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Professor Mac @jamesmac064.bsky.social · 1d

And it is in easy strike range by air from the intended Qatar air base. It would be simple for Qatar to mount a strike by air, raid technology and materials, and be gone in minutes. The risk is completely unacceptable. And it would be MAGA members who would suffer the most.

Professor Mac @jamesmac064.bsky.social · 1d

The INL is isolated and there is very little of anything around it outside of desert. Do not get me wrong, the INL has some of the best civilian security in the nation. But it is not military level of good.

Professor Mac @jamesmac064.bsky.social · 1d

It also creates issues with our neighbor, Canada. Having a hostile military base on their border, again, with access to US nuclear facilities and materials.
I worked up there for a time, back when it was called the INEL (Idaho National Engineering Laboratory).

Professor Mac @jamesmac064.bsky.social · 1d

Not only are nuclear materials processed and stored at the INL, but much of our most advanced nuclear research and facilities are located at the INL.
Personally, I feel that this is a serious act of treason.

Professor Mac @jamesmac064.bsky.social · 1d

A nation that directly supports and works with one of the world's biggest terrorist organizations, having access to a major US AFB and easy access to one of the nation's largest and most advanced nuclear research facilities. Insanity!

Professor Mac @jamesmac064.bsky.social · 1d

I have to speak up on this folks. Trump allowing a foreign nation to build a military base on US soil, in Idaho. Specifically, at Mt. Home AFB, and about 3 1/2 hours drive from the INL in Idaho. That is an extreme violation of national security.

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Professor Mac @jamesmac064.bsky.social · 2d

A sick, corrupt man who took his daughter to a dance, as her date! The same man who shut down the US government in an attempt to keep the Epstein documents hidden from the public. Is his name in it? His actions imply it is more than possible.

Professor Mac @jamesmac064.bsky.social · 2d

The founding fathers explicitly and decisively rejected the idea of having a king, viewing it as a system that leads to tyranny and oppression.
The very men who created our nation were #NoKings and they did not hate America.
This is what people get for listening to Johnson.

Trump’s “Enemy Within”: How Fascist Rhetoric Became U.S. Policy

Professor Mac @jamesmac064.bsky.social · 2d

Trump’s “Enemy Within”: How Fascist Rhetoric Became U.S. Policy
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

Behind talk of “vermin” and “enemies,” Trump’s administration is mobilizing the tools of state power against its own citizens.

Professor Mac @jamesmac064.bsky.social · 2d

Trump will take his anger and frustration out on everyone in the USA. Expect harsher and more erratic behavior. Think of him like a wounded animal. He is going to be more dangerous. Likely with a focus upon immigrants and women.

Professor Mac @jamesmac064.bsky.social · 2d

Just a head's up, folks. Trump once again failed to get the Nobel Peace Prize, and the person who did get it is a Venezuelan woman. While I am sure that she earned it, the reality is that Trump is going to react badly to it.

So I don’t want to do an article yet, because I’m beyond furious.

Professor Mac @jamesmac064.bsky.social · 2d

Emergency Video: Chicago
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

Emergency Video: Chicago

The "Peacemaker" Who Thrives on Chaos

Professor Mac @jamesmac064.bsky.social · 3d

The "Peacemaker" Who Thrives on Chaos
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

Trump’s Gaza deal may earn him applause — but his record of stoking violence at home shows he’s no champion of peace.

Professor Mac @jamesmac064.bsky.social · 4d

And Putin will celebrate, Trump's bosom buddy, who swore revenge upon the USA. Who swore the destruction of the USA. And every last American will either die or suffer a fate worse than death.

Get it together, folks.

Professor Mac @jamesmac064.bsky.social · 4d

It is time to stick together, all of us, as a nation. Time to put an end to the insanity. Time for us to fix the damned mess that we allowed to be created. Trump will go for ultimate power if he can spark an internal war. The "big bang".

Professor Mac @jamesmac064.bsky.social · 4d

This isn't just theory and general clap trap. Nuclear weapons are "power", and the US has used them before on civilian populations. On the "enemy", as it was put. And here in the USA, both left, right, and "other" have control over nuclear weapons, with POTUS having the master key.

Professor Mac @jamesmac064.bsky.social · 4d

This path that we are on is not safe, folks. This isn't Hitler and WW2 Germany. This isn't about bullets and mustard gas. We are long past that. Welcome to the nuclear age! Nukes will not just affect one single side, or one single state. Think, folks!

Professor Mac @jamesmac064.bsky.social · 4d

What is to stop that person from resorting to nuclear weapons? Who is going to save you from the destruction? From the long term effects that will spread across the nation? Chernobyl times 1000? Nobody will save you.

Professor Mac @jamesmac064.bsky.social · 4d

You are MAGA and you trust Trump? Are you a danged fool idiot? Anyone who intentionally violates the Constitution or turns troops on American citizens is not stable and is not mentally capable. Period!

Professor Mac @jamesmac064.bsky.social · 4d

Military troops are being sent into American cities. Cities that have all kinds of residents. Different politics, colors, religions, etc. That includes Republicans and MAGA in those cities.
Those troops are a violation of the Constitution.

Professor Mac @jamesmac064.bsky.social · 4d

Trump, who has clearly suffered a stroke and shows the signs of dementia, who stands to prevent a misuse of those nukes and/or the US military?
Nobody.

This is why the President must always be in top condition. Mentally if not physically.

Professor Mac @jamesmac064.bsky.social · 4d

With Biden, there was an individual, loyal to the Constitution, that could and would intervene if Biden had tried to misuse nukes or the military. It is a line that is never to be crossed. Ever.

Professor Mac @jamesmac064.bsky.social · 4d

Wake Up folks! That includes you, MAGA! When something involves the President of the USA, it is serious. It is always serious.
We are talking about the person with the nuclear launch codes, and the ability to set the targets for those weapons.