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Jennifer Bendery
4 hours ago: Tuesday Dec 6 - 10:58am
@MEPFuller uhhhhh...??
Jennifer Bendery
4 hours ago: Tuesday Dec 6 - 10:57am
RT @MEPFuller: So, uh, is everything we've been told about the Kennedy assassination a lie? Because we got a hell of a "Big, if true" today. https://t.co/90nLdS8Vyv
Jennifer Bendery
4 hours ago: Tuesday Dec 6 - 10:33am
RT @chenderson: I want to applaud this and yet… ➡️14 judicial vacancies for DC Superior Court. Almost a quarter! ➡️ 2 of 9 judicial vacancies for DC Court of Appeals. We are the only jurisdiction whose local judges are appointed by the president, subject to Senate confirmation. https://t.co/N59AsdREA5
Jennifer Bendery
4 hours ago: Tuesday Dec 6 - 10:32am
Mitch McConnell on the Senate floor: "Well, here we are again." https://t.co/rtrmExj2Az
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Jennifer Bendery
4 hours ago: Tuesday Dec 6 - 10:24am
RT @mikeduncan: An absolutely infuriating story with an absolutely infuriating conclusion. https://t.co/ZpQNoGftCR
Jennifer Bendery
4 hours ago: Tuesday Dec 6 - 10:19am
RT @mychaelschnell: NEW: A spokesperson for Speaker Pelosi tells me the Respect for Marriage Act will come up on THURSDAY. Comes after Pelosi last week said the bill would come to the floor today, but it’s not on the schedule.
Jennifer Bendery
4 hours ago: Tuesday Dec 6 - 10:13am
Chuck Schumer on the Senate floor right now, touting Dems' success in confirming Biden's judges. Today the Senate will confirm Biden's 89th and 90th court picks, more than past 2 presidents in first 2 years. Almost 50% of them are women of color. "That's never happened before." https://t.co/nlBHP2lN03
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Jennifer Bendery
5 hours ago: Tuesday Dec 6 - 9:54am
RT @cwdarney: Lynda Carter is trending solely because people are talking about how great she is and sharing gorgeous pictures of her. That’s the trending dream tbh.
Jennifer Bendery
17 hours ago: Monday Dec 5 - 9:40pm
RT @jbendery: NEW: Elizabeth Warren today will unveil a sweeping, first-of-its-kind bill aimed at addressing the U.S. govt's broken promises to tribes, providing a legislative framework to Congress for living up to its responsibilities laid out in centuries of treaties. https://t.co/agpL7JRGcO
Jennifer Bendery
18 hours ago: Monday Dec 5 - 8:55pm
@fawnjohnson it was a total, immediate flop btw. this was how much she ate before casting the cookie (and me) away. you still get points for creativity and for general Sherpa-ing. 🙏🏼 https://t.co/fsXENTHI4P
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Jennifer Bendery
21 hours ago: Monday Dec 5 - 5:30pm
@AmusedToDeath1 Nope!
Jennifer Bendery
21 hours ago: Monday Dec 5 - 5:11pm
Back to screaming into the void! 😃
Jennifer Bendery
22 hours ago: Monday Dec 5 - 5:08pm
Anyway, some BG on Peltier, the 78-year-old Indigenous rights activist who has been in prison for 46 years and is on track to die there, but never should have been there in the first place. https://t.co/HGd15qYoYJ
Jennifer Bendery
22 hours ago: Monday Dec 5 - 5:06pm
I also just learned Peltier is using a walker now, he's blind in one eye from a partial stroke (not sure when that happened) and is struggling with an aortic aneurysm. "Someone at the prison described him as a model prisoner who has no business being there," said his attorney.
Jennifer Bendery
22 hours ago: Monday Dec 5 - 5:04pm
Peltier's attorney says he's in a lot of pain because his diabetes isn't being managed well, which causes pain from sciatica, which requires space to manage. The space in Peltier's confinement cell is 18 inches for him and 18 inches for his cellmate.
Jennifer Bendery
22 hours ago: Monday Dec 5 - 5:01pm
Apparently lockdown at Peltier's prison in Florida = Peltier confined 24/7 to a 7x12 room with a cellmate, two beds, two sets of lockers, a toilet and a sink. Peltier, who is 78, is "really depressed" and his diabetes is in a bad state, in part because of the confinement.
Jennifer Bendery
22 hours ago: Monday Dec 5 - 4:59pm
Speaking of Peltier, I just heard from his attorney (aka a former federal judge appointed by Obama) who said Peltier is struggling health-wise as his prison has been on lockdown for at least 2 weeks. He's been confined to a cell with another person with 36 inches between them.
Jennifer Bendery
23 hours ago: Monday Dec 5 - 3:47pm
RT @JoyceWhiteVance: Appalling. During argument in 303 Creative v. Elenis, a 1st Am case where a website designer says she should be able to advertise on her site that she won't do design work for gay couples who are getting married, Justice Alito jokes about not seeing many Black kids in KKK outfits https://t.co/Hc3iCRz61X
Jennifer Bendery
23 hours ago: Monday Dec 5 - 3:46pm
what https://t.co/Ao4fErhKT0
Jennifer Bendery
23 hours ago: Monday Dec 5 - 3:29pm
👀
Jennifer Bendery
23 hours ago: Monday Dec 5 - 3:29pm
In fact, just last week, Leahy was among a group of 7 senators who publicly called on Biden to show mercy and release Peltier from prison. Today, they're having lunch. https://t.co/HGd15qYoYJ
Jennifer Bendery
23 hours ago: Monday Dec 5 - 3:27pm
Biden hosted retiring Sens. Patrick Leahy (D) + Richard Shelby (R) for lunch at the WH today, per WH. Leahy, who has worked with Biden for 40+ years, told me earlier this year that he planned to privately talk to Biden about granting clemency to Leonard Peltier. 👀
Jennifer Bendery
23 hours ago: Monday Dec 5 - 3:10pm
RT @SenWarren: For generations, the U.S. government has failed to fulfill its commitments to Tribal Nations & Native communities, chronically underfunding federal programs. @RepDerekKilmer & I have a new bill to make historic progress on finally honoring those promises. https://t.co/RDKnZt5KWj
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Dec 5 - 2:48pm
... tribes can't do shit when a non-Native person, on THEIR land, commits crimes. A full Oliphant fix is like saying yes, the federal government recognizes that tribes are sovereign nations and should have full jurisdiction over people who commit crimes on their land.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Dec 5 - 2:44pm
This year, Congress expanded VAWA to give tribes the ability to participate in having "special tribal criminal jurisdiction" to arrest + prosecute non-Native people on tribal land in specific cases involving violence (with kids, dating partners, cops). So that was good. But....
