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Peter McCandless
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Distinguished Emeritus Professor of History Resists❤️ Nature, Art, Science, Democracy.🚫🟠💩X, Racism, Fascism. Author of prize-winning Slavery, Disease, and Suffering. Coming Oct 14: Remarkable Charlestonians of the American Revolution. mycandles.blogspot.com
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Peter McCandless @mycandlesp.bsky.social · Feb 20
This man fought the Nazis during WWII. He was my Dad. I can’t do anything less.
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Peter McCandless @mycandlesp.bsky.social · 5h
Dumbfuckistan Rules.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 6h
Just bone chilling. And when the imprisonment of critics is combined with his offer to enrich and immunize his loyalists, this is how democracies die fast.

But it's still our choice. Don't let him silence you.
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Peter McCandless @mycandlesp.bsky.social · 5h
No, autism is caused by eating broccoli.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 12h
Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18h
ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.
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Peter McCandless @mycandlesp.bsky.social · 1d
Careful, Donnie, your racism is showing.
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jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social @jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social · 1d
Gov. Pritzker and Mayor Johnson should be arresting KKKrumpf for pretending to be a human being! He can't even refer to Mr. Johson by name.
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Peter McCandless @mycandlesp.bsky.social · 20h
Behold! The Epstein Files,
Chock full of pedophiles.
What rhymes with orange?
Everything or nothing?
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A Trump Poetic Piss-Potpourri
Behold! The Epstein Files, Chock full of pedophiles. What rhymes with orange? Everything or nothing? Chicago, Blues Brothers Town, Where ...
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Peter McCandless @mycandlesp.bsky.social · 20h
🟠💩 hates comedians. The US needs more comedians. A Blue Wave of comedians, a veritable tsunami of comedians. Support your local comedians.
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Peter McCandless @mycandlesp.bsky.social · 20h
🟠💩 hates comedians. The US needs more comedians. A Blue Wave of comedians, a veritable tsunami of comedians. Support your local comedians.
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Peter McCandless @mycandlesp.bsky.social · 20h
Behold! The Epstein Files,
Chock full of pedophiles.
What rhymes with orange?
Everything or nothing?
mycandles.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-tr...
A Trump Poetic Piss-Potpourri
Behold! The Epstein Files, Chock full of pedophiles. What rhymes with orange? Everything or nothing? Chicago, Blues Brothers Town, Where ...
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Peter McCandless @mycandlesp.bsky.social · 1d
Illinois and Chicago are now are now at the coal face of history. They are ready to take a stand.
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Peter McCandless @mycandlesp.bsky.social · 1d
Twelfth Night: "Let hamburgers be the food of love" is the theme of this hilarious romantic comedy. In a triumph of double-drag acting, Trump plays Viola in disguise, pretending to be Cesario. Will send you home wondering...
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Shakespeare for MAGAts
The following is intended as a guide to some of Shakespeare 's most iconic plays as interpreted by the Trump Traveling Circus . Cognoscente ...
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Peter McCandless @mycandlesp.bsky.social · 1d
Behold! The Epstein Files,
Chock full of pedophiles.
What rhymes with orange?
Everything or nothing?
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Peter McCandless @mycandlesp.bsky.social · 1d
Have you read your Epstein Papers today? If not, why not?
.... Oh, is that the reason? Shame on the GOP (Gross Old Pedophiles).
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Peter McCandless @mycandlesp.bsky.social · 1d
Doggone, you're right!
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MaTT FLaMMaBLe @mattflammable.bsky.social · 1d
“You’re gonna get fried, chicken!”
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Peter McCandless @mycandlesp.bsky.social · 1d
Twelfth Night: "Let hamburgers be the food of love" is the theme of this hilarious romantic comedy. In a triumph of double-drag acting, Trump plays Viola in disguise, pretending to be Cesario. Will send you home wondering...
mycandles.blogspot.com/2025/08/shak...
Shakespeare for MAGAts
The following is intended as a guide to some of Shakespeare 's most iconic plays as interpreted by the Trump Traveling Circus . Cognoscente ...
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Peter McCandless @mycandlesp.bsky.social · 1d
Behold! The Epstein Files,
Chock full of pedophiles.
What rhymes with orange?
Everything or nothing?
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Peter McCandless @mycandlesp.bsky.social · 1d
Have you read your Epstein Papers today? If not, why not?
.... Oh, is that the reason? Shame on the GOP (Gross Old Pedophiles).
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Peter McCandless @mycandlesp.bsky.social · 1d
That dress will certainly sell some Swifties.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 2d
Swift pushed back against the rumor that she had turned down the Halftime show due to concerns that the NFL would not allow her to own the footage of her performance.
Taylor Swift Addresses Rumor About Turning Down Super Bowl Halftime Show
Swift pushed back against the rumor that she had turned down the Halftime show due to concerns that the NFL would not allow her to own the footage of her performance.
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Peter McCandless @mycandlesp.bsky.social · 1d
Original mixed media painting, landscape, signed by Nalan Laluk: "Magic Spring" ebay.us/m/vLB1Iy
Original mixed media painting, landscape, signed by Nalan Laluk: "Magic Spring" | eBay UK
This unique mixed media painting by Nalan Laluk, titled "Magic Spring", is a large landscape piece that captures the essence of nature with its contemporary art and abstract style. Created with enamel...
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Peter McCandless @mycandlesp.bsky.social · 1d
Chicago and Illinois! You are now ground zero in the fight against Trumpist fascism! I grew up there and I know you will rise to the occasion!
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Peter McCandless @mycandlesp.bsky.social · 1d
Original oil and mixed media painting, signed by Nalan Laluk: "Pyroclastic Flow" ebay.us/m/HRhNl5
Original oil and mixed media painting, signed by Nalan Laluk: "Pyroclastic Flow" | eBay UK
The product is an original oil and mixed media painting titled "Pyroclastic Flow" by artist Nalan Laluk. This large landscape painting, signed by Laluk, is done on canvas using oil, enamel, ink, and a...
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Peter McCandless @mycandlesp.bsky.social · 1d
Doggone, you're right!
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MaTT FLaMMaBLe @mattflammable.bsky.social · 1d
“You’re gonna get fried, chicken!”
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 1d
We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.
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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d
Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d
#WarRavagedPortland
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Karen Melchior @karmel80.bsky.social · 1d
Pritzker also responded on social media, saying: “I will not back down. Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power. What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?”

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Trump calls for jailing of Chicago mayor and Illinois governor as national guard arrives in city
President accused Brandon Johnson and JB Pritzker of failing to protect Ice officers as troops deploy to Chicago
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@billspaced @billspaced.com · 1d
Illinois Governor Pritzker Says Trump’s Troop Deployments Are Fueled by ‘Dementia and Obsessions’ #MorningSixpack
Illinois Governor Pritzker Says Trump’s Troop Deployments Are Fueled by ‘Dementia and Obsessions’
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker torched Donald Trump on Tuesday, accusing the president of deploying National Guard troops to Chicago and Portland out of “dementia” and irrational fixations.
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