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.
mattortega.com
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.
My plan for dramatic democratic reform includes:
- SCOTUS expansion
- DC statehood
- PR settlement of status
- Codify DOJ independence
- Constitutional amendment(s) to reverse SCOTUS decisions, abolish Electoral College, restrict presidential pardon power
- SCOTUS expansion
- DC statehood
- PR settlement of status
- Codify DOJ independence
- Constitutional amendment(s) to reverse SCOTUS decisions, abolish Electoral College, restrict presidential pardon power
“By law we can create an independent US Prosecution Service to replace the POTUS controlled DOJ and abolish and replace ICE and USBP. Reform the pardon power by law and term-limit and expand the size of SCOTUS. Make DC and Puerto Rico states, enfranchising millions of Americans."
FDR’s Four Freedoms and the Second Bill of Rights
The social welfare state, winning World War II, and building the liberal order after Trump.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:28 AM
My plan for dramatic democratic reform includes:
- SCOTUS expansion
- DC statehood
- PR settlement of status
- Codify DOJ independence
- Constitutional amendment(s) to reverse SCOTUS decisions, abolish Electoral College, restrict presidential pardon power
- SCOTUS expansion
- DC statehood
- PR settlement of status
- Codify DOJ independence
- Constitutional amendment(s) to reverse SCOTUS decisions, abolish Electoral College, restrict presidential pardon power
The American story is one of a constant struggle for us to live up to our self-professed values. It is, for me, a hateful thought to abandon the struggle and a dishonor to the memory of those who fought, and bled, and died for it. Sacrifices found in Selma and Fort Wagner.
Reading American history will break your heart a thousand times but it will also fill you with such admiration and awe for all the people who were excluded from the protection of America’s founding principles and fought to promote, protect and expand them anyways
February 16, 2026 at 1:16 AM
The American story is one of a constant struggle for us to live up to our self-professed values. It is, for me, a hateful thought to abandon the struggle and a dishonor to the memory of those who fought, and bled, and died for it. Sacrifices found in Selma and Fort Wagner.
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Jeremy Carl, whom Trump has nominated for a senior position in the State Department, made precisely the same claim --white people are becoming "second-class citizens"--in his 2024 book as David Duke did in 1975, when he was the leader of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
February 15, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Jeremy Carl, whom Trump has nominated for a senior position in the State Department, made precisely the same claim --white people are becoming "second-class citizens"--in his 2024 book as David Duke did in 1975, when he was the leader of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
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wealth concentration is already 200% as bad at is was in 2020. think about that
The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
February 15, 2026 at 3:20 PM
wealth concentration is already 200% as bad at is was in 2020. think about that
I’m not sure these “Western culture” freaks would consider Marco Rubio to be one of them, honestly.
February 15, 2026 at 3:05 PM
I’m not sure these “Western culture” freaks would consider Marco Rubio to be one of them, honestly.
Never forget that Trump denigrated Gold Star parents who were Muslim. Trump and his administration hold veterans and their families in contempt.
February 15, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Never forget that Trump denigrated Gold Star parents who were Muslim. Trump and his administration hold veterans and their families in contempt.
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February 15, 2026 at 5:26 AM
That’s not how this works.
Schumer on DHS reforms: "I believe Republicans will have no choice but to go along with us because it's so common sense"
February 15, 2026 at 2:44 PM
That’s not how this works.
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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.
