Mac Sees
@macsees.bsky.social
Retired sysadmin watching global democracy, climate, immigration, healthcare, social safety nets and justice, journalism, disinformation, defense, privacy & cybersecurity from an east coast US & Canada perspective.
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GOP spent two decades convinced they were obsolete and that demographics would eliminate their POWER
Trump showed them the way
And sadly it wasn't really incompatible with many of their values
Trump showed them the way
And sadly it wasn't really incompatible with many of their values
January 17, 2026 at 8:05 PM
GOP spent two decades convinced they were obsolete and that demographics would eliminate their POWER
Trump showed them the way
And sadly it wasn't really incompatible with many of their values
Trump showed them the way
And sadly it wasn't really incompatible with many of their values
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Covering this stuff tactically & reactively, focusing on "is this legal?" & "can he do this?" & "how will it work?" is important, but really beside the point. Enough. He's imposing fascism at home & destroying our most essential pillars of national security & world order abroad. The rest is noise.
We don't need to play games parsing US law or international treaties to figure out if it's legal for Trump to do this. It's not. It's crystal clear it's all illegal. Everyone's just pretending we're not at the point where the thing to do is to remove him. It's an advanced state of political denial.
Again, I’m going to keep banging the drum that the fact we are threatening the territorial sovereignty of our closest allies is not only a gross violation of our UN & NATO treaty obligations & poses a massive threat to national security & world order but also should immediately end this presidency.
January 17, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Covering this stuff tactically & reactively, focusing on "is this legal?" & "can he do this?" & "how will it work?" is important, but really beside the point. Enough. He's imposing fascism at home & destroying our most essential pillars of national security & world order abroad. The rest is noise.
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Read this well written Atlantic article on the topic
Every Scientific Empire Comes to an End - The Atlantic
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Every Scientific Empire Comes to an End - The Atlantic
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August 2, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Read this well written Atlantic article on the topic
Every Scientific Empire Comes to an End - The Atlantic
archive.is/2025.07.31-1...
Every Scientific Empire Comes to an End - The Atlantic
archive.is/2025.07.31-1...
^That's really sinking in for me. There is a persistent right wing revolution well underway, that is quietly invisible to many who tune out. Last year, Kevin Roberts sounded hyperbolic. No longer.
August 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
^That's really sinking in for me. There is a persistent right wing revolution well underway, that is quietly invisible to many who tune out. Last year, Kevin Roberts sounded hyperbolic. No longer.