Dave Lester
@davelester80.bsky.social
Host of the podcast “Does the Bible say THAT?!?” and Co-host of Veterans of Culture Wars podcast with Zach. Film watcher. Post-Evangelical. Committed Christian.
Remember when Glenn Beck was saying that MLK Jr was a conservative?
January 20, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Remember when Glenn Beck was saying that MLK Jr was a conservative?
A post for the times. I could have never imagined even 15 years ago that we would be seeing such unhinged lunacy but here we are.
The infuriating thing is that there are lots of people who knew better. Yes, I’m all for welcoming people who change their minds. Still frustrating.
The infuriating thing is that there are lots of people who knew better. Yes, I’m all for welcoming people who change their minds. Still frustrating.
January 20, 2026 at 2:24 AM
A post for the times. I could have never imagined even 15 years ago that we would be seeing such unhinged lunacy but here we are.
The infuriating thing is that there are lots of people who knew better. Yes, I’m all for welcoming people who change their minds. Still frustrating.
The infuriating thing is that there are lots of people who knew better. Yes, I’m all for welcoming people who change their minds. Still frustrating.
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Four attorneys told ABC News they have been denied access to their clients at the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, where they are being held, which they say would violate 5th & 6th Amendment rights to due process & the right to consult with counsel. abcnews.go.com/US/lawyers-a...
Lawyers allege Dept. of Homeland Security is denying legal counsel to Minnesota detainees
Four attorneys told ABC News they have been denied access to their clients at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, where they are being held.
abcnews.go.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Four attorneys told ABC News they have been denied access to their clients at the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, where they are being held, which they say would violate 5th & 6th Amendment rights to due process & the right to consult with counsel. abcnews.go.com/US/lawyers-a...
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Weapons
Train Dreams
Eddington
Wake Up Dead Man
Sinners
Weapons
Train Dreams
Eddington
Wake Up Dead Man
The Oscar nominations will be announced this week
What movies do you hope to see nominated?
What movies do you hope to see nominated?
January 19, 2026 at 9:28 PM
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Weapons
Train Dreams
Eddington
Wake Up Dead Man
Sinners
Weapons
Train Dreams
Eddington
Wake Up Dead Man
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i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals
January 19, 2026 at 3:05 PM
i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals
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The Trump admin is moving to quickly deport two men who witnessed, they say, ICE guards choke a fellow detainee to death.
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
DHS seeking to deport two men who said fellow ICE detainee was killed
The two men’s eyewitness accounts of the Jan. 3 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp differ from the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the incident.
wapo.st
January 18, 2026 at 12:10 AM
The Trump admin is moving to quickly deport two men who witnessed, they say, ICE guards choke a fellow detainee to death.
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
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Do laws apply to Donald Trump? Let’s ask half the country.
He’s turned the presidency into the world’s largest ATM machine.
January 17, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Do laws apply to Donald Trump? Let’s ask half the country.
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BREAKING: Judge enters TRO blocking feds from interfering with or arresting peaceful protesters in Minnesota. Judge Kate Menendez, Biden appointee. Order: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 17, 2026 at 1:02 AM
BREAKING: Judge enters TRO blocking feds from interfering with or arresting peaceful protesters in Minnesota. Judge Kate Menendez, Biden appointee. Order: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
And stay down.
Is X down? Thousands of users report issues with social media platform
Is X down? Thousands of users report issues with social media platform
Complaints recorded by outage tracker DownDetector began to exceed “typical” numbers shortly after 10 a.m. ET.
www.krqe.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:11 PM
And stay down.
My goodness…
🚨WHOA. The El Paso Medical Examiner says it will rule the death of a 55-year-old Cuban man at ICE's "Camp East Montana" tent camp as a homicide.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
January 16, 2026 at 1:11 AM
My goodness…
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"We have clean voter rolls": Trump administration review refutes Trump's claim of widespread voting by noncitizens. In fact, just 0.02% of names checked raised concerns and even that could be inflated. @alexandraberzon.bsky.social @nytnickc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
Initial Review Finds No Widespread Illegal Voting by Migrants, Puncturing a Trump Claim
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:30 PM
"We have clean voter rolls": Trump administration review refutes Trump's claim of widespread voting by noncitizens. In fact, just 0.02% of names checked raised concerns and even that could be inflated. @alexandraberzon.bsky.social @nytnickc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
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Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen:
"If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU."
"Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.
"If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU."
"Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.
January 13, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen:
"If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU."
"Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.
"If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU."
"Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.
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Six federal prosecutors in Minnesota resigned over the Justice Department’s push to investigate the widow of Renee Good, the woman killed by an ICE agent, and the department’s reluctance to investigate the shooter, according those with knowledge of their decision. nyti.ms/4qUl36Z
January 13, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Six federal prosecutors in Minnesota resigned over the Justice Department’s push to investigate the widow of Renee Good, the woman killed by an ICE agent, and the department’s reluctance to investigate the shooter, according those with knowledge of their decision. nyti.ms/4qUl36Z
They don’t care about the law.
Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:11 AM
They don’t care about the law.
Yikes. Trump is threatening Jerome Powell and the Central Bank with criminal indictments if they don’t go along with what he wants. Using the DOJ like this is an impeachable offense, of course.
Some Republicans saying they will not confirm a nominee if Powell exits.👇👇
Some Republicans saying they will not confirm a nominee if Powell exits.👇👇
Trump’s attack on Fed already starting to backfire. Republican Sen. Tillis: “I will oppose the confirmation of any nominee for the Fed—including the upcoming Fed Chair vacancy—until this legal matter is fully resolved.”
January 12, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Yikes. Trump is threatening Jerome Powell and the Central Bank with criminal indictments if they don’t go along with what he wants. Using the DOJ like this is an impeachable offense, of course.
Some Republicans saying they will not confirm a nominee if Powell exits.👇👇
Some Republicans saying they will not confirm a nominee if Powell exits.👇👇
This conservative thinks his own wife is not ideal.
Really sick stuff here guys.
Really sick stuff here guys.
January 11, 2026 at 10:13 PM
This conservative thinks his own wife is not ideal.
Really sick stuff here guys.
Really sick stuff here guys.
🤔🤔🧐
REMINDER: The Trump administration was required by law to release all the Epstein files by December 19 and still has not released 99% of the files
January 11, 2026 at 2:36 PM
🤔🤔🧐
Absolutely enraging.
Mississippi’s largest synagogue was set on fire before dawn Saturday. Fire department ruled it arson, and a suspect has been arrested.
It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
Predawn fire reduces parts of Mississippi's largest synagogue to charred ruins - Mississippi Today
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights...
mississippitoday.org
January 11, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Absolutely enraging.
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Today, this artist, Noval Noir, was painting a stunning portrait of Renee Good at the site of where she was killed
January 10, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Today, this artist, Noval Noir, was painting a stunning portrait of Renee Good at the site of where she was killed
“Go back to Chevron…”
President Trump humiliated himself Friday when Secretary of State Marco Rubio tried to slyly pass him a note during a meeting with oil executives, and he immediately read it aloud.
Marco just gave me a note. ‘Go back to Chevron, they want to discuss something,’” Trump read. trib.al/lOv9Fso
Marco just gave me a note. ‘Go back to Chevron, they want to discuss something,’” Trump read. trib.al/lOv9Fso
January 10, 2026 at 5:42 AM
“Go back to Chevron…”