Thank you for all the hard work you do, Dr.Lee. I cannot understand why the so-called co- equal branches of government are so ineffectual in the US. Are they so afraid of this train wreck who is trying his best to destroy peace and stability in the world while trying to deflect from the Epstein files!!?? Why hasn't SCOTUS reined in this man??? Where are the Generals?? Are the people of America just sheeple who are allowing this crazy tyrant along with his genocidal buddy to bring us all to the abyss???
Andrew Kinzinger wrote an essay yesterday and in it he admitted why republicans are saying and doing nothing - money. Having been in congress for 13 years himself, being a lifelong Republican (ignore that he claims he’s a democrat now - he’s not. He still talks like he’s milking the GOP lobby $) he knows how the game works. He specifically referenced retiring members and detailed the “lucrative opportunities to leverage congressional relationships” post leaving Congress. Bluntly - they do not in any way actually represent constituents. It’s grotesque. Re scotus - the 6 catholic maga on the court are explicitly aligned with the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025. It’s gone. Re the Generals - when Hitler took power, he had a meeting with the generals and threatened them. Get in line or you are fired. Trump/Hegseth did exactly the same in January I believe. The generals are following illegal orders because they too want power and prestige. The military will not fight against this autocracy.
The US voters are very likely not going to vote in sufficient numbers to remove republicans from power in both chambers of Congress. They won’t.
Dr Lee sees reality. She’s right. The rest of the world must box in the US and Israel. There are many countries encouraging our Mark Carney 🇨🇦 to lead the way and he is.
That’s exactly what’s happening. Exactly. Greed is in control and these ppl are going to steal whatever they can from wherever they can. Dr Lee has been explicitly warning about this since 2016 and as part of her warning she said the behaviour will get worse until they are removed. They cannot be rehabilitated- either trump et al or MAGA. Dr Lees words not mine.
Well, as an American, I think you covered the facts pretty well. It's always about money, money, money. I was naive enough to think the military couldn't be bought. I do think you're incorrect about the elections. There has already been a bigger demonstration of voters. The No Kings Day is going to be millions of us protesting NO KINGS AND NO REGIME!
Saw your masthead. I’ve been in and out if hospitals a lot the last 8 years. (33 CTs and MRs ). Nurse are the backbone of medical care IMO. Lost count of the number of interactions with RNs who with a smile, or touch or short conversation etc really made a huge difference. The calmness and poise truly contributed to stabilizing and improving. Thank you.
Thank you for your kind words. Nursing is the hardest profession you could ever love. Most nurses really care about your well being. I'm sorry you have been having health challenges. May your days be brighter and healthier.
I appreciate that. The road is going to be long but I’ve got some good drs keeping me above the dirt. I have many, many wonderful memories of the compassion, empathy and professionalism of nurses. It’s amazing how far a thank you goes. A simple thank you. ❤️
I will await voter turnout to get optimistic. After Dobbs, then the insurrection then more constant chaos I thought maybe, just maybe, voters would go for broke. Then no.
I see there are signs so I’m carefully smiling jussst a little. Go Dems. And make sure the candidates get a crystal clear picture of changes to be made.
I stopped believing in the military long, long ago. It’s only made of humans and it takes very little to sway humans. How does it go (I saw it today on the masthead of a retired colonel - God, Core, Country, Constitution if I recall correctly. I asked him why the constitution was last and god first - no response. Anyway, I’ve seen that before. No trust. Besides, the military has been decapitated and what’s left are career ppl who won’t fight back.
What, exactly, is the average man or woman in the street supposed to do about all this? How do we wield power we do not have, or spend money we can't afford to access power and have influence?
Like many other people, I've given as much money as I can to various politicians, supported many liberal groups and organizations, attended protests, signed petitions, written to my representatives, and have never missed voting in a statewide or national election.
But apparently it's our job to fix this crisis and save the world when the rich and powerful will not, or cannot, do so. I'm open to suggestions.
You are doing your best ...that is all you can do!! In any context in any situation. Bit ,please, never give up hope! Where there is life there is hope. Trump's Easter time unhinged text to Iran clearly shows how unhinged he is ATM. He is very dangerous now. Time for the 25th Amendment to be invoked...his whole regime must be held to account. Something must be done about him and his party..he has taken over the GOP. An off ramp...pronto. He still operates with no respect for the rules of war, for international codes of behaviour.The war must end.Now. No more needless death and destruction. You can rest assueri that none of the dins or daughters or grandchildren of Trump , Netanyahu will be out in the front line.
