Dennis Dimick
@ddimick.bsky.social
Photographer, environmental journalist, educator, photo archivist. Antifascist. 25x faculty @mophotoworkshop, ex @natgeo, mentor @uosojc, alum @uwmadisoncals.
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This isn't a bad article by NYT standards, but it reinforces the false idea promoted by big ag that Iowa's "economy is heavily reliant on farming" (while linking to a piece about North Dakota lol). The reality is that farming is a small portion of the state's economy and labor force, less than 5% 1/
As Trump Heads to Iowa to Trumpet Economy, Many Residents Feel Pain
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:44 PM
This isn't a bad article by NYT standards, but it reinforces the false idea promoted by big ag that Iowa's "economy is heavily reliant on farming" (while linking to a piece about North Dakota lol). The reality is that farming is a small portion of the state's economy and labor force, less than 5% 1/
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Maybe someday America will decide it wants to fit in with the rest of the world as one of Mark Carney's 'middle powers,' an oversized Belgium or something. I think a majority of Americans would go for it in a heartbeat
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
January 26, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Maybe someday America will decide it wants to fit in with the rest of the world as one of Mark Carney's 'middle powers,' an oversized Belgium or something. I think a majority of Americans would go for it in a heartbeat
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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Very good framing by @ejdionne.bsky.social capturing the urgency of the Trump threat:
"Failing to confront what’s at stake would be a generational failure. The danger now is not alarmism but complacency."
EJ marshals lots of evidence of this from many different places and presents it well here:
"Failing to confront what’s at stake would be a generational failure. The danger now is not alarmism but complacency."
EJ marshals lots of evidence of this from many different places and presents it well here:
The Minnesota killings laid bare that Trump’s project is regime change. The goal was described by MAGA thinkers, the pattern set on Day One. The nation let his early moves—the Jan. 6 pardons, the TikTok power grab—slip by. Denial & complacency must end. Now
My column
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o...
My column
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o...
Opinion | Trump Is Engineering Regime Change, Right Here at Home
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Very good framing by @ejdionne.bsky.social capturing the urgency of the Trump threat:
"Failing to confront what’s at stake would be a generational failure. The danger now is not alarmism but complacency."
EJ marshals lots of evidence of this from many different places and presents it well here:
"Failing to confront what’s at stake would be a generational failure. The danger now is not alarmism but complacency."
EJ marshals lots of evidence of this from many different places and presents it well here:
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they keep coming out and saying "we will continue to kill your neighbors in the street until your democratically elected state and local governments accede to our demands"
Veterans Affairs Sect. Collins finally put out a statement regarding VA nurse Alex Pretti's death. Link and screenshot (with alt text) x.com/SecVetAffair...
January 25, 2026 at 11:01 PM
they keep coming out and saying "we will continue to kill your neighbors in the street until your democratically elected state and local governments accede to our demands"
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“He’s killing us in the streets and we still have to pay our taxes in April” is an incredibly compelling point.
Before speaking with two armed men at the Pretti vigil last night, a man approached & asked if I was going to tell the truth. I said yes. He told me how frustrated he was at the media & the harm it’s causing to his community.
I asked if he wanted to share words for the media on camera, & he did:
I asked if he wanted to share words for the media on camera, & he did:
January 26, 2026 at 12:40 AM
“He’s killing us in the streets and we still have to pay our taxes in April” is an incredibly compelling point.
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The person who publishes the Free Press — where the words “Minneapolis” and “Minnesota” never appear tonight — also runs CBS News.
January 26, 2026 at 1:39 AM
The person who publishes the Free Press — where the words “Minneapolis” and “Minnesota” never appear tonight — also runs CBS News.
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Just a reminder that the paper is owned by one of the wealthiest men in the world who recently paid $40 million to distribute a documentary about the first lady.
News: The Washington Post is preparing to slash upwards of 300 staffers, incl sports, metro and foreign desks @nataliekorach.bsky.social reports.
