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Michael McDonald
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Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida specializing in American elections

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Michael P. McDonald is an American political scientist. He is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida where he focuses on the United States elections.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 58m
New reporting says Don Jr. directly facilitated the pardon of a crypto whale who had promoted the Trump's family crypto. Jr. brought the pardon lawyer to the White House, and introduced him directly to his Dad. Pardon occurred right after. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 3h
Needs a third graph of Supreme Court shadow docket orders
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From the NYT today, 2 charts on the brokenness of American politics:

Reposted by Michael D. McDonald

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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 4h
From the NYT today, 2 charts on the brokenness of American politics:

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 4h
It will be funny when the Kennedy Center has to assert that Chuck Redd's contract is with the still same-named Kennedy Center

Reposted by Michael D. McDonald

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The Independent @the-independent.com · 7h
Kennedy Center threatens musician with lawsuit over Trump name protest
Kennedy Center threatens musician with lawsuit over Trump name protest
Kennedy Center threatens musician with lawsuit over Trump name protest
www.independent.co.uk

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Kim L. Scheppele, Mark A. Lemley , and 17 more

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22h
This is perfect. The DOJ's embarrassing snafu with disappearing redactions was the fault of Elon Musk. Musk cancelled government subscriptions to Adobe programs that would have made the redactions permanent. What a pack of fools.

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 22h
Most movies I agree, but Avatar movies are worth the splurge to watch on a big screen in 3-D

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 23h
I felt James Cameron was trolling the audience about half-way through the latest Avatar movie when one of the characters talked about having to go to the bathroom

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 23h
The pesticides sprayed onto the trees would like a word

Reposted by Michael D. McDonald

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 1d
Note well: database-match lists of imagined ineligible registrants often melt away on closer investigation. In Iowa, for example, the Linn County (Cedar Rapids) auditor confirmed that of a list of 150 supposed noncitizens on voter rolls there, 134 had been naturalized and were in fact eligible. /3
Auditor confirms most suspected of non-citizen voting in Linn County are citizens
Of the more than 2,100 names the Iowa Secretary of State has sent out to county election leaders as individuals who have voted in elections after telling the Io
cbs2iowa.com

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 1d
Trump's domestic (always anti-green energy and anti-climate) and foreign policies (attack oil producing competitor countries) are driven by America's oil billionaires who desperately want to squeeze every cent they can make to the detriment of America's long-term interests
mims.bsky.social Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 1d
some good climate/energy news:

* 96% of new US power capacity was carbon-free in 2024 (56 gigawatts!)

* 2025 included the first month ever when 51% of power on the U.S. grid was carbon-free

* The golbal trend is overwhelming: The world is now investing more $ in clean energy than fossil fuels
tkovach.bsky.social PM2.5 Kills ~9 Million People Worldwide Annually @tkovach.bsky.social · 1d
Clean energy is going to win. It's just a question of when.

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 1d
At some point we must come to a reckoning of how meme-driven investors prop up failsons who leverage the unsound investments into their failing ventures to extend their warped views through media ownership
justinhendrix.bsky.social Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 1d
"America’s wealthiest tech billionaires added more than $550bn to their combined net worth this year, as they benefit from an investor frenzy around leading artificial intelligence companies."
AI boom adds $500bn to net worth of US tech billionaires in 2025
Elon Musk stays on top as Nvidia’s Jensen Huang powers up the rankings on an AI-fuelled surge in fortunes
giftarticle.ft.com

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Rebecca Tushnet, Michael D. McDonald

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d
Texas Universities are now like police departments who would prefer to pay out the inevitable lawsuits rather than stop breaking the law
texastribune.org Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 2d
Texas A&M University will not reinstate a lecturer who was fired after a video of her teaching about gender identity in a children’s literature class went viral, despite a faculty appeals panel unanimously concluding that her dismissal was not justified.
Texas A&M won’t reinstate fired lecturer despite findings
A vice chancellor upheld the firing of Melissa McCoul, seen in a viral video being confronted by a student on her gender identity teachings, saying the termination was done with “good cause.”
www.texastribune.org

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 1d
A frequent reminder Bari Weiss is just the most inept and obvious character in the deep rot that infects our corporate media

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 1d
You have to get past 30 paragraphs and several pictures in this NYT White grievance story for a single-sentence mention in passing of African-Americans affected by Republican gerrymanders www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/u...
They Wanted a Conservative State. They Might Get a Democratic Representative Instead.
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Simon Chapman, Michael D. McDonald

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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 1d
some good climate/energy news:

* 96% of new US power capacity was carbon-free in 2024 (56 gigawatts!)

