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Jennifer Bendery @jbendery
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Good morning! I got a copy of a deposition Blake Farenthold recently gave.

He blames "f-tards," the Me Too movement, the House Ethics Committee, Paul Ryan, Mia Love and pretty much everyone but himself for his sexual harassment scandal. huffingtonpost.com/entry/blake-fa…
I got copies of some of Blake Farenthold's subpoenaed emails and texts, too. Here's him on the day he abruptly quit Congress, texting with a friend that "the f tards won." huffingtonpost.com/entry/blake-fa…
What is a "f tard," you may ask? And who is he referring to? Here's him in a deposition this month saying he's talking about the media and reporters are A-S-S-E-S. huffingtonpost.com/entry/blake-fa…
Blake Farenthold says he simply can't repay the $84,000 in taxpayer money he spent on his sexual harassment settlement. Why? He says it would be illegal. 🤔huffingtonpost.com/entry/blake-fa…
(It would not be illegal.)
Blake Farenthold also blames the #MeToo movement for blinding members of the House Ethics Committee and leaving them unable to believe in facts as they reviewed alleged violations by him. huffingtonpost.com/entry/blake-fa…
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I asked prominent tribal leaders and Native people about it. Surprise: they said Warren is an ally and this narrative is media fodder. huffingtonpost.com/entry/elizabet…
Virtually everyone I talked to -- tribal chiefs, Native politicians, policymakers, advocates, writers -- said they saw nothing wrong with Warren looking into her ancestry. You would never know this from the way mainstream media has covered this. huffingtonpost.com/entry/elizabet…
Here's Richard Sneed, principal chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Is he mad at Warren for taking a DNA test to understand her ancestry? Not. At all.
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I'm gonna do a little thread that I think you should read. (1/14)
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Mitch McConnell just filed cloture for district court nominee Thomas Farr, a guy who helped draft NC's voter suppression law, defended racist gerrymandering + may have lied to senators about aiding Jesse Helms' campaign in disenfranchising black voters. huffingtonpost.com/entry/thomas-f…
Dems have opposed lots of Trump's judicial picks, but Thomas Farr really stands out. Black Caucus members attended his confirmation hearing to oppose him. Every Dem in Judiciary spoke out against him. A civil rights group tied him to “the worst elements of white supremacy."
Every Republican on the Judiciary Committee voted to advance Farr's nomination earlier this year. huffingtonpost.com/entry/thomas-f…

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Standalones like Oculus Quest address just one tiny piece of the friction problem (removing tether). Anyone thinking Quest is some kind of savior needs to reconsider; it will be an important development but it won't be VR's mainstream moment. Fix the friction and they will come.
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