Dave Lester
@davelester80.bsky.social
Host of the podcast “Does the Bible say THAT?!?” and Co-host of Veterans of Culture Wars podcast about Evangelical Christianity with Zach. Film watcher. Post-Evangelical. Committed Christian.
How were they an immediate threat in attacking the US?
It is a war crime and those men were murdered.
It is a war crime and those men were murdered.
WELKER: Lawmakers say the 2 men appeared to raise their arms potentially to surrender. Why did Admiral Bradley interpret these actions as anything other than them trying to survive?
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
December 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
How were they an immediate threat in attacking the US?
It is a war crime and those men were murdered.
It is a war crime and those men were murdered.
“You see, Mr. Originalist, what we need to do here is ignore the plain reading of a Constitutional amendment because our ideology demands it.”
👀Constitutional Arguments coming before SCOTUS on Birthright Citizenship very soon
Lawyers furiously writing amicus briefs. May I suggest you read the 3 articles i published in advance of my forthcoming book Migration & the Origins of American Citizenship due out on Oxford U. Press on March 10? 3 articles are out from it including this un-gated one on the Recon Amendments
December 7, 2025 at 11:04 AM
“You see, Mr. Originalist, what we need to do here is ignore the plain reading of a Constitutional amendment because our ideology demands it.”
Love your Somalian neighbor.
A Small Minnesota Town Defends Somali Residents as Critical to the Economy www.wsj.com/us-news/a-sm...
A Small Minnesota Town Defends Somali Residents as Critical to the Economy
A sweeping fraud scandal has put the spotlight on places like Willmar, where Somalis run businesses and work at the Jennie-O turkey plant.
www.wsj.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Love your Somalian neighbor.
Really terrible. Absolutely shameful behavior by our govt.
December 7, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Really terrible. Absolutely shameful behavior by our govt.
Sigh…
how much of our national malaise is just group chats driving people into insular insane views and thinking that's normal
December 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Sigh…
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Since the 1990s bond markets around the world have expanded rapidly, outpacing economic activity. Debt securities outstanding as a share of global GDP rose to over 135% by end-2024, topping $150 trillion
December 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Since the 1990s bond markets around the world have expanded rapidly, outpacing economic activity. Debt securities outstanding as a share of global GDP rose to over 135% by end-2024, topping $150 trillion
Dear Lord…
My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
December 6, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Dear Lord…
An interesting intra conservative struggle here. I will take the side of leaders who want *more* regulations on toxic chemicals.
MAHA Activists Urge Trump to Fire Lee Zeldin at the E.P.A.
As head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin has weakened protections against toxic chemicals, say members of the MAHA movement.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/c...
As head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin has weakened protections against toxic chemicals, say members of the MAHA movement.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/c...
MAHA Activists Urge Trump to Fire His E.P.A. Administrator
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:40 AM
An interesting intra conservative struggle here. I will take the side of leaders who want *more* regulations on toxic chemicals.
Describing so much of the job of conservative media right here…
December 5, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Describing so much of the job of conservative media right here…
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GOP Rep. Mike Turner: "This activity that's happening in the Caribbean where they are hitting these boats -- these individuals if they were captured and tried and convicted, they would be guilty of criminal activity for which they're not subject to capital punishment. These people are being killed."
December 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
GOP Rep. Mike Turner: "This activity that's happening in the Caribbean where they are hitting these boats -- these individuals if they were captured and tried and convicted, they would be guilty of criminal activity for which they're not subject to capital punishment. These people are being killed."
The right thing to do! How has this legislation not been passed yet?
JUST IN: A total 14 House members have signed a stock trading ban discharge petition for politicians, per BI:
Republicans:
- Luna
- Burchett
- Stefanik
- Crane
- Fitzpatrick
- Lawler
- Boebert
- Mace
- Steube
Democrats:
- Landsman
- Jacobs
- Moskowitz
- Gottheimer
- Pappas
Republicans:
- Luna
- Burchett
- Stefanik
- Crane
- Fitzpatrick
- Lawler
- Boebert
- Mace
- Steube
Democrats:
- Landsman
- Jacobs
- Moskowitz
- Gottheimer
- Pappas
December 4, 2025 at 4:13 AM
The right thing to do! How has this legislation not been passed yet?
They were continuing their drug run while clinging to wreckage of a boat on fire?
A top admiral is expected to tell lawmakers tomorrow that he and his legal adviser concluded that the two survivors of a boat strike in September were attempting to continue their drug run, making them and the damaged vessel legitimate targets for another attack.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Exclusive | Survivors of Boat Strike Were Actively Continuing Drug Mission, Admiral to Tell Lawmakers
Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley, the commander of the September attack, is set to provide an account of his role for the first time in a closed briefing.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:04 AM
They were continuing their drug run while clinging to wreckage of a boat on fire?
