Christopher Dieck

Christopher Dieck

@christopherdieck.bsky.social

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Christopher Dieck reposted

They saved taxpayers money? In what universe?

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

Alligator Alcatraz is closing after one year and wasting $1B to house 1400 immigrants. That's an eye-popping $714,285 per occupant. That's all because Trump felt it would have great broadcast value.

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It is worth saying that it appears that the brave and principled actions of people of Minneapolis and the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good seem to have been a legitimate inflection point in American politics. We should carry that forward with us.

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Since the start of this war in Iran, more than 3,600 people have been killed and over 26,500 injured in Iran. In Lebanon, 2,700 people are dead and over a million are displaced. And Netanyahu says: “The war is not over.” We cannot continue to be complicit in Israel’s wars.

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"But what’s funny here is his anger over being asked whether his policies are to blame. You could not ask for a clearer example of a president actually being to blame for economic conditions. It’s never this clear—tariffs, immigration, the war. The connection is absolutely inarguable."

Pam Spaulding@pamspaulding.bsky.social

"It’s literally the case that he’s done a series of things that have done enormous harm to working people, farmers, small biz people—& done a whole series of things to enrich himself & other wealthy people in America. It’s about as clear-cut as you can get." - Simon Rosenberg 🗞️ shorturl.at/F9aV6

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ALERT: NAACP adds a *federal* civil lawsuit to its challenge of new Tennessee redistricting Group seeks court injunction to halt new map, arguing new district lines are "enacted w/ an impermissible discriminatory purpose on the basis of race in violation of the 14th Amendment"

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When white supremacists described the first black politicians winning elections in the South during Reconstruction, they too called it a "reign of terror" that innocent white people had to suffer under. Black leaders! Elected to federal office! Can you imagine the indignity?!

Ashton Pittman@ashtonpittman.bsky.social

NEW: U.S. House Rep. Bennie Thompson's "reign of terror" in Mississippi "is over," Gov. Tate Reeves says, urging the ousting of the state's only Black member of Congress through redistricting before the end of 2027. He made that pronouncement even as he canceled a special session on redistricting.

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This DOJ does not deserve the benefit of the doubt.

Melissa Sanchez@melissa-sanchez.bsky.social

DHS officials have insisted children were not zip-tied during the midnight raid in Chicago. But a 16-year-old boy says he and his mom were zip-tied outside the apartment building. DHS called that an “abject lie.” www.propublica.org/article/chic...

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Replying to @dananessel.bsky.social

Our Consumer Protection Team and Elder Abuse Task Force have resources available to help Michiganders stay a step ahead of bad actors. I encourage everyone to learn how to better protect themselves and those they love.

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Good reminder that the whole food assistance program is designed to benefit farmers and retailers...

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

“.. Lower Snap payments and a drop in the number of recipients had ‘a negative impact on consumers’ demand for our products,’ Kraft Heinz .. said in a filing last week.” @financialtimes.com $KHC #SNAP www.ft.com/content/df83...

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So we are now at the: 'throw off all pretence of democracy and do whatever it takes to maintain power'stage of fascism. The people of the USA are going to have to fight like Hungary to overcome this.

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$1 billion for a Ballroom, $10 billion for vanity projects in DC, $15 million for an arch in front of Arlington Cemetery. Meanwhile—they are proposing to cut over $1 billion in tribal programs, tribal housing, education, water and other basic programs, while opening sacred sites like Chaco Canyon.

youtu.beRep. Stansbury: How can the Interior DeptJustify $1 billion in cuts totribal funding? they can’t.YouTube video by Rep. Melanie Stansbury

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Choosing to believe Trump over objective facts is not the sign of an intelligent mind.

Decoding Fox News@decodingfoxnews.bsky.social

Last week on Fox News Brian Kilmeade and Jessica Tarlov mentioned a CIA report that Iran still has over 70% of its missile launchers and the ability to withstand months of this blockade. PBS also reported on it. The only non-believer was Jesse Watters.

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@jaredhuffman.bsky.social is great as always, and Burgum is just spewing words. But it's worth noting that you can't run a coal plant reliably without energy storage. AKA, a 3 - 5 day coal pile. Gas and oil plants also have on-site energy storage.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

BURGUM: When the sun goes down, solar produces zero electricity HUFFMAN: I want to enter into the record this amazing new technology that apparently the secretary is unaware of -- it's a battery

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President Obama: “We pulled it off without firing a missile. We got 97% of their enriched uranium out. There’s no dispute that it worked and we didn’t have to kill a whole bunch of people or shut down the Strait of Hormuz.”

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He VRA is DEI is always where this was heading!

