Psychiatric NP exploring the mind of American politics. Reflection, satire, and moral clarity in an age of noise. Creator of https://thinkbeyondpolitics.substack.com
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You don’t need a coup when you control the courts. 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝟒 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 just dropped—and it’s one of the most quietly dangerous moves yet. You’ll never look at “acting official” the same way again. 🔗 thinkbeyondpolitics.substack.com/p/step-4-con...
Absolutely. You’re right to call that out. these cuts don’t stop at rural borders. When we underfund Medicare and Medicaid, it weakens the entire system: fewer clinics, longer waitlists, more burnout. It’s not about red vs. blue. It’s about a healthcare model collapsing from both ends.
If we can justify arresting a peaceful grandmother in her own garden after 47 years here, we’ve lost the thread. This isn’t law and order. It’s fear and power masquerading as policy.
Murkowski tried to save Alaska from a bill she was helping pass. The parliamentarian said: “Nope. You break it, you buy it.”
It’s not fiscal policy. it’s a moral statement. When you cut $930B from Medicaid while handing $910B to corporations, you're not just shifting money. You're declaring who matters in your America...and who doesn't.
That’s the tragedy. They’ve been convinced the fire is keeping them warm. When identity is weaponized, people will defend the very policies that hurt them, because admitting the harm would mean questioning the loyalty.
Imagine gutting the programs that keep hospitals open in small towns, then wondering why people are dying farther from care. This isn’t just bad policy. It’s a slow-motion shutdown of rural America.
Imagine voting for “pro-life” politicians who gut the hospitals keeping you alive. This isn’t fiscal discipline. It’s political malpractice.
Murkowski: “This bill is terrible. So I demanded a loophole… for me.” Parliamentarian: “Nice try.” Karma: “Hold my gavel.”
Exactly. It's not that they keep crossing lines. it’s that crossing lines is the point. Shock is strategy. Cruelty is cohesion. Until we name it for what it is, we’ll keep reacting instead of resisting.
Josh Hawley: always ready to run toward a camera, and away from a fight. Especially if it means protecting rural hospitals, kids, or the poor.
We braced for threats from without, but ignored the corrosion within. Turns out democracy doesn't need a foreign enemy to fall...just enough citizens willing to trade truth for power and fear for freedom.
Land of the free, unless you’re old, ill, and brown. Then it’s steel bars and silence...courtesy of Stephen Miller’s America.
King’s words still ring out decades later, louder than ever. Tax breaks for billionaires. Budget cuts for the hungry. We never stopped doing what he warned us about.
Imagine telling Reagan in 1987 that Republicans would one day cheer for a KGB thug while booing NATO. History doesn't just repeat...it mocks.
Just a reminder: If your citizenship can be revoked through civil court, without a lawyer, based on vague criteria decided by political appointees… you’re not “protected.” You’re provisional. Welcome to the Land of the Free (terms and conditions apply).
Incredible. Raise electric bills and gut energy aid for poor and elderly Americans. All while claiming to fight inflation. It's like the GOP saw a safety net and thought, “Let’s light it on fire...and make people pay extra for the smoke.”
At least maybe that is cheaper?!
Exactly. Being open to good ideas isn’t the same as pretending both sides are equally invested in democracy. The “center” only exists when there’s common ground to stand on.
Imagine trusting a guy who bankrupted casinos with national security. Iran bet on the world’s loudest wildcard...and somehow still played it smarter than him.
Funny how the ones screaming “don’t cover your face in protests” are fine with secret police in balaclavas assaulting civilians in broad daylight.
The same guy who architected family separation is now cashing in on the surveillance state he helped build. When cruelty becomes profitable, democracy becomes a facade.
Honestly, it’s the only way to get Republicans to suddenly care about due process and human rights.
ICE: Defending America from dangerous threats like… hardworking dads of actual soldiers. Totally normal. Nothing to see here.
Roe didn’t fall quietly. It was pushed off a cliff by a Court that answers to ideology, not the Constitution. What followed wasn’t unforeseen. It was forewarned. And it’s far from over.
If history had been truly reckoned with, this moment wouldn’t feel like a shock. The machinery of dehumanization was never dismantled...just recalibrated. Immigration abuses aren’t a deviation. They’re a continuation.
