US Politics: Institutions & Theory
A mixture of people I think are valuable to follow on American politics - both institutional & theoretical, as well as legal analysis, commentators, people I think have good takes, & polling people.
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@polphilpod.bsky.social
@ivyvalentine305.bsky.social
Founding Director, The Solidarity Society Founder, Medusa's Vineyard
@davepringus.bsky.social
Director, State and Local Engagement @prrac.bsky.social | @popdemoc.bsky.social Alum | Miami Law | Florida State | He/Him | 🇯🇲🖖🏾🎸🏀🔥🐬⚽️ #YNWA
@sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com
associate editor at liberal currents. neonliberal. she/her.
@juliaazari.bsky.social
Political science professor. Has thoughts about that thing someone said. https://goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/
@juliairwin.bsky.social
Historian of US foreign aid, disasters, and international humanitarianism. Author of *Making the World Safe* (OUP ’13) and *Catastrophic Diplomacy* (UNC ’24). Co-editor of *InterConnections: The Global 20th Century* (UNC) and *Journal of Disaster Studies*
@utexaspress.bsky.social
Publisher of international scope serving UT Austin, the people of Texas & knowledge seekers around the globe through books, journals & digital media | Learn more at utpress.utexas.edu!
@roberttalisse.bsky.social
Political Philosopher | W Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt | extremely amateur self-taught guitarist
@charactergap.bsky.social
I am the A. C. Reid Professor of Philosophy at Wake Forest University, and author of several books including The Character Gap, Moral Psychology, and Honesty: The Philosophy and Psychology of a Neglected Virtue. Contributor @Forbes. christianbmiller.com
@weedle.bsky.social
She/her I am not a nurse no seriously I'm the fucking janitor I just wear scrubs to please stop making this mistake I've had people message me asking for medical advice
@worstaccount.bsky.social
Ordoanarchist idea rotator. Direct all funding questions to the old world version of this account (@worst_account). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLv5xS0OJ4c
@davidfaris.bsky.social
Prof. of Politics at Roosevelt Univ., writer at @slate.bsky.social, @newsweek.com. Author, IT’S TIME TO FIGHT DIRTY and THE KIDS ARE ALL LEFT. Chicago-by-Philly. Dad, husband. The alarmists were right all along. https://blogs.roosevelt.edu/dfaris
@angiemaxwell.bsky.social
*views are mine only* Blair Chair Southern Studies & Plsc Prof AMST PhD UTx; Truman Sch; The Long Southern Strategy; 2024 Carnegie Fellow; Data + Cultural Crit; Exhausted mom
@kvallier.bsky.social
Political philosopher (with some political theology and political economy). Author, All the Kingdoms of the World. 9/1 release Book page: https://t.co/iGziQkkYeS
@williammparis.bsky.social
Critical theorist and philosopher of utopia. Author of Race, Time, and Utopia: Critical Theory and the Process of Emancipation. Co-host of What’s Left of Philosophy.
@phil-kapitan.bsky.social
Educate yourself: https://marxists.org https://monthlyreview.org https://moneyontheleft.org http://billmitchell.org https://redsails.org/ https://salvagequarterly.bigcartel.com https://climateandcapitalism.com https://theanarchistlibrary.org 📚 He/Him
@nicemangos.bsky.social
Pakistani-🇨🇦 grew up in Saudi. Illustrator, host of Polite Conversations Pod. IDW ridiculer. Covering types of extremism that masquerade as Rational/Intellectual https://open.spotify.com/show/25FhI3g0wZMjWT19aIxcOn?si=x6hs5ldDQAWYmlHFLcgTJw
@profyolonda.bsky.social
Philosopher-Bioethicist with Georgia’s red clay in my blood. Feminist. Race woman. Views are my own.
