Delighted to be with thought leaders at the Conference on World Affairs in beautiful Boulder, CO. I’ll be speaking today and tomorrow on Checks & Balances (do they still exist?) and Elections. Info below. Panels live-streamed.

Good to see Harvard standing up for academic freedom.

This. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ And for married women who have changed their names, a birth certificate alone won’t suffice. The SAVE Act will make it harder for U.S. citizens to vote. The Senate must stop this bill.

$ Millions more than the inauguration could have cost, given by people & corps. with biz before the govt, & no duty to disclose where the $ goes. What could possibly go wrong? Trump Raised $239 Million for Inauguration, More Than Doubling His Own Record nytimes.com/2025/04/20/us/…

And then there were 3. ICYMI: The The FEC needs 4 commissioners to make enforcement & policy decisions. When I was removed from office without cause and without a replacement, I warned that the FEC could lose quorum. Now that’s happened. No cop on the money-in-politics beat, Day 1.

Proud to join with Senator Jon Tester and Tiffany Muller at End Citizens United to continue the fight against corruption!

The 1st Amendment protects the right to challenge the gov't. When the gov't is violating people’s rights, protest is patriotic. President Donald J. Trump thinks protesters are troublemakers who need to be silenced by force. Well, sign me up for some of that good trouble. See you on No Kings Day!

Good news/bad news on the GOP budget bill: The attempt to make it harder to sue the Govt by making litigants post $$$ bonds ruled out of bounds for reconciliation.👍 But the part seeking to stop states from regulating AI can be passed on party-line vote.👎 budget.senate.gov/ranking-member…

The third consecutive cancellation of an open Federal Election Commission meeting is further proof of the corruption deeply embedded in this administration. No one knows the importance of transparency better than former FEC Chair and Commissioner Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub.bsky.social).

Whether it's Musk buying his way into government, or the GOP making deep cuts to Medicaid to pay for tax cuts that benefit their donors, corruption has real life impacts. Watch ECU President Tiffany Muller and Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub.bsky.social), one of ECU's Senior Fellows, break it down. 👇

"Without a quorum, the agency [Federal Election Commission] is left really hamstrung in all of its decision-making. This just emboldens people who seek to violate the law." - Former FEC Commissioner and ECU Senior Fellow Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub.bsky.social)

🎥WATCH: The first episode in a series of conversations between ECU President Tiffany Muller and leaders fighting against corruption and money in politics, and advocating for voting rights. 👇 democracy.news/p/one-on-one-e…

Where's a good federalist when you need one? The Constitution leaves the running of elections to the states. Yet here seems to be a new effort to threaten election officials with fed criminal prosecution, based on nothing but conspiracy theories. Alarming. nytimes.com/2025/07/02/us/…

Out of the 64 complaints filed against Donald Trump with the Federal Election Commission, nonpartisan staffers recommended investigations into him 32 times—which Republican Commissioners voted against every single time. WATCH ECU's Senior Fellow Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub.bsky.social) break it down👇

Alarming story about federal attempts to interfere with election administration. Kudos to state and local officials who are resisting. DOJ hits states with broad requests for voter rolls, election data wapo.st/3IvgS0s

Thanks to the Supreme Court, tech titans can spend unlimited $$ to try to buy a government that will impose no guardrails on their already powerful industry. What could go wrong? Silicon Valley Pledges $200 Million to New Pro-A.I. Super PACs nytimes.com/2025/08/26/tec…

There’s nothing funny about using government power to silence comedians. Authoritarians hate being mocked. But the right to criticize the government lies at the very heart of the 1st Amendment.

Looking forward to a spirited discussion with Edwin Eisendrath tomorrow about money, politics, the 1st Amendment, and the state of our democracy!