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Jennifer Bendery
9 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 5:52pm
poor things https://t.co/rZ3MIUqIe2
Jennifer Bendery
9 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 5:47pm
@nielslesniewski @SenJohnKennedy A ha! @SenJohnKennedy, what happened man?
Jennifer Bendery
9 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 5:41pm
Anywho, the Senate Judiciary Committee is voting to advance Steven Menashi's nomination on Thursday. Thing to watch: If @SenJohnKennedy follows through with his complaints about Menashi and votes no. If he does, and all Dems vote no, Menashi's nomination would be toast.
Jennifer Bendery
9 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 5:40pm
Not only did Steven Menashi say all those offensive things, but he has refused to answer senators' ?s about what he knew/his role in Trump's Ukraine scandal. He's been Trump's White House legal advisor for more than a year. Nothing to see here! https://t.co/E8AaBJC9iB
Jennifer Bendery
9 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 5:37pm
A thing that will probably get lost this week: Steven Menashi is getting his Senate Judiciary Cmte vote. He's Trump's pick for a lifetime seat on a U.S. appeals court who 1) is only 40 2) refused to answer senators' ?s about his WH work 3) said all this. https://t.co/iuCVXf9dTe https://t.co/Q5YWAVhSns
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Jennifer Bendery
10 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 4:51pm
RT @imillhiser: I will carry a grudge until my dying day against the incompetent reporters and editors who made Her Emails into the biggest issue of 2016. And you should too. https://t.co/GrcVWhpl5g
Jennifer Bendery
11 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 4:15pm
Jaime Harrison, the African American Democrat running to unseat Lindsey Graham, is now fundraising off of Graham's "lynching" comment https://t.co/gceAVy8IOP
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Jennifer Bendery
12 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 3:22pm
@OKnox hey I would have made this dumb joke before
Jennifer Bendery
12 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 3:20pm
Well, at least now he can make another Home Alone movie. (I'll see myself out.) https://t.co/4H8msACVKX
Jennifer Bendery
12 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 3:16pm
Today, Bill Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, reportedly testified in detail to House lawmakers that Trump held up military aid to Ukraine until its president agreed to investigate Joe Biden. Quid pro quo. https://t.co/OfxTgeKPDz
Jennifer Bendery
12 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 2:33pm
RT @Phil_Mattingly: President Trump has said McConnell told him his call with the Ukraine President was “perfect.” McConnell, asked about that today: “I don’t recall any conversation with the president on that phone call.”
Jennifer Bendery
13 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 2:21pm
Anita Hill: Why haven't presidential candidates been asked about sexual violence? https://t.co/Uv9UFkbOmO
Jennifer Bendery
13 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 2:16pm
Black congressman on Trump comparing his impeachment proceedings to a lynching: He is "no better than those who burn crosses." https://t.co/RbiAnwRjTD
Jennifer Bendery
14 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 1:07pm
"Months after President Donald Trump declared the GOP would become the 'party of health care,' House conservatives are set to announce a sweeping health care proposal -- one that has virtually no chance of becoming law." 😂😂😂😂😂
Jennifer Bendery
14 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 1:04pm
Just in time! cc: @JeffYoung https://t.co/lNgzv1Mla8
Jennifer Bendery
15 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 12:22pm
RT @indianz: “Will the U.S. keep its word?”: Cherokee Nation Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. @ChuckHoskin_Jr is asking the National Congress of American Indians to support treaty rights by seating the tribe’s delegate in the U.S. Congress. #NCAIAnnual19 @CherokeeNation #HonorTheTreaties @NCAI1944 https://t.co/4ElcGyXcuO
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Jennifer Bendery
15 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 11:55am
damn https://t.co/8r4fEfzhY4
Jennifer Bendery
16 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 11:17am
RT @RepBarbaraLee: How dare you?! Since the founding of our nation, African Americans have been lynched and killed just for being black. This is a disgusting and ignorant message from a man who has shown no respect for history. We will not stand for it. https://t.co/2d1Jin5gHP
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Jennifer Bendery
16 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 11:04am
Something tells me Lindsey Graham's large African American constituency would not agree with this. https://t.co/Z9mNNhoyac
Jennifer Bendery
16 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 10:49am
RT @MEPFuller: Performative disagreement. It’s not like there will be any repercussions for that language, or any repercussions for McCarthy ~breaking~ from Trump. It’s not like Kevin McCarthy will stop defending Trump’s actions or Trump will stop calling McCarthy. https://t.co/1CW6wRfRYn
Jennifer Bendery
16 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 10:39am
RT @CoryBooker: Lynching is an act of terror used to uphold white supremacy. Try again. https://t.co/TcDR01XelB
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Jennifer Bendery
16 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 10:34am
RT @RepCohen: .@realDonaldTrump, lynching is a form of racial terrorism. Your use of the word is offensive to the memory of the many African American victims & shows a lack of historical understanding. You should delete your tweet & take the time to learn why your words are so harmful. https://t.co/VvYUlbxOTP
Jennifer Bendery
17 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 10:29am
RT @maggierogers: “take your top off” https://t.co/pqTmWlYIQ6
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Jennifer Bendery
17 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 9:39am
@ISDM27 🔥
Jennifer Bendery
17 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 9:37am
This was lying on the ground outside my house this morning. Is there a Drake coloring book? https://t.co/ayh8AFv4Z8
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Jennifer Bendery
18 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 9:30am
RT @collinhewett17: So me and Alyssa took our engagements pictures yesterday. She found a Pinterest picture that she wanted to try and recreate . . . I botched it https://t.co/oSSUCB4o6A
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Jennifer Bendery
18 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 9:29am
RT @darth: what the fuck cnn https://t.co/GEgrB3k8TF
Jennifer Bendery
19 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 8:27am
@bsdtectr @hahnylisa @senatemajldr with district judges, more or less
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 9:57pm
RT @brhodes: Obama never called Kim Jong Un. Obama never tried to meet Kim Jong Un. Trump is a serial liar and not well. https://t.co/JSXlII6bK6
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 7:25pm
@claseur exactly
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 4:21pm
@margechimpson fair point!
