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Eric L. Robinson @uticaeric.bsky.social · 1d

Demobilization, Disarmament, Reintegration

Truth and Reconciliation

Criminal Tribunals

You can’t Reform this

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Conflict Research @conflictwatch.bsky.social · 1d

#Mali
According to reporting by @simnasr.bsky.social there has been 02 ongoing negotiations between JNIM & the Junta.
01 aimed at lifting the fuel blockade & a prisoner exchange which failed because the detainees demanded by JNIM have died in detention.

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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 2d

This is a fantastic achievement. Congrats, Nina, for producing the most comprehensive book to date on the foreign intervention in the Sahel. What makes this work so precious, among other things, is the unique body of evidence it relies on, collected year after year in multiple Sahelian countries

Nina Wilen @ninawilen.bsky.social · 16d

👉 Look at that! 😊

Today the electronic version of my book:

⭐ "Securitizing the #Sahel. Analysing External #Interventions and their Consequences"⭐

is published on-line with @oxunipress.bsky.social!

#security #defense #military #Niger #Mali #Burkina #Chad #France #UN #EU #US

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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 2d

Fact: some parts of Mali have been exclusively governed by JNIM for 11 years

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Andrew Lebovich @andrewlebovich.bsky.social · 6d

This.

Andrew Lebovich @andrewlebovich.bsky.social · 6d

Endnotes are never acceptable, and this is one of my most strongly-held writing beliefs.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8d

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

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Andrew Lebovich @andrewlebovich.bsky.social · 9d

This is helpful, but if anything I’d say the map is too favorable in terms of Burkinabè and maybe Malian areas of control.

Thomas van Linge @thomasvlinge.bsky.social · 9d

Sahel 🇲🇱🇧🇫🇳🇪 MAP: The situation in the Sahel states of Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Benin as of September 2025.

This map is a joint production by @warmapper.org and myself

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Conflict Research @conflictwatch.bsky.social · 10d

28.09 #Niger
JNIM has issued a statement claiming to have taken control of a Security Forces position at Assamaka, close to the Algerian border.

In October of 2024 a large JNIM force attacked 03 Security Forces positions west of Assamaka.

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Andrew Lebovich @andrewlebovich.bsky.social · 11d

So many conservatives calling for affirmative action for conservative academics!

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Andrew Lebovich @andrewlebovich.bsky.social · 12d

This is so disruptive, so expensive, and so stupid. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

New details emerge on Hegseth’s unusual mass gathering of top brass

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has summoned hundreds of generals for what is expected to be a short lecture on the “warrior ethos.” But top brass is bracing for possible firings or demotions.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Andrew Lebovich @andrewlebovich.bsky.social · 13d

I’m thinking loyalty pledge/MAGA rally with all the brass as a backdrop

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Andrew Lebovich @andrewlebovich.bsky.social · 14d

Any sense of how far?

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Andrew Lebovich @andrewlebovich.bsky.social · 18d

Zizek bait right here.

mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 18d

The fact that PUFFIN ROCK portrays the puffins as being friendly with predators like foxes while portraying the trash-eating seagulls as a hopelessly malicious as an entire species prepares bourgeois children for a life of class-based exploitation and false consciousness. In this essay, I will

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Andrew Lebovich @andrewlebovich.bsky.social · 18d

More proof that people who make lots of money writing about politics usually don’t know anything about actual politics!

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Andrew Lebovich @andrewlebovich.bsky.social · 22d

Oh yeah, Trump is absolutely all over those files.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22d

KENNEDY: Who if anyone did Epstein traffic these young women to other than himself?

KASH PATEL: Himself. There is no credible information -- none -- that he trafficked to other individuals. And the information we have is limited.

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Andrew Lebovich @andrewlebovich.bsky.social · 23d

This has always been true, but Thiessen truly is one of the dumbest and most dishonest people in commentary, and it’s shocking that he’s been paid so well for so long to give these opinions.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 23d

Fox News' Marc Thiessen, without a hint of irony: "Imagine if – we didn’t see this on the right, but imagine if after the George Floyd killing, people had gone on in saying he was a POS and that I’m glad he's dead... do you think anybody would have employed them ever again?!"

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Andrew Lebovich @andrewlebovich.bsky.social · 23d

If there was any doubt about the fascist intentions of the current government, the masks have dropped fully since Kirk’s killing.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 23d

White House Officials Vow Vast Crackdown on Liberal Groups
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

Open authoritarianism. Happening right in front of us.

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Andrew Lebovich @andrewlebovich.bsky.social · 23d

Since before Trump took office the first time, Adam has been one of the sharpest observers and analysts of the right today. This piece is a great example of that.

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 23d

Last November I wrote that Republicans wanted to “socialize the means of cancellation” through the creation of a “Snitch State.” Feels relevant now. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

The Rise of the Right-Wing Tattletale

In Texas and elsewhere, new laws and policies have encouraged neighbors to report neighbors to the government.

www.theatlantic.com

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 23d

We're witnessing the most aggressive, fanatical crackdown on free speech in my lifetime. The speed and breadth of government censorship and private sector and nonprofit capitulation has been astonishing. As has the lack of urgency/silence from people who've long claimed to care about this stuff.

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Andrew Lebovich @andrewlebovich.bsky.social · 23d

And the supposed “free speech warriors” will be silent, or applaud these and other removals.

Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 23d

www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

The free speech crusade will continue until complete conformity and submission are achieved.

5 More Faculty, Staff Removed for Kirk Comments

Republican politicians and other conservatives are calling for employees, including those in higher ed, to be terminated for their social media posts about Kirk's killing.

www.insidehighered.com

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Andrew Lebovich @andrewlebovich.bsky.social · 25d

This is…an actually insane take. It makes no sense. In what respect was Kirk growing or making any attempt to bridge disagreements?

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 25d

I don't think it's simpering praise. He was an interesting man. I didn't agree with much that he said, but he was interesting and he was growing, and his death is a significant loss for those who believe engagement can help bridge disagreements.

Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 26d

there's a weird feedback loop where the media's reaction to kirk's death pushes you to speak more ill of the dead than you otherwise would because it's the only reasonable response to the simpering praise they're heaping on him

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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 27d

Always remember that the military seized prower in the Sahel with the promise that they would fix the security situation

RFI @rfi.fr · 27d

Sud-ouest du Niger: 27 soldats tués dans deux attaques dans la zone de Tillabéri

Dans le sud-ouest du Niger, dans la zone de Tillabéri, 27 soldats ont été tués le 10 septembre 2025 dans deux attaques coordonnées et menées par l’État islamique au Sahel.

rfi.my

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Andrew Lebovich @andrewlebovich.bsky.social · 27d

Ezra Klein has always been terrible and overrated, but this is shockingly bad.

Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 27d

"But I envied what he built. A taste for disagreement is a virtue in a democracy. Liberalism could use more of his moxie and fearlessness."
That is Ezra Klein.
Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...

Opinion | Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way

www.nytimes.com

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 29d

Kamala Harris said they’d do this and the press called her a liar and a fabulist.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29d

Mike Johnson: "I cannot for the life of me understand how the Democrats think this is some kind of winning political message. Yield man! Let the troops come into your city and show how crime can be reduced."

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