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Candidus 🌻

@candidus00.bsky.social

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Created this account to express political views. Student of Philosophy & History, lover of Liberty & Democracy, & fearful for America’s future. On Mastadon & Threads as well, as I move away from eX. American expat living in London.

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Candidus 🌻 @candidus00.bsky.social · Nov 14

“These things happened. They were glorious and they changed the world... and then we fucked up the end game.” - Charlie Wilson

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Candidus 🌻 @candidus00.bsky.social · 1h

And he says this immediately afterwards? So, he’s full on delusional?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Trump: "They have committed massive political crime. I hope they're looking at Schifty Schiff. I hope they're looking at all these people. And I'm allowed to find out. I'm in theory the chief law enforcement officer."

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Candidus 🌻 @candidus00.bsky.social · 1h

I mean the Tories & Monarchists thought so.

Candidus 🌻 @candidus00.bsky.social · 2h

Whistle stop tour, NYC style?

Candidus 🌻 @candidus00.bsky.social · 3h

Seems like the 19th century congressional records that I’ve sometimes accessed are still up at congress.gov

Not sure that’s what you mean though.

Candidus 🌻 @candidus00.bsky.social · 7h

He’s worried people might anthropomorphize a group of people?

Yes, there is a danger of that… 🙄

Candidus 🌻 @candidus00.bsky.social · 7h

If major players boycott it will force FIFA’s hand. Ppl come to see the top players in the world, & that has far more power than athletes boycotting the Olympics.

Candidus 🌻 @candidus00.bsky.social · 10h

It’s late, but perhaps not too late. The reason we have sovereign, state governments is to combat tyranny, which was very much the norm when the Constitution was ratified.

States do have immense power but the norm hasn’t been to exercise it. Norms need to change in the face of tyranny.

Candidus 🌻 @candidus00.bsky.social · 10h

Because there isn’t a Nobel Ceasefire Prize…

Candidus 🌻 @candidus00.bsky.social · 11h

It’s hardly surprising. We’ve been saying that MAGA is fascist & has been espousing fascist ideology for a decade now.

Anyone under 24 will likely have little memory of an America where fascism wasn’t tolerated or reviled. It’s little wonder they’re more open to outright Nazism.

Candidus 🌻 @candidus00.bsky.social · 11h

She should go to the interviews & ask him personally on camera.

Candidus 🌻 @candidus00.bsky.social · 11h

Go to his next press conference & ask him this question please.

Candidus 🌻 @candidus00.bsky.social · 12h

3. Most states have citizen’s arrest laws. We have to stop waiting for cops to enforce our laws & rely on we the people. This would mean organizing militia groups of ppl w/ military or law enforcement backgrounds that would then arrest feds for breaking state laws.

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Candidus 🌻 @candidus00.bsky.social · 12h

2. Oregon has clear laws on felony impersonation of a peace officer (ORS 162.367) & explicitly excludes feds as being peace officers (ORS 133.005). Oregon needs to begin enforcing this law & other states need to adopt these laws & language.

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Candidus 🌻 @candidus00.bsky.social · 13h

Interesting post, Mike, & I haven’t seen anyone else discuss purging local & state police of MAGA till now.

I don’t think you go far enough though.

1. States need to reactivate State Guards & move Nat. Guard personnel & equipment to them. This makes them outside of federalization.

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Candidus 🌻 @candidus00.bsky.social · 13h

He’s not, and I wish he was. He said he “may” ask prosecutors to start looking at charges, which is pretty fucking weak.

Candidus 🌻 @candidus00.bsky.social · 13h

Can’t charge that in IL, though it can be charged in Oregon. There, it’s is felony for feds to identify as “POLICE.”

Illinois could adopt this law if it wanted. Nice thing about Blue states is they can write new laws that criminalize ICE’s actions if they want.

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Candidus 🌻 @candidus00.bsky.social · 1d

Did God come him, with tears in his eyes, & said, “Sir..”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

Candidus 🌻 @candidus00.bsky.social · 1d

6 exclamation points…

Candidus 🌻 @candidus00.bsky.social · 1d

MAGA claims that he’s more deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize than the founder of the Red Cross, Mother Teresa, the Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela, & Martin Luther King Jr.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Johnson: "Together with my friend Speaker Ohana of the Israeli Knesset we're going to rally speakers and presidents of parliaments around the world so we will jointly nominate President Donald J Trump for next year's Nobel Prize. No one has ever deserved that prize more & that is an objective fact."

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Candidus 🌻 @candidus00.bsky.social · 1d

More deserving than the founder of the Red Cross, Mother Teresa, the Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela, & Martin Luther King Jr., eh? 🤔

Candidus 🌻 @candidus00.bsky.social · 1d

Fucking monarchists…

Candidus 🌻 @candidus00.bsky.social · 1d

Shooting Christian ministers does not cross any lines for him? 🤨

That’s… interesting.

Candidus 🌻 @candidus00.bsky.social · 1d

And also highlights that Spanish was introduced to the New World long before English.

Candidus 🌻 @candidus00.bsky.social · 1d

Well, after reading this tweet he does sound emotional, hysterical & like a petty bitch, in addition to sounded senile & mentally incompetent.

I doubt he’s PMSing but do wonder if he uses tampons for anal leakage…

Candidus 🌻 @candidus00.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t need to get creative, any federal agent identifying themselves as POLICE in Oregon is committing felony impersonation of a peace officer.

And if they’re being issued uniforms that read POLICE by ICE, that’s a criminal conspiracy.