John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 06/10/2026After s/he assaults you, s/he picks your pocket to pay for the "damages" that go mainly to lawyers. 030
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Wall Street is SO in love with Trump, I kind of think that we will have one of those October crashes when it becomes convinced that the party is over. 000
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 05/10/2026They've been programmed to claim both-sides-ism when facing such questions so that they never have to answer, much less think about it. 000
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Grilling him is theater. Prosecuting him AND imprisoning him is what this moment demands. 010
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The next Congress needs to make addressing this issue their top priority. We must figure out what laws/policies led us to a time when it would be possible for a President to do behave as if our Constitution never existed. If we don't figure it out and make changes, we will be right. back. here. 030
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I like his answer, but I have become somewhat allergic to the quick pivot from a question's answer to the talking points. 020
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I'm surprised. What are they Buckingham Palace guards? 010
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 05/10/2026You know what? I really don't want to read a quote from the man who is responsible for producing RFK Jr. Maybe it sounds ignorant, but there is some wisdom in the notion that you will know a person by their fruit. 100
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It is too simplistic to think the MAGA disease is caused by lack of education or intelligence. 000
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Quit bailing out the village idiot. And certainly don't do it this close to an election. 000
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 01/10/20261 in 3 Americans like Trump. Could there be a more damning statistic of our society? 0100
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Yes! Keep the focus on the supporters. Without them, Trump would just be a powerless curmudgeon hiding out at Mar A Lago. 020
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Also significant is that after being caught in a lie, he appeared on The Charlie Kirk Show where he received applause for his move. The right-wing machine knew it was a lie. The audience knew it was a lie, but they didn't care. They embraced their got 'cha moment if though it was fake. 000
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Because they have bonded with the super-wealthy who 100% believe in the idea that some groups are inherently superior to other groups. This is why so few of them in our era use their money for public welfare causes. 000
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Let me give it a shot. America's system of justice has evaporated. Most people are not aware, so they're still playing by the rules. 010
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 28/09/2026They desperately needed to get him on air before his nap time. 000
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is a testimony to how corrupting Washington can be. 030
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I hope you're right. I don't want this disease to spread. 010
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Even the cameraman working on these ads needs to go to jail. 071
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 28/09/2026If it's true that most people don't follow politics and vote according to what they hear online, then you're likely as screwed as we are in America. 100
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The should preserve their fuming for when they are looking at themselves in the mirror. 020
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I think you're referring to an amendment he tried to attach to the Inflation Reduction Act. Everyone voted against his amendment in order to preserve the good they had achieved. His push for perfection would have scuttled hard-won negotiations to get the bill passed. It would have sunk the bill. 010
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 27/09/2026You are not. You are the victim. But just like Epstein, this administration demonizes the victims in order to protect those who are raking in the money. 000
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 26/09/2026And if it's fraud, then follow the money. Their targets are losing money, thus they are the victims. Go after the insurance companies who are making the money off of these people. 060
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A 'statistical impossibility'? A true statistical impossibility would be an event with a probability of exactly zero. These guys use fancy terminology to fool the under-educated in America. 020
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 26/09/2026He just admitted that the job of governor is too hard for him to handle. 140
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Outrage is the problem. Trump figured out he can trigger outrage daily very easily. He's been running that game ever since. People spend so much time on the MAGA outrage du jour, that there is no bandwidth left to focus on the actual outrageous things in America. 0133
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 26/09/2026You are correct. It is the root of evil, and it has nothing to do with what the 1st Amendment was ever actually talking about. This is the legacy of the corrupt court cobbled together over decades by GOP presidents. 000
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is a distraction of the point worthy of MAGA. (I'm NOT saying that Ben Osipov is MAGA; I am saying this tactic is their bread and butter: distract and project) If part of Canada are at risk of succumbing to the same disease, then it is even MORE imperative that they not trust us. 000
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Nobody on this globe should trust us right now. We are the generations of Americans who have demonstrated a profound lack of judgment about political leadership. 020
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The Supreme Court ruled (Citizen's United) that corporations and unions may spend unlimited amounts from their treasuries on independent political expenditures—such as advertisements supporting or opposing candidates—under the First Amendment. 110
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 26/09/2026But we don't have to read/watch "news" that he creates to remain in our minds. He uses this as a tool to distract and to endear his followers to him. 000
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 26/09/2026My info says one twin was Eli Alonso, and the other was Elmer E. 110
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 26/09/2026We must reverse the Citizens United Supreme Court ruling that claimed spending money on a campaign is a form of "speech" that is protected by the Bill of Rights. 150
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I thought they had pretty much eliminated such laws. Can you point me to something that regulates media ownership beyond broadcasting? 1141
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This movie is sponsored by the rich, therefore, so long as we continue to allow rich people to dominate media and allow them to donate unlimited amounts to political campaigns. 37710
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 26/09/2026We all choose how much time we focus on this couple. We can choose to stop rubbernecking the horrific spectacle and instead focus on paths leading us to a better future. 120
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I think I found this guy. Birth/Death Date/Locations helped. My info says he was born 1/30/1852, though. Born Marshall, Illinois. Died Benkelman, Dundy, Nebraska. My 11th cousin once removed. Basically not related directly through "Hester" relatives. www.familysearch.org/en/tree/pers...familysearch.orgFamilySearch.orgDiscover your family history. Explore the world’s largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records and resources. 110
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 24/09/2026But wouldn't this story make her followers love her even more? They all feel the same way, right? 000
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 24/09/2026John Robert Hester 22 March 1886 – 5 July 1914. Born in Fleming, KY. He is my 9th cousin once removed. 110
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 24/09/2026John Kenton Hester Sr. 29 August 1821 – 28 January 1896. Born in Fleming, KY. He is my 6th cousin four times removed. 010
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Then there's John Robert Hester 5 January 1823 – 9 June 1880 born in Fleming County KY. Oddly he is the husband of my 4th cousin seven times removed, so I'm not related by blood to him. 010
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 24/09/2026So there is a John Adam Hester 2 June 1829 – 24 September 1907. Born in Fleming County KY. He is my 10th cousin four times removed. 010
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Lots of John Hester's in that county. Do you have a birth date or other info to narrow my search? 110
John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 23/09/2026What exactly is wrong with Duckworth? She isn't oblivious to what has happened in America. There is an evil crazy man in the White House who ROUTINELY ignores the sort of compromises to get money back to USAID that she is acting like should be the priority. 120