Jim Lee
@jimlee21.bsky.social
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My writing today in the @sfstandard.com: Too many Silicon Valley leaders have divested themselves of the responsibility to speak out against the Trump administration.
We can’t shrink away and hope the crisis fades.
It’s time for all of us in tech to do and say more.
We can’t shrink away and hope the crisis fades.
It’s time for all of us in tech to do and say more.
January 29, 2026 at 8:28 PM
My writing today in the @sfstandard.com: Too many Silicon Valley leaders have divested themselves of the responsibility to speak out against the Trump administration.
We can’t shrink away and hope the crisis fades.
It’s time for all of us in tech to do and say more.
We can’t shrink away and hope the crisis fades.
It’s time for all of us in tech to do and say more.
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Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
Stay in school, kids, and don’t pay someone to take your SATS.
Trump on drug prices: "This is like hundreds of percent, depending on how you want to calculate it. You could say it's an 80% reduction or you could say it's a 1,000% reduction. You could say whatever you want."
January 29, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Stay in school, kids, and don’t pay someone to take your SATS.
Right on
How can anyone possibly defend what ICE/Border Patrol is doing?!
January 28, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Right on
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This is great from my friend and fellow columnist, @rexhuppke.bsky.social. All of us need to summon our morality now. Yes, even Republicans
There comes a point when lying feels like swallowing a sharp-edged rock.
Republicans, Alex Pretti should be your breaking point. Time to spit out that rock.
My column, and a call for help from any of good conscience:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Republicans, Alex Pretti should be your breaking point. Time to spit out that rock.
My column, and a call for help from any of good conscience:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Republicans, Alex Pretti should be your breaking point | Opinion
Alex Pretti, 37, was an ICU nurse who cared for veterans. Federal agents shot and killed him on a Minneapolis street and none of it makes sense.
www.usatoday.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:36 AM
This is great from my friend and fellow columnist, @rexhuppke.bsky.social. All of us need to summon our morality now. Yes, even Republicans
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A standing reminder: a small handful of Republicans in Congress could stop this chaos tomorrow. They simply choose not to.
January 25, 2026 at 11:28 PM
A standing reminder: a small handful of Republicans in Congress could stop this chaos tomorrow. They simply choose not to.
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The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
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This is courage. Looking a masked, government fascist dead in the eye, face to face, knowing full well that your life is on the line.
If elected officials had 1/10th of Alex Pretti's resolve, we would have far fewer troubles.
If elected officials had 1/10th of Alex Pretti's resolve, we would have far fewer troubles.
January 24, 2026 at 7:56 PM
This is courage. Looking a masked, government fascist dead in the eye, face to face, knowing full well that your life is on the line.
If elected officials had 1/10th of Alex Pretti's resolve, we would have far fewer troubles.
If elected officials had 1/10th of Alex Pretti's resolve, we would have far fewer troubles.
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I wrote a short piece on my trip to Texas and how it confirmed for me why we can’t fund this version of ICE.
The Department of Homeland Security is lawless. We need to demand reforms.
The Department of Homeland Security is lawless. We need to demand reforms.
My Trip to Texas Confirmed We Can’t Fund this Version of ICE
The young father was shaking as he held his fidgety two-year-old daughter who impatiently sucked on a lollipop.
www.chrismurphyct.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:28 PM
I wrote a short piece on my trip to Texas and how it confirmed for me why we can’t fund this version of ICE.
The Department of Homeland Security is lawless. We need to demand reforms.
The Department of Homeland Security is lawless. We need to demand reforms.
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We know it’s harder to debunk a lie than to tell it. That's Brandolini's Law, also known as the Bullshit Asymmetry Principle.
This is why the news media can’t keep up and leaves so many Trump lies unchallenged.
But no one is forcing them to amplify Trump's lies in the first place. That’s a choice.
This is why the news media can’t keep up and leaves so many Trump lies unchallenged.
But no one is forcing them to amplify Trump's lies in the first place. That’s a choice.
January 22, 2026 at 2:10 PM
We know it’s harder to debunk a lie than to tell it. That's Brandolini's Law, also known as the Bullshit Asymmetry Principle.
This is why the news media can’t keep up and leaves so many Trump lies unchallenged.
But no one is forcing them to amplify Trump's lies in the first place. That’s a choice.
This is why the news media can’t keep up and leaves so many Trump lies unchallenged.
But no one is forcing them to amplify Trump's lies in the first place. That’s a choice.
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Sixteen years ago, the Supreme Court decided that corporations are people under the First Amendment.
Today, sold-out politicians block progress on all fronts to appease their corporate donors.
Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.
Today, sold-out politicians block progress on all fronts to appease their corporate donors.
Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.
January 21, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Sixteen years ago, the Supreme Court decided that corporations are people under the First Amendment.
Today, sold-out politicians block progress on all fronts to appease their corporate donors.
Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.
Today, sold-out politicians block progress on all fronts to appease their corporate donors.
Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.