Thank you Dr Lee., your recommendations and your sense of urgency exactly what is needed. I did not know about the level of activity of the UN in Geneva. Agreed, pulll out of NY and isolate the U.S. / Israel- basically quarantine them. I agree 100%.
A couple of points after reading this latest post: The urgency and the anxiety this post reflects come through powerfully. However, I found some of what you say and how you say it disturbing. In this post, Dr Lee, you rely on rhetorical amplification rather than analytical precision. First, you project a false global consensus (“the great majority of the world”), and you collapse distinct categories into a single moral indictment (“illegal wars, genocides, and holocausts”—this stacking I find particularly egregious: “holocausts” is not a standard pluralized policy category; it invokes the singular historical weight of the Holocaust and generalizes it!—deeply offensive!), and you escalate current conflicts into apocalyptic terms (“unilaterally starting World War III”—I concede that it is a frightening prospect, it could happen, but as yet it has not). Nevertheless these are classic psycholinguistic markers of semantic inflation and catastrophic framing, where the strongest possible language is used to heighten urgency, even at the cost of accuracy. So the tone of your post feels morally forceful but it’s actually analytically unstable.
At the same time though, your post reveals binary, judgment-first thinking: nations “must be suspended if any international cooperation is to survive.” You may not realize that here you construct a false dilemma and substitute moral certainty for institutional reality! Though you assume there to be a unified global will, and also that there exists a neutral enforcement mechanism, no such thing exists within the United Nations.
Overall, I understand that you’re trying to mobilize support and condemn the actors in question, but the argument suggests a limited grasp of how international institutions actually function. Your self-positioning as a suppressed truth-teller has currency, yet your emotional tone and rhetorical patterning come across, I am sorry to say, as peevish, which ultimately undercuts the force of your case. To be clear, as a longtime follower of your work, I share much of your substantive concern—but the message risks getting lost in its own overstatement, where emotional intensity begins to substitute for clarity and precision.
Your statements are clear and concise. I hope Dr. Lee reads your post. I respect her greatly but I agree with your remarks. Any professional person should know that pushing urgency right now causes mass confusion for people who are already in fear and feeling helpless.
Welcome to world's new phase Dr Lee. Now madness will be only cured by disasters.
The crisis we face is systemic of which Trump is just one exponent. It wasn't Trump that started Iran war but actually Bibi & Israel who pushed Trump into doing it. What about the rest of the world? The European leaders' (so called matured & civilized politicians) bankruptcy is also on display as they continue to support Israel. Even the great liberal Hero Mark Carney of Canada supported attack on Iran.
Democrats like Schumer & Hakeem Jefferies are scoundrels of the highest order who also support Iran war but lie publicly that they are against it. These politicians have long been on payroll of defense industry & AIPAC who don't have an aorta of interest in peace & harmony.
The post WW2 order of United nations is collapsing as the very members - the permanent security council nations - who were meant to uphold this global order are going rogue. Russia attacked Ukraine. US blew up the middle east. Europeans are too bankrupt to take moral standing and continue to support Israel.
What we are witnessing is dissolution of post WW2 global order and the conflicts we are seeing is symptom of the vacuum that's emerging.
Thank you Dr Lee. I hear your plea for One World or None and the urgency for a message. I am signed up to learn more @ Survival University. I seek more knowledge and a pathway towards peace, healing and saving this world. 🌺
I am unsubscribing as you continue to try to be an "expert" in areas where you have no background and insist on publishing drivel like this. It is unfortunate as it gives people reason to discredit your writings on the psychiatry of Donald Trump where you did make unique contributions, which I have followed and promoted from the beginning.
Quoting Oliver Stone, Ralph Nader, now Jeffrey Sachs shows you are being influenced by far left political groups who are actually pro-Russia (google horseshoe theory) but you are so politically naive that you do not realize it. You are a low-information voter on the far left, no different from a MAGA voter that gets drawn into QAnon. Unfortunate but it has to be said. It is not helpful to the cause of getting America back from these authoritarian Christian Nationalist actors who see Russia as their model society and are using Trump to achieve this end.
