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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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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 5h
When the concentration camps become forced labor camps the circle will be closed
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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 2d
The Trump administration said Americans would fill farm jobs vacated by undocumented workers.

That's not happening, the Department of Labor now admits.
Trump's Labor Department admits that Trump's immigration crackdown is causing a shortage of farm workers
With fewer immigrant workers available on American farms, there is a risk of "supply shock-induced food shortages," the Labor Department says.
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electproject.bsky.social
Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 5h
I’ve come to the conclusion grown men don’t call themselves Billy
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 6h
Don’t worry. These health experts will be reassigned to administer Hegseth Botox injections
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 7h
The Trump administration on Saturday scrambled to rescind layoffs of hundreds of CDC scientists who were mistakenly fired on Friday night in what appeared to be a substantial procedural lapse.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error
www.nytimes.com
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 6h
I’ll trick them with a run play with 40 seconds left from the fifty. No one ever calls that
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Reposted by Nina Jankowicz, Rosemary A. Joyce, John Mullahy , and 6 more

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 7h
The Trump administration on Saturday scrambled to rescind layoffs of hundreds of CDC scientists who were mistakenly fired on Friday night in what appeared to be a substantial procedural lapse.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error
www.nytimes.com
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electproject.bsky.social
Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 9h
Hunter Biden says wtf
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d
Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job
US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board
www.telegraph.co.uk
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Reposted by Anna O. Law, Steven Heydemann, Joseph Schafer , and 9 more

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Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 9h
Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.
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Reposted by Ben H. Ansell, Will Jennings, Brendan Nyhan , and 11 more

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 10h
Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News. A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.
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Reposted by Scott L. Greer, Mary Feeney, Rosemary A. Joyce , and 12 more

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 10h
Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”
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Reposted by Will Jennings, Michael D. McDonald, Timothy D. McBride , and 1 more

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 12h
Illinois law requires all registered vehicles to display front and back license plates, without exception. But to evade accountability, masked federal immigration agents are driving around in unmarked cars without plates.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...?
Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates
The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.
chicago.suntimes.com
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Reposted by Brian Leiter, Leo Lucassen, Melanie C. Green , and 7 more

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 13h
In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.
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electproject.bsky.social
Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 15h
Imagine how Disney+ subscriptions will take off when they put the movie there in a week
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 15h
Voters punish representatives more for voting lock-step with their party than extreme ideology. The winning Democratic message is to bind Republicans to Trump
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 16h
If you look closely, you can see signs of GOP lawmakers fearing the long-term political consequences of paying more attention to Trump's demands than to the voices of their own constituents - or consciences.
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Reposted by Michael D. McDonald, David Darmofal

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 16h
If you look closely, you can see signs of GOP lawmakers fearing the long-term political consequences of paying more attention to Trump's demands than to the voices of their own constituents - or consciences.
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Reposted by Steven Heydemann, Robert C. Richards, Michael D. McDonald , and 2 more

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16h
New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”
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Reposted by Robert B. Reich, Michael D. McDonald, Henry Jones , and 1 more

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h
Imagine that
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Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Will Jennings, Rosemary A. Joyce , and 12 more

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 18h
A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.
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Reposted by Robert C. Richards, Michael D. McDonald, Timothy D. McBride , and 1 more

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 18h
Trump’s immigration crackdown is risking higher food prices for Americans, according to the Trump admin itself. 
DOL warned in an obscure document last week that “near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens” is threatening “stability of domestic food production and prices for US consumers.”
Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices
U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Reposted by Stephen M. Walt, Cas Mudde, Richard S.J. Tol , and 17 more

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d
Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job
US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board
www.telegraph.co.uk
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electproject.bsky.social
Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 1d
Interesting age choice as that is the CDC's age threshold for a recommended COVID vaccine, which Trump received today
reuters.com
Reuters @reuters.com · 1d
Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu
Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says
Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."
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Reposted by Alan Richardson, Michael D. McDonald, Aviel Roshwald

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d
Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu
Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says
Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."
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Reposted by Aaron Sojourner, Michael D. McDonald, Francesco Nicoli

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d
The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.
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Reposted by John Collins, Melanie C. Green, Janet Murray , and 6 more

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d
Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity
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Reposted by Michael D. McDonald

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d
ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 1d
This 100%

Republicans and their media sycophants want to pin all the unpopular and harmful cuts in their budget on the Democrats
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 1d
The Republicans don’t want to pass their budget on their own. It’s full of ugly and unpopular stuff. They want Dem cover. We cannot give it to them.
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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 1d
The founders in fact did NOT create the filibuster, but they DID give the Senate and House each the power to set their own rules, which includes changing rules to allow passage of appropriations bills with simple majorities
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Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, Michael D. McDonald

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 1d
The Republicans don’t want to pass their budget on their own. It’s full of ugly and unpopular stuff. They want Dem cover. We cannot give it to them.
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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 1d
The founders in fact did NOT create the filibuster, but they DID give the Senate and House each the power to set their own rules, which includes changing rules to allow passage of appropriations bills with simple majorities
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ringwiss @ringwiss.bsky.social · 1d
“And that’s why we nuked it twice in the past month.”
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 1d
Another spin of the tariff wheel
reuters.com
Reuters @reuters.com · 1d
US will impose additional 100% tariff on Chinese imports from November, Trump says reut.rs/3KL6WRF
US will impose additional 100% tariff on Chinese imports from November, Trump says
The United States of America will slap an additional 100% tariff on imports from China and impose export controls on all critical U.S.-made software from November 1, President Donald Trump said on Friday.
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Reposted by Michael D. McDonald

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d
US will impose additional 100% tariff on Chinese imports from November, Trump says reut.rs/3KL6WRF
US will impose additional 100% tariff on Chinese imports from November, Trump says
The United States of America will slap an additional 100% tariff on imports from China and impose export controls on all critical U.S.-made software from November 1, President Donald Trump said on Friday.
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Reposted by Will Jennings, Steve Peers, Eric Goldman , and 6 more

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d
Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”
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Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, Michael D. McDonald, Alfie Kohn

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d
These guys hogtied a journalist who is probably their mom’s age for nothing.
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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 1d
WGN, this woman’s employer, is now reporting she was not charged with any crimes and was released.

DHS said earlier she was arrested for assault for throwing objects at agents.
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