Leah Torres, MD
@leahntorres.bsky.social
She/her. Evidence-based OB/Gyn. Sex+, gender-affirming repro health specialist. Opinions are mine AND fact-based, see my posts: https://leahtorresmd.substack.com/ ; https://feminist-rising.ghost.io/
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Called: “signifying” as Black American we know this is no oversight. Intentional alignment to a particular violence against Black Lives. Converse | Nike must be held accountable. It’s time to stop madness and start recognize the (repetitive) onslaught of racism in corporate n governmental politics.
September 19, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Called: “signifying” as Black American we know this is no oversight. Intentional alignment to a particular violence against Black Lives. Converse | Nike must be held accountable. It’s time to stop madness and start recognize the (repetitive) onslaught of racism in corporate n governmental politics.
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As a long, long, long, long, long time Converse buyer, I will never buy a Converse product ever again. I am sick of the virtue signalling to racists. I see this and I see a man hanged, a white robe that could be a klansman's robe and light shaped like a KKK hat. What the actual hell!?!
September 18, 2026 at 8:41 PM
As a long, long, long, long, long time Converse buyer, I will never buy a Converse product ever again. I am sick of the virtue signalling to racists. I see this and I see a man hanged, a white robe that could be a klansman's robe and light shaped like a KKK hat. What the actual hell!?!
Thank you @velshi.com and @11thhourmsnow.bsky.social for bringing mainstream media attention to worsening maternal mortality rates that no one else really seems to want to talk about:
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Maternal health suffers in post-Roe America: People are "terrified of being pregnant"
YouTube video by MS NOW
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September 18, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Thank you @velshi.com and @11thhourmsnow.bsky.social for bringing mainstream media attention to worsening maternal mortality rates that no one else really seems to want to talk about:
youtu.be/qJt02_mP7Mg?...
youtu.be/qJt02_mP7Mg?...
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All these people trying to solve human trafficking using the power of racial profiling.🤡
They don't want to release the Epstein files. But they do want to vote for Trump and his "teen beauty pageants" 3 times. And they do want to look at Black parents to try to catch human traffickers.
They don't want to release the Epstein files. But they do want to vote for Trump and his "teen beauty pageants" 3 times. And they do want to look at Black parents to try to catch human traffickers.
Her dad was accused of trafficking her on a flight. Now she's suing.
An Arkansas woman says her dad was wrongly accused of human trafficking her on a flight when she was 13.
www.usatoday.com
September 18, 2026 at 1:19 AM
All these people trying to solve human trafficking using the power of racial profiling.🤡
They don't want to release the Epstein files. But they do want to vote for Trump and his "teen beauty pageants" 3 times. And they do want to look at Black parents to try to catch human traffickers.
They don't want to release the Epstein files. But they do want to vote for Trump and his "teen beauty pageants" 3 times. And they do want to look at Black parents to try to catch human traffickers.
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So I didn’t know you could “handle” Congresspeople during a vote. Seems totes legit.
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So I didn’t know you could “handle” Congresspeople during a vote. Seems totes legit.
JUST NOW: A confused, clearly not-there McConnell votes “AYE” after almost voting NO with Dems but getting *corrected* by handlers around him
September 17, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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So I didn’t know you could “handle” Congresspeople during a vote. Seems totes legit.
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So I didn’t know you could “handle” Congresspeople during a vote. Seems totes legit.
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New @ms.now: The family of Tierra Walker, a TX woman who died after repeatedly being denied an abortion, are suing Ken Paxton and other officials.
“The basic principle here is you cannot take away someone’s life, as a state, and not be held liable for doing so,” the family’s lawyer stated.
“The basic principle here is you cannot take away someone’s life, as a state, and not be held liable for doing so,” the family’s lawyer stated.
Family of Texas woman who died after being denied an abortion sues Paxton, medical providers
“The basic principle here is you cannot take away someone’s life, as a state, and not be held liable for doing so,” a lawyer for the family said.
www.ms.now
September 16, 2026 at 9:10 PM
New @ms.now: The family of Tierra Walker, a TX woman who died after repeatedly being denied an abortion, are suing Ken Paxton and other officials.
“The basic principle here is you cannot take away someone’s life, as a state, and not be held liable for doing so,” the family’s lawyer stated.
“The basic principle here is you cannot take away someone’s life, as a state, and not be held liable for doing so,” the family’s lawyer stated.
Y’all voted for this.
