Todd Eberly
@toddeberly.bsky.social
Poli sci prof at St. Mary's College. Author. Independent. Co-author of 3 books on the Trump Presidency, 1 on polarization, and another popular discontent & its impact on politics. Search Amazon! If you find me offensive, may I suggest you stop finding me.
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ABC News has now fully taken down the old 538 website, including all interactive projects since 2014. Aside from erasing history this prevents access to publicly released data, including raw polls, averages, model estimates & story dta. Totally unacceptable for a company (allegedly) doing journalism
March 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
ABC News has now fully taken down the old 538 website, including all interactive projects since 2014. Aside from erasing history this prevents access to publicly released data, including raw polls, averages, model estimates & story dta. Totally unacceptable for a company (allegedly) doing journalism
There’s no historical or Constitutional basis for a President being entitled to the Cabinet of their choice. More than anything the Framers feared a powerful executive surrounded by sycophants & “yes men.” So they made presidential appointments subject to the advice AND consent of the Senate. /1
February 15, 2025 at 3:03 AM
There’s no historical or Constitutional basis for a President being entitled to the Cabinet of their choice. More than anything the Framers feared a powerful executive surrounded by sycophants & “yes men.” So they made presidential appointments subject to the advice AND consent of the Senate. /1
At this point, I’m convinced that Trump has signed an Executive Order instructing the librarian of the National Archives to record that his hands are bigger than those of every other President.
February 1, 2025 at 2:21 AM
At this point, I’m convinced that Trump has signed an Executive Order instructing the librarian of the National Archives to record that his hands are bigger than those of every other President.
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The Washington Post editorial this morning essentially equating Biden's questionable pardons with Trump's outrageous Jan. 6 pardons was unconscionable. The newspaper I've been part of for 48 years has utterly lost its soul.
January 23, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The Washington Post editorial this morning essentially equating Biden's questionable pardons with Trump's outrageous Jan. 6 pardons was unconscionable. The newspaper I've been part of for 48 years has utterly lost its soul.
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Folks: please be diligent about not disseminating Ann Telnaes' cartoon in a way that she's not getting the clicks on it (until she says differently). Her IP matters now more than ever.
Make it go viral but make sure she benefits.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Make it go viral but make sure she benefits.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
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January 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Folks: please be diligent about not disseminating Ann Telnaes' cartoon in a way that she's not getting the clicks on it (until she says differently). Her IP matters now more than ever.
Make it go viral but make sure she benefits.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Make it go viral but make sure she benefits.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
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At least for the moment national publications are radically understating the contents of Matthew Livelsberger's political minifestos which call for a violent, militia-backed "culling" of Dems from and national rebirth of masculinity under the rule of Trump ... talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/why-a...
Why Are Publications Sugar-Coating Livilsberger’s Political Minifestos?
Over the last four days the bizarre Cybertruck fire outside a Trump hotel in Las Vegas has run from comical interlude to possible terrorist incident to tragic suicide of another veteran of America’s…
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January 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
At least for the moment national publications are radically understating the contents of Matthew Livelsberger's political minifestos which call for a violent, militia-backed "culling" of Dems from and national rebirth of masculinity under the rule of Trump ... talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/why-a...
I got a blueberry muffin from Panera. It was yummy… except for the small pieces of wood that were in it.
Were they trying to add fiber?
Were they trying to add fiber?
January 4, 2025 at 4:41 AM
I got a blueberry muffin from Panera. It was yummy… except for the small pieces of wood that were in it.
Were they trying to add fiber?
Were they trying to add fiber?
Maryland hasn't had a budget problem this bad since the O'Malley Administration. marylandmatters.org/2024/11/12/f...
Five-year state budget projection foresees 'enormous gap' not seen in two decades - Maryland Matters
State lawmakers will return to Annapolis in January facing a widening structural budget gap that analysts said is on track to become one of the worst fiscal situations in two decades.
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January 4, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Maryland hasn't had a budget problem this bad since the O'Malley Administration. marylandmatters.org/2024/11/12/f...
