Media Subscriptions
| One First | Steve Vladeck's excellent newsletter on the Supreme Court and important legal developments |
| The Watch | Radley Balko's newsletter on crime and policing - especially relevant given the volume of propaganda around crime |
| Deep State Radio Network | Good podcast and article content on policics, international relations,etc |
| The Atlantic | I'm recommending this only reluctantly, given some of the deeply ugly views they have at time amplified, but still a lot of good folks writing there |
| Law Dork | Excellent coverage of current legal filings - critical given the insane daily flurry of legal goings-on |
| The Bulwark | Good policial and social analysis and the home of many prominent Never Trumpers |
| Notes on the Crises | Nathan Tankus' excellent in-depth coverage of the January Treasury Department coup |
| Public Notice | Aaron Rupar's political newsletter - he follows the words of the kooks to a degree that leads me to sympathy |
| Popular Information | Judd Legum's accountability journalism newsletter - often nationally political, but often just hard-hitting deep research |
| Popehat Report | Ken White's free and infrequent newsletter on all things free speech and law |
| Regular Order | Jamie Dupree's (formerly of NPR) in-depth reporting on Congress daily deeds |
| Democracy Docket | Mark Elias' election litigation outfit and now a bit of a hub for pro-democracy lawsuits more generally |
BlueSky Follows
| Brooke Harrington | 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 |
| Ryan Goodman | Co-editor-in-chief at Just Security
(https://bsky.app/profile/justsecurity.org). Chaired Professor at NYU Law.
Former Chaired Professor at Harvard Law. Former Special Counsel Department of
Defense. https://www.justsecurity.org/author/goodmanryan/ |
| Nathan Tankus | Newsletter: Notes on the Crises
(crisesnotes.com) Book: [About Undetermined], under contract with Viking Books email: crisesnotes(at)gmail(dot)com Signal: NathanTankus.01 (only for reporting, not reader speculation) https://linktr.ee/crisesnotes |
| Catherine Rampell | Washington Post op-ed columnist, CNN commentator, PBS NewsHour special
correspondent. Econ, politics, immigration, tax, etc. Former theater critic, current theater enthusiast. |
| Chad Loder | Community activist, cybersecurity expert, citizen journalist based in Los Angeles. đ´âď¸ they/them |
| Josh Marshall | Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew. |
| David Rothkopf | Husband of C, Dad of J & L, CEO/Editor-The DSR Network, Host-Deep State Radio, Siliconsciousness, other pods, Columnist-The Daily Beast, author of many books, also see my "Need to Know" Substack (djrothkopf.substack.com) |
| Jacob T. Levy | 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. |
| National Security Counselors đľ | Public interest 501(c)(3) law firm for natsec & info/privacy law. Website https://www.nationalsecuritylaw.org. Charitable tax-exempt donations always welcome; details on website front page. Media email Media@NationalSecurityLaw.org, others email Kel there. |
| Anne Applebaum | staff writer @theatlantic. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE,
TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and now AUTOCRACY INC https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum |
| southpaw | Writer, lawyer, Dodger fan, internet dog. nycsouthpaw18 at gmail. |
| Media Matters for America | Media Matters for America is the nationâs premier media watchdog. Cited as a trusted source of information by Fox Newsâ âBrain Room.â |
| Benjamin Braun | Political economist @ LSE | Finance, central banking & more | benjaminbraun.org |
| Andy Craig | Election law and policy, liberalism and democracy, and occasional pugs. |
| The Editorial Board | John Stoehr is the editor of the Editorial Board. he/him. Subscribe @ http://editorialboard.com. |
| Steven Beschloss | Writer, journalist, editor, filmmaker, professor. Pro-democracy advocate. Author of Oswald book, The Gunman & His Mother. Writing/publishing America, America on politics and society: America.substack.com |
| PatriotTakes đşđ¸ | Dedicated research monitoring and exposing right-wing extremism and other threats to democracy. |
| Michael Hattem | Historian, American Revolution and popular memory | Author of "The Memory of '76" (E209 .H38 2024) and âPast & Prologueâ (E210 .H38 2020) | Music: National Steel | @Arsenal |
| Mike Brock đşđ¸ | Former tech exec. In professional interregnum. Currently thinking a lot about how to save liberalism and writing about it at notesfromthecircus.com 2+2=4 #StopTheCoup |
| Denver Riggleman | Former Congressman, J6 Select Committee, CEO AI & Tech, NY Times best selling author of THE BREACH and BIGFOOT-ITâS COMPLICATED, whiskey distiller and dad/husband/granddad who doesnât vote for sexual abusers. Host of âCoalition of the Saneâ |
| Mark Copelovitch | Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs & Director of European Studies, UW - Madison. Jean Monnet Chair, đŞđş & the Global Economy. International political economy, IR, & global finance. Politics & economic policy. Tradeoffs in everything. |
| Chris Hayes | Bronx boy. Cubs fan. Dad, husband, writer, podcaster and cable news host.
