Damian Ortega
@ortegachili.bsky.social
Democrat | DC Energy Lobbyist | USC Trojan✌️ and GWU 🦛 Alumnus | West Coast Shill
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this “i am something of a soybean farmer myself” shit from bessent is fucking hilarious
Brooke Rollins: "On the China soybeans, Secretary Bessent -- himself a soybean farmer ... "
December 8, 2025 at 11:50 PM
this “i am something of a soybean farmer myself” shit from bessent is fucking hilarious
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everyone wants socialism until theyre told its “socialism”
Rand Paul on his healthcare plan: "What if you could join Costco? Costco has 44m members and if one person negotiated for all 44 and they bought a group plan like Toyota or General Motors does, they would be the largest collective entity in the country. They would drive prices down by sheer might."
December 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
everyone wants socialism until theyre told its “socialism”
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NN: There was a similar bailout for farmers during the first Trump admin & the top 1% of farmers got 25% of funds. What are you doing to ensure that doesn't happen?
ROLLINS: Based on these different formulas the really smart people have put together that trend toward supporting the smaller farmer
ROLLINS: Based on these different formulas the really smart people have put together that trend toward supporting the smaller farmer
December 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
NN: There was a similar bailout for farmers during the first Trump admin & the top 1% of farmers got 25% of funds. What are you doing to ensure that doesn't happen?
ROLLINS: Based on these different formulas the really smart people have put together that trend toward supporting the smaller farmer
ROLLINS: Based on these different formulas the really smart people have put together that trend toward supporting the smaller farmer
Guess who this guy voted for 3 times?
Cry me a river.
Cry me a river.
Caleb Ragland, president of the American Soybean Association, on Trump's farm bailout: "This is a band-aid on an open wound ... what we truly need are market-based solutions"
December 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Guess who this guy voted for 3 times?
Cry me a river.
Cry me a river.
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Comer: "One of the things I think President Trump has always been concerned about is there are people that have maybe been listed as someone who associated w/Epstein, they may have attended a party w/Epstein - the president was concerned the public would assume that person was guilty by association"
December 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Comer: "One of the things I think President Trump has always been concerned about is there are people that have maybe been listed as someone who associated w/Epstein, they may have attended a party w/Epstein - the president was concerned the public would assume that person was guilty by association"
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“These deals are real” is the kind of thing you never need to say when you make real deals.
Brooke Rollins: "These deals are real. No one in the history of our country has ever been able to effectuate deals like this. We won't see the effect until next year."
December 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
“These deals are real” is the kind of thing you never need to say when you make real deals.
Scott, a thriving bond market ain't exactly an indicator of a thriving economy.
But, of course, everyone in this crowd is too shit stupid to know what a bond is in the first place.
But, of course, everyone in this crowd is too shit stupid to know what a bond is in the first place.
Scott Bessent rallies Trump supporters in Pennsylvania: "The bond market had its best year since 202,0 and if I have anything to say about it as your nation's top bond salesman, bonds will have another strong year in 2026 as we fight to bring treasury borrowing costs down."
December 10, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Scott, a thriving bond market ain't exactly an indicator of a thriving economy.
But, of course, everyone in this crowd is too shit stupid to know what a bond is in the first place.
But, of course, everyone in this crowd is too shit stupid to know what a bond is in the first place.
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This is all happening at a casino.
Scott Bessent rallies Trump supporters in Pennsylvania: "The bond market had its best year since 202,0 and if I have anything to say about it as your nation's top bond salesman, bonds will have another strong year in 2026 as we fight to bring treasury borrowing costs down."
December 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
This is all happening at a casino.
Very smart, Mr. President.
Trump: "Remember -- global warming! And then the temperature started going down like a rock. Remember? Remember?"
December 10, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Very smart, Mr. President.
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The President's Affordability Tour begins with a central message: Cheer up. You can easily do without and enjoy it. And it teaches your entitled kids a healthy lesson. Also steel. That's a real need.
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
December 10, 2025 at 3:47 AM
The President's Affordability Tour begins with a central message: Cheer up. You can easily do without and enjoy it. And it teaches your entitled kids a healthy lesson. Also steel. That's a real need.
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My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
December 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
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You're going to want to sit down and take a deep breath before you read this.
A regulated monopoly is actively working to prevent competition.
