Trump dominates 2025, reshapes America

Scholar power: 22.4%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 30%, Communication & Media Studies 25%, Computer science 20%, Economics 15%, History 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Patrick Dunleavy	33%	46	22.4%

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46.0%

14.8 h

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22.4%

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0.187

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Reposted by Steve Peers, Bessma Momani

23%

Scholar power: 23.9%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 30%, Communication & Media Studies 25%, Computer science 20%, Economics 15%, History 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Steve Peers	29%	27	15.1%
🎓 Bessma Momani	18%	24	8.8%
Total			23.9%

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52.0%

11.3 h

77

23.9%

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0.12

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John Sipher

@johnsipher.bsky.social

“The year 2025 was a setback for humanity — and unfortunately, the United States is a reason for the retreat…for the first time in this century, the number of children worldwide dying before the age of 5 is believed to have risen, by about 200,000.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/o...

Opinion | In Which I Try Valiantly to Cheer You Up

www.nytimes.com

December 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM

Reposted by Joe R. Feagin

14%

Scholar power: 14.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 30%, Communication & Media Studies 25%, Computer science 20%, Economics 15%, History 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Joe R. Feagin	18%	62	14.2%

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54.0%

17.4 h

865

14.2%

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0.118

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Jan Rosenow

@janrosenow.bsky.social

2025 comes to an end.

It’s been a strong year for deployment and innovation, but a worrying one for energy politics.

Moves like the US pause on offshore wind show how quickly progress can be undermined by polarised debate.

Here’s hoping 2026 brings calmer, more evidence-based energy policymaking.

December 28, 2025 at 8:36 AM

by Michael E. Mann

22%

Scholar power: 22.1%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 30%, Communication & Media Studies 25%, Computer science 20%, Economics 15%, History 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Michael E. Mann	7%	111	22.1%

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50.0%

7.7 h

26

22.1%

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0.084

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Michael E. Mann

@michaelemann.bsky.social

Sunday News: “The Year in Climate”; “Trump’s top 25 lies of 2025”; “Pausing Dominion’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project is lunacy” and more | A powerful collection of today’s headlines via Lowkell for @bluevirginia.bsky.social:

bluevirginia.us/2025/12/sund...

Sunday News: “The Year in Climate”; “Zelensky says Russia ‘doesn’t want peace'”; “What America Might Look Like With Zero Immigration”; “Trump’s top 25 lies of 2025”; “Pausing Dominion’s Coastal Virgin...

by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, December 28. The Year in Climate: Attacks on Science, the Start of Trump’s Second Ter...

bluevirginia.us

December 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM

by Eric J. Segall

17%

Scholar power: 17.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 30%, Communication & Media Studies 25%, Computer science 20%, Economics 15%, History 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Eric J. Segall	22%	7	17.5%

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Scholar power

62.0%

4.7 h

1

17.5%

Ranking score

0.083

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Eric Segall

@espinsegall.bsky.social

2025 has been a decade.

December 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM

by Seth Masket Reposted by Nathan P. Kalmoe

48%

Scholar power: 48.8%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 30%, Communication & Media Studies 25%, Computer science 20%, Economics 15%, History 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Seth Masket	27%	24	39.7%
🎓 Nathan P. Kalmoe	22%	17	9.1%
Total			48.8%

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47.0%

11.1 h

3

48.8%

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0.061

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🦃 Seth Masket 🦃

@smotus.bsky.social

New at Tusk: What 2025 taught us about the health of US democracy, elections, and whatever the hell the economy is

What did we learn about US politics in 2025?

On the health of US democracy, elections, and whatever the hell the economy is

open.substack.com

December 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM

by Justin Lewis

25%

Scholar power: 25.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 30%, Communication & Media Studies 25%, Computer science 20%, Economics 15%, History 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Justin Lewis	21%	16	25.2%

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56.0%

7.1 h

3

25.2%

Ranking score

0.054

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Justin Lewis

@whenisbirths.bsky.social

It has been very hard to concentrate at times in 2025.

