Eric Lee
@ericleeacts.bsky.social
Twin Cities based actor. 2016 elections activated me on Twitter. Went there to listen to/amplify the heart of the Democratic Party, Black Women. Guess this is the next evolution. (He/Him/His)
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Eric Lee
@ericleeacts.bsky.social
· Aug 30
1) If you are outside the United States and you desire to weaken our power and influence, there is a simple calculus to it.
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So, yeah, don't wait for ICE to make the first move. Get connected. Get talking. Have a block party or something. It would be worth it even if ICE never came to your town.
February 16, 2026 at 5:08 AM
So, yeah, don't wait for ICE to make the first move. Get connected. Get talking. Have a block party or something. It would be worth it even if ICE never came to your town.
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The Obamas are the epitome of sophistication, class, intelligence, grace, decency and love. I’m so desperately missing presence like this in the White House.
February 16, 2026 at 3:25 AM
The Obamas are the epitome of sophistication, class, intelligence, grace, decency and love. I’m so desperately missing presence like this in the White House.
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To protect the values we hold close, we need to take back control of the U.S. Senate.
I have what it takes to get to work for Maine people on day one.
I have what it takes to get to work for Maine people on day one.
February 13, 2026 at 11:57 PM
To protect the values we hold close, we need to take back control of the U.S. Senate.
I have what it takes to get to work for Maine people on day one.
I have what it takes to get to work for Maine people on day one.
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I am Graham Platner's age. I too was in the post 9/11 military. I also grew up in a small town in the Northeast US. I am also a college dropout with PTSD. And I am telling you: anyone from my demographic who had a Nazi tattoo for 15 years is either a Nazi or too dumb to be an effective US senator.
February 15, 2026 at 9:04 PM
I am Graham Platner's age. I too was in the post 9/11 military. I also grew up in a small town in the Northeast US. I am also a college dropout with PTSD. And I am telling you: anyone from my demographic who had a Nazi tattoo for 15 years is either a Nazi or too dumb to be an effective US senator.
Honestly, yes.
The next Democratic President needs to make every speech they give into full tilt belt-tightening austerity rhetoric while at the same time continuing Biden-esque monetary policy, I guarantee you the voters are too stupid to notice.
February 16, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Honestly, yes.
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The next Democratic President needs to make every speech they give into full tilt belt-tightening austerity rhetoric while at the same time continuing Biden-esque monetary policy, I guarantee you the voters are too stupid to notice.
February 15, 2026 at 9:06 PM
The next Democratic President needs to make every speech they give into full tilt belt-tightening austerity rhetoric while at the same time continuing Biden-esque monetary policy, I guarantee you the voters are too stupid to notice.
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For the record, my solution is that you need to get trickier about helping the American people. If you try to openly help them like Biden did they'll go feral and bite your face off like a schizophrenic raccoon. This country must be gaslit into progress every step of the way.
February 15, 2026 at 9:01 PM
For the record, my solution is that you need to get trickier about helping the American people. If you try to openly help them like Biden did they'll go feral and bite your face off like a schizophrenic raccoon. This country must be gaslit into progress every step of the way.
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They have the equation exactly backwards.
In a democracy it is the voter who has the responsibility to determine the overall balance of power.
That's the whole point.
The individual politician isn't a waiter bringing you an ice cream sundae for your birthday + it must be JUST SO or you send it back.
In a democracy it is the voter who has the responsibility to determine the overall balance of power.
That's the whole point.
The individual politician isn't a waiter bringing you an ice cream sundae for your birthday + it must be JUST SO or you send it back.
February 16, 2026 at 3:17 AM
They have the equation exactly backwards.
In a democracy it is the voter who has the responsibility to determine the overall balance of power.
That's the whole point.
The individual politician isn't a waiter bringing you an ice cream sundae for your birthday + it must be JUST SO or you send it back.
In a democracy it is the voter who has the responsibility to determine the overall balance of power.
That's the whole point.
The individual politician isn't a waiter bringing you an ice cream sundae for your birthday + it must be JUST SO or you send it back.
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I would say the biggest flaw in leftist politics rn is underestimating how many completely diehard MAGA people are out there. There are probably 10-15X as many diehard Trump supporters as socialists. It's more than enough to dominate primaries and larger than the "very liberal" grouping in polls
Doing some research for @electioncord.com. You can reasonably assume, based on lots of survey data, that about 1 in 9 American adults think Trump can do no wrong and just agree with every policy and tweet that he does.
February 16, 2026 at 3:41 AM
I would say the biggest flaw in leftist politics rn is underestimating how many completely diehard MAGA people are out there. There are probably 10-15X as many diehard Trump supporters as socialists. It's more than enough to dominate primaries and larger than the "very liberal" grouping in polls
Let what happened in Minneapolis be the beginning. Reach out to your neighbors. Join things. Find your people. Love them. And then make your neighborhood bigger. Let your neighbors’ neighbors know that they are not on their own.
February 16, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Let what happened in Minneapolis be the beginning. Reach out to your neighbors. Join things. Find your people. Love them. And then make your neighborhood bigger. Let your neighbors’ neighbors know that they are not on their own.
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Roses are red
Vice is inherent
Vice is inherent
February 15, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Roses are red
Vice is inherent
Vice is inherent
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This is why there must be a full, independent investigation of every incident that ICE has been involved in. DHS and this administration cannot be trusted to carry out investigations on their own.
And it’s why Democrats are fighting to rein in ICE.
