Betty Cracker of Florida
@bettycrackerfl.bsky.social
Postcards from the sedge.
DMs are painfully awkward if we don’t know each other.
Peace, love, gators. 🐊
DMs are painfully awkward if we don’t know each other.
Peace, love, gators. 🐊
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Hanging bats filmed upside-down look like a Goth nightclub
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I used to retweet this periodically at The Bad Place because it's the perfect timeline cleanse. Now here. You're welcome.
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The upside is they won't be able to melt back into the population when the regime falls.
“.. If you add more and more product to your face and are surrounded by people who do the same, ‘you lose sight of anatomic normalcy.’”
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November 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The upside is they won't be able to melt back into the population when the regime falls.
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The most trusted news source in the US is The Weather Channel. The second most trusted is the BBC.
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The most trusted news source in the US is The Weather Channel. The second most trusted is the BBC.
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Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
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November 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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They threw a Great Gatsby party and then raised your health insurance premiums.
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 AM
They threw a Great Gatsby party and then raised your health insurance premiums.
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Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
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The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
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It’s not.
King: So I believe that we are closer tonight to a vote on the ACA tax credits than we were this morning. This agreement tonight is a win for the American people.
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
It’s not.
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The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
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Shaheen is retiring; Virginia is solid enough Blue territory that Kaine shld be replaced by a Democrat who is serious about preserving American democracy.
Senate reaches deal to reopen government after moderate Democrats cave
Senate Reaches Deal To Reopen Government After Moderate Democrats Cave
Republicans found enough Democrats willing to drop their party's demand to extend soon-to-expire health care subsidies for millions of people.
www.huffpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Shaheen is retiring; Virginia is solid enough Blue territory that Kaine shld be replaced by a Democrat who is serious about preserving American democracy.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
Highly recommend this podcast, which has been consistently delightful. I loved the eps dealing with Plato’s Republic. RJ approaches the work with exactly the right level of respect and contempt. Brava!
NEW EPISODE! We wrap up our epic exploration of Plato's Republic with a look at pre-Socratic philosophy, the life of Socrates, and that time Plato tried and failed to become a political consultant. Transcript here: #booksky #podcasts booksofalltime.co.uk/2025/11/09/e...
Episode 41 – Plato, The Republic, Part 3 – I Completely Agree, Socrates
“‘Imagine someone returning to the human world and all its misery after contemplating the divine realm. Do you think it’s surprising if he seems awkward and ridiculous while he’s still not seeing w…
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November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Highly recommend this podcast, which has been consistently delightful. I loved the eps dealing with Plato’s Republic. RJ approaches the work with exactly the right level of respect and contempt. Brava!
Anyone watching PLUR1BUS? Trying to decide if it’s materially more horrifying than our actual dystopia. 🤔
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Anyone watching PLUR1BUS? Trying to decide if it’s materially more horrifying than our actual dystopia. 🤔
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I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them
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Dem Senator Ruben Gallego is a no on the CR:
“I have been clear on this from the beginning: I will not turn my back on the 24 million Americans who will see their premiums more than double if we don’t extend these tax credits.”
“I have been clear on this from the beginning: I will not turn my back on the 24 million Americans who will see their premiums more than double if we don’t extend these tax credits.”
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Dem Senator Ruben Gallego is a no on the CR:
“I have been clear on this from the beginning: I will not turn my back on the 24 million Americans who will see their premiums more than double if we don’t extend these tax credits.”
“I have been clear on this from the beginning: I will not turn my back on the 24 million Americans who will see their premiums more than double if we don’t extend these tax credits.”
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Scorpio: You’ll wake up with a feeling of doom and ennui. Don’t be overly concerned. Eventually the sun will envelop the earth.
November 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Scorpio: You’ll wake up with a feeling of doom and ennui. Don’t be overly concerned. Eventually the sun will envelop the earth.
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Agree with this.
About to publish something on the airplane mess. But this too is ON THE REPUBS. It is not a reason to cave. Dems, it is a time to keep standing up.
About to publish something on the airplane mess. But this too is ON THE REPUBS. It is not a reason to cave. Dems, it is a time to keep standing up.
Opening the government with no concessions from GOP merely to alleviate airline cancellations - when Congress has been dragging its feet for years on chronic FAA staffing issues - is a lame ass choice.
Also, doing it while the House refuses to work is appalling.
Also, doing it while the House refuses to work is appalling.
November 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Agree with this.
About to publish something on the airplane mess. But this too is ON THE REPUBS. It is not a reason to cave. Dems, it is a time to keep standing up.
About to publish something on the airplane mess. But this too is ON THE REPUBS. It is not a reason to cave. Dems, it is a time to keep standing up.
This reminds me a bit of Ceaușescu’s last televised speech. Sic semper tyrannis, bitch.
Every politician gets booed at games at some point, but I genuinely don’t remember an elected official getting booed for this long at a sporting event.
November 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
This reminds me a bit of Ceaușescu’s last televised speech. Sic semper tyrannis, bitch.
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Every politician gets booed at games at some point, but I genuinely don’t remember an elected official getting booed for this long at a sporting event.
November 9, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Every politician gets booed at games at some point, but I genuinely don’t remember an elected official getting booed for this long at a sporting event.
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Unacceptable. There are 189,000 people in my district who will be paying 50–300% more for the same, and in many cases worse, healthcare.
I won’t do that to the people I represent. I’m a NO on this “deal.”
I won’t do that to the people I represent. I’m a NO on this “deal.”
November 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Unacceptable. There are 189,000 people in my district who will be paying 50–300% more for the same, and in many cases worse, healthcare.
I won’t do that to the people I represent. I’m a NO on this “deal.”
I won’t do that to the people I represent. I’m a NO on this “deal.”
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You CANNOT spend FSA money on health care premiums, and if you’re self-employed or unemployed you don’t even have a fucking FSA.
"A development that appeared to break the logjam: Republicans proposed that healthcare funding be provided directly to households rather than used to pay for a 1-year extension of ACA subsidies. That involves sending federal money into FSAs instead of insurance companies" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Republicans Pitch Alternative to ACA Extension to End Government Shutdown
A proposal by GOP senators to send money directly to consumers’ health accounts rather than to insurance companies showed signs of breaking a stalemate on negotiations.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
You CANNOT spend FSA money on health care premiums, and if you’re self-employed or unemployed you don’t even have a fucking FSA.
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#Florida city's residents vote overwhelmingly to dissolve utility run by board appointed by Gov. Ron DeSastrous and instead return control to their city govt. www.gainesville.com/story/news/p...
Gainesville votes to dissolve GRU Authority, return control of utility back to city
With the Gainesville City Commission expected to assume control of GRU this week, one of the biggest remaining questions is who will manage the utility.
www.gainesville.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
#Florida city's residents vote overwhelmingly to dissolve utility run by board appointed by Gov. Ron DeSastrous and instead return control to their city govt. www.gainesville.com/story/news/p...
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Longtime #Florida Gladesman Capt. Franklin Adams says he hopes enviro groups prevail in court against Gov. Ron DeSastrous' Everglades concentration camp, but fears the worst damage will have already been done to the River of Grass. www.news-press.com/story/news/e...
Gladesman on Alligator Alcatraz:
'Much of the damage will already have occurred'
Franklin Adams grew up hunting and fishing across millions of acres in the historic Everglades system, and now he's against Alligator Alcatraz.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Longtime #Florida Gladesman Capt. Franklin Adams says he hopes enviro groups prevail in court against Gov. Ron DeSastrous' Everglades concentration camp, but fears the worst damage will have already been done to the River of Grass. www.news-press.com/story/news/e...