Lee Z
@leemzee.bsky.social
organizer • writer • doc filmmaker• pittsburgher in Tucson • lady who thinks about fracked gas & utilities too much ⚡️ death before decaf
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I joined @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social as he took his campaign to the people who keep New York running while the rest of us sleep, and considered what his mayoralty would (will??) actually look like.
Out After Dark With Late-Night Workers and Zohran Mamdani
New York City socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani recently spent the night reaching out to workers in Queens who keep the city moving after most New Yorkers are asleep. We tagged along.
jacobin.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I joined @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social as he took his campaign to the people who keep New York running while the rest of us sleep, and considered what his mayoralty would (will??) actually look like.
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The calls to action are beginning on utility shutoffs. I am asking people for shareable resources; a lot of impromptu messages so far. The key, for those of you who can act without details, is to call the governor and the chair of your state PSC/PUC and ask them to ban shutoffs, just like 2020.
October 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The calls to action are beginning on utility shutoffs. I am asking people for shareable resources; a lot of impromptu messages so far. The key, for those of you who can act without details, is to call the governor and the chair of your state PSC/PUC and ask them to ban shutoffs, just like 2020.
@tucson-dsa.bsky.social has experienced a significant bump in membership since Zohran’s win.
"Mamdani momentum withered in the deserts of southern Arizona on Tuesday night." Jack Healy on Adelita Grijalva's convincing win in Tucson against the upstarts who called for a new face and name to succeed Raul Grijalva in the House. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/u...
A Scion of Democratic Politics Defeats the Upstarts in an Arizona Primary
www.nytimes.com
July 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
@tucson-dsa.bsky.social has experienced a significant bump in membership since Zohran’s win.
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TEP is trying to raise rates again!
People are still struggling to pay TEP's 2023 rate hike. We need a public power utility for Tucson!
www.kgun9.com/news/communi...
People are still struggling to pay TEP's 2023 rate hike. We need a public power utility for Tucson!
www.kgun9.com/news/communi...
Take a hike: TEP requests 14% rate hike; critics say customers can’t afford more increases
Tucson Electric Power has filed a petition with the Arizona Corporation Commission to raise electricity rates by approximately 14%
www.kgun9.com
June 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
TEP is trying to raise rates again!
People are still struggling to pay TEP's 2023 rate hike. We need a public power utility for Tucson!
www.kgun9.com/news/communi...
People are still struggling to pay TEP's 2023 rate hike. We need a public power utility for Tucson!
www.kgun9.com/news/communi...
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The summer of shutoffs is here. The left’s answer must advance climate, affordability, and managed decline together.
"Public power can begin to build us out of this deep contradiction between the well-being of Americans and the deregulated system."
@sevier.io with Winston Yau @cplusc.bsky.social:
"Public power can begin to build us out of this deep contradiction between the well-being of Americans and the deregulated system."
@sevier.io with Winston Yau @cplusc.bsky.social:
The Summer of Shutoffs
By isaac sevier and Winston Yau
climatecommunityinstitute.substack.com
May 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The summer of shutoffs is here. The left’s answer must advance climate, affordability, and managed decline together.
"Public power can begin to build us out of this deep contradiction between the well-being of Americans and the deregulated system."
@sevier.io with Winston Yau @cplusc.bsky.social:
"Public power can begin to build us out of this deep contradiction between the well-being of Americans and the deregulated system."
@sevier.io with Winston Yau @cplusc.bsky.social:
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“Right now, bills are very, very expensive because we are paying for TEP’s profit on top of everything else."
Public Power for Tucson!⚡
www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
Public Power for Tucson!⚡
www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
Tucson looks to renew TEP franchise agreement as public power advocates push for alternative
Tucson may hold a special election in November in which voters can decide on a franchise agreement between the city and Tucson Electric Power, but progressive advocates are pushing for a publicly owne...
www.tucsonsentinel.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
“Right now, bills are very, very expensive because we are paying for TEP’s profit on top of everything else."
