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 unless I know you 💙
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The Big Box of Crayons
YouTube video by Robert Arnold
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Beautiful... I think we can all relate to this 🖍️
"Maybe that’s the moral … the simple one … the one Hemingway would have written: Use what you have. Love what you use. And don’t confuse the size of the box with the depth of the picture you’re meant to make."
"Maybe that’s the moral … the simple one … the one Hemingway would have written: Use what you have. Love what you use. And don’t confuse the size of the box with the depth of the picture you’re meant to make."
There's a reason every authoritarian movement in history has targeted the press first: if you can control the narrative, you can control the people, & right now, billionaires are buying up America’s media landscape at a pace we have never seen before. It's all about power.
Billionaires Are Taking Over Media
Now is the time to support independent voices, and utilize the new tools at hand to stay informed
www.qasimrashid.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
There's a reason every authoritarian movement in history has targeted the press first: if you can control the narrative, you can control the people, & right now, billionaires are buying up America’s media landscape at a pace we have never seen before. It's all about power.
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Hot tip:
vaccines protect against outbreaks of preventable infectious diseases, like measles.
when “health leadership” officials spread lies about the incredible benefits of vaccines, people stop getting vaccinated, and diseases spread.
just in case that wasn’t clear.
vaccines protect against outbreaks of preventable infectious diseases, like measles.
when “health leadership” officials spread lies about the incredible benefits of vaccines, people stop getting vaccinated, and diseases spread.
just in case that wasn’t clear.
December 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Hot tip:
vaccines protect against outbreaks of preventable infectious diseases, like measles.
when “health leadership” officials spread lies about the incredible benefits of vaccines, people stop getting vaccinated, and diseases spread.
just in case that wasn’t clear.
vaccines protect against outbreaks of preventable infectious diseases, like measles.
when “health leadership” officials spread lies about the incredible benefits of vaccines, people stop getting vaccinated, and diseases spread.
just in case that wasn’t clear.
Yesterday, December 10th, was International Human Rights Day. Actually, every single day is human rights day. We must continue to protect our rights and the rights of others.
December 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Yesterday, December 10th, was International Human Rights Day. Actually, every single day is human rights day. We must continue to protect our rights and the rights of others.
Inspired by @zensoul.bsky.social
If you or anyone you know needs assistance with food, here is a nationwide list of food banks and food pantries - please feel free to share local to you information here as well.
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
If you or anyone you know needs assistance with food, here is a nationwide list of food banks and food pantries - please feel free to share local to you information here as well.
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
Find Your Local Food Bank and Holiday Food Boxes | Feeding America
Find the Feeding America member food bank nearest you. Over 200 member food banks can connect you with free food, food pantries, soup kitchens, and holiday food boxes in your community.
www.feedingamerica.org
December 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Inspired by @zensoul.bsky.social
If you or anyone you know needs assistance with food, here is a nationwide list of food banks and food pantries - please feel free to share local to you information here as well.
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
If you or anyone you know needs assistance with food, here is a nationwide list of food banks and food pantries - please feel free to share local to you information here as well.
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
Fear politics is the final stage of a failing system. It is what you do when you cannot offer hope & you cannot offer progress. You offer panic. You offer enemies. You offer shadows so that no one looks at the rusting machinery of a government that refuses to function. substack.com/inbox/post/1...
On Fear Politics in American Governance
Fear was once a warning flare.
substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Fear politics is the final stage of a failing system. It is what you do when you cannot offer hope & you cannot offer progress. You offer panic. You offer enemies. You offer shadows so that no one looks at the rusting machinery of a government that refuses to function. substack.com/inbox/post/1...
This morning's bright spot... 😄
December 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This morning's bright spot... 😄
Reposted by Brenda Zeller
Human rights are essential to a strong democracy – no exceptions.
This Human Rights Day, we affirm our duty to defend, in court and in communities, the civil rights and freedoms of all.
This Human Rights Day, we affirm our duty to defend, in court and in communities, the civil rights and freedoms of all.
