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.
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...
This is an excellent thread documenting the straight up lies, mischaracterizations, exaggerations, and other tactics DHS and Bovino are employing to try to gaslight Judge Ellis, Chicagoans, the press, and the rest of America.
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
November 21, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is an excellent thread documenting the straight up lies, mischaracterizations, exaggerations, and other tactics DHS and Bovino are employing to try to gaslight Judge Ellis, Chicagoans, the press, and the rest of America.
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Reposted by John Haubenreich
republicans: dems are just cherry picking from the epstein files
“ok release the files”
republicans: ah well, you see 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤. 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮.
“ok release the files”
republicans: ah well, you see 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤. 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮.
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
republicans: dems are just cherry picking from the epstein files
“ok release the files”
republicans: ah well, you see 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤. 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮.
“ok release the files”
republicans: ah well, you see 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤. 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮.
This is a huge deal, and I’m so proud of @protectdemocracy.org for taking on this case. It may seem obscure, but the ramifications of this case are absolutely fundamental to the separation of powers and how our government and democracy operate. Proud to be with such an incredible team.
NEW: Today, we filed a brief on the merits in Slaughter v. Trump, a Supreme Court case that could hand the president unprecedented new powers if the justices rule in Trump’s favor. 🔗 protdem.org/3WNwksO
November 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
This is a huge deal, and I’m so proud of @protectdemocracy.org for taking on this case. It may seem obscure, but the ramifications of this case are absolutely fundamental to the separation of powers and how our government and democracy operate. Proud to be with such an incredible team.
Reposted by John Haubenreich
VICTORY: Judge Ellis granted the most powerful rebuke of the Trump admin’s immigration enforcement tactics yet — a preliminary injunction to more permanently stop the violent and lawless tactics federal agents have deployed against protestors, press, and clergy in the Chicago area.
November 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
VICTORY: Judge Ellis granted the most powerful rebuke of the Trump admin’s immigration enforcement tactics yet — a preliminary injunction to more permanently stop the violent and lawless tactics federal agents have deployed against protestors, press, and clergy in the Chicago area.
Excellent coverage of the preliminary injunction my colleagues at @protectdemocracy.org helped obtain just now protecting the First Amendment rights of protesters and the press in Chicago. Could not be more proud of the work we’re doing!
Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis has just taken the bench to rule on federal agents actions' during a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs.
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
Judge Set to Rule Thursday in Case Centering on Federal Immigration Agents’ Use of Force: ‘I Could See Inside the Barrel’
Protesters, clergy members and others who say they’ve been directly impacted by a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs will testify before a federal judge weighing wh...
news.wttw.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Excellent coverage of the preliminary injunction my colleagues at @protectdemocracy.org helped obtain just now protecting the First Amendment rights of protesters and the press in Chicago. Could not be more proud of the work we’re doing!
Reposted by John Haubenreich
A growing coalition is calling on WeGo to freeze fares during the lapse in SNAP benefits. Riders shouldn’t have to choose between going to the food bank and going to a Metro agency to get a bus pass. Let’s make transit a lifeline, not a burden.
Add your name or org: docs.google.com/forms/d/1sPu...
Add your name or org: docs.google.com/forms/d/1sPu...
October 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
A growing coalition is calling on WeGo to freeze fares during the lapse in SNAP benefits. Riders shouldn’t have to choose between going to the food bank and going to a Metro agency to get a bus pass. Let’s make transit a lifeline, not a burden.
Add your name or org: docs.google.com/forms/d/1sPu...
Add your name or org: docs.google.com/forms/d/1sPu...
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and Pokémon go to the polls.
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and I hope this email finds you well.
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and govern yourself accordingly.
November 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and Pokémon go to the polls.
Reposted by John Haubenreich
Any serious future for democracy in America requires us to get rid of single-member districts. It is the only long-term solution to this nonsense.
October 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Any serious future for democracy in America requires us to get rid of single-member districts. It is the only long-term solution to this nonsense.
Reposted by John Haubenreich
1000+ people arrested thus far by Trump's Memphis task force, but no agency involved would tell us who these people are or the charges they face.
DOJ, for one, cited "operational security" in declining to release arrestee identities.
tennesseelookout.com/2025/10/21/t... @tennesseelookout.com
DOJ, for one, cited "operational security" in declining to release arrestee identities.
tennesseelookout.com/2025/10/21/t... @tennesseelookout.com
Tennessee, feds provide few details on cost, arrests three weeks into Memphis task force • Tennessee Lookout
The Memphis Safe Task Force won’t release the names of more than 1,000 people it has arrested or provide details about the charges they face.
tennesseelookout.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
1000+ people arrested thus far by Trump's Memphis task force, but no agency involved would tell us who these people are or the charges they face.
DOJ, for one, cited "operational security" in declining to release arrestee identities.
tennesseelookout.com/2025/10/21/t... @tennesseelookout.com
DOJ, for one, cited "operational security" in declining to release arrestee identities.
tennesseelookout.com/2025/10/21/t... @tennesseelookout.com
Cry havoc and let slip the hogs of war
here is the current tactical map of where feral swine populations have consolidated
the major worry is if the Canadian superhogs end up making their way down south and breeding with the American hogs
the major worry is if the Canadian superhogs end up making their way down south and breeding with the American hogs
October 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Cry havoc and let slip the hogs of war
Once again incredibly proud of my @protectdemocracy.org colleagues and our partners (including @loevy.com, ACLU of Illinois, and others) in protecting the First Amendment right to protest and ensuring the safety of protestors and journalists covering the operations of ICE and DHS in Illinois.
