Michael McFaul
Michael Anthony McFaul is an American academic and diplomat who served as the United States ambassador to Russia from 2012 to 2014. McFaul became the Ken Olivier and Angela Nomellini Professor in International Studies in the Department of Political Science at Stanford University in 1995, where he is the Director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.1
350 posts tracked · 33 stories in 30 days · 2 Community Notes shown
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Democrats sweep 2026 midterms, flipping House, Senate, statehouses
Grouped with voices who said: This is a repudiation of MAGA and Trump
Trump promised to stop fighting “endless wars”, lower prices, and “drain the swamp.” He did the exact opposite. That’s why he and his party suffered a historic loss this week.…View on X
Democrats sweep 2026 midterms amid economic discontent
Grouped with voices who said: This is a mandate for Democrats to fight back
Yesterday was a giant win for the Democratic Party but also a fantastic victory for democracy itself.View on X
Democrats win control of House and Senate in midterms
Grouped with voices who said: This is a historic rebuke of Trump and the GOP
"If Democrats win control of one or both houses of Congress in midterm elections next week, they could very well use their new electoral mandate to investigate American-Russian…View on X
Democrats win Congress; courts had blocked Trump election moves
Grouped with voices who said: The Democratic wave was too big to rig
Remember what didn't happen yesterday. ICE did not intimidate or arrest voters at polling stations. Trump failed to disenfranchise Californian voters. Trump's planned shenanigans…View on X
Peltola narrowly leads Alaska Senate race as fraud claims fly
Grouped with voices who said: Voters beat elite manipulation, this is democracy working
I'm just in awe of American voters today. Elites think they can manipulate voters through racist attack ads, spending billions, gerrymandering, or putting a second Sullivan on the…View on X
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71 of Michael McFaul's posts drew a Community Note. In the last 2 years, 2 had a note shown on X. That ranks #6,731 of 44,614 accounts on X.
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Foreign Policy & Diplomacy 231 · Elections & Campaigns 40 · UK & World Politics 13 · Trump Administration 8 · Trump Policy & Agenda 8 · Iran Conflict 7
Often makes the same point as
Richard Blumenthal 8 · Adam Schiff 6 · MeidasTouch 6 · Joey Contino 6 · Catherine Cortez Masto 5 · Michael Bennet 5
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- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), retrieved Nov 7, 2026
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