Happy 25th Anniversary, MoveOn! Highlights from our Member Summit in Atlanta

MoveOn Executive Director Rahna Epting shares the election plan for 2024. Credit: MoveOn Happy birthday to MoveOn! We’ve officially reached 25 years of people-powered progress! This past weekend, we hosted the MoveOn 25 Member Summit in Atlanta to celebrate MoveOn’s 25th birthday while also connecting and organizing ahead of the 2024 election. It was our first time coming together in person in 5 years and we took full advantage of the opportunity to celebrate our work together and build the power we need to win the White House and Senate,…

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When to express an opinion and when to zip it up, when on the job

Whether its the war in Ukraine, the war in Israel, the House speaker race or any of a zillion controversial topics, everyone has an opinion. As federal employees, can you express your opinions out loud and not get fired for it? For advice, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with federal employment attorney John Mahoney. Interview Transcript:  Tom Temin This question, I guess, is coming up in a lot of offices. It’s not exactly Hatch Act issue, but if you loudly and express an opinion and Lord knows there’s…

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The Election Reform That Could Help Republicans in a Swing State

When Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania announced in September that the nation’s largest swing state would implement automatic voter registration, Donald Trump threw a conniption. “Pennsylvania is at it again!” the former president posted on Truth Social, his social-media platform. The switch, Trump said, would be “a disaster for the Election of Republicans, including your favorite President, ME!” Trump’s panic is consistent with his (baseless) view that any reforms designed to increase voter turnout, such as expanding mail balloting and early voting, are part of a Democratic conspiracy to rig…

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Abraham Accords Needed ‘More Than Ever’ as Israel-Hamas War Escalates

The escalating Israel-Hamas war means that the Abraham Accords between Israel and two former enemies in the Middle East “are needed now more than ever,” Jared Kushner said in a post last week on social media. Kushner should know. As a top White House aide as well as son-in-law to then-President Donald Trump, Kushner was instrumental in achieving the Abraham Accords, which normalized relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and between Israel and Bahrain. I joined former Italian Prime Minister @matteorenzi this morning at #FII7 to discuss conflict…

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ICYMI: No Labels Refuses to Release Donors During ‘Open to Debate NPR’

Washington, D.C. – Earlier today, No Label’s Chief Strategist Ryan Clancy rebuffed questions on “Open to Debate” from MoveOn Political Action Executive Director Rahna Epting and debate moderators about any specifics on the party’s donors. In response, Epting released the following statement:  “No Labels had yet another opportunity to be transparent about their donors and they refused. With so much at stake in this election, the American people deserve answers as to who is funding this reckless plan that will only lead to Donald Trump back in the White House.…

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