Erin Heilbrunn Vahrenkamp
@erinbrooke.bsky.social
Making good trouble in Carmel, IN.
Interests: news, culture, politics, dogs, parenting, public schools, travel, second acts. Not necessarily in that order.
Interests: news, culture, politics, dogs, parenting, public schools, travel, second acts. Not necessarily in that order.
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Dems need to keep fighting, but not by shaking canes. The visual is awful
They need to win back young people, it’s going to take a change in HOW and WHAT you message.
They need to win back young people, it’s going to take a change in HOW and WHAT you message.
March 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Dems need to keep fighting, but not by shaking canes. The visual is awful
They need to win back young people, it’s going to take a change in HOW and WHAT you message.
They need to win back young people, it’s going to take a change in HOW and WHAT you message.
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Unbelievable news.
Pancreatic is one of the deadliest cancers.
New paper shows personalized mRNA vaccines can induce durable T cells that attack pancreatic cancer, with 75% of patients cancer free at three years—far, far better than standard of care.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Pancreatic is one of the deadliest cancers.
New paper shows personalized mRNA vaccines can induce durable T cells that attack pancreatic cancer, with 75% of patients cancer free at three years—far, far better than standard of care.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Unbelievable news.
Pancreatic is one of the deadliest cancers.
New paper shows personalized mRNA vaccines can induce durable T cells that attack pancreatic cancer, with 75% of patients cancer free at three years—far, far better than standard of care.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Pancreatic is one of the deadliest cancers.
New paper shows personalized mRNA vaccines can induce durable T cells that attack pancreatic cancer, with 75% of patients cancer free at three years—far, far better than standard of care.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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OK #HoosierSky so this is happening
Share amongst your peeps
Those who are in science
Those who like science
Those who have been helped by science
Those who value truth and facts
Come hang with the cool kids and say hi to some rad scientists
Share amongst your peeps
Those who are in science
Those who like science
Those who have been helped by science
Those who value truth and facts
Come hang with the cool kids and say hi to some rad scientists
February 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
OK #HoosierSky so this is happening
Share amongst your peeps
Those who are in science
Those who like science
Those who have been helped by science
Those who value truth and facts
Come hang with the cool kids and say hi to some rad scientists
Share amongst your peeps
Those who are in science
Those who like science
Those who have been helped by science
Those who value truth and facts
Come hang with the cool kids and say hi to some rad scientists
What I did this week:
1. Tumble out of bed
2. Stumble to the kitchen
3. Pour myself a cup of ambition
4. Yawning, stretching
5. Trying to come to life
1. Tumble out of bed
2. Stumble to the kitchen
3. Pour myself a cup of ambition
4. Yawning, stretching
5. Trying to come to life
February 23, 2025 at 1:17 AM
What I did this week:
1. Tumble out of bed
2. Stumble to the kitchen
3. Pour myself a cup of ambition
4. Yawning, stretching
5. Trying to come to life
1. Tumble out of bed
2. Stumble to the kitchen
3. Pour myself a cup of ambition
4. Yawning, stretching
5. Trying to come to life
For some reason I felt like re-reading Thomas Paine today:
“For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other.” (Common Sense, 1776)
“For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other.” (Common Sense, 1776)
February 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM
For some reason I felt like re-reading Thomas Paine today:
“For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other.” (Common Sense, 1776)
“For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other.” (Common Sense, 1776)
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The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame.
The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.
It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.
The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.
It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.
February 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame.
The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.
It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.
The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.
It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.
I’m not sure what’s worse: the content of this post, the fact that it’s from the official White House account, or the fact that the people who wrote it clearly think it’s hilarious.
February 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I’m not sure what’s worse: the content of this post, the fact that it’s from the official White House account, or the fact that the people who wrote it clearly think it’s hilarious.
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This NYT sleight-of-hand is part of why Trump’s insane racism flourishes. The implication is that it’s possible to “attack diversity” WITHOUT a “racist undercurrent.”