December 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM

by Colin F. Camerer

13%

Scholar power: 13.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 30%, Communication & Media Studies 25%, Computer science 20%, Economics 15%, History 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Colin F. Camerer	4%	117	13.0%

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54.0%

5.2 h

0

13.0%

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0.043

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Colin Camerer

@cfcamerer.bsky.social

This bland Times story could be easily replaced & improved by AI data sci
- use NLP on Trump comms to establish what he actually promised
- use data to compare promises, timing, results.
- use polling data to see which voters are happy
- note outcomes he *didn’t* promise (renaming, CECOT, shutdown)

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

This anodyne BS is how the NYT summarizes the most corrupt presidency in US history.

Trump said he didn't know what Project 2025 was; he lied.

He said he would get prices down; he lied.

He said he'd only deport criminals; he lied.

He started wars and attacked his own people.

December 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM

Reposted by Nina Jankowicz

5%

Scholar power: 5.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 30%, Communication & Media Studies 25%, Computer science 20%, Economics 15%, History 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Nina Jankowicz	32%	3	5.5%

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59.0%

11.2 h

73

5.5%

Ranking score

0.04

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Philip Bump

@pbump.com

2025 has been a year of tumult and uncertainty and a year in which the president of the U.S. has spent at least part of one in three days at his private businesses and one in four days playing golf.

President Hobbies closes out year five

I am pleased to report that we have reached, as of writing, the 361st day of 2025, a year that includes only 365 days despite feeling as though it has included 36,500. This has been the longest year s...

www.howtoreadthisch.art

December 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM

by Joshua S. Weitz

2%

Scholar power: 2.4%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 30%, Communication & Media Studies 25%, Computer science 20%, Economics 15%, History 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Joshua S. Weitz	1%	64	2.4%

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46.0%

3.0 h

0

2.4%

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0.039

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Joshua Weitz

@joshuasweitz.bsky.social

The year ahead will involve new and emerging threats, to science, scientists, institutions, and to public health.

December 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM

Reposted by Naomi Klein

6%

Scholar power: 6.8%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 30%, Communication & Media Studies 25%, Computer science 20%, Economics 15%, History 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Naomi Klein	16%	18	6.8%

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55.0%

23.6 h

363

6.8%

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0.034

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Bruce Little

@brucedlittle.bsky.social

As the year draws to a close, a crowd-sourced effort, as well as trackers from advocacy organizations and labor unions, show that the Trump administration has implemented roughly half of the goals laid out in Project 2025.

Tracking how much of Project 2025 the Trump administration achieved this year

As the year ends, The 19th takes a look at how the conservative policy wishlist for President Donald Trump’s second term affected women and LGBTQ+ Americans.

www.pbs.org

December 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM

by Joe R. Feagin

42%

Scholar power: 42.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 30%, Communication & Media Studies 25%, Computer science 20%, Economics 15%, History 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Joe R. Feagin	18%	62	42.5%

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45.0%

11.8 h

0

42.5%

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0.032

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Joe Feagin

@profjoefeagin.bsky.social

www.cnn.com/2025/12/27/p...

Amazingly long list......lying is just like regular breathing for him

Analysis: Donald Trump’s top 25 lies of 2025 | CNN Politics

It was hard to pick only 25. But it was easier than it used to be.

www.cnn.com

December 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM

Reposted by David Darmofal

6%

Scholar power: 6.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 30%, Communication & Media Studies 25%, Computer science 20%, Economics 15%, History 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 David Darmofal	18%	11	6.0%

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54.0%

2.9 h

1

6.0%

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0.031

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Opinion Today

@opiniontoday.bsky.social

Attention to events in the news in 2025, by party identification.
(@pollsandvotes.bsky.social)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/251228

December 28, 2025 at 11:09 PM

by Elizabeth Saunders Reposted by David Darmofal

6%

Scholar power: 6.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 30%, Communication & Media Studies 25%, Computer science 20%, Economics 15%, History 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Elizabeth Saunders	-	33	-
🎓 David Darmofal	18%	11	6.0%
Total			6.0%

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51.0%

11.7 h

15

6.0%

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0.027

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Elizabeth N. Saunders

@profsaunders.bsky.social

An honor to be in the company of so many of these great authors on @foreignaffairs.com's list. But wishing most of these pieces, including my own, hadn't needed to be written. www.foreignaffairs.com/lists/best-2...

