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Marvine

@mphamner.bsky.social

Not Marvin! That “e” on the end makes a big difference - she/her! Democrat, wife of Vietnam vet, professional (D.Sc.) woman still working in FT education, not going back! Opinions are my own! 🇺🇸 💔 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 💙 📎

created November 17, 2024

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Profile picture Steve Burgess (@steveburgess53.bsky.social) reposted

We are inspired by Charles Manson, one of the world's foremost experts on team building and people management...

30/8/2025, 8:04:36 PM | 21 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social)

Wow! bksy found my acct had been hacked! I’ve been offline for days. But I’m back! ;)

29/8/2025, 5:39:20 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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19/8/2025, 7:49:00 AM | 386 328 | View on Bluesky | view

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18/8/2025, 9:15:50 PM | 558 395 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social) reply parent

I’d like to hear Trump’s reply to Merz. It starts sounding like Trump is going to rationalize why there won’t/can’t be a ceasefire. But you can only hear a couple words and his tone of voice.

18/8/2025, 10:30:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social)

www.threads.com/@because_haz... Impeach Trump but don’t stop with the House or let the Senate acquit him. Kick the bastard out in a way that prevents him from ever dicking around with our lives again!

18/8/2025, 9:36:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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18/8/2025, 7:40:21 PM | 607 441 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social)

Given Trump’s ongoing statements that are clearly unconstitutional I think everyone should start mailing a copy of the constitution to him so he can reference the real thing! You can download a free copy of the Constitution at constitutioncenter.org/media/files/...

18/8/2025, 9:20:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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18/8/2025, 7:38:03 PM | 407 342 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social) reply parent

Government” and must follow presidential orders on elections.” See www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... if school boards haven’t already, they need to discuss reestablishing civics in K-12 curricula.

18/8/2025, 6:54:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social)

Lies, lies, and more lies! Saw this line as part of Trump’s rambling today. I think it says how Trump feels about everything including Congress and the courts. What do you think? “Trump also claimed states are “merely an ‘agent’ for the Federal

18/8/2025, 6:54:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ᑕᕼᗴᖇYᒪ (@cheryl2877.bsky.social) reposted

He SURE is! Every time he opens his mouth 🎯 #Pinks #ProudBlue

trump isn’t a president. He’s a motivational speaker for racists. John Pavlovitz ~
18/8/2025, 6:42:31 PM | 547 198 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture moonchildjs.bsky.social (@moonchildjs.bsky.social) reposted

Breaking: Mass demonstrations are growing in DC near White House.

17/8/2025, 7:34:10 PM | 249 64 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social)

If Dem’s were really inclusive we wouldn’t be having these conversations!

18/8/2025, 6:42:23 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MAGA HATER (@maga-hater.bsky.social) reposted

@dread-the-red.bsky.social

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17/8/2025, 6:00:30 PM | 521 152 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dben Andromeda (@malin1.bsky.social) reposted

Strange!

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17/8/2025, 6:21:54 PM | 307 95 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mr. Pie (@misterpiekansas.bsky.social) reposted

18/8/2025, 4:54:50 PM | 714 505 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bill Leibenguth (@bill-leibenguth.bsky.social) reposted

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17/8/2025, 3:08:50 PM | 58 21 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Suzanne Arnold (@suze-63.bsky.social) reposted

Same www.impeachtrumpagain.org

18/8/2025, 3:27:53 AM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jaye (@jaybird54.bsky.social) reposted

Yep, he has stolen 10 years of our lives and it infuriates me and it breaks my heart. 🤬💔

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18/8/2025, 1:50:43 AM | 1354 385 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social)

“The fat lady isn’t singing yet!”

18/8/2025, 3:24:20 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture abcdef 🕶️ (@onecaliberal.bsky.social) reposted

Subpoena Alex Acosta now. I want to know who directed him to give the child rapist special privileges.

18/8/2025, 12:47:04 AM | 408 124 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social)

I agree! We need to know what the agreement that Putin referred to really is.

18/8/2025, 3:22:43 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dan Nexon (@dhnexon.bsky.social) reposted

Masks both increase your ability to act with impunity *and* make you feel like you can act with impunity. Anyway this is straight-up fascism and I still don’t understand the legal authority under which federal agents can do any of this shit.

18/8/2025, 1:20:17 AM | 361 84 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jack Hopkins-The Original (@therealjackhopkins.bsky.social) reposted

We don't "need" a woman as president. We don't "need" a male. We don't need a black, brown...pink, or white person as president. We need the most effective leader possible. I don't care if they're green, shave their ass and walk backwards...or look like Col Sanders. Only real leaders need apply.