And you are an indiscriminate fucking imbecile. The doctor’s purpose is not to propose any extreme left wing agenda. It’s to create a seed bed for critical thought and debate. But I suppose your baby binary brain cannot comprehend that option.
His first administration tried to kill people like me off with covid and this one is trying to finish the rest of us off. 30-60 days of meds left in the US ??
Thanks for your writing and the history lesson. However, I don’t know that an industry of patches - such as moving the UN - would heal the deeper wound. I think a first step would be to somehow suspend the voting privileges of the US on the Security Council. Or impose sanctions.
Behind the scenes I’m sure Allies of reality are grouping. We need to help them with our own stability. At some point Track 2 diplomacy may be needed through non-diplomatic - eg concerned citizens - means.
The Summit with Japanese PM Takaichi: Donald Trump has been addled by instinctual, habitual aggression. (A discourse on his "humor" and aggression more generally)
Strategic and compassionate containment must be bottom-up and lateral, for the top-down cray cray
Why do you hate Donald Trump so much? He ended wars, child organ mutilation and delusion that God created more than 2 genders. He will end Family Court horrors too.
Thank you for all the hard work you do, Dr.Lee. I cannot understand why the so-called co- equal branches of government are so ineffectual in the US. Are they so afraid of this train wreck who is trying his best to destroy peace and stability in the world while trying to deflect from the Epstein files!!?? Why hasn't SCOTUS reined in this man??? Where are the Generals?? Are the people of America just sheeple who are allowing this crazy tyrant along with his genocidal buddy to bring us all to the abyss???
Andrew Kinzinger wrote an essay yesterday and in it he admitted why republicans are saying and doing nothing - money. Having been in congress for 13 years himself, being a lifelong Republican (ignore that he claims he’s a democrat now - he’s not. He still talks like he’s milking the GOP lobby $) he knows how the game works. He specifically referenced retiring members and detailed the “lucrative opportunities to leverage congressional relationships” post leaving Congress. Bluntly - they do not in any way actually represent constituents. It’s grotesque. Re scotus - the 6 catholic maga on the court are explicitly aligned with the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025. It’s gone. Re the Generals - when Hitler took power, he had a meeting with the generals and threatened them. Get in line or you are fired. Trump/Hegseth did exactly the same in January I believe. The generals are following illegal orders because they too want power and prestige. The military will not fight against this autocracy.
The US voters are very likely not going to vote in sufficient numbers to remove republicans from power in both chambers of Congress. They won’t.
Dr Lee sees reality. She’s right. The rest of the world must box in the US and Israel. There are many countries encouraging our Mark Carney 🇨🇦 to lead the way and he is.
The situation reminds me of that old story about killing the goose that laid the golden eggs. Selfish greed gone haywire.
That’s exactly what’s happening. Exactly. Greed is in control and these ppl are going to steal whatever they can from wherever they can. Dr Lee has been explicitly warning about this since 2016 and as part of her warning she said the behaviour will get worse until they are removed. They cannot be rehabilitated- either trump et al or MAGA. Dr Lees words not mine.
It's simply (tragically) overreach. Extremism in any form is dangerous and eventually leads to destruction. Hence, Dr. Lee's warnings, of course.
I haven’t seen it described that way - thank you - that’s helpful. The breadth and depth of the extremism in the U.S. is almost breathtaking.
I just read your bio. No doubt you understand much more about this behaviour than I.
Well, as an American, I think you covered the facts pretty well. It's always about money, money, money. I was naive enough to think the military couldn't be bought. I do think you're incorrect about the elections. There has already been a bigger demonstration of voters. The No Kings Day is going to be millions of us protesting NO KINGS AND NO REGIME!
Saw your masthead. I’ve been in and out if hospitals a lot the last 8 years. (33 CTs and MRs ). Nurse are the backbone of medical care IMO. Lost count of the number of interactions with RNs who with a smile, or touch or short conversation etc really made a huge difference. The calmness and poise truly contributed to stabilizing and improving. Thank you.
Thank you for your kind words. Nursing is the hardest profession you could ever love. Most nurses really care about your well being. I'm sorry you have been having health challenges. May your days be brighter and healthier.
