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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.

Source: Wikipedia
Political science 57%
Economics 20%
In highlighting a CBS reporter's story debunking the Trump admin's lies on immigration enforcement, Bari Weiss appears to briefly forget that she now works for CBS and tweets that his story was for The Free Press.
During freezing temperatures in Port Arthur, Texas, a 61-year-old homeless man was found dead in his wheelchair outside a convenience store.

He was wearing a hospital gown and no shoes. Authorities say he had been released from a hospital the previous day.

This is a diseased society.
'What's wrong with the world?' Man in wheelchair found dead outside in freezing temps
The 61-year-old man had been released from a hospital the day before.
news4sanantonio.com
1. Trump has launched a torrent of bigoted invective against Somali migrants, calling them "garbage" and demanding they be kicked out of the country

Now, the Trump administration is rigging the immigration courts against them

We've uncovered the details of the scheme
How Trump is rigging immigration courts against Somali migrants
During a December 2 cabinet meeting, President Trump unleashed a torrent of bigoted invective against Somali migrants.
popular.info
Thanks to ProPublica for citing my prior @texasobserver.org report in their story about how an "election fraud" researcher who is a convicted bathroom voyeur may be fueling the federal government's investigations

Reposted by Rebecca Tushnet

Is it good that political operatives have advance access to the jobs numbers in an administration packed with insider traders?
🇺🇸HASSETT: SHOULD EXPECT SLIGHTLY LOWER JOBS NUMBERS. LOWER JOBS NUMBERS SHOULDN'T TRIGGER PANIC

The half-time dance America earned
a man in a suit and tie is dancing in front of a crowd
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is dancing in front of a crowd
media.tenor.com
🇺🇸HASSETT: SHOULD EXPECT SLIGHTLY LOWER JOBS NUMBERS. LOWER JOBS NUMBERS SHOULDN'T TRIGGER PANIC
ALERT: Jan 6 riot defendant Chris Moynihan has pleaded GUILTY to charge of Aggravated Harassment in the 2nd Degree in New York for sending a text message in which he threatened Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) in 2025

Moynihan is latest pardoned rioter to plead guilty to new crime
“Researchers from Johns Hopkins, Georgetown and Yale universities recently found that 60 FDA-authorized medical devices using AI were linked to 182 product recalls, according to a research letter published in the JAMA Health Forum in August.”
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
www.reuters.com
*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.

Hundreds of kids are still detained.

We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
gift link. so horrifying www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September

www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com

My Melania Coin will turn around any day now

The real backstory is that SpaceX has fallen so far behind schedule on their Artemis III lander that NASA invited Blue Origin to compete www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/02/02/i...
In race with SpaceX, Blue Origin refocuses efforts on Artemis moon lander
Blue Origin is pausing its space tourism New Shepard flights to focus on competing with SpaceX to be the moon lander for the Artemis III mission.
www.orlandosentinel.com

God damn it. I invested all my retirement savings into robots boring a tunnel to Mars
SpaceX shifts focus from something that it will never do on Mars to something it will never do on the Moon.

I've been to San Juan, Puerto Rico three times. Great place! Old town food, shopping, and bars are excellent. The Castillo is something to see. Rum factory to visit. And more. A US territory so no passport required. The economy has been hurting so your vacation there will be appreciated
SpaceX shifts focus from something that it will never do on Mars to something it will never do on the Moon.

Now that's over old white men will find the next thing to get mad at

An affront to the Greatness of America, and doesn't represent our standards of Success, Creativity, or Excellence. Nobody understands a word this guy is saying, and the dancing is disgusting
Dude lip synched the whole thing in jorts.
Dude lip synched the whole thing in jorts.
Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.

He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
More than half the drugs on the TrumpRx site have a cheaper generic version on the market.

Pristiq, an antidepressant, is available with a TrumpRx coupon for ~$200 for a 30-day supply.

A generic version is on GoodRx for less than $30 and Mark Cuban's CostPlusDrugs for $16.65.
How TrumpRx drug prices compare to generic alternatives
Patients could save more buying non-branded copycat drugs, even if they don't have insurance.
www.axios.com

Thank you for pointing out the distinction. It led me to this blog post that documents the unusual HSI mission, and that DHS has not established HSI has ever supported threat assessment at prior Olympics. In 2024 it supported a human trafficking mission www.hackingbutlegal.com/p/the-strang...
The Strange Case of ICE at the Winter Olympics
Trump is sending ICE agents to Italy. The backlash has been fierce.
www.hackingbutlegal.com
McGregor was found liable for sexual assault in 2024 and the jury ordered him to pay the victim $257,000. He lost all his appeals.

I agree DHS has a role at these events. I'm asking specifically about ICE. You're still conflating the two
RFK Jr on what he'll eat during the Super Bowl: "I am on a carnivore diet so I just eat meat and ferments, and I'm very happy with that. So I'm probably going to have yogurt."

Yeah. We have military and law enforcement abroad.

Now tell me how many times ICE has been deployed to the Olympics

literally I wrote "two most recent elections"

This is, btw, why I think the smart play for Florida Republicans is to shore up their marginal seats rather than try to expand the map