Public Power for Tucson!⚡
www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
Public Power for Tucson!⚡
www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
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Cuomo's reputation for "competence" is a totally imaginary media creation, designed to dupe liberals in a blue area into electing a conservative. His governorship was a series of embarrassing fuckups! Over and over! Didn't matter because media understood alternative to Cuomo would be a progressive
New York City’s campaign finance regulators rejected mayoral front-runner Andrew Cuomo’s request for around $2.5 million in public matching funds Tuesday, an embarrassing glitch for a bid predicated on experience and competence.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Cuomo, front-runner in the New York mayor’s race, denied millions in matching funds
The former governor’s campaign failed to file the proper paperwork to receive the tranche of cash.
www.politico.com
April 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Cuomo's reputation for "competence" is a totally imaginary media creation, designed to dupe liberals in a blue area into electing a conservative. His governorship was a series of embarrassing fuckups! Over and over! Didn't matter because media understood alternative to Cuomo would be a progressive
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an incredibly cursed headline www.eenews.net/articles/big...
March 31, 2025 at 7:56 PM
an incredibly cursed headline www.eenews.net/articles/big...
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Today on Volts: if the market won't build clean energy fast enough, should the state step in? Advocates believe so, and they convinced the NY legislature, which passed a public-power law over a year ago. How's that law doing? And how's the larger public-power push? We get into it.
What's going on with public power in New York?
A conversation with Patrick Robbins of Public Power NY and Johanna Bozuwa of the Climate and Community Institute.
www.volts.wtf
March 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Today on Volts: if the market won't build clean energy fast enough, should the state step in? Advocates believe so, and they convinced the NY legislature, which passed a public-power law over a year ago. How's that law doing? And how's the larger public-power push? We get into it.
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NEW: Hossam Shabat’s Last Article
Filed hours before his killing in an Israeli airstrike, journalist
Hossam Shabat describes the resumption of Israel's scorched earth campaign in his hometown of Beit Hanoun.
Translated through tears by Sharif Kouddous
dropsitenews.com/p/hossam-sha...
Filed hours before his killing in an Israeli airstrike, journalist
Hossam Shabat describes the resumption of Israel's scorched earth campaign in his hometown of Beit Hanoun.
Translated through tears by Sharif Kouddous
dropsitenews.com/p/hossam-sha...
Hossam Shabat’s Last Article
Filed hours before his killing in an Israeli airstrike, journalist Hossam Shabat describes the resumption of Israel's scorched earth campaign in his hometown of Beit Hanoun.
dropsitenews.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
NEW: Hossam Shabat’s Last Article
Filed hours before his killing in an Israeli airstrike, journalist
Hossam Shabat describes the resumption of Israel's scorched earth campaign in his hometown of Beit Hanoun.
Translated through tears by Sharif Kouddous
dropsitenews.com/p/hossam-sha...
Filed hours before his killing in an Israeli airstrike, journalist
Hossam Shabat describes the resumption of Israel's scorched earth campaign in his hometown of Beit Hanoun.
Translated through tears by Sharif Kouddous
dropsitenews.com/p/hossam-sha...
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Join us for our March General Meeting!
Saturday, March 22 at 2pm
Woods Memorial Library (3455 N 1st Ave)
Our chapter was proud to be part of the coalition that defeated Prop 414, but what comes next? It's up to us!
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/march...
Saturday, March 22 at 2pm
Woods Memorial Library (3455 N 1st Ave)
Our chapter was proud to be part of the coalition that defeated Prop 414, but what comes next? It's up to us!
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/march...
March 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Join us for our March General Meeting!
Saturday, March 22 at 2pm
Woods Memorial Library (3455 N 1st Ave)
Our chapter was proud to be part of the coalition that defeated Prop 414, but what comes next? It's up to us!
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/march...
Saturday, March 22 at 2pm
Woods Memorial Library (3455 N 1st Ave)
Our chapter was proud to be part of the coalition that defeated Prop 414, but what comes next? It's up to us!
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/march...
