Clark McCain

Cultivating collaboration; believer in God; disbeliever in labels; champion of the vocative comma, not of the tribes. Perpetual beta. Opinions are my own.

[Clark McCain @ClarkMcCain]

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[Braver Angels @braverangels]

Thank you to the co-chairs of the Problem Solvers Caucus for joining us today at our 2026 National Convention!

[Clark McCain @ClarkMcCain]

@RepBrianFitz Thank you for being with us, @RepBrianFitz. As a member of @braverangels I deeply respect your commitment and practice of listening and problem solving. As we phrase it, you are a #CourageousCitizen

[Clark McCain @ClarkMcCain]

Wordle Spoiler Alert*
I am in Philadelphia for the @braverangels National Convention. After a good long day of conversations, debates and an opening plenary, the solution to Wordle is “Unity”

Wordle 1,832 3/6*

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Skill 94/99
Luck 52/99

[Clark McCain @ClarkMcCain]

Watch with no audio. Look at the facial expressions of both. The flashing eyes. The strained expressions.

This is the antithesis of @braverangels. This is why we exist. This is what we are changing.

In @braverangels we learn the skills of courageous citizenship not seen here.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

The biggest story in America is a president who has completely lost touch with reality. Who thinks the FBI let all the January 6 rioters into the Capitol, that he really won the 2020 election, that the Iran War is going well. Who, when occasionally confronted w reality, panics.

[Clark McCain @ClarkMcCain]

“The main function of attributing reasons is to justify oneself and to evaluate the justification of others.”

The Enigma of Reason
Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber

[Clark McCain @ClarkMcCain]

“A spirit of faction, which is apt to mingle its poison in the deliberations of all bodies of men, will often hurry the persons of whom they are composed into improprieties and excesses, for which they would blush in a private capacity.”

Federalist No. 15
Alexander Hamilton

[Clark McCain @ClarkMcCain]

@nntaleb No, they already have that figured out.

[Clark McCain @ClarkMcCain]

@ESPNRittenberg A great one at the Horizon.

[FIRE @TheFIREorg]

🔗: https://t.co/mW9Yy52KFr

[Clark McCain @ClarkMcCain]

The speed of human action at scale of extreme impact is beginning to exceed the speed of human relationship development at scale of extreme impact.

[🎸 Rock History 🎸 @historyrock_]

One of the greatest music videos ever made

[Clark McCain @ClarkMcCain]

This highlights what has been lost in our day due to the failure of the legislative function of our federal government.

[Clark McCain @ClarkMcCain]

From Justice Gorsuch’s concurrance to today’s tariff decision:

“But the deliberative nature of the legislative process was the whole point of its design. Through that process, the Nation can tap the combined wisdom of the people’s elected representatives, not just that of one..

[Clark McCain @ClarkMcCain]

… to plan their lives in ways they cannot when the rules shift from
day to day. “

[Clark McCain @ClarkMcCain]

@MaseDenver Future home of the Hammond Bears.

[Clark McCain @ClarkMcCain]

Yet another example of why it is important to #prohibitperpetuity of private foundations.

[Tyler Austin Harper @Tyler_A_Harper]

The question, even if you are a progressive or agree with Mellon's worldview, is whether a private nonprofit—created by the children of a robber baron—should have a near total monopoly on humanities funding and be able to bend American arts and letters to its political will. 12/

[Problem Solvers Caucus @ProbSolveCaucus]

Today, Problem Solvers Caucus Co-Chairs @RepBrianFitz and @RepTomSuozzi sent a letter to President Trump requesting a meeting to discuss a bipartisan solution to our country's immigration and border security challenges.

[Clark McCain @ClarkMcCain]

@brendenmoore13 @SpiegsAndHolmes @RepKamBuckner Compare Bears to the Broncos who are decidedly not playing by those rules and are making much progress.