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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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Political science 57%
Economics 20%
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 3h
“If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”

Justice Brett Kavanaugh

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
mims.bsky.social Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 11h
WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to:

* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon

The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire

www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings
A WSJ visual investigation found that the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July.
www.wsj.com

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 7h
Agree about Condon. I hate how he hangs out at the 3pt line like a shooting guard. Later in this game he played more inside and made things happen. We need more of that Condon

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 10h
Is ICE giving bonuses to agents who initiate encounters with an intent to create viral videos?
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d
ICYMI: WaPo, on why ICE always has phones in their hands: to feed the social media beast.

@drewharwell.com
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 10h
JUST NOW: Huge mass of agents in a standoff, weapons drawn as Reps. Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig, and Kelly Morrison attempt to conduct congressional oversight at the Whipple Building, which has been HQ for thousands of ICE agents.

@zeteo.com

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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 11h
WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to:

* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon

The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire

www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings
A WSJ visual investigation found that the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July.
www.wsj.com

Reposted by Shannon Vallor, Anna O. Law, Scott L. Greer , and 2 more

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Claire Nevin-Field @clairenf.bsky.social · 11h
“I have asked the clergy of the diocese to make sure their affairs are in order and they have written their wills.,not the time for statements. It is time to put our bodies between the powers of this world and the most vulnerable”. Rob Hirschfeld, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire
Redirecting...
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 11h
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."

The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"

"Learned what?" she asks

Then he knocks her phone out of her hand

electproject.bsky.social
Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 12h
Cool. My home would be in the path of SpaceX debris
propublica.org ProPublica @propublica.org · 12h
12/ SpaceX is asking to add even more trajectories for Starship.

Under the plan, the rocket would fly over land in Florida and Mexico, as well as the airspace of Cuba, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, likely disrupting hundreds of flights.
A map of the southern United States and Mexico showing two potential no-fly zones for airplanes during future Starship launches. One zone stretches from south Texas through the Gulf of Mexico and moves northeast over a portion of Florida. The other stretches from south Texas and moves southeast through the Gulf and past Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula.

Reposted by Michael D. McDonald

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12h
12/ SpaceX is asking to add even more trajectories for Starship.

Under the plan, the rocket would fly over land in Florida and Mexico, as well as the airspace of Cuba, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, likely disrupting hundreds of flights.
A map of the southern United States and Mexico showing two potential no-fly zones for airplanes during future Starship launches. One zone stretches from south Texas through the Gulf of Mexico and moves northeast over a portion of Florida. The other stretches from south Texas and moves southeast through the Gulf and past Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula.

electproject.bsky.social
Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 13h
Good. Where is the rest of the world?

Reposted by Daniel W. Drezner, Michael D. McDonald

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 14h
A deleted tweet by a Toronto Sun national politics reporter.

Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Ian Hall, Michael D. McDonald , and 1 more

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Reuters @reuters.com · 19h
Indonesia temporarily blocks access to Grok over sexualised images reut.rs/4jvw0JI
Indonesia temporarily blocks access to Grok over sexualised images
Indonesia temporarily blocked Elon Musk's Grok chatbot on Saturday due to the risk of AI-generated pornographic content, becoming the first country to deny access to the AI tool.
reut.rs

Reposted by Diane Ravitch, Michael D. McDonald, Ann Bartow , and 1 more

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22h
FFS. ICE is targeting Native Americans!

Reposted by Timothy Snyder, Richard S.J. Tol, Megan L. Ranney , and 6 more

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 23h
The federal government Friday agreed to pay $125,000 after a judge found a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent liable for civil assault for pointing a gun at a hotel maintenance man who came to the agent’s room to unclog a toilet.
Feds pay $125K after Border Patrol agent pointed gun at Portland hotel worker
The payout amount was finalized during a settlement conference Friday after a judge found the officer civilly liable for assault.
www.oregonlive.com

Reposted by Michael D. McDonald

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 1d
NEW: A federal judge has blocked an effort by President Trump to threaten election assistance funding for states who refuse to update their voter registration forms to include his preferred “documentary proof of citizenship” requirement.

www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, David R. Miller, Michael D. McDonald , and 2 more

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Chad Loder @chadloder.bsky.social · 1d
NEW: These are ICE agents removing evidence from the shooter's home. They are not DOJ, they are Jonathan Ross's friends and coworkers, not DOJ.

This agent removing Ross's personal computer was reported yesterday Jan 9 for boxing in a volunteer and telling them "I'll dedicate my next arrest to you"
Face shot closeup of ICE agent removing a PC from Ross's home same ICE agent

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d
ICYMI: WaPo, on why ICE always has phones in their hands: to feed the social media beast.

