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Val Olson

@gentlefighter.bsky.social
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Love nature, common sense and live an ordinary life in a non-ordinary way.

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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
I'm attending No Kings's event, “Eyes on ICE: Train-the-Trainer - Immigrants' Rights” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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Eyes on ICE: Train-the-Trainer - Immigrants' Rights · No Kings
Abusive immigration enforcement poses a threat to us all but places non-citizens at particular risk. This session will equip participants to train others on core Know Your Rights topics such as the ri...
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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS YUMA” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
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NO KINGS YUMA · Mobilize
**We have the power and are claiming it together. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.** What began in 2025 as a single day of defiance has become a sustained national resistance to tyranny, spreading fr...
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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Yuma” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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NO KINGS Yuma · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...
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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Another painted rock…
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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
What happened to common sense? Are we really going down the road of authority and billionaire rule?
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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Another painted rock…
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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Another day of chaotic news…and another painted rock with a George Orwell quote…
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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
I’m still fuming. Jake Tapper interviewed Ron Johnson and Mike Johnson about the House budget bill. Not once did he ask a question about the obvious GOP commitment of cutting taxes for the rich over the basic needs of their constituents. C’mon Jake…not one question?
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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
As a stress reliever in our current environment, I like to paint rocks with inspiring words and quotes. Here’s to a natural environment..
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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
My peaceful walks are still interrupted by Trump yard signs…but not as much. A bit of hope???
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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Corruption seems to be the “name of the game” in DC politics. The biggest contributors to the GOP cause will get their needed “carve outs” for tariff relief and the rich keep getting richer. Once again…follow the money.
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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
America needs to be kind…but with a spine. The Hands Off protesters showed that spine and did it peacefully.
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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
It seems to me that 40% of America wants the US to go back to the 19th century with isolationism, tariffs and the gilded age. History has a way of repeating itself.
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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Why aren’t the American taxpayers questioning the deal made between our government and El Salvador to imprison immigrants picked up by ICE. Not only is due process ignored but the money spent is excessive and seems to benefit the prison system in El Salvador.
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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
I so hope that the Wisconsin voters come through for us. The money grab needs to end.
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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Thank you Cory Booker, our Senator Good Trouble. Your fight is a glory to see and it’s almost 24 hours.
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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Are we becoming “The Ugly American”?
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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
I wonder if sales are up for the “Hillary Was Right About Everything” hats. Just a passing thought.
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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
True strength is displayed by owning up to mistakes and doing better. Blaming the “other” is weak and everyone knows it, except maybe the current regime.
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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
This new cabinet is like the movie “The Breakfast Club”…only a lot older and not as smart.
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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Americans hit new low in happiness. Gee, I wonder why???
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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
“Only thing we have to fear is fear itself” is a famous FDR quote and it’s on the forefront of what we are feeling…whether it’s on the street, in leadership, or in just speaking with friends and family. We have to get back to “what would love do now” and it’s as simple or complicated as that.
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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
This is the moment 30 million people got healthcare. I remember.
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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
The GOP has all the power. Why didn’t the Dems use what little leverage they have to push for a few changes on the budget deal so that a shut down would be avoided. But, spring break happened and it was so much easier to just go home.
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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
I heard that Canadian travel to US is down 23% this month. Don’t blame them and as a desert dweller in the wintertime, I miss our Canadian snowbird friends and so does our economy. Stock market also dropped and tariffs are up. Where is Congress and where is our common sense???
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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Why is it that being cruel and rude get more cheers than boos from the GOP side of the aisle. Leadership should be reflecting the best of us..no matter the party.
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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Is it too soon for an “I told you so” moment from Dems to the GOP.
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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
A bully is a bully is a bully and it curdles my heart when I see “two against one” in the Oval Office.
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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
As is write this, I feel sick at heart. I watched the piling on of Zelensky by POTUS and Vance. Ukraine didn’t ask to be invaded and why is he getting the third degree with an invasion not of his making. The arc of justice better be turning soon.
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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Get ready for Medicaid cuts because those billionaires and corporations need their tax cuts. Is this really what MAGA wants. Oil companies have their subsidies and the American people still get thrown under the bus.
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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Let’s hope that the red line that has to be crossed before we wake up is not so red hot that we can’t get back to normalcy…whatever that is.
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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
We’re in a constitutional crisis and it’s becoming the norm. America, wake up!
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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
The days are dark but Bluesky is the crack letting the light in.
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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
So true…little things do matter
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