Lee
@leedugger.bsky.social
Mom, NYer 🍎, book lover 📚, political junkie, 🍕 expert, non-profit pro., postcard activist 📫, LGBTQ+ ally 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️, & proud Democrat 💙 🌊 .
Tax cuts for top 1%= $2.3T
All other tax provisions= $2.2T
Cuts to SNAP, Medicaid, and health programs = -$1.1T
www.americanprogress.org/article/7-wa...
All other tax provisions= $2.2T
Cuts to SNAP, Medicaid, and health programs = -$1.1T
www.americanprogress.org/article/7-wa...
7 Ways the Big Beautiful Bill Cuts Taxes for the Rich
Overall, the Big Beautiful Bill will harm poor Americans and raise the incomes of rich Americans—driving gains for the rich through cuts to marginal tax rates and the estate tax, along with tax breaks...
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December 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Tax cuts for top 1%= $2.3T
All other tax provisions= $2.2T
Cuts to SNAP, Medicaid, and health programs = -$1.1T
www.americanprogress.org/article/7-wa...
All other tax provisions= $2.2T
Cuts to SNAP, Medicaid, and health programs = -$1.1T
www.americanprogress.org/article/7-wa...
Republican solution to healthcare is just to shift costs to consumers.
@neeratanden.bsky.social explains how it's been 15 years without a Republican alternative to the Affordable Care Act—but they keep proposing plans that increase costs for Americans: "Their answer is to not just ignore your problem, but to make it worse."
December 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Republican solution to healthcare is just to shift costs to consumers.
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Job losses, increased costs, and farmers needing bailouts—Trump's economy is failing all of us. @neeratanden.bsky.social explains.
December 9, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Job losses, increased costs, and farmers needing bailouts—Trump's economy is failing all of us. @neeratanden.bsky.social explains.
Orange menace needs attention by playing "strongman" again. He's such a baby. 🚼 Someone tell Melania he needs a diaper change.
Headline: Trump says he is authorizing military to use ‘Full Force’ in Portland.
Headline: Trump says he is authorizing military to use ‘Full Force’ in Portland.
September 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Orange menace needs attention by playing "strongman" again. He's such a baby. 🚼 Someone tell Melania he needs a diaper change.
Headline: Trump says he is authorizing military to use ‘Full Force’ in Portland.
Headline: Trump says he is authorizing military to use ‘Full Force’ in Portland.
One Big Beautiful Bill + Trump tariffs = bottom 99% of Americans with less after tax income by 2027.
New Trump Administration Policies Will Decrease Average Incomes for All Americans Except the Top 1 Percent
New policies in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, paired with the Trump administration’s tariffs, will leave the bottom 99 percent of Americans with less after-tax-and-transfer income by 2027, while the...
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September 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
One Big Beautiful Bill + Trump tariffs = bottom 99% of Americans with less after tax income by 2027.
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I like the rebrand.
September 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I like the rebrand.
American families are bearing the brunt of these terrible policies.
August 29, 2025 at 12:39 PM
American families are bearing the brunt of these terrible policies.
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In one of the debates in New York mayor's race, Mamdani (and Lander) both praised Boston Mayor Michelle Wu. She has been one of the most passionate voices defending cities and urban life as Trump trashes them. And she's stayed popular in way Brandon Johnson has not. newrepublic.com/article/1997...
This Democrat Proves You Can Be Principled, Effective—and Popular
Zohran Mamdani has pointed to Boston Mayor Michelle Wu as a model. There are many good reasons why.
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August 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
In one of the debates in New York mayor's race, Mamdani (and Lander) both praised Boston Mayor Michelle Wu. She has been one of the most passionate voices defending cities and urban life as Trump trashes them. And she's stayed popular in way Brandon Johnson has not. newrepublic.com/article/1997...
Not a single red state has endorsed a non-partisan redistricting commission. That's only a center-left thing. It's time to fight fire with fire.
Trump is using the authoritarian playbook to rig the 2026 election because he knows he is unpopular and his policies are hurting Americans.
Trump is using the authoritarian playbook to rig the 2026 election because he knows he is unpopular and his policies are hurting Americans.
August 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Not a single red state has endorsed a non-partisan redistricting commission. That's only a center-left thing. It's time to fight fire with fire.
Trump is using the authoritarian playbook to rig the 2026 election because he knows he is unpopular and his policies are hurting Americans.
Trump is using the authoritarian playbook to rig the 2026 election because he knows he is unpopular and his policies are hurting Americans.
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Trump is preying upon people’s fears to mask another authoritarian power grab.
Crime is the lowest it's been in 30 years in D.C. and violent crime is declining nationwide.
Crime is the lowest it's been in 30 years in D.C. and violent crime is declining nationwide.
August 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Trump is preying upon people’s fears to mask another authoritarian power grab.
Crime is the lowest it's been in 30 years in D.C. and violent crime is declining nationwide.
Crime is the lowest it's been in 30 years in D.C. and violent crime is declining nationwide.