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A standing reminder: a small handful of Republicans in Congress could stop this chaos tomorrow. They simply choose not to.
January 21, 2026 at 2:29 PM
A standing reminder: a small handful of Republicans in Congress could stop this chaos tomorrow. They simply choose not to.
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Republican lawmakers are doing what they've done for the last decade: whispering to each other that the head of their party is unhinged and frightening, then acting in public as if everything is just fine. They are cowards who have sold out their country.
January 19, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Republican lawmakers are doing what they've done for the last decade: whispering to each other that the head of their party is unhinged and frightening, then acting in public as if everything is just fine. They are cowards who have sold out their country.
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Four GOP Senators.
At most four Repubs in the House.
Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.
At most four Repubs in the House.
Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.
I can't repeat this enough.
I've said this before and I'll say it again.
It would only take a tiny handful of Republican Congress members or senators to stop the slide of America toward authoritarian fascism, but nope. They're all in.
It would only take a tiny handful of Republican Congress members or senators to stop the slide of America toward authoritarian fascism, but nope. They're all in.
January 17, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Four GOP Senators.
At most four Repubs in the House.
Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.
At most four Repubs in the House.
Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.
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pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:
January 15, 2026 at 4:41 PM
pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:
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Why do a third of Americans still support Trump?
Because he makes them feel good about being awful.
Because he hurts the people they hate.
It’s not issues-based. It’s emotional. Which is why you can’t talk people out of it.
Because he makes them feel good about being awful.
Because he hurts the people they hate.
It’s not issues-based. It’s emotional. Which is why you can’t talk people out of it.
January 14, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Why do a third of Americans still support Trump?
Because he makes them feel good about being awful.
Because he hurts the people they hate.
It’s not issues-based. It’s emotional. Which is why you can’t talk people out of it.
Because he makes them feel good about being awful.
Because he hurts the people they hate.
It’s not issues-based. It’s emotional. Which is why you can’t talk people out of it.
All the money and all the power that goes along with it. And you end up a bigger coward than before. What’s it for?
January 11, 2026 at 1:33 AM
All the money and all the power that goes along with it. And you end up a bigger coward than before. What’s it for?
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The Times breaks down the video. The regime is lying. The regime is protecting a man who murdered an innocent women.
January 8, 2026 at 2:36 PM
The Times breaks down the video. The regime is lying. The regime is protecting a man who murdered an innocent women.
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This bizarre, taxpayer-financed White House account of what occurred on Jan. 6, 2021, is Soviet-level propaganda. It's history through the looking glass after a couple hits on the opium pipe. I point it out so you can grasp how much the Republicans are trying to destroy the very concept of truth.
January 6: A Date Which Will Live in Infamy
Discover the real January 6 story: peaceful protest turned tragedy, Deep State entrapment, media deception, and President Trump's triumphant pardons restoring justice to patriotic Americans.
www.whitehouse.gov
January 7, 2026 at 3:05 AM
This bizarre, taxpayer-financed White House account of what occurred on Jan. 6, 2021, is Soviet-level propaganda. It's history through the looking glass after a couple hits on the opium pipe. I point it out so you can grasp how much the Republicans are trying to destroy the very concept of truth.
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"We cannot forget what happened five years ago, because we cannot allow it to ever happen again."
Sarah Matthews on why telling her first-hand account of the events of January 6th, 2021, is important.
Sarah Matthews on why telling her first-hand account of the events of January 6th, 2021, is important.
January 6, 2026 at 11:30 PM
"We cannot forget what happened five years ago, because we cannot allow it to ever happen again."
Sarah Matthews on why telling her first-hand account of the events of January 6th, 2021, is important.
Sarah Matthews on why telling her first-hand account of the events of January 6th, 2021, is important.
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What do these companies have in common?
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
January 6, 2026 at 5:15 PM
What do these companies have in common?
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
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Five years ago, Donald Trump instigated a violent insurrection in the Capitol to prevent Congress from certifying Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 election. The fact that the GOP coddled him, protected him, renominated him, and now support him in office, is a stain that will never be erased.
January 6, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Five years ago, Donald Trump instigated a violent insurrection in the Capitol to prevent Congress from certifying Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 election. The fact that the GOP coddled him, protected him, renominated him, and now support him in office, is a stain that will never be erased.
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2025 - A CONFUSING YEAR (PART I)
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2025 - A CONFUSING YEAR (PART I)
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December 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
2025 - A CONFUSING YEAR (PART I)
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I’m launching a Substack. Why? Because Trump is completely unfit for office, his enablers are cowards, and the truth needs to be said plainly by someone who knows how these guys tick. Subscribe if you're with me. open.substack.com/pub/gtconway...
The Republic Won't Save Itself
This New Year, I’m Starting a Substack
open.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I’m launching a Substack. Why? Because Trump is completely unfit for office, his enablers are cowards, and the truth needs to be said plainly by someone who knows how these guys tick. Subscribe if you're with me. open.substack.com/pub/gtconway...
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full: