Reposted by Jim LeeChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Here's some unsolicited advice for my Democratic friends - in office and running. Think twice before hiring consultants who are cozying up to private equity, signing up to defend prediction markets, or telling candidates to not say what they actually feel about the big AI companies. 261034254
Jim Lee @jimlee21.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Hey mega rich dudes paying millions of disposable income on lobbying and political donations, how about supporting great independent and non-fascist enabling journalism? 021
Reposted by Jim LeeWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Everybody read this right now 318251
Reposted by Jim LeeMatt Lombardo @mattlombardo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I don’t think I’ll ever forgive and certainly won’t ever forget how many people listened to the informed and earnest warnings of how disastrous a Trump 2.0 would be, and instead of genuinely listening, they clung to their racisim, their xenophobia, and their transphobia to vote for Trump anyway. 81119
Reposted by Jim LeeRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Seriously, how dumb to you have to be to sit there and believe this shit? Being a Trump supporter requires you to eagerly embrace a torrent of lies day after day as your dystopian reality. 1401615305
Reposted by Jim LeeTrae Crowder @thetraecrowder.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Texas Man Upset to Find that Brown People Go To Football Games/College 22492145
Reposted by Jim LeeJoe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Trump is burning our house down. And he, Kushner, & the rest are walking away with billions while they burn our house down. You don’t sit down with them. You defeat them. You put the fire out. You put them in jail. Hakeem doesn’t get it. He wasn’t built for this moment. He should not be Speaker.👇 4762900789
Reposted by Jim LeeAndrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 13/09/2026The damage from this presidency will echo for generations, and that’s the best-case scenario. If we want any chance of fixing it, the rebuilding starts at the ballot box this November. 934682
Reposted by Jim LeeThe Onion @theonion.com · 04/09/2026Historians Politely Remind Nation To Check What's Happened In Past Before Making Any Big Decisions theonion.com/historians-politely-re… 212164448
Reposted by Jim LeeMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Apple has bowed to the dictator and changed Lake Ontario to “Lake America” on its maps. It’s clear that Big Tech will sell out every one of us if it means another nickel in their bank account. 107742234
Reposted by Jim LeeMiles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 01/09/2026The Supreme Court's decision to let Trump build his ballroom is worse than you think. They've opened the door to new kinds of presidential lawbreaking. Trump's own lawyers say he can bulldoze the Statue of Liberty if he wants. We have a high court of cowards. 2123186
Reposted by Jim LeeRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Dear America Voter, This is what the Trump admin is focused on today, when they aren’t insider trading, making everything more expensive, selling pardons, and taking bribes from cronies. Vote out all Republican enablers of this corrupt and pathetic regime. 3542600806
Reposted by Jim LeeMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Today is Karoline Leavitt's last day as White House press secretary. Last year I wrote this piece, which was the most popular installment of my newsletter in the 3 years I've been doing it. But I won't miss Leaviit. She lied with such glee, with such a complete absence of shame. Good riddance.stopthepresses.newsKaroline Leavitt is a professional liarTrump’s press secretary is paid by the taxpayers to hoodwink the taxpayers. 3230991
Reposted by Jim LeeFactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton on funding education and childhood literacy programs: My daddy was the smartest man I have ever known, but I knew his inability to read probably kept him from seeing all of his dreams come true. Inspiring kids to love to read became my mission. 1936981033
Reposted by Jim LeeShelley Powers @burningbird.net · 15/08/2026Exceptionally good piece www.publicnotice.co/p/trans-wnbapublicnotice.coTransgender athletes are a red herringIt's a non-problem meant to exclude people from public life. 18552131
Reposted by Jim LeeRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/08/2026You know who could do a whole lot to stop all the insanity going on with the military right now in so many areas from Trump, Hegseth and Colby? Republicans in Congress who decide the military budget. But they won’t do anything because they are afraid of Trump. Vote them out. 1032753671
Jim Lee @jimlee21.bsky.social · 30/07/2026"No longer will young families see their own incomes, and their own hopes, eaten away simply because they are carrying out their deep moral obligations to their parents, and to their uncles, and their aunts." - Lyndon B. Johnson (July 30, 1965) 010
Jim Lee @jimlee21.bsky.social · 30/07/2026"This medal, the ninth one, is the most special because it took the most focus and the most pain." - Carl Lewis (July 29, 1996) 000
Jim Lee @jimlee21.bsky.social · 26/07/2026"I now lift my pen to sign this Americans with Disabilities Act and say: Let the shameful wall of exclusion finally come tumbling down." - George H.W. Bush (July 26, 1990) 000
Reposted by Jim LeeDr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social · 23/07/2026“I believe as long as we allow conditions to exist that make for second-class citizens, we are making of ourselves less than first-class citizens.” ~President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953. Image: National Archives. 412435