@prisonpolicy.org
Challenging mass incarceration and over-criminalization through research, advocacy, and organizing. Get email updates: https://prisonpolicy.org/subscribe/
@katemanne.bsky.social
Writer and philosophy professor at Cornell. Author of DOWN GIRL, ENTITLED, and UNSHRINKING. Writing weekly at http://katemanne.substack.com. She/her
@joursouhist.bsky.social
The Journal of Southern History—published by the Southern Historical Association and edited at and supported by Rice University—is a quarterly devoted to the history of the American South broadly conceived. thesha.org/jsh
@samhoadleybrill.bsky.social
Philosophy PhD student infected with Woke Mind Virus who wants you to read Charles Mills | CUNY Graduate Center
@mattpolprof.bsky.social
Political Science Lecturer at the University of Michigan. Author of The Political Right and Equality and other books. Canadian
@ryanenos.bsky.social
Social Scientist, Harvard University https://www.ryandenos.com/ https://ryandenos.substack.com/
@etvpod.bsky.social
A #philosophy podcast for surviving the worst of all possible timelines. Hosted by ethicist Aaron Rabinowitz. Ethics director and credentialed creator at creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org. Obsessed with luck. Sibling show: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/
@enzoreds.bsky.social
Political theorist, University of Amsterdam | Co-editor, European Journal of Political Theory | Radical realist, ruthless cosmopolitan | http://enzorossi.net | “Man, the man is killing us man” -VJ Emmie
@samuel-bagg.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of South Carolina. Democratic Theory. Book: The Dispersion of Power: A Critical Realist Theory of Democracy. Bylines Dissent, Boston Review, etc
@bitchesthecat.bsky.social
Born on a Wisconsin farm, hardened by the city. Political dissident. Cat art collector. The cat Frank White. Currently teaching paw work in heaven.
@heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social
historian | training for my first marathon (in 2026) | plant & cat mom | views expressed are mine alone
@nikicaga.bsky.social
23, from 🇷🇸, studying Bioeng. in 🇩🇪/🇫🇷. Currently living free in New Hampshire Progressive, tankie/lib if you're mad at me bi, he/him ↙↙↙ 🧦 🌐🌹🌋 🥑 🐵🔰🔆 🇷🇸🤝🇽🇰
@neeratanden.bsky.social
Policy wonk, public servant, liberal, Indian American, mom, wife. Not in that order. Feel lucky to serve Pres Biden and VP Harris.
@liberalcurrents.com
A community of mere liberals. Discussing, defending, and applying the many varieties of liberalism. patreon.com/LiberalCurrents liberalcurrents.com
@greggdcaruso.bsky.social
Philosopher and Director of the Patrick J. Waide Center for Applied Ethics at Fairfield University | Free Will, Moral Responsibility, Punishment, Phil of Law, Phil Mind, Applied Ethics, Social-Political, Neurolaw, etc.
@samthenightowl.bsky.social
hi, i'm sam | commie sympathizer | big fan of philosophy | cautious optimist | my twitter is @samthenightowl if you wanna better grasp my vibes aspiring accountant
@usapolling.bsky.social
American Polling, Data, and Other Related Political Content // Shitposts Between Elections For Morale // Support Me: http://ko-fi.com/polling 🇺🇸🇺🇦
@noahfeldman.bsky.social
Felix Frankfurter Professor, Chair of Society of Fellows @Harvard, Columnist @opinion.bsky.social Ethics of Power
@wtfis2bdone.bsky.social
Prof @ U. Toronto. Political theory, postcolony, the end of days, demon sperm. utoronto.academia.edu/RuthMarshall
@paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com
Liberal in the Smith-Douglass-Sen-Anderson tradition. Writer/editor for Liberal Currents. "Wokest Ayn Rand fan you will ever meet." Star Wars and Wheel of Time fan. He/him.
@gowder.io
Prof @ Northwestern law, political theorist, cat parent. Black lives matter. Profile, pubs, etc: https://gowder.io All my books (rule of law, racial justice, platform governance) are downloadable in free open access pdf @ https://books.gowder.io
@51st.news
Information with representation, by and for D.C. residents. Worker-led nonprofit newsroom, funded by readers like YOU. 🌐 https://51st.news
@macfarlanenews.bsky.social
CBS News Justice Correspondent https://www.cbsnews.com/team/scott-macfarlane/ SIGNAL: https://signal.me/#eu/ufqBLFTh_D87knsngxcXcyng7-Qd8DYPvwGB6LhI44SNFazeeQZD2ZPRThTX-g7M
@narosenblum.bsky.social
Associate Professor @NYULaw | Legal History, Administrative State, New York State Courts | “agenda-driven naysayer whose head instantiates academic ethers”
@jenvictor.bsky.social
Political Scientist at George Mason U. studying US politics, congressional networks, parties, campaign finance, and other broken systems. Cat person, dog owner. Take my class: https://shorturl.at/T8ten
@aaronrosspowell.com
Podcast host of ReImagining Liberty. UnPopulist contributor. Writing about political ethics. Buddhist and radical liberal. He/him. My podcast and blog: https://www.aaronrosspowell.com
@dukepress.bsky.social
Disseminating knowledge—through the publication of printed books, periodicals, and electronic files—beyond the confines of the University's campus.
