Mark Bjorge
@markbjorge.bsky.social
DC to the ESVA, and X to Bluesky.
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A reminder - last March, republicans promised to restore $1.1B in funding to DC in exchange for funding the government, and Mike Johnson never took it up in the House.
a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
ALT: a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
A reminder - last March, republicans promised to restore $1.1B in funding to DC in exchange for funding the government, and Mike Johnson never took it up in the House.
My family will be fine. We’ve already sacrificed and moved on. We just hoped that we had representatives that cared about the principle of fairness and were not playing us for suckers.
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
My family will be fine. We’ve already sacrificed and moved on. We just hoped that we had representatives that cared about the principle of fairness and were not playing us for suckers.
For what it’s worth, anyone who enters a contract with no means of enforcing Said contract is a fool.
November 10, 2025 at 1:22 AM
For what it’s worth, anyone who enters a contract with no means of enforcing Said contract is a fool.
Per Axios, “at least 10 Senate Dems will back a vote to advance a funding package through January”. In exchange, the Senate will “hold a December vote on extending ACA tax credits for one year” (it needs 60 votes to pass).
21 min ago: Senate Democrats entered a caucus meeting, with many moderates remaining tight-lipped about their posture on the possible vote on advancing the House-passed continuing resolution later this evening. Republicans need five more Democrats to cross the aisle to move forward.
November 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
@markwarner.bsky.social @kaine.senate.gov
Please hold the line on ACA funding.
In fact, be bolder.
Don’t cave and tell your peers not to as well, please.
Mark
Onancock, VA
Please hold the line on ACA funding.
In fact, be bolder.
Don’t cave and tell your peers not to as well, please.
Mark
Onancock, VA
November 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
@markwarner.bsky.social @kaine.senate.gov
Please hold the line on ACA funding.
In fact, be bolder.
Don’t cave and tell your peers not to as well, please.
Mark
Onancock, VA
Please hold the line on ACA funding.
In fact, be bolder.
Don’t cave and tell your peers not to as well, please.
Mark
Onancock, VA
Ewww. Cartoonishly villainous. Gross.
"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Ewww. Cartoonishly villainous. Gross.
So I just spent the last two days in DC after spending almost the last two years on the eastern shore of Virginia. My impressions being back in DC – wow, this is city ever empty. I don’t think I’ve ever seen DC this empty. I can only imagine what DC’s tax receipts look like.
August 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
So I just spent the last two days in DC after spending almost the last two years on the eastern shore of Virginia. My impressions being back in DC – wow, this is city ever empty. I don’t think I’ve ever seen DC this empty. I can only imagine what DC’s tax receipts look like.
Wishing all @dcpublicschools.bsky.social students and staff a great first day!
August 25, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Wishing all @dcpublicschools.bsky.social students and staff a great first day!
Photo taken this evening looking West from the ESVA. Is there anyone here who knows cloud formations who can tell me a bit about these? #weather #meteorology
August 6, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Photo taken this evening looking West from the ESVA. Is there anyone here who knows cloud formations who can tell me a bit about these? #weather #meteorology
Yesterday it we pruned and watered our grapes and got a start on pressure washing the house. It was a sunny and humid 90°f and seemed like a good day for that.
In the evening I enjoyed a nice sail. The next three days should be great for that.
In the evening I enjoyed a nice sail. The next three days should be great for that.
July 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Yesterday it we pruned and watered our grapes and got a start on pressure washing the house. It was a sunny and humid 90°f and seemed like a good day for that.
In the evening I enjoyed a nice sail. The next three days should be great for that.
In the evening I enjoyed a nice sail. The next three days should be great for that.
We had over 4.5” of rain in under two hours today, and the result was a whole lot of flooding.
I removed two aquatic(!) turtles from the road on my way home from work.
I removed two aquatic(!) turtles from the road on my way home from work.
July 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
We had over 4.5” of rain in under two hours today, and the result was a whole lot of flooding.
I removed two aquatic(!) turtles from the road on my way home from work.
I removed two aquatic(!) turtles from the road on my way home from work.
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As most USAID staff marked their final day with the agency, Obama and Bush sent video messages.
Obama: the decision to dismantle USAID would “go down as a colossal mistake.”
Bush: “Is it in our interest that 25 million people who would have died now live? I think it is"
Obama: the decision to dismantle USAID would “go down as a colossal mistake.”
Bush: “Is it in our interest that 25 million people who would have died now live? I think it is"
Bush, Obama and Bono Commend USAID Staff Members on Their Last Day
www.nytimes.com
July 1, 2025 at 1:03 AM
As most USAID staff marked their final day with the agency, Obama and Bush sent video messages.
