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David Darmofal

@daviddarmofal.bsky.social
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Political scientist. Political behavior + methods. Spatial analysis. Speaking in a personal capacity. Opinions expressed are my own.

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 6h
Jim Justice (R-WV): “If you can’t pay the bills, you know, no matter how much you love us as Republicans, we’re in control. And if you can’t pay the bills, you’ve got a real problem with us.” John Kennedy (R-LA): "If I controlled the floor...we’d have done a whole lot more.”
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 6h
Congress Leaves With a Whimper, as the G.O.P. Braces for Midterm Pain Republicans lined up a series of doomed votes in their final hours, hoping to portray Democrats as obstructionists. But some conceded that their party was more likely to be punished.
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Congress Leaves With a Whimper, as the G.O.P. Braces for Midterm Pain (Gift Article)
Republicans lined up a series of doomed votes in their final hours, hoping to portray Democrats as obstructionists. But some conceded that their party was more likely to be punished.
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Opinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social · 6h
North Carolina: New Catawba-YouGov Survey Finds Trump’s Approval Slips Further As Cooper Maintains Double-Digit Senate Lead. More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/261001-top...
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 6h
It's going to be 15 seasons for Bryce Harper and no World Series titles.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h
😳 Trump's hand as photographed moments ago (Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty)
close up pic of Trump's hand showing disgusting discoloration and skin ailments from his fingers to his wrist
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 6h
Long After Divisive Primary, El-Sayed Is Still Working to Unite Michigan Democrats The progressive Senate candidate is offering olive branches to Jewish voters and campaigning with @kamalaharris.com to attract Black voters. Polling shows it may be working.
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Abdul El-Sayed, a Senate candidate in Michigan, Is Still Trying to Unite the Democratic Base (Gift Article)
The progressive Senate candidate is offering olive branches to Jewish voters and campaigning with Kamala Harris to attract Black voters. Polling shows it may be working.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 6h
Trump: We're worried about Michigan. We're worried about Texas.
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Alissa McLean @alissakmclean.bsky.social · 7h
$6.49 a gallon today for Regular here in CA. 🫠
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 7h
Gov Hochul seems to have followed this sound advice from @mimirocah1.bsky.social
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Opinion | How the Tompkins County DA set itself up for failure in the Cornell rape case
It appears the Tompkins County district attorney’s office failed to properly follow up with standard practices for cases involving sexual assault allegations when the initial complaint was made in 202...
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 7h
Riley Moore is close friends with MAGA “Catholic” Bishop Robert Barron, who was his guest at a Trump speech to Congress. Moore also posed giving the thumbs up sign in front of the immigrants sent to the El Salvador torture prison. He and Barron are reprehensible.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h
Trump mumbles through an extremely low energy endorsement for Ken Paxton to little applause from the audience
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h
Trump: "They came up with the word 'affordability' ... it's phony" (Note that the crowd isn't into Trump's affordability denialism at all)
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 7h
Trump on Native American tribes: "If they didn't vote for me, I wouldn't really like them"
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Decision Desk HQ @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social · 7h
Game 3 of the Philadelphia Phillies & Atlanta Braves is happening at Truist Park tonight. The stadium is in a Cobb County precinct that voted about Harris 69%-30% in the 2024 presidential election.
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 7h
Trump: We've handled everything. We handled inflation. We have prices way down
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h
CSPAN: “We should mention that Senator Schmitt was supposed to appear on this program with Sen. Coons but he pulled out the day after that hearing.”
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 7h
Indefensible by Raman. I don’t live in LA, but if I did, I’d vote for the @kamalaharris.com -endorsed Karen Bass, who has no use for antisemites like Hasan Piker.
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Nithya Raman talks Gaza, defends her Hasan Piker appearance in LA forum
The Jewish Los Angeles Mayoral Forum came just days before ballots go out. For Raman, the conversation turned toward her ties with DSA.
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 8h
Matsui campaign slams Vang for planned fundraiser with streamer Hasan Piker
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Matsui campaign slams Vang for planned fundraiser with streamer Hasan Piker
Congressional candidate Mai Vang’s decision to join Hasan Piker for a fundraiser drew sharp condemnation Tuesday from her opponent’s campaign as the popular left-leaning political comme…
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 8h
Trump rally attendees leave as soon as he starts talking
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 8h
Cornell President Accused of Running Over Student’s Foot Earlier This Year, Then Banning Him from Campus
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Cornell President Accused of Running Over Student’s Foot Earlier This Year, Then Banning Him from Campus
Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff found himself at the center of another controversy months before the school was named in a sexual assault lawsuit.
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 8h
Good! More of this, please. Everyone should boycott Cornell University, like Speaker Emerita Pelosi is.
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Rep. Nancy Pelosi Cancels Cornell Event Due to Chi Phi Lawsuit
Nancy Pelosi, the retiring California representative, canceled a Cornell IOPGA event just a day after it was announced.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 8h
Oh it is OVER for both Cornell and those seven rapists. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...
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Hochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell Case (Gift Article)
Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed the New York State attorney general to investigate allegations by a former Cornell University student that several men sexually assaulted her.
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 8h
I hope everyone’s noticing that the response of the “pro-life” party to their botched execution isn’t to stop killing prisoners but instead to kill them better. Stop calling these people pro-life! They’re not!
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 8h
America’s other most corrupt university besides Cornell, The Ohio State University, has deep connections to Palmer Luckey’s Anduril.
