Sherrill Stroschein
@sherrillstroschein.bsky.social
Political Science and other things
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Updated reading list, topic of non-democracies and hybrid regimes for class this year.
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It's also an example of the underlying problem being the same cruelty that they now think will solve it!
The reason for expensive taxis is that they restricted bus travel to appease the same people!
The reason for expensive taxis is that they restricted bus travel to appease the same people!
This is just revolting cruelty, done to pander to racists who won't give it the time of day. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 8:44 AM
It's also an example of the underlying problem being the same cruelty that they now think will solve it!
The reason for expensive taxis is that they restricted bus travel to appease the same people!
The reason for expensive taxis is that they restricted bus travel to appease the same people!
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Norwegian researchers: #Russia military victory in #Ukraine would cost #Europe twice as much as successful Ukrainian resistance
#UkraineWar
#UkraineWar
#UkraineWar, Day 1,374: #Russia Murders 2+, Injures 27+ in Attacks on #Kyiv
#Ukraine #RussiaWarCrimes
eaworldview.com/2025/11/ukra...
#Ukraine #RussiaWarCrimes
eaworldview.com/2025/11/ukra...
Ukraine War, Day 1,374: Russia Murders 2+, Injures 27+ in Attacks on Kyiv - EA WorldView
2+ civilians murdered and 27 injured, including a child, in Russia's latest strikes on Ukraine's capital Kyiv: "It was a really awful night"
eaworldview.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Norwegian researchers: #Russia military victory in #Ukraine would cost #Europe twice as much as successful Ukrainian resistance
#UkraineWar
#UkraineWar
Please sign so this can be discussed in Parliament.
Few more signatures! We’ve built the goal and provided the ball!
Now shoot!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Now shoot!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Please sign so this can be discussed in Parliament.
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Few more signatures! We’ve built the goal and provided the ball!
Now shoot!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Now shoot!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Few more signatures! We’ve built the goal and provided the ball!
Now shoot!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Now shoot!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Our intro to the 2026 Ethnopolitics special issue on Protest & Power-Sharing is out. It brings together great scholars & cases — Lebanon, Bosnia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Northern Ireland — on how protest & power-sharing interact. Grateful to contributors: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Contesting Power-sharing: Contentious Politics in Divided Societies
This introduction outlines an agenda for research on protest and power-sharing. Power-sharing scholarship has ignored grassroots contentious politics, viewing protest as a threat to the top-down mo...
www.tandfonline.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Our intro to the 2026 Ethnopolitics special issue on Protest & Power-Sharing is out. It brings together great scholars & cases — Lebanon, Bosnia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Northern Ireland — on how protest & power-sharing interact. Grateful to contributors: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Yep. They'll come to you in private and say how glad they were you spoke up, but whenever they get the chance to *actually* back you up; crickets.
Have had to resist bullies a few times in my work life. And I can say this is *always* what happens with other people around.
Heads down, silence, waiting for it all to go away. Nobody else to stand up.
I don't know why. But it isn't just the press corps.
Heads down, silence, waiting for it all to go away. Nobody else to stand up.
I don't know why. But it isn't just the press corps.
Would it kill somebody to say “Nancy is not stupid.” It pains me to see the WH press corps just accept the abuse. Sends the wrong image to Americans and the world IMHO.
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Yep. They'll come to you in private and say how glad they were you spoke up, but whenever they get the chance to *actually* back you up; crickets.
Have had to resist bullies a few times in my work life. And I can say this is *always* what happens with other people around.
Heads down, silence, waiting for it all to go away. Nobody else to stand up.
I don't know why. But it isn't just the press corps.
Heads down, silence, waiting for it all to go away. Nobody else to stand up.
I don't know why. But it isn't just the press corps.
Would it kill somebody to say “Nancy is not stupid.” It pains me to see the WH press corps just accept the abuse. Sends the wrong image to Americans and the world IMHO.
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Have had to resist bullies a few times in my work life. And I can say this is *always* what happens with other people around.
Heads down, silence, waiting for it all to go away. Nobody else to stand up.
I don't know why. But it isn't just the press corps.
Heads down, silence, waiting for it all to go away. Nobody else to stand up.
I don't know why. But it isn't just the press corps.
Holy crap
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
One in 10 UK parents say their child has been blackmailed online, NSPCC finds
Harms include threats to release intimate pictures as charity warns against parents sharing photos or details of children online
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Holy crap
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Fewer workers. Fewer international students. More people leaving.
