Ellen Bender
@ellenbnyc.bsky.social
Co-Founder, Markers For Democracy, Postcards To Voters Writer, Retired Lawyer, Mom, Reader of Banned Books https://linktr.ee/markersfordemocracy
If you have not been paying attention to this story, this piece will catch you up and probably make you laugh. www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/n...
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
If you have not been paying attention to this story, this piece will catch you up and probably make you laugh. www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/n...
RFS feel-good update (12/1): Happy run-off week! @markers4democracy.bsky.social hosted a bunch of the candidates @amandalitman.bsky.social mentions here. Sending them all positive vibes for Election Day! open.substack.com/pub/rfsfeelg...
RFS feel-good update (12/1): Happy run-off week!
Rabbit rabbit!
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December 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
RFS feel-good update (12/1): Happy run-off week! @markers4democracy.bsky.social hosted a bunch of the candidates @amandalitman.bsky.social mentions here. Sending them all positive vibes for Election Day! open.substack.com/pub/rfsfeelg...
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Looking forward to a Mayor taking actual institutional (and legal) control of all city agencies, including the police department. There's been no rudder for too long.
As Mayor-Elect Mamdani said in his victory speech on November 4th, "to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us." time.com/7337578/ice-...
How 200 New Yorkers Foiled an ICE Raid Before It Even Began
New Yorkers thwarted an ICE raid before it could begin. The incident highlights the challenges ICE will face in the city
time.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Looking forward to a Mayor taking actual institutional (and legal) control of all city agencies, including the police department. There's been no rudder for too long.
As Mayor-Elect Mamdani said in his victory speech on November 4th, "to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us." time.com/7337578/ice-...
How 200 New Yorkers Foiled an ICE Raid Before It Even Began
New Yorkers thwarted an ICE raid before it could begin. The incident highlights the challenges ICE will face in the city
time.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
As Mayor-Elect Mamdani said in his victory speech on November 4th, "to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us." time.com/7337578/ice-...
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We forgot the lessons of the Great Depression, undid regulations that prevented another, and got hit with the Global Financial Crisis. But we responded to the 21st century version much better, limiting the damage.
Maybe something similar will happen with this century's echo of 20th century fascism.
Maybe something similar will happen with this century's echo of 20th century fascism.
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
We forgot the lessons of the Great Depression, undid regulations that prevented another, and got hit with the Global Financial Crisis. But we responded to the 21st century version much better, limiting the damage.
Maybe something similar will happen with this century's echo of 20th century fascism.
Maybe something similar will happen with this century's echo of 20th century fascism.
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I saw Mike Nichols’s production of Stoppard’s The Real Thing on Broadway when I was 19. It starred Jeremy Irons, Glenn, Close, Christine Baranski, Peter Gallagher, and Cynthia Nixon. Which is insane. No single production did more to shape my understanding of what modern theater could be.
November 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I saw Mike Nichols’s production of Stoppard’s The Real Thing on Broadway when I was 19. It starred Jeremy Irons, Glenn, Close, Christine Baranski, Peter Gallagher, and Cynthia Nixon. Which is insane. No single production did more to shape my understanding of what modern theater could be.
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I’m dumbstruck by news of the death of Tom Stoppard—maybe because he hoarded all the words and knew how to use them better than just about anyone. I hope we savor his spectacular wit and erudition and argue about the politics of his plays forever. He was monumental, and also a kind and curious man.
November 29, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I’m dumbstruck by news of the death of Tom Stoppard—maybe because he hoarded all the words and knew how to use them better than just about anyone. I hope we savor his spectacular wit and erudition and argue about the politics of his plays forever. He was monumental, and also a kind and curious man.
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RIP. I remember Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead being front and center as I started my theater journey. Then, Arcadia bursting onto the scene. Buying the script for The Invention of Love, upset I hadn't been able to see it. And, most recently, seeing the incredible Leopoldstadt. A true great.
November 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
RIP. I remember Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead being front and center as I started my theater journey. Then, Arcadia bursting onto the scene. Buying the script for The Invention of Love, upset I hadn't been able to see it. And, most recently, seeing the incredible Leopoldstadt. A true great.
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Just the thing for easing back into the news after Thanksgiving. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Jay Kuo, from the Status Kuo Substack, joins me for a conversation between two appellate lawyers about, well, everything.
A recording from Joyce Vance's live video
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November 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Just the thing for easing back into the news after Thanksgiving. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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CBS News is doomed no matter what, but Bari Weiss is going to greatly accelerate its demise & degradation. Under normal circumstances I'd say she'd be forced out in humiliation within a maximum of two years, but maybe the Ellisons will keep her there indefinitely to avoid their own embarrassment.