Be mindful this November and vote accordingly.
Be mindful this November and vote accordingly.
A $30 burger can be found on menus across the U.S., but operators say these prices reflect the reality of restaurant economics.
“Restaurants are not gouging people,” restauranteur Stephen Starr said. “They are simply responding to their own expenses.”
“Restaurants are not gouging people,” restauranteur Stephen Starr said. “They are simply responding to their own expenses.”
How the restaurant burger went from cheap indulgence to luxury meal
The $30 burger can be found on menus from New York to California, despite efforts to rein in soaring beef prices.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 17, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Y’all voted for this.
Be mindful this November and vote accordingly.
Be mindful this November and vote accordingly.
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All we can say is this Ghislaine Maxwell is sitting in a clubhouse after all the atrocities she was involved in, while MAGA is still finding ways to justify immigrants being treated like this.
September 15, 2026 at 3:20 PM
All we can say is this Ghislaine Maxwell is sitting in a clubhouse after all the atrocities she was involved in, while MAGA is still finding ways to justify immigrants being treated like this.
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BREAKING: 22 senators are joining @vanhollen.senate.gov to force a vote to direct the State Department to investigate Israel's killing of American citizens and the status of human rights for Palestinians living under Israeli military rule in the West Bank.
Tell your senators to join at:
Tell your senators to join at:
Message Your Senators: Expose Israel's Violence and Human Rights Abuses — IMEU Policy Project
We need to pressure our U.S. Senators to take real action. Tell them to report on human rights violations in the West Bank and hold Israel accountable.
imeupolicy.org
September 15, 2026 at 3:16 PM
BREAKING: 22 senators are joining @vanhollen.senate.gov to force a vote to direct the State Department to investigate Israel's killing of American citizens and the status of human rights for Palestinians living under Israeli military rule in the West Bank.
Tell your senators to join at:
Tell your senators to join at:
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"When we've designed public programs in ways that people can't figure out whether they're eligible without consulting lawyers, we've done something wrong. That has huge, huge implications for what's to come."
www.npr.org/2026/09/12/n...
www.npr.org/2026/09/12/n...
A cancer survivor hoped to work — then she lost her Medicaid disability coverage
As state governments grapple with how to determine who's sick enough to be excused from new Medicaid work requirements, some families are already struggling with what illnesses guarantee health covera...
www.npr.org
September 13, 2026 at 12:41 AM
"When we've designed public programs in ways that people can't figure out whether they're eligible without consulting lawyers, we've done something wrong. That has huge, huge implications for what's to come."
www.npr.org/2026/09/12/n...
www.npr.org/2026/09/12/n...
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For me, the biggest takeaway from the WSJ opinion page's genuinely funny "Supreme Court expansion is actually SECRETLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL" column is that conservative pundits are terrified of Supreme Court expansion and desperate for ways they can prevent it
“Is Court Packing Constitutional?” and Other Questions Easily Answered By Reading the Constitution
The Constitution empowers Congress to set the number of justices on the Supreme Court. Only one columnist dares to ask: What if it didn’t?
ballsandstrikes.org
September 10, 2026 at 5:01 PM
For me, the biggest takeaway from the WSJ opinion page's genuinely funny "Supreme Court expansion is actually SECRETLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL" column is that conservative pundits are terrified of Supreme Court expansion and desperate for ways they can prevent it
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"Now the government is the casino, and his voters are the suckers slotting another coin in the slot machine hoping to hit a jackpot that will simply never come." www.patreon.com/katelynburns...
Trump is Not Going to Give You $5000 | Katelyn Burns
Last night at the Midterm Election Republican National Convention, President Donald Trump promised to send every American adult $5000 if Re
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September 10, 2026 at 4:46 PM
"Now the government is the casino, and his voters are the suckers slotting another coin in the slot machine hoping to hit a jackpot that will simply never come." www.patreon.com/katelynburns...
I’ll just put this here in case folks don’t understand that pregnancy puts health and life at risk:
feminist-rising.ghost.io/abortion-is-...
feminist-rising.ghost.io/abortion-is-...
Abortion is Healthcare
One hundred percent of abortions are medically-indicated because someone is pregnant and does not want to be pregnant. They do not want to incur the very real risks to health and life that pregnancy a...
feminist-rising.ghost.io
September 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
I’ll just put this here in case folks don’t understand that pregnancy puts health and life at risk:
feminist-rising.ghost.io/abortion-is-...
feminist-rising.ghost.io/abortion-is-...
