Hey fellow Spouters, Since the traffic here on #Spoutible is increasing and a lot of new folks are joining, I would like to ECHO my introduction again.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @RitchieTorresHi #Spoutible : The far right has unleashed homophobic hate against me on other platforms but I won't be intimidated.07:37 PM - Feb 07, 2023
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Can you pls ECHO this Spout & FOLLOW us so we can grow our audience?
Ritchie
09:45 PM - Feb 16, 2023
Vladimir Putin coming to the defense of his favorite presidential candidate: Donald Trump.
06:41 PM - Sep 13, 2023
House MAGA Republicans are fake prosecutors fakely prosecuting fake crimes.
06:31 PM - Sep 13, 2023
The House GOP announced a kangaroo impeachment inquiry vs Pres. Biden.
The MAGA shenanigan is nothing more than a political persecution pretending to be a prosecution. If they can't find an actual presidential crime, they'll invent one.
The only real crime here is the House GOP’s abuse of power.
The MAGA shenanigan is nothing more than a political persecution pretending to be a prosecution. If they can't find an actual presidential crime, they'll invent one.
The only real crime here is the House GOP’s abuse of power.
12:38 PM - Sep 12, 2023
I'll repeat it again: Every country has mental illness, but it’s America that has the epidemic of gun violence and mass shootings.
It’s the damn guns.
It’s the damn guns.
06:21 PM - Aug 28, 2023
The latest mass shooting in Jacksonville is a grim reminder that we live in a country that refuses to protect its own people from gun violence.
Congressional Republicans refuse to pass common-sense gun laws that protect minorities from violent white supremacists bearing firearms with swastikas.
Congressional Republicans refuse to pass common-sense gun laws that protect minorities from violent white supremacists bearing firearms with swastikas.
06:23 PM - Aug 27, 2023
On August 23, 2023, at the Republican presidential debate, the candidates were asked if they believed in human-caused climate change. Zero candidates raised their hands.
Let that sink in.
Let that sink in.
10:59 PM - Aug 23, 2023
There is nothing remotely shocking about the collapse of Ron DeSantis.
Rarely has the world seen a presidential candidate so painfully uncomfortable in his own skin. DeSantis has less charisma and personality than an AI model like ChatGPT.
Rarely has the world seen a presidential candidate so painfully uncomfortable in his own skin. DeSantis has less charisma and personality than an AI model like ChatGPT.
10:43 PM - Aug 22, 2023
Rosanna Scotto: Do you know who’s coming in a half an hour?
Me: Who’s coming?
Rosanna: George Santos.
Me: I guess you let anyone come in. The bar is pretty low here.
Rosanna: Well, he is in your Congress, isn’t here?
Me: I wish him well in his federal prosecution.
Me: Who’s coming?
Rosanna: George Santos.
Me: I guess you let anyone come in. The bar is pretty low here.
Rosanna: Well, he is in your Congress, isn’t here?
Me: I wish him well in his federal prosecution.
10:27 PM - Aug 22, 2023
2 Threaded Spouts
I had a productive conversation with the Principal Deputy National Security Advisor, Jonathan Finer, regarding the tensions between Kosovo and Serbia. As the Congressman for the Bronx, representing thousands of Albanians from Kosovo, I conveyed to him the need to sustain the special US-Kosovo >
07:15 PM - Aug 16, 2023
2 Threaded Spouts
Ron DeSantis not only punishes corporations, like Disney, for advancing causes, like LGBTQ rights, that he disfavors.
He also removes from office duly elected officials who dare criticize the imperial Ron DeSantis.
He also removes from office duly elected officials who dare criticize the imperial Ron DeSantis.
01:48 PM - Aug 09, 2023
Most Americans believe that your body is not the property of the government.
Your body is yours to control.
Your body is yours to control.
11:55 PM - Aug 08, 2023
Tonight, the voters of Ohio, a red state, decisively rejected an amendment entitled Issue 1, which would have erected new barriers to protecting abortion rights in Ohio’s state constitution.
Most Americans believe that your body is not the property of the government. Your body is YOURS to control.
Most Americans believe that your body is not the property of the government. Your body is YOURS to control.
11:36 PM - Aug 08, 2023
From Ron DeSantis romanticizing slavery as skilled labor to Ramaswamy disparaging the celebration of black freedom, the Republican Party never fails to reveal its true colors toward people of color.
06:50 PM - Aug 07, 2023
Vivek Ramaswamy described Juneteenth as a “useless” holiday.
A Republican candidate for President considers it useless to celebrate the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed more than 3.5 million enslaved African Americans.
A Republican candidate for President considers it useless to celebrate the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed more than 3.5 million enslaved African Americans.
06:49 PM - Aug 07, 2023
Let me get this straight:
Congress has the authority to set the Supreme Court’s budget and to infinitely expand the high court.
But, according to Justice Alito, Congress cannot require SCOTUS to have a code of ethics like the rest of the federal government.
Does that sound remotely logical?
Congress has the authority to set the Supreme Court’s budget and to infinitely expand the high court.
But, according to Justice Alito, Congress cannot require SCOTUS to have a code of ethics like the rest of the federal government.
