phone. Currently at Colorado State University, but will never stop being a Jersey girl.
Blake Abbott @blakeabbott.bsky.social he/him/his
Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Towson University
team rhetoric
Arsenal supporter
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Andrea Terry, PhD (she/her) @andreajune.bsky.social Asst. Professor of Rhetoric @ Sacramento State, proud union activist, researcher of religion & politics in the U.S. Views are my own.
Jason Edwards @j3edwards.bsky.social Professor of Communication, latest book The Rhetoric of Official Apologies (with Lisa Storm Villadsen, 2021, Rowman & Littlefield) presidential rhetoric and political communication scholar, personal finance coach, husband to Amber, father to Robbie
Kendall Phillips @krp.bsky.social Author of NO ONE CAN SAVE US. Horror, films, rhetoric. Views expressed are my own.
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Skye de Saint Felix @skyedsf.bsky.social Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Political Culture | Co-editor of Recovering Democracy Archives and Voices of Democracy | University of Maryland | Arkansas | she/her
Dr. Christopher J. Wernecke @the-bald-doctor.bsky.social Assistant Professor | University of North Carolina Wilmington.
I research American cancer rhetoric, politics, and media.
“Connecting Communication Theory & Practice: From Classroom to Boardroom” ~ available now.
Chase Aunspach @chaseaunspach.bsky.social Instructor of Speech 🐻
ABD 🌽
Researching abject masculinities, queer things, and Reddit ⬆️
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Professor Steve @profsteve.bsky.social PhD Rhetoric and Politics, Professor, Writer, Gamer. Interested in institutional speech, political campaigns, and how idiosyncratic choices inform our future. Lifelong fan of the power to do things with words.
Justin Eckstein @justineckstein.bsky.social Associate Professor at PLU, Affiliate at UW, Senior Fellow of Political Debate at Braver Angels, 2021 Jackson Fellow, Food Lover, Typo Enthusiast
Jay Childers @jaychilders.bsky.social Always already thinking about rhetoric, politics, & violence. Professor and author. Resister of the end times.
Stephen Heidt @sheidt.bsky.social Professor, author, cook, soccer fan, purveyor of books
Leslie Hahner @lesliehahner.bsky.social Professor of Disinformation and Visual Rhetoric. Author of To Become an American and Co-Author of Make America Meme Again.
Nerdy about images and visual resonance in media ecosystems.
Memes, popular culture, and visual messaging are my speciality
Amy Young @amyyoung.bsky.social Yacht rock enthusiast, drinker of coffee, knower of things, talker, professor of words, mom.
Dr. Kristina M. Lee @rhetoricalatheist.bsky.social I study religious and political rhetoric with a particular focus on Christian nationalism and the marginalization of atheists.
E. Michele Ramsey @emicheleramsey.bsky.social Comm & Gender studies prof. Bourbon, cycling, whitewater, Halloween, and soccer enthusiast. Cat mom. Feminist. North Texas Mean Green. Georgia Bulldog.
David Cisneros @jdcis.bsky.social Teacher and writer focusing on political rhetoric, social movements, and immigration. Cultural studies, activism, media. Star Trek fan. Soccer watcher. Bad poetry writer. Novice gardener. Cat lover. Opinions mine. He/they
A Demolition @atdemolition.bsky.social 
Michael J. Steudeman @msteudeman.bsky.social rhetoric, education, neurodiversity, dad humor. Author of Absence of National Feeling: Education Debates in the Reconstruction Congress (U. Press of Mississippi, 2025).
Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social Prof @ Penn studying media, race, tech, feminism, politics.
Author of A SECOND SIGHT (Mariner, 2026), co-author #HASHTAGACTIVISM (MIT Press, 2020) + more.
Typos and opinions both mine.
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Jennifer LeMesurier @rhetorologist.bsky.social Rhetoric. Dance. Food.
Associate Professor of Writing and Rhetoric at Colgate University.
she/her
Inscrutable Eating - https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814215371.html 
Josh Scacco 🗳️ @joshscacco.bsky.social Director, Center for Sustainable Democracy, University of South Florida | Political Communication researcher | News, public opinion, political leadership | Book: "The Ubiquitous Presidency" | Friend of democracy
Phaedra C. Pezzullo @phaedra.bsky.social Professor @ CU Boulder Environmental & climate justice, sustainability & storytelling, environmental comm. Editor UC Press+ Taylor&Francis. Author: Beyond Straw Men: Plastic Pollution & Networked Cultures of Care. Opinions=mine https://phaedracpezzullo.com
Andre E. Johnson @aejohnsonphd.bsky.social Award-winning Author and Rhetorical Historian | Professor of Communication | Rhetoric, Race and Religion, Sigma 1914🤘🏾
Dr. Ryan Skinnell @rhetrickery.bsky.social Writer, professor, speaker. I know a lot about rhetoric, burritos, and Nazis. I only like the first two. Words at @wapo, @newsweek, @salon, &tc. #TeamRhetoric www.RyanSkinnell.com ~views mine~
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paul johnson @rhetoricpj.bsky.social I live in pittsburgh and like it. wrote a book about conservative populism. have spent the last 15 years studying the right.
go arsenal! I like gin.
Book: https://www.uapress.ua.edu/9780817321093/i-the-people/
Robert McDonald @lacanmunist.bsky.social Associate professor of rhetoric at the University of Kansas, author of Works like a Charm: Incentive Rhetoric and the Economization of Everyday Life https://sunypress.edu/Books/W/Works-like-a-Charm
Natalie Pennington @natpen.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Communication Studies | Friendship | Technology | Mixed Methods
I love my partner, pets, and cooking and baking, especially if it’s from Serious Eats or Smitten Kitchen!
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
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social Writing and yelling. 
Connie Schultz @connieschultz.bsky.social Columnist, novelist, j-prof.
NYT bestselling novel, The Daughters of Erietown. Next novel: Because You Asked. On Substack at Hopefully Yours. I’m with Sherrod.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social Truth-Teller | Independent Journalist and Legal Analyst | Trial Lawyer | @katiephang on Substack, Instagram, Threads, & TikTok
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Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social Journalist - Deciphering misinformation and disinformation on Fox
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social Political commentary. Over 3 billion views on YouTube. #1 NYT bestselling author. Past: MSNBC
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social Founder @democracydocket.com. Chair of Elias Law Group. My dog's name is Blue.
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