Dave Lester
@davelester80.bsky.social
Host of the podcast “Does the Bible say THAT?!?” Film watcher. Post-Evangelical. Committed Christian.
Breaking: Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has resigned following months of tension with Pete Hegseth on.wsj.com/4ydsav4
Exclusive | Army Secretary Resigns After Months of Friction with Hegseth
Driscoll had a close relationship with ousted Army chief of staff.
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The GOP is like the mob at this point except not nearly as cool.
Cool, cool, I have a couple quick questions -- who's in charge of preventing food-induced illnesses right now and how good a job are they doing?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoRFK Jr defends measles: "In 10 years, there have been 3 measles deaths in America. There are now about 1.2 million deaths every year from food-induced illness. The media and certain demagogic politicians are constantly trying to scare us about infectious disease."
This shows a lot of desperation. I still think Talerico has an uphill climb in red state Texas but I don’t think anyone can say that he doesn’t have a chance.
Dr. Bradley Onishi@bradleyonishi.bsky.social · 4d agoLance Wallnau says Talarico is connected to Al-Qaeda. It is a window into the new Red-Green Scare (Communist-Islamist) coming from all corners of the American Right. youtu.be/70jC9gENnDk?...
RIP Emmett Till, abducted, beaten and lynched on this day in 1955, and his brutal death inspired many in the civil rights movement. Let us never forget, and let us also honor him by fighting for civil rights today for all.
JUST IN: Judge Indira Talwani (Obama/MA) sets schedule for drive to re-block Trump mail-in ballot plan following issuance of USPS final rule. Hearing 9/3. There's also a DC case in litigation. Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
Who is going to step up and hold this administration to account for unconstitutional and criminal behavior?
Lincoln Square@lincolnsquare.media · 7d agoA judge told ICE to stay out of churches, agents ran a covert spy operation inside a sanctuary anyway. Now Trump's DHS faces contempt. Follow Lincoln Square: lincolnsquare.media #ICE #DHS #Minneapolis
And as we reported last year, foreign food inspections plummeted to a historic low after the Trump administration took over due to staffing cuts at the FDA. Food safety experts told us, “It’s only a matter of time before people die." www.propublica.org/article/fore...
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · last wk."A recent report by the Government Accountability Office found that FDA averaged only 917 foreign food-facility inspections annually from fiscal years 2018 through 2023 — less than 5 percent of the statutory target established under the Food Safety Modernization Act."
May it be so. This is, politically, our only way out of this. Hope these polls reflect the reality of people’s thinking.
All In with Chris Hayes@allinwithchris.bsky.social · 2w agoWATCH: Trump’s approval is sinking so fast some of his own advisers now fear he could fall into the high 20s—and drag Republicans down with him in the midterms, according to new reporting from Zeteo’s Asawin Suebsaeng.
“As far as our understanding of the world is concerned- there are no facts without values.” -Sam Harris, The Moral Landscape
BREAKING NYT: A month after the Trump admin declared without evidence that thousands of noncitizens had illegally registered to vote in Nevada, DHS officials were unable to substantiate the claim — finding just 185 potential anomalies, not the 16,000 claimed last month.
Homeland Security Unable to Prove That Thousands of Noncitizens Registered to Vote in Nevada
The Department of Homeland Security told Nevada election officials that it identified 185 “potential” noncitizens on the state’s voter rolls, not the nearly 16,000 it claimed last month.
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I still need to *see it* to believe it but wow…when is the last time Texas was rated as a toss up in a statewide election?
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 2w agoThis is pretty big: Cook Political Report just shifted the Texas *and* Iowa Senate races from Lean Republican to Toss Up:
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ICYMI: A federal judge again blocked Trump’s anti-mail voting executive order directing the USPS to withhold mail ballots from states that refuse to share private voter data with the federal government. But the fight is now before SCOTUS. Read to learn more about how your ballot could be affected👇
Federal judge blocks Trump’s anti-mail voting executive order again — this time nationwide
"The federal government has declined to defend the constitutionality of the EO’s directives,” Talwani wrote.
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Worst loss of the year and feels like a season ender.
Seattle Sports@seattlesports710.bsky.social · 2w agoThe #Mariners lost 10-7 to the AL West-leading Houston Astros on a crushing three-run walk-off homer by Christian Walker, which came after the M's clawed back from a three-run deficit and led by two runs in the 10th inning. sports.mynorthwest.com/mlb/seattle-...
The number of direct lies attributed to ICE agents and the administration that is supporting and enabling them has reached epic levels.
Aaron Fritschner@fritschner.bsky.social · 3w agoVideo of an ICE agent pulling a gun on a wife and mother, who is a US citizen born and raised in the area, near Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia yesterday. Chillingly, they claimed she “almost ran them over” until she told them she had video proving that was a lie.
The motive for issuing this instruction seems incredibly obvious.
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3w agoThis would let any president — including Trump — wall off a broad swath of communication from congressional scrutiny. It lands as Democrats look increasingly likely to win back the House— and subpoena power.
NEW Economist/YouGov Aug 7-10 % who approve | disapprove of Donald Trump's job performance U.S. adult citizens: 33% | 62% Democrats: 4% | 95% Independents: 18% | 71% Republicans: 79% | 21% d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
Demolition already occurred though. These court decisions need to come faster.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 4w agoWASHINGTON (AP) — Appeals court rules that Trump must seek approval from Congress on White House ballroom, ordering halt to construction.
Vile evil spewing forth from this pastor’s mouth. The rise of Nazi apologists among some factions of the conservative Right is extremely disturbing.
Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · 4w agoFar-right pastor Dale Partridge says that Germany was "attacked from within by grossly immoral Jewish forces during the Weimar Republic," which naturally made Nazism "extremely appealing": "This Nazi movement terrified the Jews because it represented a powerful form of Christian nationalism."
Power to the people.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 4w agoMissouri voters on Tuesday rejected an attempt by the Republican-controlled Legislature to make it harder to pass citizen-sponsored amendments to the state’s constitution, preserving a tool that voters across the country have relied on to pass laws their legislatures would not. nyti.ms/3TCTELv
