Ben Havn

Father, Husband and a proud Badger Alum from Racine who loves living in the Twin Cities

[Ben Havn @bkhavn]

@Dom_Cotroneo Our 12u team just played a game in Cooperstown that started at 12:05am local time. I won't complain about west coast Brewer games ever again.

[Heather Long @byHeatherLong]

Fed Chair Powell says we "just don't know" what impact of oil shock will be.

"The standard learning is that you look through energy shocks, but that’s always been dependent on inflation expectations remaining WELL ANCHORED."

"The US economy is doing pretty well. It’s just we don’t know what the effects of this will be and really no one does."

"If ever a time to skip SEP, this would be a good one because we just don’t know."

[Wisconsin Hockey @BadgerWHockey]

The Sett is bumping with a USA OT winner! 🇺🇸

#OlympiansMadeHere

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

a second angle of the killing in south Minneapolis today is even worse

warning: video is graphic https://t.co/pMaeLaEZDq

[Ben Havn @bkhavn]

@DKambUSA @jaketapper As the son of a Danish immigrant to the US, I have always been extremely proud of the relationship between the DK and US. On behalf of my Danish American family: THANK YOU to Danish people for always being there when America asked.

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says. https://t.co/r3uyyj3LWL

[Kirk’s Evil Twin (KET) @tory4heisman]

The penny witnessed the 1st U.S President.
The penny witnessed Slavery.
The penny witnessed the Civil War.
The penny witnessed the Great Depression.
The penny witnessed 9/11.

But after 233 years on this planet…

It never witnessed Nebraska win an NCAA tournament game.

[Pete Thamel @PeteThamel]

He’s worked previously at Fordham, Austin Peay and Mississippi State. He’s the grandson of Carm Cozza, the legendary Yale coach.

[ESPN Milwaukee @ESPNMilwaukee]

OPE you almost had it. #ThisIsMyCrew

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

Remember when Pizza Hut pan pizzas were basically a goddamn culinary delicacy? They’d bring them out in a real fucking skillet that was piping at about 700 degrees Fahrenheit right as your third song kicked in on the jukebox after you’d played a game of Galaga. We were kings.

[Ben Havn @bkhavn]

@Twins Too bad very few seemed to appreciate the grrat start at Target Field.

[On Wisconsin magazine @OnWisMag]

In a time of uncertainty for higher education, the Wisconsin Alumni Association is stepping up its advocacy for @UWMadison. See how UW alums can function as allies in the face of current challenges.

https://t.co/AwwS1YmEpG

[Mark Cuban @mcuban]

Want to know one of the biggest problems in healthcare? Deductibles.

Deductibles are defined by the plans the insurance companies design. Then they are approved to be offered by the feds or employers. Then we the people decide what deductible we want when we choose our plans.

Often we choose higher deductibles because we are healthy or because we can only afford the lowest premium plan.

When we got get care and can't pay our deductible for whatever reason, you know who takes all the credit risk and losses?
Doctors, hospitals and caregivers

They have ZERO to do with designing, selling or choosing the plans.

But when you can't pay, they are the ones that become the bill collectors we hate. The ones that put millions into default and bankruptcy,
DESPITE HAVING NO SAY in the plans and deductibles we all choose.

That is one fucked up system that needs to be redesigned.

Next time I'll tell you how insurance companies decide not to pay what they contractually owe to the hospitals and use delay tactics like denials, they know they will approve , just to earn interest on premiums.

And the hospitals aren't innocent. But I'll let them off the hook for now because they have to take anyone that walks in the doors

@BillAckman
@elonmusk
@DOGE
@RobertKennedyJr
@DrOz

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13.

For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26.

Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency.

It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.

[Wisconsin Alumni @WisAlumni]

UW–Madison ranked 22nd among universities in the United States, and it was the fifth-highest-ranked Big Ten school in the 2025 Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings. On, Wisconsin! 👐

https://t.co/70hDJkATqN

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

It's just so tricky to figure out if vaccines work or not

Let's look at polio.

The data isn't clear

We may never know

[Ben Havn @bkhavn]

@SoopGawd So sorry Marcus! Wish I had something more profound to say. Live ya!

[Wisconsin Football @BadgerFootball]

Repost to get our guys to the 2025 Pro Bowl Games! 🤩

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