Welcome CARD readers to Bluesky. Here's a list of good accounts to follow if you want a deeper understanding of the topics I write about.
A big list early adopting news sources / explainers on Bluesky. There are MANY more folks here, but I could only include 150. Please note that I'm not a journalist, but I can't remove myself as the creator of the list.
If you want to understand the far right, violent extremists, White Supremacists, and Christian nationalists, these are the journalists, researchers, academics, and other experts that monitor, research, and provide analysis on all the flavors of the far right and extremist movements.
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.
Journalists, academics, and others who write honestly about Christian Nationalism, Christian Dominionism, the New Apostolic Reformation, Project 2025, and the unfolding crisis for American democracy, science, and secular governance.
Just a collection of overspecialized nerds who study American religion.
Mostly queers and commies.
Extremism Prevention, Former Extremists, Deradicalization, Fighting Hate, Extremism Research, Risk Assessment, Counter-Extremism, Journalists, Social Advocacy, Academics, Exit Programs, Nazi/Fash Hunters, Historians, Cult Experts, Pro-Democracy
Democracy suffers when billionaires control the media. This list includes leading academics, writers and advocates in the movement to build a more democratic media system.
Scholars and authors who study white Christian nationalism in the U.S.
Heather Cox Richardson
Politicos, Journalists, and friends who have informed and challenged my own thinking over the years.
Hey, remember exvangelical Twitter? Here's a list of exvie writers, podcasters, as well as scholars of evangelical history, Christian Nationalism, the NAR, etc to help us continue those conversations. Created/managed by @muzach.bsky.social. Let me know who else to add!
People who write journalistically about religion with at least some degree of regularity (hastily made and a work in progress)
I've been curating this list of feeds and people for six years over at the Bad Place - excited to share it with you here!
A list of scholars and journalists who research right wing politics. This is an in-process starter pack. Will add more as I get my bearings and find folks.
Various cult and religion researchers/understanders Message to be added or deleted
Guests from 11 seasons of The American Vandal Podcast.
Reclaim your news feed from the elite.
Democracy suffers when billionaires control the media. This occasionally updated starter pack includes leading writers, academics and advocates covering the movement to build a more democratic media system.
Democracy suffers when billionaires control the media. This occasionally updated starter pack includes leading writers, academics and advocates in the movement to build a more just and democratic media system.
Journalists and media outlets I trust in these times ✌️
BlueSky accounts that Eric Gallager has found related to #NHPolitics
An eclectic mix of excellence
Journalists, academics, and experts on American politics to navigate the next four years of Trumpism. Giornalisti, accademici ed esperti di politica americana per orientarsi nei prossimi quattro anni di trumpismo
Trads, indies, bloggers, poets... If you write, even if you're not published, on the list you go!
All kinds of Jews... except the fascist kind
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