Chris Sanders
@highlycaffeinated.bsky.social
IT Support manager, traveler, dog lover, leftist.
World of Warcraft, Warhammer 40k, history, art, etc.
I drink a lot of coffee and have to attend a lot of meetings. Printers are the bane of my existence.
World of Warcraft, Warhammer 40k, history, art, etc.
I drink a lot of coffee and have to attend a lot of meetings. Printers are the bane of my existence.
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Also just so everyone is crystal clear the democrats knew that they were going to fold the entire time and only waited until the won the elections to bury their bad acts.
November 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Also just so everyone is crystal clear the democrats knew that they were going to fold the entire time and only waited until the won the elections to bury their bad acts.
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Oh yeah the senate democrats also voted to remove protections for thc and hemp based cbd last night. So many small businesses are about to close and so many people are going to be needlessly hit by legal actions due to this. bsky.app/profile/myta...
of all the things about this deal that are pissing me off this might have pissed me off the most
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Oh yeah the senate democrats also voted to remove protections for thc and hemp based cbd last night. So many small businesses are about to close and so many people are going to be needlessly hit by legal actions due to this. bsky.app/profile/myta...
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the president of the united states, for some reason apparently:
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
the president of the united states, for some reason apparently:
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Senators look at Trump's shameless corruption and say "give us some of that"
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Senators look at Trump's shameless corruption and say "give us some of that"
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Huh well it turns out I heard from a few federal workers about this and well
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Huh well it turns out I heard from a few federal workers about this and well
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
If? IF?
I’m sure Lucy will let Charlie Brown kick the football THIS time…
I’m sure Lucy will let Charlie Brown kick the football THIS time…
1. We need to fight hard for a good ACA extension early in December and hold Republicans fiercely accountable if they betray everyone.
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
If? IF?
I’m sure Lucy will let Charlie Brown kick the football THIS time…
I’m sure Lucy will let Charlie Brown kick the football THIS time…
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The senators stupid enough or cynical enough to vote to reopen the government on the word of these weasels should be drummed out of office and mocked mercilessly for the rest of their life.
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The senators stupid enough or cynical enough to vote to reopen the government on the word of these weasels should be drummed out of office and mocked mercilessly for the rest of their life.
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a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
I have a fond memory of being an uninsured 20-something having to call and negotiate cash pricing to get a badly ingrown and infected toenail cut out. And then having to call and renegotiate when they billed me for 4x the price they quoted.
A lot of people aren't old enough to remember US Healthcare before the ACA.
It was a dark time.
-Pre-existing insurance-no coverage
-kids off parents plans at 18
-even workplace insurance could exclude pre existing conditions
-no insurance funded breast pumps
It was a dark time.
-Pre-existing insurance-no coverage
-kids off parents plans at 18
-even workplace insurance could exclude pre existing conditions
-no insurance funded breast pumps
November 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I have a fond memory of being an uninsured 20-something having to call and negotiate cash pricing to get a badly ingrown and infected toenail cut out. And then having to call and renegotiate when they billed me for 4x the price they quoted.
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hiring benoit blanc to find my roomba
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
hiring benoit blanc to find my roomba
Song #4 on the iTunes Store charts at the moment, stay vigilant
I'm so worried about what'll happen when our kids are old enough to have phones!!!! 😮😮😮
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IS YOUR CHILD TEXTING ABOUT THE WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD?
What your Great Lakes maritime history-obsessed teen's text messages actually mean:
brb = bell rang bro
rofl = rang out for lost (crew)
bff = big freakin' freigher
lol = Load of Ore on the Lake
smh = shift minutes to hours
glhf = Great Lakes hella freighter
tbh = taconite be haulin'
stfu = steer the freighter upwind
tfw = that freakin' witch (of November)
asl = a ship lost
gg = Gitche Gumee
idc = immoderate deadweight capacity
btw = beneath the waves
afk = a freighter kaput
hbd = hauler's beacon down
ily = iron load yonder
jk = just [24] kilometers
lmao = lost my abyssal ore
nbd = north bound draft
glhf = good lord, hold flooding
omg = obliteratingly massive gales
tmi = too much iron
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November 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Song #4 on the iTunes Store charts at the moment, stay vigilant
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Yes. How do Dem electeds not understand this dynamic? After all these years?
At some point we have to let pain hurt Trump instead of helping him. Every time we let pain help him, he’ll do more and bigger next time.
Each acquiescence means the next one will be *more* painful.
Each acquiescence means the next one will be *more* painful.
November 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Yes. How do Dem electeds not understand this dynamic? After all these years?
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
FSAs are awful and this idea is bad.
