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J Torres

@jptorres13.bsky.social
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Progressive. Gay. Decarb. Energy Nerd. Views expressed are my own.

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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Treat yourself in 2026
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Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
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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J Torres @jptorres13.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
#NoKings Protest in Long Beach
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
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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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 12/09/2025
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.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12/09/2025
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.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
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
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Denial of an entire group’s very right to exist and participate in civil society is not just “having conversations.”
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J Torres @jptorres13.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
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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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
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/
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Call the Assembly to pass SB 79!
Please call your Assemblymember and urge them to vote YES on SB 79!
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
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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mew @nekomimi.pet · 10/09/2025
the right never commented about political violence when minnesota state senators were getting murdered
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J Torres @jptorres13.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
As they should. Troops have an obligation not to follow illegal orders.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 10/09/2025
Anyone who wants a Covid vaccine should be able to get one, no matter what state you live in.
Graphic that shows Elizabeth Warren saying "People cant walk into a pharmacy the way that they could last month and get access to a COVID vaccine." 

RFK Jr replies: "It depends on the states." 

Warren replies: "Oh it depends? A year ago it did not depend. A month ago it did not depend."
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Bob Mann @robertmannbooks.com · 10/09/2025
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.
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J Torres @jptorres13.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
#Facts
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
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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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Shapiro didn't lower flags for Melissa Hortman, a great woman, but for the man who said this?
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andy™ @andylevy.net · 10/09/2025
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
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J Torres @jptorres13.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
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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Mccallan @mccallan.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Not the radical left!
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
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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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.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 11/07/2025
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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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
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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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
It's long past time to ban insider trading in Congress.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
The self-styled free speech people constantly threatening to imprison people for speaking.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/03/2025
Chants of TAX THE RICH! From today’s Indivisible empty chair town hall for Darrell Issa - who just so happens to be the richest person in Congress. @velshi.bsky.social @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com @maddow.msnbc.com @indivisible.org
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Figured I’d hop on here today for the 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
The good news is that there *are* people meeting the moment. youtu.be/EJxRtjma7lc
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Idaho teacher fights back after order to remove ‘Everyone is Welcome Here’ poster
YouTube video by MSNBC
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
The eventual fate of the GOP
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
HAMBLEN COUNTY, TN showed up to protest Trump & Elon on Friday. Original post: www.instagram.com/reel/DHQ9ZM1...
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J Torres @jptorres13.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
I attended the @50501movement.bsky.social rally in #LongBeach yesterday. Several hundred people attended to protest the growing oligarchy, rise of fascism, and anti-trans bigotry.
Photo of people protesting. Many are holding signs critical of Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/03/2025
NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Anyone who tells you you're overreacting is underreacting.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24/02/2025
The screens at the Department of Housing and Urban Development were playing this video this morning
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Dear @Doge If there is nothing to hide. Hide nothing
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J Torres @jptorres13.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
What she said!
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/02/2025
RONALD REAGAN (1988): We should be aware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/01/2025
Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
ICYMI — Sharpton led a buy-in to support Costco after they didn’t back down on DEI
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Excellent post
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Roxi Wheels @roxiwheels.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Today and in the coming days, remember
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
The MAGA cult lemmings experienced some whiplash on how they were supposed to view the Tik Tok issue, but true to form, they followed Dear Leader to a T!
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J Torres @jptorres13.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
I'm aware of all the California haters. But honestly, people here really don't think about them. Nevertheless, it's still disgusting.
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a man in a plaid jacket and tie is talking to another man in an elevator .
ALT: a man in a plaid jacket and tie is talking to another man in an elevator .
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Simon Mahan @simonmahan.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Always a good time to share this. How cheap does gasoline have to be before it's as cheap as an electric vehicle? #energysky
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J Torres @jptorres13.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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Op-Ed: Concrete steps California can take to prevent massive fire devastation
Fires are inevitable in the West, but widespread devastation doesn't have to be. Here are concrete steps California can take to mitigate fire damage.
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J Torres @jptorres13.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
If we want to improve affordability in California, we have to build.
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J Torres @jptorres13.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
That part
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