Matt Ortega
@mattortega.com
Husband, father, small business owner, union member. Democratic candidate for CA-14.
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Matt Ortega
@mattortega.com
· Dec 17
Matt Ortega for Congress
Fight for a future you can afford—and the freedom to live it.
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For my family and yours, I'm running for Congress.
We cannot afford this broken system any longer. Higher premiums. Expensive groceries. A criminal administration's knee on our neck while the powerful pick our pockets. It's unsustainable and it must end.
I'm ready for the fight.
We cannot afford this broken system any longer. Higher premiums. Expensive groceries. A criminal administration's knee on our neck while the powerful pick our pockets. It's unsustainable and it must end.
I'm ready for the fight.
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France correctly approaching the exposure of an international pedophile ring as a prosecutorial problem; not taking the American route of doing damage control for the elite.
French prosecutors are reviewing the Epstein files and ties to French nationals to determine any criminal wrongdoing.
Epstein Files Prompt New Investigation By France Authorities
French prosecutors are reviewing the Epstein files and ties to French nationals to determine any criminal wrongdoing.
www.forbes.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:51 AM
France correctly approaching the exposure of an international pedophile ring as a prosecutorial problem; not taking the American route of doing damage control for the elite.
Prosecute everyone involved in this criminal enterprise.
NYT - In a secret deportation arrangement, the Trump administration flew nine people, nearly all of whom had been granted US court protections from being sent back to their home countries, to Cameroon. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/wo...
U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections
Most had court orders protecting them from removal to their home countries, so they were sent to detention in Cameroon.
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Prosecute everyone involved in this criminal enterprise.
Sigh.
“They started off with, ‘Hey, we were all Trump supporters, and we thought he was going to secure the border and then kick out criminals, we just never thought that they were going to be coming after our folks, our workers, on that.’”
‘South Texas will never be red again’: Home builders warn GOP over Trump’s immigration raids
Construction executives have held multiple meetings over the last month with the White House and Congress to discuss immigration busts on job sites.
www.politico.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Sigh.
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Inside the Debacle That Led to the Closure of El Paso’s Airspace
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Reuters: "Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped."
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
The decisions amount to a huge legal rebuke, one the administration has ignored.
www.reuters.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Reuters: "Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped."
Republicans are constantly seeking to change public opinion. It's the whole impetus for the creation of right-wing propaganda media.
"elected officials shouldn't be working to change public opinion" is frankly bat shit and it's amazing that someone who holds that opinion gets taken seriously as a political thinker
A critique I hear of me sometimes is that I don’t believe in changing public opinion.
What I would say is that I don’t really think *working politicians* should be focused on changing opinion, that’s the job for everyone else — go out and persuade someone!
What I would say is that I don’t really think *working politicians* should be focused on changing opinion, that’s the job for everyone else — go out and persuade someone!
February 15, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Republicans are constantly seeking to change public opinion. It's the whole impetus for the creation of right-wing propaganda media.
Germany drawing inspiration from the U.S. on how to deal with non-whites. I hate it when history rhymes.
Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), the party supported by JD Vance and Elon Musk, are now looking to ICE in the US for inspiration and saying Germany needs an ICE of its own. www.politico.eu/article/euro...
European far-right parties push for ICE-style police
Fringe figures want to follow the Trump playbook for tackling unauthorized migration.
www.politico.eu
February 15, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Germany drawing inspiration from the U.S. on how to deal with non-whites. I hate it when history rhymes.
Also born in Oakland and a fellow Arizona Wildcat.
“All the kids out there, keep dreaming, anything can happen,” Johnson said after accepting the trophy from Julius Erving.
San Leandro’s Keshad Johnson wins NBA Slam Dunk contest
www.eastbaytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Also born in Oakland and a fellow Arizona Wildcat.
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It really is amazing how much of political punditry, *especially* elite outfits in NYC and Washington, still embrace this bizarre idea that rural spaces represent the "Real America" while metropolitan areas, where most (presumably real) Americans actually live, should be held in contempt.
Just going to point out again that our arbitrary political rules permit Republicans to attack urban areas with impunity but strictly forbid the faintest whiff of condescension toward rural areas by Democrats
“The first thing I thought was, ‘What is she talking about?’” said Bryan Fish, the vice mayor of Culver City, whom everyone calls Bubba but doesn’t look like someone whom everyone calls Bubba. “The only crime here,” he added, “is like the $18 strawberry at Erewhon.”
culver city, crime haven! lmaooo
culver city, crime haven! lmaooo
February 14, 2026 at 10:41 PM
It really is amazing how much of political punditry, *especially* elite outfits in NYC and Washington, still embrace this bizarre idea that rural spaces represent the "Real America" while metropolitan areas, where most (presumably real) Americans actually live, should be held in contempt.
Eight years ago, a teenage gunman had access to a Smith & Wesson M&P15 semi-automatic rifle and opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, taking the lives of 17 and wounding another 17.
To save lives, Congress must pass a new assault weapons ban.
To save lives, Congress must pass a new assault weapons ban.
February 14, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Eight years ago, a teenage gunman had access to a Smith & Wesson M&P15 semi-automatic rifle and opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, taking the lives of 17 and wounding another 17.
To save lives, Congress must pass a new assault weapons ban.
To save lives, Congress must pass a new assault weapons ban.
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The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.
February 14, 2026 at 4:12 PM
The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.
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“What they’ve in essence done, is create a two-tier delivery system: One for urban and suburban areas, and one for rural areas. And us people in the rural areas are now the second-class citizens of the Postal Service.” www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/terr...
“Terribly frustrating”: After USPS changes, more newspapers aren’t reaching subscribers on time
Newspaper delays are just one consequence of cost cuts and changes to a fraying 250-year-old system.
www.niemanlab.org
February 14, 2026 at 2:03 PM
“What they’ve in essence done, is create a two-tier delivery system: One for urban and suburban areas, and one for rural areas. And us people in the rural areas are now the second-class citizens of the Postal Service.” www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/terr...
First practice for the new Little League season. My son (6) with the solid form.
February 14, 2026 at 3:19 AM
First practice for the new Little League season. My son (6) with the solid form.
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@andreapitzer.bsky.social "concentration camp regimes in their early stages often make use of large open infrastructure to convert into detention spaces. Dachau was converted from a shuttered factory into a concentration camp in 1933"
degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/building-t...
degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/building-t...
February 13, 2026 at 9:22 PM
@andreapitzer.bsky.social "concentration camp regimes in their early stages often make use of large open infrastructure to convert into detention spaces. Dachau was converted from a shuttered factory into a concentration camp in 1933"
degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/building-t...
degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/building-t...
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This. It would be really, really great if Democrats would start *consistently* calling out the way that the media is led around like f'ing children by the right-wing hate machine.
Don't just accept the frame. Call out the frame. Force viewers to confront the frame. It's so f'ing basic.
Don't just accept the frame. Call out the frame. Force viewers to confront the frame. It's so f'ing basic.
James Talarico: No one's ever asked me about the cost of housing. The only thing the media wants to ask me about are trans athletes.
The only minority destroying this country is the billionaires. Trans people are 1% of the population. We are all focused on the wrong 1%.
The only minority destroying this country is the billionaires. Trans people are 1% of the population. We are all focused on the wrong 1%.
February 13, 2026 at 9:53 PM
This. It would be really, really great if Democrats would start *consistently* calling out the way that the media is led around like f'ing children by the right-wing hate machine.
Don't just accept the frame. Call out the frame. Force viewers to confront the frame. It's so f'ing basic.
Don't just accept the frame. Call out the frame. Force viewers to confront the frame. It's so f'ing basic.
Massive contemporary parking lots around concentration camps.
The people who work at these camps will park in these same spaces as future generations who come to visit converted museums on this national shame.
The people who work at these camps will park in these same spaces as future generations who come to visit converted museums on this national shame.
February 13, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Massive contemporary parking lots around concentration camps.
The people who work at these camps will park in these same spaces as future generations who come to visit converted museums on this national shame.
The people who work at these camps will park in these same spaces as future generations who come to visit converted museums on this national shame.
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AOC: "I think we have to recognize that we are in a new day and in a new time. But that does not mean that the majority of Americans are ready to walk away from a rules-based order, and that we're ready to walk away from our commitment to democracy."
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
AOC: "I think we have to recognize that we are in a new day and in a new time. But that does not mean that the majority of Americans are ready to walk away from a rules-based order, and that we're ready to walk away from our commitment to democracy."
People seriously underestimate the impending disaster of a return to Great Power international system.
AOC💪at the Munich Security Conference: “In a rules-based order, hypocrisy is vulnerability...kidnapping heads of state, threatening allies, colonizing Greenland, or looking the other way on a genocide”
February 13, 2026 at 10:03 PM
People seriously underestimate the impending disaster of a return to Great Power international system.
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AOC💪at the Munich Security Conference: “In a rules-based order, hypocrisy is vulnerability...kidnapping heads of state, threatening allies, colonizing Greenland, or looking the other way on a genocide”
February 13, 2026 at 6:48 PM
AOC💪at the Munich Security Conference: “In a rules-based order, hypocrisy is vulnerability...kidnapping heads of state, threatening allies, colonizing Greenland, or looking the other way on a genocide”
We could've been spared this national embarrassment if Republicans had the courage to do the right thing five years ago today.
February 13, 2026 at 7:36 PM
We could've been spared this national embarrassment if Republicans had the courage to do the right thing five years ago today.
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CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old.
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies Of Dehydration And Shock In U.S. Border Patrol Custody
The girl's death underscores the crisis precipitated by large groups of families seeking asylum where there are inadequate facilities to detain them.
shorturl.at
February 13, 2026 at 1:33 AM
CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old.
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