Jason Mangone

Executive Director of @moreincommon_us. Serial joiner.

[Jason Mangone @jason_mangone]

Dan Quinn.

[Chris Cillizza @ChrisCillizza]

Who had the Worst Week in Washington?

Was it James Talarico off the campaign trail for 9 days?

Or Pete Hegseth and his public execution plans?

Honey please.

Someone else walked away with the award this week.

FULL STORY: https://t.co/Wll41J2No1

[Leah Libresco Sargeant @LeahLibresco]

This is so beautiful

[Jason Mangone @jason_mangone]

https://t.co/qFs71C4qNP

@MoreInCommon_US

[Jason Mangone @jason_mangone]

I’d love sports franchises to pick up on this. Sports fandom is a ladder to good citizenship. Most-cited reason for non-fans not going to games is “having nobody to go with.” Study linked in next post.

[Patrick T. Brown @PTBwrites]

This guy...is good

[Jason Mangone @jason_mangone]

I’d love it if we @MoreInCommon_US could do a study called something like “Splitting the Ticket” where we do deep dives into the top 5 or 10 D and R districts where down-ballots outperform the top of the ticket. Been sitting on our research agenda for a couple years now.

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

“Try to learn from the most electorally effective politicians” remains underrated

[Christian Ruf @pinpulleddrmf]

I'm at one year post ibogaine + 5-MeO-DMT journey.

Here is what has transpired (going to be long):

-First 120 days were bliss, lots of neuroplasticity

This timeframe was critical for integration, building better habits. I became and remain consistent with closeness to God, and finding peace in faith and family.

Alcohol became very unattractive. Today, I have maybe a beer or glass of wine 1-2 times a week. Zero desire for hard liquor, whereas previously I drank a good amount.

Started meditation practice, which I was consitent at but dropped off. Need to do some work there.

-Post 120 days, fluctuations in depression/anxiety resumed.

While I had hoped this wouldn't be the case, it was.

I felt better equipped to handle it, but the reality is my entire family has a history of this, so likely chemical. I started SSRIs, and that was a complete shitshow. This set me back dramatically, going through iterations of different ones was the most brutal 4 months of my life.

Coming out of that, I felt closer to how I did within the first 120 days of ibogaine.

What began to emerge at this point was the unveiling of memories around my dad dying when I was 17 that I have not addressed in 20 years.

A fear of death began to emerge- not wanting to die as he did: physically and emotionally alone and in a period of life that was extremely low for him.

This got to the point where one night I was terrified of falling asleep, thinking that I would not wake up.

So I called @KrissBergTweets the next morning and we scheduled a journey. We gathered the boys @MatznerJon @smallrites @KHendersonCo and went out to CO.

I was very nervous about this- my last trip (5 MeO) was terrifying, and I didn't want to go back there. But, I felt the calling to dive in the month prior, and knew it was what I needed to do.

My experience was incredible- I relived some key memories around my dad, and sobbed for 3 hours, only lifting out of my pillow to watch @KrissBergTweets @smallrites prancing around the deck underneath a meteor shower.

I did 20 year of therapy in 3 hours.

That puts me today, and here is the real evolution that has occured:

Anything beyond my family, faith, and friends is a bonus. Material things are nice, but I put little weight in them.

Business wins are fun, and I would like to avoid problems, but it is a means to providing a lifestyle, not a rich life.

We are all heading to the same place, all we can leave behind is love, and that you are exactly where you need to be at all times.

[Jason Mangone @jason_mangone]

I strongly agree with this. A “disposition toward truth-seeking” among leaders is sort of the only panacea I can think of that might renew most of our public institutions (Left, Right, or apolitical).

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

I think these identitarian explanations are a dead end. Any Democratic campaign is going to be staffed by people who are to the left of the median voter, and especially the median voter in a frontline senate race or whatever.

What you need is a disposition to truth-seeking.

[Soren Dayton @sorendayton]

This is coming for government services

[Spooky Charlotte Swasey @charlotteeffect]

You had questions! I have answers.

[Jason Mangone @jason_mangone]

Just took the @SearchlightInst quiz that we @MoreInCommon_US helped with. As someone who attended mass this morning and has an American flag behind him, my segment name makes me feel SEEN!

[Jason Mangone @jason_mangone]

@SearchlightInst @MoreInCommon_US As the kicker in the NYT piece says: "If only two parties are to represent a complex and diverse American electorate, they should have the flexibility to match the heterodoxy of their constituents."

[Jason Mangone @jason_mangone]

How much better-off would our country be if both parties tried to win--and to represent--large majorities?

[Adam Jentleson @AJentleson]

At @SearchlightInst we talk a lot about heterodoxy.

Now, partnering with @nytimes, we can show you exactly what we mean.

“In reality, people often have heterodox views that defy strict partisanship.”

Take a minute to read this—it might change how you think about politics.

https://t.co/dXgoeLvQjT

[Jason Mangone @jason_mangone]

The answer to that question is "way better." In addition to the @SearchlightInst team being awesome, that's why @MoreInCommon_US was so excited to partner with them on this polling.

[Jason Mangone @jason_mangone]

@deanwball https://t.co/xTuzcnlE0N

[Jason Mangone @jason_mangone]

@deanwball “But grief is not the end of all. I seem to hear the funeral march become a paean . . . amid the awful orchestra of seen and unseen powers and destinies of good and evil our trumpets sound once more a note of daring, hope, and will.”

[Jason Mangone @jason_mangone]

@MoreInCommon_US https://t.co/qFs71C4qNP

[Jason Mangone @jason_mangone]

This is a very good take. To this I’d add: if you find yourself in such a game-less situation and you’re the dude that says “Hey, would you mind throwing on the game,” you’ll be a hero. There should be a medal for such leaders of men.

[Luke Burgis @lukeburgis]

There has been a backlash against sports by elites for the past 10 years.

Look: if you invite grown men to your home during an important sporting event—the US Men's team in the world cup, the final round of the Masters, opening day of college football, or at 1pm on Sunday afternoon during NFL season—and you don't have a television on showing the best game, or even any game, you are uncivilized.

I have been invited to child play dates during such important events and have been mortified to learn that the fathers would rather helicopter their children around the house rather than sit on the couch shooting the shit together, drinking a cold beer, and occasionally looking over their shoulder or listening for screams while the kids have fun and wreak havoc, as God intended.

[Jason Mangone @jason_mangone]

@MoreInCommon_US Not to take it too far, but if you invite someone to watch a game with you, you might even be contributing. to the sense of belonging in your community. You can check out the full study in the next tweet.