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The Tortoise
@tortoiseknows.bsky.social
· May 15
The leak wasn’t supposed to reach you.
These are fragments. Redacted. Unverified.
But they slipped through.
📁 The Tortoise Dossier: Files 0007–0009
open.substack.com/pub/tortoise...
#TheTortoiseKnows
#CountdownToEverything
These are fragments. Redacted. Unverified.
But they slipped through.
📁 The Tortoise Dossier: Files 0007–0009
open.substack.com/pub/tortoise...
#TheTortoiseKnows
#CountdownToEverything
Just watched Orwell: 2+2=5. Peck and Gibney don’t make documentaries they stage interventions. This one cuts right to the bone. Smart, dangerous, and necessary.
October 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Just watched Orwell: 2+2=5. Peck and Gibney don’t make documentaries they stage interventions. This one cuts right to the bone. Smart, dangerous, and necessary.
Card Mechanic update: casting is out. Production planned for mid-February. NY tax credit locked. Yonkers support secured. Distribution conversations active. Every day, one step closer.
September 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Card Mechanic update: casting is out. Production planned for mid-February. NY tax credit locked. Yonkers support secured. Distribution conversations active. Every day, one step closer.
The truth lives in the shuffle.
open.substack.com/pub/tortise1...
open.substack.com/pub/tortise1...
The truth lives in the shuffle.
Ever since I was a kid, I remember my father sitting at the kitchen table with a deck of cards.
open.substack.com
August 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The truth lives in the shuffle.
open.substack.com/pub/tortise1...
open.substack.com/pub/tortise1...
The crown was never ours to wear. We were meant to build something better — not worship what we escaped. The danger isn’t in the king. It’s in forgetting we don’t need one.
#CountdownToEverything #PoliticalThriller #TheTortoiseKnows #NoKings #DemocracyInCrisis
#CountdownToEverything #PoliticalThriller #TheTortoiseKnows #NoKings #DemocracyInCrisis
June 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The crown was never ours to wear. We were meant to build something better — not worship what we escaped. The danger isn’t in the king. It’s in forgetting we don’t need one.
#CountdownToEverything #PoliticalThriller #TheTortoiseKnows #NoKings #DemocracyInCrisis
#CountdownToEverything #PoliticalThriller #TheTortoiseKnows #NoKings #DemocracyInCrisis
The collapse isn’t coming. It’s underway.
Power is clinging to a crown while the foundation burns.
We were warned — and we didn’t listen.
Countdown to Everything.
This isn’t fiction anymore.
#CountdownToEverything #PoliticalThriller #TheTortoiseKnows #NoKings #DemocracyInCrisis
Power is clinging to a crown while the foundation burns.
We were warned — and we didn’t listen.
Countdown to Everything.
This isn’t fiction anymore.
#CountdownToEverything #PoliticalThriller #TheTortoiseKnows #NoKings #DemocracyInCrisis
Fuerza responds to scenes where alleged ICE enforcement is reported. If officers are indeed with ICE, they hit record and spread the word. They also speak directly with those being detained.
They are part of a growing scrappy network of volunteers protecting neighbors from ICE. bit.ly/4lgke5N
They are part of a growing scrappy network of volunteers protecting neighbors from ICE. bit.ly/4lgke5N
June 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The collapse isn’t coming. It’s underway.
Power is clinging to a crown while the foundation burns.
We were warned — and we didn’t listen.
Countdown to Everything.
This isn’t fiction anymore.
#CountdownToEverything #PoliticalThriller #TheTortoiseKnows #NoKings #DemocracyInCrisis
Power is clinging to a crown while the foundation burns.
We were warned — and we didn’t listen.
Countdown to Everything.
This isn’t fiction anymore.
#CountdownToEverything #PoliticalThriller #TheTortoiseKnows #NoKings #DemocracyInCrisis
Reposted by The Tortoise
Fuerza responds to scenes where alleged ICE enforcement is reported. If officers are indeed with ICE, they hit record and spread the word. They also speak directly with those being detained.
They are part of a growing scrappy network of volunteers protecting neighbors from ICE. bit.ly/4lgke5N
They are part of a growing scrappy network of volunteers protecting neighbors from ICE. bit.ly/4lgke5N
June 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Fuerza responds to scenes where alleged ICE enforcement is reported. If officers are indeed with ICE, they hit record and spread the word. They also speak directly with those being detained.
They are part of a growing scrappy network of volunteers protecting neighbors from ICE. bit.ly/4lgke5N
They are part of a growing scrappy network of volunteers protecting neighbors from ICE. bit.ly/4lgke5N
Everyone thinks they've seen this story, but they'll know they haven't seen this story -- once they see this story!