I appreciate that. The road is going to be long but I’ve got some good drs keeping me above the dirt. I have many, many wonderful memories of the compassion, empathy and professionalism of nurses. It’s amazing how far a thank you goes. A simple thank you. ❤️
You are so right, Lloyd. Saying "thank you" means so much. Remembering our humanity is important to our survival.
Wishing you all the very best going forward. Health is wealth,Lloyd.
Thanks very much.
I will await voter turnout to get optimistic. After Dobbs, then the insurrection then more constant chaos I thought maybe, just maybe, voters would go for broke. Then no.
I see there are signs so I’m carefully smiling jussst a little. Go Dems. And make sure the candidates get a crystal clear picture of changes to be made.
I stopped believing in the military long, long ago. It’s only made of humans and it takes very little to sway humans. How does it go (I saw it today on the masthead of a retired colonel - God, Core, Country, Constitution if I recall correctly. I asked him why the constitution was last and god first - no response. Anyway, I’ve seen that before. No trust. Besides, the military has been decapitated and what’s left are career ppl who won’t fight back.
I will be there with you in spirit. Peaceful...not to give anyone an excuse to suppress you. Please stay safe.
When I questioned the inaction of the American people in the year 2000, with my late friend, Richard, he replied, “Americans are too fat & happy”.
Not a day goes by, when I don’t think of that…
What, exactly, is the average man or woman in the street supposed to do about all this? How do we wield power we do not have, or spend money we can't afford to access power and have influence?
Like many other people, I've given as much money as I can to various politicians, supported many liberal groups and organizations, attended protests, signed petitions, written to my representatives, and have never missed voting in a statewide or national election.
But apparently it's our job to fix this crisis and save the world when the rich and powerful will not, or cannot, do so. I'm open to suggestions.
You are doing your best ...that is all you can do!! In any context in any situation. Bit ,please, never give up hope! Where there is life there is hope. Trump's Easter time unhinged text to Iran clearly shows how unhinged he is ATM. He is very dangerous now. Time for the 25th Amendment to be invoked...his whole regime must be held to account. Something must be done about him and his party..he has taken over the GOP. An off ramp...pronto. He still operates with no respect for the rules of war, for international codes of behaviour.The war must end.Now. No more needless death and destruction. You can rest assueri that none of the dins or daughters or grandchildren of Trump , Netanyahu will be out in the front line.
Thank you Dr Lee., your recommendations and your sense of urgency exactly what is needed. I did not know about the level of activity of the UN in Geneva. Agreed, pulll out of NY and isolate the U.S. / Israel- basically quarantine them. I agree 100%.
I hope this gets shared far and wide and that people will listen to you. Unfortunately my circle is pretty small.
A couple of points after reading this latest post: The urgency and the anxiety this post reflects come through powerfully. However, I found some of what you say and how you say it disturbing. In this post, Dr Lee, you rely on rhetorical amplification rather than analytical precision. First, you project a false global consensus (“the great majority of the world”), and you collapse distinct categories into a single moral indictment (“illegal wars, genocides, and holocausts”—this stacking I find particularly egregious: “holocausts” is not a standard pluralized policy category; it invokes the singular historical weight of the Holocaust and generalizes it!—deeply offensive!), and you escalate current conflicts into apocalyptic terms (“unilaterally starting World War III”—I concede that it is a frightening prospect, it could happen, but as yet it has not). Nevertheless these are classic psycholinguistic markers of semantic inflation and catastrophic framing, where the strongest possible language is used to heighten urgency, even at the cost of accuracy. So the tone of your post feels morally forceful but it’s actually analytically unstable.
At the same time though, your post reveals binary, judgment-first thinking: nations “must be suspended if any international cooperation is to survive.” You may not realize that here you construct a false dilemma and substitute moral certainty for institutional reality! Though you assume there to be a unified global will, and also that there exists a neutral enforcement mechanism, no such thing exists within the United Nations.
Overall, I understand that you’re trying to mobilize support and condemn the actors in question, but the argument suggests a limited grasp of how international institutions actually function. Your self-positioning as a suppressed truth-teller has currency, yet your emotional tone and rhetorical patterning come across, I am sorry to say, as peevish, which ultimately undercuts the force of your case. To be clear, as a longtime follower of your work, I share much of your substantive concern—but the message risks getting lost in its own overstatement, where emotional intensity begins to substitute for clarity and precision.
