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Psyched-Up Politics

@psycheduppolitics.bsky.social
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We analyze political messaging through psychology: why messaging works (or doesn't) & fundamentals of effective strategy. Promoting democracy by explaining how to share purpose through truth. Newsletter: substack.com/@psycheduppolitics

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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
sleepy orange kitties boost my mental health 🥰 Thanks for sharing this little sweetie
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
probably "after midterms" like everything else.
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Sometimes, I get criticized for only offering advice and constructive criticism to Democratic figures. That's fair. I do it because I want to give them their best shot at being their most effective. But in the interest of balance, here's some advice for the other side:
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Jim Carrey: Stop Breaking The Law!
ALT: Jim Carrey: Stop Breaking The Law!
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It really looks like a stroke. The droop is new, but it seemed like he had at least one before. The more tight-lipped they are about it/the more denial we see about how he's actually the healthiest ever, the more trouble I think he's actually in.
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
That's exactly what I'm thinking. And how are people not spiriting him off to the hospital when they see this? They just kind of leave him there...
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
quick question: what's with that right facial droop?
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Left-wing media shouldn't be telling us to tune back in after a little self-care. It should be doing this instead. psycheduppolitics.substack.com/p/stop-telli...
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Stop Telling Us Not to Tune Out of Politics
Do This Instead
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Wolf Hour @wolfhour.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
"No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country. By living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level - I mean the wages of decent living." .. (Franklin. D. Roosevelt) ..(cartoon Nick Anderson)
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is truly wild, but I also think that person should be able to work a normal amount of hours to afford those things, not take a second job and then wonder if retirement will ever be possible.
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
For centuries--much longer than there has been a U.S.--the phrase "penny wise and pound foolish" was popular. And here we are in 2026 demonstrating why. Can't claim we ever learn.
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
News used to be the way you stay up-to-date with what's happening in the world. Now it's a crapshoot of whether they will cover one political disaster to avoid talking about a different one, or if they will avoid all and only talk about: - storms everywhere - a shooting somewhere - plane problems
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
💯
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I was supposed to have just one.
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
You do get signs when you're about to get another cat, even when you verbally assert that you definitely won't. Once you get that cat, you can't imagine not having done so. I learned that from the 3rd cat I was absolutely never, ever going to get. He's asleep on my bed right now with oops-cat #2.
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
we won't help you with the costs rising because of our choices, and we won't do more on screwworm, but shoot a wolf if it'll make you feel better. It's always a wolf that's the problem in cartoons so probably it'll help.
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
and yet this won't make it on the news 😡 Why are we moved to destroy wolves and not to invest properly in getting rid of screwworm?
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Well that inspires confidence... For an admin slamming vegans, this seems like a great ad for becoming one.
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
wait until they figure out how many hours guys have clocked over the years saving Zelda and Princess Peach. Awfully invested in helping those women, but I don't think jealousy affected the divorce rate.
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Trump: tariffs Canada Canada: tariffs the U.S. Trump: "oh I'll show you..." *name-calling phase activated*
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
thank you for sharing the adorableness 😍 Such a cutie!! and also for starting a thread where other people also share adorable pets ❤️
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I don't know what the movie does with the theme, but I CAN'T watch "Coyote vs. Acme" The story in the cartoons is that a customer orders items from (and ostensibly pays his money to) a big company that sells everything and it always bites him in the ass but no fallout for Acme. Too real.
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
cool that he's making ads for Democrats now.
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
and she never got too famous, too rich, or too successful to remember the value of human compassion. We need more of this in the world.
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
imagine being such a humid fart that you can't even be respectful about Dolly and people's fondness for the good she brought into the world.
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
George Santos
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Of all the garbage out there that they could try to defend, I guess it's on brand that this is the one they choose. Not the economy, the war, or anything else. No defense for those. But renaming a lake and disparaging trans people? sure.
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Funny enough, they work out best when the officials in the different branches also believe in them. Unfortunately, they misinterpreted that phrase as "checks that raise their balances"
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I will never unsee this.
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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RFK Jr. Oregon Trail Meme: You Have Listened
ALT: RFK Jr. Oregon Trail Meme: You Have Listened
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Once again, animals showing us the way. There is a whole lot of information in Trump's disinterest in having pets (and hiring of Kristi Noem) while we see this out of Carney.
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
You have to admit that your own suffering was avoidable if it was preventable by better policy. It feels in vain if you could spare others. She'd have to run as Republican while acknowledging that their policies were why she suffered. Deeply disappointing when empathy loses to cognitive dissonance.
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This IS an actual worldview, and she's not the only one. Across industries and levels of education, this is real. When hours were capped for medical residents, older doctors opposed that. That "I suffered, and so shall you" is based on something very real, related to "just world" thinking (1/2)
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
yes everything's cheaper already.
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Shutting the barn door after the horse is out (and after opening the door in the first place)
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
If the world had more of this spirit in it, it'd be a much, much better place
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
this dog looks like medical-grade stress relief. What a sweet face ❤️
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
he wasn't worried about backlash. And then that backlash made a huge public scandal for Trump and his apologists. Good to see someone with some spine and long-term strategy.
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"this strategy killed my parents and that should happen to everyone" is a really weird platform to run on.
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
...so that they can blame those ill-effects on Democratic control of Congress. They haven't accepted responsibility yet, they definitely won't later.
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
You know you've lived a good life when you're remembered by everyone for your kindness and compassion. From the personal anecdotes to her large-scale charity, she was a truly good person. Fitting for the writer of a song called "I Will Always Love You"
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
fair enough, we're all getting screwed down here and many of us absolutely did not consent.
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I hope everything works out well for you, including kitty!
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I accidentally did this ❤️
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
the worst thing about a black cat is not having one :( I never met one I didn't love ❤️
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
😍 what a precious baby!!
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Her logic that he's too old to be sexually involved in any way demonstrates the general level of how well thought-through this argument is.
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Still a concerning amount of gum
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
felt this in 2024 when people had specific issues over which they decided not to vote for Harris. I have a hard time believing that this is working out better for them, either.
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I'm also noticing our healthcare being taken away, so this is quite the opposite-day strategy of making America "healthy"
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Psyched-Up Politics @psycheduppolitics.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I have never imagined this much obsession over a ballroom outside of a Disney movie. Nor this much catering to this urgent whim of anyone who is not a Disney princess. I can't believe we're trampled and fleeced for this.
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