* 2025 included the first month ever when 51% of power on the U.S. grid was carbon-free

* The golbal trend is overwhelming: The world is now investing more $ in clean energy than fossil fuels

Reposted by Michael D. McDonald

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 1d
"America’s wealthiest tech billionaires added more than $550bn to their combined net worth this year, as they benefit from an investor frenzy around leading artificial intelligence companies."
AI boom adds $500bn to net worth of US tech billionaires in 2025
Elon Musk stays on top as Nvidia’s Jensen Huang powers up the rankings on an AI-fuelled surge in fortunes
giftarticle.ft.com

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 1d
In political science it is Downs' Median Voter Theorem. When you read his work he explains why parties don't converge to the median voter. But you can read top journal articles citing Downs as a strawman and then patting themselves on the back for being so smart to disprove him

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 1d
I mean, Trump's best friend mysteriously died in jail
bradmossesq.bsky.social Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 1d
You almost have to feel bad for an ugly old man with no family or friends to keep him company on Christmas Day that he makes 200 crazy posts ranting about everything under the sun.

Almost.

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, R. M. Wilson, Michael D. McDonald

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 1d
You almost have to feel bad for an ugly old man with no family or friends to keep him company on Christmas Day that he makes 200 crazy posts ranting about everything under the sun.

Almost.

Reposted by Daniel W. Drezner, Aaron Sojourner, Gerald Friedman , and 3 more

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Michelangelo Signorile @msignorile.bsky.social · 1d
Two stories side by side in WashPost
Wash Post: U.S. forces struck Islamic State targets in northwestern Nigeria on Thursday evening, the U.S. and Nigerian governments said, acting after threats by President Donald Trump to attack the country in an effort to stop killings of Christians. Wash Post: The Department of Homeland Security has announced the end of temporary protected status for a group of nearly 4,000 Burmese nationals — mostly persecuted Christians and democracy advocates. This action will send them back to a junta bent on punishing them.

Reposted by Colin F. Camerer, Will Jennings, Brendan Nyhan , and 21 more

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 1d
DOGE was A LOT less likely to cancel contracts from companies that donated money to Republicans than companies that donated to Democrats.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d
GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 1d
The rot in our corporate media goes much much deeper than Bari Weiss
parkermolloy.com Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 1d
Kind of wild how the take that some of Trump's supporters were "deplorable" was some huge scandal, but regularly screaming about "radical left scum" is just a thing he'll say with no media backlash.
Donald J Trump Truth Social post: Merry Christmas to all, including the Radical Left Scum that is doing everything possible to destroy our Country, but are failing badly. We no longer have Open Borders, Men in Women’s Sports, Transgender for Everyone, or Weak Law Enforcement. What we do have is a Record Stock Market and 401K’s, Lowest Crime numbers in decades, No Inflation, and

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 1d
The Donald J Trump and CBS network

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 1d
Kind of wild how the take that some of Trump's supporters were "deplorable" was some huge scandal, but regularly screaming about "radical left scum" is just a thing he'll say with no media backlash.
Donald J Trump Truth Social post: Merry Christmas to all, including the Radical Left Scum that is doing everything possible to destroy our Country, but are failing badly. We no longer have Open Borders, Men in Women’s Sports, Transgender for Everyone, or Weak Law Enforcement. What we do have is a Record Stock Market and 401K’s, Lowest Crime numbers in decades, No Inflation, and

Reposted by Anne Applebaum, Anna O. Law, Gavin A. Schmidt , and 21 more

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 2d
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.

Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.

"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.

"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.

Yakima, Washington

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 2d
The underpants gnome theory of AI strikes again

AI --> ??? --> Profit!

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Salesforce regrets firing 4000 experienced staff and replacing them with AI
Salesforces has entered a phase of public reckoning after senior executives publicly admitted that the company overestimated AI’s readiness
maarthandam.com

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 2d
A 54.7% decline in Trump drug price calculations
meidastouch.com MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2d
JUST IN: CBS’s Kennedy Center Honors just hit an all-time ratings low. Preliminary Nielsen data shows only ~2.65M viewers tuned in to the Trump-hosted show, down from 4.1M in 2024. A stunning 35% year-over-year collapse.

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 2d
Thing is House Republicans could remove Johnson if they wanted something different