Joseph Torres
@josephtorr.bsky.social
Media activist, writer, Free Press/Media 2070, News for All the People: Epic Story of Race & the American Media (co-author). Boricua proud.
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Joseph Torres
@josephtorr.bsky.social
· Sep 16
The Media 2070 Project Denounces the Washington Post's Firing of Columnist Karen Attiah
This latest media capitulation to Trump will result in more biased news coverage that undermines the rights of Black communities and other communities of color.
www.freepress.net
@media2070.bsky.social statement on the firing of @karenattiah.bsky.social. It's latest example of powerful media companies helping to fuel our nation’s constitutional collapse and empowering an authoritarian effort to dismantle civil-rights laws and infrastructure. @freepress.bsky.social
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among the many wins tonight: in at least four races where AI/data centers were front and center - two Public Service Commission seats in GA and two VA House races - the incumbents are out
November 5, 2025 at 3:58 AM
among the many wins tonight: in at least four races where AI/data centers were front and center - two Public Service Commission seats in GA and two VA House races - the incumbents are out
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Mamdani cracks 1M votes, the first NYC mayor to do so since John Lindsay in 1969
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Mamdani cracks 1M votes, the first NYC mayor to do so since John Lindsay in 1969
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O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
November 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
The Media 2070 Project @media2070.bsky.social co-host its latest Black Futures Newsstand exhibit with the PECAN Project. Starts tomorrow in Houston. Attendees will, once again, be asked: "What does a media system that loves Black people look and feel like in a future where reparations are real?”
Front Porches, Trail Rides and Stories of Black Futures
Media 2070’s Black Future Newsstand exhibit in Houston is documenting powerful histories and stories that connect the past, present and future.
www.freepress.net
October 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The Media 2070 Project @media2070.bsky.social co-host its latest Black Futures Newsstand exhibit with the PECAN Project. Starts tomorrow in Houston. Attendees will, once again, be asked: "What does a media system that loves Black people look and feel like in a future where reparations are real?”
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The Trump Adm is responsible for protecting Americans from rampant GenAI-driven data tactics threatening American consumers. It's hands-off self-serving approach is giving permission for AI-dominated commercial surveillance to explode online/offline.
October 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The Trump Adm is responsible for protecting Americans from rampant GenAI-driven data tactics threatening American consumers. It's hands-off self-serving approach is giving permission for AI-dominated commercial surveillance to explode online/offline.
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Sadly, we don’t teach Reconstruction enough!! So many folks remain oblivious to where this country is headed. Buckle up! It won’t be pretty.
October 16, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sadly, we don’t teach Reconstruction enough!! So many folks remain oblivious to where this country is headed. Buckle up! It won’t be pretty.
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You need to fix this @cnn.com.
Dunno man, seems a little misleading to write an article about Trump describing activity in Portland and Chicago as “insurrection” with a 33 year old photo of a burning donut shop taken in the 1992 LA Riots (sans caption explaining that) as the header on all your posts about it.
October 7, 2025 at 10:34 AM
You need to fix this @cnn.com.
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Shelters that house unaccompanied minors are bracing for "Freaky Friday," the start of an ICE operation that will first issue letters to children, seeking to pressure them to return to the countries they've fled in exchange for a cash payment. If they decline, their parents will be targeted by ICE.
October 3, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Shelters that house unaccompanied minors are bracing for "Freaky Friday," the start of an ICE operation that will first issue letters to children, seeking to pressure them to return to the countries they've fled in exchange for a cash payment. If they decline, their parents will be targeted by ICE.
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We wanna talk abt free speech? Let's talk abt
@karenattiah.bsky.social fired @washingtonpost.com for reminding us of Kirk's hate. Or Mario Guevara detained 102 days for live-streaming ICE. Myriad stakes for ppl who get less/no airtime that we never hear. From me pressingissues.org/trumps-attac...
@karenattiah.bsky.social fired @washingtonpost.com for reminding us of Kirk's hate. Or Mario Guevara detained 102 days for live-streaming ICE. Myriad stakes for ppl who get less/no airtime that we never hear. From me pressingissues.org/trumps-attac...