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Dec 5 - 2:35pm
A "full Oliphant fix" would gives tribes full criminal jurisdiction over non-Native ppl who commit crimes on tribal land. Tribes currently only have limited jurisdiction over non-Native men who are violent toward Indigenous women, which hampers tribes’ ability to punish them.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Dec 5 - 2:34pm
You could prob carve out and introduce 20 individual bills out of this one bill. Or more. One thing, for ex, that could be carved out -- and is a major public safety issue for tribal leaders -- is the provision calling for a so-called “full Oliphant fix."
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Dec 5 - 2:24pm
@kristinhersh 😘
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Dec 5 - 2:20pm
A copy of the full, exhaustive 244-page legislation is in here. https://t.co/agpL7JRGcO
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Dec 5 - 2:18pm
There is so much going on in this bill. It actually attempts to remedy the government's history of financially failing tribes. "This underfunding is no longer a quiet crisis, it’s a raging humanitarian crisis all across Indian Country," says NCAI @PresFawnSharp.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Dec 5 - 2:13pm
Is this bill going to pass anytime soon? No. Will it ever? Probably not. But that's not really the point, Warren would argue. It's more of a starting point for lawmakers to fully grasp the problem, and then have legislative solutions ready to act on. https://t.co/agpL7JRGcO
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Dec 5 - 2:10pm
Warren's bill lays out specifically how and where the government should be directing mandatory, full federal spending to tribes to make up for decades (centuries?) of chronic underfunding, in 5 areas: housing, education, health care, economic development and public safety.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Dec 5 - 2:06pm
This bill has been in the works for years, and written with extensive input from tribal leaders and citizens. It’s in direct response to a damning 2018 report by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights that detailed just how badly the fed government has been underfunding tribes.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Dec 5 - 1:59pm
NEW: Elizabeth Warren today will unveil a sweeping, first-of-its-kind bill aimed at addressing the U.S. govt's broken promises to tribes, providing a legislative framework to Congress for living up to its responsibilities laid out in centuries of treaties. https://t.co/agpL7JRGcO
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Dec 5 - 1:50pm
oh. my god. https://t.co/iuj4SAt6f8
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Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Dec 5 - 9:25am
RT @lisamurkowski: Suggesting the termination of the Constitution is not only a betrayal of our Oath of Office, it’s an affront to our Republic.
Jennifer Bendery
3 days ago: Saturday Dec 3 - 11:55am
welp #WorldCup2022
Jennifer Bendery
3 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 3:40pm
The mysterious fourth guy at Trump's dinner with Kanye West tells his story to HuffPost's @mattshuham https://t.co/UYz6AgULPR
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 2:58pm
RT @LakotaMan1: Please join me in wishing our beloved Interior Secretary a wonderfully blessed birthday. 🪶💐 https://t.co/hRSdV7Eym2
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Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 2:58pm
RT @StevieVanZandt: Happy Birthday Baby! Looking good! Now get Leonard Peltier out of jail please! https://t.co/4oH7iHmdPE
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 2:10pm
Also both at last night's State Dinner at the WH... 😬 https://t.co/ZCSXMTEstF
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 2:09pm
@dgordon52 whoa-- missed that! 😬
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 2:03pm
@plain_me9 Joe-- my bad.
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 2:03pm
Oops-- Joe Scarborough, not Chuck. (His full name was on there: Mr. Charles Joseph Scarborough.)
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 1:59pm
Just skimmed the guest list for last night's WH State Dinner with Macron. What a weird mix: Stephen Breyer Julia Louis-Dreyfus Susan Collins Mika Brzezinski + Chuck Scarborough Tim Cook Jennifer Garner Jeffrey Katzenberg Kevin McCarthy John Legend + Chrissy Teigen Anna Wintour
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 1:08pm
RT @brianschatz: I remember center-left political “experts” aggressively, angrily decrying Democrats for focusing on this. A leader’s job is to influence public opinion, not follow it blindly. And political analysts should focus on what matters most, not what they think someone else cares about. https://t.co/ZdB86vRZCe
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 1:00pm
RT @MondaireJones: Donald Trump launched his presidential campaign by dining with two rabid antisemites. Given that only a handful of Republicans in the next Congress have condemned Trump’s behavior, it’s BS for McConnell to say there’s no room in the GOP for antisemitism or white supremacy.
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 12:24pm
RT @POTUS: I just want to make a few things clear: The Holocaust happened. Hitler was a demonic figure. And instead of giving it a platform, our political leaders should be calling out and rejecting antisemitism wherever it hides. Silence is complicity.
