Michael Torres
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Michael Torres
@themtorres
Skeptical, but in a good way, and kind of hedonistic. Lucky, happy and practicing letting it all go. Views all mine
San Francisco Beigetreten Temmuz 2009
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We have already reached 10-year agreements with three key countries: Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar. We already have requests from 11 countries – the Middle East and the Gulf, plus we’re also gradually turning our attention to the Caucasus.
Within this Drone Deal, there will be at least 10 different agreements covering various categories of Ukrainian weapons exports. Co-production is planned – the construction of our production lines both in Ukraine and in other countries. New technologies that we are developing jointly with various countries, in which they are investing. There is also an agreement on annual funding for a specific amount, along with a fixed number of years.
Second: the European track. Work has already begun with Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden, and the Netherlands. Of course, we have good relations with the United Kingdom and France. I am confident that all of this will also be implemented there.
From an interview with the “United News” telethon.
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Kash Patel’s colleagues are alarmed by what they say is erratic behavior and excessive drinking, Sarah Fitzpatrick reports. More than two dozen people she spoke with described his management failures and conduct that could harm national security. theatlantic.com/politics/2026/…
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@CommonSenseiSF Why don’t you learn how to argue instead of ignoring facts and setting up straw men. Have a blessed day
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@themtorres You really need to work on your prayers 🙏🏼
It’s Sunday, visit a church or cathedral or mosque or temple. Learn humility. Unplug. Touch grass. If you do this, your mind virus will dissipate and with enough time, disappear.
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Scott Wiener has done more for pride flags than housing. Seriously. He has done nothing tangible for housing.
Senator Scott Wiener@Scott_Wiener
Amazing victory this week after two trans women got through to the Philz CEO. Their advocacy with @SFPride + that of the Philz baristas made all the difference. Thank you for your leadership!
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@ryangrim No one owes their first class seat to a family with children.
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A society that prioritizes adult individuals over children and families is destined for misery. I don’t blame the adults, they’re just doing what our culture says we should do: look after ourselves first and only, bc people we don’t know aren’t our problem.
If a pregnant or elderly woman wants your seat on the subway, too bad, she should have gotten there first.
Mia♡@luxemiaa
It finally happened. After more than 2 decades of flying, I was asked to give up my 2A for 22A by a family of four (husband, wife + two kids under 10, one of them being treated as a lap baby). The wife asked if I’d switch. I felt bad refusing, so tried to be a little reasonable, told her if she covered what I paid for my seat, I’d move (front seats cost way more than the ones in the back) She countered saying they’d also…….
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@themtorres Wiener was elected to the SF Board of Supervisors in 2010. So you agree he did absolutely nothing for housing in SF. 💩
Elected in 2016 for state senate. For 10 years, zero to show for for housing, except some recent bills pushed by corporate backers and funders. ☠️
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@CommonSenseiSF He started in the state legislature in 2016 dingbat. And, yes it takes a long time and a lot of effort to claw back NIMBY policies. His hard work has finally resulted in some solid laws that will help fix it. Sounds like you are just willfully ignorant #NoDingbats
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@themtorres His “day one” was back in 2010. Are you saying it takes 15 years for a politician to back legislation to support such a controversial matter like more housing for all?
Sounds like you support life-long politicians. In England they’re called Kings and Queens. #NoKings #NoWieners
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@CommonSenseiSF Your twitter name is misleading - you have no common sense. He’s been working on housing since he got there. It’s delusional to think he could have done this on day one. And I don’t give a shit about the rest of your misinformed take.
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@themtorres So you agree, during the decades he’s been deeply involved in the SF community, he’s passed pro-criminal bills for a very long time and only recently focused on housing to appease his donors. Wiener can be bought—we get it. He sold out Israel to get SEIU to endorse him too.
Saikat Chakrabarti for Congress@saikatc
And in that time, you've taken millions of dollars directly from: AIPAC board members and executives AbbVie Aetna AirBnB Allstate Amazon Anthem Blue Cross AstraZeneca AT&T Blue Shield of California FOX Corporation Cruise Cox Communications DaVita CVS Health Deloitte DraftKings eBay Eli Lilly Enterprise Ernst & Young Facebook FanDuel Fidelity Ford Genentech General Motors Gilead Sciences Google Hewlett Packard Intuit KPMG Lyft Novo Nordisk Oracle Paramount PayPal PG&E Pfizer PwC Restaurant Association PAC Safeway Sprint TMobile Target TaskRabbit Tesla HomeDepot Uber United Airlines Visa Verizon Walgreens Yelp Zillow I could keep going, but this is already a novel of a tweet.
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The fact that we elected this man to the presidency twice should prompt deep introspection about what we’ve become. trib.al/PUKIubG
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@CommonSenseiSF You dummy, I am talking about bills he recently passed about housing. And yes, SB 79 goes into effect in July this year and will have a huge impact. I don’t care what you think about his other bills or his overall record. He’s still by far the best choice and I’m voting for him.
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@themtorres Wiener has been “deeply involved” in the SF community since 1997 and in politics since 2010 and all you can point to are bills passed in the last two years when he was preparing to run for national office? Zero outcomes from those bills yet.
His pro-criminal bills though:
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@tparsi There is still a divide obviously because some liberals and some non liberals support israel
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WOW!
CNN announces that there is no longer a divide within the Democratic party on Israel - the party base (not its leadership) is overwhelmingly opposed to Israel!
No age divide or divide between Liberals and non-Liberals. A majority of all demographics oppose Israel.
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@CommonSenseiSF He has led / passed several over the years starting in 2017. Most recently he led SB 79, SB 423 and SB 131. You would know that if you knew what you were talking about. But you don’t.
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@themtorres Which bills exactly?
You know Wiener has been in office for over 15 YEARS. To say that he’s only passed bills recently is laughable.
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@CommonSenseiSF Not credible. The laws were just passed recently and some haven’t even taken effect yet. If it weren’t for him they wouldn’t have been passed at all.
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The conditions at 16th BART plaza have deteriorated: mentally disturbed people under the influence of every narcotic imaginable, engaging in unhinged, unsafe behavior. There is no plan.
FYI to the champagne socialists of SF: working class people in the Mission *do not want this*
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This excellent @EzraKlein podcast with BC Law Professor @RayMadoff — “Our Tax System Should Make You Furious” — offers an important cautionary take that San Francisco voters should heed on how wealthy taxpayers avoid state and local taxes:
👉 They move. (1/2)
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Why is nobody looking at the cost of these AI tools ? Costs are literally exploding.
ROI is currently negative in most of these AI tools.
I don’t know a company who says they are having massive ROI from Claude code or code or something like that.
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DSA wants another seat in Congress. You can give it to them, or you can vote for the guy who has been fighting for SF his whole career.
Senator Scott Wiener@Scott_Wiener
Me: 1997-2026: Lived in San Francisco 1997-2026: Deeply involved in the San Francisco community 1997-2026: Voted in San Francisco (no decade-long break) No need for a book-length tweet to explain.
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@mnolangray For me he seems inauthentic. And he keeps promising things I know he can’t deliver. Yet he is leading in the polls. We’ll see what happens after the debate. Still a lot of undecideds and too many dem candidates splitting the vote
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The only thing that's confusing to me as a normie moderate is that progressives aren't fully embracing Steyer. He's the front runner, and the most progressive in the field, with a long track record of progressive politics. He's your guy. Don't you guys like winning?
T Wolf 🌁@Twolfrecovery
Tom Steyer using his billions to buy his way to Governor while counting on progressives who want to "tax the rich" and do a billionaires tax. And like lemmings, they're falling for it. The hypocrisy is astounding.
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