September 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
We wanna talk abt free speech? Let's talk abt
@karenattiah.bsky.social fired @washingtonpost.com for reminding us of Kirk's hate. Or Mario Guevara detained 102 days for live-streaming ICE. Myriad stakes for ppl who get less/no airtime that we never hear. From me pressingissues.org/trumps-attac...
@karenattiah.bsky.social fired @washingtonpost.com for reminding us of Kirk's hate. Or Mario Guevara detained 102 days for live-streaming ICE. Myriad stakes for ppl who get less/no airtime that we never hear. From me pressingissues.org/trumps-attac...
Got this one saved to read later today...essay by @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social on Ezra Klein...
How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review
Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.
www.bostonreview.net
September 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Got this one saved to read later today...essay by @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social on Ezra Klein...
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Coming in 20 min: A press briefing on the plight of Mario Guevara—the only journalist in the US imprisoned for exercising his First Amendment right to record police/ICE activity in public.
Hear from Free Press' @attorneynora.bsky.social alongside
@aclu.org allies:
www.acluga.org/press-releas...
Hear from Free Press' @attorneynora.bsky.social alongside
@aclu.org allies:
www.acluga.org/press-releas...
Media Advisory: Emmy-Winning Journalist Mario Guevara’s Family, Advocates, & Legal Team Speak Out - ACLU of Georgia
The Board of Immigration Appeals reopened Mr. Guevara’s 13-year-old immigration case and ordered him to return to El Salvador
www.acluga.org
September 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Coming in 20 min: A press briefing on the plight of Mario Guevara—the only journalist in the US imprisoned for exercising his First Amendment right to record police/ICE activity in public.
Hear from Free Press' @attorneynora.bsky.social alongside
@aclu.org allies:
www.acluga.org/press-releas...
Hear from Free Press' @attorneynora.bsky.social alongside
@aclu.org allies:
www.acluga.org/press-releas...
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Thnx @axios.com @kristaldixon.bsky.social for covering 100 days of detention & the fight for Mario Guevara’s freedom: www.axios.com/local/atlant...
Legal team hopes to secure journalist's release from ICE detention
Monday, Sept. 22, marked roughly 100 days since Mario Guevara was arrested while covering a protest in DeKalb County.
www.axios.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Thnx @axios.com @kristaldixon.bsky.social for covering 100 days of detention & the fight for Mario Guevara’s freedom: www.axios.com/local/atlant...
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I meant this deeply: My work now is all dissent work. I write for a future I likely will not see.
“I will end my career writing dissent, that is my future. And you understand that you’re writing for a future society. That dissents are not about today. Dissents are writing for a future society that will take that dissent, that will be ready for that dissent, & enact it”
@nhannahjones.bsky.social
@nhannahjones.bsky.social
The Trump administration has attacked diversity programs, historical discussions of slavery, civil rights and more as he pressures civic institutions to de-emphasize race. Nikole Hannah-Jones, the creator of The 1619 Project, discusses what led to this movement. nyti.ms/4msq3x8
September 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I meant this deeply: My work now is all dissent work. I write for a future I likely will not see.
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One stark marker of how much our society has devolved in just a few years is Bob Iger personally got on a call to convince us to let Disney/HULU make the 1619 Project. That America no longer exists.
September 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
One stark marker of how much our society has devolved in just a few years is Bob Iger personally got on a call to convince us to let Disney/HULU make the 1619 Project. That America no longer exists.
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If you care about corporate media capitulation & Jimmy Kimmel getting canceled, you should definitely care about the Trump administration trying to deport journalist Mario Guevara.
September 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
If you care about corporate media capitulation & Jimmy Kimmel getting canceled, you should definitely care about the Trump administration trying to deport journalist Mario Guevara.
As the Federal Communications Commission is making national headlines, here is a short @media2070.bsky.social essay I wrote in July for @objectivejournos.bsky.social on the racist origins of the FCC, broadcast regulations and the broadcast industry.