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 4:08pm
@MargNation 😬
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 3:35pm
@hahnylisa @senatemajldr of course! good questions. A record number of judges have been confirmed at the appeals court level. District judges are now moving forward, but the WH/McConnell care less about them because they're not as powerful as appeals judges.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 3:33pm
@ElizabethEThorp @DaviSusan Liam and I will explain later.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 3:33pm
@AubreyGilleran @WeDemandJustice Lots of seats need to be filled! Courts gotta function. The question is when is a nominee too ideological/unqualified to justify a lifetime appt.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 3:32pm
@DaviSusan Exactly where I was going with this. Just gotta let my wife and kid know of some coming changes...
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 3:31pm
@hahnylisa @senatemajldr No prob! Good questions.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 3:30pm
@hahnylisa @senatemajldr They would! A number of noncontroversial district court nominees have sailed through. It's the appeals court nominees that the WH and McConnell have prioritized.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 3:25pm
@wasthatholly @aterkel Good questions! Blue slips are (for now, at least) being honored for district court picks. That falls to the Judiciary Committee chair, not McConnell.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 3:24pm
@hahnylisa @senatemajldr Feinstein and Harris work with the White House to pick a nominee. Then the White House nominates. Then Mitch McConnell works to get them confirmed.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 3:19pm
@wasthatholly @aterkel They actually have a lot of say because it's a district court. While the WH has been filling up appeals courts with right-wing ideologues (+ ignoring opposition from Dem senators in those states), it's been working with Dem senators a fair amount on district court picks.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 3:13pm
“This result will be abhorrent to everything the judges of our District believe in, including equal justice, due process, and access to the courts," says Chief Justice Lawrence O'Neill. Anyway, nothing to see here! https://t.co/gM3ykmjLnw
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 3:12pm
So what? Unless the WH and Senate move quickly to fill 2 soon-to-be empty seats on this court, some civil jury trials will “cease to exist” in this district + some criminal cases will have to be *dismissed altogether* b/c it's taking too long, says the chief justice.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 3:09pm
How overloaded is the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California? *Total of 6 district judges *Each handles ~900 cases, more than twice natl average *2 of those district judges about to retire *No replacements lined up 😬
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 3:06pm
It's not every day that a federal judge has to beg the White House & senators to fill vacancies on a swamped court. “I write this letter out of concern for some 8.5 million people, with my intention to prevent an impending, acute & judicial catastrophe." https://t.co/gM3ykmjLnw
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 3:00pm
A federal judge in California is warning that millions of people in his district will face a "judicial catastrophe" if the White House and Sens. Kamala Harris and Dianne Feinstein don't fill two vacancies on his court ASAP. https://t.co/gM3ykmjLnw
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 2:58pm
RT @AmyAlex63: Umm, how about all of it? https://t.co/VedLOfwGgG
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 2:43pm
How is this real? Female Ernst & Young execs were told how to dress and act at a June 2018 training. They also had to fill out this “Masculine/Feminine Score Sheet" that said feminine traits were "childlike," "gullible" + "loves children." https://t.co/wEo5Yme8fk via @EmilyRPeck https://t.co/Zkju0Kj1iR
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Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 1:00pm
(this is a terrible message, Miley Cyrus)
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 12:59pm
Miley Cyrus tells women "you don't have to be gay" if you find the right man. WHY DIDN'T SOMEONE TELL ME THIS 20 YEARS AGO https://t.co/0qcHFF4Qpx
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 10:46am
RT @EmilyRPeck: At a leadership training for women at Ernst & Young, women were told their brains are smaller than men’s, not to be shrill and to avoid showing skin at work because “sexuality” scrambles the mind” https://t.co/FlFvdpzzxx
Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Sunday Oct 20 - 7:46pm
@ashleyfeinberg jesus ashley
Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Sunday Oct 20 - 5:17pm
RT @HillaryClinton: Found in the archives... https://t.co/iFFeqloYHM
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Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Sunday Oct 20 - 3:20pm
@AmandaBecker @leadinglatte This one just popped up too. Who is behind this. https://t.co/eRJvLKlald
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Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Sunday Oct 20 - 3:18pm
@AmandaBecker @leadinglatte I mean.
Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Sunday Oct 20 - 2:58pm
RT @thisKat: @jbendery @USWNT Related, in Portland the men's and women's soccer teams play in the same stadium. The @thornsfc averaged 20k attendance this year, filling that place to the rafters. The fans are there.
Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Sunday Oct 20 - 2:40pm
1.12B people watched coverage of the 2019 Women's World Cup, says FIFA. The final -- between the @USWNT vs Netherlands -- was the most watched Women’s World Cup match ever. The avg live audience was 82.1M vs 52.5M in 2015. It's almost like women's soccer is great investment! ⚽
Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Sunday Oct 20 - 2:00pm
Tough few days for Pelosi, personally. She lost her longtime friend/colleague Elijah Cummings and now her brother has died. https://t.co/Z5zxv3C40x
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Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Sunday Oct 20 - 9:20am
RT @djlavoie: A16. The culmination of HER EMAILS gets a single column on A16. https://t.co/ZLclVLoKEf
Jennifer Bendery
3 days ago: Saturday Oct 19 - 2:14pm
Bulletproof Emmett Till Memorial Unveiled After Repeated Vandalism https://t.co/LYDNXyE9K5
Jennifer Bendery
3 days ago: Saturday Oct 19 - 11:45am
@seearekay11 yes...!
Jennifer Bendery
3 days ago: Saturday Oct 19 - 11:44am
@Oaxaca_F_Aucoin Busted
Jennifer Bendery
3 days ago: Saturday Oct 19 - 11:39am
why is this sponsored ad on my Instagram feed 😂 https://t.co/qoY2ovxUVg
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Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 7:59pm
RT @RepKatiePorter: Mark Zuckerberg pre-screened questions at a public event this week. Luckily, I have a chance to ask him tough questions on Wednesday. Are you a current/former Facebook employee or concerned citizen worried about FB & our democracy? Email me at FacebookQuestions@mail.house.gov
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 7:58pm
RT @HotlineJosh: Another remarkable quote from GOP Rep. Francis Rooney: "I’ll be looking at my children a lot longer than I’m looking to anybody in this building." https://t.co/XUyhMtHGoU
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 4:17pm
New WaPo op/ed from Mitch McConnell saying it's a "grave mistake" to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria. He doesn't bring up Trump once. https://t.co/wLDRH3xRH1
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 3:59pm
RT @hvogell: Lots of folks are trying to get their hands on Trump’s tax returns. His personal returns are still secret, but I found a work-around to his businesses’ tax filings that revealed those financials didn’t always match what he told a lender. Here’s how I did it.
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 3:43pm
RT @bykowicz: “Still unclear is why these men dropped $50,000 into DeSantis’ campaign account a day before he was endorsed by Trump.” https://t.co/3S4sZe9Bol
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 1:14pm
RT @aterkel: NEW - Filmmaker dream hampton has pulled out of the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit bc Kirstjen Nielsen will also be speaking at the event https://t.co/T3GpeYfyLH
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 12:48pm
"He was a male diva." https://t.co/6VUWP8YqZQ
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 12:31pm
@Cecelia58203678 @DittzyDoug @KevinMKruse hired!
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 12:13pm
RT @emilygee: Since everybody's letting out their frustrations with prestige publications failing to give credit, I thought I'd share my own most recent experience: @cduhigg's XXXL piece on Amazon in the @NewYorker this week. https://t.co/dRHqfp6pVN
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 12:04pm
William McRaven, former commander of U.S. Special Operations Command: "As I stood on the parade field at Fort Bragg, one retired four-star general grabbed my arm, shook me and shouted, “I don’t like the Democrats, but Trump is destroying the Republic!” https://t.co/IX8gU2otV4
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 11:58am
RT @waltshaub: Hi. There is no level of corruption greater than a President participating in the award of a contract to himself. We have reached the bottom. If the Senate will not act to stop this, there is no government ethics program. It's over.