“The newsroom is being punished for absolute incompetence from the owner and publisher,” one staffer told @status.news
www.status.news/p/washington...
“The newsroom is being punished for absolute incompetence from the owner and publisher,” one staffer told @status.news
www.status.news/p/washington...
Post Parting Depression
Looming cuts at The Washington Post threaten to decimate key coverage areas as staffers question the motives and commitment of billionaire owner Jeff Bezos.
www.status.news
January 26, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Just a reminder that the paper is owned by one of the wealthiest men in the world who recently paid $40 million to distribute a documentary about the first lady.
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Here's a gift link to the New York's Times' timeline of Homeland Security's killing of Alex Pretti. It shows clearly what actually happened and makes it abundantly clear that the Trump regime is lying to cover up a murder.
Timeline: How the Shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti Unfolded (Gift Article)
A moment-by-moment analysis of video from the scene shows that Mr. Pretti was already restrained when fatal shots were fired, which appears to contradict the federal government’s account of the event.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Here's a gift link to the New York's Times' timeline of Homeland Security's killing of Alex Pretti. It shows clearly what actually happened and makes it abundantly clear that the Trump regime is lying to cover up a murder.
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Rare to see discusson of the point @jamellebouie.net makes here. "Most coverage of Trump treats him as president in a functional way, even if he doesn’t perform the civic duties of the office." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
Rather than designing coverage for a cateory of one — the mad king...1/
Rather than designing coverage for a cateory of one — the mad king...1/
January 22, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Rare to see discusson of the point @jamellebouie.net makes here. "Most coverage of Trump treats him as president in a functional way, even if he doesn’t perform the civic duties of the office." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
Rather than designing coverage for a cateory of one — the mad king...1/
Rather than designing coverage for a cateory of one — the mad king...1/
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Worse than Kent State, really than any episode I can think of probably dating back to Reconstruc & earlier b/c
1. continuing, not 1 off.
2. organized, not individual ofcrs losing it
3. literally at hand of federal government, which is
4. immediately lying & circling the wagons to prevent inves.
1. continuing, not 1 off.
2. organized, not individual ofcrs losing it
3. literally at hand of federal government, which is
4. immediately lying & circling the wagons to prevent inves.
January 24, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Worse than Kent State, really than any episode I can think of probably dating back to Reconstruc & earlier b/c
1. continuing, not 1 off.
2. organized, not individual ofcrs losing it
3. literally at hand of federal government, which is
4. immediately lying & circling the wagons to prevent inves.
1. continuing, not 1 off.
2. organized, not individual ofcrs losing it
3. literally at hand of federal government, which is
4. immediately lying & circling the wagons to prevent inves.
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I will never forgive the legacy media for failing to pick up where Heidi left off. Perhaps they were intimidated or fooled by what this network did to Heidi. Except what they did was the tell, ie, she was onto something big. Now some of the people in the same network are targeting Don Lemon.
47/ I don’t know if you remember this important Feb 2024 Politico piece by @heidireports.bsky.social about Russ Vought, William Wolfe, & Christian Nationalism. The insanely extreme backlash against Przybyla is what prompted me to focus more on this network of people. www.politico.com/news/2024/02...
Trump allies prepare to infuse ‘Christian nationalism’ in second administration
Spearheading the effort is Russell Vought, president of The Center for Renewing America, part of a conservative consortium preparing for Trump's return to power.
www.politico.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:38 AM
I will never forgive the legacy media for failing to pick up where Heidi left off. Perhaps they were intimidated or fooled by what this network did to Heidi. Except what they did was the tell, ie, she was onto something big. Now some of the people in the same network are targeting Don Lemon.
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Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026
January 23, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026
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The reason this gives me heart is not that I'm some sucker for stories of "good conservatives." It's that I'm grateful for reminders that there are countless paths to being human and doing the right thing. For this kid, it's his Christian faith.
Ben Luhmann, who filmed this, is one of the two high schoolers from a conservative Christian family I rode along with in Chicago when they were searching for ICE agents there.