In my book, American Government and Popular Discontent, I recount a 2007 vote on an appropriations bill where Republicans appeared to defeat the bill. But majority Democrats held the vote open well after the time allotted had expired & convinced 3 Dems to switch their votes - securing victory. /1
January 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
In my book, American Government and Popular Discontent, I recount a 2007 vote on an appropriations bill where Republicans appeared to defeat the bill. But majority Democrats held the vote open well after the time allotted had expired & convinced 3 Dems to switch their votes - securing victory. /1
What did Johnson have to do to get Self and Norman to change their votes?
January 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
What did Johnson have to do to get Self and Norman to change their votes?
3 Republican voted against Johnson & 6 withheld their vote... initially.
Why does that matter?
Under House rules, it takes 9 members to make a motion to vacate the Speaker. This was a shot across the bow to let Johnson know that if he becomes Speaker, the votes are there to oust him.
Why does that matter?
Under House rules, it takes 9 members to make a motion to vacate the Speaker. This was a shot across the bow to let Johnson know that if he becomes Speaker, the votes are there to oust him.
January 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
3 Republican voted against Johnson & 6 withheld their vote... initially.
Why does that matter?
Under House rules, it takes 9 members to make a motion to vacate the Speaker. This was a shot across the bow to let Johnson know that if he becomes Speaker, the votes are there to oust him.
Why does that matter?
Under House rules, it takes 9 members to make a motion to vacate the Speaker. This was a shot across the bow to let Johnson know that if he becomes Speaker, the votes are there to oust him.
They cannot resist the need to lean into racist and anti-immigrant rhetoric. It's just who they are.
Mike Johnson says terrorist attacks like the one in New Orleans are a top national security concern "especially when you have an open border," then in the next breath acknowledges there's no direct correlation between the New Orleans attack and the border
January 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
They cannot resist the need to lean into racist and anti-immigrant rhetoric. It's just who they are.
Things that I don’t understand. I have a close family member who is diabetic & was paying $400 a month on insulin. There were months they could barely afford it. Under Biden, the cost dropped to $35 a month. They voted for Trump because Biden “ignored people like them.” I don’t get it.
January 1, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Things that I don’t understand. I have a close family member who is diabetic & was paying $400 a month on insulin. There were months they could barely afford it. Under Biden, the cost dropped to $35 a month. They voted for Trump because Biden “ignored people like them.” I don’t get it.
The US tested a basic income program under Nixon in 7 US cities & found that although it made people better off w/o “making them lazy”, it appeared to result in higher divorce rates in 2 of the test cities. That killed Nixon’s support. Spoiler: Subsequent analysis found no effect on divorce.
"We need to demonstrate that when people have a basic income, they don't have to ask continually every weekend for good, nutritious food. They'll be able to go and buy it if they have a decent income."
Volunteers call for universal basic income to fix the actual problem.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Volunteers call for universal basic income to fix the actual problem.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Volunteers providing meals in eastern P.E.I. renew call for basic income guarantee | CBC News
In the kitchen at the Lower Montague Women's Institute, volunteers with the Down East Food Collective regularly get together to prepare and cook more than 100 servings of freshly made sauces and pasta...
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December 23, 2024 at 2:01 AM
The US tested a basic income program under Nixon in 7 US cities & found that although it made people better off w/o “making them lazy”, it appeared to result in higher divorce rates in 2 of the test cities. That killed Nixon’s support. Spoiler: Subsequent analysis found no effect on divorce.
“Democrats should take some time to ponder the implications of this loss, but they should spend far more time preparing for their likely comeback in 2026.”
www.baltimoresun.com/2024/12/21/d...
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Democrats in disarray? Not so fast. | GUEST COMMENTARY
Concerns that the Democratic Party desperately needs to reevaluate what it stands for are misplaced, writes political science professor Todd Eberly.
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December 21, 2024 at 8:31 PM
“Democrats should take some time to ponder the implications of this loss, but they should spend far more time preparing for their likely comeback in 2026.”
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It’s amazing how less agitated or angry I feel now that I’ve dropped Twitter from my life. The number of my angry political posts on Facebook has dropped as well. It’s as if the Twitter algorithm was designed to keep me angry and agitated. I’d then vent on Facebook.