"Yonkers Joe" was its own thing. We built it to stand on its own — but something in that world stayed with me. The rhythm. The tension. The coded language behind every move.
"Card Mechanic" and "AirBall go deeper" Into the moves. The math. The muscle memory. And the people who use them to survive.
"Card Mechanic" and "AirBall go deeper" Into the moves. The math. The muscle memory. And the people who use them to survive.
June 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Everyone thinks they've seen this story, but they'll know they haven't seen this story -- once they see this story!
Authoritarianism doesn’t march in with boots anymore.
It smiles, signs papers, and rewrites the ending.
We still have time to write a different one.
#TheTortoiseKnows #CountdownToEverything #WhispersBeforeStorms #AuthoritarianWatch #BarbraStreisand #DemocracyUnderSiege #PoliticalThriller
It smiles, signs papers, and rewrites the ending.
We still have time to write a different one.
#TheTortoiseKnows #CountdownToEverything #WhispersBeforeStorms #AuthoritarianWatch #BarbraStreisand #DemocracyUnderSiege #PoliticalThriller
Patriotism means standing up for our democracy and constitutional protections. This is imperative to slow this authoritarianism.
Opinion | Beware: We Are Entering a New Phase of the Trump Era
www.nytimes.com
June 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Authoritarianism doesn’t march in with boots anymore.
It smiles, signs papers, and rewrites the ending.
We still have time to write a different one.
#TheTortoiseKnows #CountdownToEverything #WhispersBeforeStorms #AuthoritarianWatch #BarbraStreisand #DemocracyUnderSiege #PoliticalThriller
It smiles, signs papers, and rewrites the ending.
We still have time to write a different one.
#TheTortoiseKnows #CountdownToEverything #WhispersBeforeStorms #AuthoritarianWatch #BarbraStreisand #DemocracyUnderSiege #PoliticalThriller
He wrote it because he was afraid.
He wasn’t alone. The system counts on silence.
Countdown to Everything is what it sounds like when someone finally breaks it.
He wasn’t alone. The system counts on silence.
Countdown to Everything is what it sounds like when someone finally breaks it.
I didn’t write this one to entertain. I wrote it because I was afraid. Afraid of the silence. Afraid that by the time we recognized what we lost, it’d be too late to say anything at all.
Countdown to Everything. A political thriller that speaks first.
Countdown to Everything. A political thriller that speaks first.
May 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
He wrote it because he was afraid.
He wasn’t alone. The system counts on silence.
Countdown to Everything is what it sounds like when someone finally breaks it.
He wasn’t alone. The system counts on silence.
Countdown to Everything is what it sounds like when someone finally breaks it.
They didn’t just rewrite the rules.
They rewrote the memory of the rules.
And called it tradition.
The truth was never lost.
It was buried —
under contracts, campaigns, and a smile.
FILE 0017: Processing.
#TheTortoiseKnows
#CountdownToEverything
#PoliticalThriller
#TheyBuriedTheTruth
They rewrote the memory of the rules.
And called it tradition.
The truth was never lost.
It was buried —
under contracts, campaigns, and a smile.
FILE 0017: Processing.
#TheTortoiseKnows
#CountdownToEverything
#PoliticalThriller
#TheyBuriedTheTruth
May 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
They didn’t just rewrite the rules.
They rewrote the memory of the rules.
And called it tradition.
The truth was never lost.
It was buried —
under contracts, campaigns, and a smile.
FILE 0017: Processing.
#TheTortoiseKnows
#CountdownToEverything
#PoliticalThriller
#TheyBuriedTheTruth
They rewrote the memory of the rules.
And called it tradition.
The truth was never lost.
It was buried —
under contracts, campaigns, and a smile.
FILE 0017: Processing.
#TheTortoiseKnows
#CountdownToEverything
#PoliticalThriller
#TheyBuriedTheTruth
Not the day it ended.
The day the curtain dropped and the stage was empty.
The republic didn’t collapse — it ghosted us.
The day the curtain dropped and the stage was empty.
The republic didn’t collapse — it ghosted us.
I think history books are going to pin the 'end of America' as Jan 6th.
That's not the date it ended just like July 4th is pretty arbitrary a date for a thing that unfolds over time
but that'll be it.
That's not the date it ended just like July 4th is pretty arbitrary a date for a thing that unfolds over time
but that'll be it.
May 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Not the day it ended.
The day the curtain dropped and the stage was empty.
The republic didn’t collapse — it ghosted us.
The day the curtain dropped and the stage was empty.
The republic didn’t collapse — it ghosted us.
Memorial Day used to mean silence. Reflection. Names carved into stone.
Now it’s just another algorithmic tantrum.
