Bernie - change comes from bottom up
This clip from Bernie's speech two weeks ago speaks to the heart of Town Hall Citizen.
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The left should learn from Phyllis Schlafly
Phyllis Schlafly was a powerful, conservative organizer. The left should study Phyllis's accomplishments and steal a page or two from her playbook.
Montana Plan update
The Montana Supreme Court has stopped the Montana Plan. But the folks behind Transparent Election Initiative have submitted a revised proposal that honors the court’s ruling and simplifies the motion.
Not me. Us.
This is an old Bernie t-shirt that I needed to be reminded of.
The Montana Plan blog
The official home of The Montana Plan blog - thoughts, additional resources, & related campaign finance media links.
Mad About Montana podcast with Montana Plan founder Jeff Mangan
Listen to this podcast to hear Montana Plan founder Jeff Mangan explain why each state needs a Montana Plan
How states end the dark money in politics era
Americans have been told there are only two ways to stop corporate and “dark” money in politics: Amend the U.S. Constitution or wait for the court to undo what it has done. That is flat wrong.
The Montana Plan stops corporations from buying elections
Most Americans have never warmed up to Citizens United, which permits corporations to donate to election campaigns; some polls have shown as many as 75 percent oppose it.
The Montana Plan FAQ
I've put together this page to answer questions I thought of and that I see online.
The Montana Plan's national debut
The Montana Plan is publicly debuted in this 75 minute video
Watch Tom Moore explain and answer questions on The Montana Plan
The Montana plan is a brilliant idea that's been hiding in plain sight
Bernie's words for we the people
We the people can and will create a political revolution
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"If you want to beat Trump you have to stop him at the polls"
This message was conspicuously absent in last night's No Kings call
Public campaign finance helped Zohran Mamdani
This piece in The Nation written by David Sirota covers why we need publicly funded elections
The Master Plan
The Montana Plan - pathway to getting money out of politics
#5 on the Town Hall Citizen platform is Publicly funded elections. But Citizens United is in the way. Read on to see a pathway that goes around Citizens United.
No Kings
The arsonists are back
Yesterday's No Kings protest featured state Representative Meghan Lukens, a centrist Democrat.
Bernie Sanders
Town Hall Citizen platform and Bernie's No Kings speech
Everything Bernie said yesterday in his No Kings speech is covered in our platform
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"Complaining is not a strategy"
"Protests are important. But changing the culture means nothing if the law doesn't change". — Notorious RBG
Chris Armitage
Don't let No Kings be wasted time
Nothing will change unless we the people divest and take control of the Democratic Party.
Blue Bonds
Viva La Financiera Revolución!
I want to buy Blue Bonds. Count me in as an organizer (albeit a beginner) to help others to.
decentralized Internet
France President Emmanuel Macron's speech is a clarion call
“We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to [American and Chinese] social networks, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies.”
soft sucession
Let's talk about soft succession
SCOTUS has given Republicans carte blanche to ignore any law or precedent. Meanwhile, blue states send billions more to Washington than they get back, essentially funding their own destruction.
social media is a social disease
NH Democratic Congressional Candidate Carleigh Beriont is Not Using Social Media
This is real organizing
Jane McAlevey
There's only one way out - organize
The problem is the left. They don't organize.