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 12:19pm
RT @Rowaida_Abdel: Scoop: @Ilhan and @SenWarren spearheaded a letter sent today to Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen and others to “modernize” their policies that have long targeted Muslims and communities of color https://t.co/vGHsKgU2EE
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 12:09pm
Bah I messed up this thread. Here's the rest. https://t.co/XXYtU5K5Yg
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 11:38am
So much for a mini thread. (15/15)
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 11:36am
"Leonard is not only a symbol of Indigenous pride, he is also our relative. And his homecoming is imperative to our collective healing." https://t.co/e5dFKy9OeJ (14/x)
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 11:35am
All of these pleas to Biden for Peltier's clemency happened over the past few days. Wild to me how much momentum is *still* behind freeing Peltier from prison, after all this time, and righting this wrong. Peltier has come to represent so much more than himself. (13/x)
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 11:29am
Peltier is essentially America's longest-serving political prisoner. He's maintained his innocence all along, which has kept him in prison even longer. I interviewed him in May. It took months to line up. "I'm not guilty. I would like to go home." (12/x) https://t.co/tdHkkpl9Pm
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 11:24am
Did I mention how Peltier ended up in prison? Hoover's FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office put him there because they needed a fall guy after they couldn't figure out who shot 2 FBI agents in a 1975 shootout on Pine Ridge Reservation in S.D. Except.... https://t.co/rMdqQeDgtT
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Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 11:21am
@shields_dylan Dunno! People at the top, apparently.
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 11:21am
Who is Leonard Peltier, you may be asking? Growing up outside of DC, I constantly saw "Free Peltier" signs and shirts on display at events and concerts. But I never really knew his story until last year. It's consumed me ever since. https://t.co/MI8JNtKA5g
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 11:17am
Amnesty International, an organization that typically fights human rights abuses in other countries, also called on Biden yesterday to grant clemency to Peltier. (10/x) https://t.co/ftSWXTnSop
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 11:15am
Steven Van Zandt, a longtime advocate for Peltier, told me recently he was lobbying Trump to release Peltier and though he had a real chance. But... "I started, you know, getting close to various people. And they kept going to jail." Welp! (9/x) https://t.co/x2LCycpqtn
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 11:10am
Other actors, singers and artists signed onto this letter to Biden, urging him to release Peltier: @MarkRuffalo @anidifranco @edhelms @AmericaFerrera @JacksonBrowne @TheBonnieRaitt @ringostarrmusic @tanyatucker @StevieVanZandt (8/x)
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 11:05am
This letter was led by six Indigenous actors and artists, some of whom you might recognize from the shows Rutherford Falls or Reservation Dogs: @dallasgoldtooth @BirdRunningH2O @janaunplgd @sierraornelas @DPharaohWTai Bethany Yellowtail (7/x)
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 10:56am
And then yesterday, hundreds of Indigenous artists and Hollywood stars begged Biden to let Peltier go home. “Nothing is more emblematic of the mistreatment of American Indians + the uneven hand of the criminal justice system” than his imprisonment. (6/x) https://t.co/e5dFKy9OeJ
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 10:53am
This letter came a day before Biden spoke at the Tribal Nations Summit at the WH, where he touted all that he's done for Indian Country. It's a lot! But... Peltier's ongoing imprisonment didn't come up at all. Politico called him out on it. (5/x) https://t.co/gQZLNdzyJ0
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 10:48am
This plea to Biden marks the first time that 3 of these senators (marked with an asterisk) have publicly joined the others in calling for Peltier's release. These senators: Brian Schatz Patrick Leahy Elizabeth Warren* Ed Markey* Bernie Sanders Mazie Hirono Tina Smith* (4/x)
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 10:45am
"Mr. Peltier’s continued imprisonment defies the promises of justice, and the power to exercise mercy in this case lies solely within your discretion," these senators said to Biden. (3/x)
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 10:44am
For starters, seven Democratic senators appealed to Biden to immediately release Peltier, the ailing 78-year-old Indigenous rights activist whom the U.S. govt put in prison 46 years ago after a trial riddled with misconduct and racism. https://t.co/HGd15qXR9b (2/x)
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 10:39am
It's been quite a week in the campaign to pressure (plead with?) Biden to grant clemency for Leonard Peltier. A mini thread. (1/x)
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 10:37am
HuffPost blogger Prince William weighs in on the climate crisis https://t.co/tHKwmGCfWG
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Thursday Dec 1 - 11:10pm
RT @jbendery: NEW: Hundreds of Native artists and Hollywood stars today pleaded with Biden to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier. “Nothing is more emblematic of the mistreatment of American Indians + the uneven hand of the criminal justice system” than his imprisonment. https://t.co/e5dFKy9OeJ
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Thursday Dec 1 - 4:42pm
NEW: Hundreds of Native artists and Hollywood stars today pleaded with Biden to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier. “Nothing is more emblematic of the mistreatment of American Indians + the uneven hand of the criminal justice system” than his imprisonment. https://t.co/e5dFKy9OeJ
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Dec 1 - 2:45pm
Real uptick this week in people and groups urging Biden to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier. Amnesty International is here for it today. https://t.co/ftSWXToqdX
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Dec 1 - 1:48pm
RT @RyanDeto: The House Judiciary GOP tweet saying "Kanye. Elon. Trump" has been deleted after Kanye West appeared on InfoWars and praised Hitler https://t.co/syUbYNfbv9
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Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Dec 1 - 1:15pm
RT @WeDemandJustice: After insurrectionist Josh Hawley tried to falsely accuse a Biden nominee of making frivolous legal arguments, Sen @maziehirono clapped back by bringing up Republican claims of election fraud --> https://t.co/EMsLfaL2Yn
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Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Dec 1 - 1:03pm
RT @mjs_DC: Opposite-sex couples conceive with the help of donors ALL THE TIME and do not have to explain or justify themselves to the public. They do not the face kind of harassment and mockery that this bigot is trying to normalize. It’s homophobic and cruel. What a hateful, petty troll. https://t.co/yux2dnDyA0
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Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Dec 1 - 12:40pm
RT @chrislhayes: Still up! https://t.co/YAbkuXMlxP
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Dec 1 - 12:18pm
RT @mollyhc: You guys are all going to do the same coverage next year about how much money the USMNT makes off of the USWNT’s World Cup, too, right?
