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Jennifer Bendery
13 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 5:36pm
RT @CWSoftballGame: It’s GAME DAY, y’all! This is why we do what we do. #CWSG #BeatCancer https://t.co/Sb0wsKcGsC
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Jennifer Bendery
14 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 5:07pm
@elisefoley I love this game.
Jennifer Bendery
14 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 4:18pm
RT @cmclymer: Matthews Kacsmaryk has spent his career attacking LGBTQ people, with a particular venom toward transgender people. I am heartbroken that the United States Senate under GOP leadership is once again confirming a nominee who so clearly does not believe all Americans are equal. https://t.co/IQH8df9ZFk
Jennifer Bendery
14 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 4:17pm
Anyway, this is a lifetime appointment and Matthew Kacsmaryk is only 42. Happy #PrideMonth to all! https://t.co/g1QnUCSnmf
Jennifer Bendery
14 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 4:15pm
Here are some of the reasons (there are more) why LGBTQ and repro rights groups have been so outraged by Kacsmaryk's nomination. https://t.co/g1QnUCSnmf https://t.co/vclPSQkmhe
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Jennifer Bendery
14 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 4:13pm
Every Democrat voted no on Matthew Kacsmaryk's confirmation. Every Republican voted yes, except one: Susan Collins. https://t.co/g1QnUCSnmf
Jennifer Bendery
14 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 4:11pm
Already being inundated with statements from LGBTQ and abortion rights groups outraged about this. Alliance for Justice: "Matthew Kacsmaryk's confirmation is going to cause suffering to millions of people in Texas, including many vulnerable individuals." https://t.co/g1QnUCSnmf
Jennifer Bendery
14 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 4:09pm
And... it's done. Senate confirms lifetime federal judge who attacked Roe v. Wade and called being transgender "a delusion" https://t.co/g1QnUCSnmf
Jennifer Bendery
15 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:44pm
Senate voting now to confirm this guy to be a lifetime federal judge. NBD. https://t.co/MaDoeZTSzs
Jennifer Bendery
15 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:35pm
@billclarkphotos @frankthorp oooo
Jennifer Bendery
15 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:31pm
@frankthorp what the hell would i talk about? i'd go off the rails on whatever it was.
Jennifer Bendery
15 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:30pm
Sen. Udall notes his "utter frustration" with DOI and DOJ for not finalizing their legislative reviews in time for this #MMIW hearing. "The admin's part is to provide views on this legislation in a timely fashion. Both departments have failed." 🔥
Jennifer Bendery
15 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:26pm
So this long-awaited Senate hearing on bills to address missing and murdered Native women. Admin officials came unprepared. As in, *without taking a position* on any of the bills. Even the Republican chairman called them out for it. The hell?
Jennifer Bendery
15 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:15pm
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk. *curtsy*
Jennifer Bendery
15 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:15pm
Anyway, today the Senate is holding a hearing on the two bills I mentioned, aimed at doing something about missing and murdered indigenous women. At last. You can watch here: https://t.co/G21niW4FkE …
Jennifer Bendery
15 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:14pm
That was not a good look. @RepDebHaaland, one of two Native women (finally) in Congress, called GOP efforts to weaken protections for Native women in VAWA "an abomination." https://t.co/p2wUXGNx0U
Jennifer Bendery
15 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:11pm
The House passed its VAWA reauth bill in April and actually *expanded* protections for Native American women. Badly needed protections. 157 Republicans voted against it. Because the NRA didn't like a gun provision in it. https://t.co/lG6tKH76is
Jennifer Bendery
15 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:09pm
(They were not successful)
Jennifer Bendery
16 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:09pm
The Violence Against Women Act has provisions that help tribes crack down on non-Native violent offenders on tribal land. This is a huge problem. Of course, Republicans tried to gut those protections in March. As in, repeal current law to take protections away from Native women.
Jennifer Bendery
16 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:08pm
These *should* be the easiest bills Congress passes all year. “I know from working with my tribal communities … that human trafficking is occurring,” Sen. Cortez Masto told HuffPost in Feb. “We need to play catch up on this.” https://t.co/Sclz8vqlXf
Jennifer Bendery
16 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:07pm
Another bill that would help address this: The Not Invisible Act. It would refocus federal agencies on why Native women are disappearing, where they're going, how to collect data + how to make sure law enf is trained to ID sex trafficking. https://t.co/Sclz8vqlXf
Jennifer Bendery
16 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:06pm
That was August 2017. Today, Savanna's baby is living with her dad and Savanna's story is part of these horrific statistics on violence directed at Native women.
Jennifer Bendery
16 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:05pm
Savanna's Act is named for Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind, a Native woman who lived in ND. She was 22 years old and 8 months pregnant. Then she disappeared. A neighbor later confessed to killing her, cutting the baby out of her womb and dumping her body into a river.