When you threaten people with prison for providing health care, they stop providing health care.
Then people die.
We have developed life-saving health care for ectopics—
this now means nothing when the govt has promised imprisonment for helping pregnant people.
And they KNEW people would die.
Then people die.
We have developed life-saving health care for ectopics—
this now means nothing when the govt has promised imprisonment for helping pregnant people.
And they KNEW people would die.
NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period.
The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.
The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.
Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
www.propublica.org
September 10, 2026 at 11:56 AM
When you threaten people with prison for providing health care, they stop providing health care.
Then people die.
We have developed life-saving health care for ectopics—
this now means nothing when the govt has promised imprisonment for helping pregnant people.
And they KNEW people would die.
Then people die.
We have developed life-saving health care for ectopics—
this now means nothing when the govt has promised imprisonment for helping pregnant people.
And they KNEW people would die.
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ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote:
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote:
September 6, 2026 at 3:00 AM
ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote:
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote:
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A decade ago, Florida stripped a teacher of her license for sexually abusing a 16-year-old.
Last year, she opened a private school there with ease.
As private schools fueled by taxpayer dollars proliferate, states are choosing not to closely regulate who runs them or what they teach:
Last year, she opened a private school there with ease.
As private schools fueled by taxpayer dollars proliferate, states are choosing not to closely regulate who runs them or what they teach:
Barns, Go-Karts and Strip Malls: The Wild West of Private Schools That Collect Taxpayer Dollars
As private schools proliferate, states are choosing a hands-off approach to regulating them. The backgrounds of school founders — sometimes with criminal histories — often don’t matter
www.propublica.org
September 5, 2026 at 1:56 AM
A decade ago, Florida stripped a teacher of her license for sexually abusing a 16-year-old.
Last year, she opened a private school there with ease.
As private schools fueled by taxpayer dollars proliferate, states are choosing not to closely regulate who runs them or what they teach:
Last year, she opened a private school there with ease.
As private schools fueled by taxpayer dollars proliferate, states are choosing not to closely regulate who runs them or what they teach:
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A win! A federal judge has blocked Trump’s USPS rule that sought to place new restrictions on mail-in voting ahead of the midterms.
September 4, 2026 at 11:17 PM
A win! A federal judge has blocked Trump’s USPS rule that sought to place new restrictions on mail-in voting ahead of the midterms.
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Attention Philadelphia!
We're hosting a rally to demand that Drexel University maintain The Academy of Natural Sciences Museum open to the public.
Join us on Tuesday morning at 10am in front of the academy. Please spread the word, we need all hands on deck!
RSVP here: luma.com/1qwnrqz2
We're hosting a rally to demand that Drexel University maintain The Academy of Natural Sciences Museum open to the public.
Join us on Tuesday morning at 10am in front of the academy. Please spread the word, we need all hands on deck!
RSVP here: luma.com/1qwnrqz2
September 3, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Attention Philadelphia!
We're hosting a rally to demand that Drexel University maintain The Academy of Natural Sciences Museum open to the public.
Join us on Tuesday morning at 10am in front of the academy. Please spread the word, we need all hands on deck!
RSVP here: luma.com/1qwnrqz2
We're hosting a rally to demand that Drexel University maintain The Academy of Natural Sciences Museum open to the public.
Join us on Tuesday morning at 10am in front of the academy. Please spread the word, we need all hands on deck!
RSVP here: luma.com/1qwnrqz2
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A damaged water line at an Oklahoma data center caused over 3 million gallons of water to be wasted.
The city of El Reno had to issue an emergency abatement and multiple safety violations.
The business involved, Athlon BT, specializes in mobile data centers for AI storage and Bitcoin mining.
The city of El Reno had to issue an emergency abatement and multiple safety violations.
The business involved, Athlon BT, specializes in mobile data centers for AI storage and Bitcoin mining.
El Reno data center water line leak wastes over 3 million gallons, city issues violations
A damaged water line at an El Reno data center caused over 3 million gallons of water to be wasted, leading the city to issue abatement notices and cite multiple safety violations.
www.koco.com
August 31, 2026 at 2:14 PM
A damaged water line at an Oklahoma data center caused over 3 million gallons of water to be wasted.
The city of El Reno had to issue an emergency abatement and multiple safety violations.
The business involved, Athlon BT, specializes in mobile data centers for AI storage and Bitcoin mining.
