Matt Caffrey
@mattcaff.bsky.social
Q, Kay, & Ellis’s dad, Tasha’s husband, and Swing Left Director of Organizing. Ohio State, Environment Ohio, Obama 2012, Enroll America, and Civic Nation alum.
I’m desperate for Columbus to have train service. I’m so tired of delayed flights and unaccountable airlines. They need tougher regulations and real competition. My colleagues who live in Philly and New York got to take the Acela while I’m spending 6 hours at DCA.
January 29, 2026 at 4:26 AM
I’m desperate for Columbus to have train service. I’m so tired of delayed flights and unaccountable airlines. They need tougher regulations and real competition. My colleagues who live in Philly and New York got to take the Acela while I’m spending 6 hours at DCA.
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These words demand attention.
“In a real sense this is holy ground, consecrated by blood spilled here. The cost is high, and so I had to be here to stand in the very place where this tragedy unfurled… I think we’re at a defining moment for our country…” ~ Rev Warnock
Take a moment, so much more…
“In a real sense this is holy ground, consecrated by blood spilled here. The cost is high, and so I had to be here to stand in the very place where this tragedy unfurled… I think we’re at a defining moment for our country…” ~ Rev Warnock
Take a moment, so much more…
January 28, 2026 at 3:16 AM
These words demand attention.
“In a real sense this is holy ground, consecrated by blood spilled here. The cost is high, and so I had to be here to stand in the very place where this tragedy unfurled… I think we’re at a defining moment for our country…” ~ Rev Warnock
Take a moment, so much more…
“In a real sense this is holy ground, consecrated by blood spilled here. The cost is high, and so I had to be here to stand in the very place where this tragedy unfurled… I think we’re at a defining moment for our country…” ~ Rev Warnock
Take a moment, so much more…
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Alex Pretti was an American hero. He saved lives. He protected people. He cared deeply about his community, unlike the murderous thugs who killed him.
The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/
The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/
January 25, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Alex Pretti was an American hero. He saved lives. He protected people. He cared deeply about his community, unlike the murderous thugs who killed him.
The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/
The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/
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AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."
January 24, 2026 at 10:25 PM
AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."
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It's really too bad the United States Congress no longer exists.
January 24, 2026 at 9:41 PM
It's really too bad the United States Congress no longer exists.
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Alex Pretti, Renee Good, and Keith Porter Jr. were murdered. Marimar Martinez was shot. Mahmoud Khalil was arrested and jailed.
The next could be you.
What’s at stake isn’t just our democracy. It’s also your safety and security and that of your loved ones.
This is personal — to every one of us.
The next could be you.
What’s at stake isn’t just our democracy. It’s also your safety and security and that of your loved ones.
This is personal — to every one of us.
January 25, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Alex Pretti, Renee Good, and Keith Porter Jr. were murdered. Marimar Martinez was shot. Mahmoud Khalil was arrested and jailed.
The next could be you.
What’s at stake isn’t just our democracy. It’s also your safety and security and that of your loved ones.
This is personal — to every one of us.
The next could be you.
What’s at stake isn’t just our democracy. It’s also your safety and security and that of your loved ones.
This is personal — to every one of us.
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AOC: They need 10 Democratic votes in the Senate to pass, continued unfettered ICE funding with no guardrails. Regardless of where you are in the Democratic party, this moment proves that the status quo cannot stand
I would implore my Democratic colleagues in the senate to vote no
I would implore my Democratic colleagues in the senate to vote no
January 24, 2026 at 11:30 PM
AOC: They need 10 Democratic votes in the Senate to pass, continued unfettered ICE funding with no guardrails. Regardless of where you are in the Democratic party, this moment proves that the status quo cannot stand
I would implore my Democratic colleagues in the senate to vote no
I would implore my Democratic colleagues in the senate to vote no
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I can't put into words the feeling of watching our government, a hive of evil antisocial filth, the absolute worst humanity has to offer, colliding with the best. Ordinary people trying to help each other, risking everything to stand up for what's plainly, unambiguously fair and right. It's unreal
January 25, 2026 at 1:34 AM
I can't put into words the feeling of watching our government, a hive of evil antisocial filth, the absolute worst humanity has to offer, colliding with the best. Ordinary people trying to help each other, risking everything to stand up for what's plainly, unambiguously fair and right. It's unreal
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Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."
January 25, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."
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Alex Pretti’s last words were “are you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face.
January 24, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Alex Pretti’s last words were “are you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face.
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they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
January 24, 2026 at 7:48 PM
they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
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“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment
January 24, 2026 at 5:48 PM
“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment
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They shot Renee Good in the face.
They kidnapped Liam Ramos.
They just executed a man on the street.
Unmask them. Prosecute them. No more secret police.
They kidnapped Liam Ramos.
They just executed a man on the street.