Jennifer Bendery
16 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:05pm
The good news is there are bills in Congress to specifically address missing and murdered indigenous women. One is Savanna's Act. It would boost data collection + coordination at all levels of law enforcement - tribal, local, state, fed - in these cases. https://t.co/HfEtctw9CT
Jennifer Bendery
16 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:03pm
This is happening amid a broader pattern of violence targeted at Native women that doesn't get near enough media attention. 84% of Native women endure violence in their lifetime. In some tribal communities, Native women are murdered at TEN times the national average.
Jennifer Bendery
16 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:02pm
Why don't people know what is going on with these missing and murdered indigenous women? Because of the limited or complete lack of data being collected by law enforcement agencies all over the country.
Jennifer Bendery
16 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:01pm
Former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp could anecdotally give a sense of how severe the crisis is in her state. She said almost everyone in Indian Country in North Dakota -- roughly 30,000 people -- personally knows someone who has gone missing or been murdered.
Jennifer Bendery
16 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:00pm
Why would 100s of Native women and girls go missing? Where are they going? How severe is this situation? Even Sen. Lisa Murkowski, the lead sponsor of a bill to do something about this, can only speculate because there's just no data. https://t.co/HfEtctw9CT
Jennifer Bendery
16 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 2:59pm
Imagine if 100s of women in your community were simply disappearing or being murdered. And nobody really knew what was going on. This is actually happening to Native American women. It's a largely invisible crisis, but the Senate is finally holding a hearing on it today. #MMIW
Jennifer Bendery
17 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 1:17pm
RT @CoryBooker: No, you won't. https://t.co/x8E7Mlriue
Jennifer Bendery
17 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 1:16pm
Cory Booker knocks Biden for praising segregationists: "You don’t joke about calling black men 'boys.'" “And frankly, I’m disappointed that he hasn’t issued an immediate apology for the pain his words are dredging up for many Americans. He should.” https://t.co/pAQrSLWRgD
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Jennifer Bendery
19 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 12:04pm
Joe Biden fondly recalls segregationist senators from a time of more "civility" https://t.co/xvtKcK2mKZ
Jennifer Bendery
19 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 12:02pm
RT @BilldeBlasio: It’s 2019 & @JoeBiden is longing for the good old days of “civility” typified by James Eastland. Eastland thought my multiracial family should be illegal & that whites were entitled to “the pursuit of dead n*ggers." (1/2) https://t.co/yoOOkpaTX2
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Jennifer Bendery
19 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 11:55am
RT @amenasaiyid: And so it begins: @AGWilliamTong announces intent to sue @EPA over the Affordable Clean Energy rule. "There is nothing affordable or clean about coal." #powerplants #carbondioxide #AffordableCleanEnergy
Jennifer Bendery
19 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 11:52am
Joy Harjo just became the first Native American U.S. poet laureate https://t.co/8dEN8nP00q
Jennifer Bendery
20 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 10:53am
RT @KELLYWEILL: "my wiiiiife" https://t.co/cFCyoR8lP0
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Jennifer Bendery
20 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 10:49am
RT @TommmyBear: [invention of fish net stockings] fisherman 1: Help! I got caught in the fish net! fisherman 2: is it just me or is dave looking a little ... hot? fisherman 3: no dave is definitely being hot rn
Jennifer Bendery
20 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 10:40am
RT @eilperin: 1/ BREAKING: @EPA finalizes rollback of major Obama climate rule, which would have put coal plants out of business. It's projected cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 is less than half of what experts say is needed to avert dangerous climate change https://t.co/OpxDCh5TbM
Jennifer Bendery
22 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 8:59am
@BSTrainer It is a bit confusing!
Jennifer Bendery
22 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 8:53am
@BSTrainer It's extremely rare and difficult for a federal judge to be removed. Congress has to vote to impeach. Once a judge is confirmed, they are basically immune to being fired or having their pay cut.
Jennifer Bendery
22 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 8:49am
RT @Hegemommy: Among Kacsmarky's more charming traits is his belief that being transgender is a "delusion" 😐 https://t.co/9TArlIMZFJ
Jennifer Bendery
22 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 8:49am
Trump has nominated *lots* of ppl to be lifetime federal judges w/ records of opposing LGBTQ + abortion rights. But Kacsmaryk is particularly extreme. 75 LGBTQ/repro rights groups oppose him. "He has denied in some cases that LGBT people really exist.” https://t.co/axwB73Gwxf
Jennifer Bendery
22 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 8:39am
This afternoon, the Senate will vote to make this guy, Matthew Kacsmaryk, a lifetime federal judge. He's only 42. https://t.co/axwB73Gwxf https://t.co/durGjPXknq
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Jennifer Bendery
22 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 8:35am
👀 https://t.co/QEceQS7KoQ
Jennifer Bendery
22 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 8:23am
@OKnox @SteveT313 @Charla4Mayor ! when?
