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Jim​ Waldron

@waldroj.bsky.social
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Former Python believer, now totally devoted to Julia! I believe Trump's tenure has created a crisis for democracy and diplomacy worldwide.

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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Absolutely disgusting, what makes it so much worse is that all six quotations are traceable to real statements by the people named. Several are shortened, paraphrased, or stripped of their surrounding context, so the wording in the meme is not always an exact transcript. Still, they said it!
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This sap needs a zap!
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Oh, there he is!
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It’s the same psychological pattern seen in people who falsely claim combat medals, special forces service, or battlefield rescues. Historians call this identity inflation - attaching oneself to a defining national trauma to gain legitimacy, gravitas, or emotional authority.
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This kind of claim is sensitive because 9/11 is sacred ground in American civic memory. Firefighters, police, and survivors are treated with near‑military reverence. Encroaching on the moral territory of actual first responders, is similar to how stolen valour encroaches on veterans.
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
What about the Bering Strait, surely he can rename that too?
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Actually, these guys are from a different branch of the evolutionary tree!
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
It's all in this book by Chris Mooney.
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Over the years, the Kennedy Center has hosted many class acts who metaphorically brought the house down. But now, in a really "class act", Trump is threatening to literally bring the house down.
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The Descent of Man
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
It's not rocket science!
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
And you guys wonder why the conflict with Iran is not going so well?
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
"We constantly found a Current setting to the Southward at a rate of about 10 or 15 Miles per day more or less according to the distance we were from the land, for it runs stronger in shore than in the offing..." James Cook, HMS Endeavour Journal, May 1770
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
The US has all the cards?
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
"Tis the times' plague, when madmen lead the blind" King Lear Act IV, Scene 1
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
That's blown the lid off it!
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
"Now is the winter of our discontent...", the body language says it all!
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Not quite true! Statistics tell a different story: Trump: ~32.0% Harris: ~31.0% Did not vote: ~36.4%! The problem isn't the MAGAts (they're less that a third), it’s those "citizens" who accept the rights democracy gives them while shrugging off the minimal responsibility of participating in it!
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The Descent of Man!
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
They're only a part of the problem. Trump did this!
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Hang in there - their time will come!
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
This cartoon beautifully defines the choice for Australia!
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Bovino's choice of attire is deliberate!
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
While even Canada's Conservative Leader offered praise for Carney's speech in Davos, all Trump could mutter was "Canada lives because of the United States. Remember that, Mark, the next time you make your statements". Turns out when you can't argue with the message, you just threaten the mesenger.
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
"...We want a piece of ice for world protection, and they won’t give it...You can say yes and we will be very appreciative. Or you can say no and we will remember..."! But, will he? "Our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland...So Iceland's already cost us a lot of money"
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Violence for Trump - patriotism; violence against him - terrorism. A mob storming the Capitol - “patriots,” citizens protesting ICE - “domestic terrorists.” Pardons for sedition and medals for propagandists like Charlie Kirk, show US honor not earned by service but purchased through loyalty to him.
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Sancho had better worry about ICE!
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Violence for Trump - patriotism; violence against him - terrorism. A mob storming the Capitol - “patriots,” citizens protesting ICE - “domestic terrorists.” Pardons for sedition and medals for propagandists like Charlie Kirk, show US honor not earned by service but purchased through loyalty to him.
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
In China, there's a nickname for Trump that tells you how his actions are increasingly seen as a gift to Beijing. They call him Chuan Jianguo, which translates to "nation-builder" - a mocking title suggesting his foreign and domestic policies are pushing countries away from the US towards China.
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
And the award for the best clown act goes to...
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America.
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
The latest diplomatic dispatch from trump – presumably scrawled in crayon and full of caps lock – informs Norway that he is no longer “obligated to think purely of peace.” A dummy spit of presidential proportions for being denied the prize! Norway must be dazzled! www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
It looks constipated in the photograph - which, is probably the case given that it is so full of shit!
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Here is one he definitely has earned by his own efforts!
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Same thugs, different name!
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Forget the Epstein Files! The US failed its moral compass test by electing Trump (twice)!
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Coup planner awards self peace medal while his sanctions starve the nation. Cartoonish act mocking both Nobel’s legacy and Venezuela’s suffering. A cheap, stolen prop for his cult, inflating his ego while crushing their country. Ultimate insult to every true laureate and Venezuela’s struggle.
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Any appeasement is destined to fail (yet again)!
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Vile liars!
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Everyone in the US who shamelessly voted for trump - and all those who chose not to vote - are vicarious responsible for destroying all that Lincoln believed in, "... I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong..."!
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
A quantum of solace to you!
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
America, you voted in a man who despises our shared planet, shreds our hopes for climate cooperation, and abandons the vulnerable. Your choice is a global disgrace, a selfish spit in the face of every nation that believed in common good. The world's fury is justified. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
abc.net.au
Donald Trump withdraws the US from 66 international organisations
Protecting women and children, halting climate change and preventing acts of terrorism — these are the goals the White House now says go against America's goals.
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Inaction is complicity!
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Pirates of the Caribbean! Trump's lawless seizure of a Venezuelan tanker is modern piracy. By not objecting, all Americans are complicit in this dangerous aggression that flouts international law.
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
While the US embraces White South Africans Australia sends them back to their own country: Neo-Nazi Matthew Gruter leaves Australia after visa revoked by minister! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
abc.net.au
Neo-Nazi and family leave country after minister revoked visa
The South African neo-Nazi who sparked controversy during a protest outside NSW parliament has left Australia after his visa was revoked.
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
An example for all the other douchebags: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
abc.net.au
'Dirty, disgusting money': The heiress giving away her entire fortune
When Marlene Engelhorn inherited tens of millions of dollars from her grandma, she felt she had two choices: do something about it, or confirm she was "full of sh*t".
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Absolutely disgusting! He can’t even feign compassion. While asked about honoring a fallen National Guardsman, he boasts about his election win. This is the most vile, self-absorbed disgrace. An utter moral vacuum.
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Best wishes to those National Guards members who were harmed. Let's be crystal clear about this incident - Trump's xenophobia created this climate of fear! Disturbingly, he is now cynically exploiting a tragedy he helped spawn to distract from his own catastrophic failings as president.
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Jim​ Waldron @waldroj.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Trump's projection is astounding. The real traitors here are the sycophants and criminals he surrounds himself with. He's a delusional, wannabe autocrat whose own administration is a parade of convicts. Trump is the crime!
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