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Dec 1 - 10:46am
RT @mjs_DC: Wow: DC plans to make all buses operating within the District FREE to all riders, starting in summer 2023. We'll be the first major U.S. city to have free bus service. Also adding overnight service for 12 bus lines and giving all DC residents a $100 monthly subsidy for bus/metro. https://t.co/nfwjvIhJnY
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Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 10:45pm
RT @BrendanNyhan: Frightening. The President of the Heritage Foundation. The Orbanization of the GOP continues. https://t.co/YQ9ZEZyCjY
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 8:30pm
The Senate Judiciary Committee is voting tomorrow morning to send 18 -- 18! -- judicial nominees to the Senate floor to be confirmed. That's a lot. Here's some unformatted block text of all of their names from the press release, if you wanna sift through. 😳 https://t.co/L8toJU4YVp
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Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 5:54pm
In related news, 7 senators wrote to Biden yesterday urging him to show some mercy and let Peltier finally go home. Because Biden has the ability to do that right now. A thread on that. https://t.co/wJcTRj1fCR
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 5:22pm
I knew this was coming; I'm quoted in here. But still, amazing that Politico is giving Leonard Peltier some attention. Props.
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 5:22pm
! Politico's West Wing Playbook this evening leads with a focus on Leonard Peltier, whose name didn't come up at all during Biden's remarks at today's Tribal Nations Summit at the White House. "The man missing from Biden's remarks." https://t.co/gQZLNdivH0
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 5:06pm
RT @StevieNicks: https://t.co/shclwCGpuu
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Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 4:13pm
👀 https://t.co/O7urfF2ac0
Jennifer Bendery
6 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 2:54pm
RT @ewarren: The Biden administration has already taken key steps to uphold justice & right past wrongs of our government’s treatment of Native Americans. The president should take another step by granting clemency to Native American rights activist Leonard Peltier. https://t.co/K1aLxVJaSG
Jennifer Bendery
6 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 12:45pm
Chuck Schumer says in a statement that yesterday's passage of the Respect for Marriage Act shows that "it's obvious to everyone, there are many Republican Senators who don’t embrace MAGA. And we say to them, we want to keep working with you."
Jennifer Bendery
6 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 12:39pm
For all the things Biden has done and is doing to lift up Native people, voices and tribes -- and it's a lot -- he's said nothing about Peltier, whose imprisonment remains a decadeslong stain on the U.S. criminal justice system. Even the DNC agrees. https://t.co/XnKfpnc921
Jennifer Bendery
6 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 12:37pm
One topic that did not come up at all in Biden's remarks at this Tribal Nations summit: Leonard Peltier.
Jennifer Bendery
6 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 12:27pm
"Four more years!" someone shouted in the room. "Oh I don't know about that," Biden seemed to say. https://t.co/UNlXw13TSl
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Jennifer Bendery
6 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 12:25pm
Biden wraps up by touting his commitment to Indian Country. "No one's ever done as much as president as this administration is doing. Period. Period," he says to loud cheers. "I am committed."
Jennifer Bendery
6 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 12:23pm
Biden thanks the tribal leaders in the room for their partnerships with the U.S. govt. "I'm sure I'll make mistakes. But you know me, don't hesitate to correct me when I make them. And I know you, you won't hesitate."
Jennifer Bendery
6 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 12:20pm
"I intend to make official presidential visits to Indian Country," Biden says to applause. "I'll do so in the spirit of our nation-to-nation relationship."
Jennifer Bendery
6 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 12:11pm
Pelosi's statement on the new cast of Dems being elected to lead House Dems in 2023: https://t.co/rA75r2EVwK
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Jennifer Bendery
6 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 12:05pm
Besides Haaland, Biden says he's appointed dozens of Native Americans to posts. "Over 60 Native American appointees all across my admin, including in the federal courts." Says he restored the WH Council on Native American Affairs + made "historic investments" in Indian Country.
Jennifer Bendery
6 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 12:00pm
Biden now speaking at the Tribal Nations Summit at the White House. Begins by praising Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, noting that she's the first Native American cabinet secretary in U.S. history. "Deb, I want to thank you for your leadership." https://t.co/qGghVTnNbR
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Jennifer Bendery
6 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 11:56am
ICYMI last night: The Senate actually passed a meaningful, historic bill to codify same-sex marriage protections -- a direct response to Clarence Thomas saying the Supreme Court should reconsider Obergefell now that it's gutted Roe v Wade. https://t.co/kn0L4rqrHf
Jennifer Bendery
6 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 11:38am
I love that Ardern -- with a big smile -- just cut off this reporter's stupid question like, ok, enough.
Jennifer Bendery
6 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 11:30am
RT @politicalplayer: @jbendery Here it is https://t.co/OkKRyicfAm
Jennifer Bendery
6 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 11:30am
"Because two women meet it’s not simply because of their gender." We need to back to Kindergarten for this guy? 😂
Jennifer Bendery
6 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 11:28am
A male reporter actually asked New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern if she's meeting with Finnish PM Sanna Marin -- both young women! gasp! -- "because you're similar in age and got a lot of common stuff there?"
