John Haubenreich
@johnhaubenreich.bsky.social
Attorney fighting for voting rights and democracy with @protectdemocracy.org and as an @organizetn.bsky.social board member. Teach "Democracy and Voting Rights Litigation" at VLS. Film photography hobbyist. Sorry for the soccer stuff. Opinions my own.
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I’m not one for false optimism: we’re in for some tough times. Everything won’t be OK just because we hope it will be. It will be OK if we *fight* for it to be.
Take care of yourself; watch over your neighbor; protect the vulnerable and marginalized; and never give up.
Take care of yourself; watch over your neighbor; protect the vulnerable and marginalized; and never give up.
This, from @elienyc.bsky.social, is an excellent explainer on the profound implications of the FTC case that was argued yesterday.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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The Supreme Court Is Poised to Give the Apprentice Star the Right to Fire the Regulators
During oral arguments, the conservative justices made clear that they intend to allow Trump to fire FTC commissioner Rebecca Slaughter—and reorder the separation of powers.
www.thenation.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This, from @elienyc.bsky.social, is an excellent explainer on the profound implications of the FTC case that was argued yesterday.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Following The Chotinering feed (by @joshuajfriedman.com) is one of the best decisions I've made in the last 6 months
#TheChotinering
#TheChotinering
ME: they shouldn't be able to say 'your order has shipped' when they've just created a label. That's not shipped.
ISAAC CHOTINER: so, you've never claimed to have a task underway when you've merely opened the file?
ME: that's not-
CHOTINER: in this Teams message to your boss, you said-
ISAAC CHOTINER: so, you've never claimed to have a task underway when you've merely opened the file?
ME: that's not-
CHOTINER: in this Teams message to your boss, you said-
December 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Following The Chotinering feed (by @joshuajfriedman.com) is one of the best decisions I've made in the last 6 months
#TheChotinering
#TheChotinering
Why is the FTC case important? Why does it matter whether Trump can fire the the heads of independent agencies like the FTC, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), and the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC)?
IT'S ABOUT CORRUPTION.
IT'S ABOUT CORRUPTION.
December 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Why is the FTC case important? Why does it matter whether Trump can fire the the heads of independent agencies like the FTC, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), and the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC)?
IT'S ABOUT CORRUPTION.
IT'S ABOUT CORRUPTION.
Reposted by John Haubenreich
New from Michael Miller and me at @thejop.bsky.social: Evidence that, in most areas that were affected by the decision, the Supreme Court decision gutting the Voting Rights Act in 2013 (Shelby County v Holder) increased the racial turnout gap. A thread...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
December 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
New from Michael Miller and me at @thejop.bsky.social: Evidence that, in most areas that were affected by the decision, the Supreme Court decision gutting the Voting Rights Act in 2013 (Shelby County v Holder) increased the racial turnout gap. A thread...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Best summary of Slaughter (i.e., the FTC removal case)
Supreme Court oral argument this morning, in sum
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
December 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Best summary of Slaughter (i.e., the FTC removal case)
Reposted by John Haubenreich
Lawfare's Trump Administration Litigation Tracker is currently following 253 active cases challenging Trump administration actions, 19 suits by the administration challenging state or local laws, and 6 criminal prosecution.
Check it out at lawfaremedia.org/trumptracker
Check it out at lawfaremedia.org/trumptracker
December 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Lawfare's Trump Administration Litigation Tracker is currently following 253 active cases challenging Trump administration actions, 19 suits by the administration challenging state or local laws, and 6 criminal prosecution.
Check it out at lawfaremedia.org/trumptracker
Check it out at lawfaremedia.org/trumptracker
Reposted by John Haubenreich
If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
December 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS
40,000 dem voters sat this one out.
December 3, 2025 at 2:54 AM
THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS
GOP: crazy la-la liberal anarcho-goose-herding Nancy Pelosi Joe Biden, don't worry "real" Americans love what we're doing
TN Voters: D+19 shift
GOP: ah well, you see 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤. 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮.
