Matt Ortega
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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.
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.
Thank you!
Dramatic democratic reform was one of the first agenda items announced on my campaign.
Here's how I scoped out restrictions on presidential pardon power though I am open to various solutions. I am against abolition as there are reasons we should allow for clemency and mercy.
Dramatic democratic reform was one of the first agenda items announced on my campaign.
Here's how I scoped out restrictions on presidential pardon power though I am open to various solutions. I am against abolition as there are reasons we should allow for clemency and mercy.
February 14, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Thank you!
Dramatic democratic reform was one of the first agenda items announced on my campaign.
Here's how I scoped out restrictions on presidential pardon power though I am open to various solutions. I am against abolition as there are reasons we should allow for clemency and mercy.
Dramatic democratic reform was one of the first agenda items announced on my campaign.
Here's how I scoped out restrictions on presidential pardon power though I am open to various solutions. I am against abolition as there are reasons we should allow for clemency and mercy.
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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"
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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
Donald Trump is erratically imposing ad hoc taxes on us. Usually the money goes into the general fund at the U.S. Treasury but it would not surprise me at all if it has its own offshore slush fund account.
February 13, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Donald Trump is erratically imposing ad hoc taxes on us. Usually the money goes into the general fund at the U.S. Treasury but it would not surprise me at all if it has its own offshore slush fund account.
The amount of fake awards Trump either makes up or forces people to give him is Sacha Baron Cohen-levels of absurdity.
February 13, 2026 at 4:18 AM
The amount of fake awards Trump either makes up or forces people to give him is Sacha Baron Cohen-levels of absurdity.
I understood it as serving as pilot in that particular capacity? Not fired from the Coast Guard?
February 13, 2026 at 3:49 AM
I understood it as serving as pilot in that particular capacity? Not fired from the Coast Guard?
This feels very Yogi Bear-ish.
"Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."
"Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."
February 13, 2026 at 3:48 AM
This feels very Yogi Bear-ish.
"Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."
"Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."
Imagine getting fired because the Homeland Security secretary who puts on a tough exterior didn't have her security blanky.
The details of the Kristi Noem blanket incident are just fucking perfect
February 13, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Imagine getting fired because the Homeland Security secretary who puts on a tough exterior didn't have her security blanky.
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There's case after case now where you get quick charges, almost certainly demanded from political appointees. Discovery producers evidence that rules out guilt. Prosecutors usually aren't willing to hide that evidence. Charges dismissed.
"Newly discovered evidence in this matter is materially inconsistent with the allegations in the Complaint Affidavit."
BREAKING: DOJ moves to drop criminal charges in alleged shovel/broom attack in Minneapolis that led ICE to open fire. "Newly discovered evidence in this matter is materially inconsistent with the allegations in the Complaint Affidavit," prosecutors say. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
February 13, 2026 at 1:24 AM
There's case after case now where you get quick charges, almost certainly demanded from political appointees. Discovery producers evidence that rules out guilt. Prosecutors usually aren't willing to hide that evidence. Charges dismissed.
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Matt is a great guy:
Today I've signed the #NoFossilFuelMoney pledge. I am committed to prioritize our health, our climate, and our democracy over fossil fuel industry profits.
February 13, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Matt is a great guy:
Too many people think "concentration camps" means "industrialized death camps" from the Holocaust.
Spain's reconcentration policy in Cuba herded 1/3 of the population.
This is not even the first time in our history. We just called them "internment camps" to self-soothe.
Spain's reconcentration policy in Cuba herded 1/3 of the population.
This is not even the first time in our history. We just called them "internment camps" to self-soothe.
God the gall of @jaketapper.bsky.social lecturing that Minneapolis small business owner about the meaning of the word "concentration camp" while people are being crammed into poorly resourced buildings by the thousands and shuttled off never to be heard from again
February 13, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Too many people think "concentration camps" means "industrialized death camps" from the Holocaust.
Spain's reconcentration policy in Cuba herded 1/3 of the population.
This is not even the first time in our history. We just called them "internment camps" to self-soothe.
Spain's reconcentration policy in Cuba herded 1/3 of the population.
This is not even the first time in our history. We just called them "internment camps" to self-soothe.
Particularly as the ringleader of a corrupt real estate deal for Western colonization of Gaza under the auspices of a Wario UN.
As we dig into this scandal, can we revisit the question about why the president's son-in-law, who has no formal role in this administration, keeps showing up at high-level negotiations with actual world leaders?
Breaking WSJ:
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
February 12, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Particularly as the ringleader of a corrupt real estate deal for Western colonization of Gaza under the auspices of a Wario UN.
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As we dig into this scandal, can we revisit the question about why the president's son-in-law, who has no formal role in this administration, keeps showing up at high-level negotiations with actual world leaders?
Breaking WSJ:
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Intercepted Conversation About Jared Kushner
The substance of the conversation, which covered in part issues related to Iran, isn’t known.
www.wsj.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:23 PM
As we dig into this scandal, can we revisit the question about why the president's son-in-law, who has no formal role in this administration, keeps showing up at high-level negotiations with actual world leaders?
I'm aware. I'm not sure what our disagreement here is then. Puerto Ricans, I believe, should have congressional representation and vote for president, whether ours or their own.
February 12, 2026 at 10:09 PM
I'm aware. I'm not sure what our disagreement here is then. Puerto Ricans, I believe, should have congressional representation and vote for president, whether ours or their own.
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You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.