I know, it's hard to believe. But it's true.
www.utilitydive.com/news/solicit...
A regulated monopoly is actively working to prevent competition.
I know, it's hard to believe. But it's true.
www.utilitydive.com/news/solicit...
US solicitor general tells Supreme Court to reject Duke Energy antitrust appeal
“This appeal arises out of a campaign by an established monopolist to stop a more efficient rival from disturbing its long-dominant hold over a regional energy market,” U.S. Solicitor General John Sau...
www.utilitydive.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
You're going to want to sit down and take a deep breath before you read this.
A regulated monopoly is actively working to prevent competition.
I know, it's hard to believe. But it's true.
www.utilitydive.com/news/solicit...
A regulated monopoly is actively working to prevent competition.
I know, it's hard to believe. But it's true.
www.utilitydive.com/news/solicit...
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Literally all this dude wants is for people to give him endless stupid awards and tell him how good and brilliant he is, doesn’t matter who, doesn’t matter if the awards are fake. Just gold stuff for the very special boy while he wrecks the world
December 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Literally all this dude wants is for people to give him endless stupid awards and tell him how good and brilliant he is, doesn’t matter who, doesn’t matter if the awards are fake. Just gold stuff for the very special boy while he wrecks the world
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Trump. Denigrates Biden. Whines about how he puts a commercial real estate & properties lawyer in as US Attorney & she was disqualified & Alina Habba, a parking garage lead attorney, again Trump US Attorney. Both disqualified as unfit for the office due to lack of knowledge & misrepresentations.👎
December 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Trump. Denigrates Biden. Whines about how he puts a commercial real estate & properties lawyer in as US Attorney & she was disqualified & Alina Habba, a parking garage lead attorney, again Trump US Attorney. Both disqualified as unfit for the office due to lack of knowledge & misrepresentations.👎
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Not to defend Olivia Nuzzi, who broke every rule in journalism and promoted a charlatan to his current position. But it's incredibly telling that she will lose her job, but RFK Jr. gets to stay in his job despite the reports of his drug use, his affairs and his defenestrating of public health.
December 5, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Not to defend Olivia Nuzzi, who broke every rule in journalism and promoted a charlatan to his current position. But it's incredibly telling that she will lose her job, but RFK Jr. gets to stay in his job despite the reports of his drug use, his affairs and his defenestrating of public health.
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they’re not missing the point, you’re missing theirs
DOJ's newest recruitment ad features Judge Dredd, the comic satire about the dangers of lawless policing and authoritarian power
December 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
they’re not missing the point, you’re missing theirs
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it is insanely dishonest to characterize the reaction to the most corrupt pardons in american history as pro-police and pro-prison. fuck off
December 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
it is insanely dishonest to characterize the reaction to the most corrupt pardons in american history as pro-police and pro-prison. fuck off
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If you see John Roberts in person, be sure to tell him he’s a worse Chief Justice than Roger Taney (pronounced “tawny”). That’s a nerd burn that will hit him where it counts.
December 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
If you see John Roberts in person, be sure to tell him he’s a worse Chief Justice than Roger Taney (pronounced “tawny”). That’s a nerd burn that will hit him where it counts.
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We are all responsible for making sure the United States military isn't used to commit murder.
December 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
We are all responsible for making sure the United States military isn't used to commit murder.
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Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
December 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
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uh, hol' up for a second.
The implication here is that the boat had capsized? So you have a strike that kills most of the occupants and capsizes the boat and the guys *in the water* are trying to un-capsize their boat...in order to not drown.
That, uh, that sounds pretty hors de combat.
The implication here is that the boat had capsized? So you have a strike that kills most of the occupants and capsizes the boat and the guys *in the water* are trying to un-capsize their boat...in order to not drown.
That, uh, that sounds pretty hors de combat.
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
uh, hol' up for a second.
The implication here is that the boat had capsized? So you have a strike that kills most of the occupants and capsizes the boat and the guys *in the water* are trying to un-capsize their boat...in order to not drown.
That, uh, that sounds pretty hors de combat.
The implication here is that the boat had capsized? So you have a strike that kills most of the occupants and capsizes the boat and the guys *in the water* are trying to un-capsize their boat...in order to not drown.
That, uh, that sounds pretty hors de combat.