Does that sound remotely logical?
06:52 PM - Jul 31, 2023
Rudy Giuliani has admitted something the world has long known: he’s a liar.
He lied about the outcome of the 2020 election, just like he lied when falsely accusing two George election workers of mishandling ballots.
Giuliani has disgraced himself and his country.
He lied about the outcome of the 2020 election, just like he lied when falsely accusing two George election workers of mishandling ballots.
Giuliani has disgraced himself and his country.
05:24 PM - Jul 26, 2023
No one or nothing in America is safe from the sheer stupidity of modern Republican politics.
02:27 PM - Jul 20, 2023
NEWS: I'm introducing a resolution to censure George Santos for defrauding the people of the U.S.
To the House GOP, who for too long have been protecting Mr. Santos, who has disgraced the U.S. Congress.
Stop treating Mr. Santos as untouchable. The time has come for Congress to hold him accountable
To the House GOP, who for too long have been protecting Mr. Santos, who has disgraced the U.S. Congress.
Stop treating Mr. Santos as untouchable. The time has come for Congress to hold him accountable
07:14 PM - Jul 17, 2023
Marjorie Taylor Greene, a recovering member of the House Freedom Caucus, has accused President Biden and Congressional Democrats of “trying to finish what FDR started.”
Yes! We are guilty as charged.
Yes! We are guilty as charged.
10:27 PM - Jul 16, 2023
The House GOP recruited Gal Luft to serve as a lead witness in its smear campaign against Pres. Biden.
Mr. Luft, it turns out, has been charged with acting as an unregistered foreign agent for the Chinese Communist Party.
The House GOP is as feckless at weaponizing government as it is at governing
Mr. Luft, it turns out, has been charged with acting as an unregistered foreign agent for the Chinese Communist Party.
The House GOP is as feckless at weaponizing government as it is at governing
09:51 PM - Jul 11, 2023
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Happy July 4th!
I am grateful to be an American and to serve my beloved country in the US Congress.
America has never been perfect but it will always be perfectible, and we, as Americans, have the power to perfect it.
I am grateful to be an American and to serve my beloved country in the US Congress.
America has never been perfect but it will always be perfectible, and we, as Americans, have the power to perfect it.
04:59 PM - Jul 04, 2023
The Supreme Court is a superlegislature unelected by the people and unencumbered by a code of ethics.
07:28 PM - Jun 30, 2023
SCOTUS invokes religious liberty to license discrimination against LGBTQ people.
The LGBTQ community might be the first victim of the Supreme Court’s decision but it won’t be the last.
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
The LGBTQ community might be the first victim of the Supreme Court’s decision but it won’t be the last.
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
01:46 PM - Jun 30, 2023
Charlie Kirk, the only thing you’re proclaiming is your profound ignorance of American history.
Juneteenth is not a "race-based competitor" with July 4th.
Only a MAGA Republican who spends more time banning books than reading them would see a contradiction between the two.
Juneteenth is not a "race-based competitor" with July 4th.
Only a MAGA Republican who spends more time banning books than reading them would see a contradiction between the two.
04:14 PM - Jun 20, 2023
Juneteenth is not simply about the proclamation of emancipation. It’s about the enforcement of emancipation.
The emancipation of enslaved people became real not when it was proclaimed by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 but when it was enforced by the Union Army in 1865.
The emancipation of enslaved people became real not when it was proclaimed by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 but when it was enforced by the Union Army in 1865.
10:09 PM - Jun 19, 2023
Donald Trump could not even bring himself to look Jack Smith in the eye during his court arraignment in Miami today.
Trump fears nothing more than the face of accountability.
Trump fears nothing more than the face of accountability.
06:59 PM - Jun 13, 2023
House Republicans are making a bad debt limit deal even worse by claiming that the spending caps were "a floor, not a ceiling" and that spending should be capped at FY2022 levels.
Extreme MAGA Republicans cannot be trusted to act in good faith.
Extreme MAGA Republicans cannot be trusted to act in good faith.
02:26 PM - Jun 13, 2023
Donald Trump not only took classified documents to Mar-a-Lago but also refused to hand them over, obstructing justice and lying to law enforcement.
When Trump steals, lies, and obstructs justice, he must be held accountable.
Jack Smith has shown that no one is above the law.
When Trump steals, lies, and obstructs justice, he must be held accountable.
Jack Smith has shown that no one is above the law.
05:59 PM - Jun 09, 2023
Tucker Carlson's Twitter version is even more nakedly a conspiracy theorist and pro-Putin propagandist than his Fox News incarnation.
I'm not surprised Tucker is now questioning 9/11. Are you?
I'm not surprised Tucker is now questioning 9/11. Are you?
11:10 PM - Jun 06, 2023
In May, the United States economy added 339,000 jobs.
That's a total of 13 million jobs created since President Biden took office.
Under President Joe Biden, the U.S. has seen the strongest economic recovery from COVID in the world.
That's a total of 13 million jobs created since President Biden took office.
Under President Joe Biden, the U.S. has seen the strongest economic recovery from COVID in the world.
05:53 PM - Jun 02, 2023
