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Craig Wiesner

@craigwiesner.bsky.social
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Small business owner (book, toy, games, green lifestyle shop), columnist, dog lover, USAF veteran, (Korean Linguist, Intel Analyst, Instructor) Jewish husband to an awesome Asian-American Presbyterian (elder/deacon) husband, LGBTQ, progressive

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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Federal employees tried to tell the press they were not allowed to cover what happened at a public event???? Wow. www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-dhs-b...
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Trump’s DHS Boss Shouting Match Meltdown Revealed
ICE Barbie’s replacement tried to thwart press coverage of the incident.
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A shiny new website! Let's play!!!!
Screenshot of the new America.gov website where I asked if Trump was convicted of any felonies and the answer was correct (34 felony counts on May 30th).
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
At an Indivisible gathering, the presenter, giving our morale a boost asked "Do you think that, right now, anywhere in the country, there's a group of MAGA supporters gathered together like you are, working on getting out and protecting the vote?" We all shook our heads "no." We can and will win!
People standing in a semi-circle watching a presenter on zoom
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Dear News Media - If the only "pool" feed (video and audio) you can get from POTUS is Lindell TV and Real America Voice, DO NOT put that pollution out into the world. Please. www.huffpost.com/entry/cnn-ai...
Screen shot of CNN Anderson Cooper and reporter with headline White House Bars CNN from Air Force One Trip
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
OMG! Senator Tuberville is on to something. Be afraid!!!
My family and I on a Princess cruise, with "the Captain."
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Could the massive purge of cybersecurity personnel from the federal government, like CISA, have given bad actors the keys to all of this? Yup. Was that the intent? Hmmmm.... Republicans love the word "Treason." www.thedailybeast.com/keystone-kas...
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Keystone Kash and Pentagon Pete Hit by Twin Humiliations
One data breach ended up lasting as long as a typical pregnancy.
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Will FOX News report this? Probably not.
For those who may be overwhelmed by all of the nonsense MAGA has been spouting about noncitizens potentially having registered to vote and voting, let me share the timeline of one such hysterical claim and how it played out. 

July 2026 - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it had discovered 15,903 names of people in Nevada who were on the voter rolls that DHS suspected were not citizens. DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin threatened elections officials with prosecution if they didn’t adequately respond to that information and fix their voter rolls. Nevada officials responded by asking for the actual list of names. 

August 2026 - In a call with Nevada officials, DHS acknowledged that 15,903 was a potential “ceiling” of numbers and DHS needed more time before they could transmit those names to Nevada. 

Later in August 2026 - DHS sent Nevada a list of 185 names but claimed there were still thousands of more names they would be sending to Nevada.

September 2026 - Nevada verified that all 185 people on the list DHS sent were, in fact, U.S. citizens eligible to vote.
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Dear Pete - From what I've been hearing from troops and their families, I too would highly encourage them to vote. www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
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Pentagon Pete Issues Desperate Directive to Troops Ahead of Midterms
The Defense secretary urged service members to exercise the “right to determine our own American destiny.”
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
For just a moment, the world saw their true nature. This is a real photo. F*cking chilling.
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Askme @askme99.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I know I've posted this many times - needs to flood the media until election day.
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Remember when DHS claimed they had found tens of thousands of suspected noncitizens registered to vote and threatened a few state officials with prosecution if they didn't hunt those people down. Well, turns out in Nevada... www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Screen shot of text from article linked to in post about DHS sending Nevada a list of 185 people suspected of being noncitizens registered to vote. ALL WERE CITIZENS.
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is absolutely awesome!
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Mayor Mamdani helps the MET give away free tickets while President Trump tries to bulldoze the Kennedy Center for not putting Trump's name on it. The difference between leaders could not be more stark.
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In my Monday column I said that "at least two troops on the USS Lincoln" had attempted suicide. I guess the readers who take issue with my writing were right. I didn't get the correct number. (Link to my column in the first comment) www.ms.now/news/navy-di...
screen shot from my Monday column with this text: In August we learned that at least two troops on the USS Lincoln, who had faced the longest intense combat deployment in recent history, had attempted suicide. One sailor’s wife, Annabelle Loma, told The Guardian newspaper that her husband, who has served for 13 years, had tried to jump overboard. “He’s scared. He thinks he’ll get a dishonorable discharge.” Another spouse told the Guardian that her husband had saved the life of a fellow sailor who was about to jump overboard. At least one sailor who attempted suicide is facing discipline under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) Articles 83 (malingering) and 86 (absence without leave). The Navy refused to disclose how many personnel attempted suicide. 

