Tom Moore
@thmoore.bsky.social
Senior Fellow for Democracy Policy at the Center for American Progress—@americanprogress.bsky.social.
My job is to fight so hard for democracy that if I fail, I'll be among the first to be lined up & shot. (he/him)
My job is to fight so hard for democracy that if I fail, I'll be among the first to be lined up & shot. (he/him)
I love the tough-talking rhetoric here. “All available legal action including an immediate appeal” adds up to, in total: An immediate appeal.
That’s the legal thing you can do when you lose a court ruling.
That’s the legal thing you can do when you lose a court ruling.
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I love the tough-talking rhetoric here. “All available legal action including an immediate appeal” adds up to, in total: An immediate appeal.
That’s the legal thing you can do when you lose a court ruling.
That’s the legal thing you can do when you lose a court ruling.
Good morning from Ogunquit, Maine!
November 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Good morning from Ogunquit, Maine!
Wouldn’t it be something if Sen. Kelly just turned to Hegseth and said, “Bring it,” then got pulled back onto active duty for a court-martial. Because if there’s a single military judge in this country who would convict Kelly for what he said, the American experiment is over and it’s time to go.
Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Investigates Senator Over Video Trump Claimed Was Seditious
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Wouldn’t it be something if Sen. Kelly just turned to Hegseth and said, “Bring it,” then got pulled back onto active duty for a court-martial. Because if there’s a single military judge in this country who would convict Kelly for what he said, the American experiment is over and it’s time to go.
Delighted that @rbreich.bsky.social has embraced the effort in Montana to undo Citizens United, and grateful for the kind shout-out he tossed to CAP and me.
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way to get rid of Citizens United. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
November 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Delighted that @rbreich.bsky.social has embraced the effort in Montana to undo Citizens United, and grateful for the kind shout-out he tossed to CAP and me.
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For over 300 years now, it is a bedrock principle in Anglo-American constitutionalism that obedience is owed according only to law. Refusal to follow an illegal command is not only a moral choice but an absolute duty.
November 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
For over 300 years now, it is a bedrock principle in Anglo-American constitutionalism that obedience is owed according only to law. Refusal to follow an illegal command is not only a moral choice but an absolute duty.
A reporter oughta ask Trump: “Should members of the military have disobeyed any illegal orders Biden gave?”
And assuming that answer is yes, follow up with, “Should members of the military disobey any illegal orders you give?”
The answer *can’t* be: “I can’t give illegal orders.”
And assuming that answer is yes, follow up with, “Should members of the military disobey any illegal orders you give?”
The answer *can’t* be: “I can’t give illegal orders.”
November 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A reporter oughta ask Trump: “Should members of the military have disobeyed any illegal orders Biden gave?”
And assuming that answer is yes, follow up with, “Should members of the military disobey any illegal orders you give?”
The answer *can’t* be: “I can’t give illegal orders.”
And assuming that answer is yes, follow up with, “Should members of the military disobey any illegal orders you give?”
The answer *can’t* be: “I can’t give illegal orders.”
Here’s something interesting: Even if members of Congress for some reason advised members of the military to disobey *legal* orders (which, to be clear, they did *not* do), even *that* wouldn’t be sedition.
November 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Here’s something interesting: Even if members of Congress for some reason advised members of the military to disobey *legal* orders (which, to be clear, they did *not* do), even *that* wouldn’t be sedition.
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Surrounded the *judge's* car threatening to smash in the windows
November 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Surrounded the *judge's* car threatening to smash in the windows
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Good old Woz. Good for him.
November 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Good old Woz. Good for him.
Spent some time knitting this together. Can anyone defeat it?
Citizens United involved a Virginia nonstock corporation that possessed election-spending authority only because Virginia's corporate code grants nonprofits broad general powers ("all lawful purposes," Va. Code § 13.1-826(7)).
Citizens United involved a Virginia nonstock corporation that possessed election-spending authority only because Virginia's corporate code grants nonprofits broad general powers ("all lawful purposes," Va. Code § 13.1-826(7)).
November 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Spent some time knitting this together. Can anyone defeat it?
Citizens United involved a Virginia nonstock corporation that possessed election-spending authority only because Virginia's corporate code grants nonprofits broad general powers ("all lawful purposes," Va. Code § 13.1-826(7)).
Citizens United involved a Virginia nonstock corporation that possessed election-spending authority only because Virginia's corporate code grants nonprofits broad general powers ("all lawful purposes," Va. Code § 13.1-826(7)).
Lindsey Halligan, get a screenshot! Here’s Exhibit A for my eventual sedition trial.
November 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Lindsey Halligan, get a screenshot! Here’s Exhibit A for my eventual sedition trial.
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I so rarely get to say this regarding good news these days:
Holy shit!