When I asked him how his faith informed his efforts to document ICE/DHS, he told me this. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
When I asked him how his faith informed his efforts to document ICE/DHS, he told me this. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
January 22, 2026 at 4:13 AM
The reason this gives me heart is not that I'm some sucker for stories of "good conservatives." It's that I'm grateful for reminders that there are countless paths to being human and doing the right thing. For this kid, it's his Christian faith.
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Anti-fascism is a set of methods which to resist fascism. What's happening in Minnesota seems bigger than that: resisting fascism, yes, and real democracy in action, the world we want to live in. Not the terror! The care, the courage.
January 23, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Anti-fascism is a set of methods which to resist fascism. What's happening in Minnesota seems bigger than that: resisting fascism, yes, and real democracy in action, the world we want to live in. Not the terror! The care, the courage.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“The uncomfortable truth is that the president of the United States is a man with the mind of a spoiled child. His debilitating solipsism is a threat to the stability of the entire world,” our columnist Jamelle Bouie writes.
“The uncomfortable truth is that the president of the United States is a man with the mind of a spoiled child. His debilitating solipsism is a threat to the stability of the entire world,” our columnist Jamelle Bouie writes.
Opinion | Trump’s ‘Dear Jonas’ Letter Is No Prize
We have three years left with a mad king. It doesn’t feel sustainable.
nyti.ms
January 22, 2026 at 1:00 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“The uncomfortable truth is that the president of the United States is a man with the mind of a spoiled child. His debilitating solipsism is a threat to the stability of the entire world,” our columnist Jamelle Bouie writes.
“The uncomfortable truth is that the president of the United States is a man with the mind of a spoiled child. His debilitating solipsism is a threat to the stability of the entire world,” our columnist Jamelle Bouie writes.
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Force is very effective. Right now, it's being applied asymmetrically. While inconvenient, this won't end until those on the left, both elected and un-elected, have a real discussion about whether nonviolence and voting are capable of ultimately resolving a problem of this magnitude.
8th circuit gives ICE go ahead to use force against peaceful demonstrators, a decision which will immediately lead to injury.
US appeals court pauses lower court order restraining immigration agents' use of force against Minnesota protesters
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals paused a lower court's order on Wednesday that had restrained federal immigration agents' use of force against peaceful protesters.
www.reuters.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Force is very effective. Right now, it's being applied asymmetrically. While inconvenient, this won't end until those on the left, both elected and un-elected, have a real discussion about whether nonviolence and voting are capable of ultimately resolving a problem of this magnitude.
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This is a gargantuan storm. I still can’t get over it. In terms of girth, it’s def in the top 5 that I recall.
This will impact 2/3rds of the nation and half of the country in a big way. Longevity too, with us Friday-Monday! And the brutal cold that follows. 🥶
Disruption deep into next week!
This will impact 2/3rds of the nation and half of the country in a big way. Longevity too, with us Friday-Monday! And the brutal cold that follows. 🥶
Disruption deep into next week!
January 21, 2026 at 10:08 PM
This is a gargantuan storm. I still can’t get over it. In terms of girth, it’s def in the top 5 that I recall.
This will impact 2/3rds of the nation and half of the country in a big way. Longevity too, with us Friday-Monday! And the brutal cold that follows. 🥶
Disruption deep into next week!
This will impact 2/3rds of the nation and half of the country in a big way. Longevity too, with us Friday-Monday! And the brutal cold that follows. 🥶
Disruption deep into next week!
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Climate change, pollution and decades of overuse pushed the world into a state of “water bankruptcy,” leaving billions of people without enough water to meet their basic needs.
In a sweeping report, scientists compared humanity to a person plunging into financial ruin. https://wapo.st/4pTRFNp
In a sweeping report, scientists compared humanity to a person plunging into financial ruin. https://wapo.st/4pTRFNp
January 21, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Climate change, pollution and decades of overuse pushed the world into a state of “water bankruptcy,” leaving billions of people without enough water to meet their basic needs.
