Trump dominates politics and headlines

Scholar power: 6.0%

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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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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 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%

1.0 h

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2.4%

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0.117

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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

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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3.2 h

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13.0%

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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

by Merrill Goozner

5%

Scholar power: 5.2%

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
🎓 Merrill Goozner	5%	12	5.2%

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3.2 h

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0.014

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Merrill Goozner

@gooznews.bsky.social

The first two"articles on my "ten best of 2025" list offer a guide to the perplexed politician (and others) for what ought to be at the top of the health care policy agenda as we head toward the fateful 2026 mid-term elections.

open.substack.com/pub/gooznews...

The GoozNews year in review

In a year when my readership grew fivefold, it makes no sense to offer a "ten most read" list as in previous years. So here's my judgment of the ten best stories on GoozNews in 2025.

open.substack.com

December 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM

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%

5.0 h

19

3.9%

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0.027

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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 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%

5.1 h

3

25.2%

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0.073

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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 David F. Labaree

12%

Scholar power: 12.9%

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
🎓 David F. Labaree	8%	29	12.9%

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45.0%

5.2 h

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12.9%

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0.021

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by Daniel S. Goldberg

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
🎓 Daniel S. Goldberg	3%	19	3.9%

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51.0%

6.0 h

9

3.9%

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0.014

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Daniel S. Goldberg

@profgoldberg.bsky.social

How I’m walking out of 2025

December 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM

Kathimerini

2025, the Year of Trump. Who Will Shape 2026?

2025 was undoubtedly the year of Donald Trump—and the confirmation that history can consist of a number of simultaneous developments, but certain individuals play a decisive role, whether for better or worse.

Reposts 0 6h

The Sidney Morning Herald

2025, a year best to forget? We never will

The year is marred by the horror of its closing month, yet other events will not escape our memory.

Reposts 1 6h

Reposted by James Goodwin

3%

Scholar power: 3.6%

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
🎓 James Goodwin	7%	26	3.6%

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49.0%

7.0 h

4

3.6%

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0.009

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The Hill

@thehill.com

Since President Trump’s inauguration in January, the administration has embraced fossil fuels while eschewing renewable energy, climate actions and regulations.

Here are some of the major ways the administration has shaken up energy policy over the course of 2025.

thehill.com

December 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM

by Kathleen Kennedy

16%

Scholar power: 16.1%

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
🎓 Kathleen Kennedy	13%	17	16.1%

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47.0%

7.7 h

10

16.1%

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0.021

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Kathleen E. Kennedy

@themedievaldrk.bsky.social

(Yes, in 2026 using a paper planner is really trad-Ludditism in its formal, fully historical and political senses and I'm a-okay with that, but recog that not everyone can manage w/o digital. Not evangelical about it!)

December 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM

Reposted by Fred

2%

Scholar power: 2.0%

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
🎓 Fred	9%	5	2.0%

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51.0%

8.9 h

370

2.0%

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0.021

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lauren

@lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com

whatever 2026 holds i don't think anything next year will be funnier than Chicago Pope. 2025 was overall a huge stinker but Chicago Pope was an all time great B-plot

December 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM

by Patrick Svensson

6%

Scholar power: 6.7%

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
🎓 Patrick Svensson	5%	20	6.7%

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52.0%

8.9 h

2

6.7%

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0.01

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Patrick Svensson

@agrarsvennis.bsky.social

How I'm walking out of 2025

December 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM

The Independent

Donald Trump’s wildest AI moments of 2025

Artificial intelligence continued to make waves in 2025 - nowhere was that more true than in the hands of the planet’s most powerful man.

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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%

9.1 h

3

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0.073

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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

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%

9.2 h

73

5.5%

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0.048

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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

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%

9.3 h

74

23.9%

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0.142

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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

by Sarah Brouillette

10%

Scholar power: 10.1%

Story's scientific field profile

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

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🎓 Sarah Brouillette	9%	14	10.1%

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46.0%

9.4 h

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0.015

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Sarah Brouillette

@sarahbrouillette.bsky.social

Ah, 2025. Not the greatest. TBQH what keeps me going are my little projects--the opportunity to read and write. I got to engage with some great and important books this year. On Immediacy (and being Very Online):