Parent. Spouse. Attorney. Labor activist. Socialist. Democrat. Adjunct law professor. Small business owner. Provocateur. Chilang@. In no particular order.
San Diego, CA
Joined November 2010
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Ricardo Ochoa 🌹✊ retweeted
Nithya Raman is not a good representative of DSA nor the kind of candidate I think DSA chapters should run, but I have to be honest, the NPC's actions this week are utterly incomprehensible to me
This is such a great clip explaining the appeal and success of DSA. And from an incoming Congresswoman!
Ricardo Ochoa 🌹✊ retweeted
In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity.
FYI, @nadia_lathan, the Western Electrical Contractors Association does NOT represent "non-union electrical workers" and is NOT a "labor group." It represents anti-union electrical contractors (a.k.a. the bosses).
A clue is their name ("Contractors Association")
Cc: @vosdscott
Ricardo Ochoa 🌹✊ retweeted
.@AOC responds to this trend: "BOOOOO"
"This race to try to see who can be exempt from participating in society is not a conversation that I'm interested in," she tells me. "I'm a Great Society Democrat, and I believe in building that together. And I think that the discourse around 'Everyone, let's all be like billionaires and opt out of our taxes,' I don't find it an inspiring message."
New: Tax cuts are the HOTTEST new idea for Democrats
Booker & Van Hollen (both 2028 prospects) unveil big tax-cut plans.
Katie Porter says exempt $100K in income from California taxes.
Keisha Lance Bottoms says exempt teachers from Georgia taxes.
Pitched as answer to cost-of-living struggles.
BUT: It has spurred a “wonk revolt” from liberal and moderate policy experts. The latter say the math won’t add up. The former say treating taxes as a punishment undermines the pursuit of a safety net.
nbcnews.com/politics/electio…
A union of federal workers, in solidarity with communities facing DHS invasions, has called on the Senate to shut down the government absent meaningful reforms to ICE and CPB.
None of us are safe unless all of us are safe!
Solidarity Forever!
Ricardo Ochoa 🌹✊ retweeted
For the first time since 2022, we’re back at the bargaining table.
Today, NCDP staff shared testimony with management about our past experience with layoffs as well as the potential harm of AI to our work.
Ricardo Ochoa 🌹✊ retweeted
Mayor Mamdani says he called Trump this morning to voice his disagreement with the aggressions in Venezuela and capture of Maduro.
“I called the president and spoke with him directly to register my opposition to this act.”
Ricardo Ochoa 🌹✊ retweeted
NEW 2026 FEC F2
Corinna Contreras (DEM)
#CA48 (R-Issa)
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Ricardo Ochoa 🌹✊ retweeted
CA CD-48. Vista City Councilwoman Corinna Contreras (D) is the 11th Dem to enter the race vs US Rep Darrell Issa (R).
Ricardo Ochoa 🌹✊ retweeted
Been thinking about this quote while reading some of the reactions to Pope Leo XIV's apostolic exhortation "Dilexi te." It's from Servant of God Dom Hélder Câmara, who served as Archbishop of Olinda and Recife, in Brazil.
Ricardo Ochoa 🌹✊ retweeted
Gonzalez: I don't care what your job is. I don't care what part of the state you live in. I don't care where you came from. You have more in common with an undocumented farm worker than you did with the fucking billionaires who are causing this problem in the first place
Ricardo Ochoa 🌹✊ retweeted
1m1v would likely create a DSA leadership more reflective of our Berniecrat membership & less reflective of far left caucuses/activists
I think that's both more democratic & (most importantly) better politically since our path to growth = leaning into Zohran-type mass politics
Ricardo Ochoa 🌹✊ retweeted
Wish we'd stop assuming there's a timeless "right" answer to organizational democracy: there's always a context-specific tension between its depth & breadth
More deliberation stops being good (or real) when only a sliver of people participate—e.g. horizontalist Occupy assemblies
Our NPC candidate Ella Teevan digs into her background in nonprofits to explain why DSA's approach to membership is one of our great strengths -- a strength convention delegates must vote to protect.
socialistcall.com/2025/07/06…
Ricardo Ochoa 🌹✊ retweeted
Congratulations, @ZohranKMamdani!
Onward to November.
ALT Image of Zohran Mamdani smiling behind a yellow cab with overlaid text, "Zohran Mamdani becomes Democratic nominee for Mayor of New York City"