Sophie Fullerton
@sophiefullerton.bsky.social
Lecturer on MENA & political theory. Researcher on conflicts & disinformation. Political Scientist via Columbia University.
Find my writings in The Washington Post, Formiche, Index on Censorship & elsewhere.
Opinions expressed are my own.
Find my writings in The Washington Post, Formiche, Index on Censorship & elsewhere.
Opinions expressed are my own.
The hypocrisy of MAGA is staggering. A BU student & British national openly bragged about calling ICE on “criminals” who were be 9 car-wash employees with valid work permits. This movement has no coherent policy platform beyond its open disdain for people of color & its relentless moral hypocrisy.
November 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The hypocrisy of MAGA is staggering. A BU student & British national openly bragged about calling ICE on “criminals” who were be 9 car-wash employees with valid work permits. This movement has no coherent policy platform beyond its open disdain for people of color & its relentless moral hypocrisy.
Figures like Greenwald are so contrarian/anti-establishment that even a Portland ukulele hippie group gets dragged into their bizarro pro-Kremlin talking points.
How exhausting it must be to turn everything innocent into yet another pro-NATO psyop.
How exhausting it must be to turn everything innocent into yet another pro-NATO psyop.
October 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Figures like Greenwald are so contrarian/anti-establishment that even a Portland ukulele hippie group gets dragged into their bizarro pro-Kremlin talking points.
How exhausting it must be to turn everything innocent into yet another pro-NATO psyop.
How exhausting it must be to turn everything innocent into yet another pro-NATO psyop.
As Trump continues to implement Project 2025 never forget that the alt-left helped whitewash his image.
The anti-establishment alt-left who cast Kamala as no different than Trump deserve the same amount of ridicule as the right-wing sycophants who normalized trumps most fascistic fantasies.
The anti-establishment alt-left who cast Kamala as no different than Trump deserve the same amount of ridicule as the right-wing sycophants who normalized trumps most fascistic fantasies.
October 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
As Trump continues to implement Project 2025 never forget that the alt-left helped whitewash his image.
The anti-establishment alt-left who cast Kamala as no different than Trump deserve the same amount of ridicule as the right-wing sycophants who normalized trumps most fascistic fantasies.
The anti-establishment alt-left who cast Kamala as no different than Trump deserve the same amount of ridicule as the right-wing sycophants who normalized trumps most fascistic fantasies.
Lane is an obscure pro-Putin conspiracist whose content consists of conspiracies around Kirk’s death & fawning over Putin
Carlson appearing on such a podcast is a prime example of how Kremlin sympathizers platform fringe nobodies to advance Putin’s propaganda under the guise of “independent voices”
Carlson appearing on such a podcast is a prime example of how Kremlin sympathizers platform fringe nobodies to advance Putin’s propaganda under the guise of “independent voices”
October 5, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Lane is an obscure pro-Putin conspiracist whose content consists of conspiracies around Kirk’s death & fawning over Putin
Carlson appearing on such a podcast is a prime example of how Kremlin sympathizers platform fringe nobodies to advance Putin’s propaganda under the guise of “independent voices”
Carlson appearing on such a podcast is a prime example of how Kremlin sympathizers platform fringe nobodies to advance Putin’s propaganda under the guise of “independent voices”
The irony of such a post is that Pool himself was (and possibly still is) being funded by the Russians to promote pro-Kremlin disinformation within the U.S. in an effort to push his MAGA base more towards pro-Putin alignments.
Every accusation by MAGA is simply a confession.
Every accusation by MAGA is simply a confession.
October 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The irony of such a post is that Pool himself was (and possibly still is) being funded by the Russians to promote pro-Kremlin disinformation within the U.S. in an effort to push his MAGA base more towards pro-Putin alignments.
Every accusation by MAGA is simply a confession.
Every accusation by MAGA is simply a confession.
Top headline on X today, despite there being no concrete evidence of the shooter being a leftist, aside from far-right radicals, including Musk himself, trying to whitewash the fact that the shooter came from a pro-Trump household and openly admired white nationalists like Nick Fuentes.
September 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Top headline on X today, despite there being no concrete evidence of the shooter being a leftist, aside from far-right radicals, including Musk himself, trying to whitewash the fact that the shooter came from a pro-Trump household and openly admired white nationalists like Nick Fuentes.
The right-wing grievance machine always needs a boogeyman. Post 9/11 it was Arabs & Muslims. By the 2010s it was Mexicans on the southern border. And now, they’ve fixated on trans people to keep their cultural war grievances front & center. The demographics may change, but their playbook doesn’t
September 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The right-wing grievance machine always needs a boogeyman. Post 9/11 it was Arabs & Muslims. By the 2010s it was Mexicans on the southern border. And now, they’ve fixated on trans people to keep their cultural war grievances front & center. The demographics may change, but their playbook doesn’t
The shooter only attended a semester of uni before enrolling in a trade school & was politically radicalized by far-right groups & forums online. Perhaps if he had stayed in university longer, he would have been able to sharpen his critical thinking skills instead of succumbing to far-right violence
September 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The shooter only attended a semester of uni before enrolling in a trade school & was politically radicalized by far-right groups & forums online. Perhaps if he had stayed in university longer, he would have been able to sharpen his critical thinking skills instead of succumbing to far-right violence
Alex Jones level conspiracism from a man who owns one of the largest platforms in the world. If the far-right wants to understand how the Kirk assassination happened, all they need to do is look inward at the culture of paranoia, hatred, and radicalization they’ve spent years stoking.
