Brenda Zeller
@bzell.bsky.social
Mom to Murray smoocher (RIP 11/6/2024) & Willow the bat cat (RIP 4/30/2025); new mom to Shadow! Kind, loving advocate & ally; happy blue dot in a purple state. NO DMs, please, unless I know you 💙
Tell 'em how you feel.
Dick Durbin (D–IL) — (202) 224-2152
Catherine Cortez Masto (D–NV) — (202) 224-3542
John Fetterman (D–PA) — (202) 224-4254
Tim Kaine (D–VA) — (202) 224-4024
Angus King (I–ME) — (202) 224-5344
Jacky Rosen (D–NV) — (202) 224-6244
Maggie Hassan (D–NH) — (202) 224-3324
Dick Durbin (D–IL) — (202) 224-2152
Catherine Cortez Masto (D–NV) — (202) 224-3542
John Fetterman (D–PA) — (202) 224-4254
Tim Kaine (D–VA) — (202) 224-4024
Angus King (I–ME) — (202) 224-5344
Jacky Rosen (D–NV) — (202) 224-6244
Maggie Hassan (D–NH) — (202) 224-3324
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Tell 'em how you feel.
Dick Durbin (D–IL) — (202) 224-2152
Catherine Cortez Masto (D–NV) — (202) 224-3542
John Fetterman (D–PA) — (202) 224-4254
Tim Kaine (D–VA) — (202) 224-4024
Angus King (I–ME) — (202) 224-5344
Jacky Rosen (D–NV) — (202) 224-6244
Maggie Hassan (D–NH) — (202) 224-3324
Dick Durbin (D–IL) — (202) 224-2152
Catherine Cortez Masto (D–NV) — (202) 224-3542
John Fetterman (D–PA) — (202) 224-4254
Tim Kaine (D–VA) — (202) 224-4024
Angus King (I–ME) — (202) 224-5344
Jacky Rosen (D–NV) — (202) 224-6244
Maggie Hassan (D–NH) — (202) 224-3324
Nary a one of the 8 sell out Democrats faces re-election next year, fancy that. #DemocratTraitors
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Nary a one of the 8 sell out Democrats faces re-election next year, fancy that. #DemocratTraitors
After the Dem debacle today, we have some excellent news from SCOTUS. 🌈🏳️🌈
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
After the Dem debacle today, we have some excellent news from SCOTUS. 🌈🏳️🌈
🎶last Tuesday, we gave you our heart
And the very next Sunday, you gave it away🎵
And the very next Sunday, you gave it away🎵
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
🎶last Tuesday, we gave you our heart
And the very next Sunday, you gave it away🎵
And the very next Sunday, you gave it away🎵
and 8 Dems just showed us who THEY truly are. Some are retiring - the rest we need to primary. What a way to throw crap on our victories last week.
Republicans sued to starve kids. Never forget who they showed you they are.
Republicans showed you they believe even shitty healthcare is more than you deserve. Never forget.
Medicare For All.
Republicans showed you they believe even shitty healthcare is more than you deserve. Never forget.
Medicare For All.
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
and 8 Dems just showed us who THEY truly are. Some are retiring - the rest we need to primary. What a way to throw crap on our victories last week.
In a deal that’s already dividing Democrats & igniting anger on the progressive left, 8 Democratic Senators defected to make it possible for Senate leaders to announce a “bipartisan agreement” to reopen the government after a 40-day shutdown. NO extension of the ACA. Sigh. I have no words. 😡
Breaking News: Dem Defectors Give In; Shutdown to End Without ACA Extension
A deeper look at what happened and what it means...
michaeldsellers.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
In a deal that’s already dividing Democrats & igniting anger on the progressive left, 8 Democratic Senators defected to make it possible for Senate leaders to announce a “bipartisan agreement” to reopen the government after a 40-day shutdown. NO extension of the ACA. Sigh. I have no words. 😡
So glad I got my fleece sheets on the bed this morning - It's going to be a wee bit chilly today. High for my area in NE PA: 36. Chicago may get dumped on with snow... 🌨️❄️ Stay safe and warm out there!
