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David Darmofal
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Political scientist. Political behavior + methods. Spatial analysis.
Speaking in a personal capacity. Opinions expressed are my own.

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · May 8
Pope Leo XIV: JD Vance is wrong: Jesus doesn’t ask us to rank our love for others.

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 7h
Maybe the people who falsely think the crime rate is historically high watch a lot of these crime-fighting procedurals on network TV?
daviddarmofal.bsky.social David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 8h
Tracker is on CBS right now. Last year it was the #1 scripted show in the Nielsen ratings. I don’t know a single person who’s ever watched even one episode of this show.

Reposted by David R. Miller, David Darmofal

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 8h
Things I remain shocked by:
-People in industries like journalism and education that are going to be turned upside down by AI who barely use or understand it
-People in those industries (often the same ones) who still feel comfortable making sweeping claims about AI's capabilities and limitations

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 8h
Tracker is on CBS right now. Last year it was the #1 scripted show in the Nielsen ratings. I don’t know a single person who’s ever watched even one episode of this show.

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 8h
@yair-rosenberg.bsky.social, the author of the article on antisemitism among younger people is on Weekend Prime on @msnownews.bsky.social. It good to see the network covering the problem of antisemitism.

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 8h
How Oil, Drugs and Immigration Fueled Trump’s Venezuela Campaign

New details of deliberations show how aides with overlapping agendas drove the United States toward a militarized confrontation with Venezuela.
How Oil, Drugs and Immigration Fueled Trump’s Venezuela Campaign
www.nytimes.com

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 8h
It really is something how silent the white leftists who accused Biden & Harris of genocide are on Trump’s travel ban on Palestinians. As they are on everything Trump does that hurts Palestinians.
religionnews.com/2025/12/24/u...
US Jewish organizations call on Trump to rescind travel ban on Palestinians
(RNS) — The new ban blocks travel to the U.S. for people with Palestinian Authority documents, essentially most Palestinians in the West Bank. The U.S. is also trying to act as a broker for a peace de...
religionnews.com

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 8h
Pope Leo called for a day of peace on Christmas. The Southern Baptists’ Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission’s Chief of Staff says he hopes Trump’s Christmas bombings “will have their intended effect.”
www.baptistpress.com/resource-lib...
ERLC hopeful persecution lessens following US actions | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (BP) – The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission expressed hope that religious persecution will lessen in Nigeria. Pres. Donald Trump ordered Christmas Day air strikes aimed at terrorist gro...
www.baptistpress.com

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 9h
Southern Baptists’ number of Baptisms was their highest since 2017.
www.baptistpress.com/resource-lib...
NAMB year in review: Continued growth in baptisms, church planting highlights of 2025 | Baptist Press
ALPHARETTA, Ga. –- For the fourth consecutive year, 2025 saw Southern Baptists increase baptisms and plant at least 600 new churches while surpassing $70 million given to the Annie Armstrong Easter Of...
www.baptistpress.com

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 9h
There’s a betting market on whether JD Vance will be excommunicated from the Catholic Church during Trump’s term.

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 9h
The city of Springfield, OH has an entire Immigration FAQs website just to refute the lies that Trump & Vance told about the Haitian immigrants living there (whom Trump & Vance are now moving to remove from the country).
springfieldohio.gov/immigration-...
Immigration FAQs | City of Springfield Ohio Official Website
The City of Springfield has experienced a surge in our population over the last several years, primarily due to an influx of legal immigrants choosing Sprin ...
springfieldohio.gov

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 9h
The Unexpected Winner of Rising American Tariffs Is Mexico
Its exports to the U.S. have surged since President Trump imposed new duties on countries this year
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
The Unexpected Winner of Rising American Tariffs Is Mexico
Its exports to the U.S. have surged since President Trump imposed new import duties on countries this year.
www.wsj.com

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 9h
Note that she identifies strongly with Ohio, calling herself Grateful Ohioan. What she’s doing in constantly demonizing Abrego Garcia is not for God & the Roman Catholic Church would say that.

