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Ritchie Torres Instagram - I went to the Joint Session of Congress featuring the Prime Minister of Israel. 

Although I have differences with the present Israeli government, those differences are far outweighed by the unbreakable bond of the US-Israel relationship, whose durability will stand the test of time. 

I am a proud champion of the world’s greatest friendship. A Zionist I always have been and always will be.  #amyisraelchai🇮🇱
Ritchie Torres Instagram - Google is poised to acquire an Israeli cyber startup known as Wiz for $23 billion.  Google’s largest acquisition in history is not only a vote of confidence in Israel. It is a $23 billion middle finger to the BDS movement against the Jewish State. 

The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanction movement should itself be boycotted, divested, and sanctioned.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - The front-page image of today’s Washington Post is that of a child murdered by Hezbollah. 

Yet the front-page headline—“Israel Hits Targets In Lebanon”—portrays Israel, not Hezbollah, as the aggressor.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - The front-page image of today’s Washington Post is that of a child murdered by Hezbollah. 

Yet the front-page headline—“Israel Hits Targets In Lebanon”—portrays Israel, not Hezbollah, as the aggressor.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - Every potential nominee for Vice President is pro-Israel.  Yet only one, Josh Shapiro, has been singled out by a far-left smear campaign calling him “Genocide Josh.” The reason he is treated differently from the rest? Antisemitism. 

The antisemitic far left must never be given veto power over the selection of a presidential running mate.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - The leader of Hamas has been brought to justice.  Permanently. 

A special place in hell is reserved for him.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - My colleague Brad Schneider—who has been the leading advocate for hostages in Congress—had his office vandalized, with posters of the hostages torn down. 

If you’re tearing down the posters of hostages, you’re not “pro-Palestinian.” You’re pro-Hamas. You’re not just Anti-Israel.  You’re Antisemitic.  There’s a special place in hell for those who vandalize posters of the kidnapped.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - My colleague Brad Schneider—who has been the leading advocate for hostages in Congress—had his office vandalized, with posters of the hostages torn down. 

If you’re tearing down the posters of hostages, you’re not “pro-Palestinian.” You’re pro-Hamas. You’re not just Anti-Israel.  You’re Antisemitic.  There’s a special place in hell for those who vandalize posters of the kidnapped.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - If you are waving a Hamas flag in the heart of Times Square to protest the death of one of the world’s worst terrorists, Ismail Haniyeh, you are not “pro-Palestinian.” You are pro-Hamas, anti-Israel, anti-American—anything but “pro-Palestinian.”

Shilling for a barbaric terrorist organization that murdered 1200 Israelis and abducted civilians as old as 86 and as young as 9 months is itself barbaric.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - If you are waving a Hamas flag in the heart of Times Square to protest the death of one of the world’s worst terrorists, Ismail Haniyeh, you are not “pro-Palestinian.” You are pro-Hamas, anti-Israel, anti-American—anything but “pro-Palestinian.”

Shilling for a barbaric terrorist organization that murdered 1200 Israelis and abducted civilians as old as 86 and as young as 9 months is itself barbaric.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - Columbia University has removed the three administrators who were caught expressing disdain for their Jewish students and dismissing their concerns about antisemitism. 

When we fight for accountability, we win. Let’s keep fighting.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - That the Washington Post would shame the parents of Omer Neutra for keeping their focus on the captivity of their son is beneath contempt. 

There is a taboo against any acknowledgment of Israeli victimhood because the Narrative, as opposed to the Truth, demands that Israel be seen only as the villain.  The willful amnesia about October 7th is no accident. Denial follows inevitably from demonization.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - The “Free Palestine” extremists were caught burning an American flag on the same day as the Joint Session of Congress celebrating the US-Israel relationship. 

The Free Palestine movement is not only Anti-Israel.  It is Anti-American. Anti-Americanism is not incidental to Anti-Zionism. It is central to it.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - The “Free Palestine” extremists were caught burning an American flag on the same day as the Joint Session of Congress celebrating the US-Israel relationship. 

The Free Palestine movement is not only Anti-Israel.  It is Anti-American. Anti-Americanism is not incidental to Anti-Zionism. It is central to it.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - Hezbollah murders 12 Israeli children with rockets.  Where’s the outrage? 

The children murdered were not Jews but Druze.  Hezbollah is willing to murder young Arabs in pursuit of Jew hatred.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - College administrators dripping with contempt for their own Jewish students cannot be trusted to combat antisemitism on college campuses. 

Columbia University: Fire them.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - In the Candace Owens fictional account of WWII, the real victims were not the Jews but the Germans; the real villains, not the Axis but the Allies. 

She downplays the Holocaust while accusing the US and its allies of “ethnically cleansing Germans.” 

Those harboring hate in their heart can be  either ignorant or malevolent.  Candace Owens is both ignorant and malevolent, both stupid and sinister.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - In the Candace Owens fictional account of WWII, the real victims were not the Jews but the Germans; the real villains, not the Axis but the Allies. 

She downplays the Holocaust while accusing the US and its allies of “ethnically cleansing Germans.” 

Those harboring hate in their heart can be  either ignorant or malevolent.  Candace Owens is both ignorant and malevolent, both stupid and sinister.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - Thank you Vice President Kamala Harris for speaking out clearly and forcefully against the antisemitic protests that took hold at Union Station. 

The Vice President rightly denounces the antisemitic vandalism, vitriol, and violence as “unpatriotic” and “dangerous.”
Ritchie Torres Instagram - The Free Palestine movement is not about freeing Palestinians.  It is about pursuing a “final solution” against the world’s only Jewish State, which is home to half of the world’s Jewish population. 

When antisemites reveal their antisemitism by calling for a genocide against Jews, believe them.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - Edan Alexander, Sagui Dekel Chen, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Omer Neutra, Keith Samuel Siegel. #BringThemHome.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - China commits genocide against Uyghurs. Russia invades Ukraine.  Iran sponsors terrorism.  North Korea threatens nuclear war. 

Yet the UN Special Rapporteur is calling for the world’s only Jewish State to be singled out for expulsion from the United Nations.  The antisemitism of delegitimation has taken on a new intensity in a post-October 7th world.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - Administrators from Columbia University accused their Jewish students of “privilege” simply for daring to complain about antisemitism. 

Weaponizing the word ‘privilege’ against Jews is both insidious and invidious. 

College Administrators are ascribing to Jews a “privileged status” that invalidates their lived experience with antisemitism and denies them even right to complain about it. 

The lack of empathy for the plight of Jewish students is not a bug but a feature of a wider worldview—a deeper dehumanization of Jews—that has corrupted the far left.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - A few hours ago, I found myself accosted by Medea Benjamin of Code Pink, which is so beholden to the Chinese Communist Party that it denies the actual genocide against Uyghur Muslims while falsely accusing Israel of genocide. 

Code Pink has been seen meeting with Hamas, a foreign terrorist organization that murdered, maimed, mutilated, raped, tortured, and abducted thousands of Jews in Israel.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - A few hours ago, I found myself accosted by Medea Benjamin of Code Pink, which is so beholden to the Chinese Communist Party that it denies the actual genocide against Uyghur Muslims while falsely accusing Israel of genocide. 

Code Pink has been seen meeting with Hamas, a foreign terrorist organization that murdered, maimed, mutilated, raped, tortured, and abducted thousands of Jews in Israel.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - According to the NY Times, a rocket from Lebanon hit a soccer field. Left unmentioned is the cause, Hezbollah, which fired the rocket and murdered 12 children. 

Anti-Israel bias in the media is not only about the things said and written but also about the things left unsaid and unwritten.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - Ismail Haniyeh was not a moderate but a monster.  A violent extremist who reduced Palestinians to nothing more than human shields: “We need the blood of women, children, and the elderly of Gaza.” 

Imagine someone writing: “Tough-talking Nazi was seen as the more moderate face of the Third Reich.”
Ritchie Torres Instagram - Mohamed Hadid, who continues to demonize me for speaking out against antisemitism, has been caught promoting a Neo-Nazi tirade against “the Jewish Problem.” 

Hadid is not only an antisemite who amplifies Neo-Nazis but also a racist who once said to me: “dress as KKK to hide that grey-colored face of yours.” Hadid is as heinous as the hate in his heart.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - Israel might have taken out Muhammad Deif, the leader of the Qassam Brigades (Hamas’ military wing) and a mastermind of the October 7th terrorist attack. 

A special place in hell is reserved for Muhammad Deif and Yahya Sinwar.  I will celebrate the moment humanity is rid of them both.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - Israel has a right to defend itself. 

And so it did decisively—against the Houthis, an Iranian proxy that terrorizes not only Israelis but also its own people. 

I stand with Israel.  #AmYisraelChai.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - Over 1.2 billion pounds of food have been delivered to Gaza, flatly contradicting the false narrative of genocide. 

There is a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, brought on by a wretched war that Hamas began, but there is nothing remotely resembling genocide. 

The only party in the conflict with genocidal intent is Hamas, which seeks to annihilate every Jew in Israel until the Jewish State itself is annihilated.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - At the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale (The Bayit), which I proudly represent, I had the high honor of joining JCRC and AMEPA in hosting two heroes—Daniel and Neria Sharabi—who shared their stories of saving lives on 10/7.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - At the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale (The Bayit), which I proudly represent, I had the high honor of joining JCRC and AMEPA in hosting two heroes—Daniel and Neria Sharabi—who shared their stories of saving lives on 10/7.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - The Democratic Socialists of America is waging a smear campaign against Governor Josh Shapiro. Even though the Governor is well within the mainstream of the Democratic Party—a mainstream from which the DSA itself is far removed—the DSA is nonetheless singling out the Governor simply because he is Jewish. It should be called out for what it is: antisemitism. 

Just as troubling, the DSA refuses to utter the word ‘Israel,” instead calling it “the Zionist Project in Palestine.” The antisemitism of the DSA has no place in the Democratic Party.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - The Democratic Socialists of America is waging a smear campaign against Governor Josh Shapiro. Even though the Governor is well within the mainstream of the Democratic Party—a mainstream from which the DSA itself is far removed—the DSA is nonetheless singling out the Governor simply because he is Jewish. It should be called out for what it is: antisemitism. 

Just as troubling, the DSA refuses to utter the word ‘Israel,” instead calling it “the Zionist Project in Palestine.” The antisemitism of the DSA has no place in the Democratic Party.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - The Democratic Socialists of America is waging a smear campaign against Governor Josh Shapiro. Even though the Governor is well within the mainstream of the Democratic Party—a mainstream from which the DSA itself is far removed—the DSA is nonetheless singling out the Governor simply because he is Jewish. It should be called out for what it is: antisemitism. 

Just as troubling, the DSA refuses to utter the word ‘Israel,” instead calling it “the Zionist Project in Palestine.” The antisemitism of the DSA has no place in the Democratic Party.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - Israel Derangement Syndrome has taken over the Canon Rotunda. 

