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Yoshiko Herrera

@yoshikoherrera.bsky.social
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Professor, Political Science Univ of Wisconsin-Madison. Comparative politics, social identities, nationalism, xenophobia, teaching on the Russian war on Ukraine yoshikoherrera.com

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Curt Hogg @cyrthogg.bsky.social · 17h
Jackson Chourio is now the Brewers all-time postseason home run leader. He is 22 years old.
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Yoshiko Herrera @yoshikoherrera.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Are you applying to #MPSA and working on countries from East European to Central Asian? Please note that thanks to the efforts spearheaded by Olena Nikolayenko we've successfully renamed section 29 from "(Post) Communist Countries" to "Politics of Eastern Europe and Central Asia"
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Margo Gontar @margogontar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Did you know Russia bombed Kyiv south bridge again today ? Yes the one connecting the left and right banks of Kyiv . For the 4th time in 3 days , yes. Well now you do .
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Yoshiko Herrera @yoshikoherrera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is an amazing interview with Robert “Magyar” Brovdi, the head of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces (drones). He makes a lot of insightful points about the war and also about technology and AI and the future of warfare. Subscribe to Ukraine: The Latest here: youtube.com/@ukrainethel...
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Exclusive interview: Ukraine’s drone chief Robert ‘Magyar’ Brovdi – ‘We will turn Putin’s soldiers into stewed meat’
Podcast Episode · Ukraine: The Latest · September 28 · 54m
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is Ilya Honcharov. He was only 14 years old. Russia killed him in Vyshhorod, Kyiv Region on September 30 🕯💔 ​Ilya’s family had moved to the Kyiv region from Sumy to escape relentless bombings, only for a Russian missile to strike the building where they lived.
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Yoshiko Herrera @yoshikoherrera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
@radiofreetom.bsky.social: “Hegseth’s speech proved, yet again, that he is manifestly unfit for his job.”
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Pete Hegseth, Idea Guy
His State of the Force address was a partisan disgrace—with a few good ideas buried in it.
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Matthew J Kuiper @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The latest despicable act in putin’s criminal war
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Russian Drone Strikes Ukraine’s Science Academy, Causing Fire in City Center (Gift Article)
A Russian jet-powered drone hit Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences, the source of almost all of the country’s major scientific discoveries.
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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
All day long, Kyiv was under attack by russian drones. Residential buildings, schools, kindergartens, petrol stations, office buildings, data centres, cars - just some of what was hit or damaged. Midnight came.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wild stuff. Sheri Mecklenberg, career prosecutor accused of misconduct in Broadview 6 case, resigns from DOJ. The NYT obtained her scathing resignation letter, in which she says the U.S. attorney directed her to bring felony charges over her objection. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Read the document (Gift Article)
Sheri H. Mecklenburg resignation letter
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“only nixon could go to china but only trump can go to the airport wearing one glove and a winter coat in september with a bunch of droids”
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Margo Gontar @margogontar.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So, Russia just attacked Kyiv with ~ 20 missiles , early reports say . What a truly monstrously expensive way to pursue a city that doesn’t want you , Russia .
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Yoshiko Herrera @yoshikoherrera.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
another day, another national security breach for this admin with no accountability and no consequences for those in charge
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is Radio Svoboda interview with the volunteer working with Oleshky. Everyone should hear/read this! Iryna-Ester Vrataryova, volunteer: "People describe the horror, the total genocide. This famine has reached such a scale that,
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
Zelenskyy: "For first time in Russia’s history, we now hear that its oil industry is running on fumes. Our target is Russia’s ability to finance this war, to drag it out, to make it more brutal & destructive. Russia’s finances & Russia’s production are what must be stopped if Putin is to be stopped”
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.
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F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trump’s obsession with these vulgar memorials to his own vanity is a reminder of the darkness around him, of his hostility to democracy, his loathing of honor, and his disordered mind. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Trump’s Monumental Obsession
The president fantasizes about a capital city full of memorials—to himself.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Everything the pro-Trump billionaire Ellison family will now own: Paramount+ CBS CNN Showtime HBO Warner Bros TNT TBS MTV DC Studios Nickelodeon Comedy Central And more... With this comes the power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told. Shameful.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Damning new reporting on the breadth of Trump's deportation operation that follows up on two scoops from The Handbasket last year: the State Department's creation of the Office of Remigration and monetary agreements with "third countries" to accept refugees from elsewhere.
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How Trump turned a refugee bureau into a $410 million deportation operation
Inside the secret deals powering the president’s push to deport migrants to countries not their own.
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Yoshiko Herrera @yoshikoherrera.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We are in the phase of the Wall Street Journal now being an outlet that investigates and highlights white collar corruption
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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Lukashenka: Even if we wanted to supply potash to the West, there's nothing to supply
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A rare instance of coordinated resistance from elite civil society www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Major TV networks decline White House pool duties
The move comes after the Trump administration restricted access to the White House for CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO.
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Margo Gontar @margogontar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
‘ writing this and my hands are just shaking’ Ukrainian shares on socials . ‘My son and I are in a bomb shelter . It hit nearby . It’s so hard ‘
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
More than 4 years on, Russia Today is still busy trying to deny the Bucha massacre, despite multiple investigations by human rights organisations, international bodies, and investigative journalists that showed Russia's responsibilities.
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Olga Patlyuk @olgapatluyk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
OLESHKY IS BEING STARVED
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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This should be a multi-week scandal but now it's just Friday
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More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly
Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.
