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@50501movement.bsky.social
Official Bluesky account for the #50501Movement ๐จ Next up: May 1 Join the Movement > https://FiftyFifty.one
@choosedemocracy.bsky.social
We're democracy loving people sharing practical actions and lessons to fight authoritarians and stop undemocractic power grabs. Together, we choose democracy. linktr.ee/choosedemocracy
@michaelehayden.bsky.social
Writing about right-wing populism and tech | Book coming: Strange People on the Hill (Bold Type/Hachette โ26) | michaeledisonhayden.substack.com | Signal: Mike.8852 | Co-host: postthroughit.substack.com | ๐บ๐ธ๐ช๐ฌ
@byjordangreen.bsky.social
Veteran extremism reporter at @rawstory.com. Investigations: law enforcement, national security, politics. Contact me at jordan@rawstory.com or jordangreen.03 on Signal. Here for the long haul. https://www.rawstory.com/u/jordan-green-special-to-raw-story
@beccalew.bsky.social
Postdoctoral scholar @ Stanford. I research the history of the right in Silicon Valley and online. Email me at beccalewis@protonmail.com. She/her
@schaller67.bsky.social
UMBC political scientist, NYT bestselling co-author of White Rural Rage, diehard Washington Caps fan, peripatetic. Longtime DC denizen, Albany, NY, native.
@jonsawyer.org
Writing on education, religion and the far-right | University of Colorado Boulder | National Education Policy Center | More about my work here: https://www.jonsawyer.org
@rightwingwatch.bsky.social
Disrupting Extremism, Defending Democracy. A project of People For the American Way. https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch
@timdickinson.bsky.social
I cover the rise of extremism for Rolling Stone (aka @7im on X) Portland, Oregon Send tips via Signal: Tim.415 tim.dickinson (at) rollingstone dot com
@lcrw.bsky.social
Coverin' extremism PODCAST: http://bit.ly/3BGThEI NEWS TIPS: leftcoastrightwatch@Proton.me PATREON: http://patreon.com/lcrw DONATE: http://cash.me/$LCRW
@sarahemclaugh.bsky.social
Global Expression, FIRE. Book: Authoritarians in the Academy, @hopkinspress.bsky.social (August 2025). https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/53835/authoritarians-academy Signal: sarahemclaugh.01. Go birds.
@henryhenryhenry.com
political scientist, PhD via Vanderbilt // researcher @ UZH Zรผrich // studying the unfolding dystopia // platforms, political violence, extremism, etc. research & writing: henryhenryhenry.com land of enchantment
@cultexpert.freedomofmind.com
Licensed mental health counselor, cult expert, author of Combating Cult Mind Control, Freedom of Mind and The Cult of Trump. linktr.ee/FreedomOfMind
@draamattheis.bsky.social
Lecturer in Digital Media and Culture at the University of Manchester. Researching gender, racism, and digital cultures of far-right, white supremacists, and male supremacist extremism. Views my own.
@urocklive1.bsky.social
Democracy is the way. Truth and justice matter. Russia can end the war today by leaving Ukraine. Less proud to be an American than I used to be. I really thought we were better than this. #IStandWithUkraine #NAFO Fellas fan
@motherjones.com
Investigative journalism ๐ต๏ธ, politics ๐ณ๏ธ, chart-tastic ๐, and sometimes sarcastic ๐๐๐คช Join our people-powered nonprofit newsroom: motherjones.com/subscribe
@makenakelly.bsky.social
reporter @ WIRED covering the politics and power influencing the internet DMs open, Signal: makenakelly.32 FAQ, Instagram, TikTok, & everything else at linktr.ee/makenakelly
@telliotter.bsky.social
Reporter @Wired covering platforms + power https://www.wired.com/author/vittoria-elliott/ Signal: velliott88.18/vittoria89.82 elliott.vittoria@proton.me OR vittoria_elliott@wired.com
@katie-drummond.bsky.social
Global Editorial Director at WIRED. Board member @freedom.press On IG @katie.at.wired
@juliadavisnews.bsky.social
Columnist @TheDailyBeast, creator of the Russian Media Monitor, sanctioned by Russia, member of @TheEmmys. I watch Russian state TV, so you don't have to. Author of a book "In Their Own Words: How Russian Propagandists Reveal Putinโs Intentions."
@sanders.senate.gov
Sen. Sanders of Vermont, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, is the longest-serving independent in congressional history.