Jennifer Bendery
22 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 8:16am
@OKnox @SteveT313 Why yes, I have! It's unreal and horrific. Big Senate hearing on this today.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 10:03pm
The Congressional Women's Softball Game is Weds night! Female lawmakers vs female reporters. Good cause (raises $ for young survivors of breast cancer), good peeps (us, duh). Come on out. Bring an umbrella. Deets here: https://t.co/4cT6Bt12GX Also here's a poster of everyone. https://t.co/bGZcOwcRcX
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Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 9:40pm
RT @ShadowingTrump: Trump may be having trouble filling the role of Defense Secretary but he's filling judgeships at a scorching pace. https://t.co/rbSRlOMncM
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 8:41pm
I don't know why or how this happened but it's so good. https://t.co/x9uACoAxTl
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 7:20pm
@liberalinsf happy pride month to all!
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 7:20pm
@jamespmanley welcome!!!!11111
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 7:18pm
Good evening. 🍷The day ends as it began. Senate Advances Trump Court Pick Opposed By Pretty Much Every LGBTQ Rights Group Ever https://t.co/axwB73Gwxf https://t.co/RtiZ41MLpm
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 6:49pm
Mitch McConnell says we don't need reparations for slavery because we had a civil war and Obama was president https://t.co/NtMvTaWgaf
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 4:13pm
@itsalexberg when they do they need to let me join
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 4:10pm
@aedwardslevy Ariel.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 4:09pm
@CBeeghly back away from the volcano!
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 4:07pm
Alabama man allegedly gave meth to an "attack squirrel" to keep it aggressive https://t.co/RgijjYWHgs
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 3:49pm
@samstein I got one last week too. That one had an even better (as in worse) subject line. https://t.co/8cBV7koxCP
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Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 3:46pm
Every female politician in America should send this guy a selfie of your non-smiling face. https://t.co/gWIHWVU50o
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Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 3:35pm
Chuck Schumer is all over this for some reason. I'm into it. “Discrimination staring us all in the face. These women, who inspire our country with their poise, tenacity, skill & excellence every time they take the field deserve to be fairly compensated.” https://t.co/0v9uZoRmXt
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 3:33pm
Here's a stark comparison on how the men's/women's teams are paid. U.S. Soccer awarded the men’s team a $5.4 million bonus after losing in Round 16 of the 2014 World Cup. It awarded the women’s team $1.7 million when it won the *entire* 2015 tournament. https://t.co/0v9uZoRmXt
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 3:30pm
RT @SenSchumer: Pay. Women. Fairly. https://t.co/oonavTzHmY
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 3:27pm
"U.S. Soccer declined to comment."
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 3:27pm
! The U.S. women’s soccer team is now generating more revenue than the men's team. The U.S. Soccer Federation has used revenue generation as its defense of paying female players less, denying them equal playing time + promoting their games less. https://t.co/3efjuEOa2u
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 3:16pm
BTW both of these judicial nominees the Senate just voted to advance are 1) Federalist Society members and 2) 42 years old. They'll be on the federal bench for a while.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 3:12pm
And Allen Winsor advances, 54-42. Collins, Murkowski and Manchin all voted yes. He'll get his final confirmation vote on Weds.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 3:08pm
Senate now voting to move fwd with Allen Winsor's nomination to be a lifetime federal judge. As solicitor general of FL, Winsor defended laws that banned same-sex marriage, made it difficult for ppl of color to vote + enforced a waiting period before women could get an abortion.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 2:55pm
And... Matthew Kacsmaryk's nomination moves forward, 52-44. Final confirmation vote is Wednesday.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 2:54pm
The two GOPers I thought *might* vote no -- Murkowski and Portman, who announced his support for same-sex marriage after his son came out -- just voted yes. Manchin voted no. No Dems voting yes.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 2:42pm
RT @JesseRodriguez: NBC News has confirmed that @JoeBiden has made an unannounced stop at the #StonewallInn in Greenwich Village #Stonewall50 @emilypandise https://t.co/Z7K5TAxMRP
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Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 2:40pm
Here we go: Senate now voting to advance Matthew Kacsmaryk's nomination to be a lifetime federal judge. One of Trump's most anti-LGBTQ, anti-abortion picks yet. So far, I know of only one Republican planning to vote no on this procedural vote: Susan Collins.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 1:57pm
@alissascheller I think he means it as one. You can still proudly wear your red cape with these words on it.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 1:53pm
Kacsmaryk also said being transgender is a “delusion," opposed LGBTQ nondiscrimination ordinances bc this shouldn't be taken “as seriously as other forms of discrimination" + opposed EEOC including sex orientation & gender ID under Title VII. Anyway happy Pride Month to all! 🌈
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 11:32am
