John Hester
@jwhester.bsky.social
Boomer who still believes that by working together for the greater good we can make the world a better place for future generations. Follower of Jesus, not some charismatic minister.
One defining characteristic of MAGA is the refusal to ever admit they're wrong or apologize. If this entire Crazy-8 Senate debacle ends like we think, any bets on whether we will hear any apology from the Crazy-8?
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
One defining characteristic of MAGA is the refusal to ever admit they're wrong or apologize. If this entire Crazy-8 Senate debacle ends like we think, any bets on whether we will hear any apology from the Crazy-8?
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The challenge to the court's 2015 ruling came from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky clerk who refused to issue same-sex licenses after the court's Obergefell v. Hodges decision, which recognized a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. n.pr/47yOyEH
Supreme Court declines to revisit gay marriage decision
The challenge to the court's 2015 ruling came from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky clerk who refused to issue same-sex licenses after the court's Obergefell v. Hodges decision, which recognized a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.
n.pr
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The challenge to the court's 2015 ruling came from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky clerk who refused to issue same-sex licenses after the court's Obergefell v. Hodges decision, which recognized a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. n.pr/47yOyEH
Constituents of the caving Dems should perhaps commit to calling daily to their Senator's office with some variation of this message:
"I'm calling to ask for Tim Kaine to resign so that someone who understands how to negotiate with a felon can replace him. Virginians deserve real representation."
"I'm calling to ask for Tim Kaine to resign so that someone who understands how to negotiate with a felon can replace him. Virginians deserve real representation."
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Constituents of the caving Dems should perhaps commit to calling daily to their Senator's office with some variation of this message:
"I'm calling to ask for Tim Kaine to resign so that someone who understands how to negotiate with a felon can replace him. Virginians deserve real representation."
"I'm calling to ask for Tim Kaine to resign so that someone who understands how to negotiate with a felon can replace him. Virginians deserve real representation."
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Didn't Tuesday's election results show that it actually WAS working???
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Didn't Tuesday's election results show that it actually WAS working???
Democrats should contact them to wrangle an invitation so that they can attend to represent the "next" administration.
www.reuters.com/world/africa...
www.reuters.com/world/africa...
www.reuters.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Democrats should contact them to wrangle an invitation so that they can attend to represent the "next" administration.
www.reuters.com/world/africa...
www.reuters.com/world/africa...
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This is fantastic. Make sure you stick around until the record scratch at the end.
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
This is fantastic. Make sure you stick around until the record scratch at the end.
The has-been Democratic old guard blinks right after voters gave them a big gift. This is why it's time for the ingrates to go.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Senate Democrats propose 1-year Obamacare subsidies punt in new shutdown offer
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer made the offer in a Friday floor speech.
www.politico.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The has-been Democratic old guard blinks right after voters gave them a big gift. This is why it's time for the ingrates to go.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
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I’m starting to think this isn’t the Golden Age.
🚨 CNBC: "Announced corporate job cuts surging past 1 million so far this year, with 153,000 new layoffs just in October according to Challenger. That is the worst October since 2003."
November 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I’m starting to think this isn’t the Golden Age.
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He didn’t get elected again.
He lost to Biden.
Desperate to stay out of prison for his crimes, he courted the oligarchs and offered them America on a platter if they’d get him back in power.
Which is what he’s doing now.
He lost to Biden.
Desperate to stay out of prison for his crimes, he courted the oligarchs and offered them America on a platter if they’d get him back in power.
Which is what he’s doing now.
November 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
He didn’t get elected again.
He lost to Biden.
Desperate to stay out of prison for his crimes, he courted the oligarchs and offered them America on a platter if they’d get him back in power.
Which is what he’s doing now.
He lost to Biden.
Desperate to stay out of prison for his crimes, he courted the oligarchs and offered them America on a platter if they’d get him back in power.
Which is what he’s doing now.
Here is the sort of psyops that the 1% use to scare people. It's no coincidence that "someone" paid to have a survey asking the question in a way that achieved these results.
nypost.com/2025/11/03/u...
nypost.com/2025/11/03/u...
Nearly a million New Yorkers ready to flee NYC if Mamdani becomes mayor — possibly igniting largest exodus in history: poll
Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers are prepared to bolt from the Big Apple if socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani wins Tuesday’s mayoral race — potentially setting the stage for the largest popula…
nypost.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Here is the sort of psyops that the 1% use to scare people. It's no coincidence that "someone" paid to have a survey asking the question in a way that achieved these results.
nypost.com/2025/11/03/u...
nypost.com/2025/11/03/u...
Defy Trump, TOGETHER. Sign the declaration at defiance.org. Unless you want a dictator — in which case, carry on.
DEFIANCE.org | Defy Trump, Together
Join a club of courageous Americans taking lawful, peaceful action to defend democracy and oppose political retaliation. Support causes and stay informed with DEFIANCE.org.
defiance.org
November 2, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Defy Trump, TOGETHER. Sign the declaration at defiance.org. Unless you want a dictator — in which case, carry on.
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TSA Supervisor, Aaron Reed: “Any other person at the airport acting and talking the way she did, our department would have been dispatch(ed) and we would have addressed the behavior”
Read more at: www.thestate.com/news/politic...