Anti-Israel hysteria is as much a pathology as it is an ideology.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - Israel Derangement Syndrome has taken over the Canon Rotunda. 

Anti-Israel hysteria is as much a pathology as it is an ideology.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - An Assistant Manager for City Lit Books has announced that he is “uncomfortable” hosting a “Zionist” at his bookstore.  Since most Jews are Zionists, Mr. Schumann’s ban is tantamount to putting up a sign that reads: “No Jews Allowed.” 

Anyone who adopts a policy that excludes most Jews is guilty of institutionalizing antisemitism.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - Protesting a synagogue anywhere—even under the guise of pro-Palestinian activism—is always and everywhere an act of antisemitism. The latest action against a synagogue in Kew Gardens, Queens is no exception. 

The notion that Anti-Zionism is not Antisemitism has been exposed as a lie.  The notion that those protesting synagogues and Holocaust museums and Nova exhibits are not pro-Hamas but are pro-Palestinian—that, too, has been exposed as a lie.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - I am deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. Ruth Westheimer. A Holocaust survivor who went on to realize the American Dream, Dr. Ruth was a force of nature who led an extraordinary life and left behind an equally extraordinary legacy. 

May her memory be a blessing.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) came out with an advisory opinion asserting the illegality of a Jewish sovereign presence in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City, the Western Wall, and the Temple Mount—the holiest sites in Judaism. 

An ICJ that definitively prejudges Jewish  sovereignty over these Jewish sites to be illegitimate—outside the context of bilateral negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians—is exposing its own illegitimacy.  It is acting not legally but politically. It is engaged not in law but in lawfare.  When it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, there has been nothing just about the International Court of Justice. Its judgements against Israel have been neither judicial nor judicious.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - Never be in the closet about your Zionism.  Never be ashamed of it. 

Be proud of your Zionism!
Ritchie Torres Instagram - The hyperbolic and hysterical demonization of Israel has led to a global outbreak of antisemitic violence, vandalism, and vitriol. 

Nowhere has the crisis been more pronounced than in NYC, which in June saw a 137% surge in antisemitic hate crimes vs. same period in 2023. More hate crimes against Jews than against everyone else—combined.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - Hezbollah fires hundreds of rockets at Israel.  Yet Israel is the one that is portrayed as the aggressor. 

Expect no demonstrations against Hezbollah for attempting the mass murder of Israelis.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel, murdering nine children. 

Since October 7th, Hezbollah has been bombarding Israel with rockets, displacing up to 100K Israelis and terrorizing many more.  The murder of nine children is the latest manifestation of Hezbollah’s unrelenting terror. Israel has an unquestionable right to defend itself against the most heavily armed terrorist organization in the world.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - Most people, who possess moral common sense, see October 7 for what it is:  barbarism and terrorism. 

Anti-Israel academics and activists—who live in an ivory tower that robs them of moral common sense—see October 7 as “resistance,” “liberation,” and “decolonization.” 

The chasm between the real world and the ivory tower has never been wider.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - A rocket does not just fall from outer space onto a soccer field.  There’s a causal agent that fired the rocket. There’s a causal agent that is morally culpable for the murder of the 12 children killed by the rocket. 

A headline that fails to mention the who behind the what is not information but misinformation. It is not journalism but Anti-Israel activism.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - Democracy has no greater enemy than political violence.  It has no place in the United States of America. 

We must never revert back to a period of political assassinations in America.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - Jeremy Corbyn, who recently won a seat in Parliament as an independent, once boasted about holding an event with his “friends” Hezbollah and Hamas. 

As evidenced by the company he keeps, Jeremy Corbyn is the poster child for antisemitism in Britain. The exportation of Corbynism to America must be vigorously fought and defeated.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - Jeremy Corbyn, who recently won a seat in Parliament as an independent, once boasted about holding an event with his “friends” Hezbollah and Hamas. 

As evidenced by the company he keeps, Jeremy Corbyn is the poster child for antisemitism in Britain. The exportation of Corbynism to America must be vigorously fought and defeated.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - Columbia University has three college administrators who promise to provide a safe space for everyone—except Jews; who promise to validate the lived experiences of everyone—except Jews; who promise to be sensitive to and inclusive of everyone—except Jews. 

The erasure and exclusion of Jews—the practice of “except Jews”—is antisemitism.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - The Houthis, a terrorist organization based in Yemen and sponsored by Iran, has taken responsibility for a drone strike against Israel in Tel Aviv.  The drone strike led to several casualties as well as an explosion one block away from the US embassy.

The message of the Houthis, an Iranian proxy armed with Iranian drones, couldn’t be clearer: “Death to America. Death to Israel. Curse upon the Jews.” The time has come for the US State Department to designate the Houthis as a ‘Foreign Terrorist Organization.’
Ritchie Torres Instagram - Congressman Mike Lawler and I are putting aside partisan differences to make a bipartisan push for enhanced Secret Service Protection for President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump, and presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr. 

We plan to introduce bipartisan legislation in the wake of the attempted assassination.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - An anti-Israel coalition threatens violence against Jewish orgs that have not “separated themselves from Israel.” It specifically cites the Jewish Federation and Hillel and threatens to treat them as “extremist criminals”—“genocidal extremists” whom the coalition will “no longer normalize.” What does it mean to “no longer normalize?” It menacingly tells Jewish students to “Stay Tuned.”
Ritchie Torres Instagram - A heartless terrorist organization like Hamas has never released hostages out of the kindness of its own heart (because it has none) and it never will. 

Exerting military pressure on Hamas, as Israel has done, will bolster the likelihood of a hostage release. Military pressure led to the initial ceasefire back in November. It will likely lead to the next one.  Hamas only responds to pressure.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - Donald Trump Jr. is making an appearance with Candace Owens, who recently suggested that the real victims of WWII were not the Jews but the Germans and the real villains not the Axis but the Allies. 

Owens has downplayed the Holocaust and accused the US and its allies of “ethnically cleansing Germans.”
Ritchie Torres Instagram - Donald Trump Jr. is making an appearance with Candace Owens, who recently suggested that the real victims of WWII were not the Jews but the Germans and the real villains not the Axis but the Allies. 

Owens has downplayed the Holocaust and accused the US and its allies of “ethnically cleansing Germans.”
Ritchie Torres Instagram - An explosion in Tel Aviv, resulting in several casualties.  Awaiting more details as to the cause. 

Please pray for the safety of the Israeli people.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - The Houthi drone attack on both Israel and the US (via the US embassy) has me thinking. 

The fear of escalation can easily become the cause of escalation.  A nation that allows itself to be attacked will continue to be attacked.  Self-defense is not only responsive but also preventative.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - The shooter fired from a rooftop 100  yards from the former President. 

Why was the rooftop not secured beforehand by the Secret Service? How could a shooter come so easily within firing distance of a presidential candidate? 

These security failures cannot go unanswered.  There must be a post-mortem of what went wrong.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - The shooter fired from a rooftop 100  yards from the former President. 

Why was the rooftop not secured beforehand by the Secret Service? How could a shooter come so easily within firing distance of a presidential candidate? 

These security failures cannot go unanswered.  There must be a post-mortem of what went wrong.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - JD Vance was against Donald Trump before he was for him.
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Ritchie Torres Instagram - The narrative that the President simply had one bad debate performance reflects a continuing pattern of denial and self-delusion. 

The President did not just have one “bad debate.” The reality we saw with our own lying eyes is evidence of a deeper challenge.

The notion that the President is going to be saved by this interview or that press conference misses the forest for trees. 

I will respectfully listen to the President’s press conference tonight and the interview on Monday evening but the ability to survive a single public appearance is the bear minimum of what should be expected of a Democratic Nominee. Neither the press conference tonight nor the NBC interview on Monday evening will offer the President the political salvation he seems to be seeking. 

If the President formally becomes the Democratic Nominee, we will have no choice but to make the best of a complicated situation.  But there is no point in denying the complications.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - The right-wing transformation of ‘DEI’ into an epithet that denigrates people of color is deeply offensive. 

Kamala Harris is the Vice President of the United States.  The Biden-Harris ticket was voted into office by a majority of the American electorate. The insinuation that she did not earn the position, simply because she’s a Black woman, is not only factually wrong—it is profoundly racist.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - Protesting a synagogue is antisemitic. The “pro-Palestinian” pretense of the protestors changes nothing about the antisemitism of the protest itself. 

The only people fooled by the “pro-Palestinian” pretense are the “pro-Palestinian” pretenders who keep pretending that Anti-Zionism has nothing to do with Antisemitism.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - An attempted assassination is not just an attack on one.  It is an attack on all. An attack on America. 

Politics means resolving conflict without resorting to violence. Whenever violence breaks out, it means politics is failing.  And so is democracy.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - Happy July 4th to the United States of America, the greatest experiment in multi-racial multi-ethnic democracy the world has ever known.  E Pluribus Unum.  Out of Many One. 

The story of America is full of triumphs and tragedies, setbacks and comebacks, but the long arc of the American experiment bends toward progress. 

Perfecting our more perfect union is our collective civic duty as Americans.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - The Islamic Republic of Iran has been waging foreign influence operations, amplifying disinformation with the aim of radicalizing and polarizing American politics. Mission accomplished! 

According to the Director of National Intelligence, “Iranian government actors have sought to opportunistically take advantage of ongoing protests regarding the war in Gaza…actors tied to Iran’s government posing as activists online, seeking to encourage protests, and even providing financial support to protestors.”
Ritchie Torres Instagram - There are politicians who will invariably choose partisanship over statesmanship, even when the gravity of the moment calls for a moratorium on the usual partisan politics. 

Mike Collins and JD Vance—despicably demagogic to their core—are Exhibits A and B.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - There are politicians who will invariably choose partisanship over statesmanship, even when the gravity of the moment calls for a moratorium on the usual partisan politics. 

Mike Collins and JD Vance—despicably demagogic to their core—are Exhibits A and B.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - There are politicians who will invariably choose partisanship over statesmanship, even when the gravity of the moment calls for a moratorium on the usual partisan politics. 

Mike Collins and JD Vance—despicably demagogic to their core—are Exhibits A and B.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - The DSA is not condemning Nicolás Maduro for disenfranchising the people of Venezuela.  It is condemning the condemnation of a dictator who just stole an election. 

There is nothing “democratic” about the so-called ‘Democratic Socialists of America’ and its rejection of free and fair elections. Lest it be accused of deceptive advertising, the DSA should be renamed the Autocratic Socialists of America.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - I stopped by NY State Senator Jamaal Bailey’s Annual BBQ.  It is one of the must-attend summer events in the Northeast Bronx.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - I stopped by NY State Senator Jamaal Bailey’s Annual BBQ.  It is one of the must-attend summer events in the Northeast Bronx.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - The security failures surrounding the attempted assassination of a presidential candidate demand an investigation.