Good morning! ☕ Today the Senate will vote to move fwd with making Matthew Kacsmaryk a lifetime federal judge. Kacsmaryk 42, has ripped Roe v Wade, said abortion rights backers are “sexual revolutionaries" + fought against LGBTQ protections in employment, housing + health care.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 9:25am
Jon Stewart responds to Mitch McConnell wondering why he's "all bent out of shape" about the 9/11 victim compensation fund running out of money. "They're currently still suffering and dying and still in terrible need.” https://t.co/78wTHsoPzT
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 9:17am
The X2 bus rollin up with a paper sign this morning. I love this bus. https://t.co/KZNUBm9KHj
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Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Monday Jun 17 - 10:09pm
RT @RepKatiePorter: You probably have a bunch of questions about what this means. My office has prepared a report answering some of the most frequently asked questions: https://t.co/OD9aFgtDZd
Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Monday Jun 17 - 10:07pm
RT @RepKatiePorter: Today I wanted to speak directly to the people of CA-45. There's been a lot of noise in D.C. and in the press about impeachment, so I wanted to share my thoughts with you. https://t.co/ceri6lHwbY
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Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Monday Jun 17 - 4:55pm
Carli Lloyd celebrated her Women's World Cup goal against Chile with a polite "golf clap," which is very appropriate and ladylike https://t.co/4W1oPEBpza
Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Monday Jun 17 - 3:31pm
waaat https://t.co/6CXf6iVNW3
Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Monday Jun 17 - 2:42pm
Harvard rescinds admission of Kyle Kashuv, a pro-gun survivor of the Parkland school shooting, after racist messages surface... ...and Kashuv says it is unfair because Harvard has hired “bigots and antisemites” historically. https://t.co/f7xcJ4aR7P
Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Monday Jun 17 - 2:35pm
Better headline: Julie Ertz's husband leaves work to watch her head the ball into the goal, backwards, in the World Cup https://t.co/rBGdUGIXpu
Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Monday Jun 17 - 1:24pm
RT @FarrahFazal: Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind died an unconscionable death. She was 8mo pregnant. Two of her neighbors CUT her baby out of her womb while Savanna was still alive. Then they killed her, and dumped her body w/rope tied around her neck. https://t.co/pbUzX4MHg7 https://t.co/jkjc5td1v5 https://t.co/e0nC9fhIno
Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Monday Jun 17 - 1:09pm
In related news, on Weds, the Senate is finally holding a hearing for Savanna's Act, a bill that helps law enforcement respond to a horrifying and largely invisible crisis: 100s of Native American women are simply disappearing or being murdered. Some BG: https://t.co/HfEtctw9CT
Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Monday Jun 17 - 1:01pm
It's been more than 2 months since the House passed the Violence Against Women Act. What's up with this in the Senate? Nada, still. "Nothing new to report, staffs still talking/working on it," says a Senate aide involved in talks. House bill does this: https://t.co/lG6tKH76is
Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Monday Jun 17 - 12:56pm
wow https://t.co/pX9HhBoBsm
Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Monday Jun 17 - 12:03pm
Mitch McConnell not sure why Jon Stewart is "all bent out of shape" about the fund for 9/11 first responders running out of money and McConnell previously dragging his feet on it https://t.co/pKbHBzwd3d
Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Monday Jun 17 - 11:55am
RT @AndrewDasNYT: A short thread about the woman who burst into tears on the bench when Thailand scored against Sweden on Sunday. She is NOT just a random Thai staff member. https://t.co/bD9ODAlKLb
Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Monday Jun 17 - 9:37am
RT @Phil_Lewis_: Four years ago on this date, these 9 people were killed by a white supremacist at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC. #Emanuel9 https://t.co/u9ZfEGwA6J
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Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Monday Jun 17 - 9:34am
RT @sahilkapur: Pakistan govt accidentally turns ‘cat’ filter on during FB Live, leaves everyone in splits https://t.co/eajBH3gpJF
Jennifer Bendery
3 days ago: Sunday Jun 16 - 10:01pm
oh man this is gonna be *quite* the ratio 🍿 https://t.co/93DIzSXR65
Jennifer Bendery
3 days ago: Sunday Jun 16 - 9:56pm
"You're from Queens" 😂 https://t.co/ZmEgfpw2d1
Jennifer Bendery
3 days ago: Sunday Jun 16 - 8:51pm
RT @ddale8: Here's a non-exhaustive list of the false claims Trump made in his ABC interview, whose transcript has been posted here: https://t.co/IV5uAzc4bv
Jennifer Bendery
3 days ago: Sunday Jun 16 - 8:40pm
Jon Stewart isn't done shaming Congress for failing to secure funding for 9/11 first responders. "I want to make it clear that this has never been dealt with compassionately by Senator McConnell." https://t.co/jFjD2mma5E
Jennifer Bendery
3 days ago: Sunday Jun 16 - 1:04pm
A backwards header into the goal?? I bow down to you @USWNT. #WomensWorldCup2019
Jennifer Bendery
3 days ago: Sunday Jun 16 - 12:47pm
@alissascheller yes
Jennifer Bendery
3 days ago: Sunday Jun 16 - 12:47pm
@Amy_Siskind It's really good. I've been thinking about it since seeing it last night.
Jennifer Bendery
3 days ago: Sunday Jun 16 - 12:46pm
@itsalexberg it's really good
Jennifer Bendery
3 days ago: Sunday Jun 16 - 12:13pm
Gentleman Jack's finale was one of the finest hours in lesbian cinematic history https://t.co/F2o93p4J85
Jennifer Bendery
3 days ago: Sunday Jun 16 - 9:51am
Happy Father's Day to all the dads, mine included, who are definitely rocking sneakers and tube socks pulled up to their knees today.