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 11:57am
McGurk served in top national security positions under Presidents GWB, Obama and Trump ---> https://t.co/DKnlkjOaQD
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 10:47am
"Did you see that? Sarah Connor made another movie. She's like 80 and out there with a bazooka!" -- cab driver talking about Terminator: Dark Fate. "And I AM gonna watch it." 😂
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 10:16am
Remember when Rick Perry couldn't remember the name of his own agency, which he wanted to eliminate? Good stuff! https://t.co/CRLxC0T1vz
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 9:24am
RT @KateBolduan: Gen James Mattis responds to Trump calling him an overrated general. At the Al Smith Memorial Foundation dinner: “Trump called me an overrated general....But I don’t mind. He called Meryl Streep an overrated actress. So I guess I’m the Meryl Streep of generals.”
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 8:43pm
RT @gelles: Architect of bin Laden raid says Trump is working to 'destroy' the country - CNNPolitics https://t.co/eBh8P1qmWH
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 8:37pm
RT @JaneMayerNYer: must-read from sbg1: Trump’s in a whole new level of trouble- he can fire witnesses but he can’t stop them from testifying. https://t.co/xGwBhZpop4
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 8:14pm
RT @chrislhayes: The GOP is, only with few exceptions, mostly getting what they want from Trump, which is why they're happy he's president. https://t.co/IrwMwi1W3I
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 6:54pm
In the latest sign that nothing matters, both Trump and the DSCC are fundraising off of Pelosi standing up to Trump at yesterday's White House meeting. https://t.co/pabWryJZzR
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5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 6:49pm
RT @AyannaPressley: As I was paying my respects to our forever Chairman, his staff told me that in his final hours he signed subpoenas to USCIS and ICE, pursuing justice for immigrants in my district & across the country with chronic medical conditions. A man of his word every moment of his life. https://t.co/igzUPl1yPF
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5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 6:40pm
🙃 https://t.co/n1JAhIY5lS
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 4:03pm
@waterse75502493 @DittzyDoug @KevinMKruse Hired!
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:58pm
RT @igorbobic: “You don’t hold up foreign aid that we had previously appropriated for a political initiative,” Murkowski says when asked about Mulvaney comments today She also says it’s not appropriate to hold G7 at Trump Doral
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:57pm
"With Sen. McConnell, there's so many bad things," Amy McGrath says at The Women's Leadership Forum, to some laughs. "No really." Says a lot of Kentuckians are "losing faith in democracy" and McConnell "is responsible for that." https://t.co/4eKWvIBV16
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Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:46pm
Pelosi at the Women's Leadership Forum, to applause: "We cannot rest. We must. Elect. A Democratic president of the United States." https://t.co/GCvcSO9K1V
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Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:31pm
@DittzyDoug @KevinMKruse hired!
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:31pm
And PS, Walker is advancing after Senate Republicans have already confirmed at least 4 lifetime federal judges who earned “not qualified” ratings from the ABA. For context, Obama, in 8 years, didn't nominate *any* people to be judges if they got a "not qualified" rating.
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:29pm
Anyway, every Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee just voted to send Justin Walker's nomination to the Senate for a confirmation vote. Carry on. https://t.co/fPLsJN75qn
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:26pm
Walker participated in more than *seventy* media interviews to push back on Christine Blasey Ford's allegations against Kavanaugh. “She may believe that assailant was Brett Kavanaugh,” Walker said on Fox News in Sept. 2018. “I believe she’s mistaken.” https://t.co/fPLsJN75qn
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:25pm
So what is Justin Walker's background then, if he's not qualified to be a judge? He's an associate law professor + previously clerked for Brett Kavanaugh, who he went out of his way to defend against Christine Blasey Ford's sexual assault allegations.
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:22pm
Mitch McConnell recommended Walker to the White House, saying he "is unquestionably the most outstanding nomination that I’ve ever recommended to Presidents to serve on the bench in Kentucky." The guy was rated "not qualified" to be a judge! 😂 https://t.co/fPLsJN75qn
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:17pm
Justin Walker is 37, has never tried a case in court + earned a rare and embarrassing "not qualified" rating by the American Bar Association. So naturally, Republicans just voted to move forward with making him a lifetime federal judge. https://t.co/fPLsJN75qn
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:15pm
Meanwhile, Senate Republicans just quietly voted to advance *another* nominee to a lifetime seat on a U.S. court who was rated "not qualified" to be a federal judge. https://t.co/fPLsJN75qn
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:12pm
Also quaint is seeing Republicans falsely claim that the whistleblower is not a real whistleblower because he/she didn't have firsthand info. Sen. Perdue was very testy. https://t.co/pUjKTH05k0
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5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:10pm
Still, the best response on the quid pro quo question was Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who pretended he was too new to the Senate to talk about it! https://t.co/dm76VYb1Gp
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5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:08pm
It just seems so quaint now. https://t.co/7RMO9A0ZIT
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Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:06pm
I'm old enough to remember three weeks ago, when Senate Republicans insisted to me there was no quid pro quo in Trump's Ukraine call -- even though they couldn't say why. https://t.co/gIIwttbSzA https://t.co/fbIlBbRgQH
9 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 5:52pm
poor things https://t.co/rZ3MIUqIe2
Jennifer Bendery
9 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 5:47pm
@nielslesniewski @SenJohnKennedy A ha! @SenJohnKennedy, what happened man?