(shamelessly repackaging @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social)
TN Voters: D+19 shift
GOP: ah well, you see 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤. 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮.
(shamelessly repackaging @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social)
December 3, 2025 at 2:47 AM
GOP: crazy la-la liberal anarcho-goose-herding Nancy Pelosi Joe Biden, don't worry "real" Americans love what we're doing
TN Voters: D+19 shift
GOP: ah well, you see 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤. 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮.
(shamelessly repackaging @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social)
TN Voters: D+19 shift
GOP: ah well, you see 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤. 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮.
(shamelessly repackaging @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social)
Hey look! It’s my district!
To give you an idea of how ridiculous the gerrymandering in Nashville is, here’s our district. They diluted a third of Nashville into a rural area about 50 times as large that extends north to the Kentucky border and about a third of the length of the state to the east.
December 3, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Hey look! It’s my district!
Yep, this is exactly right
TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
December 3, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Yep, this is exactly right
To reiterate, we’re talking a D+19 shift in TENNESSEE, a state which Trump won by almost 30 points A YEAR AGO
(last year Trump won CD-07 by 22 points and scandal-plagued Mark Green won CD-07 by 21.5 points)
(last year Trump won CD-07 by 22 points and scandal-plagued Mark Green won CD-07 by 21.5 points)
Ds don't seem to be getting what they need out of Nashville. But if the margin lands at R+3, that's a D+19 shift from 2024 -- we're not talking a wave, we're talking tsunami
again @gelliottmorris.com says behn still has a chance but damn 3 points in this district is 🦇💩
December 3, 2025 at 2:22 AM
To reiterate, we’re talking a D+19 shift in TENNESSEE, a state which Trump won by almost 30 points A YEAR AGO
(last year Trump won CD-07 by 22 points and scandal-plagued Mark Green won CD-07 by 21.5 points)
(last year Trump won CD-07 by 22 points and scandal-plagued Mark Green won CD-07 by 21.5 points)
Reposted by John Haubenreich
I think a narrow R win is likely here, but that would be a result that should and will spark massive panic among House Republicans and probably kill the gerrymandering push in most red states.
Behn (D) may be ahead on early votes, but signs overall still pointing to a single digit Van Epps (R) win. #TN07
December 3, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I think a narrow R win is likely here, but that would be a result that should and will spark massive panic among House Republicans and probably kill the gerrymandering push in most red states.
Worth noting that it's not like @aftynbehn.bsky.social is anything like Joe Manchin or Kyrsten Sinema -- she's an actual progressive and WE CAN WIN AS PROGRESSIVES IN THE SOUTH. We just need more resources, sustained focus, and organizing. This is a lesson -- help us take back the South!
December 3, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Worth noting that it's not like @aftynbehn.bsky.social is anything like Joe Manchin or Kyrsten Sinema -- she's an actual progressive and WE CAN WIN AS PROGRESSIVES IN THE SOUTH. We just need more resources, sustained focus, and organizing. This is a lesson -- help us take back the South!
this is the one
could never make a joke land in Nashville, no pun in Tenn. did
December 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
this is the one
Reposted by John Haubenreich
We have the early vote from 8 counties so far in #TN07, and the results are consistent with a big overperformance by Democrats... but as to how close the race will be, the major caveat is that the GOP tends to be stronger on Election Day votes.
December 3, 2025 at 1:14 AM
We have the early vote from 8 counties so far in #TN07, and the results are consistent with a big overperformance by Democrats... but as to how close the race will be, the major caveat is that the GOP tends to be stronger on Election Day votes.
TN CD-07 election returns: Secretary of State is usually the fastest, but Davidson County Election Commission may get Nashville vote reported first. No vote yet reported in Nashville (which will heavily influence the outcome).
www.elections.tn.gov/county-break...
www.nashville.gov/departments/...
www.elections.tn.gov/county-break...
www.nashville.gov/departments/...
