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@weissmann.substack.com
NYU Law, MSNBC legal analyst, podcast cohost "Main Justice" (previously "Prosecuting Donald Trump"); NYT bestselling author. Substack "Behind The Headlines" https://weissmann.substack.com Offering legal analysis & opinion
@acslaw.bsky.social
ACS is the foremost progressive legal organization in the country with over 200 student and lawyer chapters nationwide. Join us! www.acslaw.org/join
@stroud.bsky.social
Senior Fellow, Brennan Center for Justice. Adjunct Professor, Columbia University and New York University. hernandez.stroud@columbia.edu
@noupside.bsky.social
✍🏼Studies influence, propaganda, adversarial abuse @Georgetown. Writes @Lawfare, The Atlantic. 📖 Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality — on influencers, online crowds, &bespoke realities (invisiblerulers.com) 🦹🏻♀️ Twitter Files supervillain
@katestarbird.bsky.social
Researcher of online rumors & disinformation. Former basketball player. Prof at University of Washington, HCDE. Co-founder of the UW Center for an Informed Public. Personal account: Views may not reflect those of my employer. #RageAgainstTheBullshitMachine
@brennancenteres.bsky.social
Somos un instituto no partidista que trabaja para reformar, revitalizar y defender nuestros sistemas de democracia y justicia.
@faircount.bsky.social
Fair Count is doing all we can to make sure everyone is counted in the census, heard at the polls + respected in Georgia, Mississippi and the Deep South's redistricting process.
@rlevinsonwaldman.bsky.social
Managing director, Liberty & National Security Program, Brennan Center for Justice. Raised in Austin TX; in DC for last 20+ years; MA/WA/IL/CA in between. Owner of extremely cute dog.
@seanmorales-doyle.bsky.social
Director, Voting Rights Program, Brennan Center for Justice
@statecourtreport.bsky.social
State Court Report is a nonpartisan news source, resource, and commentary hub covering state constitutional developments in high courts across the 50 states. Visit StateCourtReport.org.
@drtedj.bsky.social
Writer | Contributing columnist @WashingtonPost | Senior Advisor @NewAmerica | Navy vet | ΩΨΦ | HBCU-educated
@lbeisen.bsky.social
Senior Director, Justice Program, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law; attorney; author of Inside Private Prisons (Columbia University Press); editor of Excessive Punishment (Columbia University Press)
@jvimo.bsky.social
Political Science Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Montclair State University. Argentina y Brooklyn. Let's talk immigration politics.
@kasiawolfkot.bsky.social
Senior counsel at the Brennan Center w/ a focus on using state constitutions to protect rights. Managing editor of State Court Report. In a past life I was an appellate attorney combating cruel & inhumane prison conditions.
@kevintmorris.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow and Voting Policy Scholar at the Brennan Center. Democracy is good, prisons are bad. Usually on a bike, beach, or backpacking trip. kevintmorris.com Posts regularly deleted using https://bsky.jazco.dev/cleanup.
@danw329.bsky.social
Director, Elections and Government Program, Brennan Center for Justice @ NYU Law. Previously, Senior Counsel, FEC. Husband. Dad. 🇺🇸🏳️🌈✡️
@douglaskeith.bsky.social
Senior Counsel @BrennanCenter, focus on courts + state constitutions. Co-founding editor @StateCourtReport. Dad.
@jenahearn.bsky.social
Counsel and Senior Director for Engagement, Demand Justice, and bird nerd
@dml.bsky.social
iOS/macOS developer. Defendant US vs LaMacchia. ex-spam fighter, ex-twitter. #blacklivesmatter
@aliciabannon.bsky.social
Director of the Judiciary Program at the Brennan Center for Justice. Editor-in-chief of State Court Report. All opinions are my own.
@chelseaebin.bsky.social
Assistant prof of poli sci at Drew University; researches the right, Christian nationalism, male supremacism, IRMS co-founder and FRAN fellow.
@ianvan.bsky.social
Policy advocacy and research on money in politics and disinformation. Senior Counsel & Manager, Brennan Center.
@mawaldman.bsky.social
President & CEO, @BrennanCenter. Author, The Supermajority, The Fight to Vote, etc. etc. Ex-speechwriter.
@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.
@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
@joycewhitevance.bsky.social
UALawSchool |MSNBC & NBCNews |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
@emptywheel.bsky.social
Coverage of American authoritarianism with a focus on legal cases. An American-Irish in Limerick, Ireland. Legendary potty mouth!
@dahlialithwick.bsky.social
Lois Lane for the courts and broken tigger Slate, Amicus, MSNBC, NYT bestseller Lady Justice
@mjsdc.bsky.social
Senior writer at Slate covering courts and the law. Dad to one toddler and several other animals.
@sifill.bsky.social
Civil rights lawyer; democracy warrior, dedicated to racial justice & equality. Fmr President & Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
@lawfaremedia.org
Straight-shooting information and analysis at the intersection of national security, law, and policy. Support Lawfare at https://www.lawfaremedia.org/support
@elienyc.bsky.social
Justice Correspondent for The Nation Magazine. Author of Allow Me to Retort and Bad Law. Class: PLD. Alignment: Neutral Good Str:12 Dex:8 Con:15 Int:13 Wis:10 Char:14 Author: Allow Me To Retort
@jbf1755.bsky.social
Childless bird lady. Historian of “early” US politics & culture; howl re: democracy on a daily basis. Last book: The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress & the Road to Civil War. Owned by Newbie the History Bird. https://www.youtube.com/@joannefreeman1755
@profmmurray.bsky.social
Stokes Prof. of Law @NYULaw; Faculty Dir. @bwlc_nyu; co-host @StrictScrutiny_ pod; talking head @MSNBC; @NYTimes bestselling author. Views mine. RT not endrsmt.
@lawdorknews.bsky.social
The home for Chris Geidner’s legal newsletter, covering SCOTUS, as well as LGBTQ, criminal justice, post-Roe, and more legal news. Subscribe today: https://www.lawdork.com/
@brennancenter.bsky.social
We work to build a United States that is democratic, just, and free — for all. Visit BrennanCenter.org.
@strictscrutiny.bsky.social
SCOTUS podcast (Crooked Media) Hosted by Leah Litman, Melissa Murray, & Kate Shaw Produced by Melody Rowell
@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.
@bartongellman.bsky.social
@BrennanCenter | ex Atlantic, WaPo | Author, Angler & Dark Mirror | Visiting Lecturer, Princeton | bartongellman.com/contact
@tomtmwolf.bsky.social
Director of Democracy Initiatives at the Brennan Center for Justice. Founder of the Historians Council on the Constitution. By night, I write. My novel SOUND (FSG/Faber) and more: tomtmwolf.com. Views my own.
@pinkyweitzman.bsky.social
VP of Comms, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law. Democracy nerd, rabble-rouser, multi-instrumentalist, portmanteau lover. Former: HIAS, ACLU, touring musician, Bernie '16, School of Rock, UNIX sysadmin.