Jorge Torrico
@jorgeatorrico.bsky.social
Woke | 🇧🇴 Equitable Education,
Multi Modal Transportation & VRU Safety Advocate, FCPS Parent & Alumn
My own opinions, not my employer's/ORGs I belong to.
Multi Modal Transportation & VRU Safety Advocate, FCPS Parent & Alumn
My own opinions, not my employer's/ORGs I belong to.
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Jorge Torrico
@jorgeatorrico.bsky.social
· Nov 18
I'm a long time resident of Fairfax County & have a genuine perspective in 30+ yrs, educated in FCPS & parent×3.
(WMATA / FFXConnector / VRE / Slugging) + biking for 10+ yrs 26,000+ miles (11/2024)
Thanks to FABB, WABA, FFXSafeStreets, BPAC & BikeArlington
(WMATA / FFXConnector / VRE / Slugging) + biking for 10+ yrs 26,000+ miles (11/2024)
Thanks to FABB, WABA, FFXSafeStreets, BPAC & BikeArlington
The MAGA Cult and it's dear leader are single handedly involved in double speak anytime they talk about combating crime or being pro law and order.
Trump is the most pro-crime president in US history.
youtu.be/4-Q-NfuDp3c
Trump is the most pro-crime president in US history.
youtu.be/4-Q-NfuDp3c
Hayes blasts Trump: ‘Most pro-criminal president of my lifetime’
YouTube video by MSNBC
youtu.be
August 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The MAGA Cult and it's dear leader are single handedly involved in double speak anytime they talk about combating crime or being pro law and order.
Trump is the most pro-crime president in US history.
youtu.be/4-Q-NfuDp3c
Trump is the most pro-crime president in US history.
youtu.be/4-Q-NfuDp3c
The attorneys arguing to defend this travesty done by the Trump administration should be disbarred.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
It's like the Trump administration is hoping to deny delay defend and indefensible action. The and their lawyers are risking the life of an innocent.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
It's like the Trump administration is hoping to deny delay defend and indefensible action. The and their lawyers are risking the life of an innocent.
Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Order to Return Man Wrongly Deported to El Salvador (Gift Article)
The chief justice, acting on his own, issued an “administrative stay,” a brief pause meant to give the court time to consider the matter. The justices are expected to act in the coming days.
www.nytimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The attorneys arguing to defend this travesty done by the Trump administration should be disbarred.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
It's like the Trump administration is hoping to deny delay defend and indefensible action. The and their lawyers are risking the life of an innocent.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
It's like the Trump administration is hoping to deny delay defend and indefensible action. The and their lawyers are risking the life of an innocent.
They are threatening and hoping to eliminate dissent from legal residents...
migrantinsider.com/p/yunseo-chu...
Naturalized people are next.
migrantinsider.com/p/yunseo-chu...
Naturalized people are next.
Yunseo Chung is on the Run
ICE Targets Another Ivy League Student With Deportation Proceedings.
migrantinsider.com
March 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
They are threatening and hoping to eliminate dissent from legal residents...
migrantinsider.com/p/yunseo-chu...
Naturalized people are next.
migrantinsider.com/p/yunseo-chu...
Naturalized people are next.
I think a red light camera are appropriate, with plenty of signage.
One thing to speak with electeds about is to make sure we have ticket reciprocity, as people still don't pay many fines:
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/o...
One thing to speak with electeds about is to make sure we have ticket reciprocity, as people still don't pay many fines:
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/o...
One Driver With $186K in Unpaid Tickets: What DC Ticket Data Shows
Tens of thousands of car owners each have dozens — in some cases hundreds — of unpaid D.C. traffic tickets. Data obtained by News4 shows one Maryland driver has more than $186,000 in unpaid fines. Aft...
www.nbcwashington.com
March 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I think a red light camera are appropriate, with plenty of signage.
One thing to speak with electeds about is to make sure we have ticket reciprocity, as people still don't pay many fines:
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/o...
