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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 19d

I hope some newspapers use a crop where you can easily read the sign.

A protester outside an ICE detention facility marches through clouds of irritant gas carrying American flags. A sign lying on the pavement by his feet reads “EVERY ICE AGENT WILL BE HELD TO ACCOUNT.”

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Felipe Torres Medina @felipetmedina.bsky.social · 20d

All’s I’m gonna say is I think you’re gonna wanna watch Stephen Colbert tonight.

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Felipe Torres Medina @felipetmedina.bsky.social · 21d

Not saying it would save everything but I feel like we could do a lot about the male loneliness epidemic by hosting a bunch of screenings of “Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World.”

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Felipe Torres Medina @felipetmedina.bsky.social · Aug 24

Eric Adams can’t do a scavenger hunt because everyone knows “the first stop is always Istanbul.”

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Felipe Torres Medina @felipetmedina.bsky.social · Aug 12

Link to order here: a.co/d/09Hy8co

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Felipe Torres Medina @felipetmedina.bsky.social · Aug 12

Holy shit, my humor book, “America, Let Me In,” is the #1 book on Immigration Policy on Amazon! That a joke book can do this is very cool and a little distressing!

Keep me at #1 by ordering it for yourself or your aunt or your cousin who thought “mass deportation now” excluded big booty latinas.

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Felipe Torres Medina @felipetmedina.bsky.social · Aug 10

Very happy to share this interview about my book, “America, Let Me In,” with Julieta Martinelli on LatinoUSA on NPR.

www.latinousa.org/2025/08/10/c...

The Comedic Absurdity of Our Immigration System: A Chat With 'America Let Me In' Author - Latino USA

Comedian and Late Show with Stephen Colbert writer Felipe Torres Medina on his hilarious book "America Let Me In" and how humor helps unpack the complexities of U.S. immigration.

www.latinousa.org

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Felipe Torres Medina @felipetmedina.bsky.social · Jul 20

Jeremy is wise! Be like Jeremy!

Jeremy Hornik @jeremyhornik.bsky.social · Jul 20

I just read AMERICA, LET ME IN by @felipetmedina.bsky.social, and I recommend it for anyone who wants a primer on US immigration, a memoir, and a choose-your-own-adventure tribute/parody with good jokes.

Plus, he’s a Colbert Show writer, so this is a good time for it. Read it now!

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Felipe Torres Medina @felipetmedina.bsky.social · Jul 20

Thanks for reading and sharing!

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ブカヨサッカー @flannyballs.bsky.social · Jul 19

Hector Bellerin isn’t the best player Arsenal have had in the Emirates era, but he is the coolest www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

‘Literature has completely changed my life’: footballer Héctor Bellerín’s reading list

Former Arsenal player wins admiration for his taste in books, but admits one novel defeated him

www.theguardian.com

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Felipe Torres Medina @felipetmedina.bsky.social · Jul 18

Whoever came up with the word "hitherto" needed to take a fucking chill pill.

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Felipe Torres Medina @felipetmedina.bsky.social · Jul 18

Simply the best job I’ve ever had. I love @colbertlateshow.bsky.social and everyone who works there. You have ten months to keep watching us do the best show on earth.

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Felipe Torres Medina @felipetmedina.bsky.social · Jul 10

Here’s the link to rsvp for free! www.eventbrite.com/e/felipe-tor...

Felipe Torres Medina, author of AMERICA, LET ME IN - a Boswell event

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Felipe Torres Medina @felipetmedina.bsky.social · Jul 10

Hey, Milwaukee, you get to be the last stop on my book tour, so come over to @boswellbooks.bsky.social tonight at 6:30 to see me talk to @taylorkayphillips.bsky.social about my book!

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Felipe Torres Medina @felipetmedina.bsky.social · Jul 8

A fun way to get back at Jeff Bezos on Prime Day is to buy your books at your local bookstore!

If you’re in Chicago, buy my book and coming to see me talk about it with Emmy Award-Winner Ali Barthwell at tomorrow at Three Avenues Bookshop at 6:30 pm!

www.eventbrite.com/e/felipe-tor...

Felipe Torres Medina Author Talk and Signing Event!

Join us for a night with Felipe Torres Medina for his new book: America, Let Me In!

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Felipe Torres Medina @felipetmedina.bsky.social · Jul 8

I simply can’t bring my two kids, Braydren and The Girl to see the new Superman movie because it is so woke. Also, because I don’t have visitation rights.

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Felipe Torres Medina @felipetmedina.bsky.social · Jun 27

The only good thing about Andy Ogles is that his name is also a description of his profile picture and a warning to all women around him.

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Felipe Torres Medina @felipetmedina.bsky.social · Jun 27

Finding out that Zohran Mamdani is an Arsenal fan who was active in Arsenal Twitter is very funny because you know soon the mayor of NYC has a deep trigger phrase that is the phrase “he’s 28 until he becomes 29.”

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · Jun 26

Love it when the brain just surfaces a funny memory for no particular reason. Was reading a terrific piece about US banking regulation and unbidden, remembered “he‘s a lot nearer 29 than he is 28” and started laughing on the Tube.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · Jun 27

Lander: "It's just gross, racist bigotry. Meanwhile he's running an optimistic, upbeat campaign for a NY where everybody belongs, and I feel proud as the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in NYC to be supporting somebody who would be the first Muslim mayor—what could be more NYC than that?"

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · Jun 25

Hope and solidarity won tonight, and will win again in November.

Congratulations, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

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Felipe Torres Medina @felipetmedina.bsky.social · Jun 25

Spare a thought for Andrew Cuomo’s Airbnb host who all of a sudden needs to find a new guest.

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Felipe Torres Medina @felipetmedina.bsky.social · Jun 25

Zohran won the primary. I had a really great club sandwich.

Overall, a pretty good day for 33-year-old brown immigrants with a beard who live in New York.

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Aanand @aanand.style · Jun 25

It’s Handsome Brown Boy Summer you fucks

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Felipe Torres Medina @felipetmedina.bsky.social · Jun 25

Andrew Cuomo will now return to his home planet, Pervertitron-7

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Felipe Torres Medina @felipetmedina.bsky.social · Jun 23

Help, i am huffing the hopium. gothamist.com/news/nearly-...

Nearly a quarter of NYC’s early voters were new Democratic primary participants

A total of 385,184 New Yorkers voted early in this primary election, compared to 191,197 in 2021.

gothamist.com

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