Andrew Lebovich

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#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.

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

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

This.

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

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

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

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.

So many conservatives calling for affirmative action for conservative academics!

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.

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

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

Any sense of how far?

Zizek bait right here.

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

Oh yeah, Trump is absolutely all over those files.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Also wasn’t this a year after a Trump purportedly banned Epstein from Mar-a-Lago?

You and I have perhaps different readings of Hudson…

Under this Supreme Court, Joe Biden couldn't forgive student debt because that would be a presidential overreach, but Trump can demand that anyone who looks like they may be an immigrant show their papers.

Mali: attaque à Mopti, poursuite du blocus jihadiste à Kayes et citernes incendiées à Sikasso Au Mali, plusieurs incidents sécuritaires ont été rapportés samedi 6 septembre 2025. Les jihadistes du Groupe de soutien à l'islam et aux musulmans (Jnim, lié à al-Qaïda) poursuivent l'application du…

There was an attack in Kassela recently, but it's a sign of where things are now that JNIM can set up checkpoints for several hours near there (around 50 km from Bamako) without the FAMa confronting them: www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/2...

I would really love to know where Trump got this specific idea from.