Science is an engine for American economic dominance, and scientific clusters such as Silicon Valley could not exist without federal funding, the official said. “Once you break them, it will be impossible to rebuild them. We’re on the path to breaking them.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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‘Impossible to rebuild’: NIH scientists say Trump cuts will imperil life-saving research
Researchers say scientific community is in state of whiplash and accuse president of trying to ‘destroy’ vital work
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August 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Science is an engine for American economic dominance, and scientific clusters such as Silicon Valley could not exist without federal funding, the official said. “Once you break them, it will be impossible to rebuild them. We’re on the path to breaking them.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Even before these next rounds of steep tariffs are set to go into effect on August 7, U.S. consumers, businesses, and workers are facing higher tariffs, fewer jobs, more uncertainty, higher borrowing costs, and rising inflation.
August 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Even before these next rounds of steep tariffs are set to go into effect on August 7, U.S. consumers, businesses, and workers are facing higher tariffs, fewer jobs, more uncertainty, higher borrowing costs, and rising inflation.
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Birds of a feather…..
This mother fuc*er is part of a huge flock.
This mother fuc*er is part of a huge flock.
August 4, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Birds of a feather…..
This mother fuc*er is part of a huge flock.
This mother fuc*er is part of a huge flock.
July 21 is a Day of Action to protect science and American innovation. Learn more about how you can join the effort: www.protectscienceandinnovation.org
Protect Science and Innovation
www.protectscienceandinnovation.org
July 18, 2025 at 3:24 AM
July 21 is a Day of Action to protect science and American innovation. Learn more about how you can join the effort: www.protectscienceandinnovation.org
What I.C.E. is doing under the guidance of this Administration is a human rights violation unlike anything we’ve seen in our lifetimes.
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The I.C.E. Atrocities Should Be the Final Straw for Decent Human Beings.
This should be the final straw for us, America.
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July 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
What I.C.E. is doing under the guidance of this Administration is a human rights violation unlike anything we’ve seen in our lifetimes.
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so then Trump does it illegally and the Supreme Court does nothing.
"The Constitution, of course, grants Congress no express power to strip people of their citizenship, whether, in the exercise of the implied power to regulate foreign affairs or in the exercise of any specifically granted power." - Afroyim v. Rusk, 387 U.S. 253 (1967).
July 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
so then Trump does it illegally and the Supreme Court does nothing.
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I don’t care what side of the aisle you’re on, the President of the United States even joking about revoking someone’s citizenship should be met with universal condemnation.
July 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I don’t care what side of the aisle you’re on, the President of the United States even joking about revoking someone’s citizenship should be met with universal condemnation.
This guy speaks and leads with such moral clarity.
Senate Republicans just sold out the sick and the hungry to cut taxes for the rich and the powerful.
What would Jesus do about this “Big Beautiful Bill”?
I think he would flip over the tables of injustice and call on us to do the same.
What would Jesus do about this “Big Beautiful Bill”?
I think he would flip over the tables of injustice and call on us to do the same.
July 9, 2025 at 10:10 AM
This guy speaks and leads with such moral clarity.
A very good understanding of how people in India are living in extreme heat.
How the Hottest Place in India Survives www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/w...
How the Hottest Place in India Survives www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/w...
How the Hottest Place in India Survives
www.nytimes.com
July 6, 2025 at 2:27 AM
A very good understanding of how people in India are living in extreme heat.
How the Hottest Place in India Survives www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/w...
How the Hottest Place in India Survives www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/w...
🇺🇸 This 4th of July, my fave Founding American is Abigail Adams.
She wasn’t in the room where it happened—but urged her husband to “remember the ladies” and warned that freedom without equality was hollow
Principled persistence is revolutionary.
#IndependenceDay #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory
She wasn’t in the room where it happened—but urged her husband to “remember the ladies” and warned that freedom without equality was hollow
Principled persistence is revolutionary.
#IndependenceDay #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory
July 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🇺🇸 This 4th of July, my fave Founding American is Abigail Adams.
She wasn’t in the room where it happened—but urged her husband to “remember the ladies” and warned that freedom without equality was hollow
Principled persistence is revolutionary.
#IndependenceDay #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory
She wasn’t in the room where it happened—but urged her husband to “remember the ladies” and warned that freedom without equality was hollow
Principled persistence is revolutionary.
#IndependenceDay #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory
10 Egregious Things You May Not Know About the One Big Beautiful Bill Act www.americanprogress.org/article/10-e...
10 Egregious Things You May Not Know About the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Congressional Republicans’ radical budget and tax bill includes several less-known provisions that will increase costs, fuel the Trump administration’s overreach, and waste taxpayer dollars.
www.americanprogress.org
July 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
10 Egregious Things You May Not Know About the One Big Beautiful Bill Act www.americanprogress.org/article/10-e...
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A corrupt system is when you need 60 Senate votes to protect voting rights, universal healthcare, reproductive rights, climate justice, lgbtq rights, immigration justice, and a living wage—but only 51 votes to strip them all away. #BigScamBill
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June 29, 2025 at 4:48 AM
A corrupt system is when you need 60 Senate votes to protect voting rights, universal healthcare, reproductive rights, climate justice, lgbtq rights, immigration justice, and a living wage—but only 51 votes to strip them all away. #BigScamBill
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Hey @americanair you MUST know the jewel you have in Judy on AA flight 1062 from JFK to LAS. She's a wonderful flight attendant. Talk about customer service!!
April 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Hey @americanair you MUST know the jewel you have in Judy on AA flight 1062 from JFK to LAS. She's a wonderful flight attendant. Talk about customer service!!