The federal government must constantly learn from security failures in order to avoid repeating them—especially when those failures have implications for the Nation.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - The security failures surrounding the attempted assassination of the former President are so egregious that the only acceptable outcome is the resignation or removal of Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, whose lack of accountability and transparency since the July 13th shooting has only added insult to injury. 

An example must be made of those who fail as catastrophically as Director Cheatle has done.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - I paid a visit to a senior center in the Northeast Bronx. 

The seniors there drew me a wonderful piece of art, which I plan to hang in my office.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - I paid a visit to a senior center in the Northeast Bronx. 

The seniors there drew me a wonderful piece of art, which I plan to hang in my office.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - I paid a visit to a senior center in the Northeast Bronx. 

The seniors there drew me a wonderful piece of art, which I plan to hang in my office.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - I paid a visit to a senior center in the Northeast Bronx. 

The seniors there drew me a wonderful piece of art, which I plan to hang in my office.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - The attempt to scapegoat a rural police department for the security failures of July 13th is embarrassing excuse-making on the part of the Secret Service Director. 

The Secret Service should admit full responsibility for creating a security perimeter so narrow that it fell within the firing range of an AR-15.

The Secret Service has a categorical duty to protect all major presidential candidates from all threats, regardless of where those threats lie in relation to the security perimeter. 

The Secret Service’s core mission of protecting a presidential candidate cannot be outsourced to a local rural police department simply by creating a narrow security perimeter.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - The 7/13 rally was not held in an urban environment densely populated with buildings. 

There were only a few rooftops for the Secret Service to secure yet an inexplicable failure by the Secret Service to secure them. 

Did the Secret Service deploy technology like drones to flag suspicious actors on “elevated positions” within firing distance of the former President?
Ritchie Torres Instagram - The 7/13 rally was not held in an urban environment densely populated with buildings. 

There were only a few rooftops for the Secret Service to secure yet an inexplicable failure by the Secret Service to secure them. 

Did the Secret Service deploy technology like drones to flag suspicious actors on “elevated positions” within firing distance of the former President?
Ritchie Torres Instagram - Money laundering aided and abetted by the Chinese Communist Party is financing the global fentanyl trade, which has given us the deadliest drug crisis in America history.  In 2023, over 100k Americans died from lethal drug overdoses. 

What role is the Treasury Department playing in policing the illicit finance at the heart of the opioid crisis?  See the Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s response.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - The United States is reportedly securing the release of journalist Evan Gershkovich and US Marine Paul Whelan.  Long overdue.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - Nicolás Maduro did not win a third term.  He stole it. 

Despite boasting the largest oil reserves in the world, Venezuela has been poorly served by the abject corruption of Nicolás Maduro, who has catastrophically mismanaged the Venezuelan economy to the lasting detriment of his people.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - When a President orders a subordinate to do anything he wishes—no matter how unethical or illegal—the President can invariably claim to be exercising a “core constitutional power,” thus rendering himself immune from criminal prosecution.

If the Supreme Court’s decision on immunity is not an open invitation to the abuse of presidential power, then I am not sure what would be.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - If the President orders the military to assassinate a political rival, he can claim to be exercising his “core constitutional authority” as Commander-in-Chief. 

If the President orders the AG to open a criminal investigation into a political rival, he can claim to be exercising his “core constitutional authority” as the unitary executive.

If the President receives a bribe for pardoning a political ally, he can claim to be exercising his “core constitutional authority.” 

The possibilities for presidential crìminality and corruption are endless.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - Regardless of where one stands on the question of President Biden’s political future, the intra-party mixed messaging strikes me as deeply self-destructive. 

Those publicly calling on President Biden to withdraw should ask themselves a simple question: what if the President becomes the Democratic nominee? 

The drip, drip, drip of public statements of no confidence only serve to weaken a President who has been weakened not only by the debate but also by the debate about the debate. 

Weakening a weakened nominee seems like a losing strategy for a presidential election. The piling-on is not so much solving a problem as much as it is creating and compounding one. 

The process by which we decide how to move forward matters as much as the decision itself.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - I stopped by the Olinville Old Timers event in the Northeast Bronx.  I am proud to be a sponsor of the event.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - I stopped by the Olinville Old Timers event in the Northeast Bronx.  I am proud to be a sponsor of the event.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - I stopped by the Olinville Old Timers event in the Northeast Bronx.  I am proud to be a sponsor of the event.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - I stopped by the Olinville Old Timers event in the Northeast Bronx.  I am proud to be a sponsor of the event.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - 97% of fetanyl precursors are manufactured in China.  Xi Jinping has the power to unilaterally shut down the supply chains that account for almost all fentanyl precursors. 

At what point does the United States sanction the Chinese Communist Party for perpetuating the deadliest drug crisis in American history?
Ritchie Torres Instagram - A flawed security update of Crowdstrike software has led to widespread outages in various sectors of the global economy. 

Even though the wide-ranging disruption appears to have been an accident (as opposed to a cyber attack), it nonetheless illustrates how broadly and deeply destructive a cyber incident can be to a digitally connected global economy. 

Connectedness is both a blessing and a curse. With connectedness comes the need for cybersecurity.  The world has been put on notice about the cyber challenges that lie ahead.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - There are differences of opinion as to the best path forward for the 2024 Democratic Nomination.  But there are two facts on which every Democrat agrees.

Joe Biden has had the most transformative presidency in recent history, in keeping with the best traditions of FDR and LBJ.  His legacy will stand the test of time. 

Donald Trump is so dangerously unhinged and unstable as to represent an unprecedented threat to America as a liberal democracy. 

It is fair for Democrats to have different opinions about how best to defeat Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans.
Ritchie Torres Instagram - When a cyber event happens, be it an attack or an accident, there should be an automatic process by which the federal government investigates the causes, learns from the failures, and translates the lessons learned into public policy. 

Enter the Cyber Safety Review Board, which exists not by statute but by executive order.  In the wake of the widespread outages that have shaken the global economy, I am introducing legislation that would codify in statute the Cyber Safety Review Board so that no future presidential administration could abolish it.
Ritchie Torres - 15.8K Likes - I went to the Joint Session of Congress featuring the Prime Minister of Israel. 

Although I have differences with the present Israeli government, those differences are far outweighed by the unbreakable bond of the US-Israel relationship, whose durability will stand the test of time. 

I am a proud champion of the world’s greatest friendship. A Zionist I always have been and always will be.  #amyisraelchai🇮🇱

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Caption : I went to the Joint Session of Congress featuring the Prime Minister of Israel. Although I have differences with the present Israeli government, those differences are far outweighed by the unbreakable bond of the US-Israel relationship, whose durability will stand the test of time. I am a proud champion of the world’s greatest friendship. A Zionist I always have been and always will be. #amyisraelchai🇮🇱
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Ritchie Torres - 14.6K Likes - Google is poised to acquire an Israeli cyber startup known as Wiz for $23 billion.  Google’s largest acquisition in history is not only a vote of confidence in Israel. It is a $23 billion middle finger to the BDS movement against the Jewish State. 

The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanction movement should itself be boycotted, divested, and sanctioned.

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Caption : Google is poised to acquire an Israeli cyber startup known as Wiz for $23 billion. Google’s largest acquisition in history is not only a vote of confidence in Israel. It is a $23 billion middle finger to the BDS movement against the Jewish State. The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanction movement should itself be boycotted, divested, and sanctioned.
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Ritchie Torres - 13.7K Likes - The front-page image of today’s Washington Post is that of a child murdered by Hezbollah. 

Yet the front-page headline—“Israel Hits Targets In Lebanon”—portrays Israel, not Hezbollah, as the aggressor.

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Caption : The front-page image of today’s Washington Post is that of a child murdered by Hezbollah. Yet the front-page headline—“Israel Hits Targets In Lebanon”—portrays Israel, not Hezbollah, as the aggressor.
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Ritchie Torres - 13.7K Likes - The front-page image of today’s Washington Post is that of a child murdered by Hezbollah. 

Yet the front-page headline—“Israel Hits Targets In Lebanon”—portrays Israel, not Hezbollah, as the aggressor.

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Caption : The front-page image of today’s Washington Post is that of a child murdered by Hezbollah. Yet the front-page headline—“Israel Hits Targets In Lebanon”—portrays Israel, not Hezbollah, as the aggressor.
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Ritchie Torres - 12.3K Likes - Every potential nominee for Vice President is pro-Israel.  Yet only one, Josh Shapiro, has been singled out by a far-left smear campaign calling him “Genocide Josh.” The reason he is treated differently from the rest? Antisemitism. 

The antisemitic far left must never be given veto power over the selection of a presidential running mate.

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Caption : Every potential nominee for Vice President is pro-Israel. Yet only one, Josh Shapiro, has been singled out by a far-left smear campaign calling him “Genocide Josh.” The reason he is treated differently from the rest? Antisemitism. The antisemitic far left must never be given veto power over the selection of a presidential running mate.
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Ritchie Torres - 12K Likes - The leader of Hamas has been brought to justice.  Permanently. 

A special place in hell is reserved for him.

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Caption : The leader of Hamas has been brought to justice. Permanently. A special place in hell is reserved for him.
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Ritchie Torres - 11.6K Likes - My colleague Brad Schneider—who has been the leading advocate for hostages in Congress—had his office vandalized, with posters of the hostages torn down. 

If you’re tearing down the posters of hostages, you’re not “pro-Palestinian.” You’re pro-Hamas. You’re not just Anti-Israel.  You’re Antisemitic.  There’s a special place in hell for those who vandalize posters of the kidnapped.

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Caption : My colleague Brad Schneider—who has been the leading advocate for hostages in Congress—had his office vandalized, with posters of the hostages torn down. If you’re tearing down the posters of hostages, you’re not “pro-Palestinian.” You’re pro-Hamas. You’re not just Anti-Israel. You’re Antisemitic. There’s a special place in hell for those who vandalize posters of the kidnapped.
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Ritchie Torres - 11.6K Likes - My colleague Brad Schneider—who has been the leading advocate for hostages in Congress—had his office vandalized, with posters of the hostages torn down. 

If you’re tearing down the posters of hostages, you’re not “pro-Palestinian.” You’re pro-Hamas. You’re not just Anti-Israel.  You’re Antisemitic.  There’s a special place in hell for those who vandalize posters of the kidnapped.

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Caption : My colleague Brad Schneider—who has been the leading advocate for hostages in Congress—had his office vandalized, with posters of the hostages torn down. If you’re tearing down the posters of hostages, you’re not “pro-Palestinian.” You’re pro-Hamas. You’re not just Anti-Israel. You’re Antisemitic. There’s a special place in hell for those who vandalize posters of the kidnapped.
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Ritchie Torres - 11.4K Likes - If you are waving a Hamas flag in the heart of Times Square to protest the death of one of the world’s worst terrorists, Ismail Haniyeh, you are not “pro-Palestinian.” You are pro-Hamas, anti-Israel, anti-American—anything but “pro-Palestinian.”