Read more at: www.thestate.com/news/politic...
SC’s Mace berated cops at Charleston Airport before morning flight, report says
U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace is a Republican candidate for governor.
www.thestate.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:32 AM
TSA Supervisor, Aaron Reed: “Any other person at the airport acting and talking the way she did, our department would have been dispatch(ed) and we would have addressed the behavior”
Read more at: www.thestate.com/news/politic...
Read more at: www.thestate.com/news/politic...
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It’s not a ceasefire if you don’t, you know, cease firing.
BREAKING: The Israeli military says the ceasefire in Gaza is back in effect after it carried out heavy airstrikes across the Palestinian territory. The death toll from the overnight strikes climbed to 81, according to hospital officials.
Israeli strikes overnight in Gaza kill at least 60 people, including children, local officials say
Israeli strikes overnight in Gaza have killed at least 60 people, including many children. That's according to local hospital officials on Wednesday.
bit.ly
October 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
It’s not a ceasefire if you don’t, you know, cease firing.
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The media's complete lack of curiosity over our nearly 80 year old President's health when he has permanent bruising on his right hand, swollen ankles, facial drooping, disappeared for days from public view twice in the last 2 months and just had an unexplained MRI is notable
October 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The media's complete lack of curiosity over our nearly 80 year old President's health when he has permanent bruising on his right hand, swollen ankles, facial drooping, disappeared for days from public view twice in the last 2 months and just had an unexplained MRI is notable
The 2025 American Values Survey conducted from August 15-September 8, 2025 found that 73% of white evangelical protestants think Trump is a "Strong leader who should be given the power he needs to restore America’s greatness." And 49% of them believe that "strongly."
prri.org/research/tru...
prri.org/research/tru...
Trump’s Unprecedented Actions Deepen Asymmetric Divides
The 16th annual PRRI American Values Survey examines Americans’ opinions on how democracy is working, what it means to be “truly American,” concerns about the economy, and belief in the American Dream...
prri.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The 2025 American Values Survey conducted from August 15-September 8, 2025 found that 73% of white evangelical protestants think Trump is a "Strong leader who should be given the power he needs to restore America’s greatness." And 49% of them believe that "strongly."
prri.org/research/tru...
prri.org/research/tru...
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A president so stupid that one of the great intellectual achievements of his life is “passing” a dementia screening. A president so narcissistic that he can’t stop bragging about passing that dementia screening as evidence of his immense genius.
Trump: AOC is low IQ. If you give her an IQ test, have her pass like the exams that I decided to take when I was at Walter Reed. Those are very hard…
The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe..
The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe..
October 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
A president so stupid that one of the great intellectual achievements of his life is “passing” a dementia screening. A president so narcissistic that he can’t stop bragging about passing that dementia screening as evidence of his immense genius.
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Doesn't seem to have occurred to everyone yet that the US Congress may never reconvene.
October 26, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Doesn't seem to have occurred to everyone yet that the US Congress may never reconvene.
Can we talk about the elephant in the CPI room:
Do we really believe the numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics aren't being cooked for Trump?
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/24/c...
Do we really believe the numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics aren't being cooked for Trump?
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/24/c...
Inflation rate hit 3.0% in September, lower than expected, long-awaited CPI report shows
The annual inflation rate as measured by the CPI was expected to be 3.1% in September, according to the Dow Jones consensus estimate.
www.cnbc.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Can we talk about the elephant in the CPI room:
Do we really believe the numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics aren't being cooked for Trump?
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/24/c...
Do we really believe the numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics aren't being cooked for Trump?
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/24/c...
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Archbishop Steve Wood, who heads the Anglican Church of North America, faces of sexual harassment allegations. This marks the latest in a string of crises to rock the small, conservative denomination.
Anglican Church Archbishop accused of sexual misconduct
Archbishop Steve Wood, who heads the Anglican Church of North America, faces of sexual harassment allegations. This marks the latest in a string of crises to rock the small, conservative denomination.
n.pr
October 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Archbishop Steve Wood, who heads the Anglican Church of North America, faces of sexual harassment allegations. This marks the latest in a string of crises to rock the small, conservative denomination.
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Covid-19 vaccines, credited with saving millions of lives during the pandemic, set off a powerful alarm that rallies the human immune system against cancer and nearly doubles the median survival length of patients, according to a new retrospective study.
Study finds mRNA coronavirus vaccines prolonged life of cancer patients
A study found that covid-19 vaccines appeared to awaken the immune system in lung and skin cancer patients, helping them live longer than those not vaccinated.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Covid-19 vaccines, credited with saving millions of lives during the pandemic, set off a powerful alarm that rallies the human immune system against cancer and nearly doubles the median survival length of patients, according to a new retrospective study.
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We love our Marines and owe a debt of gratitude to Camp Pendleton, but next time, the Vice President and the White House shouldn’t be so reckless with people’s lives for their vanity projects.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 10:09 PM
We love our Marines and owe a debt of gratitude to Camp Pendleton, but next time, the Vice President and the White House shouldn’t be so reckless with people’s lives for their vanity projects.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...