Ethan Wechtaluk

Running for Congress in MD-06. Husband & girl dad. Democratic Socialist. Fighting for affordability, accountability, & community. Demand action. Demand change.

[Ethan Wechtaluk @EthanforMD]

Here’s what the self-funders don’t want you to believe: this is winnable. Grassroots campaigns beat personal fortunes when turnout is high and the movement shows up. We have the coalition. We have the issues. We have the candidate who actually lives here.

What we need now is you.

[Ethan Wechtaluk @EthanforMD]

Wes Moore didn’t just join Peter Thiel’s secret society. He used a personal email address to hide it from Maryland’s public records laws. In that room: Musk, Bessent, Cruz, and Palantir’s founder. This is a betrayal. #Maryland #MD06 #EthanForMD

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@LynnDia10 @iamwesmoore @ICEgovERO @VanHollenForMD @GovWesMoore @NoMooreMD @RockvilleCityPD @mddems @ICEgov @FBI @DHSgov @DeptVetAffairs @RepDougCollins @OAGMaryland @VetAffairsOIG @RepBost @DonJBacon @RepCarbajal @MDMEMA @RepRaskin @April4Congress @AdrianBoafoMD @Sen_Alsobrooks @glenniveymd @Rockville411 @GOPoversight @DAVHQ @marylandmatters @mcpnews @311MC311 @MoCoCouncilMD @JasmineForUS @NPR @libradunn @WIRED @Marylandgovjobs @MDGOP If he is verifiably connected then yes, he needs to answer for that. However, I am not sure if there is an answer that will be good enough.

[Ethan Wechtaluk @EthanforMD]

Self-funding millionaires love to call their wealth “independence.” It isn’t. Independence means answering to the people you represent. A candidate accountable only to their own checkbook isn’t independent — they’re just accountable to no one.

That’s not a feature. It’s the problem.

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Strip away everything else and this race comes down to one question: who do you want your representative to answer to? Two candidates are spending $32.4 million of their own fortunes. Only one is running on small-dollar donations and no corporate PAC money.

That’s not a detail. That’s the whole choice.

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@gogreen2026 @iamwesmoore @haleforgov2026 Either way, running the ads at this point in time is sleazy.

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I've published investigative work on Atmosphere Data Centers in Dickerson and Luke Mill in Westernport. Adamstown is next — and I'm not stopping until we have real accountability for Big Tech.

Early voting ends June 18, primary June 23. Let's do this. #Maryland #MD06 #EthanForMD

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"They aren't data centers. They're AI Brain Supercenters."

That framing is everywhere right now. I get the impulse, but renaming them doesn't tell us what policy actually stops them. 🧵

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The Sanders-AOC moratorium — new construction pause, no utility bill increases, no environmental harm, community approval required — is implementable policy.

Saying it "doesn't go far enough" without clearly articulating what does isn't a stronger position. It's a safer one.

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Elections feel abstract until you trace them to a kitchen table. A diagnosis that becomes a bankruptcy. A hospital that becomes a two-hour drive. A childcare bill that ends a career. This primary decides which of those stories get rewritten — and which ones keep happening. That’s what’s on the ballot June 23.

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@gogreen2026 @AdamVanGrack Correct. They’re deliberately trying to circumvent democracy — while claiming to uphold it.

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Behind every endorsement is a person. The nurse who wants Medicare for All. The mom on the childcare waitlist. The Muslim family that’s been told to wait. The federal worker watching their agency get gutted.

Seven organizations backed this campaign because it’s backing them. Early voting’s open. Be one of them.

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Two weeks ago, a Maryland State Senator told me: “You can’t be everywhere. Sometimes candidates need to make tough choices about where they can connect with the most voters.”

That’s the wrong answer. You go where you are most needed.

This morning, I went with a family to an ICE check-in instead of canvassing or standing at the polls. Because they needed me. Because when they reached out for help, no one else answered.

I will take that call every time. That’s why I’m running. Congress needs people who go where they’re needed — not where they get their egos stroked.

[Ethan Wechtaluk @EthanforMD]

Track AIPAC. Progressive Victory. Our Revolution. Reproductive Justice Maryland Action. CAIR Action. Courage for Democracy. Progressive Voters Network.

The coalition behind this campaign isn’t corporate PACs or self-funding millionaires. It’s the organizations that fight for working people. That’s the whole point.

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@gogreen2026 @AdamVanGrack That’s a tremendously bold assumption, Andy. I have strong feelings on Montgomery County DCC (with a few exceptions) and that pairing explains a lot of how I feel about.

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@SmokyMtMystic @michcooley You’re telling me the 2.5M files not released are all classified and protecting pedophiles is worth national security? Absolutely not.

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The House voted 427-1 to release the unredacted Epstein files. The law bans withholding documents to protect powerful people from embarrassment. DOJ identified 6 million pages, released about half, and called it compliance.

The bill's own authors say that breaks the law they wrote — and they're right. But most of Washington is letting it slide. Why?

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@gogreen2026 I agree — you can advocate for tech while simultaneously opposed to data center development in the current form.