Michael Wear
@MichaelRWear
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@MelissaMWear's. Dada to Saoirse & Ilaria. President/CEO, Center for Christianity & Public Life (@ccpubliclife). Author, The Spirit of Our Politics.
D.C./Baltimore
Joined August 2011
The day is here! The Spirit of Our Politics: Spiritual Formation and the Renovation of Public Life is now available! I am tremendously excited to share this book with you:
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NEWS — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer will say this afternoon that Dems willing to end shutdown if Rs agree to attach 1 year extension of ACA subsidies to stopgap spending bill, multiple sources said It's a proposal that could put some real pressure on Rs, and suspect that
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Democrats could vote to end the shutdown in exchange for a one-year extension of expiring Obamacare tax credits.
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The First Time I Read ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’
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Katherine Rundell, Christopher Paolini and other writers mark the 75th anniversary of the book’s U.S. publication: “It taught me to long for big pleasures.”
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"Your task is going to be not to impose litmus tests"
I heard some old friends at @PodSaveAmerica were in town, so I decided to stop by. As we saw this week, we can change this country for the better. But it’s going to take all of us getting organized and having honest conversations about the best way forward.
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Just kidding, this is a rival Michael Wear, and I promise you I am up to the challenge. He won't sea me coming. I will live my life uncucumbered by his audacious infringement on my name.
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Internet searches such as "am I addicted to gambling" have increased 23% since the SCOTUS case that allowed state-regulated sports betting. After online sportsbooks went live, searches for gambling addiction help surged by 60%
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The research provides the most comprehensive look yet at how the rapid expansion of sports betting venues — particularly online — is impacting betting and driving record increases in gambling...
ESPN & @DraftKings enter a multi-year agreement DraftKings will become the Official Sportsbook & Odds Provider of ESPN Details: https://t.co/1Vx55jBbBc
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It really is worth watching the full video of the Heritage meeting. A few observations: 1) There are many reasons not to make sweeping judgment about all Trump voters (or all Mamdani voters, etc. etc.), and one of them is that even the organizations at the heart of these causes
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In other words, the tactics and dispositions that are meant to be oriented toward "the real enemy" never stay limited to that enemy. When so much else is justified in pursuit of the cause, what is a leak when your political/ideological goals are at stake?
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re: Fuentes + leaks from conservative orgs like Heritage, I wonder if there is a corollary article to @ryangrim's "Elephant in the Zoom" about how certain habits & dispositions driving the conservative movement's political outlook are turned inward and harming their own orgs.
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I haven't watched her whole concession speech yet, but this from @winwithwinsome is really wonderful and admirable.
Winsome Earle-Sears: "I have just called Abigail and she did not answer and she doesn't' have to answer...I think she's busy. It went to voicemail and I left a voicemail and I asked her to please consider all of us Virginians that she will represent all of us..."
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A notable Mamdani recruit… former @FTC boss @linamkhan, who many wanted to see run for Congress from NYC…
Congratulations to Mayor-elect Mamdani on a remarkable campaign and victory. Honored to serve as co-chair of the transition as we work to build an administration that governs effectively and delivers a city where all New Yorkers can build a good life.
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This book by @JustinEGiboney is important. I'm proud to have written the forward for it. Grab your copy today! https://t.co/YwswNpBYkv
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Seinfeld cast voting for mayor: seinfeld: cuomo elaine: mamdani kramer: sliwa george: wears an i voted sticker, didn’t vote The whole episode would be about George trying to get the sticker just to get a date with a women who works at the polling place with indecipherable
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This will be worthwhile
What do Starlink, the trad wife, and Marshall Mcluhan have in common? Introducing the Third Oikos, a new series about how technology is reshaping the household. https://t.co/WHwCqMaqw9
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My brother @JustinEGiboney’s book is out today. It’s a word for our time. I hope you’ll pick up his book today.
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"We are lying to ourselves if we think we will make real progress against political violence without confronting the hatred that now pervades our political life." | @MichaelRWear in Dispatch Faith https://t.co/5Sx1neetDB
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Resisting the temptation to hate requires the courage to be kind.
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Worthwhile column here from @ezraklein:
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Democrats do not just need to win more people. They also need to win more places.
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This AI slop is beyond humiliating (for the Cuomo campaign), but separately, did we suddenly culturally normalize the use of fake AI videos depicting actual living people in campaign advertisements? Do people realize how dangerous this can become & so quickly?
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