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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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Political science 57%
Economics 20%
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 8h
The only way Republicans win in November is if they rig the election

and Trump knows it

electproject.bsky.social
Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 8h
It is "routine" to deploy ICE to a foreign country? Seriously?
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 8h
Police clashed with protesters in Milan, detaining at least seven people.

The protesters opposed the Winter Games’ cost and environmental impact, with passions also inflamed by revelations that ICE agents were being sent to Italy on a routine deployment.
At Winter Olympics, protest over cost and ICE ends in clash with police
After left-wing groups rallied against the cost and environmental impact of the Winter Games in Italy, some protesters set off fireworks and hurled bottles.
www.washingtonpost.com

Reposted by Michael D. McDonald

washingtonpost.com
The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 8h
Police clashed with protesters in Milan, detaining at least seven people.

The protesters opposed the Winter Games’ cost and environmental impact, with passions also inflamed by revelations that ICE agents were being sent to Italy on a routine deployment.
At Winter Olympics, protest over cost and ICE ends in clash with police
After left-wing groups rallied against the cost and environmental impact of the Winter Games in Italy, some protesters set off fireworks and hurled bottles.
www.washingtonpost.com

electproject.bsky.social
Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 9h
Here come the Aggies

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, Michael D. McDonald

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 9h
RESULT: Democrat Chasity Martinez wins a special election for a legislative seat in Louisiana, 62% to 38%.

This was a district that Trump carried by 13% last year, so a big overperformance by Dems, but the seat was already Dem-held.

electproject.bsky.social
Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 9h
Lol

electproject.bsky.social
Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 10h
The announcers for this game are terrible. Sound off

Reposted by Michael D. McDonald

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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 12h
Wow. MAGA admits it is rooting AGAINST Team USA because athletes are using their first amendment rights!

electproject.bsky.social
Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 12h
The last one reveals what is wrong with America
maxberger.bsky.social Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 1d
Donald Trump is:

- Openly racist
- Covering up evidence he may have sexually abused children
- Directly responsible for the murder of US citizens by masked agents of the state
- Openly looting the treasury and taking bribes from foreign leaders
- Polling at 38% amongst the American people

Reposted by Michael D. McDonald, James Goodwin

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 12h
The great @jkbjournalist.bsky.social with another big scoop - DOJ has a list of people who may have committed crimes with Epstein - and Trump is on that list.

electproject.bsky.social
Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 12h
Are we sure an intern didn’t delete the post?
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12h
A fake post that was designed to look as if it were from President Trump about a racist video he shared on social media spread widely online over the weekend. It added confusion to online discussions about the video, including why he deleted it.
Fake Post About Racist Video Looked to Be Trump’s on Truth Social
The post, which spread widely, appeared to describe the president’s rationale for deleting a racist video about the Obamas that he had shared.
nyti.ms

Reposted by Michael D. McDonald

nytimes.com
The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12h
A fake post that was designed to look as if it were from President Trump about a racist video he shared on social media spread widely online over the weekend. It added confusion to online discussions about the video, including why he deleted it.
Fake Post About Racist Video Looked to Be Trump’s on Truth Social
The post, which spread widely, appeared to describe the president’s rationale for deleting a racist video about the Obamas that he had shared.
nyti.ms

electproject.bsky.social
Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 13h
Wait. People still work at the Washington Post?
maxtani.bsky.social max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 14h
Will Lewis is resigning as WaPo CEO, former Tumblr CEO Jeff D’Onofrio is the paper’s new acting CEO and publisher, per memos to staff

Reposted by Tom Clark, Kevin Carey, Melanie C. Green , and 4 more

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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 13h
When Republicans do it / When Democrats do it
Left: Aug 20 2025 Wapo editorial The Texas gerrymander freakout What’s happening in the Lone Star State is not a threat to democracy. Right: Feb. 7 2026 Wapo editorial Brass-knuckled hypocrisy in Virginia Voters will get a chance to reject anti-democratic gamesmanship in an April referendum.

Reposted by Ben H. Ansell, Rosemary A. Joyce, Michael D. McDonald , and 1 more

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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 14h
Will Lewis is resigning as WaPo CEO, former Tumblr CEO Jeff D’Onofrio is the paper’s new acting CEO and publisher, per memos to staff

Reposted by Joe R. Feagin, Steve Peers, Bruce D. Baker , and 4 more

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h
It doesn’t get any more disgusting than this.

