John MuesVerified account

1. Pleased to report that we led Montana's US Senate Democratic candidates in 3rd Quarter fundraising.

2. That said, money in politics should not be an important metric on which journalists report breathlessly. It should be "a" metric among the more important facets of merit, ideas, integrity. Today, the scales are tipped so heavily...

3. ... towards money that the patently unfit Steve Daines is our US Senator. What about merit, ideas, integrity? We need real, substantive CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM, which will...

4. ... be a TOP PRIORITY of mine in the US Senate. We need to work towards a day in Montana and our country where, say, the single mother of two kids in Lewistown, Virginia City, Forsyth, Hall, or Big Fork - all towns, among many others, we visited last quarter -

5. ... without a wealthy network or relatives, without the support of special interest groups, without celebrity sponsorships, without coverage by national television networks, without titles, can not only run for higher office, but win, because her ideas...

6. ... have been allowed "airtime" and were deemed best for community, state, country, and planet. I don't see why that's infeasible given 21st century tools and elected officials who can solve - not run from or worsen, like Senator Daines - challenging problems.

7. But we need to rise up and overcome the barrage of Corporate PAC and Dark Money supporting politicians like Senator Daines in order to get good people into office. That's why I'm asking you to double down on our campaign, to circle...