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)
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
Friday evening: An angry Trump orders a cruise-missile attack on the Norwegian embassy in Washington, DC.
October 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Friday evening: An angry Trump orders a cruise-missile attack on the Norwegian embassy in Washington, DC.
Every single elected Republican should be asked this question: Are you OK with the Trump Administration, the U.S. Treasury, and the U.S. Treasurer all gleefully violating a statute so basic that most children know it: You can't put a living person on a U.S. coin?
October 4, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Every single elected Republican should be asked this question: Are you OK with the Trump Administration, the U.S. Treasury, and the U.S. Treasurer all gleefully violating a statute so basic that most children know it: You can't put a living person on a U.S. coin?
Breadfurst should work on its quality control. The end of its baguettes consistently fall off before I even get out of the store.
October 2, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Breadfurst should work on its quality control. The end of its baguettes consistently fall off before I even get out of the store.
Small point about the coverage of Hegseth’s stupid convening: Trump has not “renamed” the Department of Defense something else. He *calls* it that.
If I started calling the president “Adolf,” one would not say that I had “renamed him Adolf.” He has no more authority to rename DOD than I do him.
If I started calling the president “Adolf,” one would not say that I had “renamed him Adolf.” He has no more authority to rename DOD than I do him.
October 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Small point about the coverage of Hegseth’s stupid convening: Trump has not “renamed” the Department of Defense something else. He *calls* it that.
If I started calling the president “Adolf,” one would not say that I had “renamed him Adolf.” He has no more authority to rename DOD than I do him.
If I started calling the president “Adolf,” one would not say that I had “renamed him Adolf.” He has no more authority to rename DOD than I do him.
Holy mackerel! What, are we about halfway there already?
September 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Holy mackerel! What, are we about halfway there already?
I went to ask my robot pal about this, expecting that the answer would be a ludicrously thick layer of gold, but maybe not.
September 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I went to ask my robot pal about this, expecting that the answer would be a ludicrously thick layer of gold, but maybe not.
What the ever-loving fuck? As the Secretary of Defense prepares to gather his generals together on Tuesday, he tweets approvingly about how 1930s Germany called its generals together to swear a new oath betraying the country's constitutional order?
September 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
What the ever-loving fuck? As the Secretary of Defense prepares to gather his generals together on Tuesday, he tweets approvingly about how 1930s Germany called its generals together to swear a new oath betraying the country's constitutional order?
Quietly pleased to hit this milestone tonight. I'm grateful for all the support the community on this platform gives to good ideas and discussion.
September 27, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Quietly pleased to hit this milestone tonight. I'm grateful for all the support the community on this platform gives to good ideas and discussion.
Must be super goddamn important for the President to conduct foreign affairs, because the "potential harm" being faced by foreign-aid recipients, including children, includes dying, which they are doing.
Congress' control over the purse is essential. The Roberts Court is destroying our democracy.
Congress' control over the purse is essential. The Roberts Court is destroying our democracy.
September 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Must be super goddamn important for the President to conduct foreign affairs, because the "potential harm" being faced by foreign-aid recipients, including children, includes dying, which they are doing.
Congress' control over the purse is essential. The Roberts Court is destroying our democracy.
Congress' control over the purse is essential. The Roberts Court is destroying our democracy.
Ted Cruz got *this* close to saying the right thing, but blew it. It’s not wrong for a Republican FCC chair to censor free speech because Democrats might turn the tables.
It’s wrong for a Republican FCC chair to censor free speech because it’s wrong for a Republican FCC chair to censor free speech.
It’s wrong for a Republican FCC chair to censor free speech because it’s wrong for a Republican FCC chair to censor free speech.
September 20, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Ted Cruz got *this* close to saying the right thing, but blew it. It’s not wrong for a Republican FCC chair to censor free speech because Democrats might turn the tables.
It’s wrong for a Republican FCC chair to censor free speech because it’s wrong for a Republican FCC chair to censor free speech.
It’s wrong for a Republican FCC chair to censor free speech because it’s wrong for a Republican FCC chair to censor free speech.
I thought I had a lot more to accomplish in my career, but it turns out I wrapped it all up tonight.
September 19, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I thought I had a lot more to accomplish in my career, but it turns out I wrapped it all up tonight.
Here are clean screenshots—much easier to read.
September 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Here are clean screenshots—much easier to read.