December 13, 2024 at 2:25 AM
It’s amazing how less agitated or angry I feel now that I’ve dropped Twitter from my life. The number of my angry political posts on Facebook has dropped as well. It’s as if the Twitter algorithm was designed to keep me angry and agitated. I’d then vent on Facebook.
Give that man a second term!!!
Gov. Moore supports beer and wine sales in Maryland grocery stores.
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Gov. Moore supports beer and wine sales in Maryland grocery stores.
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Gov. Moore supports beer and wine sales in Maryland grocery stores
While Moore supports the idea, he is not submitting his own bill changing the law or adding this effort to his list of priorities for the session
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December 11, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Give that man a second term!!!
Gov. Moore supports beer and wine sales in Maryland grocery stores.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...
Gov. Moore supports beer and wine sales in Maryland grocery stores.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...
My wife is a citizen because of birthright citizenship. And yet my family members can’t grasp why it should matter to me that they voted for Trump. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump vows end to birthright citizenship and pardon US Capitol rioters
He tells NBC he will issue "a lot" of executive orders, including on immigration, once he takes office.
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December 10, 2024 at 1:17 AM
My wife is a citizen because of birthright citizenship. And yet my family members can’t grasp why it should matter to me that they voted for Trump. www.bbc.com/news/article...
I’m closing in on 1,000 followers. Please recommend me to folks who you think might be interested in the random, ramblings of a professor of American (and Maryland) politics and policy!
December 10, 2024 at 12:56 AM
I’m closing in on 1,000 followers. Please recommend me to folks who you think might be interested in the random, ramblings of a professor of American (and Maryland) politics and policy!
I may never take this shirt off.
December 10, 2024 at 12:54 AM
I may never take this shirt off.
Trump trued to overturn an election, incited s violent insurrection, skipoed Biden’s inauguration, and has never acknowledged his loss. He’s put forward a list of nominees unfit for office. But sure, Biden has credibility problems. Utter nonsense. rollcall.com/2024/12/05/a...
After pardoning son, Biden returns home to a credibility problem - Roll Call
Joe Biden must try selling his further tarnished brand after pardoning son Hunter Biden in a stunning reversal. It's legacy mode time.
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December 7, 2024 at 5:31 AM
Trump trued to overturn an election, incited s violent insurrection, skipoed Biden’s inauguration, and has never acknowledged his loss. He’s put forward a list of nominees unfit for office. But sure, Biden has credibility problems. Utter nonsense. rollcall.com/2024/12/05/a...
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states rights unless its parents rights unless the parents are wrong in which case its states rights unless the state is wrong in which case its federal rights unless the feds are democrats in which case its parents rights unless the parents are wrong in which case
December 4, 2024 at 7:30 PM
states rights unless its parents rights unless the parents are wrong in which case its states rights unless the state is wrong in which case its federal rights unless the feds are democrats in which case its parents rights unless the parents are wrong in which case
Sorry Mitch, but after refusing hearings for Garland and rushing the hearings for Coney Barrett (and holding up nominees at the end of Obama's term), you have no leg to stand on here.
The shamelessness, it burns. thehill.com/homenews/sen...
McConnell cries foul after 2 Democratic judges cancel retirement after Trump victory
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) vented his displeasure Monday after two Democratic-appointed federal judges reversed their decisions to retire in what appear to be efforts to stop Pr…
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December 3, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Sorry Mitch, but after refusing hearings for Garland and rushing the hearings for Coney Barrett (and holding up nominees at the end of Obama's term), you have no leg to stand on here.
Was chatting w/ my 90 year old father in law last night when he suddenly brings up transgenderism & asks about the parents who are giving there kids sex change operations. He votes Democrat & only watches CNN, but this crap reached him as well. I had to explain to him that this is not happening.
November 30, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Was chatting w/ my 90 year old father in law last night when he suddenly brings up transgenderism & asks about the parents who are giving there kids sex change operations. He votes Democrat & only watches CNN, but this crap reached him as well. I had to explain to him that this is not happening.
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