US claims strike, locals disagree

Scholar power: 111.6%

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🎓 Michael McFaul	62%	36	111.6%

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34%

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Political science 53%, Law 26%, History 11%, Sociology 10%

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Reposted by Steve Peers, Simon Lester

43%

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Story's scientific field profile

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🎓 Simon Lester	33%	16	13.2%
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Bill Grueskin

@bgrueskin.bsky.social

The Washpost edit board calls Trump’s bombing in Nigeria “a welcome change in a part of the world that has always been little more than an afterthought for the president” — and has zero mention of the thousands in Africa facing starvation because of USAID cuts

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Why West Africa is worth worrying about

Strikes on ISIS targets in Nigeria are welcome but insufficient.

www.washingtonpost.com

December 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM

by Anne Applebaum

33%

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🎓 Anne Applebaum	37%	9	33.3%

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Anne Applebaum

@anneapplebaum.bsky.social

"Jabo is not known for terrorist activity and that local Christians coexist peacefully with the Muslim majority"
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/26/a...

Fear and confusion in Nigerian village hit in US strike, as locals say no history of ISIS in area | CNN

A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and c...

edition.cnn.com

December 27, 2025 at 11:21 AM

Reposted by Michael E. Mann

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13%

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Reposted by Michael E. Mann

12%

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Political science 53%, Law 26%, History 11%, Sociology 10%

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🎓 Michael E. Mann	12%	111	12.6%

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by Michael E. Mann

37%

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Political science 53%, Law 26%, History 11%, Sociology 10%

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🎓 Michael E. Mann	12%	111	37.9%

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Reposted by Anne Applebaum

11%

Scholar power: 11.1%

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Political science 53%, Law 26%, History 11%, Sociology 10%

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🎓 Anne Applebaum	37%	9	11.1%

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0.142

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by Scott Lucas

43%

Scholar power: 43.0%

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Political science 53%, Law 26%, History 11%, Sociology 10%

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🎓 Scott Lucas	37%	15	43.0%

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Scott Lucas

@scottlucas.bsky.social

12-min analysis

Dismantling #Trump camp propaganda: 1) *Not* strikes on #ISIS 2) *Not* strikes to "protect Christians" 3) No evidence of casualties among "terrorists"

Assessing domestic motives for strikes: Appeal to "Christian nationalism" and diversion from issues such as #EpsteinFiles

#Nigeria

Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 18h

EA on TVP World: #Trump ’s Demonstration Airstrikes on #Nigeria

#Sokoto #Lakuwara

eaworldview.com/2025/12/nige...

EA on TVP World: Trump's Demonstration Airstrikes on Nigeria - EA WorldView

Analyzing the Trump Administration's "demonstration strikes" on northwest Nigeria, assessing domestic motives and dismantling its propaganda.

eaworldview.com

December 27, 2025 at 12:31 PM

by Juan Cole

76%

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Political science 53%, Law 26%, History 11%, Sociology 10%

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🎓 Juan Cole	52%	24	76.4%

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Juan Cole

@jricole.bsky.social

Trump’s Strike on Nigeria: Joint with Muslim President, Unconstitutional, Useless Posturing for Evangelicals

Ironically, the strike was fully supported by the Muslim president of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu

dlvr.it

December 27, 2025 at 7:33 AM

by Taras Kuzio

123%

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Political science 53%, Law 26%, History 11%, Sociology 10%

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🎓 Taras Kuzio	65%	40	123.3%

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by Scott Lucas

43%

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Scott Lucas

@scottlucas.bsky.social

EA on TVP World: #Trump ’s Demonstration Airstrikes on #Nigeria

#Sokoto #Lakuwara

eaworldview.com/2025/12/nige...

EA on TVP World: Trump's Demonstration Airstrikes on Nigeria - EA WorldView

Analyzing the Trump Administration's "demonstration strikes" on northwest Nigeria, assessing domestic motives and dismantling its propaganda.

eaworldview.com

December 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM

Reposted by Michael E. Mann

12%

Scholar power: 12.6%

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🎓 Michael E. Mann	12%	111	12.6%

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Reposted by Taras Kuzio

41%

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by David Darmofal

20%

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David Darmofal

@daviddarmofal.bsky.social

Pope Leo called for a day of peace on Christmas. The Southern Baptists’ Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission’s Chief of Staff says he hopes Trump’s Christmas bombings “will have their intended effect.”
www.baptistpress.com/resource-lib...

ERLC hopeful persecution lessens following US actions | Baptist Press

NASHVILLE (BP) – The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission expressed hope that religious persecution will lessen in Nigeria. Pres. Donald Trump ordered Christmas Day air strikes aimed at terrorist gro...

www.baptistpress.com

December 28, 2025 at 12:45 AM

Reposted by David R. Miller

5%

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Political science 53%, Law 26%, History 11%, Sociology 10%

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🎓 David R. Miller	12%	21	5.5%

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Nicholas Grossman

@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social

In 2025, the US launched strikes on the Houthis in Yemen, al-Shabab in Somalia, ISIS in Syria, alleged drug traffickers in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, plus Iran’s nuclear program. Now some into Nigeria.

All killed people and damaged things, but none appear to have achieved anything lasting.

Opinion | The logic isn't apparent in Trump's strikes in Nigeria

Nicholas Grossman: Add Nigeria to the list of countries Trump has bombed this year

www.ms.now

December 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM

by Seth Frey

13%

Scholar power: 13.9%

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Political science 53%, Law 26%, History 11%, Sociology 10%

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🎓 Seth Frey	12%	15	13.9%

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Seth Frey

@enfascination.com

“MERRY CHRISTMAS to all, including the dead Terrorists, of which there will be many more”

Full mad king.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump on Christmas: “Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria.”

Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not seen for many years, and even Centuries! I have previously warned these Terrorists that if they did not stop the slaughtering of Christians, there would be hell to pay, and tonight, there was. The Department of War executed numerous perfect strikes, as only the United States is capable of doing. Under my leadership, our Country will not allow Radical Islamic Terrorism to prosper. May God Bless our Military, and MERRY CHRISTMAS to all, including the dead Terrorists, of which there will be many more if their slaughter of Christians continues.

DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

December 27, 2025 at 8:33 AM

by Timothy D. McBride

0%

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Political science 53%, Law 26%, History 11%, Sociology 10%

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🎓 Timothy D. McBride	0%	23	0.0%

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Timothy McBride

@mcbridetd.bsky.social

Trump’s Claims About Nigeria Ring False
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/w...

Trump’s Claims About Nigeria Strike Belie a Complex Situation on the Ground

www.nytimes.com

December 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM

by Alexander Dilger

15%

Scholar power: 15.7%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 53%, Law 26%, History 11%, Sociology 10%

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🎓 Alexander Dilger	14%	14	15.7%

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