Brandon Friedman
Founder, Rakkasan Tea Company • MSNBC columnist • Dallas Police Oversight Board • Former Obama guy • BJJ • Once a soldier
Dallas, Texas
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@maxbergmann.bsky.social
Director of the Europe, Russia, Eurasia Program at CSIS. Podcasts EuroFile and Russian Roulette. Fmr State Department official. DC sports, Tottenham
@hegemommy.bsky.social
SVP and Executive Editor at Rewire News Group. Co-host of the Boom! Lawyered podcast. SCOTUS whisperer. Dog lady. Soccer fan. Loud talker.
@ilangoldenberg.bsky.social
Chief Policy Officer, J Street. Former Mideast Advisor to Vice President Harris and Director of Jewish Outreach on the Harris-Walz campaign.
@patrickobrienstrickland.com
Writer from Texas Managing editor @inkstickmedia.com Books: You Can Kill Each Other After I Leave (2025), The Marauders (2022) & Alerta! Alerta! (2018) Fiction: Epiphany, Porter House Review, Cleaver, etc.
@annabower.bsky.social
Just asking questions. Senior Editor, Lawfaremedia.org. Send story ideas and tips to anna.bower@lawfaremedia.org Signal username: annabower.24
@teawitch.bsky.social
(she/her/ella) 🇲🇽🇺🇸🏳️🌈 ❤️🔥 Raw-hearted word sommelier 📖 Most recently published in My Galvanized Friend’s “No One Can Know” issue 💀 #amwriting THE GOLDEN STATE 🍵 CEO of Friday Afternoon Tea linktr.ee/fridaye
@francescadnunz.bsky.social
Texas Observer investigative reporter covering the US-Mexico borderlands, immigration, AI-powered surveillance tech, + extremism. chatty polyglot 🗣 FOIA gremlin 🧾 📩 dannunzio@texasobserver.org https://linktr.ee/FrancescaDnunz
@kathleenthompson.bsky.social
📣 Amplifying good folks. Progress Texas Executive Director.
@pamspaulding.bsky.social
Former natl political blogger, Pam's House Blend (2004-2013) during OG citizen journo era. Dipping back into pol discourse here. Spinal fusion vet (3x). DM only if I know IRL. Durham, NC native, now in Central Valley CA. PHB history: https://is.gd/vdqpej
@reedfrich.bsky.social
Managing Editor, Global Investigative Journalism Network (@gijn.org). Army veteran. Press freedom. Pro-democracy. Past bylines: FAIRMediaWatch, The Nation, TPM, Alternet, Salon, Mediaite, et al. “Someone has to investigate the bastards” — Chuck Lewis
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@ndrew.bsky.social
Deputy Director of rapid response at Media Matters, views here are my own
@samfellman.bsky.social
Journalist, veteran at BusinessInsider. Via: MilitaryTimes, Iraq, USS Nimitz. Signal: 202-674-7335. sfellman [at] proton.me
@martyparty75023.bsky.social
Gay Texan who believes Black Lives Matter, and everyone deserves autonomy over their own body. Resist. He/him Lifetime Longhorn 🤘
@teslatakedown.com
⚡ Sell your Teslas, dump your stock, join the picket lines. ⚡ Hurting Tesla is stopping Musk. ⚡ Stopping Musk will help save lives and our democracy. Join a peaceful protest, organize your own and learn more about Musk and DOGE at TeslaTakedown.com
@arjunjaikumar.bsky.social
@howdypolitics.bsky.social
🤠Howdy, I’m Kat 🗞️Politics for everyday Texans 🔥Productive rage ✨Most active on IG
@duckworth.senate.gov
Official Bluesky account for U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth. For more information, visit duckworth.senate.gov
@gene4va.bsky.social
Father. Husband. Iraq War Veteran | Congressman, Virginia’s Seventh District
@alexandermccoy.bsky.social
Senior Advisor for Climate Campaigns at Public Citizen. USMC veteran, Columbia alum, girldad, wifeguy. NYC (for now). Former: NextGen America, Common Defense
@angelahunt.bsky.social
@juansaaa.com
Former Undocumented Immigrant. Politics/National Parks/Photography. 🇻🇪•🇺🇸 — opinions are my own. Email and More ➡️ www.juansaaa.com
@nearmiss27.bsky.social
East Dallas liberal. Retired. Neighborhood Historian. Maven of “The Rabbit Hole.”
@leesova.bsky.social
writer + digital strategist trying to do some good sometimes fantasy nerd, long-suffering Bears fan, midwest princess Chicago —> NYC like a chameleon, always a lizard
@genmhayden.bsky.social
Personal account. Retired USAF, former Director of CIA & NSA, author, husband, father, granddad. Views are my own. Retweets are not endorsements.
@justinwolfers.bsky.social
Econ professor at Michigan ● Senior fellow, Brookings and PIIE ● Intro econ textbook author ● Think Like An Economist podcast ● An economist willing to admit that the glass really is half full.
@repjuliejohnson.bsky.social
Congresswoman for Texas’s 32nd District | Texas Educated Attorney and Former Texas State Legislator | Fighter for Justice and Equality https://juliejohnson.house.gov
@zachfb.bsky.social
Managing Editor at http://www.Military.com - Former Pentagon reporter for Newsweek, investigative reporter for CPI, among other stops.
@paulszoldra.com
Data Scientist-in-training | Former national security editor @ Business Insider, Task & Purpose | Ex-Anduril | 🇺🇸 Marine infantry vet, military acronym hater, etc.
@ncjwdallas.bsky.social
https://www.ncjwdallas.org/ Devoted to making a difference in the lives of women, children, and families. Inspired by progressive Jewish values. Standing tall for social justice.
@crampell.bsky.social
MSNBC anchor/co-host of The Weekend: Primetime, Sat/Sun 6-9pm. Washington Post syndicated op-ed columnist. Econ, politics, immigration, tax, etc. + occasional theater nerdery.
@godpod.bsky.social
Creator of the Universe. Daily free newsletter & animated podcast here: https://www.thegodpodcast.com
@gmecec.bsky.social
@bradduplessis.bsky.social
Views my own. Recently DOGE'd. Army brat ➡️ retired soldier. PoliSci PhD student @ George Mason University. Doctrine and Military Effectiveness. #GeauxTigers
@sra-dfw.bsky.social
Dallas/Fort Worth chapter of the Socialist Rifle Association. Mutual aid, medical, & firearms education for marginalized people. Se habla Español https://linktr.ee/sradfw
@peterlucier.bsky.social
Marine Veteran. Writer. Talking democracy, civmil, veterans, gun violence, war stories. War is bad. Books are good. He/him. STL. Go Cards. LGB. AllForCity
@kjephd.bsky.social
Political theorist studying democracy, ethics, & institutions. Author of Democracy for Busy People (https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/D/bo194847654.html); more at kevinjelliott.net. Generally poasting my way through this thing
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com
@lastword.msnbc.com MSNBC 10PM Author of 2 books: Deadly Force & Playing With Fire Former Executive Producer & Writer of NBC’s drama series The West Wing lastworddesks.msnbc.com
@ericschmeltzer.com
A digital nomad trying to find a home. By day, a political hack. By night, an exhausted dad. Tortured Philadelphia sports fan. Go Birds. 🇺🇸 🇺🇦
@deepvellumbooks.bsky.social
DTX indie bookstore carrying everything by Deep Vellum & Dalkey Archive & many other good books open daily 12-6pm
@senategabe.bsky.social
Did stuff in the US Senate for a bunch of years. Fight the fucking fascists. Impeach, Convict, Handcuff. Citizensimpeachment.com Signal: @SenateGabe.33