Trump depicts Obamas as apes

Scholar power: 12.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 32%, Political science 31%, Sociology 21%, Psychology 16%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Armin Nassehi	22%	31	12.2%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

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53.0%

14.1 h

38051

12.2%

Ranking score

0.41

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Reposted by Seth Masket, Daniel W. Drezner, Trevon D. Logan , and 5 more Seth Masket, Daniel W. Drezner, Trevon D. Logan, Erol Akçay, David Darmofal, Dan Immergluck, Alan Richardson, Scott A. Imberman

43%

Scholar power: 43.6%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 32%, Political science 31%, Sociology 21%, Psychology 16%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Seth Masket	25%	24	12.2%
🎓 Daniel W. Drezner	17%	45	11.4%
🎓 Trevon D. Logan	14%	21	6.4%
🎓 Erol Akçay	9%	29	4.8%
🎓 David Darmofal	12%	11	4.0%
🎓 Dan Immergluck	5%	23	2.4%
🎓 Alan Richardson	3%	21	1.4%
🎓 Scott A. Imberman	2%	23	1.0%
Total			43.6%

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52.0%

18.0 h

1114

43.6%

Ranking score

0.374

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Ron Filipkowski

@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

NEW STORY: Trump admits he was the one who found the video and asked that it be posted from his Truth Social account. Refuses to apologize.

February 7, 2026 at 12:48 AM

Reposted by Tobias Hübinette

6%

Scholar power: 6.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 32%, Political science 31%, Sociology 21%, Psychology 16%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Tobias Hübinette	16%	15	6.2%

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81.0%

23.7 h

10332

6.2%

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0.304

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Reposted by Brigid Laffan

14%

Scholar power: 14.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 32%, Political science 31%, Sociology 21%, Psychology 16%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Brigid Laffan	28%	27	14.5%

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48.0%

9.1 h

4910

14.5%

Ranking score

0.279

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

by Anders Aslund

42%

Scholar power: 42.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 32%, Political science 31%, Sociology 21%, Psychology 16%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Anders Aslund	24%	34	42.0%

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Scholar power

56.0%

16.1 h

248

42.0%

Ranking score

0.279

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by Seth Masket Reposted by Will Jennings, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Linda J. Skitka , and 2 more Will Jennings, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Linda J. Skitka, David R. Miller, Scott A. Imberman

81%

Scholar power: 81.6%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 32%, Political science 31%, Sociology 21%, Psychology 16%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Seth Masket	25%	24	36.7%
🎓 Will Jennings	29%	51	20.7%
🎓 Nathan P. Kalmoe	25%	17	10.3%
🎓 Linda J. Skitka	13%	61	10.2%
🎓 David R. Miller	6%	21	2.7%
🎓 Scott A. Imberman	2%	23	1.0%
Total			81.6%

Formula for scholar power: 3 × author's field match × √author's h-index + sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

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54.0%

17.7 h

119

81.6%

Ranking score

0.27

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🦃 Seth Masket 🦃

@smotus.bsky.social

Every day
Trump: [says something absolutely horrible]
Media: Why did the president say that
WH: Obviously the president didn't say that
Trump: Yes I did
WH: Ah well nevertheless

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h

NEW STORY: Trump admits he was the one who found the video and asked that it be posted from his Truth Social account. Refuses to apologize.

February 7, 2026 at 1:05 AM

Reposted by Marc Gopin

7%

Scholar power: 7.3%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 32%, Political science 31%, Sociology 21%, Psychology 16%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Marc Gopin	23%	10	7.3%

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46.0%

5.2 h

8722

7.3%

Ranking score

0.268

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Reposted by Will Jennings, Matthew Lebo, Trevon D. Logan , and 2 more Will Jennings, Matthew Lebo, Trevon D. Logan, David Darmofal, Rosemary A. Joyce

39%

Scholar power: 39.7%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 32%, Political science 31%, Sociology 21%, Psychology 16%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Will Jennings	29%	51	20.7%
🎓 Matthew Lebo	15%	21	6.9%
🎓 Trevon D. Logan	14%	21	6.4%
🎓 David Darmofal	12%	11	4.0%
🎓 Rosemary A. Joyce	3%	34	1.7%
Total			39.7%

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48.0%

18.8 h

1394

39.7%

Ranking score

0.262

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Acyn

@acyn.bsky.social

Reporter: Will you apologize for that racist video?

Trump: *walks away*

February 7, 2026 at 12:01 AM

Reposted by Will Jennings, Steve Peers, W. Andy Knight , and 1 more Will Jennings, Steve Peers, W. Andy Knight, Trevon D. Logan

53%

Scholar power: 53.1%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 32%, Political science 31%, Sociology 21%, Psychology 16%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Will Jennings	29%	51	20.7%
🎓 Steve Peers	27%	27	14.0%
🎓 W. Andy Knight	26%	21	11.9%
🎓 Trevon D. Logan	14%	21	6.4%
Total			53.1%

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46.0%

15.9 h

453

53.1%

Ranking score

0.244

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Acyn

@acyn.bsky.social

Reporter: The WH says a staffer sent that video. Are you going to fire the staffer?

Trump: No. I looked at it. I didn’t see the whole thing. I gave it to the people, they posted it.

Reporter: Are you going to apologize?