They’ve got a pulse, sure. But morally? Congress flatlined three scandals ago.
The only thing they’ve successfully cut is reality. And even that’s running a deficit.
Imagine surviving genocide only to have your descendant campaign for cruelty. That’s not irony...it’s erasure wrapped in policy.
Anne Frank wrote a diary. Today’s version has to clear her browser history and disable location sharing.
No one earns $230 billion. That kind of wealth is extracted...from workers, from loopholes, from systems designed to protect power. A just society wouldn’t celebrate it. It would tax it.
When the executive branch tells the courts to “fuck off,” it’s not just a scandal. It’s a constitutional crisis. This is how democracies rot: not with one explosion, but with silent shrugs from people in power.
Left wing? These days they'd deport themselves just to look tough on immigration.
A country that deports veterans but worships a draft-dodging felon. Truly the patriotism they warned us about.
If he gets a Peace Prize, I’m submitting my HOA for the Nobel in Literature. At least they know how to write fiction.
The land of the free...where survival tips now include “dress like the people hunting you.”
“Pro-life,” they say...right up until there’s an actual life to protect. Then it’s just shackles and silence.
Turns out “shock and awe” now means “loud and mostly ineffective.”
History doesn’t just repeat...it festers when we refuse to confront it. From Rohwer to Florida, the location changes, but the cruelty stays the same. We said “never again,” and they heard “try a new zip code.”
They can send missiles overnight but can’t send a briefing in two weeks. Funny how fast power moves when it doesn’t have to answer to anyone.
Imagine surviving COVID disinfo just to be told your new health plan is “vibes + Bluetooth + surveillance.”
If Nobel gave awards for felony indictments, tax fraud, and family dysfunction? Your whole crew would be front row.
Imagine leveling a country, then handing out friendship bracelets. This mf, indeed.
Justice may be slow, but when it hits a two-for-one sale on creeps and enablers? Chef’s kiss.
In a time when LGBTQ+ rights are under attack across the globe, this kind of collective visibility is both powerful and necessary. Pride isn’t just a celebration. It’s a stand for dignity, unity, and freedom.
This shouldn’t be a radical statement. And yet in America, it still is. We’ve normalized a system where wealth determines who gets to live, and who gets left behind.
When the status quo means suffering, breaking it isn’t radical...it’s necessary. This feels less like a win for one candidate and more like a crack in the wall we’ve been pushing against for years.
Ah yes, the land of the free—where your passport means less than your skin tone, and due process is just a vibe.
“Freedom” must be Latin for only if you’re a man, a billionaire, or an embryo.
Same. I may not live there, but watching creeps lose is my emotional support sport.
When facts are drowned in fantasy and confidence replaces competence, collapse isn’t a surprise...it’s a consequence. And the worst part? The truth was always right there.
Imagine surviving centuries of domination only to call accountability a hardship.
Some were thinking he’d burn it all down. Others weren’t thinking at all. And too many thought their silence wouldn’t cost anything. Turns out, it did.
Honestly, I’ve seen drunk uncles run weddings better than he runs a country.
Why stop at $7.25? Let them volunteer for “patriotism.” Isn’t that what they expect from everyone else?
Excited to be VP? Sure. Just maybe don’t celebrate while cosplaying as a war criminal.
Centrism only makes sense when both sides are operating in good faith. When one side is dismantling democracy, meeting in the middle just means moving closer to collapse.
We treat poverty like a moral failure instead of what it really is: a policy choice. Investing in people isn’t charity. It’s how you build a stable, thriving democracy.
Honestly, stepping away is starting to feel like the sanest response to a world run by cartoon villains and reality show rejects. But unfortunately, they don’t take breaks just because we need one.
A victory like this doesn’t just change a city. It shifts what’s possible. Grassroots organizing, clear moral vision, and bold policy stances can win. Even in New York.
The strategy was simple: Bomb abroad to look strong. Bulldoze rights at home to stay in power. And blame everyone else in the process.
Nothing says “rule of law” like legalizing kidnapping for political theater. The Court didn’t just look away...they handed out tickets.
Alienate allies. Provoke enemies. Undermine NATO. But sure ...tell me again how this guy was the “peace president.”
An honorable nut? Try climaxing and climaxing democracy. We call that dual citizenship. Edging to Obergefell? That’s not shame... that’s civic engagement. Now go vote before your next one.