@patriottakes.bsky.social
Dedicated research monitoring and exposing right-wing extremism and other threats to democracy.
@meidastouch.com
The fastest growing independent news network in the world. We cover breaking news, politics, law and more. We are unapologetically pro-democracy.
@therealjackhopkins.bsky.social
I am the host of The Jack Hopkins Show podcast. Former Republican. Now, my โpartyโ is Democracy. Navy Veteran. https://www.JackHopkinsNow.com
@jenrubin.bsky.social
Editor-in-chief of The Contrarian, MSNBC contributor, dog and art lover, democracy defender, and pro-Oxford comma. Book recommendations welcomed.
@colleenhenley.bsky.social
๐ Advocate for a just and inclusive society ๐ Champion of equal rights, environmental sustainability, and healthcare for all ๐ช #HarrisWalz2024 #VoteBlueDownBallot
@lizzy2016.bsky.social
Proud Liberal ๐ Vote Blue and Save Democracy ๐ Serve as a Trustee for local public library - we must have a literate and educated society. Pro-Choice and a Resister. Travel and love our beautiful world. Believe there is joy in the journey. DM=Block
@loyalopposition1.bsky.social
Opposing Fascism #USDemocracy #RunForSomething #GETPISSED CALL โ๏ธ โ๏ธโ๏ธYOUR REPS/SENATORS ๐202-224-3121 ๐ 24/7 USE ZIP-LEAVE MSG โSAVE DEMOCRACYโNO need2speak2human LoveYA & BSky โ๏ธ๐๐ตโฎ๏ธ
@chefheather.bsky.social
Resisters Unite ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ณ ๐ชด ๐ฉโ๐จ ๐โโฌ ๐งณ
@blondie811.bsky.social
It's never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give into lies. Don't give into fear. Hold on to the truth and hope. ~Jim Acosta #RESIST Be kind ๐บ๐ธ๐จ๐บ๐ฑ๐ง๐บ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ซMAGA "There is no living in love without some sorrow but the greatest sorrow is not to love".
@wileynickel.com
Adeline & Prescottโs Dad. Former Congressman running for U.S. Senate to fight for North Carolinaโs working families. www.wileynickel.com
@allthingsisheretoo.bsky.social
๐ฐ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐พ๐ ๐๐๐. ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฑ. ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐ซ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐โ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ฒ๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐ข โ ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. โ๏ธ
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
@jbendery.bsky.social
I report on Congress, the White House + political campaigns for HuffPost. President emeritus of the Washington Press Club Foundation. Mama. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Tips: jen.bendery@huffpost.com / jbendery@proton.me Signal: jbendery.41
@thorvalhallen.bsky.social
Democracy Advocate ๐ No MAGA No OnlyFans No Crypto #Resist #StandWithUkraine #ProtectTheConstitution They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings. Steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you king.
@autodidactus.bsky.social
Humanist. Christian. Linquist. Writer. Broadcaster. Podcaster. Truth Teller. Anti-Fascist. -"You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know" - Willem Wilberforce.
@tommasinaresist.bsky.social
American Democracy activist, looking for my tribe. I follow back if you have a profile & some posts, except for locked accounts. See my Starter Pack for excellent trusted friends. #USDemocracy #Opposition #CitizenJournalist #Voices4Victory
@epopppp.bsky.social
Professor @ a large Midwestern univ. Wrote a book about economists + policy, one about academic science + policy. Temporarily on the "government is breaking" beat, but I'd rather be posting about public utility debates from 1906. I support ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ rights.
@robertdownen.bsky.social
Texas Monthly reporter covering the far right, Christian nationalism and the billionaires funding them. Helped expose the Southern Baptist abuse crisis. Fan of Hip Hop and loud guitars. DAEAC#E evangelist. Send me good music.
@xxunclemonkeyxx.bsky.social
If you can hear me, you are the resistance. Plan: |#Resistance |#Insurgency |#Opposition DM at your own peril. I will not suffer trumps.
@therealkookamook.bsky.social
Just a resister doing my part to ensure that democracy doesn't die.
