David Lee
@tdavelee.bsky.social
Progressive because I think government should work to improve people's lives. Independent because blind allegiance to any party is toxic. I'll happily support candidates with a good policy record regardless of party or lack of same.
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David Lee
@tdavelee.bsky.social
· Aug 22
Commitments I'm looking for from candidates:
✅️Tear down that stupid ballroom
✅️Prosecute ICE from top to bottom
✅️Expanded Medicare for All
✅️Affordable home ownership
✅️Free higher ed & debt relief
✅️Renewable energy & fighting climate change
✅️Reform the Supreme Court
✅️Tax the wealthy
✅️Tear down that stupid ballroom
✅️Prosecute ICE from top to bottom
✅️Expanded Medicare for All
✅️Affordable home ownership
✅️Free higher ed & debt relief
✅️Renewable energy & fighting climate change
✅️Reform the Supreme Court
✅️Tax the wealthy
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International lawyer: “Stop pretending silence is moral… Silence makes this possible… say the word: Genocide.”
From @DiegoParrhesia 🧵
From @DiegoParrhesia 🧵
October 3, 2026 at 1:52 PM
International lawyer: “Stop pretending silence is moral… Silence makes this possible… say the word: Genocide.”
From @DiegoParrhesia 🧵
From @DiegoParrhesia 🧵
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Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
October 2, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
September 29, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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yes my bull went rogue in your china shop but I think we can all agree there’s no liability here it’s an agentic being
September 27, 2026 at 3:32 PM
yes my bull went rogue in your china shop but I think we can all agree there’s no liability here it’s an agentic being
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I am Ukrainian , and all I’ve ever wanted is for Russia to leave us the f%ck alone . Russia decided not to. So now, all I want is for Russian federation to fаll apаrt so it could never do to anyone what it did to my people .
And , obviously , for Russia to pay .
For everything .
And , obviously , for Russia to pay .
For everything .
September 27, 2026 at 1:32 PM
I am Ukrainian , and all I’ve ever wanted is for Russia to leave us the f%ck alone . Russia decided not to. So now, all I want is for Russian federation to fаll apаrt so it could never do to anyone what it did to my people .
And , obviously , for Russia to pay .
For everything .
And , obviously , for Russia to pay .
For everything .
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Here's how we get Medicare for All done:
Make Medicare whole (no one can keep all the parts straight!)
Include vision, dental, and hearing.
Begin extending to more people, starting with children.
We arrive at Medicare for All, which means great Medicare for everyone.
Make Medicare whole (no one can keep all the parts straight!)
Include vision, dental, and hearing.
Begin extending to more people, starting with children.
We arrive at Medicare for All, which means great Medicare for everyone.
September 26, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Here's how we get Medicare for All done:
Make Medicare whole (no one can keep all the parts straight!)
Include vision, dental, and hearing.
Begin extending to more people, starting with children.
We arrive at Medicare for All, which means great Medicare for everyone.
Make Medicare whole (no one can keep all the parts straight!)
Include vision, dental, and hearing.
Begin extending to more people, starting with children.
We arrive at Medicare for All, which means great Medicare for everyone.
Posting this for the Harvest Moon tonight.
September 26, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Posting this for the Harvest Moon tonight.
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If any of you ever want to have an actual life?
You’re going to have to come together to elect progressives and tax the billionaires.
You’re going to have to come together to elect progressives and tax the billionaires.
September 25, 2026 at 11:06 PM
If any of you ever want to have an actual life?
You’re going to have to come together to elect progressives and tax the billionaires.
You’re going to have to come together to elect progressives and tax the billionaires.
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Computer crimes are already illegal. I do not think “we knowingly deployed software we can’t control” is a legitimate defense against break those laws.
September 24, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Computer crimes are already illegal. I do not think “we knowingly deployed software we can’t control” is a legitimate defense against break those laws.
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My entire life I've heard centrists scolding leftist candidates with "oh, but how will we pay for all that? isn't your agenda unreasonable? shouldn't we run on a modest proposal for means-tested tax rebates?"
Then Mamdani gets elected and makes it all look pretty easy. No wonder they hate him.
Then Mamdani gets elected and makes it all look pretty easy. No wonder they hate him.
September 23, 2026 at 12:15 AM
My entire life I've heard centrists scolding leftist candidates with "oh, but how will we pay for all that? isn't your agenda unreasonable? shouldn't we run on a modest proposal for means-tested tax rebates?"
Then Mamdani gets elected and makes it all look pretty easy. No wonder they hate him.
Then Mamdani gets elected and makes it all look pretty easy. No wonder they hate him.
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There is probably no idea deader than the idea that integrating evil autocratic regimes into our trade networks would give them an economic incentive sufficient to convince them to be nicer. Turns out they'll take the dough and just keep on being assholes.
September 21, 2026 at 11:34 AM
There is probably no idea deader than the idea that integrating evil autocratic regimes into our trade networks would give them an economic incentive sufficient to convince them to be nicer. Turns out they'll take the dough and just keep on being assholes.
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Tax the rich. Make corporations pay their fair share. Invest in working people.
That's how a real economy runs.
