US strikes Nigeria, villagers deny

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🎓 Michael McFaul	59%	36	106.2%

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32%

Scholar power: 32.5%

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🎓 C. Christine Fair	55%	35	32.5%

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Reposted by Steve Peers, Simon Lester

41%

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🎓 Steve Peers	56%	27	29.1%
🎓 Simon Lester	32%	16	12.8%
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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

Reposted by Michael E. Mann

11%

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Reposted by Michael E. Mann

11%

Scholar power: 11.6%

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Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Michael E. Mann	11%	111	11.6%

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61.0%

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3419

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0.146

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Reposted by Trita Parsi

12%

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🎓 Trita Parsi	48%	7	12.7%

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by Oliver Stuenkel

55%

Scholar power: 55.0%

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🎓 Oliver Stuenkel	41%	20	55.0%

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by Michael E. Mann

34%

Scholar power: 34.8%

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🎓 Michael E. Mann	11%	111	34.8%

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0.078

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by Scott Lucas

40%

Scholar power: 40.7%

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🎓 Scott Lucas	35%	15	40.7%

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61.0%

11.5 h

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40.7%

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0.078

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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 28, 2025 at 10:17 AM

by Justin Sandefur

11%

Scholar power: 11.8%

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🎓 Justin Sandefur	8%	24	11.8%

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Justin Sandefur

@justsand.bsky.social

Two views of US strikes in Nigeria...

FT reporting: They killed nobody. In the wrong state.

WaPo editorial: Kudos to Trump for engaging, More, please!

December 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM

Reposted by Michael E. Mann

11%

Scholar power: 11.6%

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🎓 Michael E. Mann	11%	111	11.6%

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Reposted by Henry Jones

3%

Scholar power: 3.3%

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🎓 Henry Jones	10%	11	3.3%

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53.0%

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3.3%

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0.019

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Jocelyn Leitzinger

@jocelynl.bsky.social

Trump: "numerous perfect strikes"

The strikes: "Bashar Isah Jabo, a lawmaker representing Tambuwal in the state parliament, described the village to CNN as “a peaceful community” that has “no known history of ISIS, Lakurawa, or any other terrorist groups operating in the area.”'

December 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM

Reposted by Francisco Javier

6%

Scholar power: 6.9%

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🎓 Francisco Javier	19%	13	6.9%

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LQSomos

@lqsomos.bsky.social

Nigeria: Trump y su mundo para armar loquesomos.es/nigeria-trum...

Nigeria: Trump y su mundo para armar - LoQueSomos

Nigeria, Donald Trump, su mundo para armar, estado islámico, La hora de África, Confederación de Estados del Sahel

loquesomos.es

December 28, 2025 at 8:16 AM

by David Darmofal

19%

Scholar power: 19.9%

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🎓 David Darmofal	20%	11	19.9%

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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

by Timothy D. McBride

0%

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Timothy McBride

@mcbridetd.bsky.social

New Details Emerge About US Strikes on Islamic State in Nigeria
www.today.com/video/new-de...

New Details Emerge About US Strikes on Islamic State in Nigeria

President Donald Trump is preparing to host President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Mar-a-Lago on Sunday to discuss a potential plan for peace in Ukraine. It comes after the first images emerged of U.S. miss...

www.today.com

December 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM

Reposted by David R. Miller

5%

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🎓 David R. Miller	11%	21	5.0%

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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

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