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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1/ I recently wrote about Frances Perkins—FDR’s Labor Secretary and first woman cabinet member. She is best known as the architect of the New Deal but she had a lesser-known achievement:
She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
January 14, 2026 at 3:43 AM
1/ I recently wrote about Frances Perkins—FDR’s Labor Secretary and first woman cabinet member. She is best known as the architect of the New Deal but she had a lesser-known achievement:
She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
There are a lot of reasons why I am running for Congress.
This scared-of-our-shadow nonsense in the face of a brutally repressive agency like ICE is one of them.
I will unapologetically fight to abolish ICE. Candidates like me cannot do it without your help. mattortega.com
This scared-of-our-shadow nonsense in the face of a brutally repressive agency like ICE is one of them.
I will unapologetically fight to abolish ICE. Candidates like me cannot do it without your help. mattortega.com
ICE may be shooting people in the face, sending people to concentration camps, and illegally occupying our cities but, apparently, the Democrats think saying, "abolish ICE" is "emotional" and politically "lethal."
January 14, 2026 at 3:18 AM
There are a lot of reasons why I am running for Congress.
This scared-of-our-shadow nonsense in the face of a brutally repressive agency like ICE is one of them.
I will unapologetically fight to abolish ICE. Candidates like me cannot do it without your help. mattortega.com
This scared-of-our-shadow nonsense in the face of a brutally repressive agency like ICE is one of them.
I will unapologetically fight to abolish ICE. Candidates like me cannot do it without your help. mattortega.com
"Matt will fight for the abolition of ICE and prosecution of human rights violators. [...] Everybody involved in this national disgrace must understand that the present circumstances are not going to last forever. There will be a day of reckoning and it is coming."
January 14, 2026 at 3:14 AM
"Matt will fight for the abolition of ICE and prosecution of human rights violators. [...] Everybody involved in this national disgrace must understand that the present circumstances are not going to last forever. There will be a day of reckoning and it is coming."
Bring me the finest GoFundMe for this person in all the land.
UPDATE: TJ Sabula, the worker who shouted "pedophile protector" at Trump, has been suspended - WaPo
WATCH: Trump shows his middle finger and appears to say "fuck you" after Ford worker yells "pedophile protector" - TMZ
January 14, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Bring me the finest GoFundMe for this person in all the land.
"Of all leading filter cigarettes, Kent filter's best. If you try Kent with that in mind, I think you'll agree with many other thinking people who have changed to Kent. They find that it makes good sense to smoke Kent and good smoking, too."
January 14, 2026 at 12:24 AM
"Of all leading filter cigarettes, Kent filter's best. If you try Kent with that in mind, I think you'll agree with many other thinking people who have changed to Kent. They find that it makes good sense to smoke Kent and good smoking, too."
Dokoupil just got a massive, undeserved pay raise so yeah Tony’s economy is booming.
DOKOUPIL: You're focusing a lot on other countries, but your voters want you focus to be on them, & they feel it may be drifting. What do you say to them?
TRUMP: Well Tony, we have the strongest economy maybe in the history of our country
(note the lack of pushback from Dokoupil who just moves on)
TRUMP: Well Tony, we have the strongest economy maybe in the history of our country
(note the lack of pushback from Dokoupil who just moves on)
January 13, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Dokoupil just got a massive, undeserved pay raise so yeah Tony’s economy is booming.
Like a skeezy guy asking if someone's grandmother with the rent-controlled apartment died yet.
US oil producers pledge to help stabilize Iran if regime falls
US oil producers pledge to help stabilize Iran if regime falls
American Petroleum Institute President Mike Sommers indicated the industry is more open to helping in Iran than it has been with Venezuela.
dlvr.it
January 13, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Like a skeezy guy asking if someone's grandmother with the rent-controlled apartment died yet.
Gestapo tactics.
A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week.
ICE in St. Paul: Man roughly detained at gas station, Border Patrol chief jeered in Midway Target
Videos and photos show a prevalence of federal agents in St. Paul recently.
trib.al
January 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Gestapo tactics.
Reposted by Matt Ortega
This article’s framing is messed up. “The left,” under Biden, offered the enhanced child tax credit, early childhood education subsidies, and other programs to make parenting more affordable.
“The right,” under Trump, has offered attempted cuts to Head Start, cuts to school breakfast, cuts to WIC …
“The right,” under Trump, has offered attempted cuts to Head Start, cuts to school breakfast, cuts to WIC …
it's hard to identify the most insipid part of this article, but covering right-wing "pro-natalism" without mentioning its core racial, religious, or nationalist aspects is complete malpractice
As birthrates tumble, some progressives say the left needs to offer ideas and solutions
The US and other countries face aging, shrinking populations. Conservatives have shaped debate over the issue. Some liberals say it's time for progressives to weigh in.
www.npr.org
January 13, 2026 at 3:46 PM
This article’s framing is messed up. “The left,” under Biden, offered the enhanced child tax credit, early childhood education subsidies, and other programs to make parenting more affordable.
“The right,” under Trump, has offered attempted cuts to Head Start, cuts to school breakfast, cuts to WIC …
“The right,” under Trump, has offered attempted cuts to Head Start, cuts to school breakfast, cuts to WIC …
Trump sought to dominate the Western Hemisphere that we already dominated and now losing that to China by pushing our closest allies and neighbors away.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is visiting China this week to mend relations with the world's second-largest economy.
Carney visits China this week in a bid to rebuild ties and reduce Canadian dependence on US
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is visiting China this week to mend relations with the world's second-largest economy.
bit.ly
January 13, 2026 at 6:20 AM
Trump sought to dominate the Western Hemisphere that we already dominated and now losing that to China by pushing our closest allies and neighbors away.
