After the election, I created this Starter Pack of pro-democracy accounts. I update it regularly. I hope you find it useful!
Friends, creators, and podcast guests over the years.
Legal scholars, practitioners, analysts, reporters.
Scholars, experts, practitioners, reporters re American democracy.
The Contrarian invites you to stay in-the-know on important feeds and people!
You know who you are and why we’re here! But if you don’t this might just be the motivation you need! https://youtu.be/mCQRou-H8kU
This is the people I followed on X for credible news and information
Stay current on the latest political news and political opinions on Blue Sky from progressive, dem & liberal Influencers on Blue Sky.
Science, Evidence, Facts, Truth to Power, some humor, a snark attack or two. Welcome to bsky.
More than 100 independent journalists, commentators, and well-known voices on US politics, justice, and current affairs. | Updated and expanded daily.
Just security is a forum on law, rights, and security. Our Editorial Board includes professors, top civil society attorneys, former senior government officials.
Attorneys / Lawyers / LawProfs / Law Students *who are active on Bluesky* This pack is not intended to be exhaustive! Accounts with no activity for 3+ months are periodically removed
These are the journalists, writers and commentators that I like to follow.
A starter-pack of some of my favorite follows on here for smart, reliable news and pov.
People I relay on for pragmatic comments on national security and leadership, news and humor.
In this new era, we are going to need to lift up and rely on non-corporate media. Here are some important voices to make sure you're following.
These are moms and women using their voices to defend truth, decency, and freedom, and for a brighter future for their children and everyone. Most are my friends, others are women I greatly admire. Everyone punches up. #MomSky
Just an array of people who I think are worth following, a very subjective view of course, not canonical or exhaustive, but a general focus on news and politics and other things of interest to me.
The best analytic takes on American politics — from political scientists, historians, other academics, and a few extraordinary journalists — that I can find on Bsky. Reading these folks will make you smarter and better informed. Find your partisan jollies somewhere else. 😏
I put together a lis of substack writers who are pro-democracy and offer intelligent essays, as well as humor and ideas that can get us all through trying times.
BigTent’s favorite feeds and people to follow. Join us.
The 250+ members of the Steady State are former national security officials who, even in retirement, remain committed to their oaths to “defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”
This isn't an exhaustive list by any stretch, but it's a good start!
A wide range of experts, academics, professionals, and activists working on information integrity somehow. Inclusion is not an endorsement but a recognition that the account is relevant to those in this interdisciplinary space.
Crafting a personal path forward for democracy
Folks I’ve followed for years. Funny, newsy, smart, or in your face … you will find it all here.
Hal Sparks
Constitutional law professors, former federal prosecutors, former Members of Congress, attorneys covering federal law, etc
Heather Cox Richardson
Informative, motivational, inspirational voices about politics and organizing.
MSW Media Podcasts, Personalities, and Affiliates
We recommend following these accounts. Most are other Indivisible groups, especially from MA, and there are a few from other important organizations and people, including several to check out on substack.
Starter Pack #1 November 2024 to #ResistForGOOD with MamaKeiki.
Some of my favorites.
Craig Sheldon's Favorite Feeds
Favorite news sources
As we all face the threat that trump and his gang of criminals and peadophiles present, working together to stop the criminal traitor and send him to prison where he belongs; along with the rest of his so-called ‘cabinet’. The jokes on the American people.