Torties Rule
@tortiesrule.bsky.social
SF Giants, Niners, and Kings. LGBTQIA+. Cannabis lover. Independent. Deconstructed Minister. Animal lover. Day job is Trade Compliance and Supply Chain. (She/Her)
Reposted by Torties Rule
It is not surprising when propaganda works and when even progressive people fall victim to manipulation that plays to their subconscious biases.
This is a straightforward Republican attack line, what the fuck is he doing
November 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
It is not surprising when propaganda works and when even progressive people fall victim to manipulation that plays to their subconscious biases.
Reposted by Torties Rule
This is SOOOOOOOOOO bad. I know there's a lot to be upset about, but please call your representatives. This is incredibly dangerous.
A bad thing is unfolding at NIH this week: It looks like the Trump administration is trying to replace key civil servant scientific leaders, the Institute Directors, with political hires. These directors control the NIH budget, tens of billions.
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
November 13, 2025 at 11:21 PM
This is SOOOOOOOOOO bad. I know there's a lot to be upset about, but please call your representatives. This is incredibly dangerous.
Reposted by Torties Rule
I had no idea it was Transgender Awareness Week!
Celebrating is an act of resistance and my favorite way of reminding people we have always been and will continue to thrive despite their attempts at erasure.
Celebrating is an act of resistance and my favorite way of reminding people we have always been and will continue to thrive despite their attempts at erasure.
Happy Transgender Awareness Week!
To my wonderful Trans & Enby Followers, please know that I am eternally grateful for your presence in my life - you enrich me in countless ways and I am a better person for your patience, your engagement and your support
Here's to you, you sexy fuckers (/aff) 😜💛
To my wonderful Trans & Enby Followers, please know that I am eternally grateful for your presence in my life - you enrich me in countless ways and I am a better person for your patience, your engagement and your support
Here's to you, you sexy fuckers (/aff) 😜💛
November 13, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I had no idea it was Transgender Awareness Week!
Celebrating is an act of resistance and my favorite way of reminding people we have always been and will continue to thrive despite their attempts at erasure.
Celebrating is an act of resistance and my favorite way of reminding people we have always been and will continue to thrive despite their attempts at erasure.
Reposted by Torties Rule
Reminder: there are no trade deals. Nothing binding was actually signed. 90% of news coverage you saw about “trade deals” was wildly misleading. It’s pretty weird. And it will get weirder as “deals” turn out to be not deals, actually.
JPMORGAN: “.. China’s soybean purchases are stalling, potentially putting the trade agreement at-risk, as the 13% tariff on soybeans makes Brazilian / Latin American alternatives more attractive. Further, the elevated purchases made by China in the recent months lowers demand ..”
November 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Reposted by Torties Rule
Honestly? There aren't enough hours in the day to talk enough about all the things that need to be talked about.
We’re not talking nearly enough about how Trump summoned Lauren Boebert to the situation room yesterday to discuss the Epstein files.
November 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Honestly? There aren't enough hours in the day to talk enough about all the things that need to be talked about.
Reposted by Torties Rule
The kids won't remember but the dc press served as ken starr's personal PR firm and basically elevated him to sainthood
Ken Starr, immediately after being fired for his role in the coverup of sexual abuse at Baylor: I should reach out to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein
this happened! this is a thing that happened!
this happened! this is a thing that happened!
November 13, 2025 at 6:56 AM
The kids won't remember but the dc press served as ken starr's personal PR firm and basically elevated him to sainthood
Reposted by Torties Rule
On Veterans Day, we honor those who put service before self.
To every veteran and their families: Thank you for your courage and sacrifice. Our nation is stronger and safer because of you.
To every veteran and their families: Thank you for your courage and sacrifice. Our nation is stronger and safer because of you.
November 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
On Veterans Day, we honor those who put service before self.
To every veteran and their families: Thank you for your courage and sacrifice. Our nation is stronger and safer because of you.
To every veteran and their families: Thank you for your courage and sacrifice. Our nation is stronger and safer because of you.
Reposted by Torties Rule
This #VeteransDay, EJI acknowledges the plight of many Black veterans who, instead of being treated as honored members of society upon their return from service, were often attacked, lynched, mistreated and abused.
Remembering Black Veterans Targeted for Racial Violence in the U.S.
Honoring those who fought abroad for our country, and at home for equality and justice.
eji.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This #VeteransDay, EJI acknowledges the plight of many Black veterans who, instead of being treated as honored members of society upon their return from service, were often attacked, lynched, mistreated and abused.
Reposted by Torties Rule
What we're not going to do is ignore the Black Women's excellence from Tuesday's elections.
November 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
What we're not going to do is ignore the Black Women's excellence from Tuesday's elections.
Reposted by Torties Rule
"Democrats are falling on a grenade for the Republicans, and telling themselves they had no choice."