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The future is public, and it is unionized.
Workers rights should not be up for debate✊🗣️
The PRO Act strengthens workers' rights by removing barriers to unionization, banning employer interference, increasing penalties for labor law violations, and more. Read here: loom.ly/zvaYEvU
The PRO Act strengthens workers' rights by removing barriers to unionization, banning employer interference, increasing penalties for labor law violations, and more. Read here: loom.ly/zvaYEvU
BlueGreen Alliance | Workers Need the PRO Act to Defend Their Rights
loom.ly
March 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The future is public, and it is unionized.
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New York can meet its climate targets and lead the country, but the Republican CEO of NYPA is still trying to figure out how to use the authority to benefit private developers instead of New Yorkers who want affordable, public renewables.
spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-...
spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-...
Environmentalists push New York Power Authority to go further in renewables plan
Patrick Robbins, coordinator of the New York Energy Democracy Alliance, joins Capital Tonight.
spectrumlocalnews.com
February 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
New York can meet its climate targets and lead the country, but the Republican CEO of NYPA is still trying to figure out how to use the authority to benefit private developers instead of New Yorkers who want affordable, public renewables.
spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-...
spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-...
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New York is supposed to be cutting its natural gas consumption - so why did it approve a major pipeline enhancement?
Dug into it with maps and graphics for @citylimitsnews.bsky.social
citylimits.org/2025/03/12/n...
Dug into it with maps and graphics for @citylimitsnews.bsky.social
citylimits.org/2025/03/12/n...
March 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
New York is supposed to be cutting its natural gas consumption - so why did it approve a major pipeline enhancement?
Dug into it with maps and graphics for @citylimitsnews.bsky.social
citylimits.org/2025/03/12/n...
Dug into it with maps and graphics for @citylimitsnews.bsky.social
citylimits.org/2025/03/12/n...
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The city of Tucson’s Proposition 414 failed by an overwhelming majority with roughly 70 percent of voters rejecting the measure. #TucsonCouncil
March 12, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The city of Tucson’s Proposition 414 failed by an overwhelming majority with roughly 70 percent of voters rejecting the measure. #TucsonCouncil
That group said city leaders should take away from the vote that "if they are going to ask working families in Tucson to pay higher taxes, they must allocate tax revenues to programs and services that actually benefit Tucsonans – …
Tucson voters resoundingly rejected a half-cent sales tax measure that would have increased spending on public safety and social services. With the initial vote count showing a 53,350 to 23,084 margin against the measure, Prop. 414 was defeated Tuesday.
www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
By 70-30 margin, Tucson voters overwhelmingly reject Prop. 414 sales tax increase
Tucson voters resoundingly rejected a half-cent sales tax measure that would have increased spending on public safety and social services. With the initial vote count showing a 53,350 to 23,084 margin...
www.tucsonsentinel.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:57 AM
That group said city leaders should take away from the vote that "if they are going to ask working families in Tucson to pay higher taxes, they must allocate tax revenues to programs and services that actually benefit Tucsonans – …
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Everything old is new again, including diseases people died from on the Oregon Trail. (File under: Housing is healthcare.)
Dysentery cases rise in Portland metro area, health department reports
Dysentery is on the rise in the Portland metro area, according to recent data released by the Multnomah County Health Department.
www.koin.com
March 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Everything old is new again, including diseases people died from on the Oregon Trail. (File under: Housing is healthcare.)
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Trump’s budget cuts could kill your local weather forecast — and put you in danger.
DOGE has its sights on NOAA and the National Weather Service. Gutting them could imperil millions and cost billions.
grist.org/extreme-weat...
#DOGE #Musk #Trump #NOAA #Weather
DOGE has its sights on NOAA and the National Weather Service. Gutting them could imperil millions and cost billions.
grist.org/extreme-weat...
