Matt Ortega
@mattortega.com
Husband, father, small business owner, union member. Democratic candidate for CA-14. Fight for a future you can afford at https://mattortega.com
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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.
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All flights to and from El Paso, Texas, have been grounded for ten days for “Special Security Reasons”, the Federal Aviation Administration announced.
Shutting down airspace of a major US city for such an extended period hasn’t happened since the aftermath of 9-11.
Shutting down airspace of a major US city for such an extended period hasn’t happened since the aftermath of 9-11.
February 11, 2026 at 8:52 AM
All flights to and from El Paso, Texas, have been grounded for ten days for “Special Security Reasons”, the Federal Aviation Administration announced.
Shutting down airspace of a major US city for such an extended period hasn’t happened since the aftermath of 9-11.
Shutting down airspace of a major US city for such an extended period hasn’t happened since the aftermath of 9-11.
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In the face of fascism, “Fuck you. Make me.” continues to be the right move.
Helluva statement from Colorado Rep Crow (D) on the Trump administration's failure to indict him and others
February 11, 2026 at 2:53 AM
In the face of fascism, “Fuck you. Make me.” continues to be the right move.
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I keep rereading this paragraph expecting the words to change
February 11, 2026 at 12:19 AM
I keep rereading this paragraph expecting the words to change
"Beers on me when I see you at training"
Yeah more training ain't gonna fix this human rights violating mess.
Abolish ICE. Shatter it into a thousand pieces and scatter them into the wind.
Yeah more training ain't gonna fix this human rights violating mess.
Abolish ICE. Shatter it into a thousand pieces and scatter them into the wind.
in a text string after the shooting, a fellow agent told Exum he's a "legend"
"Beers on me"
"Beers on me"
February 11, 2026 at 4:23 AM
"Beers on me when I see you at training"
Yeah more training ain't gonna fix this human rights violating mess.
Abolish ICE. Shatter it into a thousand pieces and scatter them into the wind.
Yeah more training ain't gonna fix this human rights violating mess.
Abolish ICE. Shatter it into a thousand pieces and scatter them into the wind.
A gift to the coal barons who helped fund his campaign last year. It's dumb on every level imaginable.
Trump to direct Pentagon to buy coal to revive industry, Bloomberg News says reut.rs/46vkQiO
Trump to direct Pentagon to buy coal to revive industry, Bloomberg News says
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to direct the Pentagon to use government funding and Pentagon contracts to sustain U.S. coal-fired power plants, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing a White House official.
reut.rs
February 11, 2026 at 3:27 AM
A gift to the coal barons who helped fund his campaign last year. It's dumb on every level imaginable.
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That the illegal destruction of USAID will kill more than *20 million people* in the next five years, & has ALREADY KILLED 600,000 in just one year, is a world-historical crime that Americans aren't being told about in the terms & with the repetition necessary for them to believe it.
February 11, 2026 at 1:00 AM
That the illegal destruction of USAID will kill more than *20 million people* in the next five years, & has ALREADY KILLED 600,000 in just one year, is a world-historical crime that Americans aren't being told about in the terms & with the repetition necessary for them to believe it.
Mad at something you don't understand is a pretty good distillation of Republicans today.
Alford: "On Bad Bunny - we're still investigating. There's info out about the lyrics. I don't speak fluent Spanish, but if it's true what was said on natl TV, we have a lot of Qs for entities that broadcast it & we'll be talking w/ the FCC. This could be worse than the Janet wardrobe malfunction"
February 10, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Mad at something you don't understand is a pretty good distillation of Republicans today.
Trump administration's affinity for child predators like its a core voting bloc in their coalition.
Police in Bloomington, MN just announced that one of the guys they arrested in an underage sex trafficking sting was a **background checker for ICE agents.**
He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
February 10, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Trump administration's affinity for child predators like its a core voting bloc in their coalition.
I write my own campaign emails. (Usually after I put my sons to bed.)
I give $ to a lot of Dem candidates. Some are my friends, some have a good chance in swing districts (or a reasonable chance in reach districts), and some fit into multiple of those categories. But one thing's almost always true, regardless of how much I like the candidate: I hate their emails.
February 10, 2026 at 9:33 PM
I write my own campaign emails. (Usually after I put my sons to bed.)
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What this man is describing would seem to constitute crimes against humanity under international law. Other governments could and should contest the abuses he’s describing the U.S. government committing against migrants.
“It’s just a horrible, horrible, horrible place,” he said of his detention camp. “I’m not in fear of the other inmates. I’m afraid of the staff. They’re capable of anything.”
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
February 9, 2026 at 9:17 PM
What this man is describing would seem to constitute crimes against humanity under international law. Other governments could and should contest the abuses he’s describing the U.S. government committing against migrants.
The 25th Amendment was ratified 59 years ago today back in 1967.
To celebrate, let's invoke Section 4 shall we?
To celebrate, let's invoke Section 4 shall we?
February 10, 2026 at 3:28 PM
The 25th Amendment was ratified 59 years ago today back in 1967.
