Ben Ostrower
@benostrower.com
Founder/CEO at Wide Eye @wideeyeco.bsky.social | branding, design, and digital products for purpose-driven organizations & changemakers. I’m a digital designer, political junkie, film nut, LEGOhead, and proud dad.
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The fascist right doesn’t believe that American Jews belong in America. They want us to live in our own ethno-state—not here.
People like Zohran believe America is a multiracial democracy in which everyone should belong.
It’s insane the latter is treated as antisemitism.
People like Zohran believe America is a multiracial democracy in which everyone should belong.
It’s insane the latter is treated as antisemitism.
November 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The fascist right doesn’t believe that American Jews belong in America. They want us to live in our own ethno-state—not here.
People like Zohran believe America is a multiracial democracy in which everyone should belong.
It’s insane the latter is treated as antisemitism.
People like Zohran believe America is a multiracial democracy in which everyone should belong.
It’s insane the latter is treated as antisemitism.
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Props to Rep. Nydia Velazquez. This is exactly the right approach from a longtime member of Congress in their 70s. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/n...
November 20, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Props to Rep. Nydia Velazquez. This is exactly the right approach from a longtime member of Congress in their 70s. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/n...
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I’m hiring for a visual designer! Come work with me for a very cool org doing very cool work: grnh.se/943kjeba6us
Some examples →
Some examples →
November 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I’m hiring for a visual designer! Come work with me for a very cool org doing very cool work: grnh.se/943kjeba6us
Some examples →
Some examples →
Been saying this for a while now.
The D’s “brand problem” is really a power problem.
The D’s “brand problem” is really a power problem.
We’re not going to “fix the Democrats’ brand” by doing TikToks or launching pods. The brand is a direct reflection of our elected officials. If we want to purge our weak branding, we have to purge the weak Dems. I’m looking forward to a robust primary cycle and new Democrats who know how to fight.
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Been saying this for a while now.
The D’s “brand problem” is really a power problem.
The D’s “brand problem” is really a power problem.
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With Cornyn MIA & still not voting, votes can still be changed. An effective leader would be burning up phone lines trying to flip one of the Dems who voted yes to kill this deal.
So, what’s Schumer doing right now?
So, what’s Schumer doing right now?
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM
With Cornyn MIA & still not voting, votes can still be changed. An effective leader would be burning up phone lines trying to flip one of the Dems who voted yes to kill this deal.
So, what’s Schumer doing right now?
So, what’s Schumer doing right now?
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The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
The Times just stirring the pot. This is a false choice. Why not both?
Inclusive, pro-freedom, pro-justice, anti-oligarchy coalition.
Inclusive, pro-freedom, pro-justice, anti-oligarchy coalition.
November 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The Times just stirring the pot. This is a false choice. Why not both?
Inclusive, pro-freedom, pro-justice, anti-oligarchy coalition.
Inclusive, pro-freedom, pro-justice, anti-oligarchy coalition.
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He has now erased fully 10% of the term to which Grijalva was elected.
Speaker Johnson is officially keeping the House in recess again next week. This will be the eighth consecutive week the House has been out of session. The chamber hasn't met since Sept. 19. Adelita Grijalva, who was elected on Sept. 23, has not been sworn in.
November 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
He has now erased fully 10% of the term to which Grijalva was elected.
This is shameful and an affront to anyone with eyes
This, in particular, is spectacularly hideous. It's like something you'd see on the wall of a car dealership where they put pictures of their top salespeople every month
November 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is shameful and an affront to anyone with eyes
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THE PROPHESY HAS BEEN FULFILLED
DAYENU
DAYENU
why is this mayoral election different than all other mayoral elections?
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
November 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
THE PROPHESY HAS BEEN FULFILLED
DAYENU
DAYENU
Winning is a good strategy. Let's stick with this. 🔵
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Winning is a good strategy. Let's stick with this. 🔵
The baseball gods are busy
November 2, 2025 at 3:42 AM
The baseball gods are busy
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The New York Times publishes a handy guide to which federal forces are terrorizing us at any moment. This is America, 2025.
October 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
The New York Times publishes a handy guide to which federal forces are terrorizing us at any moment. This is America, 2025.
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
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Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"
October 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"
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Construction workers ripped the face off the East Wing to begin building President Trump’s 90,000-square-foot ballroom. nyti.ms/43oS9T1
October 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Construction workers ripped the face off the East Wing to begin building President Trump’s 90,000-square-foot ballroom. nyti.ms/43oS9T1
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Hegseth is summoning hundreds of the most senior US generals and admirals so he can give them a lecture on the “warrior ethos” this week.
September 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Hegseth is summoning hundreds of the most senior US generals and admirals so he can give them a lecture on the “warrior ethos” this week.
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Terrorizing parents of kids with autism for sport is just another benefit of fascism for the people who hate their neighbors.
September 22, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Terrorizing parents of kids with autism for sport is just another benefit of fascism for the people who hate their neighbors.
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The final scene from The Natural seems like the appropriate way to say goodbye to the icon that is Robert Redford.
September 17, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The final scene from The Natural seems like the appropriate way to say goodbye to the icon that is Robert Redford.
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“Of all the things at risk, the loss of an objective reality is perhaps the most dangerous. The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil…”
#Andor
#Andor
September 15, 2025 at 1:40 AM
History rhymes
Murder is wrong.
Pogroms are wrong.
Using a murder to incite a pogrom against a small and vulnerable group in society is wrong.
(If I’m not mistaken, an assassination was the excuse for the wave of mob but state-sanctioned violence in Russia in 1881 that gave us the term “pogrom.”)
Pogroms are wrong.
Using a murder to incite a pogrom against a small and vulnerable group in society is wrong.
(If I’m not mistaken, an assassination was the excuse for the wave of mob but state-sanctioned violence in Russia in 1881 that gave us the term “pogrom.”)
September 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
History rhymes
Thought of the day: is social media a cancer on society?
Uh huh. Yeah probably? 🤷
Uh huh. Yeah probably? 🤷
September 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Thought of the day: is social media a cancer on society?
Uh huh. Yeah probably? 🤷
Uh huh. Yeah probably? 🤷
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What episode of Andor are we in now
September 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
What episode of Andor are we in now
America so desperately needs something positive. Something to hope for. This sh*t is completely untenable.
September 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
America so desperately needs something positive. Something to hope for. This sh*t is completely untenable.