@rubicon1313.bsky.social
Ally to the marginalized. Make America Kind Again. Intelligent Again. Trump has radicalized my disdain for GOP. Trumpโs a ๐ท! ๐ซDMs, ๐ซCrypto, ๐ซPorn! Democrat! The Coup is REAL! โIs He Dead Yet?โ RESIST ๐๐ฉท๐
@flowingfire.bsky.social
#Resist - Musician, person of faith, morally grounded, proudly queer, and Anti-Trumpism! Truth, integrity, community, and people matter! He/They. #RGE4B ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐
@piperformissouri.bsky.social
Executive Director, Blue Missouri. Grassroots organizer. Writer. Educator. Former State House nominee. Rural mom fighting for rural schools.
@davidpakman.bsky.social
@accountablegop.bsky.social
We are working to defend our democracy from extreme MAGA Republicans.
@calltoactivism.bsky.social
Founded to stand up to Trump and the GOP. Legal analysis & news the media is missing.
@lincolnproject.us
"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.โ โ Abraham Lincoln ๐ดโโ ๏ธ | Home of #TheBreakdown and LP Podcast
@sethabramson.bsky.social
Journalist, lawyer, NYT-bestselling Trump and Musk biographer, songwriter (Hounds), former CNN and BBC analyst, poet, retired journalism professor. ๐ค: sethabramson.net/bio โ๏ธ: sethabramson.substack.com ๐น: retrostack.substack.com ๐ถ: houndsmusic.substack.com
@occupydemocrats.bsky.social
Occupy Democrats is a merger of the goals and interests of Occupy with those of the Democratic Party.
@briantylercohen.bsky.social
Political commentary. Over 3 billion views on YouTube. #1 NYT bestselling author. Past: MSNBC https://linktr.ee/briantylercohen
@wendysiegelman.bsky.social
Independent journalist covering Trmp, kleptocracy, far-right networks, OSINT, bylines Daily Beast, Guardian, Buzzfeed, Byline Times, footnote in Senate Intel Russia report, subscribe to http://NewsTRACS.com, tips: wendy@newstracs.com
@resistrebelrevolt.net
Resist Rebel Revolt! Anti-Fascist. Author. Philosopher. Dog-Mom. Existential Activist. Democrat. Organized 3 Abortion Rights Marches Past President of Women's Non-Profit Past Secretary of LGBTQIA Org https://resistrebelrevolt.substack.com/
@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
Editor in Chief, MeidasNews. Former Fed & State Prosecutor, Marine, Attorney. Switched parties from R to D in 2020. MeidasPlus.com/subscribe
@fwcollaborative.bsky.social
The Freedom Writers Collaborative is truly a grass roots operation providing messaging and social media content inspired by our progressive allies. https://freedomwriterscollaborative.org
@grantstern.bsky.social
Executive Editor of Occupy Democrats, author, journalist and podcaster newsletter.grantstern.com
@youranoncentral.bsky.social
#Anonymous: Actions Not Nouns. All that exists is interaction. #BindingChaos #3E https://spookyconnections.com/
@adamkinzinger.bsky.social
Former US Congressman, Proud RINO, husband, and military man. Fighting the MAGA brain worms daily! Adamkinzinger.komi.io Adamkinzinger.substack.com
@alexandergambon.com
Author of Get Up With Fleas, Narrative Theorist @ loreteller.com, dad. Everything is story. Past lives: PR strategist, frontend dev, graphic designer
@philinvestigates.com
Defending democracy. Confronting hate. Speaking truth to power - and the angry mob. NewsChannel 5 (Nashville) chief investigative reporter. John Chancellor, duPont, Peabody, Toner awards. RTDNA Lifetime Achievement. Pulitzer finalist. philinvestigates.com.