One thing to speak with electeds about is to make sure we have ticket reciprocity, as people still don't pay many fines:
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/o...
We are still in our first home, 1,500 sqft, with access to some public transportation for commute hours. It will be 18 years, and no plans to move.
The key thing is some bikeability, trending positively.
The key thing is some bikeability, trending positively.
25 years later, and I'm still in my starter home. It turns out, 1200 sqft isn't that bad (even with two kids) when you have a nice front porch and a good, walkable neighborhood.
An extra half bath would be great, tho.
An extra half bath would be great, tho.
Starter homes — small, affordable homes typically for first-time buyers — were once a staple of American neighborhoods but have become increasingly rare due to restrictive zoning laws and financial incentives for larger structures.
March 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
We are still in our first home, 1,500 sqft, with access to some public transportation for commute hours. It will be 18 years, and no plans to move.
The key thing is some bikeability, trending positively.
The key thing is some bikeability, trending positively.
An EO to provide "oversight" to
independent agencies & to "... re-establish a long standing norm that only the president or the AG can speak for the US when stating an opinion as to what the law is."
Coupled w/ his "saving country breaks no law" tweets + "presidential immunity"
independent agencies & to "... re-establish a long standing norm that only the president or the AG can speak for the US when stating an opinion as to what the law is."
Coupled w/ his "saving country breaks no law" tweets + "presidential immunity"
February 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
An EO to provide "oversight" to
independent agencies & to "... re-establish a long standing norm that only the president or the AG can speak for the US when stating an opinion as to what the law is."
Coupled w/ his "saving country breaks no law" tweets + "presidential immunity"
independent agencies & to "... re-establish a long standing norm that only the president or the AG can speak for the US when stating an opinion as to what the law is."
Coupled w/ his "saving country breaks no law" tweets + "presidential immunity"
Reposted by Jorge Torrico
It is very scary how there are so many parallels between what is going on in Project 2025 America.
January 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It is very scary how there are so many parallels between what is going on in Project 2025 America.
MAGA = expanding modern day slavery.
Example:
- Mississippi HB 1484
billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/20...
Also read
thehill.com/homenews/sta...
Example:
- Mississippi HB 1484
billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/20...
Also read
thehill.com/homenews/sta...
January 27, 2025 at 10:50 PM
MAGA = expanding modern day slavery.
Example:
- Mississippi HB 1484
billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/20...
Also read
thehill.com/homenews/sta...
Example:
- Mississippi HB 1484
billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/20...
Also read
thehill.com/homenews/sta...
One hour of knowledge for people not afraid of the truth, provided by @rolandsmartin.bsky.social
youtu.be/3tbXo95cxsw
#KnowTheTruth #StayWoke #ResistRacism #NoToWhiteSupremacy
youtu.be/3tbXo95cxsw
#KnowTheTruth #StayWoke #ResistRacism #NoToWhiteSupremacy
Roland EXPOSES Trump & MAGA's Economic ASSAULT On Black America | MUST SEE Masterclass
YouTube video by Roland S. Martin
youtu.be
January 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
One hour of knowledge for people not afraid of the truth, provided by @rolandsmartin.bsky.social
youtu.be/3tbXo95cxsw
#KnowTheTruth #StayWoke #ResistRacism #NoToWhiteSupremacy
youtu.be/3tbXo95cxsw
#KnowTheTruth #StayWoke #ResistRacism #NoToWhiteSupremacy
Reposted by Jorge Torrico
Cannot stop thinking about how Octavia Butler wrote a book in 1993 about climate change. It opens with deadly fires in LA in 2025. In the story, a fascist President has just won office with the campaign slogan "Make America Great Again."
She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
January 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Cannot stop thinking about how Octavia Butler wrote a book in 1993 about climate change. It opens with deadly fires in LA in 2025. In the story, a fascist President has just won office with the campaign slogan "Make America Great Again."
