Leah Torres, MD
@leahntorres.bsky.social
She/her. Evidence-based OB/Gyn. Sex+, gender-affirming repro health specialist. Opinions are mine AND fact-based.
Abortion is health care. The Earth is round.
Abortion is health care. The Earth is round.
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Paid a Colombian tea grower $1,500 for a shipment. Got billed $150 by the Trump administration at the border. *I* got billed. Not the tea growers. Not the Colombian government. Me. The American business owner. I paid the Trump tax.
November 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Paid a Colombian tea grower $1,500 for a shipment. Got billed $150 by the Trump administration at the border. *I* got billed. Not the tea growers. Not the Colombian government. Me. The American business owner. I paid the Trump tax.
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NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state.
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
US firefighter detained on the job speaks out after deportation: ‘I feel betrayed’
Exclusive: Border patrol arrested José Bertin Cruz-Estrada while he was battling a wildfire in Washington. He is now in Mexico, separated from his family in Oregon
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state.
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
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Happening now: a small demonstration is getting underway in front of Chicago Police Department HQ, protesting cooperation between CPD and federal immigration agents.
One demonstrator is holding up a photo of Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino shaking hands with a CPD officer.
One demonstrator is holding up a photo of Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino shaking hands with a CPD officer.
November 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Happening now: a small demonstration is getting underway in front of Chicago Police Department HQ, protesting cooperation between CPD and federal immigration agents.
One demonstrator is holding up a photo of Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino shaking hands with a CPD officer.
One demonstrator is holding up a photo of Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino shaking hands with a CPD officer.
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Despite growing legal threats to the accessibility of abortion pills, national networks of volunteers are working to distribute the medication, discretely and without cost to patients. @msmagazine.com @plancpills.bsky.social
msmagazine.com/2025/11/04/f...
msmagazine.com/2025/11/04/f...
'Mife No Matter What': Community Abortion Providers Pledge to Continue Sharing Free Abortion Pills, Even if FDA Imposes Restrictions
'Mife No Matter What': Community Abortion Providers Pledge to Continue Sharing Free Abortion Pills, Even if FDA Imposes Restrictions
msmagazine.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Despite growing legal threats to the accessibility of abortion pills, national networks of volunteers are working to distribute the medication, discretely and without cost to patients. @msmagazine.com @plancpills.bsky.social
msmagazine.com/2025/11/04/f...
msmagazine.com/2025/11/04/f...
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Commentary: ICE leaders want to mask the agency’s detention flights for the same reason its officers want to mask their faces: Their behavior is inhumane and indefensible. And the result is the same: Malign government agents defy transparency and accountability.
ICE masks more than faces | Colorado Newsline
The numerous daily ICE flights that crisscross the country to transport detained immigrants are difficult to track. That's by design.
coloradonewsline.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Commentary: ICE leaders want to mask the agency’s detention flights for the same reason its officers want to mask their faces: Their behavior is inhumane and indefensible. And the result is the same: Malign government agents defy transparency and accountability.
Reposted by Leah Torres, MD
Reposted by Leah Torres, MD
Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance
However, they are weaker than they look…
However, they are weaker than they look…
October 1, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
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Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets.
• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin
• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin
September 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets.
• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin
• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin
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I was reading Dead Funny as people were pushing back against Disney firing Jimmy Kimmel on the orders of the Trump administration. Don't let anyone tell you that pushback didn't matter. It did. And it does. And we're going to need more of it because they're not stopping.
September 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I was reading Dead Funny as people were pushing back against Disney firing Jimmy Kimmel on the orders of the Trump administration. Don't let anyone tell you that pushback didn't matter. It did. And it does. And we're going to need more of it because they're not stopping.
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Recommended reading: Rudolph Herzog's book about humor — what jokes were allowed, what jokes weren't, what jokes could get you imprisoned, what jokes could get you shot — during the Third Reich. It's sobering reading right now, as Trump attacks comedians, late night talk show hosts, and actors.
September 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Recommended reading: Rudolph Herzog's book about humor — what jokes were allowed, what jokes weren't, what jokes could get you imprisoned, what jokes could get you shot — during the Third Reich. It's sobering reading right now, as Trump attacks comedians, late night talk show hosts, and actors.
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AMEN.
We can see this in how folks are pushing back hard against even the barest hint of disagreement with horrible fucking ideas like "RSVP online for a protest," as if we should sit the fuck down and let our betters decide our path to liberation. As if we don't know how best to deal with the moment.
September 18, 2025 at 11:09 PM
AMEN.
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Firing a Black woman for quoting Kirk’s horrific statements about Black women is insane. It seems the Washington Post would rather perform politeness (and demand that the people Kirk harmed do it too) that tell the truth: karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...
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.
karenattiah.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Firing a Black woman for quoting Kirk’s horrific statements about Black women is insane. It seems the Washington Post would rather perform politeness (and demand that the people Kirk harmed do it too) that tell the truth: karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...
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When @fastlerner.bsky.social reported in April that the EPA was going to stop collecting greenhouse gas emissions data from most polluters, it wouldn't admit it was eliminating the requirements. Today it announced the change, saying it's "cutting unnecessary red tape" & "unleashing American energy."
Trump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters
Climate experts expressed shock and dismay at the move. “It would be a bit like unplugging the equipment that monitors the vital signs of a patient that is critically ill,” one said.
www.propublica.org
September 13, 2025 at 1:17 AM
When @fastlerner.bsky.social reported in April that the EPA was going to stop collecting greenhouse gas emissions data from most polluters, it wouldn't admit it was eliminating the requirements. Today it announced the change, saying it's "cutting unnecessary red tape" & "unleashing American energy."
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all i know is that normalizing debate with fascists has only facilitated the rise of fascism.
