John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 19/09/2026For 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. 020
Reposted by John HesterElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 25/08/2026After 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. 451795460
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 15/08/2026haveibeenflocked.comhaveibeenflocked.comHave I Been Flocked? – Search Flock ALPR Audit LogsHave police looked up your travel history? Search Flock Safety audit logs for your license plate. 030
Reposted by John HesterMariah 🇺🇸🦋🇺🇸🦋🇺🇸🦋 @mariahbrown.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Release the Epstein Files. #JusticeForTrumpsVictims #EpsteinFiles #EPSTEINS4EVER #Pedophile47 #TrumpIsADictator #TrumpIsCorrupt #ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles #EpsteinDidntCommitSuicide #EpsteinTrumpPedoFiles 🖕🖕🖕🖕 30979522
Reposted by John HesterDeborah @idajo.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Trump: "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." 073
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 20/07/2026www.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.politico.com‘Not the slick choice’: Maine Dems sweat Troy Jackson despite dominant victoryThe progressive logger and former state legislator dominated Maine’s last-minute delegate conventions. But some voters were left unsatisfied with the process — and the presumptive nominee. 000
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 18/07/2026We must Rethink Everything. The way we've always done things didn't protect us from the disaster that is our present day. 021
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Today is the first day I find the tone on Bluesky to be much meaner and hateful than Facebook. This makes me sad. 020
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Press wordsmiths coin phrase "often don't meet reality" to mean "are full of crap" apnews.com/article/iran...apnews.comWhite House talking points claim victories in initial Iran deal but often don't meet realityThe White House has informed supporters that President Donald Trump has accomplished his goals in the war with Iran despite the details of an initial agreement remaining unclear. 010
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 11/06/2026What'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. 010
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Vance 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...apnews.comMan pleads guilty to killing a top Minnesota Democrat and her husband while posing as an officerA Minnesota man who assassinated the top Democrat in the Minnesota House and her husband has pleaded guilty so that federal prosecutors would not seek the death penalty. 010
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 11/06/2026None 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...finance.yahoo.comStock market today: Dow surges 900 points, Nasdaq, S&P 500 surge after Trump calls off Iran strikesUS stocks tumbled amid reports that the US struck Iran hours after President Trump had pledged to do so, saying negotiations were taking "too long." 010
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 09/06/2026More 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...aol.comBill Maher Issues Blunt Response to Scott Pelley’s ’60 Minutes’ Firing - AOLThe 'Real Time With Bill Maher' host also admitted that he "never liked" the journalist. 010
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 06/06/2026I 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. 020
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 29/05/2026"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...apnews.comUS and Iranian negotiators reach tentative deal to extend ceasefire and start new nuclear talksU.S. and Iranian negotiators have reached a tentative agreement to extend the ceasefire by 60 days and start a new round of talks on Iran’s nuclear program. 010
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Politico 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...politico.comCapitol agenda: Dems try to twist knife in Trump-GOP tensionsDemocrats will look to the “vote-a-rama” process to squeeze vulnerable Republican incumbents on a range of Trump priorities and controversies. 000
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 16/05/2026www.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.reuters.comTrump says Iran war is worth the economic pain. These rural voters agree.Democrats are trying to cast Trump as the leader of an administration losing touch with an anxious public as the Iran war pushes the price of gas and other goods higher. These voters in rural Colorado... 000
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Vacationed 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. 000
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Does 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) 000
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 11/05/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=77yD... A piece in the puzzle of why so many stick with Trump.youtube.comWhen Your Father Is DANGEROUSYouTube video by Matthew Cooke 000
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 06/05/2026In 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...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. 000
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Among 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. 000
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Rare 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...politico.comTillis calls Comey 'biggest disappointment' but stands against 8647 indictmentThe North Carolina senator said he does not support a “vindictive prosecution.” 000
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 09/04/2026“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/...newrepublic.com 000
Reposted by John HesterMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/04/2026BREAKING: Pam Bondi FIRED as AG, Trump tells Fox 2471520333
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Look 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...pbs.orgOil and gas prices won't immediately return to normal even if the Iran war ends, the EU warnsThe European Union's energy commissioner says skyrocketing oil and gas prices in Europe as a result of the ongoing Iran war won’t return to normal levels any time soon, even if peace is declared tomor... 000
Reposted by John HesterDebraToTheLeft @debratotheleft.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to Lydia Polgreen’s spot-on history of America’s myth of omnipotence. @polgreen.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/o...nytimes.comOpinion | It’s Not Trump. It’s America. 0107
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Wall Street believes a man who is demonstrably a serial liar. This does not inspire confidence. www.cnbc.com/2026/03/29/s...cnbc.comDow rises after Trump says U.S. in 'serious' talks to end operation in Iran: Live updatesThe Dow Jones Industrial Average sank into correction territory on Friday, joining the Nasdaq, which entered a correction the day before. 000
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Hundreds of people at the Williamsburg, VA No Kings Rally. 020
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 22/03/2026I'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? 020
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Trump 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. 021
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Can someone explain to me why veterans and active military love this guy? 010
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Emulating the anti-Christ is America's super power. I finally understand what they meant when they went on and on about American Exceptionalism. 000
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 10/03/2026bsky.social/about/blog/0... A new CEO is coming. With the decline we've seen with other platforms, should I be worried?bsky.socialA New Chapter for Bluesky - BlueskyAfter several intense and incredible years building Bluesky from the ground up, I've decided to step back as CEO and transition to a new role as Bluesky's Chief Innovation Officer. 000
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 07/03/2026What will finally trigger MAGA citizens to come to their senses are realize that they have been aiding and abetting evil all these years? 100
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Visual 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. 000
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Dow 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? 000
Reposted by John HesterRev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Beware 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. 6415124
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 02/03/2026If 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...axios.comCentrist Dems launch '28 mission: Stop AOCIt's a reflection of the deep divisions within the party over how to take on Trump's MAGA Republicans. 000
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Right 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. 000
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 28/02/2026I'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...politico.com‘ICE will comply’: Top Minnesota judge threatens criminal contempt for continued defianceChief Judge Patrick Schiltz wrote that Justice officials were continuing to violate court orders at a historic clip amid President Donald Trump’s mass deportation push. 000
Reposted by John HesterSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 27/02/2026This 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. 39995443
Reposted by John Hesterinformationbank.bsky.social @informationbank.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Everyone, democrats included, needs to rethink the prominence given to podcasters & influencers, 95 percent of them who have zero background in the subject matter they are discussing. Dems need a rapid response team to counter the misinformation, disinformation& lies being told. Memes don't cut it! 0102
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Americans have been conditioned to think working together and pooling resources is "socialism" and to think "socialism" is evil. The math may not be complicated but it requires thinking past the bumper stickers. 210
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Rubio in Munich: "For us Americans, our home may be in the Western Hemisphere, but we will always be a child of Europe." White Supremacy anyone? Obliterating the melting pot. And he gets a standing ovation. www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...nbcnews.comMarco Rubio has warmer words for Europe weeks after Trump's harsh Davos commentsIn a speech aimed at reducing tensions over Greenland and threats of further tariffs, America's top diplomat said the U.S. is not abandoning its oldest allies. 130