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@indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social
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In my eighties. A "Grandpa Warrior" still in good health and with all my marbles. Vietnam-era veteran. Anti-war activist my whole adult life due to Vietnam experience. Devoted to Gandhi and the power of non-violent action. Happily married 56 years.

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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 2h
I would not be surprised that at least one of his sons will try for the Presidency in 2028. "The Trump Orgnization" will need a Trump in that office to continue giving out those lucrative contracts. & keep that money flowing.
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 2h
IMO until he's pushing up daisies, he's going to be America's biggest pain in the *ss.
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quiltersblock.bsky.social @quiltersblock.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 2h
Trump lost his right to the title of President when he decided that Executive Orders were the law of the land.
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 2h
This is what Trump has done to us as a people. This is what happens when ethics, truth and honor get thrown out the window. Time to make things right, MORE than time. We are better than this.
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 3h
They have also wanted to put the wall through a national park: Big Bend! But strong pushback by the local community has caused a federal court order to halt that wall construction.
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 3h
The all-seeing, all-knowing Trump makes that prediction, huh? He forgets that Obama saved us from that very thing, a deep Depression, during the 2008 prime mortgage crash. The seeds of which were planted during the Bush administration.
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 3h
Great post!
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 4h
Here's a guy who want to kiss Trump's *ss but doesn't want to be honest about it.
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 4h
And who thinks himself a God, a "Chosen One".
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 4h
And thanks to Trump, he also probably has a "Get Out Of Jail Free" card.
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 4h
Well, if that's so, how should the Democrat Party be portrayed? Because if you are thinking what I am thinking, I'd say it would be very fitting since Trump took over.
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 21h
Thank God, November we are getting rid of the garbage that's in our Congress.
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 21h
Yes, like a magician wanting our attention to move to one hand while the other does the actual trick.
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 21h
NBC: Trump’s recent TV ads labeled “Paid for by the U.S. Government” were funded using Department of Homeland Security (DHS) money that had been moved into a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) account". So DHS has become Trump's personal "enforcement" vehicle.
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 21h
Expect to hear more sh*t like this. Who knows what's true at this point? An actual threat or just intimidation? Even Trump's implied "October Surprise" about Vought. IMO part of propaganda campaign to sabotage the midterms.
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 21h
The View: A video of Trump announcing that Russell Vought, who leads the OMB, getting some new title. Vought, the architect of Project 2025.! My bet, he'll be named some kind of kingpin to take over the elections. Clearly unconstitutional if true. Just a guess tho.
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 22h
Trump claims billions of dollars from tariffs, our money. So where is that money now exactly? Where it SHOULD be: in the general funds of the U.S. Treasury. And THAT money is spent by Congress, not the Prez. He cannot touch a dollar of it without Congress approval. So vote Dem & take Congress
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 22h
I just shake my head.
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 22h
Classic pay-to-play corruption.
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 22h
"National Security Risk" translation: Anything that stands in the way of an Unconstitutional coup". FYI, PA precincts use paper ballots scanned by a device not tied to the internet and allowing a paper trail for all submitted ballots. Just try something Secretary. We're ready.
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 22h
I have never known a time in my life when this country either was at war or was fearing one. A hot war or cold. The beat goes on and probably will continue to do so when I am long gone. I hope not.
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I have in the past believed that Trump's mouth and brain were not connected. The scary part is to suspect that he actually means what he says. That he's truly driven by a dark need for revenge.
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There are fail safes built into the system, at multiple levels. The President may send a particular code, but that only defines the mission: who shoots what at whom. I believe there are physical fail safes at each site before missiles can be launched, to account for the very case we have today.
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Fortunately, he may have the codes but there are may ways to block such an illegal order if need be. Built into the system.
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
International Business Times: Natalie Harp, Trump's assistant under growing scrutiny over her access to Prez, has been accused of trawling the 'social media gutter' for material to influence Trump, thereby making its way to Truth Social.
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Note the faces of his "choir" in the background. Not a lot of enthusiasm there like the old days. Like they are not even listening when he rambles on and on. I bet they'd leave if they weren't paid to be there. (Just a guess)
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I have faith that in the end, Trump will become red meat for many gifted historians. I bet money that there will be quite a number written BECAUSE of Trump. All the stuff censored now. The good news: my library system just recently celebrated "Banned Books" Day. Take THAT Trump!
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Using that middle finger to help fill out a ballot for the midterms might be a good approach.
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prepper cat @preppercat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is part of Trump's so-called "style" IMO. Blurting out his threat as if they were a moment of emotional loss of control, while actually throwing something against the wall to see if will stick without taking responsibility for the consequences.
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
According to Kalchi predictive stats, this was already tried in the US during the 1970s. People wanted it at first but hated it later due to kids going to school more in the dark. The experiment ended. Of course, they were not golfers wanting to play a game after work.
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
That was my point though I don't make it clear. Actually he has three choices in the face of increasing debt: 1) raise taxes, 2) increase the money supply (causing inflation), 3) or default on the Treasuries. Right now, he has actually raised taxes (paid by us) using tariffs to hide the fact.
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
They can try to dodge taxes, but I would suspect that any savings won't cover the mega fines that they would have to pay when communities ban together and sue them for any damages imposed by their "experiment".
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Interesting. And in turn, I believe Trump discovered Pete Hegseth on Fox. Our Secretary of Defense once co‑hosted Fox & Friends Weekend from 2017 to 2024, and before that he was a Fox News contributor starting in 2014. (Wikipedia)
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
True, Trump is running this country much like his businesses. But Prez can't actually declare US bankrupt. Instead, IMO, he must inflate money supply, paying off US debt with dollars of lessor value (IE inflation). Rather then default on Treasuries, which would cause a financial world crisis
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Chris Rock seems not to have read his Bible. If anything, one can easily identify "wokeness" with the New Testament, not the Old Testament. The part containing the words of Christ, describing a faith based on a loving and forgiving God. Not a judgemental one thanks to Christ and the Second Covenant
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
There is no way that Trump himself wrote this, I'd put money on it. Probably his "assistant" Harp,
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Don't know why but I'm getting an error "Video Unavailable".
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Like Trump, Calson was a rich kid from a wealthy, privileged and well-connected family. (Just like founders of the American Fascist Party back before WW2. Look it up). IMO he's grown up to be a "bad boy", like Trump, hungry for attention.
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I know what part of me he can kiss.
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Remember that comedian Don Rickles who made a fortune ridiculing people? A stand-up comic, Trump isn't. He's the show-off who won over bullies by making them laugh.
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Daily Beast: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, the U.S. negotiators tasked with ending the Ukraine war, allegedly have ties to business interests seeking to acquire Russian oil assets as part of a potential Ukraine peace deal.
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I think the odds of America and Canada actually going to war is the same as my waking up tomorrow suddenly speaking fluent Mandarin.
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Yes, his "I'm just one of you guys, not one of those rich elites" phony style again. And note all his hand-picked choir behind him. Many younth this time. Performing on cue. Rallies carefully planned. Audience hand-picked and complete with props. While he "improvises" a macho male.
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Climate change? Ukraine? US relations with Canada and our other allies? Measles? US foreign aid? Our farmers? Medical research via US grants? The White House East Wing? The Kennedy Center? The Institute of Peace? On and on and on
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I can't believe how different this country felt in those days from what it's become. All because of one man, then (Obama) and now (Trump). This is why the choice of President, based on character, should always be considered IMO. From that flows vision and policy.
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old_faithful @indivisiblemalvern.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Right. There are more of us than them. Our money, our bodies, our votes. Ww will win.
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