September 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Alex Jones level conspiracism from a man who owns one of the largest platforms in the world. If the far-right wants to understand how the Kirk assassination happened, all they need to do is look inward at the culture of paranoia, hatred, and radicalization they’ve spent years stoking.
Fieldwork on the Syrian-Turkish border area, interviewing key former
FSA military personnel on Russian disinformation impact on the previous conflict.
FSA military personnel on Russian disinformation impact on the previous conflict.
September 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Fieldwork on the Syrian-Turkish border area, interviewing key former
FSA military personnel on Russian disinformation impact on the previous conflict.
FSA military personnel on Russian disinformation impact on the previous conflict.
Nothing says “America First” like rolling out the red carpet for a hostile foreign power in a state it has openly fantasized about reclaiming.
It was this time last year when Russian propagandist Olga Skabeyeva referred to Alaska as, “Our Alaska.”
It was this time last year when Russian propagandist Olga Skabeyeva referred to Alaska as, “Our Alaska.”
August 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Nothing says “America First” like rolling out the red carpet for a hostile foreign power in a state it has openly fantasized about reclaiming.
It was this time last year when Russian propagandist Olga Skabeyeva referred to Alaska as, “Our Alaska.”
It was this time last year when Russian propagandist Olga Skabeyeva referred to Alaska as, “Our Alaska.”
Russian officials continue to stoke the far-right myth that brown immigrants are trying to replace white Americans while their own officials are boasting about Russia’s religious and colonial fingerprints all over Alaska.
Projection at its finest.
Projection at its finest.
August 12, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Russian officials continue to stoke the far-right myth that brown immigrants are trying to replace white Americans while their own officials are boasting about Russia’s religious and colonial fingerprints all over Alaska.
Projection at its finest.
Projection at its finest.
The pro-Israeli crowd continues to smear those raising their voice against genocide as performative activism while they have pro-Israeli activists crowdfunding with an emblem openly displaying her ignorance, all while preaching about integrity & fact. The hypocrisy is staggering.
August 9, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The pro-Israeli crowd continues to smear those raising their voice against genocide as performative activism while they have pro-Israeli activists crowdfunding with an emblem openly displaying her ignorance, all while preaching about integrity & fact. The hypocrisy is staggering.
With comments like this western leftists continue to prove how unserious they are when it comes to actual coalition building aimed at dismantling multiple forms of imperialism, not just western. Moral consistency means calling out Russian imperialism as equally as US imperialism.
August 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
With comments like this western leftists continue to prove how unserious they are when it comes to actual coalition building aimed at dismantling multiple forms of imperialism, not just western. Moral consistency means calling out Russian imperialism as equally as US imperialism.
Under Putin, anti-Black racism reached its pinnacle which included Putin’s normalization of white nationalist rhetoric, promoting Russian identity as being purely white & ignoring the abuse of Africans in Russia. Claiming to be pro-Black & pro-Russia is just intentional ignorance at this point:
August 6, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Under Putin, anti-Black racism reached its pinnacle which included Putin’s normalization of white nationalist rhetoric, promoting Russian identity as being purely white & ignoring the abuse of Africans in Russia. Claiming to be pro-Black & pro-Russia is just intentional ignorance at this point:
How quickly we forget that Nazi officers were notorious for posing next to piles of corpses, often keeping the photos in personal albums.
The western world loves to shout “never again” until it comes to the erasure of a people that are deemed too politically inconvenient to save.
The western world loves to shout “never again” until it comes to the erasure of a people that are deemed too politically inconvenient to save.
August 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
How quickly we forget that Nazi officers were notorious for posing next to piles of corpses, often keeping the photos in personal albums.
The western world loves to shout “never again” until it comes to the erasure of a people that are deemed too politically inconvenient to save.
The western world loves to shout “never again” until it comes to the erasure of a people that are deemed too politically inconvenient to save.
Perpetuating racist stereotypes about brown men’s sexuality while supporting Trump, a sexual abuser currently embroiled in allegations tied to international pedophilia, perfectly sums up the modern day Republican Party, weaponizing fear of brown/black people to distract from their own depravity.
August 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Perpetuating racist stereotypes about brown men’s sexuality while supporting Trump, a sexual abuser currently embroiled in allegations tied to international pedophilia, perfectly sums up the modern day Republican Party, weaponizing fear of brown/black people to distract from their own depravity.