The Sirensâ Call: How Attention Became the Worldâs Most Endangered Resource out now. https://sirenscallbook.com/ |
| Sean Casten | U.S. Representative, IL-06. Personal account. Dad. Husband. Trained as an engineer, 16 years as a clean energy CEO, now in middle management. For official stuff see @repcasten.bsky.social |
| Jack Goldsmith | Prof Harvard Law School, Co-founder of Lawfare, Non-res. sr. fellow at AEI; executivefunctions.substack. Opinions mine alone. Likes â agree; = save to read. https://jackgoldsmith.org/ |
| Anna Bower | Writing about legal happenings for Lawfaremedia.org. Send story ideas and tips to anna.bower@lawfaremedia.org Signal username: annabower.24 |
| Gregg Nunziata | Executive Director of the Society for the Rule of Law. Philadelphia Lawyer. Former counsel to Senate Republicans. |
| Steven T. Dennis | I cover the U.S. Senate for Bloomberg News. You may know me from
#FridayNightZillow, but C-SPAN is more my natural habitat.
#Introduction I'm also @steventdennis on the other places. Opinions mine. |
| Jason Dempsey | Keep trying to be a 'former' scholar of civilian-military relations ... Author of Our Army: Soldiers, Politics, and American Civil-Military Relations. Former Army infantry officer. Into bikes-beer-coffee. |
| Chris Geidner | Subscribe to www.lawdork.com for SCOTUS, Trump, LGBTQ, criminal justice, and other legal news. / Email: lawdorknews@gmail.com / Signal: crg.32 / About me: Sober. Queer. Bipolar. Buckeye. / He/him. |
| Genevieve Lakier | Law professor at UChicago Law. Thinks a lot about freedom of speech. Curious about this platform. |
| Tyler McBrien | Managing Editor at Lawfare @lawfare.bsky.social www.tylermcbrien.com Writing in The Atlantic, Washington Post, Slate, Mother Jones, Foreign Policy, The New Republic, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and more. |
| Mark Joseph Stern | Senior writer at Slate covering courts and the law. Thereâs usually a parrot on my shoulder. |
| David Frum | Staff writer for the Atlantic. Contributor to Canada's The Hub. Formerly
... quite a lot of things. Washington DC and Wellington, Ontario. Reach me via https://davidfrum.com/page/contact DMs open to followers |
| Edward Luce | FT's US columnist/commentator. Author of several books including forthcoming biography of Zbigniew Brzezinski (Simon & Schuster 2025). People lacking a sense of humour might get muted. |
| Patrick Chovanec | Private sector economist. Former professor at China's Tsinghua University and Columbia SIPA. Author of âCleared for the Option: A Year Learning to Flyâ, now available on Amazon. Visit me at http://patrickchovanec.com |
| Joe Walsh | #NoKings Former Congressman Former Presidential Candidate Reformed MAGA Gangbanger Host of âThe Social Contract with Joe Walshâ Podcast Join me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@socialcontractwithjoewalsh?sub_confirmation=1 |
| Philip Bump | Washington Post: Columnist Newsletter: "How To Read This Chart" Book: "The Aftermath" Email: philip.bump@washpost.com Signal: pbump.11 |
| Jennifer Senior | Started a sublet here on 11/10. Staff writer for the Atlantic, former daily book critic and Monday op-ed columnist for the NYT. Author of All Joy and No Fun & On Grief. Wife of Mark, mom of R, step-mom of E and G. |
| Tim Dickinson | 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 |
| Margaret Sullivan | Columnist at GuardianUS. Thinking/teaching at Columbia J School. Author of NEWSROOM CONFIDENTIAL and GHOSTING THE NEWS. (Join me at âAmerican Crisisâ on Substack) |
| Richard Heppner (see also id. @ đ, đ§ľ, â) | Law Prof at Duquesne Kline Law (Civ Pro, Fed Courts) ⢠Former Appellate Attorney ⢠English PhD (Modernism) ⢠Overeducated, overtired, underwhelmed. Posts too infrequently to have a brand. he/him |