"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 11:26 PM
FSAs are awful and this idea is bad.
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"A promise of a vote on healthcare"
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
"A promise of a vote on healthcare"
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Or maybe Senate Democrats are aware of how pissed off voters will be?
This alleged deal guarantees a BILLION dollars in spending for security and police at the Capitol, and then a pinky promise to hold a vote on ACA subsidies that will surely lose.
Not sure a billion will even be enough but OK.
This alleged deal guarantees a BILLION dollars in spending for security and police at the Capitol, and then a pinky promise to hold a vote on ACA subsidies that will surely lose.
Not sure a billion will even be enough but OK.
November 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Or maybe Senate Democrats are aware of how pissed off voters will be?
This alleged deal guarantees a BILLION dollars in spending for security and police at the Capitol, and then a pinky promise to hold a vote on ACA subsidies that will surely lose.
Not sure a billion will even be enough but OK.
This alleged deal guarantees a BILLION dollars in spending for security and police at the Capitol, and then a pinky promise to hold a vote on ACA subsidies that will surely lose.
Not sure a billion will even be enough but OK.
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"Hyde language" would be a ban on anything related to abortion. So, any Senate Democrat that caves is agreeing to vote to implement a nationwide abortion ban in exchange for healthcare subsidies.
Democrats are likely to get a vote on an extension later. But they've already gotten similar votes. Republicans already vowing to block an extension without major changes to the ACA, like adding Hyde language.
November 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"Hyde language" would be a ban on anything related to abortion. So, any Senate Democrat that caves is agreeing to vote to implement a nationwide abortion ban in exchange for healthcare subsidies.
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The Dems who are caving are doing so not because their base wants them to,
not because the voters want them to,
not because the fed workers and SNAP recipients want them to…
they are caving because their DONORS want them to.
And that’s really all that ever matters to the corrupt
not because the voters want them to,
not because the fed workers and SNAP recipients want them to…
they are caving because their DONORS want them to.
And that’s really all that ever matters to the corrupt
November 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The Dems who are caving are doing so not because their base wants them to,
not because the voters want them to,
not because the fed workers and SNAP recipients want them to…
they are caving because their DONORS want them to.
And that’s really all that ever matters to the corrupt
not because the voters want them to,
not because the fed workers and SNAP recipients want them to…
they are caving because their DONORS want them to.
And that’s really all that ever matters to the corrupt
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That means restrictions on abortion coverage for the uninitiated
Democrats are likely to get a vote on an extension later. But they've already gotten similar votes. Republicans already vowing to block an extension without major changes to the ACA, like adding Hyde language.
November 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
That means restrictions on abortion coverage for the uninitiated
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if dems take this deal, they take ownership of the shutdown pain. fucking champions of own goals..
November 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
if dems take this deal, they take ownership of the shutdown pain. fucking champions of own goals..
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One of the many reasons that Schumer straight up has to go is that, *best case scenario,* he has zero control over his caucus. The worst case scenario is considerably worse
I will say, I don't know what a plausible *good* outcome was -- the GOP wasn't going to sign off on good bills just because of some bad polls, I don't think online progs or Schumer/Jeffries had a clear plan to win this either?
but the Senate mods / institutionalists are throwing in the towel afaict
but the Senate mods / institutionalists are throwing in the towel afaict
November 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
One of the many reasons that Schumer straight up has to go is that, *best case scenario,* he has zero control over his caucus. The worst case scenario is considerably worse
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I’m hardly the most militant person on here, but this is shameful and weak. Shut down the government for 6 weeks for… the promise of a vote on healthcare funding? and meanwhile giving the GOP a full year of military and farm funding, so their base won’t care about the next shutdown?
If these 8 democrats do this, I hope they experience the most miserable primary campaigns in history www.politico.com/live-updates...
Senate hopes for shutdown breakthrough Sunday
Senators believe enough Democrats are ready to reopen the government.
www.politico.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I’m hardly the most militant person on here, but this is shameful and weak. Shut down the government for 6 weeks for… the promise of a vote on healthcare funding? and meanwhile giving the GOP a full year of military and farm funding, so their base won’t care about the next shutdown?
A huge majority of the music I like now
Slip on shoes
Being an introvert/homebody
Not being drunk/high/intoxicated all the time
Slip on shoes
Being an introvert/homebody
Not being drunk/high/intoxicated all the time
What do you like now that 16 year old you would hate you for?
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
A huge majority of the music I like now
Slip on shoes
Being an introvert/homebody
Not being drunk/high/intoxicated all the time
Slip on shoes
Being an introvert/homebody
Not being drunk/high/intoxicated all the time