She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
Charters, private schools, anything outside of a public department of education is largely unaccountable, rarely does good and more frequently negatively impacts students lives... for profit.
What happens when you run schools like a business: "By the time a cohort of charter schools has reached the five year mark, one in four have closed. By year 10, four in 10 charters have closed. At the end of 15 years, nearly half of charter schools have closed." #CharterSchoolFail
bit.ly/4hgQMuh
bit.ly/4hgQMuh
Report Exposes How Charter Schools Are Doomed to Fail – at Taxpayers’ Expense - Bucks County Beacon
Pennsylvanians should be alarmed the next time one of our legislators wants to make it “easier” to launch a charter school in the commonwealth.
bit.ly
January 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Charters, private schools, anything outside of a public department of education is largely unaccountable, rarely does good and more frequently negatively impacts students lives... for profit.
Reposted by Jorge Torrico
HIRONO: Who won the 2020 presidential election?
BONDI: Joe Biden is the president
HIRONO: You cannot say who won the 2020 electon
BONDI: *sits in silence*
HIRONO: It's disturbing that you can't give voice to that fact
BONDI: Joe Biden is the president
HIRONO: You cannot say who won the 2020 electon
BONDI: *sits in silence*
HIRONO: It's disturbing that you can't give voice to that fact
January 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
HIRONO: Who won the 2020 presidential election?
BONDI: Joe Biden is the president
HIRONO: You cannot say who won the 2020 electon
BONDI: *sits in silence*
HIRONO: It's disturbing that you can't give voice to that fact
BONDI: Joe Biden is the president
HIRONO: You cannot say who won the 2020 electon
BONDI: *sits in silence*
HIRONO: It's disturbing that you can't give voice to that fact
Will see how much this runs afoul of Leon and his vice president.
December 22, 2024 at 2:16 AM
Will see how much this runs afoul of Leon and his vice president.
Are Musk's threats (parroted by Trump) to elected officials' political careers, an attempt to "...influence the policy of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion..."?
youtu.be/MgB_S7WZfVM
Which set of actions is impacting the US population?
apnews.com/article/unit...
youtu.be/MgB_S7WZfVM
Which set of actions is impacting the US population?
apnews.com/article/unit...
December 20, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Are Musk's threats (parroted by Trump) to elected officials' political careers, an attempt to "...influence the policy of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion..."?
youtu.be/MgB_S7WZfVM
Which set of actions is impacting the US population?
apnews.com/article/unit...
youtu.be/MgB_S7WZfVM
Which set of actions is impacting the US population?
apnews.com/article/unit...
This NYTimes opinion totally misses the mark, doing its very best to defend a greedy corporations.
www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...
The murdered CEO may've had a working class background but his individual success amidst a system systemically built against it, doesn't diminish the change needed.
www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...
The murdered CEO may've had a working class background but his individual success amidst a system systemically built against it, doesn't diminish the change needed.
December 17, 2024 at 6:46 PM
This NYTimes opinion totally misses the mark, doing its very best to defend a greedy corporations.
www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...
The murdered CEO may've had a working class background but his individual success amidst a system systemically built against it, doesn't diminish the change needed.
www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...
The murdered CEO may've had a working class background but his individual success amidst a system systemically built against it, doesn't diminish the change needed.
Reposted by Jorge Torrico
The average American not understanding that a public service isn’t supposed to turn a profit is driving me mad.
December 17, 2024 at 3:59 PM
The average American not understanding that a public service isn’t supposed to turn a profit is driving me mad.
Who are the "free loaders"?
CNBC reports, "...thousands of wealthy Americans have simply not filed tax returns..."
- misdemeanor to not file
- felony to file fraudulent return
- "no resources to go after them" (aka starve the beast)
www.cnbc.com/2024/12/05/i...
IG www.instagram.com/reel/DDQE2me...
CNBC reports, "...thousands of wealthy Americans have simply not filed tax returns..."