Are they going to have an AI version of Charlie Kirk?
I’ve thought it’s weird that Turning Point still had Charlie Kirk’s picture up as a featured speaker for AmericaFest (now just two weeks away), but it’s really weird that they’ve left it up after updating to add newly-confirmed speaker JD Vance.
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Are they going to have an AI version of Charlie Kirk?
(Opening my letterboxd watchlist).
December 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
(Opening my letterboxd watchlist).
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Somali Americans make up 3% of the population in her district.
December 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Somali Americans make up 3% of the population in her district.
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It's the opposite of "the buck stops here". He is selling out Admiral Bradley and sending chills down the spines of his chain of command, who now know their boss will sell them out if he is taking heat. A case study in how not to lead.
December 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
It's the opposite of "the buck stops here". He is selling out Admiral Bradley and sending chills down the spines of his chain of command, who now know their boss will sell them out if he is taking heat. A case study in how not to lead.
Sadly par for the course at this point.
Trump (or someone on his behalf) was speed posting on Truth Social last night. Post after deranged post retweeting the most insane, incendiary, conspiratorial trash from the extreme right wing. Threatening everyone from Obama to Pelosi, Comey, John Brennan, etc with military tribunals and arrest
December 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Sadly par for the course at this point.
I think I have to go with Harrison Ford. His stuff after, say 2000, isn’t great but I get the Star Wars original trilogy and the first 3 installments of Indiana Jones.
Morgan Freeman might be a runner up because there is so much and some of it is excellent.
Morgan Freeman might be a runner up because there is so much and some of it is excellent.
This is a Bill Simmons game, but you’re stranded on a desert island. You can only have one actor’s filmography. You get it all, including cameos. But just the one performer.
I’m taking Cate Blanchett: Talented Mr. Ripley, LOTR, Life Aquatic, Black Bag, Tár, Ponyo, Hot Fuzz, Eyes Wide Shut, Thor
I’m taking Cate Blanchett: Talented Mr. Ripley, LOTR, Life Aquatic, Black Bag, Tár, Ponyo, Hot Fuzz, Eyes Wide Shut, Thor
December 1, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I think I have to go with Harrison Ford. His stuff after, say 2000, isn’t great but I get the Star Wars original trilogy and the first 3 installments of Indiana Jones.
Morgan Freeman might be a runner up because there is so much and some of it is excellent.
Morgan Freeman might be a runner up because there is so much and some of it is excellent.
Conservative Evangelicals and the Religious Right are his strongest block of supporters.
December 1, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Conservative Evangelicals and the Religious Right are his strongest block of supporters.
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"A clear violation of the law of war."
- GOP Rep. Don Bacon, member of House Armed Services Committee, on the alleged Hegseth order
- GOP Rep. Don Bacon, member of House Armed Services Committee, on the alleged Hegseth order
Rep. Don Bacon on Pete Hegseth: " I don't think he would be foolish enough to make this decision to say, 'kill everybody, lill the survivors.' That's a clear violation of the law of war…If it was as the article said, then that is a violation of the law of war."
November 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"A clear violation of the law of war."
- GOP Rep. Don Bacon, member of House Armed Services Committee, on the alleged Hegseth order
- GOP Rep. Don Bacon, member of House Armed Services Committee, on the alleged Hegseth order
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TRUMP: If you’re trafficking drugs to the U.S. via the Caribbean I will kill you.
ALSO TRUMP: If you’re doing time because you helped traffic 400 tons of cocaine to the U.S. via Honduras you get a “Full and Complete Pardon.”
www.justice.gov/archives/opa...
ALSO TRUMP: If you’re doing time because you helped traffic 400 tons of cocaine to the U.S. via Honduras you get a “Full and Complete Pardon.”
www.justice.gov/archives/opa...
November 29, 2025 at 2:39 AM
TRUMP: If you’re trafficking drugs to the U.S. via the Caribbean I will kill you.
ALSO TRUMP: If you’re doing time because you helped traffic 400 tons of cocaine to the U.S. via Honduras you get a “Full and Complete Pardon.”
www.justice.gov/archives/opa...
ALSO TRUMP: If you’re doing time because you helped traffic 400 tons of cocaine to the U.S. via Honduras you get a “Full and Complete Pardon.”
www.justice.gov/archives/opa...
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To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
Facts matter. Beware of how lawyers and media pundits are intentionally framing these horrible crimes.
Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
November 28, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Facts matter. Beware of how lawyers and media pundits are intentionally framing these horrible crimes.
Happy Thanksgiving from my family to yours.
November 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from my family to yours.
