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Nicolè (Nik) Ford

@drnikford.bsky.social
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Professor PhD Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Belarus, Chechnya🐺, Democracy, democratic backsliding, authoritarianism, terrorism & political violence, identity. USMC. she/her/hers. #polisky #eusky #comparativesky слава Україні🇺🇦 words @FP, WaPo, Defense Post, etc

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Nicolè (Nik) Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Waiting for Patel to report he was “radicalized” by Russian grocery stores.
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Nicolè (Nik) Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Laura L00m3r admitting she was wrong on Ukraine?? Well, broke clocks & whatnot, I guess.
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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Fun fun fun
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Wolf-man main bastard Nafo @wolf-man.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Morning fellas Quote of the day
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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
So…the deal is digitally signed just like…did they use Docusign or…?
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Oksii ✚ 🇺🇦 @oksii33.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Fellas, it’s crucial fundraiser, please help👉👈
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Nicolè (Nik) Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
And of course say nothing against the untold crimes against humanity, war crimes and (let’s face it) #genocide of the Ukrainian people. What ever happened to the principle of Responsibility to Protect (R2P)? #Ukraine #russia #R2P www.globalr2p.org/countries/uk...
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Ukraine - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
Russian forces have perpetrated possible war crimes and crimes against humanity since their invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian forces have also committed potential war crimes.
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Nicolè (Nik) Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Yet #Ukraine must continue to take bombardment of its people, its monuments, its museums, its religious and cultural centers. www.ibanet.org/The-Russian-...
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The Russian assault on Ukraine’s heritage
In this article, written exclusively for Global Insight, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General describes the destruction and looting of Ukrainian cultural property by Russian troops, and elaborates on the impl...
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Nicolè (Nik) Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
We can imagine it. Remember when #Ukraine sent over a little tiny drone and it passed by St. Basil’s and a tiny little explosion occurred at the top of the #Kremlin? Pooty Poot was big mad. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Video appears to show smoke over Kremlin after alleged drone strike
A video circulating on Russian social media on Wednesday appeared to show a plume of smoke over Moscow's Kremlin, after what the presidential administration said was a Ukrainian drone attack aimed at ...
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Nicolè (Nik) Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
This cathedral was raised and completed long before the founding of Muscovy. Imagine the outrage from the Kremlin had Ukraine targeted St. Basil’s in Red Square, which was build more than 500 years after St. Sofia in #Kyiv. #Ukraine #russia
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Svitlana 🔔🇺🇦, @S_bk1301 in twitter @sbk1301.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
🐙KRAKEN 1654 needs a vehicle! But we're moving too slow... After ❗26th day of this #FNDRUA we don't even have a half of the needed amount😥 PLEASE HELP🙏 🎯Goal - 290 000₴ ⚠️To go - 164 000₴/👉~3743$👈 🅿️🅿️: monsterman22x0790@gmail.com send.monobank.ua/jar/5HoxoRo9mk #donateToUkraine #NAFO #raffle
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Liv Coleman @livcolemanfl.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
www.theinvadingsea.com/2026/05/11/f...
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Florida's Legislature is dismantling the popular Florida Forever program | The Invading Sea
Since 2000, Florida Forever has protected over 1 million acres identified for their natural and cultural significance.
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Steven Seegel @stevenseegel.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
My article is published!
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Russian Z-blogger Nikita Tretyakov, who fought in Ukraine, admits that Putin's army has no chance of victory. A perfect summary to congratulate his zombie compatriots on Victory Day.
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Post-Soviet Affairs Journal @postsovietaffairs.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
4) Meet our new Associate Editor, Ian Garner: “I’m delighted to have joined PSA, which I hope will continue to be a leading academic journal. As Associate Editor, I get to read so much great new research from all over the world!”
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Dan Cassino @dancassino.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The problematizing of trans people is also strategic: talking about nonbinary gender identities in any form primes the individual’s gender identity, pushing men toward the Republican Party. It’s a robust, and substantial (2-3 pp) effect, and Republican strategists know it.
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Wolfytoine 🔔🇺🇦 @wolfytoine.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The daily report is out! New week, same goal: helping the Kraken 1654 defenders to get their vehicle! Almost halfway thanks to you all! Do you think we can reach 50% this week? You know what to do!🔄+❤️ 🅿️🅿️: monsterman22x0790@gmail.com send.monobank.ua/jar/5HoxoRo9mk #DonateToUkraine #NAFO #FNDRUA
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Khaby Lame's Repost Message
ALT: Khaby Lame's Repost Message
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Nicolè (Nik) Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
So, the past 2 years I have been MIA, writing-wise. As I mentioned before, I had significant family responsibilities that have been overwhelming. Things are wrapping up in that regard. I also began a new FT assistant professorship teaching more than a full load & navigating new responsibilities. 1/2
Me & 2 other members of the Poli Sci dept at student graduation in our full PhD regalia.