Everything else they've sold you is a scam.
That's how a real economy runs.
Everything else they've sold you is a scam.
September 20, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Tax the rich. Make corporations pay their fair share. Invest in working people.
That's how a real economy runs.
Everything else they've sold you is a scam.
That's how a real economy runs.
Everything else they've sold you is a scam.
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There have always been humans who thought:
1) The world will end soon
2) It will happen in a cool, exciting way
3) It’ll happen to me personally
4) I’ll be a martyred prophet, or a warlord, or otherwise special
5) People who don’t see this are lesser
“Sexy apocalypse” is a great phrase for that
1) The world will end soon
2) It will happen in a cool, exciting way
3) It’ll happen to me personally
4) I’ll be a martyred prophet, or a warlord, or otherwise special
5) People who don’t see this are lesser
“Sexy apocalypse” is a great phrase for that
Certain kinds of smart people tend to have a "sexy apocalypse" problem when it comes to thinking about risk. E.g. skynet turning everyone in paperclips, while bad, is also *kind of cool and fun* at the same time. Where the reality is that most actual disasters are both stupid and disappointing.
September 18, 2026 at 1:17 PM
There have always been humans who thought:
1) The world will end soon
2) It will happen in a cool, exciting way
3) It’ll happen to me personally
4) I’ll be a martyred prophet, or a warlord, or otherwise special
5) People who don’t see this are lesser
“Sexy apocalypse” is a great phrase for that
1) The world will end soon
2) It will happen in a cool, exciting way
3) It’ll happen to me personally
4) I’ll be a martyred prophet, or a warlord, or otherwise special
5) People who don’t see this are lesser
“Sexy apocalypse” is a great phrase for that
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Trump has not once called on Putin to stop bombing civilian population centers, which he targets daily. Witkoff & Kushner never said that to Putin. We cut off Patriots to Ukraine for air defense. But now he demands Ukraine stop bombing refineries while Russia murders civilians.
September 14, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Trump has not once called on Putin to stop bombing civilian population centers, which he targets daily. Witkoff & Kushner never said that to Putin. We cut off Patriots to Ukraine for air defense. But now he demands Ukraine stop bombing refineries while Russia murders civilians.
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Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
September 14, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Israel is a terrorist state actively practicing ethnic cleansing and indiscriminate murder of civilians. Unfortunately, the US continues to fund them, and many democracies continue to trade with them. They should be a pariah state, shunned and isolated by the civilized world.
September 10, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Israel is a terrorist state actively practicing ethnic cleansing and indiscriminate murder of civilians. Unfortunately, the US continues to fund them, and many democracies continue to trade with them. They should be a pariah state, shunned and isolated by the civilized world.
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Palestinians inspect the rubble after Israeli bulldozers demolished 10 homes in the West Bank village of Khirbet al-Fakhit, reportedly for being built without permits
September 10, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Palestinians inspect the rubble after Israeli bulldozers demolished 10 homes in the West Bank village of Khirbet al-Fakhit, reportedly for being built without permits
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The AI company CEOs gloat about how AI will eliminate all of our jobs while insiders warn it represents an existential threat to human survival. Meanwhile it already consumes ridiculous amounts of water & electricity, driving shortages, higher costs, and the use of the dirtiest forms of generation.
September 10, 2026 at 7:14 AM
The AI company CEOs gloat about how AI will eliminate all of our jobs while insiders warn it represents an existential threat to human survival. Meanwhile it already consumes ridiculous amounts of water & electricity, driving shortages, higher costs, and the use of the dirtiest forms of generation.
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We need to bring corporate America to heel.
We need to free our government from the clutches of big business and then we need to subjugate big business.
We need to free our government from the clutches of big business and then we need to subjugate big business.
September 9, 2026 at 3:46 AM
We need to bring corporate America to heel.
We need to free our government from the clutches of big business and then we need to subjugate big business.
We need to free our government from the clutches of big business and then we need to subjugate big business.
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We've become so inured to being represented either by openly malevolent assholes or at best ineffectual stooges that when someone uses the government as-intended and does basic politics it's a revelation
September 8, 2026 at 7:53 PM
We've become so inured to being represented either by openly malevolent assholes or at best ineffectual stooges that when someone uses the government as-intended and does basic politics it's a revelation
When you wake up and realize it's Monday...
September 7, 2026 at 5:47 PM
When you wake up and realize it's Monday...
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Nick Anderson, Houston Chronicle
September 5, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Nick Anderson, Houston Chronicle
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See how some of the
very same people
who warned us about the
dangers of a POLICE STATE
are the ones putting up
all those surveillance cameras?
very same people
who warned us about the
dangers of a POLICE STATE
are the ones putting up
all those surveillance cameras?
September 5, 2026 at 10:27 PM
See how some of the
very same people
who warned us about the
dangers of a POLICE STATE
are the ones putting up
all those surveillance cameras?
very same people
who warned us about the
dangers of a POLICE STATE
are the ones putting up
all those surveillance cameras?
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Increase in productivity since 1979: 93%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 34%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 34%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
September 5, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Increase in productivity since 1979: 93%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 34%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 34%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.