13 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 5:36pm
RT @CWSoftballGame: It’s GAME DAY, y’all! This is why we do what we do. #CWSG #BeatCancer https://t.co/Sb0wsKcGsC
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Jennifer Bendery
14 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 5:07pm
@elisefoley I love this game.
Jennifer Bendery
14 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 4:18pm
RT @cmclymer: Matthews Kacsmaryk has spent his career attacking LGBTQ people, with a particular venom toward transgender people. I am heartbroken that the United States Senate under GOP leadership is once again confirming a nominee who so clearly does not believe all Americans are equal. https://t.co/IQH8df9ZFk
Jennifer Bendery
14 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 4:17pm
Anyway, this is a lifetime appointment and Matthew Kacsmaryk is only 42. Happy #PrideMonth to all! https://t.co/g1QnUCSnmf
Jennifer Bendery
14 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 4:15pm
Here are some of the reasons (there are more) why LGBTQ and repro rights groups have been so outraged by Kacsmaryk's nomination. https://t.co/g1QnUCSnmf https://t.co/vclPSQkmhe
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Jennifer Bendery
14 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 4:13pm
Every Democrat voted no on Matthew Kacsmaryk's confirmation. Every Republican voted yes, except one: Susan Collins. https://t.co/g1QnUCSnmf
Jennifer Bendery
14 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 4:11pm
Already being inundated with statements from LGBTQ and abortion rights groups outraged about this. Alliance for Justice: "Matthew Kacsmaryk's confirmation is going to cause suffering to millions of people in Texas, including many vulnerable individuals." https://t.co/g1QnUCSnmf
Jennifer Bendery
14 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 4:09pm
And... it's done. Senate confirms lifetime federal judge who attacked Roe v. Wade and called being transgender "a delusion" https://t.co/g1QnUCSnmf
Jennifer Bendery
15 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:44pm
Senate voting now to confirm this guy to be a lifetime federal judge. NBD. https://t.co/MaDoeZTSzs
Jennifer Bendery
15 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:35pm
@billclarkphotos @frankthorp oooo
Jennifer Bendery
15 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:31pm
@frankthorp what the hell would i talk about? i'd go off the rails on whatever it was.
Jennifer Bendery
15 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:30pm
Sen. Udall notes his "utter frustration" with DOI and DOJ for not finalizing their legislative reviews in time for this #MMIW hearing. "The admin's part is to provide views on this legislation in a timely fashion. Both departments have failed." 🔥
Jennifer Bendery
15 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:26pm
So this long-awaited Senate hearing on bills to address missing and murdered Native women. Admin officials came unprepared. As in, *without taking a position* on any of the bills. Even the Republican chairman called them out for it. The hell?
Jennifer Bendery
15 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:15pm
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk. *curtsy*
Jennifer Bendery
15 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:15pm
Anyway, today the Senate is holding a hearing on the two bills I mentioned, aimed at doing something about missing and murdered indigenous women. At last. You can watch here: https://t.co/G21niW4FkE …
Jennifer Bendery
15 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:14pm
That was not a good look. @RepDebHaaland, one of two Native women (finally) in Congress, called GOP efforts to weaken protections for Native women in VAWA "an abomination." https://t.co/p2wUXGNx0U
Jennifer Bendery
15 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:11pm
The House passed its VAWA reauth bill in April and actually *expanded* protections for Native American women. Badly needed protections. 157 Republicans voted against it. Because the NRA didn't like a gun provision in it. https://t.co/lG6tKH76is
Jennifer Bendery
15 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:09pm
(They were not successful)
Jennifer Bendery
16 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:09pm
The Violence Against Women Act has provisions that help tribes crack down on non-Native violent offenders on tribal land. This is a huge problem. Of course, Republicans tried to gut those protections in March. As in, repeal current law to take protections away from Native women.
Jennifer Bendery
16 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:08pm
These *should* be the easiest bills Congress passes all year. “I know from working with my tribal communities … that human trafficking is occurring,” Sen. Cortez Masto told HuffPost in Feb. “We need to play catch up on this.” https://t.co/Sclz8vqlXf
Jennifer Bendery
16 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:07pm
Another bill that would help address this: The Not Invisible Act. It would refocus federal agencies on why Native women are disappearing, where they're going, how to collect data + how to make sure law enf is trained to ID sex trafficking. https://t.co/Sclz8vqlXf
Jennifer Bendery
16 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:06pm
That was August 2017. Today, Savanna's baby is living with her dad and Savanna's story is part of these horrific statistics on violence directed at Native women.
Jennifer Bendery
16 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:05pm
Savanna's Act is named for Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind, a Native woman who lived in ND. She was 22 years old and 8 months pregnant. Then she disappeared. A neighbor later confessed to killing her, cutting the baby out of her womb and dumping her body into a river.
Jennifer Bendery
16 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:05pm
The good news is there are bills in Congress to specifically address missing and murdered indigenous women. One is Savanna's Act. It would boost data collection + coordination at all levels of law enforcement - tribal, local, state, fed - in these cases. https://t.co/HfEtctw9CT
Jennifer Bendery
16 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:03pm
This is happening amid a broader pattern of violence targeted at Native women that doesn't get near enough media attention. 84% of Native women endure violence in their lifetime. In some tribal communities, Native women are murdered at TEN times the national average.