4 hours ago: Tuesday Dec 6 - 10:58am
@MEPFuller uhhhhh...??
Jennifer Bendery
4 hours ago: Tuesday Dec 6 - 10:57am
RT @MEPFuller: So, uh, is everything we've been told about the Kennedy assassination a lie? Because we got a hell of a "Big, if true" today. https://t.co/90nLdS8Vyv
Jennifer Bendery
4 hours ago: Tuesday Dec 6 - 10:33am
RT @chenderson: I want to applaud this and yet… ➡️14 judicial vacancies for DC Superior Court. Almost a quarter! ➡️ 2 of 9 judicial vacancies for DC Court of Appeals. We are the only jurisdiction whose local judges are appointed by the president, subject to Senate confirmation. https://t.co/N59AsdREA5
Jennifer Bendery
4 hours ago: Tuesday Dec 6 - 10:32am
Mitch McConnell on the Senate floor: "Well, here we are again." https://t.co/rtrmExj2Az
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Jennifer Bendery
4 hours ago: Tuesday Dec 6 - 10:24am
RT @mikeduncan: An absolutely infuriating story with an absolutely infuriating conclusion. https://t.co/ZpQNoGftCR
Jennifer Bendery
4 hours ago: Tuesday Dec 6 - 10:19am
RT @mychaelschnell: NEW: A spokesperson for Speaker Pelosi tells me the Respect for Marriage Act will come up on THURSDAY. Comes after Pelosi last week said the bill would come to the floor today, but it’s not on the schedule.
Jennifer Bendery
4 hours ago: Tuesday Dec 6 - 10:13am
Chuck Schumer on the Senate floor right now, touting Dems' success in confirming Biden's judges. Today the Senate will confirm Biden's 89th and 90th court picks, more than past 2 presidents in first 2 years. Almost 50% of them are women of color. "That's never happened before." https://t.co/nlBHP2lN03
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Jennifer Bendery
5 hours ago: Tuesday Dec 6 - 9:54am
RT @cwdarney: Lynda Carter is trending solely because people are talking about how great she is and sharing gorgeous pictures of her. That’s the trending dream tbh.
Jennifer Bendery
17 hours ago: Monday Dec 5 - 9:40pm
RT @jbendery: NEW: Elizabeth Warren today will unveil a sweeping, first-of-its-kind bill aimed at addressing the U.S. govt's broken promises to tribes, providing a legislative framework to Congress for living up to its responsibilities laid out in centuries of treaties. https://t.co/agpL7JRGcO
Jennifer Bendery
18 hours ago: Monday Dec 5 - 8:55pm
@fawnjohnson it was a total, immediate flop btw. this was how much she ate before casting the cookie (and me) away. you still get points for creativity and for general Sherpa-ing. 🙏🏼 https://t.co/fsXENTHI4P
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Jennifer Bendery
21 hours ago: Monday Dec 5 - 5:30pm
@AmusedToDeath1 Nope!
Jennifer Bendery
21 hours ago: Monday Dec 5 - 5:11pm
Back to screaming into the void! 😃
Jennifer Bendery
22 hours ago: Monday Dec 5 - 5:08pm
Anyway, some BG on Peltier, the 78-year-old Indigenous rights activist who has been in prison for 46 years and is on track to die there, but never should have been there in the first place. https://t.co/HGd15qYoYJ
Jennifer Bendery
22 hours ago: Monday Dec 5 - 5:06pm
I also just learned Peltier is using a walker now, he's blind in one eye from a partial stroke (not sure when that happened) and is struggling with an aortic aneurysm. "Someone at the prison described him as a model prisoner who has no business being there," said his attorney.
Jennifer Bendery
22 hours ago: Monday Dec 5 - 5:04pm
Peltier's attorney says he's in a lot of pain because his diabetes isn't being managed well, which causes pain from sciatica, which requires space to manage. The space in Peltier's confinement cell is 18 inches for him and 18 inches for his cellmate.
Jennifer Bendery
22 hours ago: Monday Dec 5 - 5:01pm
Apparently lockdown at Peltier's prison in Florida = Peltier confined 24/7 to a 7x12 room with a cellmate, two beds, two sets of lockers, a toilet and a sink. Peltier, who is 78, is "really depressed" and his diabetes is in a bad state, in part because of the confinement.
Jennifer Bendery
22 hours ago: Monday Dec 5 - 4:59pm
Speaking of Peltier, I just heard from his attorney (aka a former federal judge appointed by Obama) who said Peltier is struggling health-wise as his prison has been on lockdown for at least 2 weeks. He's been confined to a cell with another person with 36 inches between them.
Jennifer Bendery
23 hours ago: Monday Dec 5 - 3:47pm
RT @JoyceWhiteVance: Appalling. During argument in 303 Creative v. Elenis, a 1st Am case where a website designer says she should be able to advertise on her site that she won't do design work for gay couples who are getting married, Justice Alito jokes about not seeing many Black kids in KKK outfits https://t.co/Hc3iCRz61X
Jennifer Bendery
23 hours ago: Monday Dec 5 - 3:46pm
what https://t.co/Ao4fErhKT0
Jennifer Bendery
23 hours ago: Monday Dec 5 - 3:29pm
👀
Jennifer Bendery
23 hours ago: Monday Dec 5 - 3:29pm
In fact, just last week, Leahy was among a group of 7 senators who publicly called on Biden to show mercy and release Peltier from prison. Today, they're having lunch. https://t.co/HGd15qYoYJ
Jennifer Bendery
23 hours ago: Monday Dec 5 - 3:27pm
Biden hosted retiring Sens. Patrick Leahy (D) + Richard Shelby (R) for lunch at the WH today, per WH. Leahy, who has worked with Biden for 40+ years, told me earlier this year that he planned to privately talk to Biden about granting clemency to Leonard Peltier. 👀
Jennifer Bendery
23 hours ago: Monday Dec 5 - 3:10pm
RT @SenWarren: For generations, the U.S. government has failed to fulfill its commitments to Tribal Nations & Native communities, chronically underfunding federal programs. @RepDerekKilmer & I have a new bill to make historic progress on finally honoring those promises. https://t.co/RDKnZt5KWj
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Dec 5 - 2:48pm
... tribes can't do shit when a non-Native person, on THEIR land, commits crimes. A full Oliphant fix is like saying yes, the federal government recognizes that tribes are sovereign nations and should have full jurisdiction over people who commit crimes on their land.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Dec 5 - 2:44pm
This year, Congress expanded VAWA to give tribes the ability to participate in having "special tribal criminal jurisdiction" to arrest + prosecute non-Native people on tribal land in specific cases involving violence (with kids, dating partners, cops). So that was good. But....
