Andrew Dvorak
@andrewdvorak.bsky.social
Retired engineer of battery powered tuggers, former CAD software educator and lifelong naval architect. Like working with facts. Covid boat project completed. NY, NJ, MA, VA, ME, MN now NC
Reps. Tlaib and Green lead letter demanding release of DACA recipient in ICE custody Ya’akub Ira Vijandre has now been in ICE custody for a year for ‘liking’ a social media post You can read the letters by clicking here: algreen.house.gov/media/press-...
WKRN: “An estimated 762,000 Tennesseans live in poverty, 46,000 more than the year prior… Researchers add that number doesn’t capture just how many people are struggling.” But hey at least Trump gets his ballroom & arch right @MarshaBlackburn? www.wkrn.com/news/tenness...
The law is that “Although the WH is not required to open its doors to the news media, once it establishes press facilities for credentialed journalists, it cannot deny access based on the content of a journalist’s coverage.” That's exactly what Trump is doing. joycevance.substack.com/p/its-a-nice...
It’s a Nice First Amendment You’ve Got There…
Mea culpa for the long post on a Saturday night, but read on and see if you don’t agree that it’s essential.
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Political violence has no place in our democracy. I’m glad Dr. Amy Acton is safe and grateful for the swift response from law enforcement. We settle our differences at the ballot box, not through violence. These acts must never be tolerated or normalized.
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · last mo.An armed individual lunged at the Democratic nominee for Ohio governor, Amy Acton, at a fair in Canfield, injuring others, her campaign said. Acton is running against Republican Vivek Ramaswamy, in what has turned into a tight race in the red state.
New York City has one of the highest rates of childhood asthma in the country. The BUSES Act would directly target New York's bus idling restrictions. If Republicans want this for their kids, that's their business. But I will not allow this to be done to mine.
The Boundary Waters will remain exactly as it should: wild, pristine, and unharmed.
24. "The commander-in-chief has mired us in this geopolitical disaster," Ossoff said. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoOssoff on why he invoked Natalie Harp during his speech: "We're in wartime. The commander in chief has mired us in this geopolitical disaster. People have lost their lives ... and he retreats into this bubble of West Wing aides who are his security blanket to make him feel good about himself"
I got emotional all over again watching that clip from 2023. We say we want fighters. This is what a fighter looks like. Someone willing to speak up for people, confront power, and say what needs to be said when others won’t. This is bravery.
I haven’t been paying much attention to the Florida races, but when I heard Angie Nixon won her Senate primary last night, her name immediately took me back. I searched my old posts and found this video from 2023 after 3 Black people were murdered in a racist shooting. Y’all, watch it.
The Trump administration will move ahead with plans to end more than 25 years of sweeping protections for tens of millions of wild, federally managed acres across the U.S. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/08/18/t...
Trump administration advances plan to rescind protections for nearly 45 million wild acres • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The USDA decision to rescind the 25-year-old forest and wildland protections was made without officials hosting any public meetings.
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The 2 million Oregon acres include areas such as Lost Lake and Mirror Lake near Mount Hood, plus sections of the Pacific Crest Trail and Timberline Trail. https://mrf.lu/2R-8x
Well, well, well. In 2025, Brendan Carr’s wife “joined billionaire Peter Thiel’s data analytics firm, Palantir Technologies, as its head of global policy.” 4/28/25 … 1/ www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
CapitalOne closed 300 of Trump’s accounts on suspicions of money laundering, so the Trump family just decided to start their own bank. Problem solved!
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 2mo agoExclusive: World Liberty Financial, the Trump family’s flagship crypto venture, says its trust company has received preliminary approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to become a bank. on.wsj.com/4wyvwat
They want to give these lying sleazebags-who pull guns on American citizens completely without justification and far too often shoot them-gloves that send an electric shock through people to disable them This will wind up with more dead Americans, literally at the hands of ICE
Aaron Fritschner@fritschner.bsky.social · 2mo agoVideo of an ICE agent pulling a gun on a wife and mother, who is a US citizen born and raised in the area, near Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia yesterday. Chillingly, they claimed she “almost ran them over” until she told them she had video proving that was a lie.
Trump is shifting Nat'l Parks funding into his vanity White House/DC projects. Per Scott McFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social: * 2024 - $7 million allotted for White House grounds projects and upgrades * 2026 - $323 million allotted for White House grounds projects and upgrades #ProudBlue
Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 2mo agoEXCLUSIVE: Trump turns National Parks into "piggy bank" Funding shifts from parks to White House vanity projects macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/trump-turn...
10 August 1903 | A Czech Jewish woman, Růžena Schneiderová, was born in Prague. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 19 October 1944. She did not survive.
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed was practically engineered to break MAGA brains. American-born (sorry, no “go back” card), ridiculously credentialed (MD + Oxford PhD), explains policy like a normal human, and takes zero crap. Good luck finding a script for that.
When I was a kid we were taught that emissions were warming up the atmosphere, increasing the probability of things like wild fires, even in chilly old Britain. We drew pictures. We wrote to MPs. This was my neighbourhood yesterday My anger at the deniers, obstructionists & shills knows no bounds
Duke Energy spends an enormous amount of money to influence North Carolina's politics. So what did the corporation buy from our legislature in the 2025-2026 session? Turns out, they bought a lot: a multi-billion dollar payday for the corporation, written in state law, and paid for by all of us. 🔌
God already built a wall through Big Bend — it's called the Chisos Mountains. We don't need to give billions of our tax dollars to out of state vendors. We don't need to desecrate this sacred land. We don't need this useless, disgraceful, corrupt Big Bend border wall.
Libraries make us a harder target for authoritarianism. Equal access to info, ideas, and space that doesn’t require a purchase to belong. Also: using the library means money stays in your community instead of streaming out to Amazon. 📚 What’s checked out on your card right now?
Russia has attacked the Chornomorets Stadium in Odesa. Several people were injured. What do you say to that, Infantino? Still want to allow russians back?