| Mark Stout | Intelligence historian, former intelligence officer. Also live on the borderlands of military history. Former Historian at the International Spy Museum. University educator. I wish I were in Seattle. The cat is Boadicea. |
| James Vizzard | Political science PhD candidate specializing in civ-mil. Husband, father,
former gangster for capitalism. Opinions, jokes, hot takes, and other skeets
are only mine and not any current or former employerâs. |
| CREW | CREW uses high-impact legal actions to target government officials who sacrifice the common good to special interests. citizensforethics.org |
| Marc Elias | Founder @democracydocket.com. Chair of Elias Law Group. My dog's name is Bode. Visit: democracydocket.com. |
| Windsor Mann | Member of USA Todayâs Board of Contributors, editor of The Quotable Hitchens, and freelance supermodel. |
| Dave Weigel | National politics reporter at semafor.com. Alum: WashPost, Bloomberg, Slate, Reason. Author of âThe Show That Never Ends.â |
| Ari Cohn | First Amendment & defamation lawyer. Now: Lead Counsel for Tech Policy at FIRE. Former: Free Speech Counsel at TechFreedom. Illini/music junkie/oofnik. âA snarky gay lawyer Jessica Fletcher.â https://linktr.ee/aricohn |
| Don Moynihan | Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan. Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy. Free newsletter, Can We Still Govern?: https://donmoynihan.substack.com |
| Radley Balko | Journalist. Author of Rise of the Warrior Cop. Co-author of The Cadaver
King and the Country Dentist. Quattrone Center journalism fellow. Substack: radleybalko.substack.com Signal: radleybalko.52 |
| Kate Klonick | Law professor & journalist researching internet law, online speech
governance, AI. For sporadic writings on these things see: https://klonick.substack.com/ For more info and full bio see: www.kateklonick.com |
| Matthew Gertz | Senior Fellow at @mmfa. Views expressed here my own. Husband of @alyssarosenberg. Dad. Not the former GOP congressman. Find me here: http://bio.site/mattgertz |
| The Bulwark | Political analysis and reporting free of tribal prejudices. Sign up for our newsletters here: http://plus.thebulwark.com/subscribe |
| Leah Litman | Michigan Law Prof. (constitutional law & federal courts) Co-host, Strict Scrutiny Podcast (SCOTUS - Crooked Media) â¤ď¸: my dog, Taylor Swift, reality TV |
| Scott Shapiro | Southmayd Prof @YaleLawSch + Philosophy @Yale. Ed, @LegalTheory + Stanford Encyclopedia of Phil. Content creator. Author, âFancy Bear Goes Phishing" |
| Dahlia Lithwick | Lois Lane for the courts and broken tigger Slate, Amicus, MSNBC, NYT bestseller Lady Justice |
| Anthony Michael Kreis | Law professor and political scientist. Author of Rot and Revival: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/rot-and-revival/paper Proud Tar Heel and Georgia Bulldog Studying the Supreme Court, constitutional law, and American Political Development |
| Josh Chafetz | Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Law and Politics, Georgetown
Law: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/josh-chafetz/ Author, most recently, of _Congress's Constitution_: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0300248334/ |
| Raffi Melkonian | Appellate lawyer at Wright, Close & Barger in Houston, with a Fifth Circuit and TX appellate practice. So-called Dean, #appellatetwitter. Host of The Appellate Wanderer podcast |
| Scott Lincicome | @CatoInstitute Vice President (Econ/Trade), @DukeLaw adjunct,
@TheDispatch newsletter-er. CHâ¤ď¸RTS. You didn't read the article, did you? |
| Lawprofblawg | Law Professor. Economist. Co-Author of a law review article and author of a few blog posts. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3339527 Mastodon: @lawprofblawg@mstdn.social. Twitter: @lawprofblawg |