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Dec 5 - 2:35pm
A "full Oliphant fix" would gives tribes full criminal jurisdiction over non-Native ppl who commit crimes on tribal land. Tribes currently only have limited jurisdiction over non-Native men who are violent toward Indigenous women, which hampers tribes’ ability to punish them.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Dec 5 - 2:34pm
You could prob carve out and introduce 20 individual bills out of this one bill. Or more. One thing, for ex, that could be carved out -- and is a major public safety issue for tribal leaders -- is the provision calling for a so-called “full Oliphant fix."
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Dec 5 - 2:24pm
@kristinhersh 😘
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Dec 5 - 2:20pm
A copy of the full, exhaustive 244-page legislation is in here. https://t.co/agpL7JRGcO
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Dec 5 - 2:18pm
There is so much going on in this bill. It actually attempts to remedy the government's history of financially failing tribes. "This underfunding is no longer a quiet crisis, it’s a raging humanitarian crisis all across Indian Country," says NCAI @PresFawnSharp.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Dec 5 - 2:13pm
Is this bill going to pass anytime soon? No. Will it ever? Probably not. But that's not really the point, Warren would argue. It's more of a starting point for lawmakers to fully grasp the problem, and then have legislative solutions ready to act on. https://t.co/agpL7JRGcO
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Dec 5 - 2:10pm
Warren's bill lays out specifically how and where the government should be directing mandatory, full federal spending to tribes to make up for decades (centuries?) of chronic underfunding, in 5 areas: housing, education, health care, economic development and public safety.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Dec 5 - 2:06pm
This bill has been in the works for years, and written with extensive input from tribal leaders and citizens. It’s in direct response to a damning 2018 report by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights that detailed just how badly the fed government has been underfunding tribes.
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Dec 5 - 1:59pm
NEW: Elizabeth Warren today will unveil a sweeping, first-of-its-kind bill aimed at addressing the U.S. govt's broken promises to tribes, providing a legislative framework to Congress for living up to its responsibilities laid out in centuries of treaties. https://t.co/agpL7JRGcO
Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Dec 5 - 1:50pm
oh. my god. https://t.co/iuj4SAt6f8
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Jennifer Bendery
1 day ago: Monday Dec 5 - 9:25am
RT @lisamurkowski: Suggesting the termination of the Constitution is not only a betrayal of our Oath of Office, it’s an affront to our Republic.
Jennifer Bendery
3 days ago: Saturday Dec 3 - 11:55am
welp #WorldCup2022
Jennifer Bendery
3 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 3:40pm
The mysterious fourth guy at Trump's dinner with Kanye West tells his story to HuffPost's @mattshuham https://t.co/UYz6AgULPR
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 2:58pm
RT @LakotaMan1: Please join me in wishing our beloved Interior Secretary a wonderfully blessed birthday. 🪶💐 https://t.co/hRSdV7Eym2
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Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 2:58pm
RT @StevieVanZandt: Happy Birthday Baby! Looking good! Now get Leonard Peltier out of jail please! https://t.co/4oH7iHmdPE
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 2:10pm
Also both at last night's State Dinner at the WH... 😬 https://t.co/ZCSXMTEstF
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 2:09pm
@dgordon52 whoa-- missed that! 😬
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 2:03pm
@plain_me9 Joe-- my bad.
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 2:03pm
Oops-- Joe Scarborough, not Chuck. (His full name was on there: Mr. Charles Joseph Scarborough.)
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 1:59pm
Just skimmed the guest list for last night's WH State Dinner with Macron. What a weird mix: Stephen Breyer Julia Louis-Dreyfus Susan Collins Mika Brzezinski + Chuck Scarborough Tim Cook Jennifer Garner Jeffrey Katzenberg Kevin McCarthy John Legend + Chrissy Teigen Anna Wintour
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 1:08pm
RT @brianschatz: I remember center-left political “experts” aggressively, angrily decrying Democrats for focusing on this. A leader’s job is to influence public opinion, not follow it blindly. And political analysts should focus on what matters most, not what they think someone else cares about. https://t.co/ZdB86vRZCe
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 1:00pm
RT @MondaireJones: Donald Trump launched his presidential campaign by dining with two rabid antisemites. Given that only a handful of Republicans in the next Congress have condemned Trump’s behavior, it’s BS for McConnell to say there’s no room in the GOP for antisemitism or white supremacy.
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 12:24pm
RT @POTUS: I just want to make a few things clear: The Holocaust happened. Hitler was a demonic figure. And instead of giving it a platform, our political leaders should be calling out and rejecting antisemitism wherever it hides. Silence is complicity.
