Bad Bunny halftime sparks backlash

Reposted by Andrew L. Whitehead, Daniel W. Drezner, Jon Green , and 6 more Andrew L. Whitehead, Daniel W. Drezner, Jon Green, Simon Lester, David Darmofal, David R. Miller, James Goodwin, Sean P. Corcoran, Timothy D. McBride

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Communication & Media Studies 35%, Sociology 30%, Political science 20%, History 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Andrew L. Whitehead	17%	35	10.1%
🎓 Daniel W. Drezner	10%	45	6.7%
🎓 Jon Green	12%	24	5.9%
🎓 Simon Lester	7%	16	2.8%
🎓 David Darmofal	8%	11	2.7%
🎓 David R. Miller	4%	21	1.8%
🎓 James Goodwin	3%	26	1.5%
🎓 Sean P. Corcoran	2%	23	1.0%
🎓 Timothy D. McBride	0%	23	0.0%
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Aaron Rupar

@atrupar.com

Trump crashes out over Bad Bunny’s halftime show

The Super Bowl Halftime Show is absolutely terrible, one of the worst, EVER! It makes no sense, is an affront to the Greatness of America, and doesn’t represent our standards of Success, Creativity, or Excellence. Nobody understands a word this guy is saying, and the dancing is disgusting, especially for young children that are watching from throughout the U.S.A., and all over the World. This “Show” is just a “slap in the face” to our Country, which is setting new standards and records every single day — including the Best Stock Market and 401(k)s in History! There is nothing inspirational about this mess of a Halftime Show and watch, it will get great reviews from the Fake News Media, because they haven’t got a clue of what is going on in the REAL WORLD — And, by the way, the NFL should immediately replace its ridiculous new Kickoff Rule. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DONALD J. TRUMP

February 9, 2026 at 2:02 AM

Reposted by Michael McFaul

9%

Scholar power: 9.6%

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Communication & Media Studies 35%, Sociology 30%, Political science 20%, History 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Michael McFaul	16%	36	9.6%

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Reposted by Michael McFaul

9%

Scholar power: 9.6%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 35%, Sociology 30%, Political science 20%, History 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Michael McFaul	16%	36	9.6%

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Reposted by Lance Strate

9%

Scholar power: 9.4%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 35%, Sociology 30%, Political science 20%, History 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Lance Strate	26%	13	9.4%

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Reposted by Michael L. Naraine

7%

Scholar power: 7.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 35%, Sociology 30%, Political science 20%, History 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Michael L. Naraine	16%	19	7.0%

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by Ernesto Castañeda Reposted by Dan Immergluck

21%

Scholar power: 21.6%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 35%, Sociology 30%, Political science 20%, History 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Ernesto Castañeda	16%	16	19.2%
🎓 Dan Immergluck	5%	23	2.4%
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Ernesto Castañeda

@drernestocast.bsky.social

Halftime performance showed how most Latinos love America, even if some parts of America do not love them back.

It showed the reality that Latinos and Spanish are part of America's culture, its history, present & future.
As references to salsa show, this is not a new phenomenon but a good reminder.

Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 4h

Bad Bunny brought Puerto Rico to the Bay during his Super Bowl LX halftime show on Sunday.

Check out the latest updates from on and off the field at the link in our bio.

@sfchronicle.com

📸: @scottstrazzante @stephenlamphoto.bsky.social

February 9, 2026 at 3:13 AM

Reposted by Alejandro Gaviría

7%

Scholar power: 7.5%

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Communication & Media Studies 35%, Sociology 30%, Political science 20%, History 15%

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🎓 Alejandro Gaviría	16%	22	7.5%

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Reposted by Alejandro Gaviría

7%

Scholar power: 7.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 35%, Sociology 30%, Political science 20%, History 15%

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🎓 Alejandro Gaviría	16%	22	7.5%

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0.622

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Reposted by Mark Lubell, Jhumka Gupta, Sebastian Karcher , and 3 more Mark Lubell, Jhumka Gupta, Sebastian Karcher, Suzanne Conklin Akbari, Laurent Dubois, Alan Richardson

20%

Scholar power: 20.3%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 35%, Sociology 30%, Political science 20%, History 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Mark Lubell	6%	63	4.8%
🎓 Jhumka Gupta	7%	39	4.4%
🎓 Sebastian Karcher	10%	15	3.9%
🎓 Suzanne Conklin Akbari	10%	9	3.0%
🎓 Laurent Dubois	8%	13	2.9%
🎓 Alan Richardson	3%	21	1.4%
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0.61

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WCVB NewsCenter 5, Boston

@wcvb5.bsky.social

#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow

February 9, 2026 at 1:58 AM

Reposted by Flávia Freidenberg

7%

Scholar power: 7.0%

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🎓 Flávia Freidenberg	16%	19	7.0%

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0.563

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Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Ian Campbell, Mark Rice , and 1 more Brendan Nyhan, Ian Campbell, Mark Rice, Scott A. Imberman

19%

Scholar power: 19.3%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 35%, Sociology 30%, Political science 20%, History 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Brendan Nyhan	19%	51	13.6%
🎓 Ian Campbell	11%	15	4.3%
🎓 Mark Rice	2%	26	1.0%
🎓 Scott A. Imberman	1%	23	0.5%
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Joshua J. Friedman

@joshuajfriedman.com

A Reddit user identifies the boy who took a Grammy from Bad Bunny in the halftime show as five-year-old model Lincoln Fox and says that he was meant to represent Bad Bunny as a child www.instagram.com/the_lincfox/... www.reddit.com/user/BabySea...