And it “surfaces” - as though Trump hasn’t been a rabid and explicit racist for years, and this is some new tone.
And it “surfaces” - as though Trump hasn’t been a rabid and explicit racist for years, and this is some new tone.
February 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This NYT sleight-of-hand is part of why Trump’s insane racism flourishes. The implication is that it’s possible to “attack diversity” WITHOUT a “racist undercurrent.”
And it “surfaces” - as though Trump hasn’t been a rabid and explicit racist for years, and this is some new tone.
And it “surfaces” - as though Trump hasn’t been a rabid and explicit racist for years, and this is some new tone.
Competent white men? Won’t find any of those in the MAGA sector.
February 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Competent white men? Won’t find any of those in the MAGA sector.
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When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
February 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
The president who handed high-level jobs to his children, their spouses, and random clowns he saw on TV is calling trained professionals unqualified.
January 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The president who handed high-level jobs to his children, their spouses, and random clowns he saw on TV is calling trained professionals unqualified.
Just a reminder that if we lived in France, everyone would be marching in the streets right now.
January 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Just a reminder that if we lived in France, everyone would be marching in the streets right now.
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Among other things, Trump’s latest unconstitutional move will pause research on cures for childhood cancer, close homeless shelters, halt food assistance, reduce safety from domestic violence, and shut down suicide hotlines.
People will die.
Is this what you “price of eggs” voters wanted?
People will die.
Is this what you “price of eggs” voters wanted?
January 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Among other things, Trump’s latest unconstitutional move will pause research on cures for childhood cancer, close homeless shelters, halt food assistance, reduce safety from domestic violence, and shut down suicide hotlines.
People will die.
Is this what you “price of eggs” voters wanted?
People will die.
Is this what you “price of eggs” voters wanted?
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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
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Stop letting unfunny men tell you there’s something wrong with you for not getting their “jokes”. Stop fake laughing. Let their reality reflect the truth of how fundamentally they misunderstand humor. Neuter their ability to use “it was a joke” for emotional cover. Make them see nobody laugh.
January 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Stop letting unfunny men tell you there’s something wrong with you for not getting their “jokes”. Stop fake laughing. Let their reality reflect the truth of how fundamentally they misunderstand humor. Neuter their ability to use “it was a joke” for emotional cover. Make them see nobody laugh.
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There is a reason TikTok is so good at figuring out what you want to see, and why it’s better than everything else: it’s a weapon, and the best weapon is one you don’t know exists, or worse, one you think you can’t live without
January 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
There is a reason TikTok is so good at figuring out what you want to see, and why it’s better than everything else: it’s a weapon, and the best weapon is one you don’t know exists, or worse, one you think you can’t live without
I was one of the 40. We won’t go back.
Forty Democrat women signed onto the letter, many of them graduates of Hoosier Women Forward.
indianacapitalchronicle.com/2024/11/20/d...
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Democrat women push state party to act on sexual harassment allegations • Indiana Capital Chronicle
Forty Democrat women sent a scathing letter Wednesday calling on state party Chairman Mike Schmuhl to take action.
indianacapitalchronicle.com
November 21, 2024 at 9:23 PM
I was one of the 40. We won’t go back.
Would the GOP find it disqualifying if the headline were “Gaetz responsible for DEI hires”?
Breaking News: Federal investigators established a trail of payments from Matt Gaetz to women, including some who testified he hired them for sex, according to a document obtained by The New York Times and a lawyer representing some of the women.
Federal Inquiry Traced Matt Gaetz’s Venmo Payments to Women
A document prepared by federal investigators bolsters claims by women who say they were hired for sex by Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice for attorney general, who denies wrongdoin...
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2024 at 11:37 PM
Would the GOP find it disqualifying if the headline were “Gaetz responsible for DEI hires”?
