Rob Torres
@zorratowers.com
Lumbee/Boricua. Seeking and working towards a world in which we live the truth that we are all related - every person, animal and fellow denizen of this earth and universe.
Most don't celebrate war
A few gain financially and in power
Some gain honor for their bravery and heroism
Many suffer from its very real consequences
Most celebrate when there is peace
At the moment this country incites war
It threatens war
It performs actions of war and denies they are war
A few gain financially and in power
Some gain honor for their bravery and heroism
Many suffer from its very real consequences
Most celebrate when there is peace
At the moment this country incites war
It threatens war
It performs actions of war and denies they are war
January 23, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Most don't celebrate war
A few gain financially and in power
Some gain honor for their bravery and heroism
Many suffer from its very real consequences
Most celebrate when there is peace
At the moment this country incites war
It threatens war
It performs actions of war and denies they are war
A few gain financially and in power
Some gain honor for their bravery and heroism
Many suffer from its very real consequences
Most celebrate when there is peace
At the moment this country incites war
It threatens war
It performs actions of war and denies they are war
Speaking of toxic, drama filled, attention getting selfishness,
I don't care what "side" you claim to be on, if you're talking about your potential 2028 candidacy, STOP
Help fix the real existential problems that we're currently facing. That's where your energy is needed to warrant it.
I don't care what "side" you claim to be on, if you're talking about your potential 2028 candidacy, STOP
Help fix the real existential problems that we're currently facing. That's where your energy is needed to warrant it.
January 22, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Speaking of toxic, drama filled, attention getting selfishness,
I don't care what "side" you claim to be on, if you're talking about your potential 2028 candidacy, STOP
Help fix the real existential problems that we're currently facing. That's where your energy is needed to warrant it.
I don't care what "side" you claim to be on, if you're talking about your potential 2028 candidacy, STOP
Help fix the real existential problems that we're currently facing. That's where your energy is needed to warrant it.
This is a toxic relationship
You don't withhold or take away someone's needs and rights and safety,
Then turn around and give it back asking for praise for how great you are.
This creates a problem for attention and then "fixes" the created problem.
You don't withhold or take away someone's needs and rights and safety,
Then turn around and give it back asking for praise for how great you are.
This creates a problem for attention and then "fixes" the created problem.
January 22, 2026 at 12:24 PM
This is a toxic relationship
You don't withhold or take away someone's needs and rights and safety,
Then turn around and give it back asking for praise for how great you are.
This creates a problem for attention and then "fixes" the created problem.
You don't withhold or take away someone's needs and rights and safety,
Then turn around and give it back asking for praise for how great you are.
This creates a problem for attention and then "fixes" the created problem.
People,
Not just US citizens,
People,
Not just members of a privileged class,
People,
Not just those that can pay,
People,
Not just those of a specific ethnic group,
People,
Not just US citizens,
People,
Not just members of a privileged class,
People,
Not just those that can pay,
People,
Not just those of a specific ethnic group,
People,
January 21, 2026 at 12:17 PM
People,
Not just US citizens,
People,
Not just members of a privileged class,
People,
Not just those that can pay,
People,
Not just those of a specific ethnic group,
People,
Not just US citizens,
People,
Not just members of a privileged class,
People,
Not just those that can pay,
People,
Not just those of a specific ethnic group,
People,
From the archives:
Time to say it again:
So this time gives us a chance to reevaluate the meaning of Freedom, because like any word, it is loaded with different interpretations.
This country was indeed founded on Freedom (at least for some).
Time to say it again:
So this time gives us a chance to reevaluate the meaning of Freedom, because like any word, it is loaded with different interpretations.
This country was indeed founded on Freedom (at least for some).
January 21, 2026 at 12:05 PM
From the archives:
Time to say it again:
So this time gives us a chance to reevaluate the meaning of Freedom, because like any word, it is loaded with different interpretations.
This country was indeed founded on Freedom (at least for some).
Time to say it again:
So this time gives us a chance to reevaluate the meaning of Freedom, because like any word, it is loaded with different interpretations.
This country was indeed founded on Freedom (at least for some).
Pulling from the archives:
I can understand frustration with existing governmental systems and our exact form of democratic republicanism is not solving many problems people face.
But let's be clear,
I can understand frustration with existing governmental systems and our exact form of democratic republicanism is not solving many problems people face.
But let's be clear,
January 20, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Pulling from the archives:
I can understand frustration with existing governmental systems and our exact form of democratic republicanism is not solving many problems people face.
But let's be clear,
I can understand frustration with existing governmental systems and our exact form of democratic republicanism is not solving many problems people face.
But let's be clear,
Peacemakers seek peace through nonviolence
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...
Nobel Peace Prize 1964
The Nobel Peace Prize 1964 was awarded to Martin Luther King Jr. "for his non-violent struggle for civil rights for the Afro-American population"
www.nobelprize.org
January 20, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Peacemakers seek peace through nonviolence
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...