November 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"Democrats are falling on a grenade for the Republicans, and telling themselves they had no choice."
Reposted by Torties Rule
Holy cow.
Breaking: Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/m...
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret • Kansas Reflector
A handful of county-level officials who were involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor.
kansasreflector.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Holy cow.
Reposted by Torties Rule
"Blocking the tariffs would blow a hole in Trump’s signature economic policy. Acquiescence would blow a hole in the Court’s credibility and our constitutional order."
The Supreme Court justices have squirmed to avoid directly ruling on Trump’s epic power grabs. In considering the president's tariffs, they'll have no choice but to act in public. bit.ly/4qGlrqf
Trump's Tariffs Are Illegal
Will the Supreme Court finally stand up to the president?
www.brennancenter.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
"Blocking the tariffs would blow a hole in Trump’s signature economic policy. Acquiescence would blow a hole in the Court’s credibility and our constitutional order."
Reposted by Torties Rule
In movies, bullies pick on some scrawny kid until a tough older brother arrives & beats them up & the audience feels the bullies deserved it & some conservatives seem to think they're living in that movie except the military is the big brother & non-white non-conservatives deserve what's coming.
November 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
In movies, bullies pick on some scrawny kid until a tough older brother arrives & beats them up & the audience feels the bullies deserved it & some conservatives seem to think they're living in that movie except the military is the big brother & non-white non-conservatives deserve what's coming.
Reposted by Torties Rule
my first story on mass surveillance is out: inadvertent.substack.com/p/birds-of-a...
co-publishing with @calonews.bsky.social
co-publishing with @calonews.bsky.social
Birds Of A Feather Flock Together: Santa Ana And ICE’s Efforts To Surveil You
SAPD’s new mass surveillance system comes as ICE drafted plans to set up a 24/7 social media surveillance team in Santa Ana. Mayor Amezcua in denial.
inadvertent.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
my first story on mass surveillance is out: inadvertent.substack.com/p/birds-of-a...
co-publishing with @calonews.bsky.social
co-publishing with @calonews.bsky.social
Reposted by Torties Rule
This move is based on pseudoscientific nonsense. Just ftr.
The International Olympic Committee is set to ban trans and intersex women from competition. This is despite the fact that for 20 years, the IOC has allowed trans athletes to compete and only 1 has ever competed and none have ever won a medal.
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
IOC set to introduce blanket ban on transgender women in female sport
The ban is reportedly expected to come into effect early next year
www.the-independent.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
This move is based on pseudoscientific nonsense. Just ftr.
Reposted by Torties Rule
I just said this in a text to a friend whose worried about Democrats losing their faith in the party... first off those people never had any in the first damn place. They sit idly by, treating politics as a sometimes pay attention to process...
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I just said this in a text to a friend whose worried about Democrats losing their faith in the party... first off those people never had any in the first damn place. They sit idly by, treating politics as a sometimes pay attention to process...
Reposted by Torties Rule
MSNBC reported Schumer's office felt that the longer that shutdown went on, the more likely it was that people would start to blame the Dems.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
MSNBC reported Schumer's office felt that the longer that shutdown went on, the more likely it was that people would start to blame the Dems.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
Reposted by Torties Rule
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
This is what I keep telling my MAGA partner. They are the mob and run like the mob
Went back to the history of the Sicilian Mafia to illustrate something obvious but worth stating explicitly: The Trump administration behaves like an organized crime syndicate running a protection racket, not a representative government www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This is what I keep telling my MAGA partner. They are the mob and run like the mob
Reposted by Torties Rule
Posted in March. Still true today.
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Posted in March. Still true today.
Reposted by Torties Rule
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
Reposted by Torties Rule
Thread: part of an ongoing project to erase people of color from military history:
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Thread: part of an ongoing project to erase people of color from military history:
Reposted by Torties Rule
you put self-driving cars on the road and you kill a person, you should be scared. if you put a chatbot into kids' hands and tell them to use it and they use it and then they kill themselves, you should be really fucking scared. the idea that the wagons should circle *around you* is unbelievable.
November 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
you put self-driving cars on the road and you kill a person, you should be scared. if you put a chatbot into kids' hands and tell them to use it and they use it and then they kill themselves, you should be really fucking scared. the idea that the wagons should circle *around you* is unbelievable.
Reposted by Torties Rule
I’m so pissed at how all these networks and everyone are not showing white people when talking about SNAP. We’re the largest demographic of SNAP recipients yet they’re primarily showing Black and Brown people and we all know why they’re doing it!
November 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I’m so pissed at how all these networks and everyone are not showing white people when talking about SNAP. We’re the largest demographic of SNAP recipients yet they’re primarily showing Black and Brown people and we all know why they’re doing it!