Trump is destroying us.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is visiting China this week to mend relations with the world's second-largest economy.
Carney visits China this week in a bid to rebuild ties and reduce Canadian dependence on US
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is visiting China this week to mend relations with the world's second-largest economy.
bit.ly
January 13, 2026 at 6:17 AM
Trump is destroying us.
Y'all Qaeda is real, people.
The FBI says that a suspect in the arson fire at the Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, Mississippi, admitted to targeting the institution because of its “Jewish ties.”
Court documents say 19-year-old Stephen Spencer Pittman called the historic house of worship "a synagogue of Satan."
Court documents say 19-year-old Stephen Spencer Pittman called the historic house of worship "a synagogue of Satan."
Suspect in Beth Israel Burning Called It a ‘Synagogue of Satan’
A suspect in the arson fire at the Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, Mississippi, allegedly admitted to targeting it because of its “Jewish ties.”
www.mississippifreepress.org
January 13, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Y'all Qaeda is real, people.
"Sir, Grok generated an attack plan that quote, occupation of the Rhineland is a necessary defensive measure and affirmation of our sovereignty and national honor, unquote."
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the integration of Elon Musk's xAI platform, Grok, into military networks as part of a new "AI acceleration strategy" during a visit to SpaceX.
January 13, 2026 at 5:23 AM
"Sir, Grok generated an attack plan that quote, occupation of the Rhineland is a necessary defensive measure and affirmation of our sovereignty and national honor, unquote."
It's a government *of* sexual predators and *for* sexual predators. Naturally they would integrate the tool of choice for sexual predators.
Other countries are debating banning Grok as a sexual harassment horror show, but we take a different approach here in America.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the integration of Elon Musk's xAI platform, Grok, into military networks as part of a new "AI acceleration strategy" during a visit to SpaceX.
January 13, 2026 at 5:17 AM
It's a government *of* sexual predators and *for* sexual predators. Naturally they would integrate the tool of choice for sexual predators.
We are far past the stage of permissiveness with white-supremacist violence inside DHS. We are witnessing ICE transition into a death squad.
This cannot be reformed. The only question is who will fight to abolish it, and who will accommodate it instead.
This cannot be reformed. The only question is who will fight to abolish it, and who will accommodate it instead.
Either ICE Is Abolished or It Will Kill Many More Renee Goods
Minnesota is just the beginning of ICE's transformation into a right-wing death squad. But it can be the end
www.forever-wars.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:03 AM
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i hope all the people resisting ICE on the ground know how fucking inspiring they are. minneapolis right now, and chicago and LA and charlotte and DC and portland before them, you’re setting the blueprint for the future battles sure to come. thank you.
January 13, 2026 at 1:54 AM
i hope all the people resisting ICE on the ground know how fucking inspiring they are. minneapolis right now, and chicago and LA and charlotte and DC and portland before them, you’re setting the blueprint for the future battles sure to come. thank you.
Our military strategy appears to be to generate AI CSAM of our enemies to force compliance.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the integration of Elon Musk's xAI platform, Grok, into military networks as part of a new "AI acceleration strategy" during a visit to SpaceX.
January 13, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Our military strategy appears to be to generate AI CSAM of our enemies to force compliance.
The most immoral president in our history tells the New York Times the only limit to his power is his morality. He's actively destroying the most successful defense pact in history while a paramilitary force he controls brutally beats and kills people.
Also the New York Times:
Also the New York Times:
January 13, 2026 at 4:50 AM
The most immoral president in our history tells the New York Times the only limit to his power is his morality. He's actively destroying the most successful defense pact in history while a paramilitary force he controls brutally beats and kills people.
Also the New York Times:
Also the New York Times:
"deliberately served a cup bearing a hand-drawn image of a pig"
"the Sheriff spoke directly with the deputy to check on his well-being"
White people called me a "spick" to my face and told me go mow lawns when I was a teenager and I feel like I handled it much better than this.
"the Sheriff spoke directly with the deputy to check on his well-being"
White people called me a "spick" to my face and told me go mow lawns when I was a teenager and I feel like I handled it much better than this.
January 13, 2026 at 1:10 AM
"deliberately served a cup bearing a hand-drawn image of a pig"
"the Sheriff spoke directly with the deputy to check on his well-being"
White people called me a "spick" to my face and told me go mow lawns when I was a teenager and I feel like I handled it much better than this.
"the Sheriff spoke directly with the deputy to check on his well-being"
White people called me a "spick" to my face and told me go mow lawns when I was a teenager and I feel like I handled it much better than this.
Reposted by Matt Ortega
Real United States of Jim Crow Alabama times, in that the only “crimes” noticed by charging officials are done by those who dare to challenge society’s ‘natural’ order.
January 13, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Real United States of Jim Crow Alabama times, in that the only “crimes” noticed by charging officials are done by those who dare to challenge society’s ‘natural’ order.
Reposted by Matt Ortega
What’s this old thing
January 12, 2026 at 3:14 PM
What’s this old thing
"fracking-powered data centers" sounds like a cartoon villains evil lair
A look ahead at the week in Congress, including a $600K earmark for fracking-powered data centers in Pennsylvania, thanks to @fetterman.senate.gov & McCormick
The Week in Climate Hearings: No War For Oil!
Flickering signs of life for Article I against the carbon coup; Will Lawrence for Congress
hillheat.news
January 12, 2026 at 9:15 PM
"fracking-powered data centers" sounds like a cartoon villains evil lair
Singing Bob Marley no less.
The kids. They are alright.
The kids. They are alright.
Students at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis are walking out to protest ICE days after a clash between U.S. Border Patrol agents and protesters at the school.
📸: Jerry Holt
📸: Jerry Holt
January 12, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Singing Bob Marley no less.
The kids. They are alright.
The kids. They are alright.