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 9h
Note that her handle is TriciaOhio, hailing from arguably the most xenophobic state in America. The state that produced JD Vance. The state whose flagship university, Ohio State, praises Vance & says he reflects who they are as a school.
meidastouch.com MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10h
By amplifying this post calling Kilmar Abrego Garcia a “terrorist,” the Trump administration just violated the court order that they reference.

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 9h
Feast of the Holy Family: Imaging the God of relationship
www.ncronline.org/spirituality...
Feast of the Holy Family: Imaging the God of relationship
Scripture for Life: Family and community are webs of relationships in which we call forth one another's humanity. More than that, family and community exhibit what it means to be in the image and like...
www.ncronline.org

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Steve Peers, Rosemary A. Joyce , and 7 more

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 9h
Best Twitter riposte of the day

Reposted by Steve Peers, David Darmofal

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10h
By amplifying this post calling Kilmar Abrego Garcia a “terrorist,” the Trump administration just violated the court order that they reference.

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 10h
It’s the Feast of the Holy Family in the Catholic Church. A good time to reflect honestly & sincerely on how Trump, Vance, & Miller would have viewed this poor refugee family if they had lived in the holy family’s time. I think we all know with 100% certainty how they would have viewed them.

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 13h
A more accurate headline would be that Donald Trump is pursuing legal action.

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, Rebecca Tushnet, David R. Miller , and 5 more

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NPR @npr.org · 14h
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building. n.pr/49tB0uS
Kennedy Center vows to sue musician who canceled performance over Trump name change
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building.
n.pr

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 14h
Article I, if you can keep it. Congressional oversight, if you can keep it.

Reposted by David R. Miller, Scott A. Imberman, David Darmofal

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14h
Trump's Cabinet is hiding from Congress. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Kennedy, other Trump officials balk at requests to testify on Capitol Hill
Democrats have suggested the lack of testimony is yet another way the administration is snubbing the legislative branch.
www.washingtonpost.com

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 14h
Just think about how monstrous you have to be as a university in terms of your values & lack of empathy to give teenage girls an award named after Jeffrey Epstein’s close associate Leslie Wexner, as The Ohio State University does.

Reposted by David Darmofal

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South Carolina Democratic Party @scdemocrats.bsky.social · 14h
New polling shows Trump’s handling of the economy is at its lowest point yet.

Americans are feeling the squeeze, and the numbers tell the story.

Read the full AP report below:
apnews.com/article/trum...

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 14h
Trump promised he was going to solve this on day one.
onestpress.onestnetwork.com Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 15h
Putin, again dressed in military uniform, said he plans to continue the war because “the heads of the Ukraine regime are not in a hurry to solve this conflict with peaceful means."

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 15h
Meanwhile, we Catholics are praying that JD will come around to Catholicism.

Reposted by Andrew Scott, David Darmofal

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 15h
Putin, again dressed in military uniform, said he plans to continue the war because “the heads of the Ukraine regime are not in a hurry to solve this conflict with peaceful means."

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 15h
The right-wing “Catholic News Agency”, a service of EWTN, which serves the Republican Party, not the Roman Catholic Church, is presenting a false image of JD Vance.

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 15h
The media really love them some Gavin Newsom. My expectation is that he's not going to do well in South Carolina, the state that picks Democratic presidential nominees.

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 15h
The people who JD Vance, who claims to be Catholic, said he, Vance, didn't care about.
richraho.bsky.social Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 15h
Pope Leo bas donated three truckloads of humanitarian aid to regions of Ukraine most affected by bombing – a “small gesture,” according Cardinal Krajewski, intended to support families that are travelling along the ‘via dolorosa’ of exile in search of refuge.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope Leo sends aid to Ukraine for Holy Family Sunday - Vatican News
Pope Leo XIV donates three truckloads of humanitarian aid to regions of Ukraine most affected by bombing – a “small gesture,” according to Papal ...
www.vaticannews.va

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 15h
A clownish administration.