To celebrate, let's invoke Section 4 shall we?
To celebrate, let's invoke Section 4 shall we?
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"it’s impossible to tell from the disclosures how well used any of the thousands of tools are." www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... it's profoundly anti-human: it removes humans and human values from both making decisions and why those decisions are made.
Trump set off a surge of AI in the federal government. See what happened.
The Trump administration is accelerating AI adoption across government, embedding the technology in policing, health care, defense and science.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:19 PM
"it’s impossible to tell from the disclosures how well used any of the thousands of tools are." www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... it's profoundly anti-human: it removes humans and human values from both making decisions and why those decisions are made.
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This is the 38th time that the U.S. military has unlawfully killed civilians on the orders of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. At least 130 people — never charged with crimes, their identities unknown to their executioners — are now dead.
We are murdering people and it is basically just background noise at this point. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
U.S. Boat Strike Kills 2 in Pacific, With One Survivor
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:29 AM
This is the 38th time that the U.S. military has unlawfully killed civilians on the orders of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. At least 130 people — never charged with crimes, their identities unknown to their executioners — are now dead.
Whether or not to ignore the Fourth Amendment like the Emoluments Clause.
The Fourth Amendment requires judicial warrants…what exactly is being negotiated? www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
‘Complete nonstarter’: Administration allies say judicial warrants a red line for White House in DHS funding talks as shutdown looms
The seeming stalemate sets up a clash between the Trump administration and Democrats ahead of a Friday night deadline.
www.politico.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Whether or not to ignore the Fourth Amendment like the Emoluments Clause.
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It would be great if the top two stories about the executive branch were not a huge multinational child rape coverup and the establishment of a gulag of concentration camps
February 10, 2026 at 4:54 AM
It would be great if the top two stories about the executive branch were not a huge multinational child rape coverup and the establishment of a gulag of concentration camps
Every day just feels like we're all Denzel Washington in "The Siege" listening to these people, blurting out, "Are you people insane?"
This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 10, 2026 at 5:53 AM
Every day just feels like we're all Denzel Washington in "The Siege" listening to these people, blurting out, "Are you people insane?"
Post a banger that's not in English.
February 10, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Post a banger that's not in English.
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ICE sacked some tiny Idaho town and deported ~4 percent of the population at a stroke, it's liable to collapse the local economy www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
A Raid in a Small Town Brings Trump’s Deportations to Deep-Red Idaho
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:54 PM
ICE sacked some tiny Idaho town and deported ~4 percent of the population at a stroke, it's liable to collapse the local economy www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
Abolish ICE. What we see cannot be reformed.
We should also end the 1033 program and reclaim controlled equipment still under DOD ownership like vehicles transferred to local police departments and instead ship them to Kyiv in the defense of Ukraine.
We should also end the 1033 program and reclaim controlled equipment still under DOD ownership like vehicles transferred to local police departments and instead ship them to Kyiv in the defense of Ukraine.
this is the same democrat who said ICE should be "held to the same standards as local police departments" while pretending local cops aren't getting military equipment from 1033 and training from dave "killology" grossman
abolish ICE. you cannot reform this shit. they didn't sign up for "training".
abolish ICE. you cannot reform this shit. they didn't sign up for "training".
I won’t support additional funding for ICE unless we put guardrails in place to make sure ICE is better trained and actually focused on making our communities safer.
February 10, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Abolish ICE. What we see cannot be reformed.
We should also end the 1033 program and reclaim controlled equipment still under DOD ownership like vehicles transferred to local police departments and instead ship them to Kyiv in the defense of Ukraine.
We should also end the 1033 program and reclaim controlled equipment still under DOD ownership like vehicles transferred to local police departments and instead ship them to Kyiv in the defense of Ukraine.
Every instinct Trump has is the absolute worst.
February 10, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Every instinct Trump has is the absolute worst.
The press now has the media literacy of sheltered right-wingers.
Analysis: Weeks before he set foot on the stage, Bad Bunny’s halftime performance had already become a media event.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
Analysis | Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show was expected to provoke. Did it?
The Bad Bunny Super Bowl show nodded to injustices in Puerto Rico but mostly evoked wholesome family values that meshed with the more sentimental commercials.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:41 AM
The press now has the media literacy of sheltered right-wingers.
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In the future we're gonna look back at online gambling and prediction markets in the same way we look now at cigarettes on airplanes and lead-based paint
www.wsj.com/business/med...
www.wsj.com/business/med...
February 10, 2026 at 2:38 AM
In the future we're gonna look back at online gambling and prediction markets in the same way we look now at cigarettes on airplanes and lead-based paint
www.wsj.com/business/med...
www.wsj.com/business/med...
If you want leadership in Washington that isn't bought and paid for, support candidates who aren't.
Support my campaign for Congress in #CA14:
Support my campaign for Congress in #CA14:
February 10, 2026 at 2:53 AM
If you want leadership in Washington that isn't bought and paid for, support candidates who aren't.
Support my campaign for Congress in #CA14:
Support my campaign for Congress in #CA14:
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AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.