Remove all items with lowest value.

def remove_lowest_values(weird_list):
  lowest = {}  # name -> (value, {index, ...})
  for i, (name, value) in enumerate(weird_list):
    prev = lowest.setdefault(name, (value, {i}))
    if value < prev[0]:
      lowest[name] = (value, {i})
    elif value == prev[0]:
      prev[1].add(i)
  unwanted = set.union(*(vi[1] for vi in lowest.values()))
  return [weird_list[i]
          for i in range(len(weird_list))
          if i not in unwanted]

print(remove_lowest_values(items))