US Politics | Elections
Journalists and influencer political posters in the Bluesky community. These folks are very well connected, post and re-post frequently! Plus a healthy dose of memes and comedy
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@ericmbudd.com
@admcrlsn.bsky.social
Recovering political pollster, current market researcher, and election nerd. Spreadsheets help me relax. Views are my own.
@jamellebouie.net
The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group. Send me your mutual aid requests.
@kashana.bsky.social
TV writer. Author of the novels THE SURVIVALISTS and THE PAYBACK (July 2025). Deadly with a butter knife. Preorder THE PAYBACK here 👉🏾 https://kashanacauley.com
@meredithshiner.com
current twitter ex-pat. past congressional reporter. contributing editor @newrepublic.com. running a communications consulting business and raising a toddler irl. let’s work together! ⬇️ meredithshiner.com
@amandamarcotte.bsky.social
Senior politics writer at Salon.com. Subscribe to Standing Room Only: salon.com/newsletter
@mirandayaver.bsky.social
Political scientist. Health policy prof at University of Pittsburgh. Roosevelt Institute Author-in-Residence. Cal bear/Columbia PhD. Bylines at NYT, WaPo & The Guardian. Writing on health insurance woes & administrative burden. Coverage Denied (CUP 2026).
@apocalypticanow.bsky.social
I've been online for 100 years. I believe in people power. I want us all to do better. She/her. Phillyish. Crone-age. So so late.
@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
@melissagiragrant.com
staff writer, The New Republic // A WOMAN IS AGAINST THE LAW (Little, Brown) out in 2026 // PLAYING THE WHORE (Verso) // member, NewsGuild of NY » email: melissa@melissagira.com » press releases/lists: mggrant@tnr.com » Signal: melissagira.01 (link below)
@nameshiv.bsky.social
Writer, storyteller. Nebula, Hugo, Ignyte finalist. Work in @strangehorizons, @Slate, @LightspeedMag etc. http://shivramdas.net.
@ndhapple.bsky.social
Words in Streetsblog. Examining how we make passenger rail better (electric/modern) for NYU-Marron. Prev: NY Mag, NY Post-Metro, NYDN. Hook’em🤘. 🏳️🌈. Tips? bynolanhicks@gmail.com; Signal/WhatsApp. On Mastadon: journa.host/@ndhapple
@bobbylewis.bsky.social
national security adviser at popeyes louisiana kitchen | aka revrrlewis | he/him/🏳️🌈 |📍new orleans
@hunterw.bsky.social
Investigative Reporter @ TPM | Author | Words In: The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, The Atlantic Send me a secure message on Signal: hunter.07 https://linktr.ee/hunter_walker
@gothamgirlblue.com
Defiance posting. Vibes: Rancid 🟠 Not a Democrat anymore. Columnist @ Dame Magazine, bylines @ The Cut, Harper’s Bazaar and more. Black, millennial, feminist, tired. Going to keep fighting anyway. Pay me for ideas: patreon.com/gothamgirlblue
@charlotteclymer.bsky.social
Writer. Lesbian. Texan. Veteran. Hoya. She. | cmclymer@gmail.com | I write about politics, religion, and culture in my award-winning blog/newsletter Charlotte's Web Thoughts: charlotteclymer.substack.com
@greene.haus
Dad. Wiseguy. Deep South expat. 🏠 Los Angeles, Ca. Prior 📇: Malcontent strategist @ Planned Parenthood Action Fund, DNC, Nat’l Dem. Inst., BlueState. Views my own. Also @ggreeneva @ 🐦 & 🐘.
@dandrezner.bsky.social
Political science professor, writer, podcaster, shaker of hands with Mel Brooks — you know, the usual kinks.
@taniel.bsky.social
Daniel Nichanian. Editor in chief of @boltsmag.org (follow us!). Elections, (local) politics, voting rights, criminal justice, and drag race.
@thecynicist.bsky.social
Political analyst focused on global conflict and security, Afghanistan, the Middle East and US politics. Purveyor of quality nonsense. Rare Afghan with two names. Previously HRW, ICTJ, Amnesty, OSF and ECFR. Always clean on OPSEC. "All the pieces matter."
@brooklynmarie.bsky.social
Tlönista. Shitposting merrily downward. Weird plant, cat, books lady. Sci-fi, fantasy, art, jazz, etc. Profile photo is a selfie with the bottom half of my face hilariously covered by my cat's. Banner pic is of crows in a tree.
@thomaszimmer.bsky.social
Historian at Georgetown - Democracy and Its Discontents - Newsletter: Democracy Americana https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/ - Podcast: Is This Democracy https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/is-this-democracy
@charles.littlegreenfootballs.com
Guitarist w/ George Duke, Stanley Clarke, Al Jarreau & more. Founder, programmer, and janitor of Little Green Footballs. Relentless nerd. Can be rude if needed. Grew up in Hawaii, so no ac', jus' hele on, braddah. https://littlegreenfootballs.com
@stevesilberman.bsky.social
Award-winning science writer, author of the New York Times bestseller "NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity," and an upcoming book on cystic fibrosis, "The Taste of Salt."
@rimaanabtawi.bsky.social
Palestinian-American digital-internet pioneer. Non-profit, NGO founder. Scholar, analyst, consultant, lecturer. Humanist. MENA Peace and Reconciliation. Interdisciplinary Narrative Studies. Campari enthusiast. Dawg Mom. Yankees & Giants Fan.