September 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
all i know is that normalizing debate with fascists has only facilitated the rise of fascism.
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I wrote a book proposal about the history of anti-abortion disinformation in the U.S. It starts in the 19th century and explains how anti-abortion disinfo began as a white supremacist project driven by racist anxieties around the end of chattel slavery and rising immigration. Nobody wanted to buy it
👀 NEW: The group behind Project 2025 wants a "Manhattan Project" for more babies.
We have the Heritage Foundation's closely-held draft paper taking a hard turn into "pronatalism."
It pitches ripping up economic policy to induce straight, married couples to have more children.
Gift link ⤵️
We have the Heritage Foundation's closely-held draft paper taking a hard turn into "pronatalism."
It pitches ripping up economic policy to induce straight, married couples to have more children.
Gift link ⤵️
The group behind Project 2025 wants a ‘Manhattan Project’ for more babies
A draft position paper from the Heritage Foundation proposes massive revisions to U.S. economic policy to encourage heterosexual married parents to have more children.
wapo.st
September 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I wrote a book proposal about the history of anti-abortion disinformation in the U.S. It starts in the 19th century and explains how anti-abortion disinfo began as a white supremacist project driven by racist anxieties around the end of chattel slavery and rising immigration. Nobody wanted to buy it
Reposted by Leah Torres, MD
Headlines read "RFK Jr faces a grilling"
It's not a grilling... it's just him against reality
It's not a grilling... it's just him against reality
September 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Headlines read "RFK Jr faces a grilling"
It's not a grilling... it's just him against reality
It's not a grilling... it's just him against reality
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please be safe out there friends. i would caution folks not to order delivery if possible while this shit is happening given the fact that they’ve been targeting delivery drivers in dc
NEW: More details on Trump's Chicago immigration blitz.
-230 agents arrive from LA this weekend w/ 140 unmarked vehicles
-30 already arrived and are practicing crowd control with shields/flashbangs
-agents will leave base daily by 5 a.m.
-new no-fly zone at NSGL to keep away news choppers/drones
-230 agents arrive from LA this weekend w/ 140 unmarked vehicles
-30 already arrived and are practicing crowd control with shields/flashbangs
-agents will leave base daily by 5 a.m.
-new no-fly zone at NSGL to keep away news choppers/drones
Flash-bang grenades and early morning raids: How Trump is planning to target Chicago
Hundreds of federal agents are being sent to a suburban naval base from Los Angeles, where an immigration blitz this summer spurred protests that pushed Trump to call in the National Guard. Trump has ...
chicago.suntimes.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
please be safe out there friends. i would caution folks not to order delivery if possible while this shit is happening given the fact that they’ve been targeting delivery drivers in dc
Reposted by Leah Torres, MD
Recent polling shows that 8 in 10 DC residents oppose the Trump administration’s actions.
Right-wing media insist DC residents “are very happy” with the National Guard deployment
Right-wing media, especially Fox News, are pushing the narrative that Washington, D.C., residents “are feeling safe” and “are very happy” with the National Guard’s deployment to the capital while sugg...
www.mediamatters.org
August 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Recent polling shows that 8 in 10 DC residents oppose the Trump administration’s actions.
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Tonight in Washington D.C.
The sign reads: “The Bondi order is unlawful you are not obligated to follow it”
The sign reads: “The Bondi order is unlawful you are not obligated to follow it”
August 17, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Tonight in Washington D.C.
The sign reads: “The Bondi order is unlawful you are not obligated to follow it”
The sign reads: “The Bondi order is unlawful you are not obligated to follow it”
Reposted by Leah Torres, MD
Reposted by Leah Torres, MD
An initiative launched last year by Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has now erased $429 million in medical debt for 352,000 Arizonans. Elections matter.
www.abc15.com/news/state/m...
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Medical debt for over 350,000 Arizonans erased, Governor Hobbs announces
Gov. Katie Hobbs has announced that $429 million in medical debt has been erased so far for hundreds of thousands of Arizonans.
www.abc15.com
July 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
An initiative launched last year by Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has now erased $429 million in medical debt for 352,000 Arizonans. Elections matter.
www.abc15.com/news/state/m...
www.abc15.com/news/state/m...
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Every so often, I see people argue that Trump hasn't done anything to attack trans people's rights. This is absolutely wild to me because... well, he has.
I'm going to share some examples of things he did in his first 6 months, referencing the @glaad.bsky.social Trump Tracker. 🧵
I'm going to share some examples of things he did in his first 6 months, referencing the @glaad.bsky.social Trump Tracker. 🧵
Trump Accountability Tracker | GLAAD
GLAAD is monitoring Donald Trump’s LGBTQ record and history including executive orders, legislative support, nominations and statements.
glaad.org
July 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Every so often, I see people argue that Trump hasn't done anything to attack trans people's rights. This is absolutely wild to me because... well, he has.
I'm going to share some examples of things he did in his first 6 months, referencing the @glaad.bsky.social Trump Tracker. 🧵
I'm going to share some examples of things he did in his first 6 months, referencing the @glaad.bsky.social Trump Tracker. 🧵
Reposted by Leah Torres, MD
Morning Briefing: The Return to the Land, a neo-fascist White Nationalist movement, is building a 'Whites only community' community in Arkansas — with plans to build similar communities in the South and Appalachia.
Morning Briefing: White Nationalists Building 'Whites Only Community' in Arkansas
The Return to the Land, a neo-fascist White Nationalist movement, is building a 'Whites only community' community in Arkansas — with plans to build similar communities in the South and Appalachia.
www.radicalreports.org
July 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Morning Briefing: The Return to the Land, a neo-fascist White Nationalist movement, is building a 'Whites only community' community in Arkansas — with plans to build similar communities in the South and Appalachia.