| Daniel A. Horwitz | Constitutional litigator. Public interest/First Amendment/civil rights/innocence/election litigation. Nashville politics. Anti-SLAPP evangelist. Email daniel at horwitz.law. My views are my employerâs. |
| Wajahat Ali | Writer. Tired Dad. Minivan Driver. Editor of The Left Hook Substack (https://thelefthook.substack.com); Co-host of The Democracy-Ish Podcast; Author of a Memoir and a Play wajali.com wajahatmali@protonmail.com |
| Mike Duncan | History podcaster/author. Revolutions + The History of Rome + The Duncan & Coe History Show |
| Gabriel Malor | Oklahoman in Virginia. Appellate attorney. I talk about federal court decisions. A lot. Sometimes the most you can do is the best you can do. gabriel.malor@gmail.com |
| Nicholas Grossman | International Relations prof at U. Illinois. Editor of Arc Digital. Author âDrones and Terrorism.â Politics, national security, and occasional nerdery. |
| Lawrence Hurley | Senior Supreme Court Reporter, NBC News https://www.nbcnews.com/author/lawrence-hurley-ncpn1298564 Signal: @lawrencehurley.25 |
| Brad Heath | DC reporter for Reuters on crime, justice and investigations. Data, documents and "convoluted KGB style back-door" stuff. Lawyer, but not yours. 202-527-9709, brad.heath@tr.com |
| Big Cases Bot | Real-time updates on the latest filings in major cases in U.S. courts. Created by @bradheath.bsky.social. Run by @free.law. Monthly sponsorships available: https://bots.law/big-cases/sponsors/ |
| derek guy | Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The
Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter. If you have a style question, search: https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/ |
| Renato Mariotti | Former federal prosecutor. Legal analyst for TV and print. Host, #ItsComplicated podcast. Contributor, Politico Magazine. Instagram: renato.mariotti Twitter: renato_mariotti |
| Scott Hechinger | Civil rights attorney. Longtime public defender. Dad. Executive Director,
Zealous. Supporting local coalitions to tell more compelling stories and work
better together. My org: https://ZEALO.US |
| Orin Kerr | Professor, Stanford Law School. Author, The Digital 4th Amendment: https://amazon.com/Digital-Fourth-Amendment-Privacy-Policing-ebook/dp/B0DP5B5XVS/ |
| Jed H. Shugerman | Prof BU Law. JD/PhD History & dad jokes. 5th most-cited legal historian, 2019-23 (thanks, LeiterReports) Book: The Peopleâs Courts. Next: A Faithful President: The Founders v. the Originalists http://shugerblog.com http://ssrn.com/author=625422 |
| Noah Rosenblum | Associate Professor @NYULaw | Legal History, Administrative State, New York State Courts | âagenda-driven naysayer whose head instantiates academic ethersâ |
| Kevin M. Kruse | Historian: White Flight; New Suburban History; Fog of War; One Nation Under God; Fault Lines; Voter Suppression; Myth America. CAMPAIGN TRAILS: KevinMKruse.Substack.com |
| Molly Jong-Fast | Special correspondent at Vanity Fair ďżźand host of the Fast politics podcast and MSNBC |
| Senator Ron Wyden | U.S. Senator for Oregon. Rotisserie chicken enthusiast. Senateâs resident
privacy hawk. senatefinance.bsky.social wydenpress.bsky.social |
| emptywheel | Coverage of January 6 and other US legal investigations. An
American-Irish in Limerick, Ireland. Legendary potty mouth! |
| Benjamin Wittes | Editor in Chief, @lawfare.bsky.social⏠Senior Fellow, Brookings Author, #DogShirtDaily Host, #DogShirtTV Purveyor of mischief. Harasser of Russian diplomats worldwide. |
| Brian Schatz | United States Senator for Hawaii. Climate hawk. Chief Deputy Whip. |
| George Conway | Recovering lawyer who may relapse at any moment. Contributor, The Atlantic. President, Society for the Rule of Law. Contributor, The Contrarian. |
| Shoshana Weissmann, Sloth Committee Chair 𦥠| @rstreet.bsky.social Institute Digital Director and Fellow on
occupational licensing reform, Section 230, social media regulation, 1A.
