Ellen Bender
ellenbnyc.bsky.social
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
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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
In my family, we all supported different candidates in the primary, but the 23 year-old got everyone, including her grandparents to include him on their RCV ballots, and to vote for him in the general.
November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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I’m the Gen X whisperer in my group because I speak passable if not fluent Zoomer. I had so many conversations simply explaining why they like Zohran but that was enough to change some minds. The kids are alright.
November 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Current mood:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Call your Senators NOW. Repeat tomorrow. No deal without healthcare.

(202) 224-3121

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November 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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And of course his greatest hit, the story that introduced me to him, and has now gone eight years without being corrected: Peters’ absolute whopper of a lie in defense of Trump’s reaction to the Nazi riot in Charlottesville

theracket.news/p/how-the-ne...
How the New York Times made 'The Charlottesville Lie' hoax possible
theracket.news
November 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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To put the Mamdani story in context, Peters did the exactly opposite work for Glenn Youngkin four years ago — in that case laundering right-wing operatives into his story under the guise of being regular voters (a thing he has done repeatedly) theracket.news/p/the-far-ri...
The far right's secret weapon
Have some extreme reactionism you need to sell? Call the politics desk of the New York Times.
theracket.news
November 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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* the lede in question: bsky.app/profile/katz...
Jeremy W. Peters identifies the tell-tale sign of “leftist dogma” in @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social: pronouncing Haiti’s name correctly
November 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM