Diane Roberts, formerly BadDebutante on the twixxy thing
@dkroberts.bsky.social
Writer, political columnist, childless cat lady. Allergic to fascists.
The Florida legislature is trying to destroy every environmental protection we have left. Ask the candidates for Ron DeSantis' job what they think of that: floridaphoenix.com/2025/11/20/a...
Ask the gaggle of gubernatorial wannabes what they’ll do for Florida’s environment • Florida Phoenix
Hey Florida, congrats! We’ve just about made it through another hurricane season. But I should warn you that something even scarier is coming: A gubernatorial election. Board up your windows! Batten d...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The Florida legislature is trying to destroy every environmental protection we have left. Ask the candidates for Ron DeSantis' job what they think of that: floridaphoenix.com/2025/11/20/a...
All the other shoes have dropped. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
All the other shoes have dropped. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Enviro groups sue to stop President Convicted Felon from initiating offshore oil lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico (or whatever we're calling it this week). The suit cites the effect on the critically endangered Rice’s whale plus the BP oil spill. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c... via @nytimes.com
Environmentalists Sue to Stop Oil Lease Sales in the Gulf of Mexico
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November 19, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Enviro groups sue to stop President Convicted Felon from initiating offshore oil lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico (or whatever we're calling it this week). The suit cites the effect on the critically endangered Rice’s whale plus the BP oil spill. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c... via @nytimes.com
DeSantis has taken your money to indoctrinate students and wreck a public college: www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
DeSantis’s makeover of ‘left-wing’ Florida college has been costly
Gov. Ron DeSantis’s makeover of the public honors college has been thorough — and costly, a new report shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
DeSantis has taken your money to indoctrinate students and wreck a public college: www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
New College is on its deathbed--if not already deceased. floridaphoenix.com/2025/11/17/d...
Don't worry about indoctrinating college students. It's not possible. • Florida Phoenix
New College of Florida is on its intellectual deathbed. Once an authority-challenging, free-thinking institution for students passionate about learning, a place where difference was celebrated and cre...
floridaphoenix.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
New College is on its deathbed--if not already deceased. floridaphoenix.com/2025/11/17/d...
Franklin Adams is Glades genius: he understands the ways of the waters and the grasses and the critters. We need to believe him, not Ron "Zero Impact" DeSantis.
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.
www.news-press.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Franklin Adams is Glades genius: he understands the ways of the waters and the grasses and the critters. We need to believe him, not Ron "Zero Impact" DeSantis.
Reposted by Diane Roberts, formerly BadDebutante on the twixxy thing
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.
www.news-press.com
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...
The Phipps family once cared about Leon County'swetlands, trees and waters. Now, aided by 3 of our 5 city commissioners, Jeff Phipps wants to build thousands of houses in the Lake Jackson conservation area. What is wrong with these people? www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
'Community altering': Concerns mount over Comp Plan changes allowing Lake Jackson development
Concerned citizens, environmental groups and others are lining up to oppose proposed changes to the Tallahassee-Leon County Comprehensive Plan that could open the door to large-scale development north...
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November 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The Phipps family once cared about Leon County'swetlands, trees and waters. Now, aided by 3 of our 5 city commissioners, Jeff Phipps wants to build thousands of houses in the Lake Jackson conservation area. What is wrong with these people? www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
Why do Trumpublicans hate education so much? floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/27/n...
No ceasefire in the war on higher education • Florida Phoenix
Can you show us on the doll where education hurt you? According to the Right, schools and colleges are hotbeds of anti-American degeneracy propagated by teachers hell bent on indoctrinating the young...
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October 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Why do Trumpublicans hate education so much? floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/27/n...
This is appalling. But on-brand for Wakulla County's slimy politicians. floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/23/f...
Florida county considers unpopular land swap with national forest • Florida Phoenix
Sometimes I think the most “Florida” county of the 67, the one that best encapsulates the good and bad of the Sunshine State, is Wakulla County up in the Panhandle. It contains lots of wild natural be...
floridaphoenix.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This is appalling. But on-brand for Wakulla County's slimy politicians. floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/23/f...
Florida is next. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Faculty at Texas university fear entire liberal arts departments will be slashed
University of Texas at Austin faculty fear changes from new taskforce that could restructure humanities programs
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Florida is next. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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#Florida Senate sponsor of much-despised pro-developer SB 180, which 2 dozen local govts are now suing to overturn, promises to file a bill this year to fix it subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025... via @brucebritchie.bsky.social
POLITICO Pro: Senate sponsor of law change restricting local growth regs set to file bill limiting 'overreach'
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October 17, 2025 at 10:55 PM
#Florida Senate sponsor of much-despised pro-developer SB 180, which 2 dozen local govts are now suing to overturn, promises to file a bill this year to fix it subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025... via @brucebritchie.bsky.social
Superb story by Camille Goering on Florida's hellish "rehab" centers: floridatrident.org/for-profit-p...
For-Profit Punishment: Life inside a Florida taxpayer-funded rehab center
In January 2022, after several long years of attempting to outrun her drug addiction, Abigail Harris was, at last, safely in jail. At just 21 years old,
floridatrident.org
October 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Superb story by Camille Goering on Florida's hellish "rehab" centers: floridatrident.org/for-profit-p...
Not content with polluting the hell out of Texas, Elon Musk is coming for an Atlantic seashore treasure. floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/16/s...
Space X has big, destructive plans for its big rocket in Florida • Florida Phoenix
This is such a breakable age. Things we thought would last are, to our surprise, now in danger of shattering. You think our state parks will always be preserved? Nope, we’re going to try to put golf c...
floridaphoenix.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Not content with polluting the hell out of Texas, Elon Musk is coming for an Atlantic seashore treasure. floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/16/s...
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Judge grants restraining order to ex-girlfriend of scandal-plagued #Florida Congressman Cory Mills. www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/10/14/j... via @kyleor.land
Judge grants ex-girlfriend restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills
A Florida judge said Rep. Cory Mills had cyberstalked an ex-girlfriend and barred the lawmaker from going near her residence or workplace or referencing her on social media.
www.orlandosentinel.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Judge grants restraining order to ex-girlfriend of scandal-plagued #Florida Congressman Cory Mills. www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/10/14/j... via @kyleor.land
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#Florida professor put on leave for comments about Charlie Kirk alleges the university hired an outside law firm to investigate, potentially to sidestep public records laws. www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/e...
Suspended FAU professor: Outside law firm probing faculty social media to skirt Sunshine Law
A FAU professor says the school hired a Tallahassee law firm to investigate faculty Charlie Kirk social media posts outside public view.
www.palmbeachpost.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
#Florida professor put on leave for comments about Charlie Kirk alleges the university hired an outside law firm to investigate, potentially to sidestep public records laws. www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/e...
Superb story about Florida's fascist--and taxpayer funded--faux "rehab" centers. floridatrident.org/for-profit-p...
For-Profit Punishment: Life inside a Florida taxpayer-funded rehab center
In January 2022, after several long years of attempting to outrun her drug addiction, Abigail Harris was, at last, safely in jail. At just 21 years old,
floridatrident.org
October 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Superb story about Florida's fascist--and taxpayer funded--faux "rehab" centers. floridatrident.org/for-profit-p...
Miami Trashy Trump Temple Shock Horror! floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/13/t...
Trump's glittering palace on Biscayne Bay • Florida Phoenix
In New York, they brag about Broadway and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In Chicago, it’s Millennium Park and Frank Lloyd Wright buildings. Arizona has the Grand Canyon; Colorado has the Rockies; New...
floridaphoenix.com
October 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Miami Trashy Trump Temple Shock Horror! floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/13/t...
We're Number One! (in pollution): floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/09/b...
Big Florida lake ranked as the most polluted in the U.S. • Florida Phoenix
I am such a big booster of Florida and its features! I am constantly telling people about the many ways in which we beat the rest of the nation. We have the best state park system, one that’s won nati...
floridaphoenix.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We're Number One! (in pollution): floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/09/b...
Ron DeSantis will soon be unemployed. floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/06/w...
What's next for our lame duck governor? • Florida Phoenix
Hard times are on the horizon. Unemployment rates are creeping up, especially in the public-service sector, and, like many others, Florida’s current governor will soon be out of a job. He’s got only 1...
floridaphoenix.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Ron DeSantis will soon be unemployed. floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/06/w...
$80 million for four acres in Destin? Yeah. floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/02/c...
Campaign contributor skips line, gets big payday from Florida governor and Cabinet • Florida Phoenix
When you were in elementary school, did you ever have to deal with some rude student who tried skipping to the front of the line? Something like that just happened with Florida’s popular land preserva...
floridaphoenix.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
$80 million for four acres in Destin? Yeah. floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/02/c...
We should be allowed to say outrageous things: floridaphoenix.com/2025/09/29/r...
Rampant gaslighting about freedom of speech at Florida universities • Florida Phoenix
Florida’s institutions of higher education are in trouble. The University of West Florida is being run by Manny Diaz Jr., a former social studies teacher (and ex-Commissioner of Education) but, given ...
floridaphoenix.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
We should be allowed to say outrageous things: floridaphoenix.com/2025/09/29/r...
and the Stupid Florida hits keep on coming, toxic tire edition: floridaphoenix.com/2025/09/25/f...
Florida man builds fortress of tires around Marion County property • Florida Phoenix
When I was growing up in Pensacola, the local radio station often ran ads for a tire repair business whose slogan was, “Tires ain’t pretty.” I thought of that simple declaration this week when I heard...
floridaphoenix.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
and the Stupid Florida hits keep on coming, toxic tire edition: floridaphoenix.com/2025/09/25/f...
From Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls: "But are there not many Fascists in your country?"
"There are many who do not know they are Fascists, but will find it out when the time comes".
"There are many who do not know they are Fascists, but will find it out when the time comes".
September 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
From Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls: "But are there not many Fascists in your country?"
"There are many who do not know they are Fascists, but will find it out when the time comes".
"There are many who do not know they are Fascists, but will find it out when the time comes".
Reposted by Diane Roberts, formerly BadDebutante on the twixxy thing
September 19, 2025 at 2:02 AM