Think Beyond Politics
@thinkbeyondpolitic.bsky.social
Psychiatric NP exploring the mind of American politics.
Reflection, satire, and moral clarity in an age of noise.
Creator of https://thinkbeyondpolitics.substack.com
Reflection, satire, and moral clarity in an age of noise.
Creator of https://thinkbeyondpolitics.substack.com
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.
July 1, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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.
June 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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.”
The parliamentarian said: “Nope. You break it, you buy it.”
June 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Murkowski tried to save Alaska from a bill she was helping pass.
The parliamentarian said: “Nope. You break it, you buy it.”
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.
June 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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.
June 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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.
June 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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.
June 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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.”
Parliamentarian: “Nice try.”
Karma: “Hold my gavel.”
June 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Murkowski: “This bill is terrible. So I demanded a loophole… for me.”
Parliamentarian: “Nice try.”
Karma: “Hold my gavel.”
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.
June 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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.
June 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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.
June 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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.
June 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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.
June 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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.
June 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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).
Welcome to the Land of the Free (terms and conditions apply).
June 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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).
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.”
June 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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?!
June 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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.
June 25, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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.
June 25, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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.
June 25, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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.
June 25, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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.
June 25, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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.
June 25, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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.
June 25, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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.