Renda

Proud Public Defender, tweets about social justice, politics, film and tv. Enjoys trolling Ted Cruz.

[CNN Breaking News @cnnbrk]

Gloria Steinem, feminist icon and founder of Ms. Magazine, has died at 92 https://t.co/cKHAnvdBWt

[Renda @RendaNotBrenda]

I can’t believe he would speak about his boss this way

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

JD Vance: "If you look at his politics, it is all about saying, 'This group of people is good, this ethnicity is bad, and I'm gonna fight to give from the bad group of people to the good group of people.' I think that's a despicable way to think about your fellow Americans."

[Renda @RendaNotBrenda]

I beg these people to understand that land doesn’t vote

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Tom Emmer: "Minnesota doesn't necessarily lean Democrat. In fact, if you look at the 2024 presidential heat map, it is overwhelmingly red. There is a blue dot essentially in the Twin Cities."

[Rachael Bedard @RBMD1982]

I was pregnant and got COVID during my first trimester in April, 2020, while working at Rikers. I’d had 2 miscarriages and a failed round of IVF before, and as I lay in bed, I mostly worried that I’d lose this pregnancy, too.

I didn’t - 4th time’s a charm. But by the end of that year, it was clear that infection during pregnancy in a woman with no immunity really did raise the risk of serious COVID and pregnancy complications, including preeclampsia.

Vaccination during pregnancy, conversely, has been shown not to cause serious harms in pregnant women or to contribute to their miscarriage risk. The Fauci emails under discussion today show a thoughtful exchange between scientists navigating uncertainty at a time when they had to offer guidance to the public. This was one of the areas where the recommendations they arrived at turned out to be extremely sound: the risk of infection really did (does) outweigh the risk of vaccination.

Everyone who is taking messages out of context to inspire rage and regret in women who lost pregnancies during the pandemic is doing those women a great disservice. There’s enough second guessing that goes on in those situations; and Fauci is neither directly nor indirectly responsible for anyone’s pregnancy loss.

[Renda @RendaNotBrenda]

This is brilliant

[Secular Talk ([email protected]) @KyleKulinski]

Abdul COOKS warmonger Mike Rodgers with BRUTAL Ad

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

NEW: New Yorkers have started a trend of tagging Mayor Zohran Mamdani to report problems around the city and the fixes are happening so quickly that the videos are going viral.

A dangerous playground hazard was repaired after a resident wrote a letter. A pothole was filled the same day it was posted online. And ahead of this week’s heat wave, the city installed temporary water fountains in Prospect Park.

The message from City Hall: no problem is too small to fix.

[Renda @RendaNotBrenda]

See folks, it’s not that hard to have nuance

[The Tennis Letter @TheTennisLetter]

Coco Gauff says she supports the trans community, but she also understands the reasoning behind the WTA’s mandatory gender test & supports the need of creating fairness in sport

“The WTA recently said it's going to give gender tests to the players on tour. What's your impression of that, what do you feel about it, and what did the WTA do to prepare you guys for what's to come on that?”

Coco: “Yeah, I mean, as far as, I guess, with that, I know it's been something that's been talked about awhile.
But I've talked to a couple other players, and a lot of them didn't find out until the press release. So I do think that's something that could have been more transparent amongst like players along across the tour.
As far as that, I mean, I understand the reasoning behind it. I do think that this kind of conversation has created a lot of animosity towards the trans community, which I'm not really a big fan of, but I also understand the need to, l guess, the biological difference and the need to protect that and preserve that.
So I think it's a conversation that is very nuanced. And it creates, causes, or I need to have a nuanced answer.
So, yes, I guess I kind of agree with trying to protect the fairness in women's sports.
But I also do not like the attack that it is creating. People who don't really care, but just want to use this as a reason to attack the trans community. So I'm not really a big fan of that either.
So I don't really know how to answer really this question in a way that people aren't going to spin it.
But as far as where I stand, I definitely support the trans community, but I also support the need of creating fairness in sport too.”

(via Toronto Press)

[Renda @RendaNotBrenda]

He’s specifically calling the people that called him un-American and and a terrorist Islamophobia pieces of shit which seems undeniable to me

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

Hasan Piker’s message to Dems who didn’t vote for El Sayed: “You are all unbelievably Islamophobic pieces of shit.”

[Mike Young @micyoung75]

Maggie Haberman spent an hour with him in the Oval Office in March and came away with a number. Seventy percent of his mind share, by her estimate, goes to the renovations. The ballroom. The arch. He interrupted an unrelated meeting to call Emmanuel Macron and ask what it is like to stand under the actual Arc de Triomphe, whether it has a visitor's desk, whether people jump off it. Someone had asked him what should go on top of his own version. He was deciding between that and a giant gold cast of his own fist from Butler.

Meanwhile nobody around him seems fully certain he understands how depleted American munitions are after this war he started with Iran, a live open question from a reporter who has covered him for a decade.

There is no policy agenda left, by Haberman's own account. No immigration bill in the works, no legislative program, nothing beyond retribution and construction. He is not governing a country right now so much as decorating a legacy he has already decided he deserves.

[Jamie Bonkiewicz @JamieBonkiewicz]

Taylor Farms’ CEO eating the lettuce to prove it’s safe

[Maine @TheMaineWonk]

His name was Joan Sebastian Guerrero.

- He was here legally.
- He was authorized to work.
- He had Social Security Number.
- He was NOT target of ICE investigation.
- DHS: He did NOT try to kill ICE agents.

He was executed in front of his 3 year old daughter.

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

BREAKING: The Trump White House just ousted all three sitting members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission — hamstringing the bipartisan agency ahead of the midterms.

The EAC helps state and local officials run elections, including by certifying election equipment. https://t.co/DBaRuFaWJB

[Books Behind Borders @MHTruthUltra]

I remember when I was young they had these people called “investigative journalists” who could find out stuff like if a senator was dead or not

[Steve Rattner @SteveRattner]

The U.S. trade deficit rose by over 40% last month, reaching $77.6 billion.

That's the largest since March 2025 and higher than the monthly average during Biden's term.

Trump's tariffs have failed to make a dent.

[Rep. Jack Kimble @RepJackKimble]

I spoke to my old friend Mitch McConnell this morning, the senior Senator from Kentucky. He’s still recovering in the hospital. We talked for just shy of 45 minutes. He's so sharp. Just like always he let me do all of the talking. He's a great listener. After that we prayed silently for awhile and had a staring contest. Just like always, he beat me. I told him we want to see him back at work as soon as possible.

[Blue Georgia @BlueGeorgia]

Trump: Every time my kids invest in a stock, anything they do, they have inside information.

(This is a wild thing to admit)

[Aaron Parnas @AaronParnas]

NEW: Senator @MarkWarner tells me that Acting DNI Bill Pulte sought to take home the Presidential Daily Briefing, one of the most classified documents in the country, and, on one of his first days, asked whether he can have a private jet.

[Kareem Rifai 🌐 @KareemRifai]

"SYRIA WAS THE SUBJECT OF MANY MEMOS.... PREVENTING THE UNITED STATES FROM OUSTING THEN-SYRIAN DICTATOR BASHAR AL-ASSAD."

Absolutely insane. Completely compromised.

[Kareem Rifai 🌐 @KareemRifai]

This is an utterly insane story: 25,000 documents reviewed by WaPo indicate that throughout Tulsi's career, her political moves were controlled by her guru, cult leader Chris Butler.

This woman was leading the world's largest intelligence apparatus.
https://t.co/6Enu7JgMgR