Imagine being so devoid of character that the person genetically obligated to tolerate you publicly calls you a moral vacuum.
It’s a strange kind of diplomacy that burns the bridge, then demands the other side walk back across it. Accountability has to start with who actually walked away.
At this point, a leadership change would be the least chaotic thing Democrats could try. Can’t get worse than whatever this slow-motion shrug is.
It’s always easier to draft someone else’s future. True service should come with shared sacrifice...not generational mandates from comfortable perches.
It was never about war or peace. It was about loyalty. And when loyalty becomes the highest value, truth, consistency, and morality all become optional.
Trust isn’t restored by convenience. You can’t spend years demonizing people, then expect them to rebuild your economy when it suits you. They’re not fools. They remember.
Eisenhower said this. Eisenhower. Not exactly a pacifist. Even the generals knew: endless war is just theft in uniform.
“Vote blue...we might cancel your student debt and not send you to die in a desert for Exxon.” Honestly, that’s a better pitch than most consultants come up with.
We always have money for missiles. Never for meals. If that doesn’t tell you our priorities, nothing will.
This isn’t irony...it’s tragedy. When the consequences of your own policies harm you, and you still blame others, it stops being about reason. It becomes about identity over reality.
Hard to ignore the pattern: those who rush to war, reject diplomacy, and then act surprised when chaos follows… are at it again. History didn’t just repeat. It rebranded.
🚨 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎: 𝘓𝘢𝘸 & 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳: 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘝𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵 If “law and order” means loyalty over justice, we’ve got a problem. 🎬 Watch now: youtu.be/XYe8rc4Yy-A
𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭: 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩’𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 — 𝐀 In the Trump era, words don’t mean what they used to. They mean what he needs them to. “Accountability.” “Antifa.” “Alternative Facts.” Truth is optional. Irony is mandatory. 👉 open.substack.com/pub/thinkbey... 💬 Got “A” words? Drop ’em in the comments.
First it was patriotism. Then it was national security. Now it’s “protecting our children.” Funny how the last refuge keeps getting remodeled.
Augustine’s tension between earthly power and divine justice is precisely why I find this all so unsettling. When faith is used to justify power instead of challenge it, we end up with empire dressed as virtue.
You’d hope so, but spectacle has a way of blinding people to the real message. It’s easier to cheer for a parade than question the motive behind it.
“National security” has always been the go-to shield for those who fear real accountability. The bigger the power grab, the louder the excuse.
Yeah, because nothing says “security threat” like a sitting Senator with the wrong accessory. Next up: detaining Congress for mismatched socks.
So much bravado for such tiny… policies.
At this point, the “final plan” isn’t even a secret. It’s just the next press conference.
Turns out “voting with your wallet” speaks louder than any protest sign at 30,000 feet.
Nothing screams “freedom” like troops in the streets and politicians deciding who needs to be “liberated.”
Nothing says “fresh start” like doubling down on yesterday’s baggage.
Imagine being so wrong that even Wikipedia cringes.
Moments like this test whether resistance is about real change or just rage. The real work starts after the crowds disperse and the headlines fade.
Funny how “public service” always seems to mean serving everyone but the public.
You might’ve ditched the core classes, but at least you kept the core lesson: no degree needed to know most people spend their lives dodging the truth about themselves.
When states start declaring emergencies for things happening elsewhere, it’s less about safety and more about flexing power. The “state of exception” becomes the rule.
Who knew the hardest part of diplomacy was explaining headphones to the guy at the table.
At least sex workers don’t pretend it’s “for the good of the country.” That’s more integrity than most campaign ads.
Absolutely. Media capture is just one piece...corruption, concentrated power, and public apathy all reinforce each other. The fix isn’t simple, but it starts with honesty.
Some folks wave the flag but forget what it’s actually supposed to stand for.
Maybe this time, “affordable” won’t just mean “slightly less unaffordable than before.” Fingers crossed.
When legal decisions start feeling like political ping-pong, it’s no wonder trust in the process wears thin. Stability shouldn’t be this unpredictable.
The stakes are higher than headlines admit. Cooler heads and honest dialogue are needed more than ever...because the alternative is unthinkable.
Who knew gutting public services and stoking chaos wasn’t a long-term approval strategy?