Jennifer Bendery
16 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:02pm
Why don't people know what is going on with these missing and murdered indigenous women? Because of the limited or complete lack of data being collected by law enforcement agencies all over the country.
Jennifer Bendery
16 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:01pm
Former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp could anecdotally give a sense of how severe the crisis is in her state. She said almost everyone in Indian Country in North Dakota -- roughly 30,000 people -- personally knows someone who has gone missing or been murdered.
Jennifer Bendery
16 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 3:00pm
Why would 100s of Native women and girls go missing? Where are they going? How severe is this situation? Even Sen. Lisa Murkowski, the lead sponsor of a bill to do something about this, can only speculate because there's just no data. https://t.co/HfEtctw9CT
Jennifer Bendery
16 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 2:59pm
Imagine if 100s of women in your community were simply disappearing or being murdered. And nobody really knew what was going on. This is actually happening to Native American women. It's a largely invisible crisis, but the Senate is finally holding a hearing on it today. #MMIW
Jennifer Bendery
17 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 1:17pm
RT @CoryBooker: No, you won't. https://t.co/x8E7Mlriue
Jennifer Bendery
17 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 1:16pm
Cory Booker knocks Biden for praising segregationists: "You don’t joke about calling black men 'boys.'" “And frankly, I’m disappointed that he hasn’t issued an immediate apology for the pain his words are dredging up for many Americans. He should.” https://t.co/pAQrSLWRgD
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Jennifer Bendery
19 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 12:04pm
Joe Biden fondly recalls segregationist senators from a time of more "civility" https://t.co/xvtKcK2mKZ
Jennifer Bendery
19 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 12:02pm
RT @BilldeBlasio: It’s 2019 & @JoeBiden is longing for the good old days of “civility” typified by James Eastland. Eastland thought my multiracial family should be illegal & that whites were entitled to “the pursuit of dead n*ggers." (1/2) https://t.co/yoOOkpaTX2
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Jennifer Bendery
19 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 11:55am
RT @amenasaiyid: And so it begins: @AGWilliamTong announces intent to sue @EPA over the Affordable Clean Energy rule. "There is nothing affordable or clean about coal." #powerplants #carbondioxide #AffordableCleanEnergy
Jennifer Bendery
19 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 11:52am
Joy Harjo just became the first Native American U.S. poet laureate https://t.co/8dEN8nP00q
Jennifer Bendery
20 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 10:53am
RT @KELLYWEILL: "my wiiiiife" https://t.co/cFCyoR8lP0
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Jennifer Bendery
20 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 10:49am
RT @TommmyBear: [invention of fish net stockings] fisherman 1: Help! I got caught in the fish net! fisherman 2: is it just me or is dave looking a little ... hot? fisherman 3: no dave is definitely being hot rn
Jennifer Bendery
20 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 10:40am
RT @eilperin: 1/ BREAKING: @EPA finalizes rollback of major Obama climate rule, which would have put coal plants out of business. It's projected cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 is less than half of what experts say is needed to avert dangerous climate change https://t.co/OpxDCh5TbM
Jennifer Bendery
22 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 8:59am
@BSTrainer It is a bit confusing!
Jennifer Bendery
22 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 8:53am
@BSTrainer It's extremely rare and difficult for a federal judge to be removed. Congress has to vote to impeach. Once a judge is confirmed, they are basically immune to being fired or having their pay cut.
Jennifer Bendery
22 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 8:49am
RT @Hegemommy: Among Kacsmarky's more charming traits is his belief that being transgender is a "delusion" 😐 https://t.co/9TArlIMZFJ
Jennifer Bendery
22 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 8:49am
Trump has nominated *lots* of ppl to be lifetime federal judges w/ records of opposing LGBTQ + abortion rights. But Kacsmaryk is particularly extreme. 75 LGBTQ/repro rights groups oppose him. "He has denied in some cases that LGBT people really exist.” https://t.co/axwB73Gwxf
Jennifer Bendery
22 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 8:39am
This afternoon, the Senate will vote to make this guy, Matthew Kacsmaryk, a lifetime federal judge. He's only 42. https://t.co/axwB73Gwxf https://t.co/durGjPXknq
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Jennifer Bendery
22 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 8:35am
👀 https://t.co/QEceQS7KoQ
Jennifer Bendery
22 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 8:23am
@OKnox @SteveT313 @Charla4Mayor ! when?
Jennifer Bendery
22 hours ago: Wednesday Jun 19 - 8:16am
@OKnox @SteveT313 Why yes, I have! It's unreal and horrific. Big Senate hearing on this today.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 10:03pm
The Congressional Women's Softball Game is Weds night! Female lawmakers vs female reporters. Good cause (raises $ for young survivors of breast cancer), good peeps (us, duh). Come on out. Bring an umbrella. Deets here: https://t.co/4cT6Bt12GX Also here's a poster of everyone. https://t.co/bGZcOwcRcX
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Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 9:40pm
RT @ShadowingTrump: Trump may be having trouble filling the role of Defense Secretary but he's filling judgeships at a scorching pace. https://t.co/rbSRlOMncM
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 8:41pm
I don't know why or how this happened but it's so good. https://t.co/x9uACoAxTl
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 7:20pm
@liberalinsf happy pride month to all!