December 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Human rights are essential to a strong democracy – no exceptions.
This Human Rights Day, we affirm our duty to defend, in court and in communities, the civil rights and freedoms of all.
This Human Rights Day, we affirm our duty to defend, in court and in communities, the civil rights and freedoms of all.
Reposted by Brenda Zeller
Reposted by Brenda Zeller
Congratulations to Eileen Higgins on being elected Mayor of Miami! The first Democrat elected to this position in decades, she understands what politics is about: building a safer, more affordable, and better everyday life.
December 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Congratulations to Eileen Higgins on being elected Mayor of Miami! The first Democrat elected to this position in decades, she understands what politics is about: building a safer, more affordable, and better everyday life.
Reposted by Brenda Zeller
Private equity’s latest victim? Your grandma’s nursing home.
Private equity’s latest victim? Your grandma’s nursing home.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
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December 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Private equity’s latest victim? Your grandma’s nursing home.
Loneliness is the price you pay for being unwilling to grow up.
On the MLE and liberal women
YouTube video by Robert Arnold
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Loneliness is the price you pay for being unwilling to grow up.
On The Trump 2025 National Security Strategy… And How It Has Cherry Picked Progressive Goals and Deleted Moral Structure To Create A Rhetorical Trap For Those in Opposition To The Administration.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5jh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5jh...
On The Trump 2025 National Security Strategy….
YouTube video by Robert Arnold
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
On The Trump 2025 National Security Strategy… And How It Has Cherry Picked Progressive Goals and Deleted Moral Structure To Create A Rhetorical Trap For Those in Opposition To The Administration.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5jh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5jh...
“[H]aving a president come in and fire all the scientists, and the doctors, and the economists and the PhDs, and replacing them with loyalists and people who don’t know anything is actually not in the best interest of the citizens of the United States.” ~ Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
December 8, 2025
Last Wednesday, December 3, a reporter asked President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
“[H]aving a president come in and fire all the scientists, and the doctors, and the economists and the PhDs, and replacing them with loyalists and people who don’t know anything is actually not in the best interest of the citizens of the United States.” ~ Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
Reposted by Brenda Zeller
If you love freedom but don’t care if it applies to everyone, what you actually love is privilege.
December 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
If you love freedom but don’t care if it applies to everyone, what you actually love is privilege.
The models predicted exactly what we are living through today: super-charged hurricanes; unprecedented flooding; record-breaking heat; megafires; coastal destruction; & rising insurance costs that are pushing families out of their homes. Exxon’s internal memos warned about “catastrophic” impacts.
They Knew, They Lied, and We’re Living the Consequences
The Big Oil deliberate strategy to make record profits while destroying our environment, health, and climate future
www.qasimrashid.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The models predicted exactly what we are living through today: super-charged hurricanes; unprecedented flooding; record-breaking heat; megafires; coastal destruction; & rising insurance costs that are pushing families out of their homes. Exxon’s internal memos warned about “catastrophic” impacts.
Reposted by Brenda Zeller
More preachers guilty of sex crimes against children - thank you, @hardegree.bsky.social, for your tireless efforts keeping on top of these vile and disgusting people.
Eight Preachers in Four Days in the News for Sex Crimes Against Children
EIGHT PREACHERS IN FOUR DAYS — IN THE NEWS FOR SEX CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN
hardegree.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:20 AM
More preachers guilty of sex crimes against children - thank you, @hardegree.bsky.social, for your tireless efforts keeping on top of these vile and disgusting people.
If you’re celebrating the mass deportations of distraught, exhausted human beings seeking refuge, you probably shouldn’t be singing sweet songs about a baby with “no crib for a bed.”
And I’m not sure “let every heart, prepare him room,” should be on your lips...
And I’m not sure “let every heart, prepare him room,” should be on your lips...
If you’re celebrating the mass deportations of distraught, exhausted human beings seeking refuge, you probably shouldn’t be singing sweet songs about a baby with “no crib for a bed.”
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/christian-...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/christian-...
