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

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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Political science 57%
Economics 20%
Welcome to “justice” in Donald Trump’s America.

Or his oath to office
Think about it, MAGA. Take all the time you need.

Congrats!
Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari of Arizona’s 3rd District describes the “horrific conditions” she witnessed inside the Eloy ICE Detention Center near Phoenix — including a leukemia patient “vomiting blood,” detained in February and forced to wait eight months before finally seeing an oncologist...

Republican gerrymandering efforts

The University of Florida's College Republicans and Turning Point USA are attacking each other www.alligator.org/article/2025...
UF conservative organizations face off over free speech - The Independent Florida Alligator
The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution gives Americans the right to speak freely, including speech that can be racist, sexist or xenophobic.
www.alligator.org

Tell me you don't know how AI works without telling me you don't know how AI works

Looking forward to Trump next hawking a new 50-year mortgage turnaround to the rubes that transforms a mortgage into a reverse mortgage after 25 years

The House gives much more power to the Speaker, so you almost have it
NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com

When anyone can take a picture of you found online and use AI to simulate you having sex (or worse), we need AI regulation
Big Tech is plotting a $100M lobbying and campaign spending blitz to block AI regulation at the state and federal level.

We must stop this takeover before it's too late.
Big Tech is plotting a $100M lobbying and campaign spending blitz to block AI regulation at the state and federal level.

We must stop this takeover before it's too late.

Yes, Senate leaders have weak powers. They only have the appearance of strength when their caucus is unified

Coordinating votes to protect vulnerable members is one of the few things a Senate leader can do. Likely that means even more Senators were in favor of a deal, which should tell you he couldn't stop it, only mitigate the damage to the caucus

Again, I don't think you understand that he doesn't have the tools needed to prop up the house of cards if his members don't want it. Blame lies with the defectors

Presidents have some additional tools to enforce party discipline, so that could help, but we saw even with Trump these tools are surprisingly weak to dislodge the filibuster

I’m proud that the VEST team produced the precinct data needed for this lawsuit
BREAKING: After years of litigation led by Campaign Legal Center on behalf of our clients, Utah voters finally will have a fair congressional map. The court rejected lawmakers' latest gerrymandered map and ordered implementation of a fair map in time for the 2026 midterms.

Power is why individual Senators on both sides act to protect the filibuster. You’d have to get around that by electing Senators who are loyal to the party, which would be difficult in our electoral system that promotes individualism
BREAKING: After years of litigation led by Campaign Legal Center on behalf of our clients, Utah voters finally will have a fair congressional map. The court rejected lawmakers' latest gerrymandered map and ordered implementation of a fair map in time for the 2026 midterms.

Coordination is among the few powers a Senate leader has.

People don’t understand the difference between preference-induced and structural-induced equilibriums. In a legislature like the Senate where individuals are granted a lot of power, a leader can appear strong when everyone in their party shares their preferences, and weak when they do not

Rand Paul voted against. We’ve seen Republicans vote with Democrats to repeal Trump’s tariffs. No Republican will be sanctioned for their votes against their party

There are plenty of examples of Republicans bucking their party without consequence, most famously recently John McCain, but also Rand Paul who won’t be sanctioned

Tbf, the tools available to party leaders to enforce party discipline in the Senate are the weakest of any legislature in the world

A 12-year old Bond buddy movie with his dad

“The Adventures of the Amazing Spider Bond”

One weird trick to make the Bond Franchise even worse: Multi-verse
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”

Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:

“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."

radaronline.com/p/james-bond...

I welcome these stories because they provide yet another way for Trump to let down his supporters
This entire article points out that there is no plan. His own Treasury Secretary says he doesn’t know anything about it. So why does media keep running these kind of headlines? He keeps making these Truth Social posts and media keeps running stories as if it is something real.
This entire article points out that there is no plan. His own Treasury Secretary says he doesn’t know anything about it. So why does media keep running these kind of headlines? He keeps making these Truth Social posts and media keeps running stories as if it is something real.