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 12:19pm
RT @Rowaida_Abdel: Scoop: @Ilhan and @SenWarren spearheaded a letter sent today to Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen and others to “modernize” their policies that have long targeted Muslims and communities of color https://t.co/vGHsKgU2EE
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 12:09pm
Bah I messed up this thread. Here's the rest. https://t.co/XXYtU5K5Yg
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 11:38am
So much for a mini thread. (15/15)
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 11:36am
"Leonard is not only a symbol of Indigenous pride, he is also our relative. And his homecoming is imperative to our collective healing." https://t.co/e5dFKy9OeJ (14/x)
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 11:35am
All of these pleas to Biden for Peltier's clemency happened over the past few days. Wild to me how much momentum is *still* behind freeing Peltier from prison, after all this time, and righting this wrong. Peltier has come to represent so much more than himself. (13/x)
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 11:29am
Peltier is essentially America's longest-serving political prisoner. He's maintained his innocence all along, which has kept him in prison even longer. I interviewed him in May. It took months to line up. "I'm not guilty. I would like to go home." (12/x) https://t.co/tdHkkpl9Pm
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 11:24am
Did I mention how Peltier ended up in prison? Hoover's FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office put him there because they needed a fall guy after they couldn't figure out who shot 2 FBI agents in a 1975 shootout on Pine Ridge Reservation in S.D. Except.... https://t.co/rMdqQeDgtT
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Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 11:21am
@shields_dylan Dunno! People at the top, apparently.
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 11:21am
Who is Leonard Peltier, you may be asking? Growing up outside of DC, I constantly saw "Free Peltier" signs and shirts on display at events and concerts. But I never really knew his story until last year. It's consumed me ever since. https://t.co/MI8JNtKA5g
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 11:17am
Amnesty International, an organization that typically fights human rights abuses in other countries, also called on Biden yesterday to grant clemency to Peltier. (10/x) https://t.co/ftSWXTnSop
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 11:15am
Steven Van Zandt, a longtime advocate for Peltier, told me recently he was lobbying Trump to release Peltier and though he had a real chance. But... "I started, you know, getting close to various people. And they kept going to jail." Welp! (9/x) https://t.co/x2LCycpqtn
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 11:10am
Other actors, singers and artists signed onto this letter to Biden, urging him to release Peltier: @MarkRuffalo @anidifranco @edhelms @AmericaFerrera @JacksonBrowne @TheBonnieRaitt @ringostarrmusic @tanyatucker @StevieVanZandt (8/x)
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 11:05am
This letter was led by six Indigenous actors and artists, some of whom you might recognize from the shows Rutherford Falls or Reservation Dogs: @dallasgoldtooth @BirdRunningH2O @janaunplgd @sierraornelas @DPharaohWTai Bethany Yellowtail (7/x)
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 10:56am
And then yesterday, hundreds of Indigenous artists and Hollywood stars begged Biden to let Peltier go home. “Nothing is more emblematic of the mistreatment of American Indians + the uneven hand of the criminal justice system” than his imprisonment. (6/x) https://t.co/e5dFKy9OeJ
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 10:53am
This letter came a day before Biden spoke at the Tribal Nations Summit at the WH, where he touted all that he's done for Indian Country. It's a lot! But... Peltier's ongoing imprisonment didn't come up at all. Politico called him out on it. (5/x) https://t.co/gQZLNdzyJ0
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 10:48am
This plea to Biden marks the first time that 3 of these senators (marked with an asterisk) have publicly joined the others in calling for Peltier's release. These senators: Brian Schatz Patrick Leahy Elizabeth Warren* Ed Markey* Bernie Sanders Mazie Hirono Tina Smith* (4/x)
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 10:45am
"Mr. Peltier’s continued imprisonment defies the promises of justice, and the power to exercise mercy in this case lies solely within your discretion," these senators said to Biden. (3/x)
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 10:44am
For starters, seven Democratic senators appealed to Biden to immediately release Peltier, the ailing 78-year-old Indigenous rights activist whom the U.S. govt put in prison 46 years ago after a trial riddled with misconduct and racism. https://t.co/HGd15qXR9b (2/x)
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 10:39am
It's been quite a week in the campaign to pressure (plead with?) Biden to grant clemency for Leonard Peltier. A mini thread. (1/x)
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 10:37am
HuffPost blogger Prince William weighs in on the climate crisis https://t.co/tHKwmGCfWG
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Thursday Dec 1 - 11:10pm
RT @jbendery: NEW: Hundreds of Native artists and Hollywood stars today pleaded with Biden to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier. “Nothing is more emblematic of the mistreatment of American Indians + the uneven hand of the criminal justice system” than his imprisonment. https://t.co/e5dFKy9OeJ
Jennifer Bendery
4 days ago: Thursday Dec 1 - 4:42pm
NEW: Hundreds of Native artists and Hollywood stars today pleaded with Biden to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier. “Nothing is more emblematic of the mistreatment of American Indians + the uneven hand of the criminal justice system” than his imprisonment. https://t.co/e5dFKy9OeJ
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Dec 1 - 2:45pm
Real uptick this week in people and groups urging Biden to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier. Amnesty International is here for it today. https://t.co/ftSWXToqdX
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Dec 1 - 1:48pm
RT @RyanDeto: The House Judiciary GOP tweet saying "Kanye. Elon. Trump" has been deleted after Kanye West appeared on InfoWars and praised Hitler https://t.co/syUbYNfbv9
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Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Dec 1 - 1:15pm
RT @WeDemandJustice: After insurrectionist Josh Hawley tried to falsely accuse a Biden nominee of making frivolous legal arguments, Sen @maziehirono clapped back by bringing up Republican claims of election fraud --> https://t.co/EMsLfaL2Yn
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Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Dec 1 - 1:03pm
RT @mjs_DC: Opposite-sex couples conceive with the help of donors ALL THE TIME and do not have to explain or justify themselves to the public. They do not the face kind of harassment and mockery that this bigot is trying to normalize. It’s homophobic and cruel. What a hateful, petty troll. https://t.co/yux2dnDyA0
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Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Dec 1 - 12:40pm
RT @chrislhayes: Still up! https://t.co/YAbkuXMlxP
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Dec 1 - 12:18pm
RT @mollyhc: You guys are all going to do the same coverage next year about how much money the USMNT makes off of the USWNT’s World Cup, too, right?