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Mike Johnson on the Supreme Court striking down the Voting Rights Act: "They reaffirmed a very important principle: Nobody, no American citizen should be discriminated against based on the color of their skin."

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Rep. Jamie Raskin has proposed a special fund for officers injured and traumatized on January 6. More than 150 officers were wounded defending the Capitol. Democrats say if taxpayer money can go to January 6 settlements, it should also support the officers who protected democracy.

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Replying to @atrupar.com

Let us NOT forget, America has an old pedophile in the WH who is now in China making deals for himself and his family of parasites.

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And after he rambled incoherently for an hour at this event he went to bed and posted dozens of racist and nonsensical posts and ranted some more about the coverage of his reflecting pool. Completely batshit. And all these people are still worshipping him. 31 months and 3 weeks...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump, hosting law enforcement officials at the White House, is ranting and raving unendingly about the "reflecting pond" renovations. Beyond parody.

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"Democratic governors and state legislators need to realize that this is no longer about fairness; it’s about fighting back so that they are not engineered out of the House forever. And I get that Dems don’t have the stomach for this kind of warfare--- find it."

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Residents in Fayette County, Georgia noticed their water pressure was unusually low. Turns out that a data center 20 miles away had been drawing 30 million gallons of water in secret through connections the county didn't know existed. Is it any wonder why so many are opposed to data centers?

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Replying to @carlbergstrom.com

The important lesson to take away from this is not that we are all going to die of Hantavirus. We aren’t. It’s that the United States has zero pandemic prevention capacity at the present because of deliberate sabotage by the president and his appointed lackeys.

Mallory Harris, PhD@malar0ne.bsky.social

Our current Acting CDC Director said his entire plan for pandemic preparedness is to fire everyone responsible for it.

Christopher Dieck reposted

There are going to be lots of calls from Corporate Media, Republicans, and even establishment Democrats for "unity" heading into July 4 2026, but "unity" always means pro-democracy citizens getting behind our Mad King. And we should respond that that is a pretty absurd way to celebrate July 4 1776.

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Sean Duffy’s reality series is getting slammed for all of the obvious reasons, but don’t look past the fact that his show is being sponsored by companies his department oversees and regulates. In other words, it’s not just a political mess, it’s also an ethical one. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

ms.nowThe problem(s) with the transportation secretary’s tone-deaf reality seriesSean Duffy’s return to reality programming isn’t just a political mess; it also raises unavoidable ethical questions.

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Hassett: "Inflation is going down at the microeconomic level by a million things we've done, like fix the avian flu so egg prices are down and make drug prices more affordable with TrumpRX. But at the macroeconomic level the driving force right now is the temporary increase in the price of gas."

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Hassett downplays spiking fuel prices in the US: "It's a very disruptive thing in Asia, but in the US, it's very unlikely to cause a recession because we're such a strong energy producer."

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Trump is going to try to bully France to drop this suit. I certainly hope they ignore him.

Pam Spaulding@pamspaulding.bsky.social

DO IT, 🇫🇷! Take fElon down. The pollution on X is affirmed by its owner. "The Paris public prosecutor’s office said Wed it has opened an investigation into X on charges including complicity in possessing & distributing child sexual abuse images & unlawfully collecting personal data." 🧾 is.gd/xwQY6e

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People liked to speculate about Biden not actually being in charge. But here's Trump actually TELLING us that he doesn't know what's being done in his name.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Q: What's going on with Marty Makary? TRUMP: Nothing much. He's fine. Q: Are you going to fire him? TRUMP: Uhhh. I've been reading about it, but I know nothing about it.

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This is grotesquely disrespectful of the dead children.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump still won't cop to America bombing an elementary school in Iran and killing children: "So that's under study right now and we'll give you a report as soon as we have it."

Christopher Dieck reposted

”It should be for everyone.” I so agree with my friend below. Wake up people , evil is crawling out from under it’s rock ! It never left us, it’s been here all along.

Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but what’s going on in the south right now with voting rights and erasure, is a “kitchen table issue” — for Black families. And it should be for everyone.

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Black people are giving it these Confederates raw and uncut. This is how it’s gonna be now. You wonder what we’re thinking? It’s this. I believe this is activist Gary Chambers again in Louisiana.

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Replying to @bcfinucane.bsky.social

Of course, acknowledging that Operation Epic Fury opened with the U.S. killing children en masse might spoil Trump’s splendid little war.

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Babies who don’t get the vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop severe bleeding. In many cases, oxygen can’t reach their brains and blood pools around their skulls. Yet driven by misinformation, more parents are refusing the injection.

propublica.orgBabies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at BirthA lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.