Pulling from the archives:
You can justify it however you want
However, what we see here is only that this country has failed to move on
It is still the country that was built on stolen land with dubious settlements, and broken treaties
You can justify it however you want
However, what we see here is only that this country has failed to move on
It is still the country that was built on stolen land with dubious settlements, and broken treaties
January 20, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Pulling from the archives:
You can justify it however you want
However, what we see here is only that this country has failed to move on
It is still the country that was built on stolen land with dubious settlements, and broken treaties
You can justify it however you want
However, what we see here is only that this country has failed to move on
It is still the country that was built on stolen land with dubious settlements, and broken treaties
Pulling from the archives:
You can justify it however you want
However, what we see here is only that this country has failed to move on
It is still the country that was built on stolen land with dubious settlements, and broken treaties
You can justify it however you want
However, what we see here is only that this country has failed to move on
It is still the country that was built on stolen land with dubious settlements, and broken treaties
January 20, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Pulling from the archives:
You can justify it however you want
However, what we see here is only that this country has failed to move on
It is still the country that was built on stolen land with dubious settlements, and broken treaties
You can justify it however you want
However, what we see here is only that this country has failed to move on
It is still the country that was built on stolen land with dubious settlements, and broken treaties
Pulling from the archives:
Some things need to be said over and over:
There is a power out there….it has been there from the start of human civilization. It is actually a minority, but presents itself as majority.
Its playbook is old, but we fail to recognize it.
It rules by fear rather than love.
Some things need to be said over and over:
There is a power out there….it has been there from the start of human civilization. It is actually a minority, but presents itself as majority.
Its playbook is old, but we fail to recognize it.
It rules by fear rather than love.
January 20, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Pulling from the archives:
Some things need to be said over and over:
There is a power out there….it has been there from the start of human civilization. It is actually a minority, but presents itself as majority.
Its playbook is old, but we fail to recognize it.
It rules by fear rather than love.
Some things need to be said over and over:
There is a power out there….it has been there from the start of human civilization. It is actually a minority, but presents itself as majority.
Its playbook is old, but we fail to recognize it.
It rules by fear rather than love.
Imagine what we could be
if we could take
all the creative energy of us all
and
focus it on meeting all of our needs
instead of focusing it on being punitive
to people in a category
that make some uncomfortable
just because they exist
if we could take
all the creative energy of us all
and
focus it on meeting all of our needs
instead of focusing it on being punitive
to people in a category
that make some uncomfortable
just because they exist
January 18, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Imagine what we could be
if we could take
all the creative energy of us all
and
focus it on meeting all of our needs
instead of focusing it on being punitive
to people in a category
that make some uncomfortable
just because they exist
if we could take
all the creative energy of us all
and
focus it on meeting all of our needs
instead of focusing it on being punitive
to people in a category
that make some uncomfortable
just because they exist
"The essence of the problem is about consumption, recognizing that a society that consumes one-third of the world's resources is unsustainable. This level of consumption requires constant intervention into other people's lands. That's what's going on."
Winona LaDuke
Winona LaDuke
January 18, 2026 at 3:11 AM
"The essence of the problem is about consumption, recognizing that a society that consumes one-third of the world's resources is unsustainable. This level of consumption requires constant intervention into other people's lands. That's what's going on."
Winona LaDuke
Winona LaDuke
Via Bad Indians Book Club podcast, this poem resonates:
graduate school first semester: so here I am… | The Poetry Foundation share.google/UfJ5cDidaByI...
graduate school first semester: so here I am… | The Poetry Foundation share.google/UfJ5cDidaByI...
graduate school first semester: so here I am writing about Indians…
thanks for bringing that to our attention she said the first time to my response to a history text about a famous painting of the Battle of Quebec that never mentioned the French and only mentioned In...
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January 18, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Via Bad Indians Book Club podcast, this poem resonates:
graduate school first semester: so here I am… | The Poetry Foundation share.google/UfJ5cDidaByI...
graduate school first semester: so here I am… | The Poetry Foundation share.google/UfJ5cDidaByI...
What we need to go back to is better morals, ethics, truth, and respect.
(Clearly admitting that some never had them or only applied them to people like them)
-Kindness and not violence
- Truth instead of lies
- Not justifying any means to a wanted end
(Clearly admitting that some never had them or only applied them to people like them)
-Kindness and not violence
- Truth instead of lies
- Not justifying any means to a wanted end
January 17, 2026 at 12:35 PM
What we need to go back to is better morals, ethics, truth, and respect.
(Clearly admitting that some never had them or only applied them to people like them)
-Kindness and not violence
- Truth instead of lies
- Not justifying any means to a wanted end
(Clearly admitting that some never had them or only applied them to people like them)
-Kindness and not violence
- Truth instead of lies
- Not justifying any means to a wanted end
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg," Thomas Jefferson on freedom of religion via Throughline (episode: Ken Burns and the American Revolution)
January 16, 2026 at 3:15 AM
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg," Thomas Jefferson on freedom of religion via Throughline (episode: Ken Burns and the American Revolution)
Said by a respected Friend (paraphrased):
Exercise your Freedom of Speech while you still have it and to ensure you don't lose it
Exercise your Freedom of Speech while you still have it and to ensure you don't lose it
January 16, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Said by a respected Friend (paraphrased):
Exercise your Freedom of Speech while you still have it and to ensure you don't lose it
Exercise your Freedom of Speech while you still have it and to ensure you don't lose it
While things have badly accelerated over the last year, our issues really began when:
We put the wants of much higher corporate quarterly earnings over peoples' basic needs
We put the wants of much higher corporate quarterly earnings over peoples' basic needs
January 15, 2026 at 1:46 PM
While things have badly accelerated over the last year, our issues really began when:
We put the wants of much higher corporate quarterly earnings over peoples' basic needs
We put the wants of much higher corporate quarterly earnings over peoples' basic needs
We don't need the government violating our constitutional rights in the form of ICE.
