Erin Havel
@erinhavel.bsky.social
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Erin Havel
@erinhavel.bsky.social
· Feb 2
Dear Gentle Readers,
There is an overwhelming amount of chaos this administration is throwing at us every minute.
Choose 1 issue that you are passionate about.
Focus your energy.
If we each pick 1 - it helps to overwhelm the darkness w/ sparks of light throughout.
#Democracy
There is an overwhelming amount of chaos this administration is throwing at us every minute.
Choose 1 issue that you are passionate about.
Focus your energy.
If we each pick 1 - it helps to overwhelm the darkness w/ sparks of light throughout.
#Democracy
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Supporting Supreme Court expansion is pretty close to a litmus test for me for a 2028 Democratic candidate.
December 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Supporting Supreme Court expansion is pretty close to a litmus test for me for a 2028 Democratic candidate.
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The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
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SCOTUS has spoken. Right? Every blue state needs to get onboard with this. And hurry the hell up.
If gerrymandering were illegal nationwide, Republicans would struggle to hold the House at all. The only thing propping them up all these years are rigged maps.
If gerrymandering were illegal nationwide, Republicans would struggle to hold the House at all. The only thing propping them up all these years are rigged maps.
December 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
SCOTUS has spoken. Right? Every blue state needs to get onboard with this. And hurry the hell up.
If gerrymandering were illegal nationwide, Republicans would struggle to hold the House at all. The only thing propping them up all these years are rigged maps.
If gerrymandering were illegal nationwide, Republicans would struggle to hold the House at all. The only thing propping them up all these years are rigged maps.
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VA must redistrict after the Supreme Court’s decision in the Texas case. The last excuse not to is gone.
December 5, 2025 at 1:21 AM
VA must redistrict after the Supreme Court’s decision in the Texas case. The last excuse not to is gone.
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Alligator Alcatraz Detainees Tortured in Small ‘Box,’ Amnesty International Says
Migrants were allegedly sent to what detainees described as a four-by-four-foot "box" as punishment.
Migrants were allegedly sent to what detainees described as a four-by-four-foot "box" as punishment.
Alligator Alcatraz Detainees Tortured in Small 'Box,' Amnesty International Says
Migrants were allegedly sent to what detainees described as a four-by-four-foot "box" as punishment.
www.miaminewtimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Alligator Alcatraz Detainees Tortured in Small ‘Box,’ Amnesty International Says
Migrants were allegedly sent to what detainees described as a four-by-four-foot "box" as punishment.
Migrants were allegedly sent to what detainees described as a four-by-four-foot "box" as punishment.
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President Trump has now pardoned 12 members of Congress convicted of crimes varying from tax evasion, campaign corruption, lying to the FBI, bribery, insider trading, obstruction, etc.
If Jeff Epstein were alive today, he’d be a free man in Trump’s America.
If Jeff Epstein were alive today, he’d be a free man in Trump’s America.
December 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
President Trump has now pardoned 12 members of Congress convicted of crimes varying from tax evasion, campaign corruption, lying to the FBI, bribery, insider trading, obstruction, etc.
If Jeff Epstein were alive today, he’d be a free man in Trump’s America.
If Jeff Epstein were alive today, he’d be a free man in Trump’s America.
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What happens if this alleged January 6 pipe bomber claims that he was merely a tourist who just wanted to put on a fireworks display to celebrate President Trump's victory in the 2020 election?
Would that get him a pardon, a dismissal, and maybe damages?
Would that get him a pardon, a dismissal, and maybe damages?
BREAKING: The FBI makes an arrest in the investigation into pipe bombs placed in D.C. on the eve of the Jan. 6 riot, an AP source says.
FBI makes arrest in investigation into pipe bombs placed in DC on eve of Jan. 6 riot, AP source says
The FBI has made an arrest in its nearly 5-year-old investigation into who placed pipe bombs in Washington before the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
What happens if this alleged January 6 pipe bomber claims that he was merely a tourist who just wanted to put on a fireworks display to celebrate President Trump's victory in the 2020 election?
Would that get him a pardon, a dismissal, and maybe damages?
Would that get him a pardon, a dismissal, and maybe damages?
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Maybe instead of committing atrocities, we could just make the rich pay their fair share and have universal healthcare and affordable housing instead.
Idk, just spitballing here.
Idk, just spitballing here.
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Maybe instead of committing atrocities, we could just make the rich pay their fair share and have universal healthcare and affordable housing instead.
Idk, just spitballing here.
Idk, just spitballing here.
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Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
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BESSENT: Affordability is worse in blue states
SORKIN: The JEC says highest inflation over past 4 years has been in red states, especially Florida
B: I'm talking about current
S: Not over the past 4 years?
B: Today
S: Ok. I would say 4 years would be a reasonable trend line to look at
SORKIN: The JEC says highest inflation over past 4 years has been in red states, especially Florida
B: I'm talking about current
S: Not over the past 4 years?
B: Today
S: Ok. I would say 4 years would be a reasonable trend line to look at
December 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
BESSENT: Affordability is worse in blue states
SORKIN: The JEC says highest inflation over past 4 years has been in red states, especially Florida
B: I'm talking about current
S: Not over the past 4 years?
B: Today
S: Ok. I would say 4 years would be a reasonable trend line to look at
SORKIN: The JEC says highest inflation over past 4 years has been in red states, especially Florida
B: I'm talking about current
S: Not over the past 4 years?
B: Today
S: Ok. I would say 4 years would be a reasonable trend line to look at
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NEWS: US private employers shed 32,000 jobs in November, according to the latest ADP report. That’s 4 months of job losses in the past 6 months. Small businesses are being hit hardest in the Trump economy. Most industries are seeing layoffs.
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
NEWS: US private employers shed 32,000 jobs in November, according to the latest ADP report. That’s 4 months of job losses in the past 6 months. Small businesses are being hit hardest in the Trump economy. Most industries are seeing layoffs.
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🚨 CNBC on latest jobs numbers: "A big miss on ADP payrolls. The private payroll company saying private payrolls shed 32,000 workers in Nov. That's the 4th negative number in past 6 months. The estimate was for +40,000, so the street was off ... this may be coming from being hammered by the tariffs"
December 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
🚨 CNBC on latest jobs numbers: "A big miss on ADP payrolls. The private payroll company saying private payrolls shed 32,000 workers in Nov. That's the 4th negative number in past 6 months. The estimate was for +40,000, so the street was off ... this may be coming from being hammered by the tariffs"
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JUST IN: Democrats have flipped the mayor's office in Roswell, Georgia, in tonight's runoff.
GOP Mayor Kurt Wilson conceded earlier tonight to Mary Robichaux, the Dem challenging him.
(This is a city in the Atlanta suburbs, the 9th most populous city in Georgia.)
GOP Mayor Kurt Wilson conceded earlier tonight to Mary Robichaux, the Dem challenging him.
(This is a city in the Atlanta suburbs, the 9th most populous city in Georgia.)
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 AM
JUST IN: Democrats have flipped the mayor's office in Roswell, Georgia, in tonight's runoff.
GOP Mayor Kurt Wilson conceded earlier tonight to Mary Robichaux, the Dem challenging him.
(This is a city in the Atlanta suburbs, the 9th most populous city in Georgia.)
GOP Mayor Kurt Wilson conceded earlier tonight to Mary Robichaux, the Dem challenging him.
(This is a city in the Atlanta suburbs, the 9th most populous city in Georgia.)
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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 2:14 AM
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.
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🚨BREAKING: An Indiana House committee voted 8-5 Tuesday to approve a new GOP-backed congressional map, advancing the measure over the objections of Democrats and members of the public who called the plan a racial gerrymander.
Indiana House Committee Advances Map, Despite Racial Gerrymandering Allegations
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
🚨BREAKING: An Indiana House committee voted 8-5 Tuesday to approve a new GOP-backed congressional map, advancing the measure over the objections of Democrats and members of the public who called the plan a racial gerrymander.
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THE STATS ARE IN
To all the volunteers - THANK YOU!!!!
Polls are open TODAY until 7 PM. You can knock on doors, phone bank, and still get involved if able.
{LINK IN BIO}
Let's get this done, y'all.
To all the volunteers - THANK YOU!!!!
Polls are open TODAY until 7 PM. You can knock on doors, phone bank, and still get involved if able.
{LINK IN BIO}
Let's get this done, y'all.
December 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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🚨 🗳️ 🇺🇸 ELECTION DAY
all eyes on you, TN-7
all eyes on you, TN-7
December 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
🚨 🗳️ 🇺🇸 ELECTION DAY
all eyes on you, TN-7
all eyes on you, TN-7
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Good morning sunshine! If you are in TN-07 time to go elect Aftyn Behn!!! GO VOTE!
December 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Good morning sunshine! If you are in TN-07 time to go elect Aftyn Behn!!! GO VOTE!
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TODAY IS THE DAY!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
December 2, 2025 at 11:59 AM
TODAY IS THE DAY!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
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November 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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It's ELECTION DAY in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District!
It's a special election to replace former Republican Rep. Mark Green.
Let's go @aftynbehn.bsky.social!!
It's a special election to replace former Republican Rep. Mark Green.
Let's go @aftynbehn.bsky.social!!
December 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It's ELECTION DAY in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District!
It's a special election to replace former Republican Rep. Mark Green.
Let's go @aftynbehn.bsky.social!!
It's a special election to replace former Republican Rep. Mark Green.
Let's go @aftynbehn.bsky.social!!
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America: Did you order the code Red?
Hegseth: YOU’RE GODDAM RIGHT I DID!
America: Uhm, it’s a crime.
Hegseth: Ok, someone else ordered the Code Red.
Hegseth: YOU’RE GODDAM RIGHT I DID!
America: Uhm, it’s a crime.
Hegseth: Ok, someone else ordered the Code Red.
December 2, 2025 at 6:37 AM
America: Did you order the code Red?
Hegseth: YOU’RE GODDAM RIGHT I DID!
America: Uhm, it’s a crime.
Hegseth: Ok, someone else ordered the Code Red.
Hegseth: YOU’RE GODDAM RIGHT I DID!
America: Uhm, it’s a crime.
Hegseth: Ok, someone else ordered the Code Red.