Jennifer Bendery
9 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 5:41pm
Anywho, the Senate Judiciary Committee is voting to advance Steven Menashi's nomination on Thursday. Thing to watch: If @SenJohnKennedy follows through with his complaints about Menashi and votes no. If he does, and all Dems vote no, Menashi's nomination would be toast.
Jennifer Bendery
9 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 5:40pm
Not only did Steven Menashi say all those offensive things, but he has refused to answer senators' ?s about what he knew/his role in Trump's Ukraine scandal. He's been Trump's White House legal advisor for more than a year. Nothing to see here! https://t.co/E8AaBJC9iB
Jennifer Bendery
9 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 5:37pm
A thing that will probably get lost this week: Steven Menashi is getting his Senate Judiciary Cmte vote. He's Trump's pick for a lifetime seat on a U.S. appeals court who 1) is only 40 2) refused to answer senators' ?s about his WH work 3) said all this. https://t.co/iuCVXf9dTe https://t.co/Q5YWAVhSns
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10 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 4:51pm
RT @imillhiser: I will carry a grudge until my dying day against the incompetent reporters and editors who made Her Emails into the biggest issue of 2016. And you should too. https://t.co/GrcVWhpl5g
Jennifer Bendery
11 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 4:15pm
Jaime Harrison, the African American Democrat running to unseat Lindsey Graham, is now fundraising off of Graham's "lynching" comment https://t.co/gceAVy8IOP
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12 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 3:22pm
@OKnox hey I would have made this dumb joke before
Jennifer Bendery
12 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 3:20pm
Well, at least now he can make another Home Alone movie. (I'll see myself out.) https://t.co/4H8msACVKX
Jennifer Bendery
12 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 3:16pm
Today, Bill Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, reportedly testified in detail to House lawmakers that Trump held up military aid to Ukraine until its president agreed to investigate Joe Biden. Quid pro quo. https://t.co/OfxTgeKPDz
Jennifer Bendery
12 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 2:33pm
RT @Phil_Mattingly: President Trump has said McConnell told him his call with the Ukraine President was “perfect.” McConnell, asked about that today: “I don’t recall any conversation with the president on that phone call.”
Jennifer Bendery
13 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 2:21pm
Anita Hill: Why haven't presidential candidates been asked about sexual violence? https://t.co/Uv9UFkbOmO
Jennifer Bendery
13 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 2:16pm
Black congressman on Trump comparing his impeachment proceedings to a lynching: He is "no better than those who burn crosses." https://t.co/RbiAnwRjTD
Jennifer Bendery
14 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 1:07pm
"Months after President Donald Trump declared the GOP would become the 'party of health care,' House conservatives are set to announce a sweeping health care proposal -- one that has virtually no chance of becoming law." 😂😂😂😂😂
Jennifer Bendery
14 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 1:04pm
Just in time! cc: @JeffYoung https://t.co/lNgzv1Mla8
Jennifer Bendery
15 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 12:22pm
RT @indianz: “Will the U.S. keep its word?”: Cherokee Nation Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. @ChuckHoskin_Jr is asking the National Congress of American Indians to support treaty rights by seating the tribe’s delegate in the U.S. Congress. #NCAIAnnual19 @CherokeeNation #HonorTheTreaties @NCAI1944 https://t.co/4ElcGyXcuO
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15 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 11:55am
damn https://t.co/8r4fEfzhY4
Jennifer Bendery
16 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 11:17am
RT @RepBarbaraLee: How dare you?! Since the founding of our nation, African Americans have been lynched and killed just for being black. This is a disgusting and ignorant message from a man who has shown no respect for history. We will not stand for it. https://t.co/2d1Jin5gHP
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16 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 11:04am
Something tells me Lindsey Graham's large African American constituency would not agree with this. https://t.co/Z9mNNhoyac
Jennifer Bendery
16 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 10:49am
RT @MEPFuller: Performative disagreement. It’s not like there will be any repercussions for that language, or any repercussions for McCarthy ~breaking~ from Trump. It’s not like Kevin McCarthy will stop defending Trump’s actions or Trump will stop calling McCarthy. https://t.co/1CW6wRfRYn
Jennifer Bendery
16 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 10:39am
RT @CoryBooker: Lynching is an act of terror used to uphold white supremacy. Try again. https://t.co/TcDR01XelB
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Jennifer Bendery
16 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 10:34am
RT @RepCohen: .@realDonaldTrump, lynching is a form of racial terrorism. Your use of the word is offensive to the memory of the many African American victims & shows a lack of historical understanding. You should delete your tweet & take the time to learn why your words are so harmful. https://t.co/VvYUlbxOTP
Jennifer Bendery
17 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 10:29am
RT @maggierogers: “take your top off” https://t.co/pqTmWlYIQ6
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Jennifer Bendery
17 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 9:39am
@ISDM27 🔥
Jennifer Bendery
17 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 9:37am
This was lying on the ground outside my house this morning. Is there a Drake coloring book? https://t.co/ayh8AFv4Z8
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Jennifer Bendery
18 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 9:30am
RT @collinhewett17: So me and Alyssa took our engagements pictures yesterday. She found a Pinterest picture that she wanted to try and recreate . . . I botched it https://t.co/oSSUCB4o6A
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Jennifer Bendery
18 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 9:29am
RT @darth: what the fuck cnn https://t.co/GEgrB3k8TF
Jennifer Bendery
19 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 8:27am
@bsdtectr @hahnylisa @senatemajldr with district judges, more or less
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 9:57pm
RT @brhodes: Obama never called Kim Jong Un. Obama never tried to meet Kim Jong Un. Trump is a serial liar and not well. https://t.co/JSXlII6bK6
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 7:25pm
@claseur exactly
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 4:21pm
@margechimpson fair point!
