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.
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.
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Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer
Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...
www.mprnews.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
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So we're clear (because the press is apparently incapable) this is a fake competition investigation designed to help local right wing propaganda broadcasters consolidate and increase their power over whatever's left of local U.S. news
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Probes Comcast Relations With NBC Stations
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr sent a letter to Comcast on Tuesday announcing a probe of the company's relations with NBC affiliates.
variety.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:19 PM
So we're clear (because the press is apparently incapable) this is a fake competition investigation designed to help local right wing propaganda broadcasters consolidate and increase their power over whatever's left of local U.S. news
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The SAVE act — another GOP effort to convert election lies into policy — would disenfranchise millions of voters. Congress is likely to vote on it this week. Sherrilyn’s article explains the urgency.
And here’s more context from the Bipartisan Policy Center: bipartisanpolicy.org/article/five...
And here’s more context from the Bipartisan Policy Center: bipartisanpolicy.org/article/five...
February 10, 2026 at 1:36 AM
The SAVE act — another GOP effort to convert election lies into policy — would disenfranchise millions of voters. Congress is likely to vote on it this week. Sherrilyn’s article explains the urgency.
And here’s more context from the Bipartisan Policy Center: bipartisanpolicy.org/article/five...
And here’s more context from the Bipartisan Policy Center: bipartisanpolicy.org/article/five...
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This is not how appropriations work. Just because the funding expires, any policy in an appropriation remains in effect. This is a willful misunderstanding (or defiance) of a judicial order and a law of Congress.
BREAKING: On February 2, Sec. Noem issued a memo asserting the lapse in appropriations for DHS meant there is no Sec. 527 — the provision protecting congressional oversight visits to immigration detention facilities — and she was issuing a new (third) policy requiring seven-day notice for visits.
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
This is not how appropriations work. Just because the funding expires, any policy in an appropriation remains in effect. This is a willful misunderstanding (or defiance) of a judicial order and a law of Congress.
We live under a cartoonishly corrupt administration.
New: Binance holds 87% of the Trump family's stablecoin—$4.7 billion—a higher concentration than any other major stablecoin has at any single exchange.
Its U.S. affiliate holds $1,119.
me, for @forbes.com
Its U.S. affiliate holds $1,119.
me, for @forbes.com
Trump's Stablecoin USD1: Binance Holds 87% After Founder's Pardon
World Liberty Financial's founding document describes the company as "pioneering a new era of Decentralized Finance." Its flagship stablecoin is anything but.
www.forbes.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
We live under a cartoonishly corrupt administration.
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 10, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Today I've signed the #NoFossilFuelMoney pledge. I am committed to prioritize our health, our climate, and our democracy over fossil fuel industry profits.
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We saw this pattern in infrastructure cuts during the shutdown, cuts alleging social services fraud, cuts to contractors under DOGE: all targeted to blue states. It is an obviously partisan abuse of power, brazen and on a scale we simply have not seen before. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-year-on-...
February 9, 2026 at 11:38 PM
We saw this pattern in infrastructure cuts during the shutdown, cuts alleging social services fraud, cuts to contractors under DOGE: all targeted to blue states. It is an obviously partisan abuse of power, brazen and on a scale we simply have not seen before. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-year-on-...
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This is part of a pattern that is impeachable: Trump cuts previously appropriated Congressional funds, but only to states led by Democrats (California, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota).
The Trump administration plans to rescind $600 million in public health funds from four states led by Democrats because it finds the grants “inconsistent with agency priorities,” according to documents reviewed by the NYT
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...
Trump Administration to Cut $600 Million in Health Funding From Four States
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:12 PM
This is part of a pattern that is impeachable: Trump cuts previously appropriated Congressional funds, but only to states led by Democrats (California, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota).
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Trump, who says he had "no idea" at the time that Epstein sexually molested girls, told the police in 2006 that "everyone has known he’s been doing this.” That's according to an FBI interview with the then-Palm Beach police chief.
Here's a gift link to Julie K. Brown's article in the Miami Herald.
Here's a gift link to Julie K. Brown's article in the Miami Herald.
Trump told Palm Beach police chief ‘everyone’ knew about Epstein, Maxwell was ‘evil’
The new information comes as Ghislaine Maxwell was summoned to appear Monday before a Congressional committee.
www.miamiherald.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Trump, who says he had "no idea" at the time that Epstein sexually molested girls, told the police in 2006 that "everyone has known he’s been doing this.” That's according to an FBI interview with the then-Palm Beach police chief.
Here's a gift link to Julie K. Brown's article in the Miami Herald.
Here's a gift link to Julie K. Brown's article in the Miami Herald.
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This is a great piece by my colleague spencer on the bad bunny helftimeshow but of course there’s never been a more divisive idea in American history than all of us being American, we fought a civil war over it and Trump is nothing if not manifest opposition to it www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
‘Together, We Are America’
Bad Bunny’s critics said his Super Bowl halftime show would be divisive. They were totally wrong.
www.theatlantic.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:55 AM
This is a great piece by my colleague spencer on the bad bunny helftimeshow but of course there’s never been a more divisive idea in American history than all of us being American, we fought a civil war over it and Trump is nothing if not manifest opposition to it www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
Imagine what these numbers would look like if there was a concerted effort by the opposition party to talk *up* immigration as a good thing that strengthens our country and enriches the cultural fabric.
Striking from Marquette poll:
Majorities of non-college grads and even 50% of rural Americans disapprove of ICE handling of enforcement. Majorities of both oppose deporting longtime residents with jobs/no criminal records.
That's data given to me. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
Majorities of non-college grads and even 50% of rural Americans disapprove of ICE handling of enforcement. Majorities of both oppose deporting longtime residents with jobs/no criminal records.
That's data given to me. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
February 9, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Imagine what these numbers would look like if there was a concerted effort by the opposition party to talk *up* immigration as a good thing that strengthens our country and enriches the cultural fabric.
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*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
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...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:29 PM
*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
I didn't know I could love this dude more.
Bad Bunny has a consulting historian. news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”
news.wisc.edu
February 9, 2026 at 5:40 AM
I didn't know I could love this dude more.
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That's the reason why when you learn Spanish in school, you are corrected when you say "soy americano." Instead, you say "soy estadounidense," or "United Statesian."
Todos somos americanos isn't just a trite slogan, it is substantially true.
February 9, 2026 at 5:33 AM
That's the reason why when you learn Spanish in school, you are corrected when you say "soy americano." Instead, you say "soy estadounidense," or "United Statesian."