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Michael McDonald
@electproject.bsky.social
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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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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 8h
Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to head up the Office of Special Counsel, cancelled a female colleague’s hotel reservation on a work trip so he could stay with her, and they ended up sharing a room after she learned she didn't have a hotel room. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Key Trump nominee accused of sexual harassment
Paul Ingrassia has been investigated for allegedly harassing a lower-ranking colleague, according to administration officials. Fearing retaliation, the woman later withdrew a complaint, and Ingrassia ...
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 10h
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Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 11h
The Senate has defeated a plan from Democrats to block money to refurbish the 747 plane given by Qatar to President Trump for use as Air Force One.
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electproject.bsky.social
Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 12h
I prefer to remain ignorant of Chris Cillizza’s presence wherever he is
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 12h
The President of the United States is openly seeking revenge on his political opponents.

First Jim Comey. Now Tish James. Anyone who seeks to hold Donald Trump accountable could be next.

Trump is ripping a page right out of the authoritarian handbook.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14h
Breaking News: Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, is said to have been indicted after President Trump pushed the Justice Department to seek charges against her. James, who is accused of committing mortgage fraud, brought a civil case against Trump in 2022. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Attorney General Letitia James of New York is in front of a microphone. A headline reads: "New York Attorney General Letitia James Indicted After Pressure From Trump."
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 14h
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 16h
Bingo
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 16h
This Halloween there will only be Circus Peanuts
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Reuters @reuters.com · 16h
Chocolate prices set to remain high this Halloween in the US, report says reut.rs/47iL7BC
Chocolate prices set to remain high this Halloween in the US, report says
U.S. chocolate consumers will face elevated chocolate prices this coming Halloween period as cocoa costs have more than doubled since early 2024, according to a report released on Thursday by Wells Fargo's Agri-Food Institute.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 16h
Chocolate prices set to remain high this Halloween in the US, report says reut.rs/47iL7BC
Chocolate prices set to remain high this Halloween in the US, report says
U.S. chocolate consumers will face elevated chocolate prices this coming Halloween period as cocoa costs have more than doubled since early 2024, according to a report released on Thursday by Wells Fargo's Agri-Food Institute.
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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 16h
I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
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electproject.bsky.social
Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 18h
How did she meet with people in a room in a war ravaged city that has burned to the ground?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h
Kristi Noem: "I was in Portland and met with the governor and mayor and chief of police and superintendent of the highway patrol. They are all lying and disingenuous and dishonest people. Because as soon as you leave the room, then they make the exact opposite response."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h
Kristi Noem: "I was in Portland and met with the governor and mayor and chief of police and superintendent of the highway patrol. They are all lying and disingenuous and dishonest people. Because as soon as you leave the room, then they make the exact opposite response."
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 19h
If Portland were really a war zone CNN would have reporters on the ground with non-stop live on-air coverage instead of leaving it to a local television station
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 19h
See. You'll die before you can make it to the ER. Problem solved
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 19h
Now. now. The ER will be gone when their rural hospital closes
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 21h
Huge, huge swathes of *Trump voters* will effectively have no health care available except for emergency ER.

It is simultaneously a) the worst way to maintain public health and b) the most *expensive* way to do it.

Idiocy from moral degenerates. That's our country now.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h
SCARBOROUGH: The Nebraska Rural Health Association says at least 6 rural hospitals would have to close bc of the big beautiful bill

FLOOD: Here's the deal: Some hospitals that are rural hospitals are going to eventually have to transition from being acute bed hospitals into being an ER model
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Reposted by Michael D. McDonald, Simon Lester, David Darmofal

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h
VARNEY: There's virtually universal agreement on this program that the president should get the Nobel Peace Prize. After all, if Obama can get one for doing very little, surely President Trump can get one for bringing peace.

JONI ERNST: Exactly. President Trump is the president of peace.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 19h
The worm will continue to turn
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 20h
When you are constantly a contrarian eventually you spin yourself all the way around
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h
Marjorie Taylor Greene on polls showing Republicans are getting blamed for the shutdown: "I'm not putting the blame on the president. I'm actually putting the the blame on the Speaker and Leader Thune in the Senate. This should not be happening ... we control the House & Senate & have the WH."
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 20h
Trump says a major US city is a war zone that is burning to the ground and our incurious media are not providing live coverage of this unfolding catastrophe
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 20h
To be sold to the state for a $80 million markup
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 20h
The site says there is premium content...
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 20h
Should I unsubscribe to your substack and subscribe to this?
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Reposted by David R. Miller, Michael D. McDonald, Magda Teter

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 20h
Yesterday: Trump bragged, "We took the freedom of speech away."

Today: New reporting on Trump's plans to go after opposition groups.

In 9 days: We mount the largest peaceful protest in modern history to say, loud and clear, that America has no king.

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USA Today: 'We took the freedom of speech away:' Trump on flag burning protection, First Amendment Reuters: Trump's war on the left: inside the plan to investigate liberal groups
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FiftyPlusOne.news @fiftyplusone.news · 20h
new polls website just dropped fiftyplusone.news
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electproject.bsky.social
Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 20h
tbf they've been telling everyone who makes less than a billion dollars to stuff it for some time now
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 20h
The sequel will feature a Donald Trump look-alike in the lead role
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Page Six @pagesix.com · 1d
Mel Gibson’s ‘Passion of the Christ’ sequel to star new Jesus, cast
Mel Gibson’s ‘Passion of the Christ’ sequel to star new Jesus, cast
Gibson's long-gestating sequel will start shooting in Rome, but with a completely new cast, an insider told Page Six.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h
Marjorie Taylor Greene on polls showing Republicans are getting blamed for the shutdown: "I'm not putting the blame on the president. I'm actually putting the the blame on the Speaker and Leader Thune in the Senate. This should not be happening ... we control the House & Senate & have the WH."
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 20h
When Johnson says "they are" lying he really means "I am" lying. And here the lie is right there in what he is saying
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 20h
It is October. The hold up is in the Senate. Johnson could start House hearings today on Republican's health care plan
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h
Mike Johnson: "It's about keeping Congress operating so we can get to healthcare. We always were going to. They're lying to you. Okay? The healthcare issues were always gonna be something discussed, deliberated, contemplated, and debated in October and November."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h
CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?
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