If you believe in smaller government, that's not this.
If you believe that the government is formed to assist, protect and support its citizens...
Yeah, this is nowhere close
If you believe in freedom, another no
If you believe in smaller government, that's not this.
If you believe that the government is formed to assist, protect and support its citizens...
Yeah, this is nowhere close
If you believe in freedom, another no
January 15, 2026 at 3:05 AM
We don't need the government violating our constitutional rights in the form of ICE.
If you believe in smaller government, that's not this.
If you believe that the government is formed to assist, protect and support its citizens...
Yeah, this is nowhere close
If you believe in freedom, another no
If you believe in smaller government, that's not this.
If you believe that the government is formed to assist, protect and support its citizens...
Yeah, this is nowhere close
If you believe in freedom, another no
No, we don't need Greenland for our security or for any other reason. For security, we build more and stronger alliances.
You don't covet a country and take it by force or dollars. Countries aren't a thing at the country club gift store to buy or steal. They are sovereign nations made up of people.
You don't covet a country and take it by force or dollars. Countries aren't a thing at the country club gift store to buy or steal. They are sovereign nations made up of people.
January 15, 2026 at 2:47 AM
No, we don't need Greenland for our security or for any other reason. For security, we build more and stronger alliances.
You don't covet a country and take it by force or dollars. Countries aren't a thing at the country club gift store to buy or steal. They are sovereign nations made up of people.
You don't covet a country and take it by force or dollars. Countries aren't a thing at the country club gift store to buy or steal. They are sovereign nations made up of people.
Reposted by Rob Torres
The message about not ceding my spiritual and emotional sovereignty is what I needed to hear.
January 15, 2026 at 12:44 AM
The message about not ceding my spiritual and emotional sovereignty is what I needed to hear.
They are still promoting the lie that Columbus discovered America in their current propaganda and I was going to say something about it, but then I was listening to an episode of Bad Indians Book Club podcast and I'll just leave this here:
January 14, 2026 at 12:00 AM
They are still promoting the lie that Columbus discovered America in their current propaganda and I was going to say something about it, but then I was listening to an episode of Bad Indians Book Club podcast and I'll just leave this here:
Years ago (term 1) I had posted:
The worst formula is when Power + Ego is mixed with Ignorance + Immaturity + a lack of empathy.
But I think I was missing the extra component that seems to imbalance our Democracy and is sending it hurtling into straight up Autocracy:
The worst formula is when Power + Ego is mixed with Ignorance + Immaturity + a lack of empathy.
But I think I was missing the extra component that seems to imbalance our Democracy and is sending it hurtling into straight up Autocracy:
January 13, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Years ago (term 1) I had posted:
The worst formula is when Power + Ego is mixed with Ignorance + Immaturity + a lack of empathy.
But I think I was missing the extra component that seems to imbalance our Democracy and is sending it hurtling into straight up Autocracy:
The worst formula is when Power + Ego is mixed with Ignorance + Immaturity + a lack of empathy.
But I think I was missing the extra component that seems to imbalance our Democracy and is sending it hurtling into straight up Autocracy:
If this statement about what can check his power doesn't give you pause, maybe nothing ever will and you are doomed to it:
"Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It's the only thing that can stop me".
"Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It's the only thing that can stop me".
January 13, 2026 at 2:13 AM
If this statement about what can check his power doesn't give you pause, maybe nothing ever will and you are doomed to it:
"Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It's the only thing that can stop me".
"Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It's the only thing that can stop me".
What if we brought to bear the resources used to police the poor and unfortunate to instead hold accountable the pedophiles, corrupt and criminal who also happen to be rich and powerful?
January 12, 2026 at 2:49 AM
What if we brought to bear the resources used to police the poor and unfortunate to instead hold accountable the pedophiles, corrupt and criminal who also happen to be rich and powerful?
Thanks for the silent and peaceful protest today locally and the peaceful protests across the country this weekend. It was great to see friends out there.
ICE had already gone way too far. It first went wrong when it failed to treat people with basic rights and due process.
ICE had already gone way too far. It first went wrong when it failed to treat people with basic rights and due process.
January 12, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Thanks for the silent and peaceful protest today locally and the peaceful protests across the country this weekend. It was great to see friends out there.
ICE had already gone way too far. It first went wrong when it failed to treat people with basic rights and due process.
ICE had already gone way too far. It first went wrong when it failed to treat people with basic rights and due process.