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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 8h
Something I haven't seen brought back up in the Palmer Luckey discourse after Hegseth's speech yesterday: Palmer Luckey's sister, Ginger, is the woman Matt Gaetz got a shotgun wedding with amid investigations into his alleged sex crimes www.businessinsider.com/palmer-lucke...
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Palmer Luckey, Anduril's founder, will have an Attorney General for a brother-in-law if Matt Gaetz gets confirmed
Luckey founded the defense-tech startup Anduril Industries and the Meta-acquired Oculus VR. His sister, Ginger, is married to Gaetz.
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 8h
Cornell students call for change at fiery meeting.
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Cornell Students Call for Change at Fiery Public Meeting (Gift Article)
Through tears, some students shared stories of assaults they had experienced, while others spoke out to criticize administrators and demand improved training on consent.
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William Adler @williamadler78.bsky.social · 8h
Donald Trump endorses him even harder in response
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 8h
I mean, he promised that he'd seek retribution against the entire nation and he's doing a pretty damned good job of keeping that one, so...
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 8h
NEW: Trump has made getting away with rape a lot easier in America. As the Cornell assault case goes viral nationwide, Trump has repeatedly sided with rapists. Here’s how that is fostering a culture of abuse across the country.
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 8h
The moral world of JD Vance’s mind: Pro-Richard Nixon (a white man) Anti-Angie Nixon (a Black woman)
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 8h
You’re worried about the bills you can’t pay because of Trump & Vance. They’re focused on lying to exonerate Richard Nixon.
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 8h
With @crampell.bsky.social’s Receipts newsletter, you get both great analyses & headlines like this. 😂
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 11h
Texas Polling: Senate: 🔵 Talarico: 51% 🔴 Paxton: 49% Governor: 🔴 Abbott: 52%* 🔵 Hinojosa: 47% Shaw/Beacon / Sept 28, 2026 (Current model result in TX-SEN: DEM 51% - GOP 48%) (Current model result in TX-GOV: GOP 51% - DEM 48%) unitedstatespolling.com/p/republican...
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Republicans Are in Full Midterm Panic
Democrats continue their march toward a historic House majority as Trump’s approval sinks further
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 11h
Iowa Polling: Governor: 🔵Sand: 53% 🔴Lahn: 44% Senate: 🔵Turek: 49% 🔴Hinson: 47% Shaw/Beacon / Sept 28, 2026 (Current IA-GOV Model: DEM 52% - GOP 46%) (Current IA-SEN Model: DEM 50% - GOP 49%) unitedstatespolling.com/p/republican...
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Republicans Are in Full Midterm Panic
Democrats continue their march toward a historic House majority as Trump’s approval sinks further
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 8h
Cornell University being investigated by this brilliant Black woman is the greatest piece of karma and justice that we’ve had in this country in a long time.
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 8h
Hochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell Case
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Hochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell Case (Gift Article)
Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed the New York State attorney general to investigate allegations by a former Cornell University student that several men sexually assaulted her.
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 8h
There is no good reason that Robert Barron is still allowed to be a bishop in the Catholic Church. The real reason is it would create enormous backlash from his cult of followers if he was removed.
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 9h
The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 9h
More than 1.5 million kids were missed in the last U.S. census. The undercount was 2.1% for children <18, and 5.4% for those <5, the highest rate of any age group. Now the Census Bureau is proposing major changes to 2030 Census rules that could make some children even harder to count.
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Children Are Already Undercounted in the Census. Proposed Changes Could Make It Worse. - Population Reference Bureau
Newly proposed rules for who is counted and where could make millions of children harder to count in the 2030 Census.
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Sam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 9h
Born
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Angela Nixon February 27, 1984 (age 42)
Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
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RNS @rns.org · 8h
(RNS) — The group of journalists wants to change its name to the Christian Communicators Network, saying the word 'evangelical' has too many political overtones and a bad public image.
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Evangelical Press Association to vote on dropping the 'e-word'
(RNS) — The group of journalists wants to change its name to the Christian Communicators Network, saying the word 'evangelical' has too many political overtones and a bad public image.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 8h
Well, well, well.
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 9h
According to a tweet of hers, Darline Graham was in Aiken today. But I don’t see any news stories on her having a campaign event there today. Here are the most recent news stories on her.
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 9h
Someone tell the encampers on the Ivy League campuses who hated Biden & Harris but are silent on Trump.
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 9h
Never forget how antisemitic Mehdi Hasan has been. Why would Hasan even bring up the Holocaust?
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 9h
So many leftist faculty at elite schools love Mehdi Hasan, but he’s actually a pretty malevolent person. Also, how did @josecanyousee.bsky.social, who’s far brighter than Mehdi Hasan will ever be, get “in the internet”? That’s a pretty neat trick!
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 9h
Catholic Mobilizing Network: “There is nothing normal about taking a life, and last night’s horrifying events reminds us of that. For Tennessee to have two botched executions in a matter of months is beyond alarming. It is the epitome of ‘cruel and unusual punishment’ under the Eighth Amendment.”
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 9h
Has Bishop Robert Barron said anything about his Republican Party’s botched execution?
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 9h
Amnesty International: “Tennessee’s attempted, but botched, execution of Christa Pike was an extreme display of cruelty and the latest reminder that the death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment.” www.amnestyusa.org/press-releas...
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After Botched Execution Attempt, Tennessee Must Commute Christa Pike’s Death Sentence as a First Step
The death penalty is a violation of human rights, and no government should have the power to carry it out.
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