J Torres
@jptorres13.bsky.social
Progressive. Gay. Decarb. Energy Nerd. Views expressed are my own.
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NO KINGS in Long Beach. So proud of our city for turning out and opposing Trump. People are fired up and tons of YES support for Prop 50. Let’s go!
October 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
NO KINGS in Long Beach. So proud of our city for turning out and opposing Trump. People are fired up and tons of YES support for Prop 50. Let’s go!
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Hey guys, I understand you really want the left to stop calling you Nazis - and that’s fair - but maybe stop calling everything you disagree with communism.
September 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Hey guys, I understand you really want the left to stop calling you Nazis - and that’s fair - but maybe stop calling everything you disagree with communism.
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An appeals court reaffirmed that Huntington Beach officials are violating state housing law and must create a new plan for affordable homes.
Instead of wasting tax dollars on unlawful NIMBY policies, Huntington Beach should use these funds to help build more homes in the city.
Instead of wasting tax dollars on unlawful NIMBY policies, Huntington Beach should use these funds to help build more homes in the city.
September 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
An appeals court reaffirmed that Huntington Beach officials are violating state housing law and must create a new plan for affordable homes.
Instead of wasting tax dollars on unlawful NIMBY policies, Huntington Beach should use these funds to help build more homes in the city.
Instead of wasting tax dollars on unlawful NIMBY policies, Huntington Beach should use these funds to help build more homes in the city.
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Big sigh. Watch this.
Can you see why the Yankees’ moment of silence, the lowered flags, the promise of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, feel like a gut punch to the very people he spent years targeting?
No one wished death on this man, but what we’re seeing right now is too f*cking much.
Can you see why the Yankees’ moment of silence, the lowered flags, the promise of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, feel like a gut punch to the very people he spent years targeting?
No one wished death on this man, but what we’re seeing right now is too f*cking much.
September 12, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Big sigh. Watch this.
Can you see why the Yankees’ moment of silence, the lowered flags, the promise of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, feel like a gut punch to the very people he spent years targeting?
No one wished death on this man, but what we’re seeing right now is too f*cking much.
Can you see why the Yankees’ moment of silence, the lowered flags, the promise of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, feel like a gut punch to the very people he spent years targeting?
No one wished death on this man, but what we’re seeing right now is too f*cking much.
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Sensitive Content Warning: 🚨ICE
Fatally shot a man inside of a car in Franklin Park. Media is reporting the injuries to the ICE agent, instead of prioritizing the death. It is unclear at this time what the officers are doing in the video. The story is still developing. WTF. #ICE #meltICE #illinois
Fatally shot a man inside of a car in Franklin Park. Media is reporting the injuries to the ICE agent, instead of prioritizing the death. It is unclear at this time what the officers are doing in the video. The story is still developing. WTF. #ICE #meltICE #illinois
September 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Denial of an entire group’s very right to exist and participate in civil society is not just “having conversations.”
September 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Denial of an entire group’s very right to exist and participate in civil society is not just “having conversations.”
Having an influential pro-MAGA figure push for the Epstein Files release is/was exponentially more of a threat to Trump than any Democrat or progressive doing the same.
Charlie Kirk, in an interview with Megyn Kelly: "The DOJ should immediately move to unseal all the Epstein documents...Every file should be released to the public." - Sept. 2025
Want to honor Charlie Kirk? RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!
Want to honor Charlie Kirk? RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!
September 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Having an influential pro-MAGA figure push for the Epstein Files release is/was exponentially more of a threat to Trump than any Democrat or progressive doing the same.
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It's crunchtime, folks! SB 79, our bill to legalize apartments in transit rich areas of California, is about to go up for a vote! Call, text, and email! @cayimby.bsky.social
cayimby.org/call-sb-79/
cayimby.org/call-sb-79/
Call the Assembly to pass SB 79!