Trump: No, I didn’t make a mistake. It was a take off The Lion King.

February 7, 2026 at 2:50 AM

Reposted by Rafael Cardoso Sampaio

10%

Scholar power: 10.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 32%, Political science 31%, Sociology 21%, Psychology 16%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Rafael Cardoso Sampaio	29%	12	10.0%

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53.0%

21.0 h

25884

10.0%

Ranking score

0.232

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Reposted by Hugo Ñopo

5%

Scholar power: 5.9%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 32%, Political science 31%, Sociology 21%, Psychology 16%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Hugo Ñopo	12%	24	5.9%

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67.0%

24.0 h

9791

5.9%

Ranking score

0.216

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Reposted by Patrick Dunleavy, David Bartram

28%

Scholar power: 28.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 32%, Political science 31%, Sociology 21%, Psychology 16%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Patrick Dunleavy	29%	46	19.7%
🎓 David Bartram	18%	24	8.8%
Total			28.5%

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48.0%

23.9 h

1788

28.5%

Ranking score

0.158

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Max Berger

@maxberger.bsky.social

Donald Trump is:

- Openly racist
- Covering up evidence he may have sexually abused children
- Directly responsible for the murder of US citizens by masked agents of the state
- Openly looting the treasury and taking bribes from foreign leaders
- Polling at 38% amongst the American people

February 6, 2026 at 6:55 PM

Reposted by Steve Peers, Margot C. Finn

19%

Scholar power: 19.8%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 32%, Political science 31%, Sociology 21%, Psychology 16%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Steve Peers	27%	27	14.0%
🎓 Margot C. Finn	14%	17	5.8%
Total			19.8%

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65.0%

23.1 h

323

19.8%

Ranking score

0.154

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Rory Cellan-Jones

@rorycj.bsky.social

Hey @thetimes.com what is ’racism’ - surely depicting the Obamas as monkeys is just old fashioned racism?

February 6, 2026 at 7:38 PM

Reposted by Patrick Dunleavy

19%

Scholar power: 19.7%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 32%, Political science 31%, Sociology 21%, Psychology 16%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Patrick Dunleavy	29%	46	19.7%

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82.0%

6.0 h

1

19.7%

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0.153

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EUROPE SAYS

@europesays.bsky.social

I never thought I would see a US president post a video containing such an unquestionably racist image | US News

https://www.europesays.com/2761492/

When I first saw the image of Barack and Michelle Obama as apes come across my social media…

I never thought I would see a US president post a video containing such an unquestionably racist image | US News - EUROPE SAYS

When I first saw the image of Barack and Michelle Obama as apes come across my social media I thought it must have been fake.

www.europesays.com

February 7, 2026 at 12:46 PM

Reposted by Mohan J. Dutta

13%

Scholar power: 13.7%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 32%, Political science 31%, Sociology 21%, Psychology 16%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Mohan J. Dutta	19%	52	13.7%

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67.0%

20.2 h

416

13.7%

Ranking score

0.151

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by Michael E. Mann

22%

Scholar power: 22.1%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 32%, Political science 31%, Sociology 21%, Psychology 16%

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

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51.0%

3.8 h

3

22.1%

Ranking score

0.126

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Reposted by Geoffrey M. Hodgson

5%

Scholar power: 5.9%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 32%, Political science 31%, Sociology 21%, Psychology 16%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Geoffrey M. Hodgson	7%	72	5.9%

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53.0%

21.1 h

26462

5.9%

Ranking score

0.117

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by W. Andy Knight

35%

Scholar power: 35.7%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 32%, Political science 31%, Sociology 21%, Psychology 16%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 W. Andy Knight	26%	21	35.7%

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51.0%

3.2 h

3

35.7%

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0.117

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W. Andy Knight

@knight54.bsky.social

It’s unfortunate that the current president of the USA is a racist, convicted felon, who lies when he opens his mouth. But what’s even more bizarre is that about 30% of the American population supports him.

💙Patrice for Democracy 💙💚🦋🏖️🌞♓️♻️ 🇺🇦🇺🇸🇨🇦🌈🐶🐱🐴🐾✝️🫶🏻☮️🥳🍷🎭 @davis23patrice.bsky.social · 15h

I guess the POS never saw the Lion King.. there are no apes featured in that movie.

Coincidentally he put his vile racist message in time for Black History Month.

He knew exactly what he was doing. 🤬

February 7, 2026 at 3:33 PM

Reposted by David Darmofal

4%

Scholar power: 4.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 32%, Political science 31%, Sociology 21%, Psychology 16%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 David Darmofal	12%	11	4.0%

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50.0%

1.7 h

94

4.0%

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0.116

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NPR

@npr.org

Trump's racist post came at the end of a minute-long video promoting conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. After deleting the post, Trump told reporters he "didn't make a mistake."

Trump refuses to apologize after posting racist meme of the Obamas

Trump's racist post came at the end of a minute-long video promoting conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. After deleting the post, Trump told reporters he "didn't make a mistake."

n.pr

February 7, 2026 at 5:05 PM

Reposted by Bruce D. Baker

10%

Scholar power: 10.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 32%, Political science 31%, Sociology 21%, Psychology 16%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Bruce D. Baker	20%	26	10.2%

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71.0%

20.8 h

187

10.2%

Ranking score

0.11

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