Reckoning with the Federal Communications Commission’s history of structural racism
Since the agency’s inception, FCC policies have undermined the 14th Amendment rights of Black people and Black communities.
objectivejournalism.org
September 20, 2025 at 12:26 AM
As the Federal Communications Commission is making national headlines, here is a short @media2070.bsky.social essay I wrote in July for @objectivejournos.bsky.social on the racist origins of the FCC, broadcast regulations and the broadcast industry.
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BREAKING: Immigration court orders Mario Guevara can be deported immediately. This is a gross miscarriage of justice. If Mario is deported, that sets dangerous precedent -- targeting reporters for their coverage & free speech. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US appeals court orders deportation of Atlanta journalist detained by Ice
Mario Guevara faces imminent removal from US as his attorney files emergency petition
www.theguardian.com
September 19, 2025 at 6:22 PM
BREAKING: Immigration court orders Mario Guevara can be deported immediately. This is a gross miscarriage of justice. If Mario is deported, that sets dangerous precedent -- targeting reporters for their coverage & free speech. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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“Deportation without due process—that would be the new normal set by Mario Guevara’s removal from the US,” Benavidez explained.
cpj.org/2025/09/jour...
cpj.org/2025/09/jour...
Journalist Mario Guevara faces imminent deportation after US appeals court decision - Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, September 19, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists and Free Press express outrage that journalist Mario Guevara faces imminent deportation back to his native El Salvador after the Board...
cpj.org
September 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
“Deportation without due process—that would be the new normal set by Mario Guevara’s removal from the US,” Benavidez explained.
cpj.org/2025/09/jour...
cpj.org/2025/09/jour...
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@karenattiah.bsky.social is a voice for the TRUTH!
September 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
@karenattiah.bsky.social is a voice for the TRUTH!
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Mahmoud Khalil was just ordered to be deported for his free speech. Mario Guevara is in detention for filming police. Jimmy Kimmel taken off air for his speech. TikTok being bought by Trump cronies. All of it moves towards one singular narrative Trump approves. We must resist.
September 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Mahmoud Khalil was just ordered to be deported for his free speech. Mario Guevara is in detention for filming police. Jimmy Kimmel taken off air for his speech. TikTok being bought by Trump cronies. All of it moves towards one singular narrative Trump approves. We must resist.
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Jimmy Kimmel pulled from the air is bad. It's an attack on the First Amendment, press freedom, intended to limit what narratives are allowed -- none acceptable if they critique those in power. Also horrific: the detention of reporters like Mario Guevara.. He's been detained for just filming police!
Mario Guevara, journalist in ATL arrested & detained since June 14 for his news coverage, is still in detention. A judge ordered his release in July, but he remains in rural southern GA. We're fighting for his release. Next Monday will be 100 days in detention. pressingissues.org/five-questio...
Five Questions About Detained Journalist Mario Guevara
He is the only U.S.-based journalist being held by ICE.
pressingissues.org
September 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Jimmy Kimmel pulled from the air is bad. It's an attack on the First Amendment, press freedom, intended to limit what narratives are allowed -- none acceptable if they critique those in power. Also horrific: the detention of reporters like Mario Guevara.. He's been detained for just filming police!
From Ta-Nehisi Coates....
Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause
By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.
www.vanityfair.com
September 16, 2025 at 11:09 PM
From Ta-Nehisi Coates....
@media2070.bsky.social statement on the firing of @karenattiah.bsky.social. It's latest example of powerful media companies helping to fuel our nation’s constitutional collapse and empowering an authoritarian effort to dismantle civil-rights laws and infrastructure. @freepress.bsky.social
The Media 2070 Project Denounces the Washington Post's Firing of Columnist Karen Attiah
This latest media capitulation to Trump will result in more biased news coverage that undermines the rights of Black communities and other communities of color.
www.freepress.net
September 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
@media2070.bsky.social statement on the firing of @karenattiah.bsky.social. It's latest example of powerful media companies helping to fuel our nation’s constitutional collapse and empowering an authoritarian effort to dismantle civil-rights laws and infrastructure. @freepress.bsky.social
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The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.
www.404media.co
September 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
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Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...