Unmask them. Prosecute them. No more secret police.
January 24, 2026 at 6:18 PM
They shot Renee Good in the face.
They kidnapped Liam Ramos.
They just executed a man on the street.
Unmask them. Prosecute them. No more secret police.
They kidnapped Liam Ramos.
They just executed a man on the street.
Unmask them. Prosecute them. No more secret police.
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Incredibly moving scenes out of Minneapolis today. Time and time again this past year communities have stood together and resisted. Solidarity with everyone. I still believe in my heart all this effort will not be in vain and we build a better world from this.
January 24, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Incredibly moving scenes out of Minneapolis today. Time and time again this past year communities have stood together and resisted. Solidarity with everyone. I still believe in my heart all this effort will not be in vain and we build a better world from this.
Hugely impressed to see a big march down Parsons Avenue just now in solidarity with the people of Minneapolis. So grateful to everyone willing to brave the -3 degree wind chill to fight back against ICE.
January 23, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Hugely impressed to see a big march down Parsons Avenue just now in solidarity with the people of Minneapolis. So grateful to everyone willing to brave the -3 degree wind chill to fight back against ICE.
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Seeing a bunch of normal ass midwestern moms and dads marching in -20 degrees knowing they might be tear gassed or worse really drives home what a cowardly lot of people the pundit class is
January 23, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Seeing a bunch of normal ass midwestern moms and dads marching in -20 degrees knowing they might be tear gassed or worse really drives home what a cowardly lot of people the pundit class is
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Minnesotans want safety. They want freedom. They want what’s best for our kids.
Masked agents snatching preschoolers off the street and sending them to Texas detention centers serves none of those purposes.
This campaign of retribution has got to stop.
www.startribune.com/preschooler-...
Masked agents snatching preschoolers off the street and sending them to Texas detention centers serves none of those purposes.
This campaign of retribution has got to stop.
www.startribune.com/preschooler-...
Preschooler and three other students detained by ICE, school district leader says
The detentions of Columbia Heights students come after weeks of heightened concern and enforcement presence near and on Twin Cities school property.
www.startribune.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Minnesotans want safety. They want freedom. They want what’s best for our kids.
Masked agents snatching preschoolers off the street and sending them to Texas detention centers serves none of those purposes.
This campaign of retribution has got to stop.
www.startribune.com/preschooler-...
Masked agents snatching preschoolers off the street and sending them to Texas detention centers serves none of those purposes.
This campaign of retribution has got to stop.
www.startribune.com/preschooler-...
I’ve never liked the concept of hell, but then I saw masked men kidnaping kids to use them to lure their parents, all to send them and their families into harms way.
January 22, 2026 at 5:13 PM
I’ve never liked the concept of hell, but then I saw masked men kidnaping kids to use them to lure their parents, all to send them and their families into harms way.
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Special Counsel Jack Smith in his Opening Remarks:
January 22, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Special Counsel Jack Smith in his Opening Remarks:
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The budget deal in Congress will give ICE another $10 BILLION.
Absolutely not.
ICE is out of control. We must stop this rogue agency’s dangerous abuses of power, not bankroll it.
Absolutely not.
ICE is out of control. We must stop this rogue agency’s dangerous abuses of power, not bankroll it.
January 22, 2026 at 3:19 PM
The budget deal in Congress will give ICE another $10 BILLION.
Absolutely not.
ICE is out of control. We must stop this rogue agency’s dangerous abuses of power, not bankroll it.
Absolutely not.
ICE is out of control. We must stop this rogue agency’s dangerous abuses of power, not bankroll it.
ICE is completely out of control from root to branch. It cannot continue like this.
January 22, 2026 at 3:36 AM
ICE is completely out of control from root to branch. It cannot continue like this.
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ICE detained a 5-year-old child in Minnesota to use as “bait.”
An innocent child.
America, let this sink in. This is what the government is doing right in front of our eyes.
An innocent child.
America, let this sink in. This is what the government is doing right in front of our eyes.
January 22, 2026 at 3:10 AM
ICE detained a 5-year-old child in Minnesota to use as “bait.”
An innocent child.
America, let this sink in. This is what the government is doing right in front of our eyes.
An innocent child.
America, let this sink in. This is what the government is doing right in front of our eyes.
A bit more optimistic than deserved is my whole brand.
YouTube just recommended this excellent history of Metra from a dad and organizer in Ohio. @mattcaff.bsky.social
I am a bit worried he is more optimistic than what will be delivered but I remain hopeful!
youtu.be/QN72kjWieYw?...
I am a bit worried he is more optimistic than what will be delivered but I remain hopeful!
youtu.be/QN72kjWieYw?...
Chicago's Massive Bet on Regional Rail
YouTube video by Heartland Urbanist
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January 22, 2026 at 2:58 AM
A bit more optimistic than deserved is my whole brand.