Marmots, mountaineering, sewing, sloths. Want to be here more, just so much to do! :( bit.ly/SenatorShoshana |
| Mike Masnick | Techdirt guy. Writes about social media, copyright, free speech, content moderation, civil liberties and stuff like that. Once wrote a paper that may have helped inspire this service & now I'm on its board: https://bit.ly/protocolnotplatform |
| T. Greg Doucette | In-House Counsel @ BigTech. Ex-"Computers Guy," then decade
litigating 1A in NC+TX. Servant to two cats (and a dog and a wife). Armchair
Philanthropist. (@greg_doucette on ExTwitter) |
| ProPublica | Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes
literal) receipts. Got a tip for us? Go to: https://www.propublica.org/tips/ |
| Judd Legum | I write Popular Information, an independent newsletter dedicated to
accountability journalism. | judd@popular.info | Signal: juddlegum.47 | Text:
202-599-7124 Popular.info |
| Aaron Rupar | Independent journalist and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe |
| Steve Vladeck | @ksvesq.bsky.socialâs 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 |
| Charlie Sykes | Dog owner, grandfather. Author Substack newsletter âTo the Contrary.â The Atlantic. MSNBC. Still Never Trump. No regrets. Website: https://charliesykes.substack.com/ |
| Asha Rangappa | Fmr FBI Special Agent, lawyer, @JacksonYale. Tiger(ish) mom. @abc legal
contributor. Editor @just_security. Steam mop influencer. Views mine. https://asharangappa.substack.com |
| Quinta Jurecic | I write about law, democracy, and the internet. Words in
lawfare.bsky.social, The Atlantic, Washington Post Book World. It's
KWIN-ta. signal: qjurecic.32 |
| Fred Wellman | Host of 'On Democracy with FPWellman' on MeidasTouch and the âOn Democracy Channelâ and 'On the Line with VoteVets.' National Chairman, Forgotten Democrats. Army Iraq veteran. Political consultant. Pro-Democracy Advocate. |
| Acyn | Senior Digital Editor for MeidasTouch.com Clips made with SnapStream Internet Hooligan... |
| Brian Klaas | Associate Professor in Global Politics @UCL. Author of âFluke." Writer @TheAtlantic. Host, Power Corrupts podcast. The Garden of Forking Paths Substack. |
| Max Kennerly | Nearly 20 years in court as a law-talking guy for plaintiffs, now a mix
of stuff. Posts too much about politics. email max@kennerlylaw.com |
| Lawfare | Straight-shooting information and analysis at the intersection of
national security, law, and policy. Support Lawfare at https://www.lawfaremedia.org/support |
| Roger Parloff | Senior Editor, Lawfare. Ex-Fortune staff. Published in ProPublica, NYT, New York, New Yorker, Yahoo Finance, Air Mail, etc. Practiced law a long time ago. |
| Tom Nichols | Staff writer at The Atlantic. Cat guy, democracy defender. Actor for a day on Succession, Jeopardy champ. Atlantic Starter Pack: go.bsky.app/NVbMa2Y |
| Domestic Enemy Hat | Ken White, criminal defense attorney and First Amendment litigator. Co-host of Serious Trouble podcast and writer at The Popehat Report. |