Screenshot of a recent Instagram post from the account of child model Lincoln Fox showing a photo of a five-year-old in a brown shirt and blue pants with the caption, "I booked a cool gig! Can't wait to share it with you guys."

February 9, 2026 at 2:46 AM

by Nelson Flores

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Communication & Media Studies 35%, Sociology 30%, Political science 20%, History 15%

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🎓 Nelson Flores	14%	32	23.8%

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0.494

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Nelson Flores

@nelsonlflores.bsky.social

What this means is that even Trump watched Bad Bunny instead of Kid Rock 😂

apple.news/A3HE3nFP6TAi...

Trump says Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime was 'absolutely terrible' — Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday in a social media post that the Super Bowl halftime show fronted by Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny was

apple.news

February 9, 2026 at 5:41 AM

Reposted by Carlos Nunes Silva, Susan Young

7%

Scholar power: 7.1%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 35%, Sociology 30%, Political science 20%, History 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Carlos Nunes Silva	12%	18	5.1%
🎓 Susan Young	4%	24	2.0%
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MeidasTouch

@meidastouch.com

Bad Bunny’s closing messages during his Super Bowl performance:

“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”

February 9, 2026 at 1:51 AM

by Michael McFaul

28%

Scholar power: 28.8%

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Communication & Media Studies 35%, Sociology 30%, Political science 20%, History 15%

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🎓 Michael McFaul	16%	36	28.8%

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0.419

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Reposted by Michael L. Naraine

7%

Scholar power: 7.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 35%, Sociology 30%, Political science 20%, History 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Michael L. Naraine	16%	19	7.0%

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0.406

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Reposted by Joseph Schafer, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

10%

Scholar power: 10.7%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 35%, Sociology 30%, Political science 20%, History 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Joseph Schafer	13%	28	6.9%
🎓 Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò	9%	18	3.8%
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Jonathan M. Katz

@katz.theracket.news

If you didn’t catch the significance of the exploding transformers in Bad Bunny’s halftime show, I gotcha. Here’s one of a bunch of pieces I wrote from/on Puerto Rico about the crisis—and Trump’s role in it. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Washington’s Corruption Has Created Another Humanitarian Crisis in Puerto Rico

The island’s earthquakes are its latest man-made disaster.

slate.com

February 9, 2026 at 1:59 AM

by Michael McFaul

28%

Scholar power: 28.8%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 35%, Sociology 30%, Political science 20%, History 15%

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🎓 Michael McFaul	16%	36	28.8%

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0.41

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Reposted by Nathan P. Kalmoe, Stacy D. VanDeveer, David Darmofal , and 2 more Nathan P. Kalmoe, Stacy D. VanDeveer, David Darmofal, Magda Teter, Brian Jm Quinn

17%

Scholar power: 17.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 35%, Sociology 30%, Political science 20%, History 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Nathan P. Kalmoe	20%	17	8.2%
🎓 Stacy D. VanDeveer	5%	31	2.8%
🎓 David Darmofal	8%	11	2.7%
🎓 Magda Teter	11%	5	2.5%
🎓 Brian Jm Quinn	4%	7	1.1%
Total			17.2%

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NFL Daily News

@insidenflnews.bsky.social

Bad Bunny “together we are America”

February 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM

Reposted by Nathan P. Kalmoe, Daniel W. Drezner, Lisa Diedrich

16%

Scholar power: 16.9%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 35%, Sociology 30%, Political science 20%, History 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Nathan P. Kalmoe	20%	17	8.2%
🎓 Daniel W. Drezner	10%	45	6.7%
🎓 Lisa Diedrich	6%	11	2.0%
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52.0%

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0.355

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Phil Lewis

@phillewis.bsky.social

FYI: The little boy in Bad Bunny's #SuperBowl halftime show wasn't Liam Ramos as some have said, it was a child actor: Lincoln Fox www.instagram.com/the_lincfox/...

Instagram

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February 9, 2026 at 2:46 AM

by Michael McFaul

28%

Scholar power: 28.8%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 35%, Sociology 30%, Political science 20%, History 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Michael McFaul	16%	36	28.8%

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52.0%

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71

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0.378

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