@drewharwell.com
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

electproject.bsky.social
Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 1d
New York may redraw its congressional districts. A bit of context missing from this story is that the judge put this case on the rocket docket to give time for a new redistricting before November, and a new district could mean a new statewide map www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/n...
Court Case Could Tip New York City’s Only Red House Seat to Blue
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Michael D. McDonald

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Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 1d
Did you know: American Samoa is the *only* territory or state where people are born without automatic citizenship and voting rights.

Few understand the fine print of this democratic exclusion. Many, including public officials and non-citizen American Samoans themselves, find it extremely confusing.
Americans by Name, Punished for Believing It - Bolts
In a small Alaska town, American Samoans face prosecution for voting in the only country they’ve ever known. They live in a limbo, created by colonial expansion, that now confuses even public official...
boltsmag.org

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d
SHOCK CELL PHONE VIDEO: Renee Good's final words to her murderer: “That’s fine dude, I’m not mad at you.”

ICE agent Jonathan Ross after shooting and killing her seconds later: “Fuckin’ bitch.”

Via Alpha News

Reposted by Steven Heydemann, Marc Goergen, Michael A. Clemens , and 19 more

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d
🚨 NEW VIDEO 👇🏽This puts an end to all the lies. Horrific.

They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.

Stop the lies.

electproject.bsky.social
Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 1d
And Republicans say "Thank you, sir. May I have another?" with tears in their eyes
rbreich.bsky.social Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d
Trump has shredded the Constitution. He's taken an axe to checks and balances. He's using the presidency to line his own pockets and the pockets of those around him. He says he is constrained only by his “own morality.” When we say "No Kings," this is why.

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 1d
Not the most important thing, but these course outcomes on the prof's syllabus are purely for administrators and their state minders. No student reads these and says "wow, look what I'll be able to do!"

Reposted by Joe R. Feagin, Michael D. McDonald

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d
Trump has shredded the Constitution. He's taken an axe to checks and balances. He's using the presidency to line his own pockets and the pockets of those around him. He says he is constrained only by his “own morality.” When we say "No Kings," this is why.

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 1d
I guess you can't make the U.S. into one giant data center

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 1d
First found by @bharatkumarmd.bsky.social on the extremely bad site: yesterday at 8:20 pm, Trump tweeted out jobs numbers that included data that weren’t released until 8:30 am today. It was a copy of a presentation with CEA letterhead.
Donald J. Trump O| @reaDonaldTrump • 12h Since January, the private sector accounts for all new jobs created Federal government jobs are down 277,000 Thousands of jobs 800 654,000 600 400 200 -200 -400 More Private Sector Jobs Sources: BLS; CEA calculations. -181,000 Fewer Government Jobs Council of Economic Advisers 351 10 3.03k 12.6k 贝 企 ... Date Private Govt 12/31/2025 37 13 11/30/2025 50 6 10/31/2025 1 -174 9/30/2025 104 4 8/31/2025 10 -36 7/31/2025 56 6/30/2025 -27 미 5/31/2025 69 -50 4/30/2025 133 25 3/31/2025 114 6 2/28/2025 107 -5 654 -181

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 1d
The whole MAGA movement is:

"Don't Tread On Me, I Tread On You"
ndrew.bsky.social Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d
a government agent, who murdered a civilian for peacefully protesting, flying a dont-tread-on-me flag is such a perfect distillation of the maga ethos it almost feels fake
cingraham.bsky.social Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 1d
ICE agent Jonathan Ross, who shot and killed an unarmed civilian, flew a don't-tread-on-me Gadsden flag at his house, per the Daily Mail.

Reposted by Michael D. McDonald

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d
a government agent, who murdered a civilian for peacefully protesting, flying a dont-tread-on-me flag is such a perfect distillation of the maga ethos it almost feels fake
cingraham.bsky.social Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 1d
ICE agent Jonathan Ross, who shot and killed an unarmed civilian, flew a don't-tread-on-me Gadsden flag at his house, per the Daily Mail.
One neighbor at Ross's 10-house cul-de-sac told the Daily Mail that until recently Ross had been flying pro-Trump flags and a 'Don't Tread On Me' Gadsden Flag, an emblem of the Make America Great Again movement. On Thursday afternoon there was no sign of Ross, his wife, or the flags. 'I think he's in the military. He has a military license plate,' one neighbor said. 'He had a don't tread on me flag, and Trump/Vance stickers up during the election. 'The wife is polite, very nice, very outgoing, while he's very reserved. They have a couple of kids.'

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Zoë Crowther @zoecrowther.bsky.social · 1d
EXCLUSIVE: Leaked WhatsApp messages show Labour MPs urging govt to leave X, arguing that it should "show direction to others in the UK"

The MPs said X owner Elon Musk is "fascist" and that the platform's AI tool, Grok, had put "children in harm's way"

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.