The city of El Reno had to issue an emergency abatement and multiple safety violations.
The business involved, Athlon BT, specializes in mobile data centers for AI storage and Bitcoin mining.
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My latest in the Guardian - where the wealthiest country in the world allocates money has always been a question of political will over political way.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump admin spends billions to deport Black and brown people while doubling dollars for white ‘refugees’ | Heba Gowayed
‘Where the wealthiest country in the world allocates money has always been a question of political will over political way’
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM
My latest in the Guardian - where the wealthiest country in the world allocates money has always been a question of political will over political way.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I have a piece in the Atlantic about SCOTUS’s ballroom order - and how the Court has a very wrongheaded and destructive account of the separation of powers www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
September 2, 2026 at 2:41 PM
I have a piece in the Atlantic about SCOTUS’s ballroom order - and how the Court has a very wrongheaded and destructive account of the separation of powers www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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BREAKING: Devastating new report from @humanrightswatch documents the dismantling of civil rights enforcement in the year and a half since Trump took office.
“This report documents what was lost and what it is costing the victims of discrimination.”
www.hrw.org/report/2026/...
“This report documents what was lost and what it is costing the victims of discrimination.”
www.hrw.org/report/2026/...
Remedies Abandoned
The 112-page report, “Remedies Abandoned: US Civil Rights Enforcement Under the Trump Administration,” documents the administration’s efforts to unravel the work of four key agencies between January 2...
www.hrw.org
September 1, 2026 at 10:57 PM
BREAKING: Devastating new report from @humanrightswatch documents the dismantling of civil rights enforcement in the year and a half since Trump took office.
“This report documents what was lost and what it is costing the victims of discrimination.”
www.hrw.org/report/2026/...
“This report documents what was lost and what it is costing the victims of discrimination.”
www.hrw.org/report/2026/...
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A completely-predicable outcome: the wave of new restrictions to abortion access and Medicaid across the United States has led to an *increase* in late-term abortions, just as pro-choice and other healthcare advocates predicted. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
‘There’s no place to go’: providers see more abortions later in pregnancy as bans spread in US
Patients are showing up ‘later and sicker’ for abortion care as more US states adopt bans and significant restrictions
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2026 at 7:17 PM
A completely-predicable outcome: the wave of new restrictions to abortion access and Medicaid across the United States has led to an *increase* in late-term abortions, just as pro-choice and other healthcare advocates predicted. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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I can't stress enough that (abortion) shit is going to hit the fan after the midterms and that the Trump administration delayed it on purpose.
see also: Medicaid work requirements from the Big Ugly Bill not taking effect until Jan 2027
see also: Medicaid work requirements from the Big Ugly Bill not taking effect until Jan 2027
NEW: A Texas judge paused a lawsuit seeking to revoke FDA approval of the abortion drug mifepristone until December 1—or FDA finishes its sham mife "review." Judge Reed O'Connor said Texas and Florida *can challenge drug's original approval* @autonomynews.co
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August 31, 2026 at 4:03 PM
I can't stress enough that (abortion) shit is going to hit the fan after the midterms and that the Trump administration delayed it on purpose.
see also: Medicaid work requirements from the Big Ugly Bill not taking effect until Jan 2027
see also: Medicaid work requirements from the Big Ugly Bill not taking effect until Jan 2027
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Supreme Court decision outlawing sex segregation in job ads didn't come until 1973.
Imagine LinkedIn directing you to "Help Wanted – Male" or "Help Wanted – Female"? This was the main way many folks found jobs.
These are from N.D. journalist Tracy Briggs' article:
www.inforum.com/community/tr...
Imagine LinkedIn directing you to "Help Wanted – Male" or "Help Wanted – Female"? This was the main way many folks found jobs.
These are from N.D. journalist Tracy Briggs' article:
www.inforum.com/community/tr...
August 30, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Supreme Court decision outlawing sex segregation in job ads didn't come until 1973.
Imagine LinkedIn directing you to "Help Wanted – Male" or "Help Wanted – Female"? This was the main way many folks found jobs.
These are from N.D. journalist Tracy Briggs' article:
www.inforum.com/community/tr...
Imagine LinkedIn directing you to "Help Wanted – Male" or "Help Wanted – Female"? This was the main way many folks found jobs.
These are from N.D. journalist Tracy Briggs' article:
www.inforum.com/community/tr...