Reposted by Jim LeeMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Republicans always find the money to buy more of the bombs manufactured by their campaign donors. But the money runs away and hides when people need it for health care and food. 523778
Reposted by Jim LeeRev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 19/07/2026One of the most successful deceptions of our time was convincing many Americans and Christians to fear diversity more than racism, equality more than misogyny, democracy more than fascism, immigrants more than authoritarians, the poor more than corrupt billionaires and empathy more than cruelty. 1125372
Jim Lee @jimlee21.bsky.social · 18/07/2026“He’s not a war hero. He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.” Donald Trump (July 18, 2015) 010
Jim Lee @jimlee21.bsky.social · 17/07/2026"The whole thing was bound to stop sooner or later." - Joe DiMaggio (July 17, 1941) 010
Reposted by Jim LeeMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Q: What is the defining character of this time in American history? A: Relentless, shameless lying by people in power. And public tolerance for it. 1716550
Jim Lee @jimlee21.bsky.social · 16/07/2026"Twelve, 11, 10, 9, ignition sequence start. Six, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, zero, all engine running. Liftoff! We have a liftoff, 32 minutes past the hour. Liftoff on Apollo 11." - Jack King (July 16, 1969) 020
Reposted by Jim LeeWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Whatever actually happened in Maine, this much is clear Immigrants aggressively chased by goons in unmarked vehicles know instinctively that if they stop a) their family will be broken forever and b) they're headed to a gulag where folks die from neglect So they panic And ICE murders them 251228397
Jim Lee @jimlee21.bsky.social · 13/07/2026“This is a defining moment for the Republican Party. We need to reject this. To all the candidates who think that Donald Trump is telling the truth, I think you have lost your way.” - Lindsey Graham (July 12, 2015) 000
Jim Lee @jimlee21.bsky.social · 11/07/2026"This is a mortal wound, doctor." - Alexander Hamilton (July 11, 1804) 001
Jim Lee @jimlee21.bsky.social · 08/07/2026“You have no idea how much that means to me. Your beautiful words and kindness … it’s just amazing. I’ve had the most wonderful career, beyond belief. 52 years of pure joy, playing music. How lucky am I to play music?" - Elton John (July 8, 2023) 030
Jim Lee @jimlee21.bsky.social · 08/07/2026"I am sad to be giving up the best job in the world, but them's the breaks." - Boris Johnson (July 7, 2022) 010
Jim Lee @jimlee21.bsky.social · 07/07/2026“You told him to get his ID sir, his driver’s license. Oh my god, please don’t tell me he’s dead. Please don’t tell me my boyfriend just went like that.” Lavish Reynolds (July 6, 2016) 010
Jim Lee @jimlee21.bsky.social · 05/07/2026"The existence of slavery in this country brands your republicanism a sham, your humanity a base pretense, and your Christianity a lie. It destroys your moral power abroad; it corrupts your politicians at home. It saps the foundation of religion." - Frederick Douglass (July 5, 1852) 010
Reposted by Jim LeeThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/07/2026“How small they are. How weak. How unoriginal… division is the oldest trick in politics.” Zohran rings in America’s birthday by reminding us our story is one of welcoming immigrants, not excluding everyone who doesn’t look like us. 🇺🇸 Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DaVzyL0... 283165074307
Reposted by Jim LeeWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026July 4 weekend is a time to celebrate friends and family - and a distraction for a criminal president to pull off the biggest heist in 250 years Don't let go of a holiday news dump about Trump's $2B-and-counting sale of the presidency. Demand justice My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...inquirer.comThe America-turns-250 column Donald Trump doesn’t want me to write | Will BunchAmericans have been showing our best selves as the nation turns 250, but grifter Trump sees this as a distraction to steal. 626797
Reposted by Jim LeeTrae Crowder @thetraecrowder.bsky.social · 03/07/2026America’s 250th birthday has been ruined, yall. Ruined I say! 41891290
Jim Lee @jimlee21.bsky.social · 05/07/2026“Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.” - Lou Gehrig (July 4, 1939) 010
Jim Lee @jimlee21.bsky.social · 04/07/2026"This is the greatest event celebrated by our people since the revolution. It's also the greatest moment in our footballing history." - Anghel Iordănesc (July 3, 1994) 000
Jim Lee @jimlee21.bsky.social · 03/07/2026"This Civil Rights Act is a challenge to all of us to go to work in our communities and our States, in our homes and in our hearts, to eliminate the last vestiges of injustice in our beloved country." Lyndon B. Johnson (July 2, 1964) 000
Jim Lee @jimlee21.bsky.social · 02/07/2026"If the occupant of that office misuses official power for personal gain, the criminal law that the rest of us must abide will not provide a backstop. With fear for our democracy, I dissent." - Sonia Sotomayor (July 1, 2024) 000
Reposted by Jim LeeDr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social · 30/06/2026“Prodigious effort, seconded by a vast expenditure of money, are making from Washington; and if we fail it will be because the power of corruption is superior to the power of truth.” ~Henry Clay. Clay, “the Great Compromiser,” died at age 75 on this day in 1852. Image: Library of Congress. 35012
Jim Lee @jimlee21.bsky.social · 30/06/2026"It was filled with tears, fire and blood. We are deeply proud of our struggle, because it was just and noble and indispensable in putting an end to the humiliating bondage forced upon us." - Patrice Lumumba (June 30, 1960) 010
Jim Lee @jimlee21.bsky.social · 30/06/2026“I have left a legacy of shame, as some of my victims have pointed out, to my family and my grandchildren. That’s something I will live with for the rest of my life.” - Bernie Madoff (June 29, 2009) 000