@albertsonb2.bsky.social
Associate Prof at UT Austin. I study political psych & public opinion. I also post about soccer and my cats.
@rincewind.run
Recovering forum poster, politics doomer, basketball nerd. I write code for a living. He/him. Deputy Chair of the Ankh-Morpork Posters’ Guild 🏳️⚧️ rights are human rights PFP by @atlastalos.bsky.social
@gonebabygone.bsky.social
Chief of da autism police and boss of the Irish Mob at the same time. Cousin, I’m a union man.
@susanrinkunas.com
Journalist: abortion, reproductive justice. Jezebel, Slate, The New Republic, The Guardian, The Nation, Democracy Docket. @wgaeast.bsky.social Council. From PA, now in BK http://linktr.ee/susanrinkunas 📯 susanrinkunaswrites @gmail Signal: susanrinkunas.73
@jesspish.bsky.social
she/her Book on sheriffs & democracy https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/707263/the-highest-law-in-the-land-by-jessica-pishko/ Repped by @rhaliterary DM for Signal or email jesspish@gmail.com “Women aren’t typically this crazy about politics.”
@helenkennedy.bsky.social
Newspapers 4 life. (Ex NY Daily News & Boston Herald.) NYC and North Fork. Francophile fan of Sondheim and Venice. Aspiring watercolorist. (Paintings now at @washbuckler.bsky.social) Hoping sarcasm works out better over here.
@murshedz.bsky.social
Stratcomms | Now ▶️ @pacificastrategies.bsky.social | Then: CREDOMobile; Sen. Harry Reid; Rep. Louise Slaughter; Common Cause | Live and breathe UCLA & Manchester United w/ a hearty side of 49ers. #GoBruins #GGMU #FTTB | Repost or like =/= endorsement.
@swin24.bsky.social
senior politics reporter @ Rolling Stone magazine // co-author of ‘Sinking in the Swamp’ // adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati (go Bearcats 🐻 🐱) // volunteer at St. Vincent de Paul - Cincinnati // Rolling Stones obsessive
@joesudbay.bsky.social
Mainer in DC. Host “State of the States” on @siriusxmprog.bsky.social Husband of @carlosonhousing.bsky.social. Dog dad to Oliver Wannabe wildlifer
@lollardfish.bsky.social
Journalist & historian. Pub musician. Dad. Husband. Fishing obsessed. I also do dishes. Preorder: #Oathbreakers: https://tinyurl.com/oathbreakersHC. Subscribe to the Modern Medieval Newsletter: https://buttondown.email/ModernMedieval
@whatsarasaid.bsky.social
Abortion advocate, researcher, utility infielder for bodily autonomy. Roots in Ohio, branches where the sagebrush grows. We're going to get the government out of your doctor’s office, because freedom is for every body.
@daveweigel.bsky.social
National politics reporter at semafor.com. Alum: WashPost, Bloomberg, Slate, Reason. Author of “The Show That Never Ends.”
@leahmcelrath.bsky.social
Politics, intl relations, psychology, etc. Making sense of a world that doesn’t Encourager and threat scanner Smith College BA, MSW | LSE #ActuallyAutistic #LGBTQ #MECFS Patreon: patreon.com/leahmcelrath Substack: https://leahmcelrath.substack.com/
@jonathancohn.bsky.social
Editor. Political director for Progressive Mass. Opinions are my own. Phone-banking-while-walking evangelist.
@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
@wickdchiq.bsky.social
Award-winning 🇨🇦 🇬🇾 Political Columnist 📰. Economist 📈. @badandbitchy.com I will be vindicated
@ryanlcooper.com
Managing editor at The American Prospect, cohost and producer of the @leftanchor.bsky.social podcast https://www.patreon.com/leftanchor Newsletter: https://www.ryanlcooper.com/
@joshuaholland.bsky.social
Burned out political writer and podcast/radio host. I was a regular contributor to Rolling Stone and The Nation and a staff writer for Bill Moyers, among others. Scuba diver and dog guy. https://weve-got-issues.simplecast.com/
@baileymcc.bsky.social
Writer / author - bylines in WSJ, P&I, CIO, elsewhere. RCJH💙 I'll make typos sometimes, you'll survive trust me.
@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
International Relations prof at U. Illinois. Editor of Arc Digital. Author “Drones and Terrorism.” Politics, national security, and occasional nerdery.
@juliaazari.bsky.social
Political science professor. Has thoughts about that thing someone said. https://goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/
@erincikanek.bsky.social
Political Scientist. Rhymes with mechanic. Emotions, media, measurement, food, coffee, rowing, and dogs. She/her Personal account
@jlazarus.bsky.social
Political scientist at Georgia State University. Congress & elections. My feed is mostly politics but you’ll get some sports takes and terrible dad jokes along the way.
@jacobtlevy.bsky.social
Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory, Chair of Political Science, Associate member of Philosophy, Coordinator of Research Group on Constitutional Studies, McGill. Senior Fellow, Niskanen Center.
@ericmbudd.com
Add my Boulder | Colorado feed: https://bsky.app/profile/ericmbudd.com/feed/aaapryxmn3j2u the econ side of everything. team @boulderbedrooms.bsky.social, @BoulderProgressives.org, Better Boulder. he/him. I run bouldercoloradovoterguide.com