And it’s why Democrats are fighting to rein in ICE.
February 13, 2026 at 10:22 PM
This is why there must be a full, independent investigation of every incident that ICE has been involved in. DHS and this administration cannot be trusted to carry out investigations on their own.
And it’s why Democrats are fighting to rein in ICE.
And it’s why Democrats are fighting to rein in ICE.
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This book is great
A book I highly recommend on electronic slot machines—which fully convinced me they should be illegal for how they systematically mislead our brains—is Natasha Dow Schüll‘s ADDICTION BY DESIGN
Gamified online gambling seems much worse, & is becoming much more ubiquitous
It will immiserate so many
Gamified online gambling seems much worse, & is becoming much more ubiquitous
It will immiserate so many
I see no reason not to look at the online gambling and prediction market craze as a new opioids crisis.
It will wreak havoc on lower-income Americans and leave a trail of destruction and despair in its wake.
The companies are just Purdue Pharma 2.0
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It will wreak havoc on lower-income Americans and leave a trail of destruction and despair in its wake.
The companies are just Purdue Pharma 2.0
www.liberalcurrents.com/from-pill-mi...
February 14, 2026 at 7:33 PM
This book is great
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oh man remember when we needed a whole secret Facebook group to even express that the first woman President would be a cool thing without getting death threats on-line?
February 14, 2026 at 5:14 AM
oh man remember when we needed a whole secret Facebook group to even express that the first woman President would be a cool thing without getting death threats on-line?
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I love Biden and I love Harris, and I think they believe it too, but in so many ways Hillary ran on it, on the idea that America was ready to step into that shining future and people took a pass on it.
February 14, 2026 at 2:18 AM
I love Biden and I love Harris, and I think they believe it too, but in so many ways Hillary ran on it, on the idea that America was ready to step into that shining future and people took a pass on it.
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For the first time since Jan. 5, there were no ICE flights out of Minneapolis Friday, probably because of this ruling.
Got to have an impromptu celebration IRL tonight with @ottergoose.net and @jjindc.bsky.social🙏.
Got to have an impromptu celebration IRL tonight with @ottergoose.net and @jjindc.bsky.social🙏.
Incredibly powerful opinion chronicling the awfulness in Whipple and the ways it interfered with the right to counsel.
One key part of the ruling (that ICE will likely appeal ASAP); Judge Brasel bars ICE from transferring anyone out of Minnesota within 72 hours of arrest.
One key part of the ruling (that ICE will likely appeal ASAP); Judge Brasel bars ICE from transferring anyone out of Minnesota within 72 hours of arrest.
February 14, 2026 at 5:59 AM
For the first time since Jan. 5, there were no ICE flights out of Minneapolis Friday, probably because of this ruling.
Got to have an impromptu celebration IRL tonight with @ottergoose.net and @jjindc.bsky.social🙏.
Got to have an impromptu celebration IRL tonight with @ottergoose.net and @jjindc.bsky.social🙏.
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given education polarization and MAGA's reliance on low propensity voters, something like the SAVE Act would almost certainly backfire on republicans (i'm reasonably sure senate republicans understand this too)
i'm against barriers to the fanchise but it would be extremely funny if the republicans enact barriers to voting and nuke their voter base
Been toying with the same thought. Pointless barriers to voting pitched as a solution to an imaginary problem are a bad idea in principle, but Republicans seem very sure it will help them on net, and that’s not really obvious to me.
February 13, 2026 at 10:20 PM
given education polarization and MAGA's reliance on low propensity voters, something like the SAVE Act would almost certainly backfire on republicans (i'm reasonably sure senate republicans understand this too)
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comparing the feeling I felt when we elected obama in 08 and the feeling I have now is just insanely depressing
February 13, 2026 at 11:33 PM
comparing the feeling I felt when we elected obama in 08 and the feeling I have now is just insanely depressing
This Robbie Williams song is for you if you need it. I am such a sap. It’s been hitting me. And I will build the hell out of this thing in the car.
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Love My Life (XXV) by Robbie Williams on Apple Music
Song · 2022 · Duration 3:25
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February 14, 2026 at 1:01 AM
This Robbie Williams song is for you if you need it. I am such a sap. It’s been hitting me. And I will build the hell out of this thing in the car.
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he’s right and he should say it
Sen. Kelly: The old world is gone because Donald Trump blew it up. We had this system of alliances that has served us since World War II. Even if we are able to repair these relationships, it's going to take generations before they feel comfortable.
February 13, 2026 at 9:49 PM
he’s right and he should say it
ICE needs to be abolished. And we need to elect adults to sit down to establish what a sensible, responsible, and humane immigration policy looks like.
"ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:27 PM
ICE needs to be abolished. And we need to elect adults to sit down to establish what a sensible, responsible, and humane immigration policy looks like.
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Former U.S. Vice President and 2024 presidential candidate Kamala Harris pulled up to Alabama State on Thursday.
Video c/o:@brothamyles1
Video c/o:@brothamyles1
February 13, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Former U.S. Vice President and 2024 presidential candidate Kamala Harris pulled up to Alabama State on Thursday.
Video c/o:@brothamyles1
Video c/o:@brothamyles1
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The House just passed legislation to detonate one of the Trump Tariffs that are making your life more expensive.
Boom.
Boom.
February 12, 2026 at 12:02 AM
The House just passed legislation to detonate one of the Trump Tariffs that are making your life more expensive.
Boom.
Boom.