Matt Ortega
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Oakland-born, East Bay bred // Arizona Wildcat ‘06 // small businessman and union member
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Old enough to remember both Israel and the U.S. arguing that they didn’t need the ICC in their business because they were able and willing to hold their own personnel accountable for atrocities.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Israeli right skewers efforts to prosecute soldiers for wartime abuses
The alleged sexual abuse of a Palestinian detainee has ignited a fierce debate over whether soldiers should be immune from prosecution or face justice for misconduct.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Old enough to remember both Israel and the U.S. arguing that they didn’t need the ICC in their business because they were able and willing to hold their own personnel accountable for atrocities.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
This administration is putting the nation in danger. Something they are more than happy to take advantage of anyway.
Justice Department struggles as thousands exit — and few are replaced
The Justice Department has lost thousands of experienced attorneys and backfilled a fraction of the open jobs, in part because of a lack of qualified candidates.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM
This administration is putting the nation in danger. Something they are more than happy to take advantage of anyway.
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Demsas is back on her bullshit. She’s revised the incorrect justification she used before (Social Security) and replaced it with a new reason to punish immigrants: they dare to have children.
No mention of this penalty applies to US born kids of immigrants (also known as citizens)
No mention of this penalty applies to US born kids of immigrants (also known as citizens)
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Demsas is back on her bullshit. She’s revised the incorrect justification she used before (Social Security) and replaced it with a new reason to punish immigrants: they dare to have children.
No mention of this penalty applies to US born kids of immigrants (also known as citizens)
No mention of this penalty applies to US born kids of immigrants (also known as citizens)
The subtext of this statement is a public declaration of appeasement and surrender.
November 11, 2025 at 3:59 AM
The subtext of this statement is a public declaration of appeasement and surrender.
A completely dumb statement to make especially since Democrats were winning the shutdown and the public blamed Republicans who were set to go to war with each other over the filibuster.
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
A completely dumb statement to make especially since Democrats were winning the shutdown and the public blamed Republicans who were set to go to war with each other over the filibuster.
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an underrated part of this turducken of garbage is Elon posting an image of the Odyssey while discussing the Iliad, but it's all so terribly, terribly pathetic
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
an underrated part of this turducken of garbage is Elon posting an image of the Odyssey while discussing the Iliad, but it's all so terribly, terribly pathetic
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Trump literally says "shhhhhhhh" after Laura Ingraham notes that the cost of beef, coffee, and auto repairs have gone up.
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Trump literally says "shhhhhhhh" after Laura Ingraham notes that the cost of beef, coffee, and auto repairs have gone up.
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"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
Indivisible Launches its Largest Primary Program in Response to Senate Democrats Surrendering on the Shutdown Vote
indivisible.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
Republican senators (with Democratic help) will be allowed Trump-esque revenge against a prosecutor for investigating their participation in an attempted coup.
"The provision, tucked into a measure to fund the legislative branch, appears to immediately allow for eight GOP senators to sue over their phone records being seized in the course of the investigation by Jack Smith ... into the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
Republicans have voiced outrage that Jack Smith looked at G.O.P. lawmakers’ phone records surrounding the Jan. 6 attack. Legislation to reopen the government would allow them to sue for $500,000 each.
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Republican senators (with Democratic help) will be allowed Trump-esque revenge against a prosecutor for investigating their participation in an attempted coup.
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“Grok, where’s the runway???”
TRUMP: US TO LAUNCH NEW AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM WITHIN 2–3 WEEKS
November 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
“Grok, where’s the runway???”
They got the HR guy to sign off on the subpoenas because the line prosecutors refused.
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
They got the HR guy to sign off on the subpoenas because the line prosecutors refused.
DOT put out a ~proposal~ "Brand New Air Traffic Control System" back in May. An RFS went out in August. Bids were due September 21. The winner would then have 3 1/2 years to implement the new system.
So what is he even talking about?
So what is he even talking about?
TRUMP: US TO LAUNCH NEW AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM WITHIN 2–3 WEEKS
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
DOT put out a ~proposal~ "Brand New Air Traffic Control System" back in May. An RFS went out in August. Bids were due September 21. The winner would then have 3 1/2 years to implement the new system.
So what is he even talking about?
So what is he even talking about?
"Launching" a "new air traffic control system" amid the holiday travel season sounds like you are intentionally trying to create havoc.
TRUMP: US TO LAUNCH NEW AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM WITHIN 2–3 WEEKS
November 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
"Launching" a "new air traffic control system" amid the holiday travel season sounds like you are intentionally trying to create havoc.
If you planned on flying home for the holidays, do yourself a favor and start driving now.
TRUMP: US TO LAUNCH NEW AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM WITHIN 2–3 WEEKS
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
If you planned on flying home for the holidays, do yourself a favor and start driving now.
The brazen profiteering of this administration is so obscene. 19th century political cartoonists would run out of ink trying to keep up with this shit.
Trump found yet another distasteful way to profit from the presidency
Coast Guard members were given the opportunity to line the commander-in-chief's pockets directly by purchasing his branded alcohol.
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The brazen profiteering of this administration is so obscene. 19th century political cartoonists would run out of ink trying to keep up with this shit.
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I keep seeing regular Americans taking more risks every day to fight tyranny, want, and cynicism than I see from the opposition party, and I imagine many of those regular Americans are asking themselves what the value proposition of such an opposition party is, really
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I keep seeing regular Americans taking more risks every day to fight tyranny, want, and cynicism than I see from the opposition party, and I imagine many of those regular Americans are asking themselves what the value proposition of such an opposition party is, really
Desecration.
This is the same cemetery where grateful Dutch residents tend the American graves of the soldiers who died for their liberation.
This is the same cemetery where grateful Dutch residents tend the American graves of the soldiers who died for their liberation.
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Desecration.
This is the same cemetery where grateful Dutch residents tend the American graves of the soldiers who died for their liberation.
This is the same cemetery where grateful Dutch residents tend the American graves of the soldiers who died for their liberation.
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Trump’s pardon attorney Ed Martin claims Trump is pardoning his Georgia co-defendants and other “alternate electors.”
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Trump’s pardon attorney Ed Martin claims Trump is pardoning his Georgia co-defendants and other “alternate electors.”
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
We are going to need a slew of Reconstruction-like constitutional amendments including drastic reform of presidential pardons.
Trump’s pardon attorney Ed Martin claims Trump is pardoning his Georgia co-defendants and other “alternate electors.”
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
November 10, 2025 at 5:42 AM
We are going to need a slew of Reconstruction-like constitutional amendments including drastic reform of presidential pardons.
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the thing that upsets me about this the most is that Dems had all the momentum, republicans were reeling, and we were getting intra-GOP fighting over the filibuster, all while voters were blaming republicans for their incompetence
this destroys all of this. just a total gut punch
this destroys all of this. just a total gut punch
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 AM
the thing that upsets me about this the most is that Dems had all the momentum, republicans were reeling, and we were getting intra-GOP fighting over the filibuster, all while voters were blaming republicans for their incompetence
this destroys all of this. just a total gut punch
this destroys all of this. just a total gut punch
Is Republican Shame a new cryptocurrency Americans can use to cover insurance premiums?
Agree.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
November 10, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Is Republican Shame a new cryptocurrency Americans can use to cover insurance premiums?
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It was totally working. They were going to have to blow up the damned filibuster.
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM
It was totally working. They were going to have to blow up the damned filibuster.
A Senate vote on ACA subsidies in our time.
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
A Senate vote on ACA subsidies in our time.
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Bunch of fucking Neville Chamberlains
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Bunch of fucking Neville Chamberlains