Shilling for a barbaric terrorist organization that murdered 1200 Israelis and abducted civilians as old as 86 and as young as 9 months is itself barbaric.

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Caption : If you are waving a Hamas flag in the heart of Times Square to protest the death of one of the world’s worst terrorists, Ismail Haniyeh, you are not “pro-Palestinian.” You are pro-Hamas, anti-Israel, anti-American—anything but “pro-Palestinian.” Shilling for a barbaric terrorist organization that murdered 1200 Israelis and abducted civilians as old as 86 and as young as 9 months is itself barbaric.
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Ritchie Torres - 11.4K Likes - If you are waving a Hamas flag in the heart of Times Square to protest the death of one of the world’s worst terrorists, Ismail Haniyeh, you are not “pro-Palestinian.” You are pro-Hamas, anti-Israel, anti-American—anything but “pro-Palestinian.”

Shilling for a barbaric terrorist organization that murdered 1200 Israelis and abducted civilians as old as 86 and as young as 9 months is itself barbaric.

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Caption : If you are waving a Hamas flag in the heart of Times Square to protest the death of one of the world’s worst terrorists, Ismail Haniyeh, you are not “pro-Palestinian.” You are pro-Hamas, anti-Israel, anti-American—anything but “pro-Palestinian.” Shilling for a barbaric terrorist organization that murdered 1200 Israelis and abducted civilians as old as 86 and as young as 9 months is itself barbaric.
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Ritchie Torres - 10.9K Likes - Columbia University has removed the three administrators who were caught expressing disdain for their Jewish students and dismissing their concerns about antisemitism. 

When we fight for accountability, we win. Let’s keep fighting.

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Caption : Columbia University has removed the three administrators who were caught expressing disdain for their Jewish students and dismissing their concerns about antisemitism. When we fight for accountability, we win. Let’s keep fighting.
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Ritchie Torres - 10.5K Likes - That the Washington Post would shame the parents of Omer Neutra for keeping their focus on the captivity of their son is beneath contempt. 

There is a taboo against any acknowledgment of Israeli victimhood because the Narrative, as opposed to the Truth, demands that Israel be seen only as the villain.  The willful amnesia about October 7th is no accident. Denial follows inevitably from demonization.

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Caption : That the Washington Post would shame the parents of Omer Neutra for keeping their focus on the captivity of their son is beneath contempt. There is a taboo against any acknowledgment of Israeli victimhood because the Narrative, as opposed to the Truth, demands that Israel be seen only as the villain. The willful amnesia about October 7th is no accident. Denial follows inevitably from demonization.
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Ritchie Torres - 10.5K Likes - The “Free Palestine” extremists were caught burning an American flag on the same day as the Joint Session of Congress celebrating the US-Israel relationship. 

The Free Palestine movement is not only Anti-Israel.  It is Anti-American. Anti-Americanism is not incidental to Anti-Zionism. It is central to it.

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Caption : The “Free Palestine” extremists were caught burning an American flag on the same day as the Joint Session of Congress celebrating the US-Israel relationship. The Free Palestine movement is not only Anti-Israel. It is Anti-American. Anti-Americanism is not incidental to Anti-Zionism. It is central to it.
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Ritchie Torres - 10.5K Likes - The “Free Palestine” extremists were caught burning an American flag on the same day as the Joint Session of Congress celebrating the US-Israel relationship. 

The Free Palestine movement is not only Anti-Israel.  It is Anti-American. Anti-Americanism is not incidental to Anti-Zionism. It is central to it.

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Caption : The “Free Palestine” extremists were caught burning an American flag on the same day as the Joint Session of Congress celebrating the US-Israel relationship. The Free Palestine movement is not only Anti-Israel. It is Anti-American. Anti-Americanism is not incidental to Anti-Zionism. It is central to it.
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Ritchie Torres - 9.4K Likes - Hezbollah murders 12 Israeli children with rockets.  Where’s the outrage? 

The children murdered were not Jews but Druze.  Hezbollah is willing to murder young Arabs in pursuit of Jew hatred.

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Caption : Hezbollah murders 12 Israeli children with rockets. Where’s the outrage? The children murdered were not Jews but Druze. Hezbollah is willing to murder young Arabs in pursuit of Jew hatred.
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Ritchie Torres - 9.3K Likes - College administrators dripping with contempt for their own Jewish students cannot be trusted to combat antisemitism on college campuses. 

Columbia University: Fire them.

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Caption : College administrators dripping with contempt for their own Jewish students cannot be trusted to combat antisemitism on college campuses. Columbia University: Fire them.
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Ritchie Torres - 9.3K Likes - In the Candace Owens fictional account of WWII, the real victims were not the Jews but the Germans; the real villains, not the Axis but the Allies. 

She downplays the Holocaust while accusing the US and its allies of “ethnically cleansing Germans.” 

Those harboring hate in their heart can be  either ignorant or malevolent.  Candace Owens is both ignorant and malevolent, both stupid and sinister.

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Caption : In the Candace Owens fictional account of WWII, the real victims were not the Jews but the Germans; the real villains, not the Axis but the Allies. She downplays the Holocaust while accusing the US and its allies of “ethnically cleansing Germans.” Those harboring hate in their heart can be either ignorant or malevolent. Candace Owens is both ignorant and malevolent, both stupid and sinister.
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Ritchie Torres - 9.3K Likes - In the Candace Owens fictional account of WWII, the real victims were not the Jews but the Germans; the real villains, not the Axis but the Allies. 

She downplays the Holocaust while accusing the US and its allies of “ethnically cleansing Germans.” 

Those harboring hate in their heart can be  either ignorant or malevolent.  Candace Owens is both ignorant and malevolent, both stupid and sinister.

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Caption : In the Candace Owens fictional account of WWII, the real victims were not the Jews but the Germans; the real villains, not the Axis but the Allies. She downplays the Holocaust while accusing the US and its allies of “ethnically cleansing Germans.” Those harboring hate in their heart can be either ignorant or malevolent. Candace Owens is both ignorant and malevolent, both stupid and sinister.
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Ritchie Torres - 9K Likes - Thank you Vice President Kamala Harris for speaking out clearly and forcefully against the antisemitic protests that took hold at Union Station. 

The Vice President rightly denounces the antisemitic vandalism, vitriol, and violence as “unpatriotic” and “dangerous.”

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Caption : Thank you Vice President Kamala Harris for speaking out clearly and forcefully against the antisemitic protests that took hold at Union Station. The Vice President rightly denounces the antisemitic vandalism, vitriol, and violence as “unpatriotic” and “dangerous.”
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Ritchie Torres - 8.9K Likes - The Free Palestine movement is not about freeing Palestinians.  It is about pursuing a “final solution” against the world’s only Jewish State, which is home to half of the world’s Jewish population. 

When antisemites reveal their antisemitism by calling for a genocide against Jews, believe them.

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Caption : The Free Palestine movement is not about freeing Palestinians. It is about pursuing a “final solution” against the world’s only Jewish State, which is home to half of the world’s Jewish population. When antisemites reveal their antisemitism by calling for a genocide against Jews, believe them.
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Ritchie Torres - 8.7K Likes - Edan Alexander, Sagui Dekel Chen, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Omer Neutra, Keith Samuel Siegel. #BringThemHome.

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Caption : Edan Alexander, Sagui Dekel Chen, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Omer Neutra, Keith Samuel Siegel. #BringThemHome.
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Ritchie Torres - 8.5K Likes - China commits genocide against Uyghurs. Russia invades Ukraine.  Iran sponsors terrorism.  North Korea threatens nuclear war. 

Yet the UN Special Rapporteur is calling for the world’s only Jewish State to be singled out for expulsion from the United Nations.  The antisemitism of delegitimation has taken on a new intensity in a post-October 7th world.

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Caption : China commits genocide against Uyghurs. Russia invades Ukraine. Iran sponsors terrorism. North Korea threatens nuclear war. Yet the UN Special Rapporteur is calling for the world’s only Jewish State to be singled out for expulsion from the United Nations. The antisemitism of delegitimation has taken on a new intensity in a post-October 7th world.
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Ritchie Torres - 8.5K Likes - Administrators from Columbia University accused their Jewish students of “privilege” simply for daring to complain about antisemitism. 

Weaponizing the word ‘privilege’ against Jews is both insidious and invidious. 

College Administrators are ascribing to Jews a “privileged status” that invalidates their lived experience with antisemitism and denies them even right to complain about it. 

The lack of empathy for the plight of Jewish students is not a bug but a feature of a wider worldview—a deeper dehumanization of Jews—that has corrupted the far left.

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Caption : Administrators from Columbia University accused their Jewish students of “privilege” simply for daring to complain about antisemitism. Weaponizing the word ‘privilege’ against Jews is both insidious and invidious. College Administrators are ascribing to Jews a “privileged status” that invalidates their lived experience with antisemitism and denies them even right to complain about it. The lack of empathy for the plight of Jewish students is not a bug but a feature of a wider worldview—a deeper dehumanization of Jews—that has corrupted the far left.
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Ritchie Torres - 8.5K Likes - A few hours ago, I found myself accosted by Medea Benjamin of Code Pink, which is so beholden to the Chinese Communist Party that it denies the actual genocide against Uyghur Muslims while falsely accusing Israel of genocide. 

Code Pink has been seen meeting with Hamas, a foreign terrorist organization that murdered, maimed, mutilated, raped, tortured, and abducted thousands of Jews in Israel.

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Caption : A few hours ago, I found myself accosted by Medea Benjamin of Code Pink, which is so beholden to the Chinese Communist Party that it denies the actual genocide against Uyghur Muslims while falsely accusing Israel of genocide. Code Pink has been seen meeting with Hamas, a foreign terrorist organization that murdered, maimed, mutilated, raped, tortured, and abducted thousands of Jews in Israel.
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Ritchie Torres - 8.5K Likes - A few hours ago, I found myself accosted by Medea Benjamin of Code Pink, which is so beholden to the Chinese Communist Party that it denies the actual genocide against Uyghur Muslims while falsely accusing Israel of genocide. 

Code Pink has been seen meeting with Hamas, a foreign terrorist organization that murdered, maimed, mutilated, raped, tortured, and abducted thousands of Jews in Israel.

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Caption : A few hours ago, I found myself accosted by Medea Benjamin of Code Pink, which is so beholden to the Chinese Communist Party that it denies the actual genocide against Uyghur Muslims while falsely accusing Israel of genocide. Code Pink has been seen meeting with Hamas, a foreign terrorist organization that murdered, maimed, mutilated, raped, tortured, and abducted thousands of Jews in Israel.
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Ritchie Torres - 8.5K Likes - According to the NY Times, a rocket from Lebanon hit a soccer field. Left unmentioned is the cause, Hezbollah, which fired the rocket and murdered 12 children. 