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Thursday Dec 1 - 10:46am
RT @mjs_DC: Wow: DC plans to make all buses operating within the District FREE to all riders, starting in summer 2023. We'll be the first major U.S. city to have free bus service. Also adding overnight service for 12 bus lines and giving all DC residents a $100 monthly subsidy for bus/metro. https://t.co/nfwjvIhJnY
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Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 10:45pm
RT @BrendanNyhan: Frightening. The President of the Heritage Foundation. The Orbanization of the GOP continues. https://t.co/YQ9ZEZyCjY
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 8:30pm
The Senate Judiciary Committee is voting tomorrow morning to send 18 -- 18! -- judicial nominees to the Senate floor to be confirmed. That's a lot. Here's some unformatted block text of all of their names from the press release, if you wanna sift through. 😳 https://t.co/L8toJU4YVp
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Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 5:54pm
In related news, 7 senators wrote to Biden yesterday urging him to show some mercy and let Peltier finally go home. Because Biden has the ability to do that right now. A thread on that. https://t.co/wJcTRj1fCR
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 5:22pm
I knew this was coming; I'm quoted in here. But still, amazing that Politico is giving Leonard Peltier some attention. Props.
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 5:22pm
! Politico's West Wing Playbook this evening leads with a focus on Leonard Peltier, whose name didn't come up at all during Biden's remarks at today's Tribal Nations Summit at the White House. "The man missing from Biden's remarks." https://t.co/gQZLNdivH0
Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 5:06pm
RT @StevieNicks: https://t.co/shclwCGpuu
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Jennifer Bendery
5 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 4:13pm
👀 https://t.co/O7urfF2ac0
Jennifer Bendery
6 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 2:54pm
RT @ewarren: The Biden administration has already taken key steps to uphold justice & right past wrongs of our government’s treatment of Native Americans. The president should take another step by granting clemency to Native American rights activist Leonard Peltier. https://t.co/K1aLxVJaSG
Jennifer Bendery
6 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 12:45pm
Chuck Schumer says in a statement that yesterday's passage of the Respect for Marriage Act shows that "it's obvious to everyone, there are many Republican Senators who don’t embrace MAGA. And we say to them, we want to keep working with you."
Jennifer Bendery
6 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 12:39pm
For all the things Biden has done and is doing to lift up Native people, voices and tribes -- and it's a lot -- he's said nothing about Peltier, whose imprisonment remains a decadeslong stain on the U.S. criminal justice system. Even the DNC agrees. https://t.co/XnKfpnc921
Jennifer Bendery
6 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 12:37pm
One topic that did not come up at all in Biden's remarks at this Tribal Nations summit: Leonard Peltier.
Jennifer Bendery
6 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 12:27pm
"Four more years!" someone shouted in the room. "Oh I don't know about that," Biden seemed to say. https://t.co/UNlXw13TSl
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Jennifer Bendery
6 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 12:25pm
Biden wraps up by touting his commitment to Indian Country. "No one's ever done as much as president as this administration is doing. Period. Period," he says to loud cheers. "I am committed."
Jennifer Bendery
6 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 12:23pm
Biden thanks the tribal leaders in the room for their partnerships with the U.S. govt. "I'm sure I'll make mistakes. But you know me, don't hesitate to correct me when I make them. And I know you, you won't hesitate."
Jennifer Bendery
6 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 12:20pm
"I intend to make official presidential visits to Indian Country," Biden says to applause. "I'll do so in the spirit of our nation-to-nation relationship."
Jennifer Bendery
6 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 12:11pm
Pelosi's statement on the new cast of Dems being elected to lead House Dems in 2023: https://t.co/rA75r2EVwK
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Jennifer Bendery
6 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 12:05pm
Besides Haaland, Biden says he's appointed dozens of Native Americans to posts. "Over 60 Native American appointees all across my admin, including in the federal courts." Says he restored the WH Council on Native American Affairs + made "historic investments" in Indian Country.
Jennifer Bendery
6 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 12:00pm
Biden now speaking at the Tribal Nations Summit at the White House. Begins by praising Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, noting that she's the first Native American cabinet secretary in U.S. history. "Deb, I want to thank you for your leadership." https://t.co/qGghVTnNbR
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Jennifer Bendery
6 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 11:56am
ICYMI last night: The Senate actually passed a meaningful, historic bill to codify same-sex marriage protections -- a direct response to Clarence Thomas saying the Supreme Court should reconsider Obergefell now that it's gutted Roe v Wade. https://t.co/kn0L4rqrHf
Jennifer Bendery
6 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 11:38am
I love that Ardern -- with a big smile -- just cut off this reporter's stupid question like, ok, enough.
Jennifer Bendery
6 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 11:30am
RT @politicalplayer: @jbendery Here it is https://t.co/OkKRyicfAm
Jennifer Bendery
6 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 11:30am
"Because two women meet it’s not simply because of their gender." We need to back to Kindergarten for this guy? 😂
Jennifer Bendery
6 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 11:28am
A male reporter actually asked New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern if she's meeting with Finnish PM Sanna Marin -- both young women! gasp! -- "because you're similar in age and got a lot of common stuff there?"