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK net migration falls sharply with drop in arrivals for work and study
Provisional figures for net migration to the UK show levels dropped to 204,000 in the year to June 2025.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Fewer workers. Fewer international students. More people leaving.
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Headline on The World at One just now:
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
November 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Headline on The World at One just now:
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
Oh noes, how can they distract people if they know this
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Net migration drops by two-thirds as fewer people come to Britain for work or study
Fewer non-EU nationals are coming to the UK while more EU and British nationals are leaving the country - driving the lowest annual figure since 2021
www.independent.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Oh noes, how can they distract people if they know this
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Mark Kelly just SLAMMED Trump's attempts to intimidate and silence It is right out of the playbook of authoritarianism... your loyalty should not be to him, it should always be to the Constitution." 🎯
November 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Mark Kelly just SLAMMED Trump's attempts to intimidate and silence It is right out of the playbook of authoritarianism... your loyalty should not be to him, it should always be to the Constitution." 🎯
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a side note: you can learn *a lot* about British journalism when you realize that Boris Johnson was fired from his first job in it for serial dishonesty, and then promptly hired into a new job, where he continued to make up lies.
Not to pat my profession on the back, for all of our problems, but I do think it's to the law's credit that every US bar association that reviewed Glass' application for a license went "fuuuuuuuuuuuck no."
November 27, 2025 at 6:19 AM
a side note: you can learn *a lot* about British journalism when you realize that Boris Johnson was fired from his first job in it for serial dishonesty, and then promptly hired into a new job, where he continued to make up lies.
This is probably the funniest and most timely thing I have ever seen.
youtube.com/shorts/rr0Bd...
youtube.com/shorts/rr0Bd...
Talking to your family at Thanksgiving is hard. Let Leslie Jones handle it #dailyshow
YouTube video by The Daily Show
youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:36 AM
This is probably the funniest and most timely thing I have ever seen.
youtube.com/shorts/rr0Bd...
youtube.com/shorts/rr0Bd...
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however, the part of it that touches men really tends to create an environment where the notion of simply striving to be a good person is not really seen as a viable goal worthy of emulation
November 24, 2025 at 5:09 AM
however, the part of it that touches men really tends to create an environment where the notion of simply striving to be a good person is not really seen as a viable goal worthy of emulation
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The last few hours have proven 2 terrible things. First, the US and Russian governments are so close that the US government takes large parts of Russian proposals and passes them off as their own, and second that some people are so desperate to exonerate Trump that they act like this a good thing.
November 23, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The last few hours have proven 2 terrible things. First, the US and Russian governments are so close that the US government takes large parts of Russian proposals and passes them off as their own, and second that some people are so desperate to exonerate Trump that they act like this a good thing.
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Good Morning, America!
Right here, right now, there’s no place we’d rather be than with you.
#RadioFreeAmerica
youtu.be/MznHdJReoeo?...
Right here, right now, there’s no place we’d rather be than with you.
#RadioFreeAmerica
youtu.be/MznHdJReoeo?...
Jesus Jones - Right Here Right Now (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Jesus Jones
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November 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Good Morning, America!
Right here, right now, there’s no place we’d rather be than with you.
#RadioFreeAmerica
youtu.be/MznHdJReoeo?...
Right here, right now, there’s no place we’d rather be than with you.
#RadioFreeAmerica
youtu.be/MznHdJReoeo?...
Johnson to Covid bereaved:
"Quiet, Quiet Piggy"
"Quiet, Quiet Piggy"
November 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Johnson to Covid bereaved:
"Quiet, Quiet Piggy"
"Quiet, Quiet Piggy"
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
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If you start by saying how many people you are going to arrest, the entire operation should be enjoined. That’s not how anything should work.
Border agents are set to target communities in southeast Mississippi and Louisiana in a major immigration crackdown called "Swamp Sweep.”
Federal agents aim to arrest 5,000 people during the operation.
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Federal agents aim to arrest 5,000 people during the operation.
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Border Agents Target Mississippi Communities in ‘Swamp Sweep’
Border agents are set to conduct a major immigration crackdown called "Swamp Sweep,” targeting immigrants in southeast Mississippi and Louisiana.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
If you start by saying how many people you are going to arrest, the entire operation should be enjoined. That’s not how anything should work.
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New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like:
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“Embarrassing” and “horrifying”: CDC workers describe the new vaccines and autism page
"The best way I can put it is it feels like we're on a hijacked airplane."
www.motherjones.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like:
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”