Anti-Israel bias in the media is not only about the things said and written but also about the things left unsaid and unwritten.

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Caption : According to the NY Times, a rocket from Lebanon hit a soccer field. Left unmentioned is the cause, Hezbollah, which fired the rocket and murdered 12 children. Anti-Israel bias in the media is not only about the things said and written but also about the things left unsaid and unwritten.
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Ritchie Torres - 8.1K Likes - Ismail Haniyeh was not a moderate but a monster.  A violent extremist who reduced Palestinians to nothing more than human shields: “We need the blood of women, children, and the elderly of Gaza.” 

Imagine someone writing: “Tough-talking Nazi was seen as the more moderate face of the Third Reich.”

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Caption : Ismail Haniyeh was not a moderate but a monster. A violent extremist who reduced Palestinians to nothing more than human shields: “We need the blood of women, children, and the elderly of Gaza.” Imagine someone writing: “Tough-talking Nazi was seen as the more moderate face of the Third Reich.”
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Ritchie Torres - 8K Likes - Mohamed Hadid, who continues to demonize me for speaking out against antisemitism, has been caught promoting a Neo-Nazi tirade against “the Jewish Problem.” 

Hadid is not only an antisemite who amplifies Neo-Nazis but also a racist who once said to me: “dress as KKK to hide that grey-colored face of yours.” Hadid is as heinous as the hate in his heart.

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Caption : Mohamed Hadid, who continues to demonize me for speaking out against antisemitism, has been caught promoting a Neo-Nazi tirade against “the Jewish Problem.” Hadid is not only an antisemite who amplifies Neo-Nazis but also a racist who once said to me: “dress as KKK to hide that grey-colored face of yours.” Hadid is as heinous as the hate in his heart.
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Ritchie Torres - 7.8K Likes - Israel might have taken out Muhammad Deif, the leader of the Qassam Brigades (Hamas’ military wing) and a mastermind of the October 7th terrorist attack. 

A special place in hell is reserved for Muhammad Deif and Yahya Sinwar.  I will celebrate the moment humanity is rid of them both.

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Caption : Israel might have taken out Muhammad Deif, the leader of the Qassam Brigades (Hamas’ military wing) and a mastermind of the October 7th terrorist attack. A special place in hell is reserved for Muhammad Deif and Yahya Sinwar. I will celebrate the moment humanity is rid of them both.
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Ritchie Torres - 7.8K Likes - Israel has a right to defend itself. 

And so it did decisively—against the Houthis, an Iranian proxy that terrorizes not only Israelis but also its own people. 

I stand with Israel.  #AmYisraelChai.

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Caption : Israel has a right to defend itself. And so it did decisively—against the Houthis, an Iranian proxy that terrorizes not only Israelis but also its own people. I stand with Israel. #AmYisraelChai.
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Ritchie Torres - 7.8K Likes - Over 1.2 billion pounds of food have been delivered to Gaza, flatly contradicting the false narrative of genocide. 

There is a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, brought on by a wretched war that Hamas began, but there is nothing remotely resembling genocide. 

The only party in the conflict with genocidal intent is Hamas, which seeks to annihilate every Jew in Israel until the Jewish State itself is annihilated.

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Caption : Over 1.2 billion pounds of food have been delivered to Gaza, flatly contradicting the false narrative of genocide. There is a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, brought on by a wretched war that Hamas began, but there is nothing remotely resembling genocide. The only party in the conflict with genocidal intent is Hamas, which seeks to annihilate every Jew in Israel until the Jewish State itself is annihilated.
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Ritchie Torres - 7.5K Likes - At the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale (The Bayit), which I proudly represent, I had the high honor of joining JCRC and AMEPA in hosting two heroes—Daniel and Neria Sharabi—who shared their stories of saving lives on 10/7.

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Caption : At the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale (The Bayit), which I proudly represent, I had the high honor of joining JCRC and AMEPA in hosting two heroes—Daniel and Neria Sharabi—who shared their stories of saving lives on 10/7.
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Ritchie Torres - 7.5K Likes - At the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale (The Bayit), which I proudly represent, I had the high honor of joining JCRC and AMEPA in hosting two heroes—Daniel and Neria Sharabi—who shared their stories of saving lives on 10/7.

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Caption : At the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale (The Bayit), which I proudly represent, I had the high honor of joining JCRC and AMEPA in hosting two heroes—Daniel and Neria Sharabi—who shared their stories of saving lives on 10/7.
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Ritchie Torres - 7.4K Likes - The Democratic Socialists of America is waging a smear campaign against Governor Josh Shapiro. Even though the Governor is well within the mainstream of the Democratic Party—a mainstream from which the DSA itself is far removed—the DSA is nonetheless singling out the Governor simply because he is Jewish. It should be called out for what it is: antisemitism. 

Just as troubling, the DSA refuses to utter the word ‘Israel,” instead calling it “the Zionist Project in Palestine.” The antisemitism of the DSA has no place in the Democratic Party.

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Caption : The Democratic Socialists of America is waging a smear campaign against Governor Josh Shapiro. Even though the Governor is well within the mainstream of the Democratic Party—a mainstream from which the DSA itself is far removed—the DSA is nonetheless singling out the Governor simply because he is Jewish. It should be called out for what it is: antisemitism. Just as troubling, the DSA refuses to utter the word ‘Israel,” instead calling it “the Zionist Project in Palestine.” The antisemitism of the DSA has no place in the Democratic Party.
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Ritchie Torres - 7.4K Likes - The Democratic Socialists of America is waging a smear campaign against Governor Josh Shapiro. Even though the Governor is well within the mainstream of the Democratic Party—a mainstream from which the DSA itself is far removed—the DSA is nonetheless singling out the Governor simply because he is Jewish. It should be called out for what it is: antisemitism. 

Just as troubling, the DSA refuses to utter the word ‘Israel,” instead calling it “the Zionist Project in Palestine.” The antisemitism of the DSA has no place in the Democratic Party.

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Caption : The Democratic Socialists of America is waging a smear campaign against Governor Josh Shapiro. Even though the Governor is well within the mainstream of the Democratic Party—a mainstream from which the DSA itself is far removed—the DSA is nonetheless singling out the Governor simply because he is Jewish. It should be called out for what it is: antisemitism. Just as troubling, the DSA refuses to utter the word ‘Israel,” instead calling it “the Zionist Project in Palestine.” The antisemitism of the DSA has no place in the Democratic Party.
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Ritchie Torres - 7.4K Likes - The Democratic Socialists of America is waging a smear campaign against Governor Josh Shapiro. Even though the Governor is well within the mainstream of the Democratic Party—a mainstream from which the DSA itself is far removed—the DSA is nonetheless singling out the Governor simply because he is Jewish. It should be called out for what it is: antisemitism. 

Just as troubling, the DSA refuses to utter the word ‘Israel,” instead calling it “the Zionist Project in Palestine.” The antisemitism of the DSA has no place in the Democratic Party.

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Caption : The Democratic Socialists of America is waging a smear campaign against Governor Josh Shapiro. Even though the Governor is well within the mainstream of the Democratic Party—a mainstream from which the DSA itself is far removed—the DSA is nonetheless singling out the Governor simply because he is Jewish. It should be called out for what it is: antisemitism. Just as troubling, the DSA refuses to utter the word ‘Israel,” instead calling it “the Zionist Project in Palestine.” The antisemitism of the DSA has no place in the Democratic Party.
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Ritchie Torres - 7.3K Likes - Israel Derangement Syndrome has taken over the Canon Rotunda. 

Anti-Israel hysteria is as much a pathology as it is an ideology.

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Caption : Israel Derangement Syndrome has taken over the Canon Rotunda. Anti-Israel hysteria is as much a pathology as it is an ideology.
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Ritchie Torres - 7.3K Likes - Israel Derangement Syndrome has taken over the Canon Rotunda. 

Anti-Israel hysteria is as much a pathology as it is an ideology.

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Caption : Israel Derangement Syndrome has taken over the Canon Rotunda. Anti-Israel hysteria is as much a pathology as it is an ideology.
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Ritchie Torres - 7.2K Likes - An Assistant Manager for City Lit Books has announced that he is “uncomfortable” hosting a “Zionist” at his bookstore.  Since most Jews are Zionists, Mr. Schumann’s ban is tantamount to putting up a sign that reads: “No Jews Allowed.” 

Anyone who adopts a policy that excludes most Jews is guilty of institutionalizing antisemitism.

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Caption : An Assistant Manager for City Lit Books has announced that he is “uncomfortable” hosting a “Zionist” at his bookstore. Since most Jews are Zionists, Mr. Schumann’s ban is tantamount to putting up a sign that reads: “No Jews Allowed.” Anyone who adopts a policy that excludes most Jews is guilty of institutionalizing antisemitism.
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Ritchie Torres - 7K Likes - Protesting a synagogue anywhere—even under the guise of pro-Palestinian activism—is always and everywhere an act of antisemitism. The latest action against a synagogue in Kew Gardens, Queens is no exception. 

The notion that Anti-Zionism is not Antisemitism has been exposed as a lie.  The notion that those protesting synagogues and Holocaust museums and Nova exhibits are not pro-Hamas but are pro-Palestinian—that, too, has been exposed as a lie.

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Caption : Protesting a synagogue anywhere—even under the guise of pro-Palestinian activism—is always and everywhere an act of antisemitism. The latest action against a synagogue in Kew Gardens, Queens is no exception. The notion that Anti-Zionism is not Antisemitism has been exposed as a lie. The notion that those protesting synagogues and Holocaust museums and Nova exhibits are not pro-Hamas but are pro-Palestinian—that, too, has been exposed as a lie.
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Ritchie Torres - 6.9K Likes - I am deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. Ruth Westheimer. A Holocaust survivor who went on to realize the American Dream, Dr. Ruth was a force of nature who led an extraordinary life and left behind an equally extraordinary legacy. 

May her memory be a blessing.

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Caption : I am deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. Ruth Westheimer. A Holocaust survivor who went on to realize the American Dream, Dr. Ruth was a force of nature who led an extraordinary life and left behind an equally extraordinary legacy. May her memory be a blessing.
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Ritchie Torres - 6.8K Likes - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) came out with an advisory opinion asserting the illegality of a Jewish sovereign presence in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City, the Western Wall, and the Temple Mount—the holiest sites in Judaism. 

An ICJ that definitively prejudges Jewish  sovereignty over these Jewish sites to be illegitimate—outside the context of bilateral negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians—is exposing its own illegitimacy.  It is acting not legally but politically. It is engaged not in law but in lawfare.  When it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, there has been nothing just about the International Court of Justice. Its judgements against Israel have been neither judicial nor judicious.