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 7:20pm
@jamespmanley welcome!!!!11111
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 7:18pm
Good evening. 🍷The day ends as it began. Senate Advances Trump Court Pick Opposed By Pretty Much Every LGBTQ Rights Group Ever https://t.co/axwB73Gwxf https://t.co/RtiZ41MLpm
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 6:49pm
Mitch McConnell says we don't need reparations for slavery because we had a civil war and Obama was president https://t.co/NtMvTaWgaf
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 4:13pm
@itsalexberg when they do they need to let me join
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 4:10pm
@aedwardslevy Ariel.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 4:09pm
@CBeeghly back away from the volcano!
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 4:07pm
Alabama man allegedly gave meth to an "attack squirrel" to keep it aggressive https://t.co/RgijjYWHgs
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 3:49pm
@samstein I got one last week too. That one had an even better (as in worse) subject line. https://t.co/8cBV7koxCP
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Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 3:46pm
Every female politician in America should send this guy a selfie of your non-smiling face. https://t.co/gWIHWVU50o
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Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 3:35pm
Chuck Schumer is all over this for some reason. I'm into it. “Discrimination staring us all in the face. These women, who inspire our country with their poise, tenacity, skill & excellence every time they take the field deserve to be fairly compensated.” https://t.co/0v9uZoRmXt
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 3:33pm
Here's a stark comparison on how the men's/women's teams are paid. U.S. Soccer awarded the men’s team a $5.4 million bonus after losing in Round 16 of the 2014 World Cup. It awarded the women’s team $1.7 million when it won the *entire* 2015 tournament. https://t.co/0v9uZoRmXt
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 3:30pm
RT @SenSchumer: Pay. Women. Fairly. https://t.co/oonavTzHmY
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 3:27pm
"U.S. Soccer declined to comment."
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 3:27pm
! The U.S. women’s soccer team is now generating more revenue than the men's team. The U.S. Soccer Federation has used revenue generation as its defense of paying female players less, denying them equal playing time + promoting their games less. https://t.co/3efjuEOa2u
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 3:16pm
BTW both of these judicial nominees the Senate just voted to advance are 1) Federalist Society members and 2) 42 years old. They'll be on the federal bench for a while.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 3:12pm
And Allen Winsor advances, 54-42. Collins, Murkowski and Manchin all voted yes. He'll get his final confirmation vote on Weds.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 3:08pm
Senate now voting to move fwd with Allen Winsor's nomination to be a lifetime federal judge. As solicitor general of FL, Winsor defended laws that banned same-sex marriage, made it difficult for ppl of color to vote + enforced a waiting period before women could get an abortion.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 2:55pm
And... Matthew Kacsmaryk's nomination moves forward, 52-44. Final confirmation vote is Wednesday.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 2:54pm
The two GOPers I thought *might* vote no -- Murkowski and Portman, who announced his support for same-sex marriage after his son came out -- just voted yes. Manchin voted no. No Dems voting yes.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 2:42pm
RT @JesseRodriguez: NBC News has confirmed that @JoeBiden has made an unannounced stop at the #StonewallInn in Greenwich Village #Stonewall50 @emilypandise https://t.co/Z7K5TAxMRP
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Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 2:40pm
Here we go: Senate now voting to advance Matthew Kacsmaryk's nomination to be a lifetime federal judge. One of Trump's most anti-LGBTQ, anti-abortion picks yet. So far, I know of only one Republican planning to vote no on this procedural vote: Susan Collins.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 1:57pm
@alissascheller I think he means it as one. You can still proudly wear your red cape with these words on it.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 1:53pm
Kacsmaryk also said being transgender is a “delusion," opposed LGBTQ nondiscrimination ordinances bc this shouldn't be taken “as seriously as other forms of discrimination" + opposed EEOC including sex orientation & gender ID under Title VII. Anyway happy Pride Month to all! 🌈
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 11:32am
Good morning! ☕ Today the Senate will vote to move fwd with making Matthew Kacsmaryk a lifetime federal judge. Kacsmaryk 42, has ripped Roe v Wade, said abortion rights backers are “sexual revolutionaries" + fought against LGBTQ protections in employment, housing + health care.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 9:25am
Jon Stewart responds to Mitch McConnell wondering why he's "all bent out of shape" about the 9/11 victim compensation fund running out of money. "They're currently still suffering and dying and still in terrible need.” https://t.co/78wTHsoPzT