The Lincoln, badly rusted and in desperate need of repairs, just left the region. Many toilets didn’t work. There was often no hot water for showers. Drinking water was tainted. Food was severely rationed. Much of the ship was moldy. One spouse told officials that her husband had texted her saying that he “hopes he doesn’t wake up tomorrow.” Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth claimed this was all “fake news” but senior officers later acknowledged that they were, in fact, having extreme difficulties getting any supplies to that ship. NSA Bahrain, it turns out, was a single point of failure for the entire region, with no backup plan.
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Rightardia @rightardia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Another Democratic Underground cartoon
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Marco Rubio: “Iranians are radical religious lunatics.” Also: Have you met Paula White, the White House faith advisor?
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
No president has ever had such great teeth. People come up to me and say "SIR! I've never seen teeth like those! Umm..... what's that smell though....."
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"HOW DARE YOU DO A STORY QUOTING SENSITIVE NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT GAVE YOU" www.thedailybeast.com/jd-vance-out...
JD Vance's face
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
OMG! Senator Tuberville was right!!! This was "the Captain" of our Princess cruise a few weeks ago. Be afraid, be very afraid.
My family and I on a Princess Cruise during a visit from "The Captain." (A crew member dressed up as a teddy bear).
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I'm hoping my column from the San Mateo Daily Journal will touch some people, help some heal, and help others understand.... accidental-activist.ghost.io/ashes-to-ash...
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Ashes to Ashes
by Craig Wiesner - San Mateo Daily Journal - September 8, 2026 In 2022 I wrote a column about estrangement, how sometimes people become quite judgemental when they learn that there is someone, some m...
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It would be a terrible shame if this went really viral.
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-tv-imm... How much do you want to bet that most of those "viewers" are BOTS?
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Trump TV Immediately Flops in Embarrassing Numbers Disaster
Nobody is paying attention to the self-declared “king of ratings.”
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Dear Mr. President - If I told you and the Kennedy Center board that I would raise $1 billion dollars to cover any repairs needed at the Kennedy Center, would you and the board resign and let a member of the Kennedy family choose a new board to manage reopening and any repairs? Asking for a friend.
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
How can the American people put up with this? I'll bet they're also refusing to give Purple Hearts to many of the wounded.
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Will it now be called "Americaland?" Or "Donald J. Trumpland?" thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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Trump: US strikes security deal with Greenland, Denmark
President Trump said Friday that the United States has entered a security agreement with Greenland and Denmark that gives America a bigger say in the Arctic territory’s affairs and expands it…
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Remember when Trump sycophants told us not to worry about all the terrible things Trump had done because the Dow Jones was at an all time high? Ummm...........
Screen Shot of Dow Jones at 51,580.25
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
What a great campaign message. Things feel completely screwed up, but hey, give us another two years and........
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
And if our children don't eat bananas, and don't get measles vaccines, and die, well, imagine how much money parents will save on things like college......
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Wow. A DOJ spokesperson, in response to the judge speaking out, said that federal judges have no right to give interviews to the press.... WOW. www.thedailybeast.com/bush-appoint...
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"These aren't 'squirters' getting through." Said one servicemember about the devastating destruction Iran causes across the region, destruction the administration hoped to hide from the American people. www.cbsnews.com/news/new-pho...
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New photos show widespread damage at U.S. positions caused by Iranian missile, drone attacks
The images were sent to CBS News by active service members under condition of anonymity.
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Besties talking bestiality. Doesn't get more cringe that this.
Sen. Chuck Grassley with his hand on FBI Director Kash Patel's shoulder
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
www.kron4.com/video/multif... This was an incredibly well done report on the 9/11 Peace Picnic my company helped sponsor and at which I served a TON of pizza to guests. My friend Samina Sundas of American Muslim Voice has been doing this picnic for decades.
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Multifaith vigil held in Palo Alto ahead of 25th anniversary of 9/11
KRON4's Amanda Hari reports. Read more here: https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/lets-roll-military-flyover-above-los-gatos-to-honor-heroes-of-9-11/
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