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Caption : The International Court of Justice (ICJ) came out with an advisory opinion asserting the illegality of a Jewish sovereign presence in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City, the Western Wall, and the Temple Mount—the holiest sites in Judaism. An ICJ that definitively prejudges Jewish sovereignty over these Jewish sites to be illegitimate—outside the context of bilateral negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians—is exposing its own illegitimacy. It is acting not legally but politically. It is engaged not in law but in lawfare. When it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, there has been nothing just about the International Court of Justice. Its judgements against Israel have been neither judicial nor judicious.
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Ritchie Torres - 6.7K Likes - Never be in the closet about your Zionism.  Never be ashamed of it. 

Be proud of your Zionism!

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Caption : Never be in the closet about your Zionism. Never be ashamed of it. Be proud of your Zionism!
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Ritchie Torres - 6.4K Likes - The hyperbolic and hysterical demonization of Israel has led to a global outbreak of antisemitic violence, vandalism, and vitriol. 

Nowhere has the crisis been more pronounced than in NYC, which in June saw a 137% surge in antisemitic hate crimes vs. same period in 2023. More hate crimes against Jews than against everyone else—combined.

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Caption : The hyperbolic and hysterical demonization of Israel has led to a global outbreak of antisemitic violence, vandalism, and vitriol. Nowhere has the crisis been more pronounced than in NYC, which in June saw a 137% surge in antisemitic hate crimes vs. same period in 2023. More hate crimes against Jews than against everyone else—combined.
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Ritchie Torres - 6.3K Likes - Hezbollah fires hundreds of rockets at Israel.  Yet Israel is the one that is portrayed as the aggressor. 

Expect no demonstrations against Hezbollah for attempting the mass murder of Israelis.

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Caption : Hezbollah fires hundreds of rockets at Israel. Yet Israel is the one that is portrayed as the aggressor. Expect no demonstrations against Hezbollah for attempting the mass murder of Israelis.
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Ritchie Torres - 6.3K Likes - Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel, murdering nine children. 

Since October 7th, Hezbollah has been bombarding Israel with rockets, displacing up to 100K Israelis and terrorizing many more.  The murder of nine children is the latest manifestation of Hezbollah’s unrelenting terror. Israel has an unquestionable right to defend itself against the most heavily armed terrorist organization in the world.

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Caption : Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel, murdering nine children. Since October 7th, Hezbollah has been bombarding Israel with rockets, displacing up to 100K Israelis and terrorizing many more. The murder of nine children is the latest manifestation of Hezbollah’s unrelenting terror. Israel has an unquestionable right to defend itself against the most heavily armed terrorist organization in the world.
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Ritchie Torres - 6.2K Likes - Most people, who possess moral common sense, see October 7 for what it is:  barbarism and terrorism. 

Anti-Israel academics and activists—who live in an ivory tower that robs them of moral common sense—see October 7 as “resistance,” “liberation,” and “decolonization.” 

The chasm between the real world and the ivory tower has never been wider.

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Caption : Most people, who possess moral common sense, see October 7 for what it is: barbarism and terrorism. Anti-Israel academics and activists—who live in an ivory tower that robs them of moral common sense—see October 7 as “resistance,” “liberation,” and “decolonization.” The chasm between the real world and the ivory tower has never been wider.
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Ritchie Torres - 6.1K Likes - A rocket does not just fall from outer space onto a soccer field.  There’s a causal agent that fired the rocket. There’s a causal agent that is morally culpable for the murder of the 12 children killed by the rocket. 

A headline that fails to mention the who behind the what is not information but misinformation. It is not journalism but Anti-Israel activism.

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Caption : A rocket does not just fall from outer space onto a soccer field. There’s a causal agent that fired the rocket. There’s a causal agent that is morally culpable for the murder of the 12 children killed by the rocket. A headline that fails to mention the who behind the what is not information but misinformation. It is not journalism but Anti-Israel activism.
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Ritchie Torres - 5.6K Likes - Democracy has no greater enemy than political violence.  It has no place in the United States of America. 

We must never revert back to a period of political assassinations in America.

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Caption : Democracy has no greater enemy than political violence. It has no place in the United States of America. We must never revert back to a period of political assassinations in America.
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Ritchie Torres - 5.5K Likes - Jeremy Corbyn, who recently won a seat in Parliament as an independent, once boasted about holding an event with his “friends” Hezbollah and Hamas. 

As evidenced by the company he keeps, Jeremy Corbyn is the poster child for antisemitism in Britain. The exportation of Corbynism to America must be vigorously fought and defeated.

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Caption : Jeremy Corbyn, who recently won a seat in Parliament as an independent, once boasted about holding an event with his “friends” Hezbollah and Hamas. As evidenced by the company he keeps, Jeremy Corbyn is the poster child for antisemitism in Britain. The exportation of Corbynism to America must be vigorously fought and defeated.
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Ritchie Torres - 5.5K Likes - Jeremy Corbyn, who recently won a seat in Parliament as an independent, once boasted about holding an event with his “friends” Hezbollah and Hamas. 

As evidenced by the company he keeps, Jeremy Corbyn is the poster child for antisemitism in Britain. The exportation of Corbynism to America must be vigorously fought and defeated.

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Caption : Jeremy Corbyn, who recently won a seat in Parliament as an independent, once boasted about holding an event with his “friends” Hezbollah and Hamas. As evidenced by the company he keeps, Jeremy Corbyn is the poster child for antisemitism in Britain. The exportation of Corbynism to America must be vigorously fought and defeated.
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Ritchie Torres - 5.4K Likes - Columbia University has three college administrators who promise to provide a safe space for everyone—except Jews; who promise to validate the lived experiences of everyone—except Jews; who promise to be sensitive to and inclusive of everyone—except Jews. 

The erasure and exclusion of Jews—the practice of “except Jews”—is antisemitism.

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Caption : Columbia University has three college administrators who promise to provide a safe space for everyone—except Jews; who promise to validate the lived experiences of everyone—except Jews; who promise to be sensitive to and inclusive of everyone—except Jews. The erasure and exclusion of Jews—the practice of “except Jews”—is antisemitism.
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Ritchie Torres - 5.4K Likes - The Houthis, a terrorist organization based in Yemen and sponsored by Iran, has taken responsibility for a drone strike against Israel in Tel Aviv.  The drone strike led to several casualties as well as an explosion one block away from the US embassy.

The message of the Houthis, an Iranian proxy armed with Iranian drones, couldn’t be clearer: “Death to America. Death to Israel. Curse upon the Jews.” The time has come for the US State Department to designate the Houthis as a ‘Foreign Terrorist Organization.’

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Caption : The Houthis, a terrorist organization based in Yemen and sponsored by Iran, has taken responsibility for a drone strike against Israel in Tel Aviv. The drone strike led to several casualties as well as an explosion one block away from the US embassy. The message of the Houthis, an Iranian proxy armed with Iranian drones, couldn’t be clearer: “Death to America. Death to Israel. Curse upon the Jews.” The time has come for the US State Department to designate the Houthis as a ‘Foreign Terrorist Organization.’
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Ritchie Torres - 5.2K Likes - Congressman Mike Lawler and I are putting aside partisan differences to make a bipartisan push for enhanced Secret Service Protection for President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump, and presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr. 

We plan to introduce bipartisan legislation in the wake of the attempted assassination.

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Caption : Congressman Mike Lawler and I are putting aside partisan differences to make a bipartisan push for enhanced Secret Service Protection for President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump, and presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr. We plan to introduce bipartisan legislation in the wake of the attempted assassination.
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Ritchie Torres - 4.9K Likes - An anti-Israel coalition threatens violence against Jewish orgs that have not “separated themselves from Israel.” It specifically cites the Jewish Federation and Hillel and threatens to treat them as “extremist criminals”—“genocidal extremists” whom the coalition will “no longer normalize.” What does it mean to “no longer normalize?” It menacingly tells Jewish students to “Stay Tuned.”

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Caption : An anti-Israel coalition threatens violence against Jewish orgs that have not “separated themselves from Israel.” It specifically cites the Jewish Federation and Hillel and threatens to treat them as “extremist criminals”—“genocidal extremists” whom the coalition will “no longer normalize.” What does it mean to “no longer normalize?” It menacingly tells Jewish students to “Stay Tuned.”
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Ritchie Torres - 4.9K Likes - A heartless terrorist organization like Hamas has never released hostages out of the kindness of its own heart (because it has none) and it never will. 

Exerting military pressure on Hamas, as Israel has done, will bolster the likelihood of a hostage release. Military pressure led to the initial ceasefire back in November. It will likely lead to the next one.  Hamas only responds to pressure.

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Caption : A heartless terrorist organization like Hamas has never released hostages out of the kindness of its own heart (because it has none) and it never will. Exerting military pressure on Hamas, as Israel has done, will bolster the likelihood of a hostage release. Military pressure led to the initial ceasefire back in November. It will likely lead to the next one. Hamas only responds to pressure.
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Ritchie Torres - 4.6K Likes - Donald Trump Jr. is making an appearance with Candace Owens, who recently suggested that the real victims of WWII were not the Jews but the Germans and the real villains not the Axis but the Allies. 

Owens has downplayed the Holocaust and accused the US and its allies of “ethnically cleansing Germans.”

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Caption : Donald Trump Jr. is making an appearance with Candace Owens, who recently suggested that the real victims of WWII were not the Jews but the Germans and the real villains not the Axis but the Allies. Owens has downplayed the Holocaust and accused the US and its allies of “ethnically cleansing Germans.”
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Ritchie Torres - 4.6K Likes - Donald Trump Jr. is making an appearance with Candace Owens, who recently suggested that the real victims of WWII were not the Jews but the Germans and the real villains not the Axis but the Allies. 

Owens has downplayed the Holocaust and accused the US and its allies of “ethnically cleansing Germans.”

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Caption : Donald Trump Jr. is making an appearance with Candace Owens, who recently suggested that the real victims of WWII were not the Jews but the Germans and the real villains not the Axis but the Allies. Owens has downplayed the Holocaust and accused the US and its allies of “ethnically cleansing Germans.”
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Ritchie Torres - 3.7K Likes - An explosion in Tel Aviv, resulting in several casualties.  Awaiting more details as to the cause. 

Please pray for the safety of the Israeli people.

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Caption : An explosion in Tel Aviv, resulting in several casualties. Awaiting more details as to the cause. Please pray for the safety of the Israeli people.
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Ritchie Torres - 3.7K Likes - The Houthi drone attack on both Israel and the US (via the US embassy) has me thinking. 

The fear of escalation can easily become the cause of escalation.  A nation that allows itself to be attacked will continue to be attacked.  Self-defense is not only responsive but also preventative.

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Caption : The Houthi drone attack on both Israel and the US (via the US embassy) has me thinking. The fear of escalation can easily become the cause of escalation. A nation that allows itself to be attacked will continue to be attacked. Self-defense is not only responsive but also preventative.
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Ritchie Torres - 3.6K Likes - The shooter fired from a rooftop 100  yards from the former President. 