#DOGE #Musk #Trump #NOAA #Weather
Trump's budget cuts could kill your local weather forecast — and put you in danger
President Trump and DOGE have their sights on NOAA and the National Weather Service. Gutting them could imperil millions and cost billions
grist.org
March 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Reminder: we are being trained not to care about other people. It underlines the attacks on migrants, on DEI, on trans youth, on so-called "wokeness."
Sure there are legitimate critiques but this is not about critiques. It's about supercharging capitalism's culture of uncare.
Sure there are legitimate critiques but this is not about critiques. It's about supercharging capitalism's culture of uncare.
March 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Reminder: we are being trained not to care about other people. It underlines the attacks on migrants, on DEI, on trans youth, on so-called "wokeness."
Sure there are legitimate critiques but this is not about critiques. It's about supercharging capitalism's culture of uncare.
Sure there are legitimate critiques but this is not about critiques. It's about supercharging capitalism's culture of uncare.
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🚨 Scoop: EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has privately urged the White House to repeal a landmark scientific finding that underpins key climate rules for cars and power plants. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
EPA tells White House to strike down landmark climate finding
The Trump administration is weighing whether to repeal the “endangerment finding,” which states that greenhouse gases pose a threat to public health and welfare.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
🚨 Scoop: EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has privately urged the White House to repeal a landmark scientific finding that underpins key climate rules for cars and power plants. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
New York can meet its climate targets and lead the country, but the Republican CEO of NYPA is still trying to figure out how to use the authority to benefit private developers instead of New Yorkers who want affordable, public renewables.
spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-...
spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-...
Environmentalists push New York Power Authority to go further in renewables plan
Patrick Robbins, coordinator of the New York Energy Democracy Alliance, joins Capital Tonight.
spectrumlocalnews.com
February 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
New York can meet its climate targets and lead the country, but the Republican CEO of NYPA is still trying to figure out how to use the authority to benefit private developers instead of New Yorkers who want affordable, public renewables.
spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-...
spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-...
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An analysis of Pima County medical examiner data finds that rising heat and mobile homes create a deadly combination
‘Suffering hidden from view:’ Mobile home and RV residents in Pima County die from heat at high rates - AZ Luminaria
Rincon Country RV Resorts on the southwest side of Tucson is surrounded by gently rolling hills populated with saguaros. On the highest hill stands a small church with a white cross. On the last day ...
azluminaria.org
February 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
An analysis of Pima County medical examiner data finds that rising heat and mobile homes create a deadly combination
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"Many of those deaths lasted into the fall. Last year, which also saw the hottest October day in Tucson’s history, heat caused or contributed to the death of four people that same month: Alejandro Garcia, Dean Hardin, James Brown, and Victor Rodriguez-Leal."
An analysis of Pima County medical examiner data finds that rising heat and mobile homes create a deadly combination
‘Suffering hidden from view:’ Mobile home and RV residents in Pima County die from heat at high rates - AZ Luminaria
Rincon Country RV Resorts on the southwest side of Tucson is surrounded by gently rolling hills populated with saguaros. On the highest hill stands a small church with a white cross. On the last day ...
azluminaria.org
February 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"Many of those deaths lasted into the fall. Last year, which also saw the hottest October day in Tucson’s history, heat caused or contributed to the death of four people that same month: Alejandro Garcia, Dean Hardin, James Brown, and Victor Rodriguez-Leal."
Horrible.
I don’t understand how anyone can believe that splitting up and traumatizing families makes us safer.
I don’t understand how anyone can believe that splitting up and traumatizing families makes us safer.
Swift deportation leaves a family separated, with 8-and 14-year-old boys still in Arizona, and a community working to connect them
Venezuelan migrant mother and two children deported to México just hours after Tucson traffic stop - AZ Luminaria
After Arizona state troopers pulled her over in Tucson for driving under the speed limit, Yesenia begged to see her babies. The fear the migrant mother of four lived with — before and after fleeing th...
azluminaria.org
February 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Horrible.
I don’t understand how anyone can believe that splitting up and traumatizing families makes us safer.
I don’t understand how anyone can believe that splitting up and traumatizing families makes us safer.