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Matt Ortega

Matt Ortega

Oakland-born, East Bay bred // Arizona Wildcat ‘06 // ሉካ + ኒኮ Jean a de longues moustache.
San Leandro, California
https://mattortega.com
The Women's March in Washington, D.C. on January 21, 2017.
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No one is coming to save us. We must save each other.

The first wave resistance to Trump ultimately proved successful with his ouster in 2020 but structural disadvantages present greater difficulties for a new era of opposition.
28 Jan 2025 5 min read
What went wrong

What went wrong

There's no singular factor that led to Kamala Harris' defeat and there will be no simple answer for Democrats to find their way out of the wilderness.
26 Nov 2024 14 min read
A bobblehead of Donald Trump, hands gesturing and mouth open, set against a black background.

There is no mandate

It may seem like pointless inside baseball but the characterization of Donald Trump's victory will ultimately impact how far his agenda can go and shape the Democratic Party's path out of the wilderness.
26 Nov 2024 5 min read
Two newspaper headlines the day after Donald Trump was elected to a second, nonconsecutive term in 2024.
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Bear witness

Future generations will wonder how it came to this? They might even envision themselves in this moment, nobly on the right side of history. We are here, now. What will you do? History is watching.
25 Nov 2024 3 min read
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