Why was the rooftop not secured beforehand by the Secret Service? How could a shooter come so easily within firing distance of a presidential candidate? 

These security failures cannot go unanswered.  There must be a post-mortem of what went wrong.

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Caption : The shooter fired from a rooftop 100 yards from the former President. Why was the rooftop not secured beforehand by the Secret Service? How could a shooter come so easily within firing distance of a presidential candidate? These security failures cannot go unanswered. There must be a post-mortem of what went wrong.
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Ritchie Torres - 3.6K Likes - The shooter fired from a rooftop 100  yards from the former President. 

Why was the rooftop not secured beforehand by the Secret Service? How could a shooter come so easily within firing distance of a presidential candidate? 

These security failures cannot go unanswered.  There must be a post-mortem of what went wrong.

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Caption : The shooter fired from a rooftop 100 yards from the former President. Why was the rooftop not secured beforehand by the Secret Service? How could a shooter come so easily within firing distance of a presidential candidate? These security failures cannot go unanswered. There must be a post-mortem of what went wrong.
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Ritchie Torres - 3.4K Likes - JD Vance was against Donald Trump before he was for him.

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Caption : JD Vance was against Donald Trump before he was for him.
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Ritchie Torres - 3.3K Likes - The narrative that the President simply had one bad debate performance reflects a continuing pattern of denial and self-delusion. 

The President did not just have one “bad debate.” The reality we saw with our own lying eyes is evidence of a deeper challenge.

The notion that the President is going to be saved by this interview or that press conference misses the forest for trees. 

I will respectfully listen to the President’s press conference tonight and the interview on Monday evening but the ability to survive a single public appearance is the bear minimum of what should be expected of a Democratic Nominee. Neither the press conference tonight nor the NBC interview on Monday evening will offer the President the political salvation he seems to be seeking. 

If the President formally becomes the Democratic Nominee, we will have no choice but to make the best of a complicated situation.  But there is no point in denying the complications.

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Caption : The narrative that the President simply had one bad debate performance reflects a continuing pattern of denial and self-delusion. The President did not just have one “bad debate.” The reality we saw with our own lying eyes is evidence of a deeper challenge. The notion that the President is going to be saved by this interview or that press conference misses the forest for trees. I will respectfully listen to the President’s press conference tonight and the interview on Monday evening but the ability to survive a single public appearance is the bear minimum of what should be expected of a Democratic Nominee. Neither the press conference tonight nor the NBC interview on Monday evening will offer the President the political salvation he seems to be seeking. If the President formally becomes the Democratic Nominee, we will have no choice but to make the best of a complicated situation. But there is no point in denying the complications.
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Ritchie Torres - 3.2K Likes - The right-wing transformation of ‘DEI’ into an epithet that denigrates people of color is deeply offensive. 

Kamala Harris is the Vice President of the United States.  The Biden-Harris ticket was voted into office by a majority of the American electorate. The insinuation that she did not earn the position, simply because she’s a Black woman, is not only factually wrong—it is profoundly racist.

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Caption : The right-wing transformation of ‘DEI’ into an epithet that denigrates people of color is deeply offensive. Kamala Harris is the Vice President of the United States. The Biden-Harris ticket was voted into office by a majority of the American electorate. The insinuation that she did not earn the position, simply because she’s a Black woman, is not only factually wrong—it is profoundly racist.
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Ritchie Torres - 3.2K Likes - Protesting a synagogue is antisemitic. The “pro-Palestinian” pretense of the protestors changes nothing about the antisemitism of the protest itself. 

The only people fooled by the “pro-Palestinian” pretense are the “pro-Palestinian” pretenders who keep pretending that Anti-Zionism has nothing to do with Antisemitism.

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Caption : Protesting a synagogue is antisemitic. The “pro-Palestinian” pretense of the protestors changes nothing about the antisemitism of the protest itself. The only people fooled by the “pro-Palestinian” pretense are the “pro-Palestinian” pretenders who keep pretending that Anti-Zionism has nothing to do with Antisemitism.
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Ritchie Torres - 3K Likes - An attempted assassination is not just an attack on one.  It is an attack on all. An attack on America. 

Politics means resolving conflict without resorting to violence. Whenever violence breaks out, it means politics is failing.  And so is democracy.

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Caption : An attempted assassination is not just an attack on one. It is an attack on all. An attack on America. Politics means resolving conflict without resorting to violence. Whenever violence breaks out, it means politics is failing. And so is democracy.
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Ritchie Torres - 2.6K Likes - Happy July 4th to the United States of America, the greatest experiment in multi-racial multi-ethnic democracy the world has ever known.  E Pluribus Unum.  Out of Many One. 

The story of America is full of triumphs and tragedies, setbacks and comebacks, but the long arc of the American experiment bends toward progress. 

Perfecting our more perfect union is our collective civic duty as Americans.

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Caption : Happy July 4th to the United States of America, the greatest experiment in multi-racial multi-ethnic democracy the world has ever known. E Pluribus Unum. Out of Many One. The story of America is full of triumphs and tragedies, setbacks and comebacks, but the long arc of the American experiment bends toward progress. Perfecting our more perfect union is our collective civic duty as Americans.
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Ritchie Torres - 2.4K Likes - The Islamic Republic of Iran has been waging foreign influence operations, amplifying disinformation with the aim of radicalizing and polarizing American politics. Mission accomplished! 

According to the Director of National Intelligence, “Iranian government actors have sought to opportunistically take advantage of ongoing protests regarding the war in Gaza…actors tied to Iran’s government posing as activists online, seeking to encourage protests, and even providing financial support to protestors.”

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Caption : The Islamic Republic of Iran has been waging foreign influence operations, amplifying disinformation with the aim of radicalizing and polarizing American politics. Mission accomplished! According to the Director of National Intelligence, “Iranian government actors have sought to opportunistically take advantage of ongoing protests regarding the war in Gaza…actors tied to Iran’s government posing as activists online, seeking to encourage protests, and even providing financial support to protestors.”
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Ritchie Torres - 2.3K Likes - There are politicians who will invariably choose partisanship over statesmanship, even when the gravity of the moment calls for a moratorium on the usual partisan politics. 

Mike Collins and JD Vance—despicably demagogic to their core—are Exhibits A and B.

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Caption : There are politicians who will invariably choose partisanship over statesmanship, even when the gravity of the moment calls for a moratorium on the usual partisan politics. Mike Collins and JD Vance—despicably demagogic to their core—are Exhibits A and B.
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Ritchie Torres - 2.3K Likes - There are politicians who will invariably choose partisanship over statesmanship, even when the gravity of the moment calls for a moratorium on the usual partisan politics. 

Mike Collins and JD Vance—despicably demagogic to their core—are Exhibits A and B.

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Caption : There are politicians who will invariably choose partisanship over statesmanship, even when the gravity of the moment calls for a moratorium on the usual partisan politics. Mike Collins and JD Vance—despicably demagogic to their core—are Exhibits A and B.
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Ritchie Torres - 2.3K Likes - There are politicians who will invariably choose partisanship over statesmanship, even when the gravity of the moment calls for a moratorium on the usual partisan politics. 

Mike Collins and JD Vance—despicably demagogic to their core—are Exhibits A and B.

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Caption : There are politicians who will invariably choose partisanship over statesmanship, even when the gravity of the moment calls for a moratorium on the usual partisan politics. Mike Collins and JD Vance—despicably demagogic to their core—are Exhibits A and B.
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Ritchie Torres - 2.3K Likes - The DSA is not condemning Nicolás Maduro for disenfranchising the people of Venezuela.  It is condemning the condemnation of a dictator who just stole an election. 

There is nothing “democratic” about the so-called ‘Democratic Socialists of America’ and its rejection of free and fair elections. Lest it be accused of deceptive advertising, the DSA should be renamed the Autocratic Socialists of America.

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Caption : The DSA is not condemning Nicolás Maduro for disenfranchising the people of Venezuela. It is condemning the condemnation of a dictator who just stole an election. There is nothing “democratic” about the so-called ‘Democratic Socialists of America’ and its rejection of free and fair elections. Lest it be accused of deceptive advertising, the DSA should be renamed the Autocratic Socialists of America.
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Ritchie Torres - 2.3K Likes - I stopped by NY State Senator Jamaal Bailey’s Annual BBQ.  It is one of the must-attend summer events in the Northeast Bronx.

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Caption : I stopped by NY State Senator Jamaal Bailey’s Annual BBQ. It is one of the must-attend summer events in the Northeast Bronx.
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Ritchie Torres - 2.3K Likes - I stopped by NY State Senator Jamaal Bailey’s Annual BBQ.  It is one of the must-attend summer events in the Northeast Bronx.

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Caption : I stopped by NY State Senator Jamaal Bailey’s Annual BBQ. It is one of the must-attend summer events in the Northeast Bronx.
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Ritchie Torres - 2.3K Likes - The security failures surrounding the attempted assassination of a presidential candidate demand an investigation.

The federal government must constantly learn from security failures in order to avoid repeating them—especially when those failures have implications for the Nation.

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Caption : The security failures surrounding the attempted assassination of a presidential candidate demand an investigation. The federal government must constantly learn from security failures in order to avoid repeating them—especially when those failures have implications for the Nation.
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Ritchie Torres - 2.1K Likes - The security failures surrounding the attempted assassination of the former President are so egregious that the only acceptable outcome is the resignation or removal of Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, whose lack of accountability and transparency since the July 13th shooting has only added insult to injury. 

An example must be made of those who fail as catastrophically as Director Cheatle has done.

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Caption : The security failures surrounding the attempted assassination of the former President are so egregious that the only acceptable outcome is the resignation or removal of Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, whose lack of accountability and transparency since the July 13th shooting has only added insult to injury. An example must be made of those who fail as catastrophically as Director Cheatle has done.
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Ritchie Torres - 2K Likes - I paid a visit to a senior center in the Northeast Bronx. 

The seniors there drew me a wonderful piece of art, which I plan to hang in my office.

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Caption : I paid a visit to a senior center in the Northeast Bronx. The seniors there drew me a wonderful piece of art, which I plan to hang in my office.
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Ritchie Torres - 2K Likes - I paid a visit to a senior center in the Northeast Bronx. 

The seniors there drew me a wonderful piece of art, which I plan to hang in my office.

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Caption : I paid a visit to a senior center in the Northeast Bronx. The seniors there drew me a wonderful piece of art, which I plan to hang in my office.
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Ritchie Torres - 2K Likes - I paid a visit to a senior center in the Northeast Bronx. 

The seniors there drew me a wonderful piece of art, which I plan to hang in my office.

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Caption : I paid a visit to a senior center in the Northeast Bronx. The seniors there drew me a wonderful piece of art, which I plan to hang in my office.
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Ritchie Torres - 2K Likes - I paid a visit to a senior center in the Northeast Bronx. 

The seniors there drew me a wonderful piece of art, which I plan to hang in my office.

