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)
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.
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.'
This is just about one of my least favorite days of the year. Everything was going great until I walked out of the office and it’s pitch black with the moon high in the sky. The first working day after the fall time change sucks.
November 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
This is just about one of my least favorite days of the year. Everything was going great until I walked out of the office and it’s pitch black with the moon high in the sky. The first working day after the fall time change sucks.
A lot of things are going to hell in handbasket these days, but not everything: The battery life on my new iPhone 17 Pro Max is amazing.
November 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
A lot of things are going to hell in handbasket these days, but not everything: The battery life on my new iPhone 17 Pro Max is amazing.
I have recently become convinced that Trump is engaging in irresponsible and distracting talk about an unconstitutional third term because he wants to avoid being labeled what he absolutely is: a lame duck.
So we should say it as often as possible: Trump is a lame duck.
So we should say it as often as possible: Trump is a lame duck.
October 28, 2025 at 10:37 AM
I have recently become convinced that Trump is engaging in irresponsible and distracting talk about an unconstitutional third term because he wants to avoid being labeled what he absolutely is: a lame duck.
So we should say it as often as possible: Trump is a lame duck.
So we should say it as often as possible: Trump is a lame duck.
Look, I know it’s best for Congress to control the purse. But if we had America’s billionaires cover the entire FY26 federal budget at FY25 levels—about $7 trillion—they’d spend every one of themselves down to millionaires. And maybe, just maybe, we’d get a more reasonable politics.
October 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Look, I know it’s best for Congress to control the purse. But if we had America’s billionaires cover the entire FY26 federal budget at FY25 levels—about $7 trillion—they’d spend every one of themselves down to millionaires. And maybe, just maybe, we’d get a more reasonable politics.
The suspense was killing me though I knew this was likely: Montana AG Austin Knudsen has deemed The Montana Plan "legally insufficient." It'll take more than that to save Citizens United from Montana's voters. @transpelectinit.bsky.social has 10 days to appeal to the MT Supreme Court. They're on it.
October 25, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The suspense was killing me though I knew this was likely: Montana AG Austin Knudsen has deemed The Montana Plan "legally insufficient." It'll take more than that to save Citizens United from Montana's voters. @transpelectinit.bsky.social has 10 days to appeal to the MT Supreme Court. They're on it.
Big day for The Montana Plan! MT AG Knudsen says he'll release his sufficiency decision *today* on the ballot issue that breaks Citizens United. Organizers expect either a rejection or an overreaching rewrite of the ballot statement—or both!—and they're ready to take it to the Montana Supreme Court.
October 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Big day for The Montana Plan! MT AG Knudsen says he'll release his sufficiency decision *today* on the ballot issue that breaks Citizens United. Organizers expect either a rejection or an overreaching rewrite of the ballot statement—or both!—and they're ready to take it to the Montana Supreme Court.
After what sounds like a very long, frustrating, and pointless back-and-forth with DC inspectors, My Own Pizza has opened at Windom and Wisconsin in Tenleytown in the other half of the Z-Burger space. Always happy for the neighborhood to gain another late-night eating option.
October 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
After what sounds like a very long, frustrating, and pointless back-and-forth with DC inspectors, My Own Pizza has opened at Windom and Wisconsin in Tenleytown in the other half of the Z-Burger space. Always happy for the neighborhood to gain another late-night eating option.
CAP's (@americanprogress.bsky.social's) plan to make Citizens United irrelevant was featured in a @rollingstone.com article today.
"If passed in Montana — and if other states follow — the initiative could profoundly change American politics."
"If passed in Montana — and if other states follow — the initiative could profoundly change American politics."
October 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
CAP's (@americanprogress.bsky.social's) plan to make Citizens United irrelevant was featured in a @rollingstone.com article today.
"If passed in Montana — and if other states follow — the initiative could profoundly change American politics."
"If passed in Montana — and if other states follow — the initiative could profoundly change American politics."
Interesting admission from the White House: President Trump "has the heart of a humanitarian," presumably in a jar somewhere in the Oval Office.
Are all our humanitarians accounted for? José Andrés, you OK?
Are all our humanitarians accounted for? José Andrés, you OK?
October 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Interesting admission from the White House: President Trump "has the heart of a humanitarian," presumably in a jar somewhere in the Oval Office.
Are all our humanitarians accounted for? José Andrés, you OK?
Are all our humanitarians accounted for? José Andrés, you OK?
My children will apparently be attending my Reddit AMA.
October 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
My children will apparently be attending my Reddit AMA.
I'm really excited to be doing my first Reddit AMA in r/politics tomorrow, Oct. 8, at 11:30AM ET to discuss CAP's bold plan to render Citizens United irrelevant.
Ask me anything about CAP's Corporate Power Reset, Citizens United, dark money, or The Montana Plan. Full report here: amprog.org/cpr
Ask me anything about CAP's Corporate Power Reset, Citizens United, dark money, or The Montana Plan. Full report here: amprog.org/cpr
October 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I'm really excited to be doing my first Reddit AMA in r/politics tomorrow, Oct. 8, at 11:30AM ET to discuss CAP's bold plan to render Citizens United irrelevant.
Ask me anything about CAP's Corporate Power Reset, Citizens United, dark money, or The Montana Plan. Full report here: amprog.org/cpr
Ask me anything about CAP's Corporate Power Reset, Citizens United, dark money, or The Montana Plan. Full report here: amprog.org/cpr