John Hester

I just went to a corporate event featuring Nashville songwriters. One of the final tunes was a song justifying the Afghanistan war as retribution for 9/11. In 2026, this man has no shame in making this claim, and I hear no moans from the crowd. I'm glimpsing how MAGA works.

Putin has proposed a summit with Trump and Xi Jinping next month, with the Kremlin suggesting it be held alongside the November 18–19 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Shenzhen, China. This thanksgiving we have the opportunity to give thanks for Trump's defection, if we all vote.

Holy shit.

For a moment, everyone was uniting around respect and admiration for Dolly Parton. But other memes are now emerging on Facebook. They contrast what Dolly said or did with the familiar proof-texting of Scripture that normalizes our culture of "othering" outsiders. They claim her faith is not real.

After fifteen years of studying the anti-vax movement, I came to the conclusion that upholding legal requirements for vaccines for school entry is the single most important thing we can do. You cannot use facts to convince someone who did not employ facts to make their decision. So use the law.

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Trump: "Why shouldn't I give nuclear powers to the folks who bankrolled bin Laden, slaughtered Khashoggi and paid $2 billion in hush money to my automated son-in-law? They say nice things about me and have lots of shiny stuff."

www.politico.com/news/2026/07... This article is based on the straw-man that voters will be comparing him to Platner. Politico is well aware he will be running against Susan Collins. But we are in the season when big money is focused on suppressing voter turnout.

We must Rethink Everything. The way we've always done things didn't protect us from the disaster that is our present day.

Today is the first day I find the tone on Bluesky to be much meaner and hateful than Facebook. This makes me sad.

Press wordsmiths coin phrase "often don't meet reality" to mean "are full of crap" apnews.com/article/iran...

What's the point of seeing a post on bluesky only to find out you can't join the conversation? That's just doom-scrolling. We will get out of this mess if and only if we come together and share ideas.

Vance Boelter is an evangelical Christian with politically conservative views who had traveled to Congo as a preacher and missionary. We have to challenge the GOP meme that political violence comes from the left. apnews.com/article/hort...

None of us believe a word that Trump says. Neither does Wall Street, but they're all in on the game to manipulate the market. Who hears first what Trump is about to say to make the market go up or down? finance.yahoo.com/markets/live...

More evidence that Bill Maher is not one of the good guys: He says he's "all for it" when talking about the changes at 60 minutes. www.aol.com/articles/bil...

I voted in South Carolina by mail. The ballot went out at 9am Monday, and it took until Friday to arrive and get counted from Ohio. I was afraid I might miss the deadline because of the USPS. At least right now, things seem to be moving reasonably.

"Iran did not immediately confirm any deal." Amazed that people still report stuff based on Trump's word. I suspect these announcements are designed to manipulate markets for the benefit of Trump, his family, friends and donors. apnews.com/article/iran...

North Carolina truck stop

Politico headlines a routine political maneuver with violent terminology: "twist the knife". Not only is corporate media NOT reporting on MAGA violent rhetoric, but they are making up such rhetoric to attribute to the MAGA resistance. www.politico.com/live-updates...

www.reuters.com/business/ene... We need to stop waiting for insane people to start making sense. We need to focus on figuring out how they become insane to begin with, so that we can make the changes necessary to rescue future victims and to rescue our society.

Vacationed in MAGA-Land where the gas is below $4 and "now hiring" signs proliferate. Roads and infrastructure are new and shiny. It's a little easier for me to understand how MAGA could still think everything is fine. There is no longer any "news" to turn on in America that disrupts the fantasy.

Does the first vice president of the Oldham [KY] County Republican Women’s Club care about the Epstein files? “Not really,” she confessed. “We have so many other important things going on,” like “the border and girls’ sports.” (Only one transgender female athlete competed in 2022 before the KY ban)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=77yD... A piece in the puzzle of why so many stick with Trump.

In a country where Trump is STILL liked by 1/3 of the people, this sort of stupid should not be a surprise. www.propublica.org/article/more...

Among the 7 Senate races in Indiana where Trump is trying to oust the incumbents, he's winning 5 out of 7. Republicans in these Indiana districts are not turning against Trump despite what the headlines might say.

Rare moment of agreement with TIllis: Comey was a big disappointment, and the indictment against him is ridiculous. I still wonder where America might be today, if Comey hadn't sabotaged Clinton's campaign at the 11th hour. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

“The United States, has the military power to do whatever it wants in the world. The Catholic Church had better take its side.” - Pentagon official to Vatican’s U.S. representative newrepublic.com/post/208820/...

BREAKING: Pam Bondi FIRED as AG, Trump tells Fox

Look at the picture PBS put with this story. It represents neither current reality nor what was "normal," but it's a picture that won't trigger the man-infant. www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...

Wall Street believes a man who is demonstrably a serial liar. This does not inspire confidence. www.cnbc.com/2026/03/29/s...

Hundreds of people at the Williamsburg, VA No Kings Rally.

I'm amazed at how eagerly leading lights in the resistance movement repost Trump here on Bluesky. Is there anyone in this movement that doesn't understand that Trump posts stuff to distract people from the terrible stuff he is doing? Is he just THAT irresistible to those who need clicks?

Trump himself admits here that he is running his administration without any constraints of the Constitution or his constituents. So quit wasting your time trying to convince your MAGA friend. If they don't believe Trump's words, they won't believe yours.

Can someone explain to me why veterans and active military love this guy?

Emulating the anti-Christ is America's super power. I finally understand what they meant when they went on and on about American Exceptionalism.

bsky.social/about/blog/0... A new CEO is coming. With the decline we've seen with other platforms, should I be worried?

What will finally trigger MAGA citizens to come to their senses are realize that they have been aiding and abetting evil all these years?

Visual of the job situation in America over 5 years. This is for those still interacting with cult members who think Biden was bad for jobs in America.

Dow gives up 2026 gains less than a month after crossing 50,000 Does that mean Bondi id going to follow the law and release the rest of the Epstein files with only victim names redacted?

Beware of any Christian movement that demands the government be an instrument of God's wrath but never a source of God's charity, mercy, or compassion.

If you are focusing your efforts on targeting Dems rather than MAGAs in 2026, then please stop claiming to be Democrats. No one is fooled (except maybe you). www.axios.com/2026/03/01/c...

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Right now my FB feed is swamped with right-wing pro Iranian attack posts. They're showing videos some of which I know to be fake. My point is they are pulling out all the stops to swing voter sentiment. Apparently this is the GOP-start-a-war-Hail-Mary when they're losing an upcoming election.

I'm still waiting for one of these judges to actually do what they keep threatening to do. They've cried wolf too many times. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

This is unprecedented. A company owned by the President's family, is seeking approvals from a federal agency over which the President has total control — including to hire & fire the people granting approvals. The company, the deal, the entire process is corrupt to the core.