VICTORY: Today, together with our partners, we won an emergency order stopping federal agents from using violent force against protestors in Illinois. Federal ICE/DHS agents are now blocked from using tactics like tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse lawful assembly. protdem.org/474KWsA
October 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Once again incredibly proud of my @protectdemocracy.org colleagues and our partners (including @loevy.com, ACLU of Illinois, and others) in protecting the First Amendment right to protest and ensuring the safety of protestors and journalists covering the operations of ICE and DHS in Illinois.
Extraordinarily proud of my @protectdemocracy.org colleagues and all our incredible partners for filing suit today to protect our First Amendment rights.
Mass mobilization, peaceful protest, and continued solidarity is the way out of the authoritarian mess we're in right now. #Democracy
Mass mobilization, peaceful protest, and continued solidarity is the way out of the authoritarian mess we're in right now. #Democracy
BREAKING: Today, we're suing. Federal forces in the Chicago area are brutally suppressing free speech with tear gas, rubber bullets, and flash grenades. Journalists, clergy, and demonstrators have been attacked for peacefully protesting against the government. This is an unconstitutional assault.
October 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Extraordinarily proud of my @protectdemocracy.org colleagues and all our incredible partners for filing suit today to protect our First Amendment rights.
Mass mobilization, peaceful protest, and continued solidarity is the way out of the authoritarian mess we're in right now. #Democracy
Mass mobilization, peaceful protest, and continued solidarity is the way out of the authoritarian mess we're in right now. #Democracy
Reposted by John Haubenreich
[at Orange Julius in the mall, whispering to myself] well I'm an officer of THIS court, anyway
October 6, 2025 at 4:12 AM
[at Orange Julius in the mall, whispering to myself] well I'm an officer of THIS court, anyway
Mr. Mayor, can we get a COYBIG from you on this most auspicious of evenings? We’ll check back about the parade later 👍 #EveryoneN 🦞
@freddieoconnell.bsky.social
cc: @scavendish.bsky.social @whittlz.bsky.social
@freddieoconnell.bsky.social
cc: @scavendish.bsky.social @whittlz.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Mr. Mayor, can we get a COYBIG from you on this most auspicious of evenings? We’ll check back about the parade later 👍 #EveryoneN 🦞
@freddieoconnell.bsky.social
cc: @scavendish.bsky.social @whittlz.bsky.social
@freddieoconnell.bsky.social
cc: @scavendish.bsky.social @whittlz.bsky.social
I have somehow stumbled onto random Gilmore Girls discourse and it has made my night
I am led to understand that there is currently Alexis Bledel Discourse and I am here to tell you that I am in no way here for it.
Now, if there's Rory Gilmore Discourse, I'm here for it every day and twice on Sundays.
Now, if there's Rory Gilmore Discourse, I'm here for it every day and twice on Sundays.
September 26, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I have somehow stumbled onto random Gilmore Girls discourse and it has made my night
Reposted by John Haubenreich
Would a Xenomorph wear a mask
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July 5, 2023 at 11:26 PM
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Oh wow, could you imagine if we got the Colbert Report back??
September 20, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Oh wow, could you imagine if we got the Colbert Report back??
@freddieoconnell.bsky.social
Mr. Mayor, can we get your position on a victory parade for Nashville SC if they defeat Austin FC for the Open Cup on October 1st? A first professional sports trophy for Nashville would deserve a celebration, no?
cc: @scavendish.bsky.social 🦞
Mr. Mayor, can we get your position on a victory parade for Nashville SC if they defeat Austin FC for the Open Cup on October 1st? A first professional sports trophy for Nashville would deserve a celebration, no?
cc: @scavendish.bsky.social 🦞
September 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
@freddieoconnell.bsky.social
Mr. Mayor, can we get your position on a victory parade for Nashville SC if they defeat Austin FC for the Open Cup on October 1st? A first professional sports trophy for Nashville would deserve a celebration, no?
cc: @scavendish.bsky.social 🦞
Mr. Mayor, can we get your position on a victory parade for Nashville SC if they defeat Austin FC for the Open Cup on October 1st? A first professional sports trophy for Nashville would deserve a celebration, no?
cc: @scavendish.bsky.social 🦞
Pastor Mike bringing it this morning at the @organizetn.bsky.social Democracy Summit about the fight between lies and the truth about why our democracy is crumbling and the importance of organizing people, resources, and ideas #democracy
September 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Pastor Mike bringing it this morning at the @organizetn.bsky.social Democracy Summit about the fight between lies and the truth about why our democracy is crumbling and the importance of organizing people, resources, and ideas #democracy
@thomaszimmer.bsky.social's analysis of the danger of the Administration seizing on this as a Reichstag fire moment (plus the discussion of the assassination of a German diplomat in 1938 leading to Kristallnacht) is a very compelling frame. Highly recommended read.
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substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Right Wants a Reichstag Fire
The military patrolling in the streets, an assassination, and a movement longing for escalation. America is teetering on the brink
substack.com
September 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
@thomaszimmer.bsky.social's analysis of the danger of the Administration seizing on this as a Reichstag fire moment (plus the discussion of the assassination of a German diplomat in 1938 leading to Kristallnacht) is a very compelling frame. Highly recommended read.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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September 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Coming up tomorrow! Still time to register! #democracy