Ritchie Torres
Congressman (#NY15). Born and bred in the Bronx. Grew up in poverty. Product of public housing. torres.nyc
- Thank God for the release of Edan Alexander, who has endured a level of suffering most of us can scarcely imagine—584 harrowing days in captivity. Edan is finally free from the bondage of modern-day slavery.
- Medicaid is not about dollars and cents. It’s about lives. Listen to the story of Phyllis Lombardi. Before Medicaid, she sold her home and spent her retirement funds to care for her son Joey, who has severe autism. Medicaid saved Phyllis from bankruptcy—and gave Joey the dignity he deserves.
- Air Force One will have something in common with Hamas. Paid for by Qatar.
- At today’s Concourse Village Town Hall, we covered it all: – Trump selling access to the White House – Elon Musk accessing federal payment systems – GOP pushing $1.1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. – Tariffs shrinking the economy for the first time in 3 years The Bronx won’t stay silent.
- The DOGEai agrees that only Congress—not the President—can suspend habeas corpus in cases of rebellion or invasion. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
- If Joe Biden had imposed the reckless tariffs of Donald Trump, every Republican—without exception—would have condemned them as the height of economic incompetence. Swap Biden’s name for Trump’s, and the moral outrage vanishes—not by magic, but by the raw calculus of partisan politics.