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
So glad I got my fleece sheets on the bed this morning - It's going to be a wee bit chilly today. High for my area in NE PA: 36. Chicago may get dumped on with snow... 🌨️❄️ Stay safe and warm out there!
So yes, the payments are paused for the moment — but her move kept the case out of the hands of the full court & gave SNAP recipients a real chance at a fairer resolution. What happens next? Read on... so grateful to
@hardegree.bsky.social
for his always insightful & thorough analysis.
@hardegree.bsky.social
for his always insightful & thorough analysis.
The Real Story Behind Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Ruling On Friday Night
Let’s start at the beginning and walk through it.
hardegree.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
So yes, the payments are paused for the moment — but her move kept the case out of the hands of the full court & gave SNAP recipients a real chance at a fairer resolution. What happens next? Read on... so grateful to
@hardegree.bsky.social
for his always insightful & thorough analysis.
@hardegree.bsky.social
for his always insightful & thorough analysis.
This latest work from Robert L Arnold is so beautiful it brought tears to my eyes. Give a listen. 💕
On Blessed Hearts and Better Ones
Writer, songwriter, story teller, I write poems and songs and essays. I post them here and hope they find who they are supposed to find.
substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:17 AM
This latest work from Robert L Arnold is so beautiful it brought tears to my eyes. Give a listen. 💕
Happy #Caturday from Mr. Shadow. Y'all have a super fine day and may you enjoy lots of treats. 🐾💕
#CatsofBlueSky #CatsAreFamily
#CatsofBlueSky #CatsAreFamily
November 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Happy #Caturday from Mr. Shadow. Y'all have a super fine day and may you enjoy lots of treats. 🐾💕
#CatsofBlueSky #CatsAreFamily
#CatsofBlueSky #CatsAreFamily
"For everyone screaming about handouts and free money, let’s be honest about the math. The average SNAP benefit for a household in this country…not an individual…a household, is less than $350 a month. That’s about $11 a day to feed an entire family. That’s not luxury. That’s barely survival."
On Help and Humiliation: Mamdani, SNAP, And Power
It’s Election Day in America, and the eyes of the country and much of the world are fixed on New York City.
substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:15 AM
"For everyone screaming about handouts and free money, let’s be honest about the math. The average SNAP benefit for a household in this country…not an individual…a household, is less than $350 a month. That’s about $11 a day to feed an entire family. That’s not luxury. That’s barely survival."
I know Michael Kotlikoff and his wife Dr. Carolyn McDaniel (she was my vet when I lived in Philly and the hubs was doing research at Penn). This is such a disappointment.
BREAKING: Cornell caved.
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
November 7, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I know Michael Kotlikoff and his wife Dr. Carolyn McDaniel (she was my vet when I lived in Philly and the hubs was doing research at Penn). This is such a disappointment.
For nine months, officials in the Trump administration have pushed their extremist policies with the insistence that his election gave him a mandate...Tuesday’s elections stripped away that veneer to reveal just how unpopular their policies really are. ~ HCR
November 6, 2025
“None of this is complicated,” political data specialist Tom Bonier wrote yesterday about Tuesday’s dramatic Democratic victories around the country.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
For nine months, officials in the Trump administration have pushed their extremist policies with the insistence that his election gave him a mandate...Tuesday’s elections stripped away that veneer to reveal just how unpopular their policies really are. ~ HCR
Reposted by Brenda Zeller
It's been 45 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.
Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.
Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.
November 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It's been 45 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.
Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.
Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.
Reposted by Brenda Zeller
Republican leadership priorities
November 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Republican leadership priorities
Tuesday’s Democratic victories are not complicated: “The [Republicans] ran on affordability in 2024. They gave sanctimonious lectures on cable news on election night about how the ‘silent working class majority’ had spoken. Then they governed as reckless authoritarians, punishing the working class.”