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Caption : I paid a visit to a senior center in the Northeast Bronx. The seniors there drew me a wonderful piece of art, which I plan to hang in my office.
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Ritchie Torres - 1.9K Likes - The attempt to scapegoat a rural police department for the security failures of July 13th is embarrassing excuse-making on the part of the Secret Service Director. 

The Secret Service should admit full responsibility for creating a security perimeter so narrow that it fell within the firing range of an AR-15.

The Secret Service has a categorical duty to protect all major presidential candidates from all threats, regardless of where those threats lie in relation to the security perimeter. 

The Secret Service’s core mission of protecting a presidential candidate cannot be outsourced to a local rural police department simply by creating a narrow security perimeter.

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Caption : The attempt to scapegoat a rural police department for the security failures of July 13th is embarrassing excuse-making on the part of the Secret Service Director. The Secret Service should admit full responsibility for creating a security perimeter so narrow that it fell within the firing range of an AR-15. The Secret Service has a categorical duty to protect all major presidential candidates from all threats, regardless of where those threats lie in relation to the security perimeter. The Secret Service’s core mission of protecting a presidential candidate cannot be outsourced to a local rural police department simply by creating a narrow security perimeter.
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Ritchie Torres - 1.8K Likes - The 7/13 rally was not held in an urban environment densely populated with buildings. 

There were only a few rooftops for the Secret Service to secure yet an inexplicable failure by the Secret Service to secure them. 

Did the Secret Service deploy technology like drones to flag suspicious actors on “elevated positions” within firing distance of the former President?

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Caption : The 7/13 rally was not held in an urban environment densely populated with buildings. There were only a few rooftops for the Secret Service to secure yet an inexplicable failure by the Secret Service to secure them. Did the Secret Service deploy technology like drones to flag suspicious actors on “elevated positions” within firing distance of the former President?
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Ritchie Torres - 1.8K Likes - The 7/13 rally was not held in an urban environment densely populated with buildings. 

There were only a few rooftops for the Secret Service to secure yet an inexplicable failure by the Secret Service to secure them. 

Did the Secret Service deploy technology like drones to flag suspicious actors on “elevated positions” within firing distance of the former President?

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Caption : The 7/13 rally was not held in an urban environment densely populated with buildings. There were only a few rooftops for the Secret Service to secure yet an inexplicable failure by the Secret Service to secure them. Did the Secret Service deploy technology like drones to flag suspicious actors on “elevated positions” within firing distance of the former President?
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Ritchie Torres - 1.6K Likes - Money laundering aided and abetted by the Chinese Communist Party is financing the global fentanyl trade, which has given us the deadliest drug crisis in America history.  In 2023, over 100k Americans died from lethal drug overdoses. 

What role is the Treasury Department playing in policing the illicit finance at the heart of the opioid crisis?  See the Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s response.

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Caption : Money laundering aided and abetted by the Chinese Communist Party is financing the global fentanyl trade, which has given us the deadliest drug crisis in America history. In 2023, over 100k Americans died from lethal drug overdoses. What role is the Treasury Department playing in policing the illicit finance at the heart of the opioid crisis? See the Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s response.
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Ritchie Torres - 1.6K Likes - The United States is reportedly securing the release of journalist Evan Gershkovich and US Marine Paul Whelan.  Long overdue.

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Caption : The United States is reportedly securing the release of journalist Evan Gershkovich and US Marine Paul Whelan. Long overdue.
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Ritchie Torres - 1.6K Likes - Nicolás Maduro did not win a third term.  He stole it. 

Despite boasting the largest oil reserves in the world, Venezuela has been poorly served by the abject corruption of Nicolás Maduro, who has catastrophically mismanaged the Venezuelan economy to the lasting detriment of his people.

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Caption : Nicolás Maduro did not win a third term. He stole it. Despite boasting the largest oil reserves in the world, Venezuela has been poorly served by the abject corruption of Nicolás Maduro, who has catastrophically mismanaged the Venezuelan economy to the lasting detriment of his people.
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Ritchie Torres - 1.5K Likes - When a President orders a subordinate to do anything he wishes—no matter how unethical or illegal—the President can invariably claim to be exercising a “core constitutional power,” thus rendering himself immune from criminal prosecution.

If the Supreme Court’s decision on immunity is not an open invitation to the abuse of presidential power, then I am not sure what would be.

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Caption : When a President orders a subordinate to do anything he wishes—no matter how unethical or illegal—the President can invariably claim to be exercising a “core constitutional power,” thus rendering himself immune from criminal prosecution. If the Supreme Court’s decision on immunity is not an open invitation to the abuse of presidential power, then I am not sure what would be.
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Ritchie Torres - 1.5K Likes - If the President orders the military to assassinate a political rival, he can claim to be exercising his “core constitutional authority” as Commander-in-Chief. 

If the President orders the AG to open a criminal investigation into a political rival, he can claim to be exercising his “core constitutional authority” as the unitary executive.

If the President receives a bribe for pardoning a political ally, he can claim to be exercising his “core constitutional authority.” 

The possibilities for presidential crìminality and corruption are endless.

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Caption : If the President orders the military to assassinate a political rival, he can claim to be exercising his “core constitutional authority” as Commander-in-Chief. If the President orders the AG to open a criminal investigation into a political rival, he can claim to be exercising his “core constitutional authority” as the unitary executive. If the President receives a bribe for pardoning a political ally, he can claim to be exercising his “core constitutional authority.” The possibilities for presidential crìminality and corruption are endless.
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Ritchie Torres - 1.5K Likes - Regardless of where one stands on the question of President Biden’s political future, the intra-party mixed messaging strikes me as deeply self-destructive. 

Those publicly calling on President Biden to withdraw should ask themselves a simple question: what if the President becomes the Democratic nominee? 

The drip, drip, drip of public statements of no confidence only serve to weaken a President who has been weakened not only by the debate but also by the debate about the debate. 

Weakening a weakened nominee seems like a losing strategy for a presidential election. The piling-on is not so much solving a problem as much as it is creating and compounding one. 

The process by which we decide how to move forward matters as much as the decision itself.

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Caption : Regardless of where one stands on the question of President Biden’s political future, the intra-party mixed messaging strikes me as deeply self-destructive. Those publicly calling on President Biden to withdraw should ask themselves a simple question: what if the President becomes the Democratic nominee? The drip, drip, drip of public statements of no confidence only serve to weaken a President who has been weakened not only by the debate but also by the debate about the debate. Weakening a weakened nominee seems like a losing strategy for a presidential election. The piling-on is not so much solving a problem as much as it is creating and compounding one. The process by which we decide how to move forward matters as much as the decision itself.
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Ritchie Torres - 1.4K Likes - I stopped by the Olinville Old Timers event in the Northeast Bronx.  I am proud to be a sponsor of the event.

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Caption : I stopped by the Olinville Old Timers event in the Northeast Bronx. I am proud to be a sponsor of the event.
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Ritchie Torres - 1.4K Likes - I stopped by the Olinville Old Timers event in the Northeast Bronx.  I am proud to be a sponsor of the event.

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Caption : I stopped by the Olinville Old Timers event in the Northeast Bronx. I am proud to be a sponsor of the event.
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Ritchie Torres - 1.4K Likes - I stopped by the Olinville Old Timers event in the Northeast Bronx.  I am proud to be a sponsor of the event.

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Caption : I stopped by the Olinville Old Timers event in the Northeast Bronx. I am proud to be a sponsor of the event.
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Ritchie Torres - 1.4K Likes - I stopped by the Olinville Old Timers event in the Northeast Bronx.  I am proud to be a sponsor of the event.

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Caption : I stopped by the Olinville Old Timers event in the Northeast Bronx. I am proud to be a sponsor of the event.
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Ritchie Torres - 1.4K Likes - 97% of fetanyl precursors are manufactured in China.  Xi Jinping has the power to unilaterally shut down the supply chains that account for almost all fentanyl precursors. 

At what point does the United States sanction the Chinese Communist Party for perpetuating the deadliest drug crisis in American history?

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Caption : 97% of fetanyl precursors are manufactured in China. Xi Jinping has the power to unilaterally shut down the supply chains that account for almost all fentanyl precursors. At what point does the United States sanction the Chinese Communist Party for perpetuating the deadliest drug crisis in American history?
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Ritchie Torres - 1.3K Likes - A flawed security update of Crowdstrike software has led to widespread outages in various sectors of the global economy. 

Even though the wide-ranging disruption appears to have been an accident (as opposed to a cyber attack), it nonetheless illustrates how broadly and deeply destructive a cyber incident can be to a digitally connected global economy. 

Connectedness is both a blessing and a curse. With connectedness comes the need for cybersecurity.  The world has been put on notice about the cyber challenges that lie ahead.

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Caption : A flawed security update of Crowdstrike software has led to widespread outages in various sectors of the global economy. Even though the wide-ranging disruption appears to have been an accident (as opposed to a cyber attack), it nonetheless illustrates how broadly and deeply destructive a cyber incident can be to a digitally connected global economy. Connectedness is both a blessing and a curse. With connectedness comes the need for cybersecurity. The world has been put on notice about the cyber challenges that lie ahead.
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Ritchie Torres - 1.3K Likes - There are differences of opinion as to the best path forward for the 2024 Democratic Nomination.  But there are two facts on which every Democrat agrees.

Joe Biden has had the most transformative presidency in recent history, in keeping with the best traditions of FDR and LBJ.  His legacy will stand the test of time. 

Donald Trump is so dangerously unhinged and unstable as to represent an unprecedented threat to America as a liberal democracy. 

It is fair for Democrats to have different opinions about how best to defeat Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans.

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Caption : There are differences of opinion as to the best path forward for the 2024 Democratic Nomination. But there are two facts on which every Democrat agrees. Joe Biden has had the most transformative presidency in recent history, in keeping with the best traditions of FDR and LBJ. His legacy will stand the test of time. Donald Trump is so dangerously unhinged and unstable as to represent an unprecedented threat to America as a liberal democracy. It is fair for Democrats to have different opinions about how best to defeat Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans.
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Ritchie Torres - 1.3K Likes - When a cyber event happens, be it an attack or an accident, there should be an automatic process by which the federal government investigates the causes, learns from the failures, and translates the lessons learned into public policy. 

Enter the Cyber Safety Review Board, which exists not by statute but by executive order.  In the wake of the widespread outages that have shaken the global economy, I am introducing legislation that would codify in statute the Cyber Safety Review Board so that no future presidential administration could abolish it.

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Caption : When a cyber event happens, be it an attack or an accident, there should be an automatic process by which the federal government investigates the causes, learns from the failures, and translates the lessons learned into public policy. Enter the Cyber Safety Review Board, which exists not by statute but by executive order. In the wake of the widespread outages that have shaken the global economy, I am introducing legislation that would codify in statute the Cyber Safety Review Board so that no future presidential administration could abolish it.
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