@historians.org
The American Historical Association is the largest professional organization serving historians in all fields and all professions. http://historians.org/join
@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social
policy, $, political economy of race // 70-80s soul, 90s hip hop // #DubNation // proud product of miscegenation // Berkeley prof (formerly: Princeton CSDP, UW)
@bobcesca.bsky.social
Podcaster: The Bob Cesca Show, Trek Politics, Stephanie Miller, TME w John Fugelsang. Writer, artist, cyclist, Rush fan, collector of nerdy things. patreon.com/bobcescashow
@gelliottmorris.com
data-driven journalist. author of STRENGTH IN NUMBERS, the book: bit.ly/3OWqEqR and the Substack: www.gelliottmorris.com/welcome. formerly ABC News/538 & The Economist. proud custodian of a small community garden plot.
@alixabeth.bsky.social
Maxwell Professor of United States Citizenship at Boston University and Political Theory Editor at American Journal of Political Science. I write about immigration, citizenship, and the politics of time. https://www.bu.edu/polisci/profile/elizabeth-cohen/
@fivefourpod.bsky.social
A podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks. patreon.com/fivefourpod
@www.bugbeardispatch.com
Cofounder of The Flytrap (@theflytrapmedia.bsky.social). Senior correspondent for Religion Dispatches. Former weekly columnist for openDemocracy. Ball State (BA) and Stanford (PhD) alum. Pacific Northwest via a long, weird, winding road
@opinionhaver.bsky.social
Endowed chair of the Tocqueville-Rand Freedom Enterprise Markets Innovation Center. Bound but not protected, I lie but I do not pretend. 🚰 🏗
@laurajedeed.bsky.social
Freelance Journalist, allegedly. She/her. Bylines: Politico, New Republic, NYMag, Rolling Stone. I have a newsletter and you should read it: https://bannedinyourstate.com/ laura.jedeed@gmail.com Signal: laurajedeed.55
@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
@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
@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.
@adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com
Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Liberal Currents liberalcurrents.com
@beijingpalmer.bsky.social
Deputy editor at Foreign Policy, China nerd, gaming nerd, reads a lot
@smotus.bsky.social
"A very accessible, very interesting, non-bombastic political scientist." -Jonah Goldberg Subscribe to my newsletter "Tusk" about US parties, campaigns, and politics: http://smotus.substack.com
@devincow.bsky.social
@bellingcat.com
Bellingcat is an independent investigative collective of researchers, investigators and citizen journalists brought together by a passion for open source research. Want to support our charity? bellingcat.com/donate
@joshtpm.bsky.social
Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew.
@jenlucpiquant.bsky.social
I cover science and culture at Ars Technica. Former science editor, Gizmodo. Ex-vangelical. Rodeo fan. Married to @seanmcarroll, servant to three cats: Ariel, Caliban, and Puck. Baltimore, MD. She/her.
@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.
@kenwhite.bsky.social
Ken White, criminal defense attorney and First Amendment litigator. Co-host of Serious Trouble podcast and writer at The Popehat Report. Signal: KenWhite.1969
@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
@parkermolloy.com
I write the media/internet/culture/politics/whatever newsletter The Present Age: www.readtpa.com Chicagoan / wife of @kaylapekkala.bsky.social / second favorite human to two dogs / not an activist / likes baseball
@brianbeutler.bsky.social
Off Message, Politix.fm; Formerly: Crooked Media, TNR, TPM; www.offmessage.net/subscribe
@franklinleonard.bsky.social
The Black List founder. Film & TV producer. Politics & Football person. Vanity Fair contributing editor.
@notalawyer.bsky.social
No longer in good standing with the New York State bar My newsletter: StringinaMaze.net
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social
staff writer @theatlantic. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and now AUTOCRACY INC https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
@pkrugman.bsky.social
@aoc.bsky.social
Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible. ocasiocortez.com
@stevevladeck.bsky.social
@ksvesq.bsky.social’s husband; father of daughters; professor @georgetownlaw.bsky.social; #SCOTUS nerd @CNN.com Bio: www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/stephen-i-vladeck "One First" Supreme Court newsletter: stevevladeck.com Book: tinyurl.com/shadowdocket
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
DC. political philosopher at Georgetown. rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. Spurs fan #COYS
@polphilpod.bsky.social
Host of the Political Philosophy Podcast & editor of What is Freedom with OUP. Politics, philosophy, religion, & the odd food pics