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Lisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Not only did I meet Robert Kraft, I worked for him. His kid Jonathan asked me to “remove the black music” from my gameday playlist in ‘94 & I refused so they fired me. I was the cheerleader director at the time.  I sued them for wrongful termination and won. So yes, I know that motherfucker. 
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
For 33 years, McConnell has voted against family and medical leave for working Americans. Then he disappears from the Senate for 92 days and keeps collecting his full paycheck. Apparently, paid leave is only a problem when someone else gets it.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Stock Trades by Presidents While in Office: Bill Clinton: ZERO George W. Bush: ZERO Barack Obama: ZERO Donald Trump (first term): 517 Joe Biden: ZERO Donald Trump (second term): 24,000+, averaging >60 trades per trading day. This is why the crook in the Oval Office manipulates the markets.
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Margo Gontar @margogontar.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Have your media told you Russia bombed a Kyiv passenger train going to city of Mykolaiv this morning ? And that Russia hit the train 3 times in a row, one after another ?
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Unprecedented corruption
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 16/09/2026
⚡️ Angelina Jolie visited Kharkiv during 3rd wartime trip to Ukraine in August. Hollywood star Angelina Jolie met with Ukrainian teachers and coaches who continue teaching and training children despite relentless Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure.
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Angelina Jolie visited Kharkiv during 3rd wartime trip to Ukraine in August
Hollywood star Angelina Jolie met with Ukrainian teachers and coaches who continue teaching and training children despite relentless Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 16/09/2026
Read Mikhal Zygar on Umar Kremlev, the oligarch who helped pay for Don Jr's wedding zygaro.substack.com/p/the-oligar...
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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“We have two major waterways obstructed, active attacks, Iran escalating attacks, proxies being active and no signs of diplomatic talks,” Ms. Bakr said. “It’s a disastrous situation when you’re looking at it from an energy security angle.”
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Global Oil Prices Could Hit Highest Levels in Months After Saudi Pipeline Attacks
Estimates vary on how long it could take before a crucial pipeline is repaired, but a prolonged shutdown could push oil prices to their highest levels in months.
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Milwaukee Brewers @brewersbot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Milwaukee Brewers are doing it again #WinOurWay
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
NEW: The Ukrainian military gave its first explicit confirmation of ongoing Ukrainian counteroffensive operations against the Russian salient northwest of Lyman. (1/9) Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar091526
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[Christopher M. Federico] @chrispps.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“‘These are not 'squirters' getting through,’ the service member added, referencing language used by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after the deadly March 1 attack on Port of Shuaiba in Kuwait that killed six U.S. troops. ‘We're not defending these bases. We're just watching them get destroyed.’”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/09/2026
Ossoff: "Here are Qs I have: is it the case that Kremlev was in China with Putin just days before he attended the wedding and gave what appears to have been a lavish gift to the president's son? And what are his ties to Russia's security services?...these folks are not just corrupt. They're clowns."
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
NEW: Ukrainian forces in late 2025 and throughout 2026 have successfully contested the initiative at both the strategic and operational levels for the first time since the August 2024 Kursk Offensive. 🧵(1/10) Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar091226
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
An energy and infrastructure ceasefire would be so nice. People who say that Ukrainians don't want it do not understand what a winter of Russian terror feels like. How hard it is, how devastating, how deadly. ​Plus, we would very much like to... not be bombed. ​The problem is we know Russia well,
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
What a surprise to learn that a Russian oligarch close to Putin paid for Junior’s lavish wedding. Who could’ve expected it?
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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A Russian oligarch, who was awarded a medal in April 2026 by Putin, attended and paid for much of President Trump's son's wedding in May 2026. I'm not even sure this can be called a conflict of interest anymore - there appears to be no conflict at all, just Putin's interests.🤦‍♀️
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Yet another confirmation that Ovechkin is a Putinist. He makes his money in the West while supporting Russian imperialism and its desire to bring on the demise of the West.
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 14/09/2026
Our research, commissioned by the National Academies, is summarized here at @piie.com —> www.piie.com/blogs/realti... And the full paper is here —> nap.nationalacademies.org/resource/292...
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A new US rule to restrict student visas will hurt the US economy
The Trump administration issued a final rule in July that gives it discretion to cut short the course of study of most international students at US universities. It will likely use this new power to b...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This administration is all-in when it comes to grown men who are into abusing children.
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Olga Patlyuk @olgapatluyk.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
While some people are saying that Ukraine should give territory to Russia, telling us what we can and cannot do, I read yet another piece of news: once again, the heart of a defender who had been returned from Russian captivity has stopped. And there are so many stories like this.1/2
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Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 @pravda.ua · 13/09/2026
‼️ Russia attacks passenger train 2 km from Polish border
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Russia attacks passenger train 2 km from Polish border
Russian forces struck a passenger train locomotive in Volyn Oblast just 2 km from the Polish border; no injuries reported, Ukrzaliznytsia says.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Matthew Yglesias & @mattyglesias
The GOP operative class is younger, better educated, and more urban than the national average which means their intuitions pull the party to the center.
The Dem operative class is also younger, better educated, and more urban but that means their biases pull Dems off-center.
4:15 PM • 11/7/22 • Twitter for iPhone
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Margo Gontar @margogontar.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The trains are no longer running to city of Sumy because of rising number of Russian attack. The war is growing.
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