The Best of 2025

We’ve compiled our favorite articles covering the United States’ slide into authoritarianism, China’s economic strategy, the future of Iran, and more. Start reading—or rereading—below.

www.foreignaffairs.com

December 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM

by Joe R. Feagin

42%

Scholar power: 42.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 30%, Communication & Media Studies 25%, Computer science 20%, Economics 15%, History 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Joe R. Feagin	18%	62	42.5%

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54.0%

23.9 h

0

42.5%

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0.028

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Joe Feagin

@profjoefeagin.bsky.social

www.cnn.com/2025/12/27/p...

Analysis: Donald Trump’s top 25 lies of 2025 | CNN Politics

It was hard to pick only 25. But it was easier than it used to be.

www.cnn.com

December 28, 2025 at 2:11 AM

Reposted by Tariq Modood

15%

Scholar power: 15.1%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 30%, Communication & Media Studies 25%, Computer science 20%, Economics 15%, History 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Tariq Modood	20%	57	15.1%

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58.0%

20.9 h

6

15.1%

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0.025

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William Cooper, Author

@wcooperbooks.bsky.social

Analysis: Donald Trump’s top 25 lies of 2025

www.cnn.com/2025/12/27/p...

Analysis: Donald Trump’s top 25 lies of 2025 | CNN Politics

It was hard to pick only 25. But it was easier than it used to be.

www.cnn.com

December 28, 2025 at 5:07 AM

Reposted by Nicholas A. Christakis

3%

Scholar power: 3.9%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 30%, Communication & Media Studies 25%, Computer science 20%, Economics 15%, History 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Nicholas A. Christakis	4%	96	3.9%

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47.0%

7.0 h

20

3.9%

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0.02

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Flint Dibble

@flintdibble.bsky.social

2025 was our first whole year on YouTube
Views: 3.1 MILLION
Hours watched: 700,000
Average monthly audience: 140,000

I'd call that a smashing success in sharing real archaeology & debunking the fake stuff

Onwards and upwards, and happy New Year to all!

www.youtube.com/@flintdibble

December 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM

by Philip N. Cohen

29%

Scholar power: 29.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 30%, Communication & Media Studies 25%, Computer science 20%, Economics 15%, History 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Philip N. Cohen	16%	37	29.2%

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52.0%

22.0 h

5

29.2%

Ranking score

0.019

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Philip N Cohen

@philipncohen.com

How I'm walking out of 2025

December 28, 2025 at 4:05 AM

by Gerald Friedman

17%

Scholar power: 17.3%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 30%, Communication & Media Studies 25%, Computer science 20%, Economics 15%, History 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Gerald Friedman	16%	13	17.3%

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50.0%

11.6 h

0

17.3%

Ranking score

0.018

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Gerald Friedman

@gfriedma.bsky.social

Donald Trump’s Top 25 Lies of the Year politicalwire.com/2025/12/27/d...

Donald Trump’s Top 25 Lies of the Year

CNN: “Just like his first presidency, President Donald Trump’s first calendar year back in the White House was an unceasing parade of lies. In 2025, though, the variety of Trump’s false claims shrunk ...

politicalwire.com

December 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM

Reposted by Aric Rindfleisch

3%

Scholar power: 3.7%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 30%, Communication & Media Studies 25%, Computer science 20%, Economics 15%, History 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Aric Rindfleisch	6%	38	3.7%

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50.0%

13.2 h

217

3.7%

Ranking score

0.018

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