Christian, If You're Celebrating ICE, You Shouldn't Be Celebrating Christmas
Christian, I’m trying to reconcile two things I’ve seen this season, maybe you can help me make sense of them…
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
If you’re celebrating the mass deportations of distraught, exhausted human beings seeking refuge, you probably shouldn’t be singing sweet songs about a baby with “no crib for a bed.”
And I’m not sure “let every heart, prepare him room,” should be on your lips...
And I’m not sure “let every heart, prepare him room,” should be on your lips...
Hold to the things that matter. 💕
Time to wrap it up for the night.
Sweet Dreams, America!
Hold to the things that matter.
#RadioFreeAmerica
youtu.be/blUSVALW_Z4?...
Sweet Dreams, America!
Hold to the things that matter.
#RadioFreeAmerica
youtu.be/blUSVALW_Z4?...
Guantanamera | Playing For Change | Song Around The World
YouTube video by Playing For Change
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December 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Hold to the things that matter. 💕
Economics Lesson with Professor Justin Wolfers. @justinwolfers.bsky.social
Who should run the Fed? In this week's edition of "The Professor Is In," I outline the qualities that matter in the next Fed chair. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZGB...
Who Should Run the Fed? The Qualities Justin Wolfers Says Matter Most
What does the Federal Reserve chair actually do—and why should anyone outside Wall Street care who gets the job?
Economist Justin Wolfers explains why the choice of the next Federal Reserve chair is…
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December 8, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Economics Lesson with Professor Justin Wolfers. @justinwolfers.bsky.social
Poet Robert L. Arnold on the Epstein list. Prepare to be angered. These bastards on the list and those complicit in keeping it quiet deserve all the wrath they get. The depth of this scandal is mind-boggling. There must be accountability - but how?
On The Epstein List
YouTube video by Robert Arnold
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Poet Robert L. Arnold on the Epstein list. Prepare to be angered. These bastards on the list and those complicit in keeping it quiet deserve all the wrath they get. The depth of this scandal is mind-boggling. There must be accountability - but how?
Reposted by Brenda Zeller
Someone who pardons drug dealers is not fighting a war on drugs
December 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Someone who pardons drug dealers is not fighting a war on drugs
Elaine Miles is one of my favorite actors. She was a integral member of the cast of Norther Exposure. This tears at my heart. Haven't the white supremacists harmed the first peoples enough???
December 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Elaine Miles is one of my favorite actors. She was a integral member of the cast of Norther Exposure. This tears at my heart. Haven't the white supremacists harmed the first peoples enough???
The National Guard is being deployed as a political prop to suppress dissent rather than protect public safety. This is not normal governance. It's infrastructure of authoritarianism. Want to understand how democracies erode? don’t start with the spectacular moments. Start with the quiet ones...
Democracy Is Not Self-Executing — Indiana Shows Us the Crisis Is Already Here
If you want to understand how democracies erode, don’t start with the spectacular moments.
www.qasimrashid.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The National Guard is being deployed as a political prop to suppress dissent rather than protect public safety. This is not normal governance. It's infrastructure of authoritarianism. Want to understand how democracies erode? don’t start with the spectacular moments. Start with the quiet ones...
Reposted by Brenda Zeller
I didn't know until this morning...yesterday was the anniversary of the 13th Amendment being ratified.
The official end of slavery in the United States...December 6, 1865.
Funny how that wasn't mentioned anywhere in the federal government yesterday. So let's celebrate it here!
The official end of slavery in the United States...December 6, 1865.
Funny how that wasn't mentioned anywhere in the federal government yesterday. So let's celebrate it here!
December 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I didn't know until this morning...yesterday was the anniversary of the 13th Amendment being ratified.
The official end of slavery in the United States...December 6, 1865.
Funny how that wasn't mentioned anywhere in the federal government yesterday. So let's celebrate it here!
The official end of slavery in the United States...December 6, 1865.
Funny how that wasn't mentioned anywhere in the federal government yesterday. So let's celebrate it here!