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 4:08pm
@MargNation 😬
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 3:35pm
@hahnylisa @senatemajldr of course! good questions. A record number of judges have been confirmed at the appeals court level. District judges are now moving forward, but the WH/McConnell care less about them because they're not as powerful as appeals judges.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 3:33pm
@ElizabethEThorp @DaviSusan Liam and I will explain later.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 3:33pm
@AubreyGilleran @WeDemandJustice Lots of seats need to be filled! Courts gotta function. The question is when is a nominee too ideological/unqualified to justify a lifetime appt.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 3:32pm
@DaviSusan Exactly where I was going with this. Just gotta let my wife and kid know of some coming changes...
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 3:31pm
@hahnylisa @senatemajldr No prob! Good questions.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 3:30pm
@hahnylisa @senatemajldr They would! A number of noncontroversial district court nominees have sailed through. It's the appeals court nominees that the WH and McConnell have prioritized.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 3:25pm
@wasthatholly @aterkel Good questions! Blue slips are (for now, at least) being honored for district court picks. That falls to the Judiciary Committee chair, not McConnell.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 3:24pm
@hahnylisa @senatemajldr Feinstein and Harris work with the White House to pick a nominee. Then the White House nominates. Then Mitch McConnell works to get them confirmed.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 3:19pm
@wasthatholly @aterkel They actually have a lot of say because it's a district court. While the WH has been filling up appeals courts with right-wing ideologues (+ ignoring opposition from Dem senators in those states), it's been working with Dem senators a fair amount on district court picks.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 3:13pm
“This result will be abhorrent to everything the judges of our District believe in, including equal justice, due process, and access to the courts," says Chief Justice Lawrence O'Neill. Anyway, nothing to see here! https://t.co/gM3ykmjLnw
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 3:12pm
So what? Unless the WH and Senate move quickly to fill 2 soon-to-be empty seats on this court, some civil jury trials will “cease to exist” in this district + some criminal cases will have to be *dismissed altogether* b/c it's taking too long, says the chief justice.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 3:09pm
How overloaded is the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California? *Total of 6 district judges *Each handles ~900 cases, more than twice natl average *2 of those district judges about to retire *No replacements lined up 😬
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 3:06pm
It's not every day that a federal judge has to beg the White House & senators to fill vacancies on a swamped court. “I write this letter out of concern for some 8.5 million people, with my intention to prevent an impending, acute & judicial catastrophe." https://t.co/gM3ykmjLnw
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 3:00pm
A federal judge in California is warning that millions of people in his district will face a "judicial catastrophe" if the White House and Sens. Kamala Harris and Dianne Feinstein don't fill two vacancies on his court ASAP. https://t.co/gM3ykmjLnw
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 2:58pm
RT @AmyAlex63: Umm, how about all of it? https://t.co/VedLOfwGgG
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 2:43pm
How is this real? Female Ernst & Young execs were told how to dress and act at a June 2018 training. They also had to fill out this “Masculine/Feminine Score Sheet" that said feminine traits were "childlike," "gullible" + "loves children." https://t.co/wEo5Yme8fk via @EmilyRPeck https://t.co/Zkju0Kj1iR
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Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 1:00pm
(this is a terrible message, Miley Cyrus)
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 12:59pm
Miley Cyrus tells women "you don't have to be gay" if you find the right man. WHY DIDN'T SOMEONE TELL ME THIS 20 YEARS AGO https://t.co/0qcHFF4Qpx
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 10:46am
RT @EmilyRPeck: At a leadership training for women at Ernst & Young, women were told their brains are smaller than men’s, not to be shrill and to avoid showing skin at work because “sexuality” scrambles the mind” https://t.co/FlFvdpzzxx
Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Sunday Oct 20 - 7:46pm
@ashleyfeinberg jesus ashley
Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Sunday Oct 20 - 5:17pm
RT @HillaryClinton: Found in the archives... https://t.co/iFFeqloYHM
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Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Sunday Oct 20 - 3:20pm
@AmandaBecker @leadinglatte This one just popped up too. Who is behind this. https://t.co/eRJvLKlald
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Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Sunday Oct 20 - 3:18pm
@AmandaBecker @leadinglatte I mean.
Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Sunday Oct 20 - 2:58pm
RT @thisKat: @jbendery @USWNT Related, in Portland the men's and women's soccer teams play in the same stadium. The @thornsfc averaged 20k attendance this year, filling that place to the rafters. The fans are there.
Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Sunday Oct 20 - 2:40pm
1.12B people watched coverage of the 2019 Women's World Cup, says FIFA. The final -- between the @USWNT vs Netherlands -- was the most watched Women’s World Cup match ever. The avg live audience was 82.1M vs 52.5M in 2015. It's almost like women's soccer is great investment! ⚽
Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Sunday Oct 20 - 2:00pm
Tough few days for Pelosi, personally. She lost her longtime friend/colleague Elijah Cummings and now her brother has died. https://t.co/Z5zxv3C40x
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Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Sunday Oct 20 - 9:20am
RT @djlavoie: A16. The culmination of HER EMAILS gets a single column on A16. https://t.co/ZLclVLoKEf
Jennifer Bendery
3 days ago: Saturday Oct 19 - 2:14pm
Bulletproof Emmett Till Memorial Unveiled After Repeated Vandalism https://t.co/LYDNXyE9K5
Jennifer Bendery
3 days ago: Saturday Oct 19 - 11:45am
@seearekay11 yes...!
Jennifer Bendery
3 days ago: Saturday Oct 19 - 11:44am
@Oaxaca_F_Aucoin Busted
Jennifer Bendery
3 days ago: Saturday Oct 19 - 11:39am
why is this sponsored ad on my Instagram feed 😂 https://t.co/qoY2ovxUVg
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Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 7:59pm
RT @RepKatiePorter: Mark Zuckerberg pre-screened questions at a public event this week. Luckily, I have a chance to ask him tough questions on Wednesday. Are you a current/former Facebook employee or concerned citizen worried about FB & our democracy? Email me at FacebookQuestions@mail.house.gov
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 7:58pm
RT @HotlineJosh: Another remarkable quote from GOP Rep. Francis Rooney: "I’ll be looking at my children a lot longer than I’m looking to anybody in this building." https://t.co/XUyhMtHGoU
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 4:17pm
New WaPo op/ed from Mitch McConnell saying it's a "grave mistake" to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria. He doesn't bring up Trump once. https://t.co/wLDRH3xRH1
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 3:59pm
RT @hvogell: Lots of folks are trying to get their hands on Trump’s tax returns. His personal returns are still secret, but I found a work-around to his businesses’ tax filings that revealed those financials didn’t always match what he told a lender. Here’s how I did it.
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 3:43pm
RT @bykowicz: “Still unclear is why these men dropped $50,000 into DeSantis’ campaign account a day before he was endorsed by Trump.” https://t.co/3S4sZe9Bol
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 1:14pm
RT @aterkel: NEW - Filmmaker dream hampton has pulled out of the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit bc Kirstjen Nielsen will also be speaking at the event https://t.co/T3GpeYfyLH
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 12:48pm
"He was a male diva." https://t.co/6VUWP8YqZQ
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 12:31pm
@Cecelia58203678 @DittzyDoug @KevinMKruse hired!
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 12:13pm
RT @emilygee: Since everybody's letting out their frustrations with prestige publications failing to give credit, I thought I'd share my own most recent experience: @cduhigg's XXXL piece on Amazon in the @NewYorker this week. https://t.co/dRHqfp6pVN
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 12:04pm
William McRaven, former commander of U.S. Special Operations Command: "As I stood on the parade field at Fort Bragg, one retired four-star general grabbed my arm, shook me and shouted, “I don’t like the Democrats, but Trump is destroying the Republic!” https://t.co/IX8gU2otV4
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 11:58am
RT @waltshaub: Hi. There is no level of corruption greater than a President participating in the award of a contract to himself. We have reached the bottom. If the Senate will not act to stop this, there is no government ethics program. It's over.