November 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Tuesday’s Democratic victories are not complicated: “The [Republicans] ran on affordability in 2024. They gave sanctimonious lectures on cable news on election night about how the ‘silent working class majority’ had spoken. Then they governed as reckless authoritarians, punishing the working class.”
Reposted by Brenda Zeller
Learn more about our #ChefsForJamaica response at wck.org/relief/melissa-25
November 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Learn more about our #ChefsForJamaica response at wck.org/relief/melissa-25
A year ago today, my heart broke to bits. My hospice vet came to our home and helped my boy over the bridge. He had dementia for 2 years - it was manageable until he forgot how to eat. Rest well, dear Murray, my sweet love. I miss you so. Images from 2022. 😻💕💔🥹
#CatsofBluesky
#CatsofBluesky
November 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
A year ago today, my heart broke to bits. My hospice vet came to our home and helped my boy over the bridge. He had dementia for 2 years - it was manageable until he forgot how to eat. Rest well, dear Murray, my sweet love. I miss you so. Images from 2022. 😻💕💔🥹
#CatsofBluesky
#CatsofBluesky
#RiseUp 💙
Last night’s Democratic victories across the country are a signal for rage & a demand for reclaiming what was once a somewhat just society.
Let this be just the beginning of us taking back our country from the criminals, grifters, dictators, pedophiles & their complicit protectors.
#RiseUp 💙🇺🇸
Let this be just the beginning of us taking back our country from the criminals, grifters, dictators, pedophiles & their complicit protectors.
#RiseUp 💙🇺🇸
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
#RiseUp 💙
Reposted by Brenda Zeller
Last night was a thumping from coast to coast. Across the country, voters rejected chaos and cynicism – and chose leaders who are focused on the cost of everyday life.
November 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Last night was a thumping from coast to coast. Across the country, voters rejected chaos and cynicism – and chose leaders who are focused on the cost of everyday life.
Reposted by Brenda Zeller
We ran the table and we ran up the score. From Maine to California, from New Jersey to Virginia, in New York City and Pennsylvania, Democracy is still alive and kicking. We are winning the shutdown.
Don't give into fear and cynicism.
Keep fighting back like millions of Americans did tonight.
Don't give into fear and cynicism.
Keep fighting back like millions of Americans did tonight.
a large american flag is flying in the wind against a blue sky
Alt: a large american flag is flying in the wind against a blue sky
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:01 AM
We ran the table and we ran up the score. From Maine to California, from New Jersey to Virginia, in New York City and Pennsylvania, Democracy is still alive and kicking. We are winning the shutdown.
Don't give into fear and cynicism.
Keep fighting back like millions of Americans did tonight.
Don't give into fear and cynicism.
Keep fighting back like millions of Americans did tonight.
The plan for 2026:
🗳️Vote All Republicans Out!🗳️
Every last one of them!
We are taking back our country...
🗳️Vote All Republicans Out!🗳️
Every last one of them!
We are taking back our country...
November 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The plan for 2026:
🗳️Vote All Republicans Out!🗳️
Every last one of them!
We are taking back our country...
🗳️Vote All Republicans Out!🗳️
Every last one of them!
We are taking back our country...
Reposted by Brenda Zeller
Today is a good day to be an American who doesn’t want to see oligarchic authoritarianism replace democracy.
Enjoy.
Enjoy.
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Today is a good day to be an American who doesn’t want to see oligarchic authoritarianism replace democracy.
Enjoy.
Enjoy.
Reposted by Brenda Zeller
Good fucking morning to everyone, except Republican politicians, operatives, and MAGA influencers who are coping so hard after getting their asses handed to them in basically every election yesterday. Maybe, just maybe, you’re not as fucking popular as you think you are.
November 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Good fucking morning to everyone, except Republican politicians, operatives, and MAGA influencers who are coping so hard after getting their asses handed to them in basically every election yesterday. Maybe, just maybe, you’re not as fucking popular as you think you are.