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 16h
Trump lost interest so that’s a public safety win

Reposted by Mark D. White, Rosemary A. Joyce, Elizabeth Stokoe , and 7 more

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16h
NYT confirming MS NOW reporting:

Prosecutors began investigating Renee Good's killing, then Washington told them to stop.

Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Good's vehicle, but Trump leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have since departed.
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Rebecca Solnit, Ben Barr, Edgar Morgenroth , and 8 more

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16h
Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.

Reposted by Michael D. McDonald, Mark Rice

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 17h
oh dear.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Michael E. Mann, Ben H. Ansell, Will Jennings , and 5 more

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h
SEN. OSSOFF: “.. why are roving gangs of masked men — who look like they couldn’t pass the Army physical exam — dressed up like pretend Delta Force operators, on our streets, demanding papers, dragging people from their cars, and shooting people to death?”

@acyn.bsky.social

Reposted by Timnit Gebru, Brendan Nyhan, Steve Peers , and 11 more

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 18h
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”

What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Alberto Castañeda Mondragón says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still struggles to recall treasured moments like the night he taught her to dance. But the violence he endured last month in Minnesota while being detained is seared into his battered brain. He remembers Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pulling him from a friend’s car on Jan. 8 outside a St. Paul shopping center and throwing him to the ground, handcuffing him, then punching him and striking his head with a steel baton. He remembers being dragged into an SUV and taken to a detention facility, where he said he was beaten again. He also remembers the emergency room and the intense pain from eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages.

Reposted by Michael D. McDonald, Greg Linden

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Cate Brown @catebrown.bsky.social · 19h
SCOOP: The NSA detected a phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump last spring.

Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com

electproject.bsky.social
Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 20h
We’ve made this argument repeatedly in court regarding state documentary proof of citizenship requirements without success

electproject.bsky.social
Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 20h
Democrats tried to require every state to draw fair congressional districts. Republicans opposed it

Republicans now have legislation making it vastly more difficult to vote, targeting burdens on Democratic groups

This shit has been going in for decades

Only one party supports democracy

electproject.bsky.social
Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 20h
This will go over well in South Florida
olivierrupert.bsky.social OliverRupert @olivierrupert.bsky.social · 1d
Trump's next target: #Cuba

‘It’s been brutal’: Cubans caught in crosshairs of Trump’s deportation push
Cubans, once fast-tracked to US residency, now find themselves targets of Trump’s immigration crackdown

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘It’s been brutal’: Cubans caught in crosshairs of Trump’s deportation push
Cubans, once fast-tracked to US residency, now find themselves targets of Trump’s immigration crackdown
www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Michael D. McDonald

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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 21h
The number of people currently in ICE custody is now over 73,000, the most in history.

Your reminder that ICE is a for-profit industry and the companies profiting are huge donors to the politicians who voted to continue funding ICE.

Reposted by Michael D. McDonald

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John Hyatt @johnhyatt.bsky.social · 22h
NEW: Epstein emails show how billionaire financier Leon Black, founder of Apollo, relied on the convicted sex offender to help him leverage his multi-billion-dollar art for $500m+ in loans from Bank of America.

www.forbes.com/sites/johnhy...
How Picasso, Van Gogh And Cézanne Helped Finance Epstein Client Leon Black’s Billionaire Lifestyle
The Epstein files detail private equity tycoon Leon Black’s massive, multi-billion-dollar art collection—and how he leveraged it to grow his wealth.
www.forbes.com

Reposted by Michael D. McDonald

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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 22h
Woman who passed #Florida driver license exam in Spanish forced to retake it in English www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/w... via @nbcmiami.com
Woman who passed Florida driver license exam in Spanish forced to retake it
Standing in the hallway in front of the Miami-Dade Tax Collectors office, a woman cried while holding her drivers license exam results, shortly after being told they weren’t enough to receive her phys...
www.nbcmiami.com

Reposted by Michael D. McDonald

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22h
So far it has been revealed that the WH Faith Director advisor is pushing group sales of Melania tickets to her email lists, a GOP Rep seeking Trump’s endorsement is buying them in bulk and giving them to primary voters, and military commanders are pressuring troops to buy tickets.