KerryHyattBennett

woman/mom/life partner of Thor/social justice lawyer/adjunct prof of law/unapologetic humanist

[PoliticsGirl @IAmPoliticsGirl]

Words matter. If you call someone a communist, you should at least know what it means.

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

Dear Trump supporters, this is what you are teaching your children to think is presidential. 😳

[KerryHyattBennett @kerhyatt]

@A_A_Almonds @BBCBreaking @JournalismSEEN That’s a book title.

[~ Siberia ~ @A_A_Almonds]

@BBCBreaking @JournalismSEEN Mediocre, resentful male kills successful woman whose only mistake was having taken a chance on a mediocre, resentful male.

[Jennifer Gunter @DrJenGunter]

Murdered. She was murdered.

[KerryHyattBennett @kerhyatt]

@TheFigen_ Putin

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

No joke. The Kamala Harris campaign posted this on Truth Social.

You know Trump has to be fuming.

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

Jennifer Aniston, who rarely makes political statements, responds to @JDVance’s comments about “childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives.”

“I truly can't believe this is coming from a potential VP of The United States. All I can say is...Mr. Vance, I pray that your daughter is fortunate enough to bear children of her own one day. I hope she will not need to turn to IVF as a second option. Because you are trying to take that away from her, too.”

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

Because he wasn’t already fucking awful enough, Clarence Thomas was the only SCOTUS Justice who ruled in favor of letting domestic abusers have guns.

Motherfucker.

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

Maybe someday, women in America will have as many rights as guns do.

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

@chrisgeidner Phew. Fuck Thomas.

[KerryHyattBennett @kerhyatt]

@INDOT 70 to Dayton in Indiana really is awful. Who do we sue when the road causes actual damage to our RV? It’s embarrassing.

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

A reminder as we wait for SCOTUS to deliver its opinion in United States v. Rahimi—a case that will determine whether governments can continue to prevent domestic abusers from possessing firearms—that women’s bodies are more regulated than guns in America.

Nearly 18 months ago, the 5th Circuit, which presides over federal lawsuits in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, vacated a 1996 law prohibiting anyone under a civil domestic violence restraining order from possessing a gun. As a result, those federal protections have not been enforced in those three states ever since—a death sentence for women and children.

This case never should have even made it to SCOTUS in the first place. Not only is the 5th Circuit ruling absurd, but the defendant—Rahimi—is a violent criminal. He once fired a shot at someone who saw him shove his girlfriend in a parking lot, and then threatened to shoot his girlfriend if she told anyone; he fired an AR-15 into the home of someone who posted about him online; he shot at a driver after a car accident; he shot at a truck that flashed its lights at him on the highway; and he shot his gun into the air after his friend’s credit card was declined at a Whataburger. THIS is who extremists want to arm. And yet:

* Nearly two-thirds of domestic homicides in the US are committed with a gun

* Over 70 women are shot and killed by an intimate partner each month

* Up to 20 percent of violent deaths of intimate partners also involve deaths of children or other family members

* Homicide is the leading cause of maternal death in the US, most of it with firearms

We can’t elect SCOTUS justices, but we can elect a President and Congress that will check its worst decisions. If you are watching these rulings—like unbanning bump stocks—in dismay and wondering what you can do, remember the best way to combat SCOTUS overreach is to vote in November for Democrats who will work to prevent gun violence and fight for democracy.

[KerryHyattBennett @kerhyatt]

⁦@RepSpartz⁩ ⁦crime victims vote! ⁦@IN_Coalition⁩

[NNEDV @nnedv]

Great news! NNEDV is grateful to @RepAnnWagner for introducing the Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2024, with bipartisan co-leads @RepNateMoran, @RepDebDingell, @RepBice, and @RepJimCosta.

Domestic violence programs across the country have been reeling from a 40% cut...

[NNEDV @nnedv]

The Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act (H.R. 8061) will help stave off devastating #VOCA cuts and give sexual assault and domestic violence programs the resources they need to stay open. Congress must pass #HR8061 without delay. More: https://t.co/c4jhPLQ5Hz

#AdvocacyDays

[KerryHyattBennett @kerhyatt]

@OVWJustice #advocacydays @IN_Coalition @ICESAHT

[KerryHyattBennett @kerhyatt]

All Info - H.R.8061 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2024 | https://t.co/FXU1Kzsmye | Library of Congress https://t.co/DIlFkHrQ6y

[KerryHyattBennett @kerhyatt]

@EverythingKeanu Most members of Congress in Indiana.

[NNEDV @nnedv]

Our Policy Forum is underway at #AdvocacyDays! NNEDV and @endsxlviolence are preparing our attendees to meet with their Members of Congress tomorrow and to elevate the urgent needs of domestic violence and sexual assault survivors. 💜