Michael McDonald
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Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida specializing in American elections
Prices are going down so low we no longer need a penny to purchase things with
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CREW
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Another alleged January 6th insurrectionist is facing new charges of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman in 2018. Banuelos was released from custody in January after President Trump's sweeping pardonsājust as Banuelos predicted in court.
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High-profile Jan. 6 defendant facing charges of kidnapping and sexually assaulting woman
John Banuelos' case was unique among Capitol riot prosecutions because he was the only defendant accused of pulling and firing a gun while on Capitol grounds.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/high-profile-us-capitol-riot-defendant-facing-charges-of-kidnapping-and-sexually-assaulting-woman/
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Brian Tyler Cohen
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Ghislaine Maxwell lied about Trump never going to Epstein's house (directly contradicted by her email correspondence with Epstein), and she was rewarded for that lie with a transfer to a cushier prison. The coverup is happening in plain sight.
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Kevin Morris
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Of course, knowing _that_ turnout increases doesn't tell us whether it changes _how_ people vote. To answer this, we use VEST data to test whether mass shootings impacted the share of votes a neighborhood (precinct) gave to the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016 and 2020. The answer? No.
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Simon Rosenberg
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Busy day today but note the U of Michigan consumer sentiment survey just reported its lowest reading in its 65 year history. Well done Donald!
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David Corn
about 3 hours ago
Hey everybody, remember this meme that Trump posted?
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ProPublica
about 6 hours ago
NEW: ProPublica examined months of Fox Newsā coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media. The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
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āRiots Ragingā: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trumpās decision, ProPublica found that Foxās portrayal of āPortland riotersā routinely instigating violence was misleading.
https://www.propublica.org/article/portland-protests-national-guard-fox-news-coverage?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky
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I'm perfectly fine with this. People will be mad next November when they don't have their $2,000 check, just like they don't have their $5,000 DOGE rebate check
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Weird how Epstein is no longer around to explain the content of his emails. So weird
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This is like an AI bubble scam where Bessent co-signed a loan to himself through a shell country ā a loan heāll never have to pay back
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Grijalva should swear in on the Epstein Files discharge petition
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Julie Cohen āš
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Happy Adelita Grijalva Swearing In Day to those who celebrate, i.e. everyone who believes in a system where people are represented in government.
www.npr.org/2025/11/12/n...
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Adelita Grijalva is set to be sworn in, teeing up a potential vote on Epstein files
The Arizona Democrat won her race in September, but Speaker Mike Johnson has waited to swear her in until today. Grijalva has vowed to be the decisive signature in a bid to release the Epstein files.
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/12/nx-s1-5606350/adelita-grijalva-swearing-in
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jonathan friedman
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āOn Halloween morning, FBI Director Kash Patel had a big announcement to make: "The FBI thwarted a potential terrorist attack," he said in a 7:32 a.m. social-media post that referenced arrests in Michigan. There was one problemā¦ā
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We probably wonāt ever know the extent of the incompetenceā¦
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Justin Hendrix
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"President Donald Trumpās federal law enforcement crackdown has hit a disgusting new low, after federal agents reportedly pepper-sprayed a 1-year-old in Chicago and then lied about it."
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Damning Video Shows DHS Agents Pepper-Spray a Baby
The Department of Homeland Security has denied it.
https://newrepublic.com/post/203046/video-department-homeland-security-agents-pepper-spray-baby
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Will Sommer
about 18 hours ago
New WSJ: After flying an FBI jet to see his girlfriend sing at a wrestling match, FBI director Kash Patel took the jet to a private Texas hunting resort called the Boondoggle Ranch.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Kash Patelās āEffin Wildā Ride as FBI Director
In just one week in October, he ticked off his bosses with premature comments about a terror investigation squeezed in a trip to the āBoondoggle Ranchā on the bureau jet.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/kash-patel-private-jet-flights-fbi-197da8fd
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Walter Olson
about 20 hours ago
Among those fired or forced out, the WSJ has reported: Fannie Maeās chief ethics officer and general counsel, about a dozen members of its ethics and internal investigations unit, and the acting inspector general at the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees Fannie Mae.