9/11 victim Michael Massaroli’s son: "You do my dad's legacy & the legacy of all victims no honor using this tragedy to spread hate. I've had to spend 25 years seeing people use it to hate on our Muslim brothers & sisters, people who don't look like them."
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Can anyone watch this interchange and not be repulsed by him?
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
‘ken paxton owns 15 homes while most texans can‘t afford one‘ so refreshing to hear a from james talarico, a candidate who doesn't accept corporate pac money
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Maybe if they had promised $5,000 a person if people attended the event.... www.thedailybeast.com/trump-begs-m...
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Trump Begs MAGA Not to Believe Their Eyes at Disaster Rally
The president has boldly claimed his barely attended Dallas event outshone the NFL.
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
OK, fess up people! Who told Republicans that the place to get tickets for the convention was GRINDR? www.alternet.org/trump-rnc-lg...
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Gay dating app Grindr goes down in Dallas during RNC's Trump-a-Palooza
The fact that a queer dating app collapsing in Dallas at the onset of the Republican convention there was not lost on critics on X.“Of course ... of course,” posted podcaster Wajahat Ali.Downdetecter,...
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
There was a time where, when all of the courts below SCOTUS agreed on something, SCOTUS might just leave it be. Is now that time? www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Appeals court rejects ICE detention policy, setting stage for SCOTUS
The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals compared ICE’s policy to Japanese internment.
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
To celebrate the United Nations voting to promote Equal Area maps instead of the Mercator Projection, we're giving away this map to anyone who stops by our shop in San Carlos CA. (The U.S. was the only country to vote NO). You can order all our maps at shop.reachandteach.com/maps-postcar...
Craig holding Hobo Dyer Projection map of the world.
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Proud of these people who felt called by their faith to fight against injustice.
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Good News: ground.news/article/fede...
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Federal judge extends block on Trump executive order seeking to limit mail voting in the midterms
A federal judge on Friday extended her prohibition against the U.S. Postal Service implementing President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to limit mail voting during the midterms, putting anoth...
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
According to some reports, ballots sat for DAYS and some even over a week, disenfranchising voters. California also saw a HUGE jump in ballots rejected because they were not postmarked in time. washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/09/02/u...
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Uncounted late ballots jump in WA as fears of Postal Service delays intensify • Washington State Standard
Over 20,000 ballots in Washington’s primary election last month were rejected because they came in too late, thousands more than in 2024.
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I sat in the rubble with a boy who nearly lost both arms and legs, and with a girl who lost most of her family, due to U.S. mistakes in the bombing of Afghanistan. Hegseth gutting this program is a crime against humanity. Some day he must face consequences. Sooner, I hope, than later.
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
But of course he was fired......
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
One of my recent columns in the San Mateo Daily Journal. accidental-activist.ghost.io/socialists-m...
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Socialists, Marxists, and Communists - OH MY!
by Craig Wiesner - San Mateo Daily Journal - August 10, 2026 Watching Republicans talk about Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) candidates who won recent elections reminded me of the Wizard of Oz...
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
And I'm old enough to read history and point out that the United States helped overthrow Iran's democratically elected government in 1953 because Iran had nationalized their oil. If we hadn't installed the Shah we might never have had the "Islamic Revolution" and hostage crisis.
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
www.smdailyjournal.com/opinion/colu...
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I would encourage federal workers to WALK OUT, starting with the White House staff. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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You'll Never Guess Whom Trump Wants To Give A Raise To
Trump’s proposed pay freeze would come at a time when his war in Iran is already eating into workers’ paychecks.
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
How long will the people who put these sailors and marines in this deplorable and terrible situation suffer the consequences for their stupid, cruel, and ill-conceived decisions? Pretty rare for me to quote Donald Trump but I'll say it "NOT LONG ENOUGH!"
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Craig Wiesner @craigwiesner.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Just watch this damning video. Damn Bush and Damn Trump and Damn everyone who supported them. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Damning New Video Shows Who Trump Really Sounds Like Right Now
The president sounds a lot like one of his predecessors — and not in a good way.
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