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.
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Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Collusus, using Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that leaves it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage
The use of Chinese components was previously unreported
Collusus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military
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Reposted by Michael D. McDonald
MAGA podcaster Joe Oltmann called for the execution of several Colorado Democrats by name.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
I know Comey had to go through some grief so I hope he can savor the win
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I'm biased (I represented the appellee), but Judge Tatel's dissent seems clearly right to me.
Alas.
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"the evidence clearly demonstrates that Texas was not doing DOJ’s supposed bidding—much less in a race conscious way—but instead was engaged in a race-blind partisan gerrymander that happened to affect the districts DOJ identified."
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
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McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
- if the anecdotes are to be taken literally, YouGov is vastly exaggerating student participation in the protests
OR
- you know, the student newspapers didn't systematically identify all student protestors
The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."
Not a statistically significant difference, fwiw