@propublica.org
Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts. Got a tip for us? Go to: https://www.propublica.org/tips/
@indivisible.org
Building progressive grassroots power and holding members of Congress accountable. Make a difference in a few clicks: https://linktr.ee/indivisibleteam
@citizensforethics.org
CREW (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington) uses high-impact legal actions to target government officials who sacrifice the common good to special interests. citizensforethics.org
@molly.wiki
independent writer of citationneeded.news and @web3isgoinggreat.com โข tech researcher and cryptocurrency industry critic โข software engineer โข wikipedian support my work: citationneeded.news/signup links: mollywhite.net/linktree
@realkylekeegan.bsky.social
Resist Fascism by any means necessary. My posts: https://shorturl.at/gpg2T
@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social
History & Italian Professor, NYU; Author, NYT Bestseller Strongmen; Publisher, Lucid, a Substack newsletter on authoritarianism and threats to democracy; Film & TV Consultant
@chadloder.bsky.social
Community activist, cybersecurity expert, citizen journalist based in Los Angeles. ๐ดโ๏ธ they/them
@oliviaoftroye.com
#Substack: www.livingitwithOliviaTroye.com ๐ต๐ผโโ๏ธFormer White House Homeland Security & Counterterrorism Official. Career National Security.๐บMedia Commentator.๐ฒ๐ฝ๐บ๐ธfrom El Paso,TX. ๐ถ๐ถ Lover of dogs & music. Political Centrist. #democracy #nationalsecurity
@spookyconnections.bsky.social
An independent international open source and social media investigation to probe transnational organized crime and human trafficking. https://spookyconnections.com/
@davetroy.com
Publisher and Editor, America 2.0. Baltimore/Washington. Pilot, chef, coder. america2.news Signal: davetroy.69
@jim-stewartson.bsky.social
Independent investigator, writer, counterinsurgent. Radicalized Pod co-host. Please subscribe: mind-war.com
@moonalice.com
From 1982 to 2015, I invested in tech. Since 2016, I have been working for reform of the tech industry. Author of NYT bestseller Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe. Musician in Moonalice (https://www.moonalice.com/splash) Phillies fan.
@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
@ronanfarrow.bsky.social
Pulitzer-winning investigative journo at New Yorker. Documentaries at HBO. Ex-diplomat. Bad lawyer. Disused phd. Tips: ronan_farrow@newyorker.com.
@himself.bsky.social
http://www.henryfarrell.net Now out with Abe Newman, Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy (Holt, Penguin). https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781250840554
@ebharrington.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology, Dartmouth;views my own. Author, 'Capital w/out Borders' https://shorturl.at/bGsLB and 'Offshore' https://shorturl.at/rTacl; words @washingtonpost.com, @nytimes.com, the Atlantic & the Guardian. All at brookeharrington.com
@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/
@fbajak.bsky.social
Journalist with tech focus. Ex-Associated Press foreign correspondent. First AP tech editor, Andes chief. frankbajak.com fbajak(at)proton(dot)me - DM for Signal#
@profbohns.bsky.social
Braunstein Family Professor of Organizational Behavior at Cornell. Social psychologist studying social influence, compliance & consent. Author, โYou Have More Influence Than You Thinkโ (Norton, 2021). ๐ to Canada. Cat, dog & human mom. www.vanessabohns.com
@xriskology.bsky.social
Philosopher and historian of human extinction (sadly, an increasingly relevant topic). Coined the term โTESCREALโ w/ Timnit Gebru. Salon, Truthdig, WaPo, Aeon, etc.
@bcmerchant.bsky.social
author of Blood in the Machine, tech writer, luddite newsletter: https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/ cohost, System Crash: https://systemcrash.info/
@jacobsilverman.com
Please preorder my next book GILDED RAGE: ELON MUSK AND THE RADICALIZATION OF SILICON VALLEY Signal: jacobsilverman.99 jacobsilverman@gmail.com www.jacobsilverman.com
@parismarx.com
i criticize the tech industry ๐๏ธ @techwontsave.us & @systemcrash.info ๐ฌ https://disconnect.blog ๐ https://roadtonowherebook.com
@katecrawford.bsky.social
Professor, researcher, author of Atlas of AI. Latest work: Calculating Empires ~ www.calculatingempires.com
@altnps.bsky.social
The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
@robertgarcia.bsky.social
Congressman, former Mayor of Long Beach, educator, comic nerd, urbanist, progressive & proud American ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
@ariehkovler.com
Writer, political analyst, comms consultant. UK, Israeli, US. Politics, current affairs and technology. arieh@ariehkovler.com. https://linktr.ee/ariehkovler
@mathewforesta.bsky.social
Writer and journalist. Words in Huffpost, USA Today, The Progressive, LAist, The Daily Beast, etc. Please subscribe on substack. https://bettergracesandliberations.substack.com/
@indiawilloughby.bsky.social
Broadcaster. Woman Of Year nom. Celeb Big Bro. Kindness Extremist. Trans. Everything Twitter and the UK hates. Rent Free In A Billionaireโs Head. Keighley Cougars ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐
@danahull.bsky.social
Book hoarder. Oakland dweller. Transit user. Senior Reporter at Bloomberg covering Tesla and Elon Musk. Listen to our ELON INC podcast! Reach me on Signal 510-449-6359 or dhull12@bloomberg.net. Link to my work: https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ASGzcek