That’s not memory. That’s marketing.
Now it’s just another algorithmic tantrum.
That’s not memory. That’s marketing.
Trump’s sensitive & tear-inducing, cap-locked Memorial Day message of the sacrifice of those who gave their life for our Country and People.
Again, our country's most famous rapist attacks other rapists.
He did forget those dog & cat eating people in Ohio. Sorry Springfield!
Again, our country's most famous rapist attacks other rapists.
He did forget those dog & cat eating people in Ohio. Sorry Springfield!
May 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Memorial Day used to mean silence. Reflection. Names carved into stone.
Now it’s just another algorithmic tantrum.
That’s not memory. That’s marketing.
Now it’s just another algorithmic tantrum.
That’s not memory. That’s marketing.
Countdown to Everything began as a protest.
President Welles carries the moral clarity I wish we saw more of.
📁 Files 0007–0009: open.substack.com/pub/tortoise
@maddow.msnbc.com
President Welles carries the moral clarity I wish we saw more of.
📁 Files 0007–0009: open.substack.com/pub/tortoise
@maddow.msnbc.com
May 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Countdown to Everything began as a protest.
President Welles carries the moral clarity I wish we saw more of.
📁 Files 0007–0009: open.substack.com/pub/tortoise
@maddow.msnbc.com
President Welles carries the moral clarity I wish we saw more of.
📁 Files 0007–0009: open.substack.com/pub/tortoise
@maddow.msnbc.com
The leak’s not the story. What happens after is.
📁 Files 0007–0009: open.substack.com/pub/tortoise
@alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social
📁 Files 0007–0009: open.substack.com/pub/tortoise
@alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social
May 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The leak’s not the story. What happens after is.
📁 Files 0007–0009: open.substack.com/pub/tortoise
@alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social
📁 Files 0007–0009: open.substack.com/pub/tortoise
@alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social
They didn’t override a law.
They overrode reality.
The rulebook was never for them.
It was for us — to make us think someone was still playing fair.
– Tortoise
They overrode reality.
The rulebook was never for them.
It was for us — to make us think someone was still playing fair.
– Tortoise
Fight! Fight! Fight!
May 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
They didn’t override a law.
They overrode reality.
The rulebook was never for them.
It was for us — to make us think someone was still playing fair.
– Tortoise
They overrode reality.
The rulebook was never for them.
It was for us — to make us think someone was still playing fair.
– Tortoise
Every time the sky clears, someone claims it.
Every time the system tightens, they call it innovation.
You’re not watching a rocket launch.
You’re watching airspace get privatized.
– Tortoise
Every time the system tightens, they call it innovation.
You’re not watching a rocket launch.
You’re watching airspace get privatized.
– Tortoise
The FAA anticipates that Starship's launch will affect more than 175 flights, almost all of which are on international connecting routes.
FAA: Airplanes should stay far away from SpaceX’s next Starship launch
“The FAA is expanding the size of hazard areas both in the US and other countries.”…
arstechnica.com
May 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Every time the sky clears, someone claims it.
Every time the system tightens, they call it innovation.
You’re not watching a rocket launch.
You’re watching airspace get privatized.
– Tortoise
Every time the system tightens, they call it innovation.
You’re not watching a rocket launch.
You’re watching airspace get privatized.
– Tortoise
I used to think the system was broken.
It’s not. It’s airtight.
It doesn’t fail. It absorbs.
Scandal becomes entertainment.
Dissent becomes branding.
Even whistleblowers get hashtags.
You want to fix it?
You’d have to unplug the audience.
— Tortoise
#TheTortoiseKnows
It’s not. It’s airtight.
It doesn’t fail. It absorbs.
Scandal becomes entertainment.
Dissent becomes branding.
Even whistleblowers get hashtags.
You want to fix it?
You’d have to unplug the audience.
— Tortoise
#TheTortoiseKnows
May 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I used to think the system was broken.
It’s not. It’s airtight.
It doesn’t fail. It absorbs.
Scandal becomes entertainment.
Dissent becomes branding.
Even whistleblowers get hashtags.
You want to fix it?
You’d have to unplug the audience.
— Tortoise
#TheTortoiseKnows
It’s not. It’s airtight.
It doesn’t fail. It absorbs.
Scandal becomes entertainment.
Dissent becomes branding.
Even whistleblowers get hashtags.
You want to fix it?
You’d have to unplug the audience.
— Tortoise
#TheTortoiseKnows
The system doesn’t silence dissent.
It markets it.
You get the anthem.
They get the ad revenue.
Rage is trending.
Truth is shadowbanned.
#TheTortoiseKnows
It markets it.
You get the anthem.
They get the ad revenue.
Rage is trending.