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Sam Levin
about 21 hours ago
NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state. JosĆ© Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time: āI feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
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US firefighter detained on the job speaks out after deportation: āI feel betrayedā
Exclusive: Border patrol arrested JosƩ Bertin Cruz-Estrada while he was battling a wildfire in Washington. He is now in Mexico, separated from his family in Oregon
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/11/washington-firefighter-deported-mexico
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Ron Filipkowski
about 24 hours ago
Welcome to ājusticeā in Donald Trumpās America.
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Drop Site
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Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari of Arizonaās 3rd District describes the āhorrific conditionsā she witnessed inside the Eloy ICE Detention Center near Phoenix ā including a leukemia patient āvomiting blood,ā detained in February and forced to wait eight months before finally seeing an oncologist...
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George Takei
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Think about it, MAGA. Take all the time you need.
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Republican gerrymandering efforts
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The University of Florida's College Republicans and Turning Point USA are attacking each other
www.alligator.org/article/2025...
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UF conservative organizations face off over free speech - The Independent Florida Alligator
The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution gives Americans the right to speak freely, including speech that can be racist, sexist or xenophobic.
https://www.alligator.org/article/2025/11/uf-conservative-organizations-face-off-over-free-speech?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_latest
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Looking forward to Trump next hawking a new 50-year mortgage turnaround to the rubes that transforms a mortgage into a reverse mortgage after 25 years
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Tim Onion
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Business rent is way too high on Mag (not Miracle) Mile so companies are just shuffling around. H&M moved two blocks down the road to save cash. He's blaming "murder and crime" in one of the safest parts of the city because the real problem is "landlords." Almost like that's the whole gambit.
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MeidasTouch
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NEW via CNN: āThe United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegalā
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Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/politics/uk-suspends-caribbean-intelligence-sharing-us?cid=ios_app
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When anyone can take a picture of you found online and use AI to simulate you having sex (or worse), we need AI regulation
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Iām proud that the VEST team produced the precinct data needed for this lawsuit
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One weird trick to make the Bond Franchise even worse: Multi-verse
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I welcome these stories because they provide yet another way for Trump to let down his supporters
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Barack Obama
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Ahead of Veterans Day, I was honored to welcome a flight of veterans and their families as they arrived in DC.
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Muskās miserable life in sum
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Marc Elias
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šØBREAKING: In a sweeping victory for voters, a Utah court struck down the GOP-controlled legislatureās congressional gerrymander and a companion law designed to entrench partisan power ā restoring a fair map for the 2026 elections.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Utah Judge Strikes Down GOP Gerrymander, Restores Voter-Approved Fair Map
Read more here.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/utah-judge-strikes-down-gop-gerrymander-restores-voter-approved-fair-map/
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John Simpson
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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No one who has ever been in one of these packed sardine cans would call it a lounge
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Why didnāt Senate Democrats keep the government shut down until January, 2027?
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Donāt you ever go changing, Nate Silver
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Trump and Republicans raised ACA health care premiums. They were unwilling to compromise despite a historically long shutdown and dismal public approval. Holding a vote after premiums go up, and enforcing the vote with another shutdown threat can force Republicans to own the issue
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Kyle Cheney
3 days ago
NEW: Donald Trump has pardoned a long list of allies in his bid to subvert the 2020 election including: -Rudy Giuliani -John Eastman -Mark Meadows -Sidney Powell -Ken Chesebro -Christina Bobb -Kelli Ward -Jenna Ellis
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Brian Tyler Cohen
3 days ago
Trump just got massively booed and flipped off by the crowd at the Commanders game. (Video: Marisa Schultz)
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Nicholas Grossman
3 days ago
Regular reminder that Axios stories saying Dems are about to cave are likely sourced from GOP staffers trying to make it happen. Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
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"We" means I will take credit for what Democrats do to fix the problem I created
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Ice goons + SNAP = misery for the poor Gilded ballrooms and bathrooms, lavish parties, flying palaces, and billions in crypto schemes for Trump
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Trump take Thanksgiving family dinner
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Now time for another nappy nap after all that thumb exercise
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Thereās also tariffs and ICE goons weighing down the economy. If it wasnāt for the AI bubble the size of the Death Star weād been in recession right now
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Molly Jong-Fast
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So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and thereās no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
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PatriotTakes šŗšø
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A $64,000 Thailand beach vacation package being auctioned off at Mar-a-Lago as Americans continue to struggle with high grocery prices
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The Heritage Foundation, of course. Itās in the name of
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Add noticeable drooping on the right side of Trump's face when he loses focus
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