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 11:57am
McGurk served in top national security positions under Presidents GWB, Obama and Trump ---> https://t.co/DKnlkjOaQD
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 10:47am
"Did you see that? Sarah Connor made another movie. She's like 80 and out there with a bazooka!" -- cab driver talking about Terminator: Dark Fate. "And I AM gonna watch it." 😂
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 10:16am
Remember when Rick Perry couldn't remember the name of his own agency, which he wanted to eliminate? Good stuff! https://t.co/CRLxC0T1vz
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 9:24am
RT @KateBolduan: Gen James Mattis responds to Trump calling him an overrated general. At the Al Smith Memorial Foundation dinner: “Trump called me an overrated general....But I don’t mind. He called Meryl Streep an overrated actress. So I guess I’m the Meryl Streep of generals.”
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 8:43pm
RT @gelles: Architect of bin Laden raid says Trump is working to 'destroy' the country - CNNPolitics https://t.co/eBh8P1qmWH
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 8:37pm
RT @JaneMayerNYer: must-read from sbg1: Trump’s in a whole new level of trouble- he can fire witnesses but he can’t stop them from testifying. https://t.co/xGwBhZpop4
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 8:14pm
RT @chrislhayes: The GOP is, only with few exceptions, mostly getting what they want from Trump, which is why they're happy he's president. https://t.co/IrwMwi1W3I
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 6:54pm
In the latest sign that nothing matters, both Trump and the DSCC are fundraising off of Pelosi standing up to Trump at yesterday's White House meeting. https://t.co/pabWryJZzR
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Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 6:49pm
RT @AyannaPressley: As I was paying my respects to our forever Chairman, his staff told me that in his final hours he signed subpoenas to USCIS and ICE, pursuing justice for immigrants in my district & across the country with chronic medical conditions. A man of his word every moment of his life. https://t.co/igzUPl1yPF
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Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 6:40pm
🙃 https://t.co/n1JAhIY5lS
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 4:03pm
@waterse75502493 @DittzyDoug @KevinMKruse Hired!
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:58pm
RT @igorbobic: “You don’t hold up foreign aid that we had previously appropriated for a political initiative,” Murkowski says when asked about Mulvaney comments today She also says it’s not appropriate to hold G7 at Trump Doral
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:57pm
"With Sen. McConnell, there's so many bad things," Amy McGrath says at The Women's Leadership Forum, to some laughs. "No really." Says a lot of Kentuckians are "losing faith in democracy" and McConnell "is responsible for that." https://t.co/4eKWvIBV16
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Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:46pm
Pelosi at the Women's Leadership Forum, to applause: "We cannot rest. We must. Elect. A Democratic president of the United States." https://t.co/GCvcSO9K1V
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Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:31pm
@DittzyDoug @KevinMKruse hired!
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:31pm
And PS, Walker is advancing after Senate Republicans have already confirmed at least 4 lifetime federal judges who earned “not qualified” ratings from the ABA. For context, Obama, in 8 years, didn't nominate *any* people to be judges if they got a "not qualified" rating.
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:29pm
Anyway, every Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee just voted to send Justin Walker's nomination to the Senate for a confirmation vote. Carry on. https://t.co/fPLsJN75qn
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:26pm
Walker participated in more than *seventy* media interviews to push back on Christine Blasey Ford's allegations against Kavanaugh. “She may believe that assailant was Brett Kavanaugh,” Walker said on Fox News in Sept. 2018. “I believe she’s mistaken.” https://t.co/fPLsJN75qn
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:25pm
So what is Justin Walker's background then, if he's not qualified to be a judge? He's an associate law professor + previously clerked for Brett Kavanaugh, who he went out of his way to defend against Christine Blasey Ford's sexual assault allegations.
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:22pm
Mitch McConnell recommended Walker to the White House, saying he "is unquestionably the most outstanding nomination that I’ve ever recommended to Presidents to serve on the bench in Kentucky." The guy was rated "not qualified" to be a judge! 😂 https://t.co/fPLsJN75qn
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:17pm
Justin Walker is 37, has never tried a case in court + earned a rare and embarrassing "not qualified" rating by the American Bar Association. So naturally, Republicans just voted to move forward with making him a lifetime federal judge. https://t.co/fPLsJN75qn
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:15pm
Meanwhile, Senate Republicans just quietly voted to advance *another* nominee to a lifetime seat on a U.S. court who was rated "not qualified" to be a federal judge. https://t.co/fPLsJN75qn
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:12pm
Also quaint is seeing Republicans falsely claim that the whistleblower is not a real whistleblower because he/she didn't have firsthand info. Sen. Perdue was very testy. https://t.co/pUjKTH05k0
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Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:10pm
Still, the best response on the quid pro quo question was Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who pretended he was too new to the Senate to talk about it! https://t.co/dm76VYb1Gp
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Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:08pm
It just seems so quaint now. https://t.co/7RMO9A0ZIT
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Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:06pm
I'm old enough to remember three weeks ago, when Senate Republicans insisted to me there was no quid pro quo in Trump's Ukraine call -- even though they couldn't say why. https://t.co/gIIwttbSzA https://t.co/fbIlBbRgQH