Holy shit!
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I so rarely get to say this regarding good news these days:
Holy shit!
Holy shit!
Even though I was grossly overdressed for the occasion, I had a good time catching up with Sen. Jon Tester in the CAP lobby the other day to talk all things Citizens United and what Montana's doing to defeat it.
@americanprogress.bsky.social
@transpelectinit.bsky.social / montanaplan.com
@americanprogress.bsky.social
@transpelectinit.bsky.social / montanaplan.com
In 90 seconds Jon Tester explains Citizens United—"the worst decision the Supreme Court's ever made"—and what Montana is doing to stop the flood of dark money into politics.
November 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Even though I was grossly overdressed for the occasion, I had a good time catching up with Sen. Jon Tester in the CAP lobby the other day to talk all things Citizens United and what Montana's doing to defeat it.
@americanprogress.bsky.social
@transpelectinit.bsky.social / montanaplan.com
@americanprogress.bsky.social
@transpelectinit.bsky.social / montanaplan.com
Who knows if this will hold up. But wouldn’t it be interesting if California’s gerrymander sticks and Texas’ doesn’t?
NEWS: This is a 2-1 decision of a three-judge district court blocking the mid-decade Texas redistricting map as a racial gerrymander. It will (undoubtedly) be appealed, and it goes directly to the Supreme Court.
November 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Who knows if this will hold up. But wouldn’t it be interesting if California’s gerrymander sticks and Texas’ doesn’t?
I am relatively new to the excellent work of the nonprofit news service NOTUS, which is pulling in talent from all over. I was especially tickled this morning to notice for the first time the way they headline the section of their morning newsletter with items from other publications.
www.notus.org
www.notus.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I am relatively new to the excellent work of the nonprofit news service NOTUS, which is pulling in talent from all over. I was especially tickled this morning to notice for the first time the way they headline the section of their morning newsletter with items from other publications.
www.notus.org
www.notus.org
I would like everyone whoever voted for me for city or county council to know that I would have told the transportation secretary to fuck off. *That* is what you do.
November 18, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I would like everyone whoever voted for me for city or county council to know that I would have told the transportation secretary to fuck off. *That* is what you do.
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Raskin: We are a big tent. We must be a huge, vast tent. I say this is a party that’s got room for Marjorie Taylor Greene if she wants to come over.
November 17, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Raskin: We are a big tent. We must be a huge, vast tent. I say this is a party that’s got room for Marjorie Taylor Greene if she wants to come over.
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Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
Great writeup on The Montana Plan by Outside Magazine columnist and adventure travel writer Wes Siler (@wessiler.bsky.social)!
Citizens United Broke American Politics. This New Plan From Montana Aims To Fix That
By removing dark money from politics, The Montana Plan could restore American democracy
wessiler.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Great writeup on The Montana Plan by Outside Magazine columnist and adventure travel writer Wes Siler (@wessiler.bsky.social)!
"Interesting things are happening around the country" on campaign finance, says @petebuttigieg.bsky.social, and The Montana Plan tops his list. Pretty cool.
Details here: transparentelection.org
Details here: transparentelection.org
One on One with Pete Buttigieg
YouTube video by The Texas Tribune
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
"Interesting things are happening around the country" on campaign finance, says @petebuttigieg.bsky.social, and The Montana Plan tops his list. Pretty cool.
Details here: transparentelection.org
Details here: transparentelection.org
Odd soft-pedaling by the NYT here. That Epstein wrote that Trump “spent hours at my house” with an Epstein victim does *not* *suggest* that Epstein thought Trump “knew more about his abuse than he has acknowledged.”
It *suggests* that Trump committed statutory rape against an Epstein-Trump victim.
It *suggests* that Trump committed statutory rape against an Epstein-Trump victim.
November 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Odd soft-pedaling by the NYT here. That Epstein wrote that Trump “spent hours at my house” with an Epstein victim does *not* *suggest* that Epstein thought Trump “knew more about his abuse than he has acknowledged.”
It *suggests* that Trump committed statutory rape against an Epstein-Trump victim.
It *suggests* that Trump committed statutory rape against an Epstein-Trump victim.
Begala is being willfully blind here. Mamdani won a *three-way race* against a former Dem governor and a Republican—and still cleared 50%. Remarkably, his margin over the GOP candidate (43.3%) compares just fine with Adams's (39.2%) and de Blasio's (48.8% and 38.4%). That is *not* a 'weak win.'
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Begala is being willfully blind here. Mamdani won a *three-way race* against a former Dem governor and a Republican—and still cleared 50%. Remarkably, his margin over the GOP candidate (43.3%) compares just fine with Adams's (39.2%) and de Blasio's (48.8% and 38.4%). That is *not* a 'weak win.'