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Tuesday Jun 18 - 9:17am
The X2 bus rollin up with a paper sign this morning. I love this bus. https://t.co/KZNUBm9KHj
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Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Monday Jun 17 - 10:09pm
RT @RepKatiePorter: You probably have a bunch of questions about what this means. My office has prepared a report answering some of the most frequently asked questions: https://t.co/OD9aFgtDZd
Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Monday Jun 17 - 10:07pm
RT @RepKatiePorter: Today I wanted to speak directly to the people of CA-45. There's been a lot of noise in D.C. and in the press about impeachment, so I wanted to share my thoughts with you. https://t.co/ceri6lHwbY
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Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Monday Jun 17 - 4:55pm
Carli Lloyd celebrated her Women's World Cup goal against Chile with a polite "golf clap," which is very appropriate and ladylike https://t.co/4W1oPEBpza
Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Monday Jun 17 - 3:31pm
waaat https://t.co/6CXf6iVNW3
Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Monday Jun 17 - 2:42pm
Harvard rescinds admission of Kyle Kashuv, a pro-gun survivor of the Parkland school shooting, after racist messages surface... ...and Kashuv says it is unfair because Harvard has hired “bigots and antisemites” historically. https://t.co/f7xcJ4aR7P
Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Monday Jun 17 - 2:35pm
Better headline: Julie Ertz's husband leaves work to watch her head the ball into the goal, backwards, in the World Cup https://t.co/rBGdUGIXpu
Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Monday Jun 17 - 1:24pm
RT @FarrahFazal: Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind died an unconscionable death. She was 8mo pregnant. Two of her neighbors CUT her baby out of her womb while Savanna was still alive. Then they killed her, and dumped her body w/rope tied around her neck. https://t.co/pbUzX4MHg7 https://t.co/jkjc5td1v5 https://t.co/e0nC9fhIno
Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Monday Jun 17 - 1:09pm
In related news, on Weds, the Senate is finally holding a hearing for Savanna's Act, a bill that helps law enforcement respond to a horrifying and largely invisible crisis: 100s of Native American women are simply disappearing or being murdered. Some BG: https://t.co/HfEtctw9CT
Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Monday Jun 17 - 1:01pm
It's been more than 2 months since the House passed the Violence Against Women Act. What's up with this in the Senate? Nada, still. "Nothing new to report, staffs still talking/working on it," says a Senate aide involved in talks. House bill does this: https://t.co/lG6tKH76is
Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Monday Jun 17 - 12:56pm
wow https://t.co/pX9HhBoBsm
Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Monday Jun 17 - 12:03pm
Mitch McConnell not sure why Jon Stewart is "all bent out of shape" about the fund for 9/11 first responders running out of money and McConnell previously dragging his feet on it https://t.co/pKbHBzwd3d
Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Monday Jun 17 - 11:55am
RT @AndrewDasNYT: A short thread about the woman who burst into tears on the bench when Thailand scored against Sweden on Sunday. She is NOT just a random Thai staff member. https://t.co/bD9ODAlKLb
Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Monday Jun 17 - 9:37am
RT @Phil_Lewis_: Four years ago on this date, these 9 people were killed by a white supremacist at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC. #Emanuel9 https://t.co/u9ZfEGwA6J
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Jennifer Bendery
2 days ago: Monday Jun 17 - 9:34am
RT @sahilkapur: Pakistan govt accidentally turns ‘cat’ filter on during FB Live, leaves everyone in splits https://t.co/eajBH3gpJF
Jennifer Bendery
3 days ago: Sunday Jun 16 - 10:01pm
oh man this is gonna be *quite* the ratio 🍿 https://t.co/93DIzSXR65
Jennifer Bendery
3 days ago: Sunday Jun 16 - 9:56pm
"You're from Queens" 😂 https://t.co/ZmEgfpw2d1
Jennifer Bendery
3 days ago: Sunday Jun 16 - 8:51pm
RT @ddale8: Here's a non-exhaustive list of the false claims Trump made in his ABC interview, whose transcript has been posted here: https://t.co/IV5uAzc4bv
Jennifer Bendery
3 days ago: Sunday Jun 16 - 8:40pm
Jon Stewart isn't done shaming Congress for failing to secure funding for 9/11 first responders. "I want to make it clear that this has never been dealt with compassionately by Senator McConnell." https://t.co/jFjD2mma5E
Jennifer Bendery
3 days ago: Sunday Jun 16 - 1:04pm
A backwards header into the goal?? I bow down to you @USWNT. #WomensWorldCup2019
Jennifer Bendery
3 days ago: Sunday Jun 16 - 12:47pm
@alissascheller yes
Jennifer Bendery
3 days ago: Sunday Jun 16 - 12:47pm
@Amy_Siskind It's really good. I've been thinking about it since seeing it last night.
Jennifer Bendery
3 days ago: Sunday Jun 16 - 12:46pm
@itsalexberg it's really good
Jennifer Bendery
3 days ago: Sunday Jun 16 - 12:13pm
Gentleman Jack's finale was one of the finest hours in lesbian cinematic history https://t.co/F2o93p4J85
Jennifer Bendery
3 days ago: Sunday Jun 16 - 9:51am
Happy Father's Day to all the dads, mine included, who are definitely rocking sneakers and tube socks pulled up to their knees today.