Please call your Assemblymember and urge them to vote YES on SB 79!
cayimby.org
September 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
It's crunchtime, folks! SB 79, our bill to legalize apartments in transit rich areas of California, is about to go up for a vote! Call, text, and email! @cayimby.bsky.social
cayimby.org/call-sb-79/
cayimby.org/call-sb-79/
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Judging by the shamefully opportunistic & politicizing rhetoric of some rightwingers on Twitter, & their cynical use of Charlie Kirk’s horrific murder for political point scoring, it’s almost as if Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman wasn’t murdered by a Trump-voting MAGA maniac just 12 weeks ago.
September 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Judging by the shamefully opportunistic & politicizing rhetoric of some rightwingers on Twitter, & their cynical use of Charlie Kirk’s horrific murder for political point scoring, it’s almost as if Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman wasn’t murdered by a Trump-voting MAGA maniac just 12 weeks ago.
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the right never commented about political violence when minnesota state senators were getting murdered
September 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
the right never commented about political violence when minnesota state senators were getting murdered
As they should. Troops have an obligation not to follow illegal orders.
A National Guard report accidentally emailed to the Post says veterans and active-duty troops view the D.C. deployment with "shame and alarm" @alexhorton.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
National Guard documents show public ‘fear,’ troops’ ‘shame’ over D.C. presence
Internal documents reviewed by The Post reveal, with rare candor, how domestic missions rooted in politics risk damaging Americans’ trust in the military.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:12 AM
As they should. Troops have an obligation not to follow illegal orders.
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Anyone who wants a Covid vaccine should be able to get one, no matter what state you live in.
September 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Anyone who wants a Covid vaccine should be able to get one, no matter what state you live in.
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This is one of the many, many reasons we should all condemn the celebration of political violence, as Kirk did here: You often don't get to decide when to dismount the tiger. It eats you first.
September 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This is one of the many, many reasons we should all condemn the celebration of political violence, as Kirk did here: You often don't get to decide when to dismount the tiger. It eats you first.
Sen. Ruben Gallego: "Ashli Babbitt was a traitor. She was a traitor to this country. She was part of a violent mob that tried to overthrow our democracy...She didn't die protecting our country. She died trying to turn it down...She wasn't a martyr. She was and is a traitor."
September 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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Anyway, 72 percent of Americans support universal background checks and 76 percent support extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs). Maybe Congress should take those things up
September 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Anyway, 72 percent of Americans support universal background checks and 76 percent support extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs). Maybe Congress should take those things up
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Shapiro didn't lower flags for Melissa Hortman, a great woman, but for the man who said this?
September 11, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Shapiro didn't lower flags for Melissa Hortman, a great woman, but for the man who said this?
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the people who mocked and made up shit about the attack on paul pelosi have thoughts about decorum and we should definitely take them very very seriously
September 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
the people who mocked and made up shit about the attack on paul pelosi have thoughts about decorum and we should definitely take them very very seriously
100%. Don't propogate the idea that Dems are the problem. Republicans are the ones encouraging this type of violence. They're just mad it happened to them.
Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."
September 11, 2025 at 6:08 AM
100%. Don't propogate the idea that Dems are the problem. Republicans are the ones encouraging this type of violence. They're just mad it happened to them.
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Not the radical left!
September 11, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Not the radical left!
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Literally haven't seen this mentioned on any of my socials but Indonesia has erupted after a cop ran over a delivery courier.
Photos: Indonesia protesters clash with riot police as tensions soar
Deadly protests erupt across Indonesia after police vehicle kills motorcycle taxi driver, causing public outrage.
www.aljazeera.com
September 1, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Literally haven't seen this mentioned on any of my socials but Indonesia has erupted after a cop ran over a delivery courier.
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A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."
July 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."
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When vacancy rates rise, rents fall. It's the most robust finding in housing. If you want housing costs to fall, you have to build.
April 30, 2025 at 10:03 PM
When vacancy rates rise, rents fall. It's the most robust finding in housing. If you want housing costs to fall, you have to build.
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It's long past time to ban insider trading in Congress.
April 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
It's long past time to ban insider trading in Congress.