Obama: the decision to dismantle USAID would “go down as a colossal mistake.”
Bush: “Is it in our interest that 25 million people who would have died now live? I think it is"
Obama: the decision to dismantle USAID would “go down as a colossal mistake.”
Bush: “Is it in our interest that 25 million people who would have died now live? I think it is"
I’m going to guess that the heavily industrialized nature of the economy here - agriculture & poultry - leaves teens & twenty something’s feeling they have few options to support a family. I’m guessing most leave. The population demographics trend older here & labor is imported from Mexico & Haiti.
June 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I’m going to guess that the heavily industrialized nature of the economy here - agriculture & poultry - leaves teens & twenty something’s feeling they have few options to support a family. I’m guessing most leave. The population demographics trend older here & labor is imported from Mexico & Haiti.
This Diamondback Terrapin was hunkered down in the road. So I set roadside in a Spartina Patens field.
June 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This Diamondback Terrapin was hunkered down in the road. So I set roadside in a Spartina Patens field.
Day trip to Cambridge and Hoopers Island, MD.
Cambridge is, IMO, hands down the prettiest town on the Eastern Shore. Very historic. Very pleasant. Didn’t take photos in town while driving so you’ll just have to take my word for it.
Cambridge is, IMO, hands down the prettiest town on the Eastern Shore. Very historic. Very pleasant. Didn’t take photos in town while driving so you’ll just have to take my word for it.
June 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Day trip to Cambridge and Hoopers Island, MD.
Cambridge is, IMO, hands down the prettiest town on the Eastern Shore. Very historic. Very pleasant. Didn’t take photos in town while driving so you’ll just have to take my word for it.
Cambridge is, IMO, hands down the prettiest town on the Eastern Shore. Very historic. Very pleasant. Didn’t take photos in town while driving so you’ll just have to take my word for it.
1942 Gerlinger forklift, still putting in work at the boatyard.
June 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
1942 Gerlinger forklift, still putting in work at the boatyard.
Strong Independence Day vibes in #SalisburyMD for #NoKings
June 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Strong Independence Day vibes in #SalisburyMD for #NoKings
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Well past time for big city mayors to call for the arrest of anyone who claims to be law enforcement but wears a mask and/or won’t identify themselves
June 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Well past time for big city mayors to call for the arrest of anyone who claims to be law enforcement but wears a mask and/or won’t identify themselves
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⚡️With only 2 weeks of funding left, US group tracking Russian abduction of Ukrainian children prepares to shut down.
"Right now, we are running on fumes," Nathaniel Raymond, the lab's executive director, told CNN.
"Right now, we are running on fumes," Nathaniel Raymond, the lab's executive director, told CNN.
With only 2 weeks of funding left, US group tracking Russian abduction of Ukrainian children prepares to shut down
"Right now, we are running on fumes," Nathaniel Raymond, the lab's executive director, told CNN. "As of July 1, we lay off all of our staff across Ukraine and other teams, and our work tracking the ki...
kyivindependent.com
June 12, 2025 at 6:33 AM
⚡️With only 2 weeks of funding left, US group tracking Russian abduction of Ukrainian children prepares to shut down.
"Right now, we are running on fumes," Nathaniel Raymond, the lab's executive director, told CNN.
"Right now, we are running on fumes," Nathaniel Raymond, the lab's executive director, told CNN.
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The beginning of the end. Tanks being delivered to downtown DC rolling up Rhode Island Ave NE
June 10, 2025 at 2:42 AM
The beginning of the end. Tanks being delivered to downtown DC rolling up Rhode Island Ave NE
While waiting for supplies to re-rig the Lugger, I went island hopping under motor yesterday. Visited two islands I’d not been to yet, and found a terrapin nesting site and collected some fishing trash.
May 30, 2025 at 11:17 AM
While waiting for supplies to re-rig the Lugger, I went island hopping under motor yesterday. Visited two islands I’d not been to yet, and found a terrapin nesting site and collected some fishing trash.
Serene twilight sail yesterday
May 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Serene twilight sail yesterday
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House GOP is holding a hearing on their tax bill at 1:00 AM because they don't want us to know about their scheme to strip 13.7 million people of health coverage & they think no one will stay awake for it.
I’ll be there, testifying & offering amendments to protect our families.
I’ll be there, testifying & offering amendments to protect our families.
May 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
House GOP is holding a hearing on their tax bill at 1:00 AM because they don't want us to know about their scheme to strip 13.7 million people of health coverage & they think no one will stay awake for it.
I’ll be there, testifying & offering amendments to protect our families.
I’ll be there, testifying & offering amendments to protect our families.