17/8/2025, 9:48:37 PM | 4702 891 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social)

If you only saw this picture what country would you think you are in?

18/8/2025, 3:17:51 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social) reply parent

Hahahahahaha! Is that close to the same security deal made between Ukraine and, the U.S., the U.K., and Russia before? We all see how well Russia kept the terms of that deal.

18/8/2025, 1:09:38 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Resister Linda Cardwell 🦋💙 (@cardwell4u.bsky.social) reposted

Good!

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17/8/2025, 6:56:44 PM | 189 28 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture JeffEgerton (@jeffegerton.bsky.social) reposted

A bunch of European VIPs headed to DC. I just hope they leave their diplomacy at home. Tell the orange rapist exactly how they feel about his malfeasance!!

17/8/2025, 10:13:35 PM | 151 36 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social) reply parent

See www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... for more details.

18/8/2025, 1:05:15 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social) reply parent

or not Trump knows what he is talking about is up for grabs. The definition of extortion is the practice of obtaining something, typically $$$, through force or threats. I’ll just leave this noting the extortion Trump is carrying out in this “deal”. Who and what’s next, and for how much?

18/8/2025, 1:00:27 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social)

It’s f——- extortion! Trump has gotten another “deal”. This one is with Nvidia and AMD. Trump says the U.S. government will allow them to sell AI chips to China for a 15% cut of their sales. I won’t even get into ITAR issues. Trump contends that the chips to be sold are “old” tech. Whether

18/8/2025, 1:00:27 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Profile picture Lu 💙 (@luful.bsky.social) reposted

Epstein  👈🏼👇🏼👉🏼

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16/8/2025, 10:18:19 AM | 141 62 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Truth Social(ist) (@twitterrefugeeog.bsky.social) reposted

Jeffries is the Merrick Garland of House minority leaders.

15/8/2025, 5:53:22 PM | 1168 229 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Amy S✌️💙 (@saintsophia.bsky.social) reposted

A lot of words about shipping Trump and his cabinet off to a Central American prison by the next Democratic president.
16/8/2025, 4:19:35 PM | 13 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Flemming Erik Carlson (@flemmingcarlson.bsky.social) reposted

Friend sent me this. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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16/8/2025, 6:54:29 PM | 19531 4329 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social) reply parent

forfeit Ukrainian land to Russia or Trump will make Zelenskyy look like he is the one standing in the way of peace and is responsible for the ongoing slaughter of Ukrainians. This might well be the agreement Putin referred to at the presser after his “meeting” with Trump. What an unholy mess!

16/8/2025, 11:31:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social) reply parent

that of a serf to his king. It was abhorrent. Worse, there are some who say that now that Putin has gotten Trump in line, no ceasefire but straight to peace, the meeting with Zelenskyy Monday is a set-up to force Zelenskyy into a corner where he will either

16/8/2025, 11:31:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social)

Some say the indelible image from Trump’s meeting with Putin is that of Trump literally applauding Putin as Putin walks toward him on the red carpet that Trump provided. I’m not a psychologist but even I can see that Trump’s actions were

16/8/2025, 11:31:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture M Meerkat (@kackbro.bsky.social) reposted

Mr. King is Good at understanding Chump, not just at writing Great Books......

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15/8/2025, 8:40:39 AM | 157 56 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Amy S✌️💙 (@saintsophia.bsky.social) reposted

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16/8/2025, 12:46:07 AM | 73 14 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social) reply parent

But ok, Trump doesn’t know what a protocol is. Putin does and might have just wanted Trump to look weak. If so, he succeeded. Putin said at least 2 times in his remarks that there was an agreement. So what was the agreement? What has Trump agreed to? This looks like it could be really, really bad!

16/8/2025, 1:20:13 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social)

Does anyone besides me think the whole Putin-Trump meeting was more than a little weird or off? Obviously Trump deferred to Putin the entire time, all day. But Trump has done that before. Putin speaking before Trump at their press conference and so on doesn’t follow any diplomatic protocols.

16/8/2025, 1:20:13 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture M Meerkat (@kackbro.bsky.social) reposted

This one's for All The Bernie Bashers.......

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15/8/2025, 8:30:37 AM | 200 66 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven Beschloss (@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social) reposted

Really smug conversation on “Morning Joe” from some smug Newsweek editor at large about the necessity of Cuomo or Adams to beat “far left” Mamdani. These people are living in the past. They don’t grasp the rising anger with their corrupt, do-nothing corporate, centrist Democrats.