Your statements are clear and concise. I hope Dr. Lee reads your post. I respect her greatly but I agree with your remarks. Any professional person should know that pushing urgency right now causes mass confusion for people who are already in fear and feeling helpless.
Philosopher????
Your incisive message is lost a bit Rachel as your post was too long and not concise. Tighten it up.
I understood every word she shared.
This is how she thinks. Every post I have read is the same.
Thank you, Dr. Lee.
May this call to action be heeded...Thank you for your tireless efforts on behalf of humanity...
Welcome to world's new phase Dr Lee. Now madness will be only cured by disasters.
The crisis we face is systemic of which Trump is just one exponent. It wasn't Trump that started Iran war but actually Bibi & Israel who pushed Trump into doing it. What about the rest of the world? The European leaders' (so called matured & civilized politicians) bankruptcy is also on display as they continue to support Israel. Even the great liberal Hero Mark Carney of Canada supported attack on Iran.
Democrats like Schumer & Hakeem Jefferies are scoundrels of the highest order who also support Iran war but lie publicly that they are against it. These politicians have long been on payroll of defense industry & AIPAC who don't have an aorta of interest in peace & harmony.
The post WW2 order of United nations is collapsing as the very members - the permanent security council nations - who were meant to uphold this global order are going rogue. Russia attacked Ukraine. US blew up the middle east. Europeans are too bankrupt to take moral standing and continue to support Israel.
What we are witnessing is dissolution of post WW2 global order and the conflicts we are seeing is symptom of the vacuum that's emerging.
Here's an article worth reading.
https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-no-world-order?selection=e8b28f56-cc6c-4eab-93e4-6e6bace84a94
Referencing disasters reminds me of Naomi Klein's "The Shock Doctrine."
Thank you Dr Lee. I hear your plea for One World or None and the urgency for a message. I am signed up to learn more @ Survival University. I seek more knowledge and a pathway towards peace, healing and saving this world. 🌺
I am unsubscribing as you continue to try to be an "expert" in areas where you have no background and insist on publishing drivel like this. It is unfortunate as it gives people reason to discredit your writings on the psychiatry of Donald Trump where you did make unique contributions, which I have followed and promoted from the beginning.
Quoting Oliver Stone, Ralph Nader, now Jeffrey Sachs shows you are being influenced by far left political groups who are actually pro-Russia (google horseshoe theory) but you are so politically naive that you do not realize it. You are a low-information voter on the far left, no different from a MAGA voter that gets drawn into QAnon. Unfortunate but it has to be said. It is not helpful to the cause of getting America back from these authoritarian Christian Nationalist actors who see Russia as their model society and are using Trump to achieve this end.
And you are an indiscriminate fucking imbecile. The doctor’s purpose is not to propose any extreme left wing agenda. It’s to create a seed bed for critical thought and debate. But I suppose your baby binary brain cannot comprehend that option.
I agree with leaving US behind.....excise the cancerous part to save the body. Excise Russia too
You said it!
His first administration tried to kill people like me off with covid and this one is trying to finish the rest of us off. 30-60 days of meds left in the US ??
Dr Lee thanks so much for speaking up and being brave. I read what we should do, but how do u get millions of people to do that?
Thanks for your writing and the history lesson. However, I don’t know that an industry of patches - such as moving the UN - would heal the deeper wound. I think a first step would be to somehow suspend the voting privileges of the US on the Security Council. Or impose sanctions.
Behind the scenes I’m sure Allies of reality are grouping. We need to help them with our own stability. At some point Track 2 diplomacy may be needed through non-diplomatic - eg concerned citizens - means.
https://sunmoonlight.substack.com/
The Summit with Japanese PM Takaichi: Donald Trump has been addled by instinctual, habitual aggression. (A discourse on his "humor" and aggression more generally)
Strategic and compassionate containment must be bottom-up and lateral, for the top-down cray cray
https://sunmoonlight.substack.com/p/the-summit-with-japanese-pm-takaichi
Why do you hate Donald Trump so much? He ended wars, child organ mutilation and delusion that God created more than 2 genders. He will end Family Court horrors too.
Your advice as usual is sound and made with peace for all in mind. Now to get some action. I hope you can meet with other nations about your idea.