Rep. Ritchie Torres on Fixing Blue Cities, the Abundance Agenda, and Winning Back Young Men — Plus: Elon vs. Trump Gets Ugly

Rep. Ritchie Torres (NY-15, South Bronx) joins Brogressive to talk about how Democrats can actually win again — by fixing failing governance, reforming broken processes like NEPA, and getting serious about cost of living. Then we break it down and dive into the week’s wildest feud: Elon Musk turning on Trump (recorded hours before the Jeffrey Epstein tweet).(00:08) Ritchie Torres interview begins: fixing New York and why blue cities’ decline is an electoral crisis(03:05) NEPA weaponization and why the new SCOTUS ruling could be a game-changer for climate and housing(07:37) Good governance is good politics: why Democrats are losing — and how to start winning back young men(14:39) Post-interview breakdown: making abundance and housing resonate with normal voters(24:00) Elon vs. Trump feud explodes: why it happened, and where it goes next(26:23) The weird insider theory that made Trump think Elon "won him the election"(30:57) Elon's debt obsession vs. Trump’s exploding deficits — and why the budget war turned ugly(35:58) How Biden’s team missed the politics of inflation — and why cost of living will define 2026 and 2028(43:14) Where does Elon go next: third-party spoiler? Billion-dollar Dem donor? Ketamine-fueled chaos agent?Follow Congressman Torres ⁠⁠⁠⁠@RepRitchie⁠⁠⁠ + ⁠@RitchieTorres,⁠ Ben @BenBartlettt, Beleh ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@btoma15⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Max ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MaxLevin23⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and Brogressive Podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@BrogressivePod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Twitter/X.