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Oleksa Drachewych @odrachewych.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
My latest book, currently available in Europe, and out in North America in mid-April: Replaying the Second World War: Soviet Parallels and Inspirations for Russian Atrocities in the Russo-Ukrainian War, 2014-25 www.ibidem.eu/en/Topics/So...
Cover of Replaying the Second World War by Oleksa Drachewych
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Nicolè (Nik) Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
One of my fav #Ukraine podcasts: #UkraineWithoutHype open.spotify.com/episode/4D0X...
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126: Remembering Patriarch Filaret of Kyiv
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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Potash is imported, so the tariffs/"trade war" nonsense affects it. Phosphates are produced domestically, but sensitive to the increased cost of sulfur for processing. 96% of global nitrate fertilizer uses gas, coal, or crude as a feedstock. Diesel is...well, expensive. Seems bad; is bad.
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Nicolè (Nik) Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Russia in No Mood for Celebration on Kremlin’s Biggest Day of the Year www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/w...
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Russia in No Mood for Celebration on Kremlin’s Biggest Day of the Year
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T. Dmytro @tdmytro.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
RT PLS!!! Маємо запит від бійців з Хортиці, які працюють на Запорізькому напрямку. Потрібен квадроцикл для виконання бойових задач у складних умовах. 🎯 Загальна ціль: ₴260К - ₴4К = ₴256К П24 – www.privat24.ua/send/d97q8 Банка – send.monobank.ua/jar/9gxQn3Cg9h
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Nicolè (Nik) Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
What a petulant child POTUS is. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
miamiherald.com
Amid quarrel with pope, Trump strips Miami charity of funding to house migrant kids
The move comes amid rising tensions between the administration and American Catholics.
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VSquare.org @vsquare.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
🔎INVESTIGATION: A 10-day Moldova–Moscow trip by MAGA influencers from the US, UK and Canada was leveraged in a Kremlin-linked influence operation named “Matushka”. No proof the influencers knowingly took part – but we uncovered their many ties to Russia.
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How the Kremlin Turned a MAGA Influencer Trip Into an Influence Operation - VSquare.org
A report of Alliance4Europe and an investigation by Vsquare and Context.ro uncovered that a 10-day trip to Moldova and Moscow by a group of MAGA influencers from the US, Canada, and the UK was used in a Russian online info operation.
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Nicolè (Nik) Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
BOOM 💥🤌🏻💥
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Nicolè (Nik) Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
I’ve got nothing.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Trump coup conspirator John Eastman has been disbarred. That’s good. He abused his status as a White House lawyer to advocate lawbreaking, even doing so in writing the night of Jan. 6 But quite bad that this, years later, is the only consequence for him, or just about any high level coup plotter.
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
🐈🇺🇦 €15,068 has been raised so far, with only €1,050 remaining to reach 25% of the goal. 🚀 Join the campaign and help push the campaign to the next milestone: www.help99.co/patches/spec...
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Special Kherson Cat 16th: Kinetic Sanctions
Actions to support Ukrainian defenders in their fight.
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Wolfytoine 🔔🇺🇦 @wolfytoine.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
‼️IT'S RAFFLE TIME‼️(details from post 4/8) Mobility is key. This time @sbk1301.bsky.social and I are back to the bases and will help Kraken 1654 to get a vehicle! Goal🎯: 290 000 ₴ (~6 650$) PayPal: monsterman22x0790@gmail.com send.monobank.ua/jar/5HoxoRo9mk 🧵1/8 #DonateToUkraine #NAFO #FNDRUA
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Nicolè (Nik) Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
He also had the unmitigated audacity to touting his proudest accomplishment: ending funding for #Ukraine. kyivindependent.com/vance-calls-...
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Vance calls end of Ukraine aid 'one of the proudest' achievements of Trump administration
"One of the things I'm proudest that we've done in this administration is we've told Europe that if you want to buy weapons, you can, but the United States is not buying weapons and sending them to Uk...
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Nicolè (Nik) Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
As we approach the 30th anniversary of #Russia’s assassination of Ichkerian Pres Dzhokhar #Dudayev, I’d like to remind JD Vance of his recent words in Hungary. He framed Zelenskyy’s remarks regarding Hungary as inappropriate interference in another country’s domestic politics. Really? Interesting.
Image of 1st President of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Dzhokar Dudaev. 
Image of the car Dudayev was standing outside when he was assassinated by Russia using satellite transmissions from his phone.  Local mourners gather around holding flags of Ichkeria.
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EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · 09/04/2026
Majority of Hungary’s voters back continued EU membership, poll finds
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Majority of Hungary’s voters back continued EU membership, poll finds
Exclusive: Survey published days before election in which anti-EU Viktor Orbán risks being ousted after 16 years
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 08/04/2026
Small drone attacks are killing more civilians around the world than ever before. I made a map about it:
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Targeted Small Drone Attacks on Civilians: A Global OSINT Picture
A global OSINT map of targeted small drone attacks on civilians since 2022.