Truth is shadowbanned.
#TheTortoiseKnows
May 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The system doesn’t silence dissent.
It markets it.
You get the anthem.
They get the ad revenue.
Rage is trending.
Truth is shadowbanned.
#TheTortoiseKnows
It markets it.
You get the anthem.
They get the ad revenue.
Rage is trending.
Truth is shadowbanned.
#TheTortoiseKnows
They don’t steal from the poor to feed the rich.
They do it to keep the poor too tired to fight.
#TheTortoiseKnows
They do it to keep the poor too tired to fight.
#TheTortoiseKnows
“This is so that people making over $1 million… can get a $90,000 average tax cut.” — @jonfavs.bsky.social
Republicans in Congress want to cut Medicaid, raise health costs, and take food from kids—all to give millionaires and billionaires a tax break.
We won't let them. #ProtectMedicaid
Republicans in Congress want to cut Medicaid, raise health costs, and take food from kids—all to give millionaires and billionaires a tax break.
We won't let them. #ProtectMedicaid
May 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
They don’t steal from the poor to feed the rich.
They do it to keep the poor too tired to fight.
#TheTortoiseKnows
They do it to keep the poor too tired to fight.
#TheTortoiseKnows
When power wants obedience, it raises flags.
When it wants profit, it raises prices.
Either way, you pay.
#TheTortoiseKnows
When it wants profit, it raises prices.
Either way, you pay.
#TheTortoiseKnows
🚨Directly citing The Lever's reporting, congressional Dems are now pressing the FTC to investigate how companies are using Trump's tariffs to price-gouge consumers.
The Lever's original story is here: www.levernews.com/how-trump-is...
delauro.house.gov/media-center...
The Lever's original story is here: www.levernews.com/how-trump-is...
delauro.house.gov/media-center...
DeLauro, Gallego, Whitehouse, Warren, Booker, Colleagues Demand Action to Prevent Corporations from Using Trump’s Reckless Tariffs as an Excuse to Price Gouge Hardworking Americans
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representative Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) led 31 of their Senate and…
delauro.house.gov
May 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
When power wants obedience, it raises flags.
When it wants profit, it raises prices.
Either way, you pay.
#TheTortoiseKnows
When it wants profit, it raises prices.
Either way, you pay.
#TheTortoiseKnows
The system isn’t failing.
It’s adapting.
Order becomes loophole.
Loophole becomes doctrine.
And the rest of us call it news.
#TheTortoiseKnows
It’s adapting.
Order becomes loophole.
Loophole becomes doctrine.
And the rest of us call it news.
#TheTortoiseKnows
The good news is that if the Senate uses the Congressional Review Act against the California waivers it will effectively nullify the CRA.
The bad news is that will be the case because the CRA *will effectively replace* regular order lawmaking in the Senate. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
The bad news is that will be the case because the CRA *will effectively replace* regular order lawmaking in the Senate. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
E&E News: Senate approaches moment of truth on California waivers
Senate Majority Leader John Thune may decide this week whether to defy the parliamentarian.
subscriber.politicopro.com
May 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The system isn’t failing.
It’s adapting.
Order becomes loophole.
Loophole becomes doctrine.
And the rest of us call it news.
#TheTortoiseKnows
It’s adapting.
Order becomes loophole.
Loophole becomes doctrine.
And the rest of us call it news.
#TheTortoiseKnows
When you say what they know, but won’t say — they call you dangerous.
Ms. Rachel had the same arc as Ta Nehisi Coates where learning the basic facts of the situation made her go “this is unambiguously wrong” and it freaks out the credentialists who think serious people are supposed to say it’s complicated
May 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
When you say what they know, but won’t say — they call you dangerous.
The rot wasn’t the exception.
It was the blueprint.
They don’t fix the system.
They rename it.
And you keep voting for the rebrand.
#TheTortoiseKnows
It was the blueprint.
They don’t fix the system.
They rename it.
And you keep voting for the rebrand.
#TheTortoiseKnows
May 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The rot wasn’t the exception.
It was the blueprint.
They don’t fix the system.
They rename it.
And you keep voting for the rebrand.
#TheTortoiseKnows
It was the blueprint.
They don’t fix the system.
They rename it.
And you keep voting for the rebrand.
#TheTortoiseKnows
If you love yourself — and love this country — you should be listening to Bruce.
Everywhere. Every platform. Right now.
#TheTortoiseKnows
Everywhere. Every platform. Right now.
#TheTortoiseKnows
May 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
If you love yourself — and love this country — you should be listening to Bruce.
Everywhere. Every platform. Right now.
#TheTortoiseKnows
Everywhere. Every platform. Right now.
#TheTortoiseKnows