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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

I feel a new burst of energy after showing up at No Kings!

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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 · 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 · 01/05/2025

Whenever you buy something, the receipt or final tally of charges always includes item price, shipping cost, sales tax and service fee or surcharge. There is nothing controversial or political with this. Bezos caved on an issue as basic as common sense…which is quickly becoming uncommon.

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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

An Inconvenient Truth is conveniently true. It got a well deserved Oscar…just not our attention.

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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 · 27/03/2025

It just doesn’t get more obvious than this. Had this been Biden’s team, I can hear the GOP chant now “LOCK THEM UP”. And, they couldn’t even show some strength by owning up to their mistake. Weakness all around.

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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 · 25/03/2025

Jeffrey Goldberg is one of the most respected and highly regarded journalists of our time. I can’t say the same about our Secretary of Defense. Time to go!

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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 · 20/03/2025

I’m glad that I’m no longer the parent of young children. How do you teach morality and values when our leadership displays bullying at its worst. You can be kind but with a spine and it’s about time.

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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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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

The days keep getting darker and its getting damn scary.

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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

“What the Fuck, Chuck? Sounds like a new tune sung like “Hit the Road, Jack”.

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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

All I can say is More, More, More!

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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 · 07/03/2025

Why don’t we revise our tax code to benefit the middle class rather than corporations and billionaires. Why don’t we have universal healthcare? Why are we rewarding division rather than unity?

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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 · 02/03/2025

Let’s face it…our country has changed…and not for the good. The next four years will be our challenge of a lifetime. Cruelty seems to be the country’s new mantra and that is why Bluesky is my respite from all this chaos.

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Val Olson @gentlefighter.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

And, Zelensky combined strength with compassion as he defended his country. Shame on us!

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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 · 01/03/2025

Marco looked like he would rather be anywhere than sitting on that couch. That display in “diplomacy” was disgraceful.

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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 · 17/02/2025

These are the kind of facts we need.

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