The MAGA base continues to perform patriotism while openly embracing authoritarianism in broad daylight.
Data has consistently shown that a large segment of the GOP prefers authoritarianism over democracy.
This was never about freedom, it’s always been about control and forced submission.
Data has consistently shown that a large segment of the GOP prefers authoritarianism over democracy.
This was never about freedom, it’s always been about control and forced submission.
June 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The MAGA base continues to perform patriotism while openly embracing authoritarianism in broad daylight.
Data has consistently shown that a large segment of the GOP prefers authoritarianism over democracy.
This was never about freedom, it’s always been about control and forced submission.
Data has consistently shown that a large segment of the GOP prefers authoritarianism over democracy.
This was never about freedom, it’s always been about control and forced submission.
Could it be that Aleppo’s collapse was a direct result of Assad’s extermination campaign, which leveled the city & killed over 31,000?
Disturbing to see that even after the fall of the regime there are those still willing to erase the truth in order to push their own agenda.
Disturbing to see that even after the fall of the regime there are those still willing to erase the truth in order to push their own agenda.
June 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Could it be that Aleppo’s collapse was a direct result of Assad’s extermination campaign, which leveled the city & killed over 31,000?
Disturbing to see that even after the fall of the regime there are those still willing to erase the truth in order to push their own agenda.
Disturbing to see that even after the fall of the regime there are those still willing to erase the truth in order to push their own agenda.
If MAGA is this openly ignorant about regional differences, believing Afghanistan is Arab, they should not be the loudest voices on Iran. This is the discourse you get when Republicans continue to prioritize MAGA feelings over fact & loyalty to Trump over expertise knowledge.
June 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
If MAGA is this openly ignorant about regional differences, believing Afghanistan is Arab, they should not be the loudest voices on Iran. This is the discourse you get when Republicans continue to prioritize MAGA feelings over fact & loyalty to Trump over expertise knowledge.
Cruz sits on the Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, & Counterterrorism.
It’s not asking much for our elected officials to understand the basic facts of regions they’re shaping U.S. foreign policy for.
This kind of gaffe isn’t harmless it’s bad governance.
It’s not asking much for our elected officials to understand the basic facts of regions they’re shaping U.S. foreign policy for.
This kind of gaffe isn’t harmless it’s bad governance.
June 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Cruz sits on the Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, & Counterterrorism.
It’s not asking much for our elected officials to understand the basic facts of regions they’re shaping U.S. foreign policy for.
This kind of gaffe isn’t harmless it’s bad governance.
It’s not asking much for our elected officials to understand the basic facts of regions they’re shaping U.S. foreign policy for.
This kind of gaffe isn’t harmless it’s bad governance.
Assad’s removal from power does not give organizations the green light to platform (or in Amnesty’s case) award those who have whitewashed his crimes. This includes Patrick Cockburn, who advocated for British cooperation with Assad even after Assad used chemical weapons.
May 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Assad’s removal from power does not give organizations the green light to platform (or in Amnesty’s case) award those who have whitewashed his crimes. This includes Patrick Cockburn, who advocated for British cooperation with Assad even after Assad used chemical weapons.
One of the greatest achievements of Putin has been his ability to convince American conservatives of his legitimacy. Nevermind that Putin broke his own ceasefire almost immediately, killing three civilians. The American right will continue to ignore fact to conform to Putin’s reality.
April 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
One of the greatest achievements of Putin has been his ability to convince American conservatives of his legitimacy. Nevermind that Putin broke his own ceasefire almost immediately, killing three civilians. The American right will continue to ignore fact to conform to Putin’s reality.
Assadists never supported him for his so-called fight against ISIS. If they did they would’ve shunned his regime for releasing ISIS fighters & targeting civilians while ignoring ISIS strongholds. Their support was to cheer on authoritarian violence disguised as anti-imperialism.
April 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Assadists never supported him for his so-called fight against ISIS. If they did they would’ve shunned his regime for releasing ISIS fighters & targeting civilians while ignoring ISIS strongholds. Their support was to cheer on authoritarian violence disguised as anti-imperialism.
Examples of how pacifism becomes fascism, or at least bends the knee to the authoritarian expansionist regime of Putin.
Such actions normalize oppression under the guise of peace.
Appealing to peace while ignoring the ongoing slaughter in Ukraine is not peace, it’s PR for Putin.
Such actions normalize oppression under the guise of peace.
Appealing to peace while ignoring the ongoing slaughter in Ukraine is not peace, it’s PR for Putin.
April 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Examples of how pacifism becomes fascism, or at least bends the knee to the authoritarian expansionist regime of Putin.
Such actions normalize oppression under the guise of peace.
Appealing to peace while ignoring the ongoing slaughter in Ukraine is not peace, it’s PR for Putin.
Such actions normalize oppression under the guise of peace.
Appealing to peace while ignoring the ongoing slaughter in Ukraine is not peace, it’s PR for Putin.