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)
What a weird thing to complain about. You'd think the one place snowflakes could handle themselves would be a Minnesota winter.
January 9, 2026 at 10:52 PM
What a weird thing to complain about. You'd think the one place snowflakes could handle themselves would be a Minnesota winter.
Some personal news. I would like to announce that I, along with the U.S. Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, have provided $4,000,000 to fund Davidson College’s excellent Institute for Public Good.
@davidsoncollege.bsky.social
@davidsoncollege.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Some personal news. I would like to announce that I, along with the U.S. Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, have provided $4,000,000 to fund Davidson College’s excellent Institute for Public Good.
@davidsoncollege.bsky.social
@davidsoncollege.bsky.social
The American system of justice does not dispense "wrath." It determines guilt or innocence through evidence, procedure, and law.
If the Attorney General cannot distinguish justice from vengeance, she doesn’t understand the foundational principle of the department she leads.
If the Attorney General cannot distinguish justice from vengeance, she doesn’t understand the foundational principle of the department she leads.
January 4, 2026 at 2:16 AM
The American system of justice does not dispense "wrath." It determines guilt or innocence through evidence, procedure, and law.
If the Attorney General cannot distinguish justice from vengeance, she doesn’t understand the foundational principle of the department she leads.
If the Attorney General cannot distinguish justice from vengeance, she doesn’t understand the foundational principle of the department she leads.
Some personal news: After years of effort, I finally was able to finish all the breadsticks and all the Nutella at the same time. Could just have been a coincidence, the kind of thing that’ll happen one time out of a thousand naturally, but I really do think my skills have progressed here.
January 2, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Some personal news: After years of effort, I finally was able to finish all the breadsticks and all the Nutella at the same time. Could just have been a coincidence, the kind of thing that’ll happen one time out of a thousand naturally, but I really do think my skills have progressed here.
It’s weird that with all the people he knows, and as long as he has lived, and as long as he has been president of this country, no one has thought of this until now, but could someone please give this guy a copy of the Constitution for Christmas?
December 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
It’s weird that with all the people he knows, and as long as he has lived, and as long as he has been president of this country, no one has thought of this until now, but could someone please give this guy a copy of the Constitution for Christmas?
Sen. Bill Cassidy's claim is cynical and wrong and he knows it. Australia's gun control laws did not fail because violence still occurs; its firearm-homicide rate is about 97% lower than the United States’. Laws are not meant to be perfect; they are meant to reduce harm. I'd take a 97% drop any day.
December 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Sen. Bill Cassidy's claim is cynical and wrong and he knows it. Australia's gun control laws did not fail because violence still occurs; its firearm-homicide rate is about 97% lower than the United States’. Laws are not meant to be perfect; they are meant to reduce harm. I'd take a 97% drop any day.
ChatGPT, tell me about Trump's new executive order regarding state regulation of AI.
December 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
ChatGPT, tell me about Trump's new executive order regarding state regulation of AI.
I can’t quite remember what I ordered, but it has arrived, and I have a feeling that it is going to be totally awesome.
December 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I can’t quite remember what I ordered, but it has arrived, and I have a feeling that it is going to be totally awesome.
Hey, Gemini, evaluate the mental stability of the author of this social-media post.
November 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Hey, Gemini, evaluate the mental stability of the author of this social-media post.
Hey, Grok, evaluate the mental stability of the author of this social-media post.
November 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Hey, Grok, evaluate the mental stability of the author of this social-media post.
Hey, ChatGPT, evaluate the mental stability of the person who wrote this social-media post.
November 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Hey, ChatGPT, evaluate the mental stability of the person who wrote this social-media post.
I think it is damn thoughtful that America’s sour cream manufacturers routinely provide enough space in the container to stir in an envelope of Lipton onion soup mix.
November 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I think it is damn thoughtful that America’s sour cream manufacturers routinely provide enough space in the container to stir in an envelope of Lipton onion soup mix.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.