15/8/2025, 1:56:45 PM | 1510 284 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Fran (@dogsbest.bsky.social) reposted

This evil woman has broken her pledge to the Constitution and deserves to be disbarred

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15/8/2025, 8:57:58 PM | 5 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social) reply parent

Putin meeting with his minion Trump doesn’t actually mean anything, except how badly Trump wants a Nobel Peace Prize and to keep distracting from Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein

15/8/2025, 9:12:14 PM | 7 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social) reply parent

This is what’s so discouraging for some of us!

15/8/2025, 9:00:30 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social) reply parent

is no place for anyone with this mindset in U.S. government today!

15/8/2025, 8:57:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social) reply parent

Contrary to what some (assholes) want to believe, the constitution says all people, ALL people shall be counted. It doesn’t say purple people on Tuesday in Tennessee or anything else. This asshat that is referring to counting people as 3/5ths should think about what his next career will be. There

15/8/2025, 8:57:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture M Meerkat (@kackbro.bsky.social) reposted

Chump's Friends Are Turning Our American Dreams into Nightmares......

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15/8/2025, 8:09:56 AM | 558 224 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Amy S✌️💙 (@saintsophia.bsky.social) reposted

President Trump looking stupid and confused. He's fat and wants us to forget that he is an established pedophile.
15/8/2025, 5:11:18 PM | 31 17 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture M Meerkat (@kackbro.bsky.social) reposted

Jon is Correct ! Folks like Chump Take credit for All the Great things, While Always Blaming " Others" for Their Failures......

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15/8/2025, 8:02:15 AM | 1096 429 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social)

Big balls beat up by a 14 year old girl! That I can believe! ;)

15/8/2025, 8:43:54 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social)

Yes!

15/8/2025, 8:39:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jake (@my2bits4u.bsky.social) reposted

The world's two most hated men are back together ❤️. Doesn't it make you sick?

15/8/2025, 7:11:10 PM | 221 24 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chasing Oz (@chasingoz.bsky.social) reposted

This about sums it up

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15/8/2025, 8:32:41 PM | 101 27 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social) reply parent

You’re not crazy. We need the vote the bastards out, every last one of them!

15/8/2025, 7:57:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social) reply parent

and staying loud in the fight. But we need to focus on this too. Together we are strong! Together we can rebuild a Congress that represents We the People. Let’s do this!

15/8/2025, 7:43:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social) reply parent

The fact is that Congress has not done its job since the 1960’s. We need to VOTE THE BASTARDS OUT, every last one of them! We need to start focusing on the primaries. We need to get proactive rather than continuing to be reactive to Trump’s chaos and distractions. We can’t back down from protests

15/8/2025, 7:43:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social) reply parent

line in all this. We can determine why that is true. There are many reasons not least of which is greed (money). Think about this for a bit. Congress could have passed immigration reform many, many years ago. Congress should not have confirmed judicial candidates who were so obviously lying.

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Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social) reply parent

out how to really change any of that. What I hadn’t seen is that things are both more complicated and simpler. The real root of our problems today is that Congress has not done its job for decades. I’m not yet only one thinking about this, see www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... That’s the bottom

15/8/2025, 7:43:13 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social) reply parent

Lil Mikey is taking the House. And, Schumer is worse than useless as he stands around wringing his hands. The Supreme Court appears to be completely bought. Like most I have been focused on Trump, the Heritage Foundation (Project 2025), and his various sycophants and tech bros. But I couldn’t figure

15/8/2025, 7:43:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social)

Like all of us, I have been alternately appalled and trying to understand what the hell is going on in our country. In calmer moments it has occurred to me that the problems really started decades ago. But perhaps I was still looking in the wrong direction. I certainly don’t like the direction

15/8/2025, 7:43:13 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social)

Donold Trump wants a Nobel Peace Prize www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025.... One reason he thinks he should get the is that several of his predecessors have gotten the award. But, IMO, Trump more closely fits with Mussolini, Hitler and Stalin, and perhaps Pinochet (without the military background).

15/8/2025, 6:30:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social)

I saw a news story about this earlier today. It really is great! Enjoy! x.com/tizzywoman/s...

15/8/2025, 1:53:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social) reply parent

Don Rumsfeld, but apparently that didn’t happen. There were arrest warrants issued for Rumsfeld in Germany and France, but they were not pursued.

14/8/2025, 7:26:14 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social) reply parent

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. W.R.T. the ICC, remember that in February Trump put sanctions on members of the ICC for issuing arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant, even tho Israel is not a member state of the ICC either. Back in the day there was talk about an ICC arrest warrant for

14/8/2025, 7:26:14 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marvine (@mphamner.bsky.social) reply parent

statutes, this is the primary act used to prosecute war crimes committed inside and outside the U.S. It follows the Geneva Convention, outcomes of the Nuremberg trials, etc. But the 1st indictments under this act weren’t made until 2023. That indictment was against 4 Russians for acts during

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