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real reassuring to see this country run by a cohort of sexual abusers who are hellbent on "protecting women" by stopping women from using the bathroom
it's Trans Day of Remembrance and Nancy Mace and Mike Johnson are threatening the first out trans person in Congress—plus any trans person using Capitol buildings—over using the bathroom. speaking of pieces of shit:
my latest @teenvogue.bsky.social on the scapegoating and abandoning of trans people
my latest @teenvogue.bsky.social on the scapegoating and abandoning of trans people
Republicans Are Obsessed With Trans People and Where They Pee
While some Democrats refuse to touch trans issues with a ten-foot pole so as to evade the accusation of being obsessed with “identity politics,” Republicans are openly obsessing over trans people.
www.teenvogue.com
November 20, 2024 at 7:43 PM
real reassuring to see this country run by a cohort of sexual abusers who are hellbent on "protecting women" by stopping women from using the bathroom
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ABC News has obtained Venmo records showing that Matt Gaetz paid over $10,000 to the two women who testified before the House Ethics Committee
abcnews.go.com/US/gaetz-10k...
abcnews.go.com/US/gaetz-10k...
November 20, 2024 at 2:49 PM
ABC News has obtained Venmo records showing that Matt Gaetz paid over $10,000 to the two women who testified before the House Ethics Committee
abcnews.go.com/US/gaetz-10k...
abcnews.go.com/US/gaetz-10k...
More rapists in power. Are we MAGA-ing yet?
A Trump supporting, anti-trans, anti-gay Republican was elected commissioner of the county where I grew up. He won despite being in jail on election night for a sexual assault in Vegas.
It’s now come out that the woman he assaulted was his daughter.
fox59.com/news/indycri...
It’s now come out that the woman he assaulted was his daughter.
fox59.com/news/indycri...
Politician pleads guilty in sexual assault case after being elected to Hancock County Council
HANCOCK COUNTY, Ind. — A current central Indiana county commissioner has pleaded guilty in a Nevada sexual assault case, days after being elected to his local County Council. John D. Jessup – a cur…
fox59.com
November 20, 2024 at 4:10 PM
More rapists in power. Are we MAGA-ing yet?
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Indiana continues to FAIL women at all levels from politicians
to 'journalists' who seem to have the same cognitive understanding of women's issues as Joe Rogan
to 'journalists' who seem to have the same cognitive understanding of women's issues as Joe Rogan
November 19, 2024 at 3:17 AM
Indiana continues to FAIL women at all levels from politicians
to 'journalists' who seem to have the same cognitive understanding of women's issues as Joe Rogan
to 'journalists' who seem to have the same cognitive understanding of women's issues as Joe Rogan
I opened my email to see the subject line “You have a choice!”
I felt hopeful for a hot minute before realizing it just meant I could pick out a new work laptop. #Indiana
I felt hopeful for a hot minute before realizing it just meant I could pick out a new work laptop. #Indiana
November 19, 2024 at 3:58 PM
I opened my email to see the subject line “You have a choice!”
I felt hopeful for a hot minute before realizing it just meant I could pick out a new work laptop. #Indiana
I felt hopeful for a hot minute before realizing it just meant I could pick out a new work laptop. #Indiana
I’m just going to say it: the INDems need to clean house. The fact that the Senate Dems re-elected Greg Taylor after these harassment complaints is inexcusable. Time to put women in charge.
November 18, 2024 at 10:17 PM
I’m just going to say it: the INDems need to clean house. The fact that the Senate Dems re-elected Greg Taylor after these harassment complaints is inexcusable. Time to put women in charge.
Follow me if you’re a Hoosier who believes in human and reproductive rights, equality, ethics, and the rule of law. Intelligent discourse and humor are welcome. Assholes are not.
November 17, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Follow me if you’re a Hoosier who believes in human and reproductive rights, equality, ethics, and the rule of law. Intelligent discourse and humor are welcome. Assholes are not.