Election Night Reporting Dashboard
www.elections.tn.gov
December 3, 2025 at 1:15 AM
TN CD-07 election returns: Secretary of State is usually the fastest, but Davidson County Election Commission may get Nashville vote reported first. No vote yet reported in Nashville (which will heavily influence the outcome).
www.elections.tn.gov/county-break...
www.nashville.gov/departments/...
www.elections.tn.gov/county-break...
www.nashville.gov/departments/...
Seriously, neighbors — THERE IS STILL *LOTS* OF TIME TO VOTE and now you have yet another awesome reason to get out there and use your plastic coffee stirrer to hit the TOUCHSCREEN for DEMOCRACY (i.e., vote for @aftynbehn.bsky.social)
December 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Seriously, neighbors — THERE IS STILL *LOTS* OF TIME TO VOTE and now you have yet another awesome reason to get out there and use your plastic coffee stirrer to hit the TOUCHSCREEN for DEMOCRACY (i.e., vote for @aftynbehn.bsky.social)
Reposted by John Haubenreich
What up CD-07!! It's Election Day! Make your voices heard until 7:00pm. We'll have our poll observers our in the field making sure every vote is counted. Call the voter protection hotline to report any issues at the polls: 1-866-OUR-VOTE.
December 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
What up CD-07!! It's Election Day! Make your voices heard until 7:00pm. We'll have our poll observers our in the field making sure every vote is counted. Call the voter protection hotline to report any issues at the polls: 1-866-OUR-VOTE.
Hearing that lines are full in Davidson and Williamson County this morning in the District 7 special election contest between @aftynbehn.bsky.social and Matt Van Epps. Get out there and VOTE, people! Proud to be a part of @organizetn.bsky.social who has poll observers in the field.
#Democracy #CD07
#Democracy #CD07
December 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Hearing that lines are full in Davidson and Williamson County this morning in the District 7 special election contest between @aftynbehn.bsky.social and Matt Van Epps. Get out there and VOTE, people! Proud to be a part of @organizetn.bsky.social who has poll observers in the field.
#Democracy #CD07
#Democracy #CD07
conveniently located across from the coat bath, so that's good
December 1, 2025 at 11:01 PM
conveniently located across from the coat bath, so that's good
I forget every year about the Cat Kirk / Human Kirk storyline in “A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving” and it is ABSOLUTELY THE BEST. Maybe my favorite #GilmoreGirls episode of all time. Happy Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I forget every year about the Cat Kirk / Human Kirk storyline in “A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving” and it is ABSOLUTELY THE BEST. Maybe my favorite #GilmoreGirls episode of all time. Happy Thanksgiving!
If you want a functional #democracy, you need a functional legislative branch. #ProportionalRepresentation is the way to get there
Our winner-take-all, two-party system isn’t working. But a solution may be closer than you think. This and more fodder for your Thanksgiving dinner table from Lee Drutman and Grant Tudor in our weekly briefing.
https://www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-next-era-could-come-sooner-than
https://www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-next-era-could-come-sooner-than
November 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
If you want a functional #democracy, you need a functional legislative branch. #ProportionalRepresentation is the way to get there
With the deployments in LA, D.C., Portland, and Memphis, the difference between the military and law enforcement--i.e., legal authority, training, and rules of engagement--is critical. My colleagues at @protectdemocracy.org have put together an excellent guide:
protectdemocracy.org/work/why-the...
protectdemocracy.org/work/why-the...
Why the U.S. military is not a law enforcement organization
The military and law enforcement each serve as armed elements of the state, but have very different functions, training, and legal requirements.
protectdemocracy.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
With the deployments in LA, D.C., Portland, and Memphis, the difference between the military and law enforcement--i.e., legal authority, training, and rules of engagement--is critical. My colleagues at @protectdemocracy.org have put together an excellent guide:
protectdemocracy.org/work/why-the...
protectdemocracy.org/work/why-the...