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Nicolè (Nik) Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Dept of War™️ will call this fake news and respond something akin to “we continue to be ready to respond to any Iranian attack at the time and place of our choosing with every weapon in our arsenal blah blah.”
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Nicolè (Nik) Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Living in this hellscape I can firmly say that if Trump lost The Villages, he’s seriously in trouble.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 28/03/2026
Five injured in Abu Dhabi after missile intercepted near KEZAD, authorities say reut.rs/4uY923f
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Five injured in Abu Dhabi after missile intercepted near KEZAD, authorities say
Five people ‌were injured and two fires broke ​out in Abu ​Dhabi on Saturday as ⁠a result ​of debris falling ​from a ballistic missile interception, the emirate's media ​office said.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/03/2026
SCHLAPP: Who wants to see impeachment hearings? CPAC CROWD: *cheers* SCHLAPP: No. That was the wrong answer.
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Nicolè (Nik) Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
The only thing I miss about the Twits was the balloon animation on your birthday.
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a cartoon of south park characters with the words it 's my birthday above them
Alt: a cartoon of south park characters —Cartman is in the front saying: “it's my birthday”
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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Like I cannot over emphasize the likelihood all this literally boils down to "we saw lights in the sky, we pointed a piece of shit handheld dronebuster in their general direction and pulled the trigger, the lights didn't go away (because they were the big dipper) so obviously unjammable droneswarm"
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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
2/ These actions aren't just illegal, although they are that. They aren't just unconstitutional, although they are that. They are anti-constitutional: they strike at the core of one of the principles that allows our entire constitutional order to function.
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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I had the opportunity to survey Americans to see if learning about China's nuclear build-up changed their opinions on building new U.S. nuclear weapons. The answer? Republicans (and older folks) become way more supportive of new US nukes--but not Democrats or Independents.
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If China Builds More Nukes, Do We Need More?
Results from my new Verasight survey of U.S. citizens
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Andrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦 @andrewchak.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
russian aggression must fail and be seen to fail. “Nie wieder” was and remains a pledge to act. The time has come for the old continent to abandon pseudo-pacifism, which enables the very violence it claims to oppose. 7/7 end www.nzz.ch/meinung/kein...
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Kein Frieden um jeden Preis - wider den europäischen Pseudopazifismus
Mit dem russischen Überfall auf die Ukraine vor vier Jahren wurde Europa auf dem falschen Fuss erwischt. Warnzeichen gab es vorher genug, doch übte man sich im Wegschauen und pflegte Business as usual...
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Kevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
If you'll be at MPSA, this roundtable "Alarm Bells of Rising Authoritarian Practices in the U.S." should be a good one. Come hang out with us and talk about *waves hands* all of this
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Svitlana 🔔🇺🇦, @S_bk1301 in twitter @sbk1301.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
russians lost 2 helicopters🚁, what can be better on Saturday morning?!😏 On this positive note, let's move this ecoflow🔋 #FNDRUA for 🐙KRAKEN 1654🙏 🎯Goal - 286 998₴ ⚠️To go - 167 626₴/👉~3833$👈 🅿️🅿️: monsterman22x0790@gmail.com send.monobank.ua/jar/8RdKWm6332 #DonateToUkraine #NAFO
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two penguins from madagascar are dancing in the air with the words `` move it move it '' .
ALT: two penguins from madagascar are dancing in the air with the words `` move it move it '' .
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Nicolè (Nik) Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Further: #Trump #Mueller #Russia www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Image from 2019 of Robert Mueller Special Counsel investigating Trump, testifying under oath, he did NOT clear Trump of any wrong doing” & claimed he did are “FALSE.”
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Nicolè (Nik) Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
#Trump #Mueller #Russia (I was so irritated i forgot to ###) reading about Mueller’s death today I keep seeing actual journalists still repeating the fake news Mueller clear/ exonerated Trump of any wrong doing. 👏🏻 HE 👏🏻 DID 👏🏻 NOT 👏🏻
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Nicolè (Nik) Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Can we all STOP saying the Mueller report “exonerated” Trump? Have we all forgotten how to read??
Excerpt from conclusion section of Mueller report pg. 182. 

“U.S. Department of Justice
Attorney Work Produet // May Contain Material Proteeted Under Fed. R. Crim. P. 6(e)
IV. ConcLusIon
Because we determined not to make a traditional prosecutorial judgment, we did not draw
ultimate conclusions about the President's conduct.
The evidence we obtained about the
President's actions and intent presents difficult issues that would need to be resolved if we were making a traditional prosecutorial judgment. At the same time, if we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the President clearly did not commit obstruction of justice. we would so state. Based on the facts and the applicable legal standards, we are unable to reach that judgment. Accordingly, while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.”
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
A depraved sociopath.
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BenB 🇺🇦 @benborges.xyz · 16/03/2026
EU to open technical talks on Ukraine's remaining accession negotiation clusters "Tomorrow we take another step on Ukraine's EU reform path by opening technical negotiations on all remaining clusters," European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos said.
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EU to open technical talks on Ukraine's remaining accession negotiation clusters
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