In a sweeping report, scientists compared humanity to a person plunging into financial ruin. https://wapo.st/4pTRFNp
In a sweeping report, scientists compared humanity to a person plunging into financial ruin. https://wapo.st/4pTRFNp
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Excellent framing from @markjacob.bsky.social on mainstream media:
"They want to make their news truthful enough to keep an audience that’s attractive to advertisers while preventing it from being so truthful that it ticks off center-right customers and gains the negative attention of Trump..."
"They want to make their news truthful enough to keep an audience that’s attractive to advertisers while preventing it from being so truthful that it ticks off center-right customers and gains the negative attention of Trump..."
“I sometimes wonder why journalists are so nice to the people who want to destroy them.”
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Fascists are at war with journalism. Why aren’t journalists at war with fascism?
Mainstream media seem willing to drop their duty in order to pick up profits
www.stopthepresses.news
January 20, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Excellent framing from @markjacob.bsky.social on mainstream media:
"They want to make their news truthful enough to keep an audience that’s attractive to advertisers while preventing it from being so truthful that it ticks off center-right customers and gains the negative attention of Trump..."
"They want to make their news truthful enough to keep an audience that’s attractive to advertisers while preventing it from being so truthful that it ticks off center-right customers and gains the negative attention of Trump..."
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Weaponizing sensitive government data to try to overturn election results. What authoritarians do. Chilling.
NEWS: The Social Security Administration has referred two DOGE employees for Hatch Act violations after discovering contacts with a political group seeking SSA data to overturn election results. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 20, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Weaponizing sensitive government data to try to overturn election results. What authoritarians do. Chilling.
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The biggest obstacle we face as a society in getting people to accept reality about Trump is that it requires people to face reality about themselves and about ourselves as a society.
January 20, 2026 at 12:11 PM
The biggest obstacle we face as a society in getting people to accept reality about Trump is that it requires people to face reality about themselves and about ourselves as a society.
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I love this point in Margaret Sullivan's newsletter:
"There should be far less emphasis on 'we don’t want to look biased,' and far more on 'how well are we doing our jobs of getting across the truth?'”
It's not biased to call out authoritarian liars. 1/2🧵 @sulliview.bsky.social
"There should be far less emphasis on 'we don’t want to look biased,' and far more on 'how well are we doing our jobs of getting across the truth?'”
It's not biased to call out authoritarian liars. 1/2🧵 @sulliview.bsky.social
With democracy in free fall, the media must (finally) wake up
Plus: a piece of heartening news amid the barrage of horrors
margaretsullivan.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:06 PM
I love this point in Margaret Sullivan's newsletter:
"There should be far less emphasis on 'we don’t want to look biased,' and far more on 'how well are we doing our jobs of getting across the truth?'”
It's not biased to call out authoritarian liars. 1/2🧵 @sulliview.bsky.social
"There should be far less emphasis on 'we don’t want to look biased,' and far more on 'how well are we doing our jobs of getting across the truth?'”
It's not biased to call out authoritarian liars. 1/2🧵 @sulliview.bsky.social
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This is utterly deranged.
![Screenshot of a post by Nick Schifrin (@nickschifrin) on X/Twitter. The post reads:
“NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
‘Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT’”
At the bottom of the screenshot: “8:31 PM · Jan 18, 2026 · 25.6K Views.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xjc7mkotpenvhh6ffewkdpyn/bafkreidksjuj7yrvabefolz3tgep5cwvyiyutv6w5fahfm344p7eq2jzzq@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 5:51 AM
This is utterly deranged.
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January 19, 2026 at 2:27 AM
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i was talking with someone in the twin cities about how it’s not even accurate to call them protesters. they’re literally just people protecting their city from TERRORISTS.
Every time the Trump regime uses the words "funded protesters" and "outside agitators" news outlets need to cut to this photo from last week.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
January 18, 2026 at 4:39 PM
i was talking with someone in the twin cities about how it’s not even accurate to call them protesters. they’re literally just people protecting their city from TERRORISTS.