November 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
CBS News is doomed no matter what, but Bari Weiss is going to greatly accelerate its demise & degradation. Under normal circumstances I'd say she'd be forced out in humiliation within a maximum of two years, but maybe the Ellisons will keep her there indefinitely to avoid their own embarrassment.
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Bari Weiss lives in a fantasy world and her version of CBS News is going to be a total catastrophe, journalistically and financially. I'm looking forward to it!
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Bari Weiss lives in a fantasy world and her version of CBS News is going to be a total catastrophe, journalistically and financially. I'm looking forward to it!
A call to action from @jenrubin.bsky.social to join the "We Ain't Buying It" boycott. Three businesses over five days. We can do this! open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
A call to action
‘We Ain’t Buying It’
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November 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
A call to action from @jenrubin.bsky.social to join the "We Ain't Buying It" boycott. Three businesses over five days. We can do this! open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
@indivisible.org and other groups are helping to organize a targeted boycott of Amazon, Home Depot, and Target from November 27 through December 1 under the name "We Ain't Buying It." One of these will be more challenging for me than the others! weaintbuyingit.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
@indivisible.org and other groups are helping to organize a targeted boycott of Amazon, Home Depot, and Target from November 27 through December 1 under the name "We Ain't Buying It." One of these will be more challenging for me than the others! weaintbuyingit.com
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Yale Law galaxy brain
November 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Yale Law galaxy brain
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This is…brilliant.
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This is…brilliant.
I met the Democratic candidate and he’s great! It turns out that we are both married to OB/GYN’s! Support him if you can! Vote for @dontayecarter.bsky.social www.dontayeformayor.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I met the Democratic candidate and he’s great! It turns out that we are both married to OB/GYN’s! Support him if you can! Vote for @dontayecarter.bsky.social www.dontayeformayor.com
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Rep. Esther Panitch is a paid member of the AIPAC Women's Leadership Council so her interests lie in protecting Netanyahu and not democracy.
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November 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Rep. Esther Panitch is a paid member of the AIPAC Women's Leadership Council so her interests lie in protecting Netanyahu and not democracy.
bsky.app/profile/tani...
bsky.app/profile/tani...
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In an upcoming mayor runoff in Georgia, a Democratic lawmaker in Georgia has endorsed the Republican mayor (and former chair of the state GOP) over his Democratic challenger, on the grounds that the Democrat is too critical of Israel: www.11alive.com/article/news...
November 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
In an upcoming mayor runoff in Georgia, a Democratic lawmaker in Georgia has endorsed the Republican mayor (and former chair of the state GOP) over his Democratic challenger, on the grounds that the Democrat is too critical of Israel: www.11alive.com/article/news...
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NY Post editors are, to use their phrase, freaking out.
"Slugfest turns into a lovefest"
"Slugfest turns into a lovefest"
November 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
NY Post editors are, to use their phrase, freaking out.
"Slugfest turns into a lovefest"
"Slugfest turns into a lovefest"
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One thing that works well for Zohran Mamdani is that he is maybe the most relentlessly on message politician I have ever seen.
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
One thing that works well for Zohran Mamdani is that he is maybe the most relentlessly on message politician I have ever seen.
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Great scoop @marisakabas.bsky.social and long time no see!!
SCOOP — A former staffer for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Natalie Green, 26, was charged today for falsely reporting she was attacked by 3 men who wrote "TRUMP WHORE" on her stomach bc of her job. It was staged by her + a friend.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Employee of a Federal Official Charged with Conspiracy to Falsely Report Violent Attack and Giving False Statements to Law Enforcement
A New Jersey woman was charged with conspiring and falsely reporting to law enforcement that she had been violently assaulted with a firearm due to her employment with a federal official.
www.justice.gov
November 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Great scoop @marisakabas.bsky.social and long time no see!!
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keith olbermann posting through it on the this app, god this is the best news cycle in years and the first great news cycle on bsky
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
keith olbermann posting through it on the this app, god this is the best news cycle in years and the first great news cycle on bsky
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She's up 52-32 on Stefanik now. Also the most unpopular thing Trump has done is demolish the East Wing. sri.siena.edu/wp-content/u...
sri.siena.edu
November 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
She's up 52-32 on Stefanik now. Also the most unpopular thing Trump has done is demolish the East Wing. sri.siena.edu/wp-content/u...
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Lee Zeldin kind of snuck up on people because nobody was really happy with Hochul but they'll be lining up around the block to vote against Elise Stefanik.
November 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Lee Zeldin kind of snuck up on people because nobody was really happy with Hochul but they'll be lining up around the block to vote against Elise Stefanik.