- misdemeanor to not file
- felony to file fraudulent return
- "no resources to go after them" (aka starve the beast)
www.cnbc.com/2024/12/05/i...
IG www.instagram.com/reel/DDQE2me...
December 10, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Who are the "free loaders"?
CNBC reports, "...thousands of wealthy Americans have simply not filed tax returns..."
- misdemeanor to not file
- felony to file fraudulent return
- "no resources to go after them" (aka starve the beast)
www.cnbc.com/2024/12/05/i...
IG www.instagram.com/reel/DDQE2me...
CNBC reports, "...thousands of wealthy Americans have simply not filed tax returns..."
- misdemeanor to not file
- felony to file fraudulent return
- "no resources to go after them" (aka starve the beast)
www.cnbc.com/2024/12/05/i...
IG www.instagram.com/reel/DDQE2me...
This is exactly the safety that @fairfaxcounty.bsky.social and @vadotnova.bsky.social provide.
In addition to keeping speed limits high so that people can drive as fast as possible through communities that are in their way.
There was a 14yr old killed by a driver on 12/4 @615pm
12 killed in 7 yrs
In addition to keeping speed limits high so that people can drive as fast as possible through communities that are in their way.
There was a 14yr old killed by a driver on 12/4 @615pm
12 killed in 7 yrs
December 9, 2024 at 3:09 PM
This is exactly the safety that @fairfaxcounty.bsky.social and @vadotnova.bsky.social provide.
In addition to keeping speed limits high so that people can drive as fast as possible through communities that are in their way.
There was a 14yr old killed by a driver on 12/4 @615pm
12 killed in 7 yrs
In addition to keeping speed limits high so that people can drive as fast as possible through communities that are in their way.
There was a 14yr old killed by a driver on 12/4 @615pm
12 killed in 7 yrs
Glad to hear the that the Federal Judge affirmed the importance of diversity in the military.
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
@tjaag.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
@tjaag.bsky.social
December 8, 2024 at 3:13 AM
Glad to hear the that the Federal Judge affirmed the importance of diversity in the military.
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
@tjaag.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
@tjaag.bsky.social
Reposted by Jorge Torrico
If we cannot break the hold zip codes have on whether someone merely applies to college, what chance do we have to break their hold on who enrolls in college?
December 7, 2024 at 9:57 PM
If we cannot break the hold zip codes have on whether someone merely applies to college, what chance do we have to break their hold on who enrolls in college?
@thewaroncars.bsky.social when did "The War On Cats" stop being offered on YouTube Music?
November 26, 2024 at 3:18 PM
@thewaroncars.bsky.social when did "The War On Cats" stop being offered on YouTube Music?
The suburban sprawl model of development and housing is economically unsustainable.
This is why for me, any NIMBY obstructing rezoning, denser infill, bike infrastructure and mass transit, is responsoble for pricing out younger generations.
This is why for me, any NIMBY obstructing rezoning, denser infill, bike infrastructure and mass transit, is responsoble for pricing out younger generations.
ON SUBURBAN SPRAWL: “Bankrupting municipal budgets, creating epidemics of preventable diseases, and helping to cause climate change — that’s how you start a conversation why more of our growth should go to infill and transit-oriented development. The argument is not ideological, it’s mathematical.”
Dense urbanism is great for downtowns. But what about suburbs?
Urbanist Brent Toderian reflects on which suburbs can be saved and made more walkable.
www.vox.com
November 26, 2024 at 12:20 AM
The suburban sprawl model of development and housing is economically unsustainable.
This is why for me, any NIMBY obstructing rezoning, denser infill, bike infrastructure and mass transit, is responsoble for pricing out younger generations.
This is why for me, any NIMBY obstructing rezoning, denser infill, bike infrastructure and mass transit, is responsoble for pricing out younger generations.
Unfortunately, many people who do well in standardized tests can't understand the quoted tweet, no matter how high their score.
November 21, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Unfortunately, many people who do well in standardized tests can't understand the quoted tweet, no matter how high their score.