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Husband, father, small business owner, union member. Democratic candidate for CA-14. Fight for a future you can afford at https://mattortega.com (I am committed to the protection of your data and *no* spam texts.) ሉካ + ኒኮ ★ ★ ★ —

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These people have the memory of a goldfish.

11.03.2026 05:18 👍 22 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The people are always asked—demanded—they sacrifice. But ask it of the wealthy and suddenly it isn't a virtue anymore.

11.03.2026 04:55 👍 16 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

The most corrupt presidency in history.

11.03.2026 04:04 👍 10 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

George
Taiwan

11.03.2026 00:07 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Jon Ossoff rn

10.03.2026 23:49 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Trump traded attacks with Iran in the *first* term and ramped up the drone program to record levels. It's like living in a hallucination state.

10.03.2026 23:43 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Also conservatives coined the term "RINO" to attack other Republicans. It's why every wave of Republicans is worse than the last. They radicalize their base who eventually gets angry and elects a new wave of lunatics who radicalize them further.

10.03.2026 20:56 👍 20 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

These people never should've been allowed anywhere near government systems.

A Democratic Congress must investigate DOGE's activities. We do not have a full picture. I suspect we will find more crimes.

10.03.2026 18:44 👍 14 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Scoop: U.S. asks Israel to halt strikes on Iran's energy infrastructure The strikes blanketed Tehran in toxic black smoke and acid rain

To some degree the administration is now along for the ride in this war it started on Iran.
Israel seems to have a clearer desired end state—Iranian state collapse—than the US.
The question is when POTUS has had enough and decides he wants off the ride.

www.axios.com/2026/03/10/i...

10.03.2026 18:38 👍 224 🔁 73 💬 22 📌 10

I did not realize the country's civics crisis extended to *checks notes* supposed intellectuals of the right with a PhD.

10.03.2026 18:17 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Unrig Washington Candidate

Unrig Washington Candidate

We've been added to the @endcitizensunited.bsky.social's Unrig Washington program to promote candidates committed to fighting a broken system and leading by example. No corporate PAC money. A ban on congressional stock trades. Break the dominance of dark money. #ecuunrigwashington

10.03.2026 17:15 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
GOP congressman from Tennessee Andy Ogles posted on Ex-Twitter on March 9: “Muslims don't belong in American society. Pluralism is a lie.”

GOP congressman from Tennessee Andy Ogles posted on Ex-Twitter on March 9: “Muslims don't belong in American society. Pluralism is a lie.”

“Pluralism is a lie”
 
That really captures the essence of MAGA: A movement at war with the reality of American life and a large portion of the population.
 
And it also points to one of the regime’s key weaknesses: They have fully bought into their own white nationalist propaganda.

10.03.2026 16:43 👍 449 🔁 117 💬 16 📌 7

“Waste, fraud, and abuse” was as fraudulent an endeavor by this administration as campaigning as the “pro-peace ticket.”

10.03.2026 16:20 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

$93 billion would cover 98 percent of the most generous free college plan.

10.03.2026 08:56 👍 42 🔁 20 💬 2 📌 0

This administration is just one long-running, never-ending act of self-immolation.

10.03.2026 05:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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An hour apart. Perhaps we should stop treating the mindless weathervane spinning in the breeze as if it has a clear strategic direction we can ascertain.

09.03.2026 22:43 👍 2432 🔁 555 💬 67 📌 72

A chimp can see she and her attorney are lying to get her out of prison.

10.03.2026 02:07 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Edward R. Murrow - A Report on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy
Edward R. Murrow - A Report on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy YouTube video by K D

I wrote for my student newspaper in high school. A career in journalism was contemplated inspired, in part, by Edward R. Murrow. 72 years ago tonight "See It Now" aired "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy."

10.03.2026 01:50 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Freedom Agenda — Matt Ortega for Congress Americans are working harder for less as our fundamental freedoms are attacked by a corrupt and criminal administration. The task Americans now face is

None of the frontrunners do which is why I do and regularly add to it.

10.03.2026 01:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Last night the campaign put out a statement on the cost of this war in lives and money.

But it also spoke of the costs of this war in neglected priorities like health care, child care, and education.

10.03.2026 00:40 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Matt Ortega is fighting for an affordable future Fight for a future you can afford—and the freedom to live it.

If you want Democratic representatives who push for prosecutions, you have to support Democratic candidates who push for prosecutions.

09.03.2026 23:12 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I am running for Congress in an open seat in #CA14 and I am on record about putting these people on trial. You won't have to worry about me.

09.03.2026 23:09 👍 33 🔁 7 💬 2 📌 0

Those are Spanish penitentes and not Klansmen. (Reminds me of a scene from "The Da Vinci Code.")

09.03.2026 21:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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QUALIFIED

51 of 82 nomination petition signatures validated by Alameda County Registrar of Voters.

* Minimum 40 required

QUALIFIED 51 of 82 nomination petition signatures validated by Alameda County Registrar of Voters. * Minimum 40 required

It's official. We qualified for the June 2 primary ballot!

Keep the momentum going and contribute now.

09.03.2026 19:42 👍 29 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 1
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If this is actually the new set of strategic goals, the Trump administration is admitting that they have strategically failed and this has been a disaster.

09.03.2026 18:25 👍 944 🔁 221 💬 69 📌 55

Sent this note to the press:

Checking in on Rakhi Israni contribution recipient, Laura Loomer

"Democratic" candidate Rakhi Israni gave this person money to elect her to Congress. She still hasn't answered why.

09.03.2026 18:52 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

My *Democratic* opponent in #CA14 gave money to Laura Loomer's congressional campaign in 2020.

09.03.2026 18:34 👍 78 🔁 20 💬 2 📌 0

Oh man I was still working retail when that came out.

09.03.2026 18:32 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The screaming subtext here is a call for ethnic cleansing, in a healthy pluralistic government he’d be censured and expelled

09.03.2026 18:31 👍 152 🔁 51 💬 7 📌 2