Lenka Hrbková
@lenkahrbkova.bsky.social
Political science at MUNI FSS
and Institut SYRI; political attitudes, polarization, experimental polsci, gender and politics
and Institut SYRI; political attitudes, polarization, experimental polsci, gender and politics
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Just came across this case a couple of days ago while on a hike with family. Landau, the wealthy picturesque town in South-Western Germany close to where I grew up, voted to retain street names associated with the NS-regime:63% on a turnout of almost 70% (concurrence with federal election).
August 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Just came across this case a couple of days ago while on a hike with family. Landau, the wealthy picturesque town in South-Western Germany close to where I grew up, voted to retain street names associated with the NS-regime:63% on a turnout of almost 70% (concurrence with federal election).
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So, here it is. Thanks to a new state law that was NEVER DEBATED, Indiana University has committed itself to abolishing majors in African-American/African Diaspora Studies: American Studies; Art History; French; Italian; Religious Studies etc. DOZENS of majors. www.ipm.org/news-section...
Indiana public colleges cut almost 20% of degrees
Public Indiana colleges and universities have eliminated 19 percent of their degree programs to meet requirements added to the state’s budget, according to the Commission for Higher Education.
www.ipm.org
June 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
So, here it is. Thanks to a new state law that was NEVER DEBATED, Indiana University has committed itself to abolishing majors in African-American/African Diaspora Studies: American Studies; Art History; French; Italian; Religious Studies etc. DOZENS of majors. www.ipm.org/news-section...
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*Register data* results now published for whole Germany:
37% of women under 25 voted for die Linke in the German federal elections in 2025.
Also very striking to see that the AfD was the strongest party among *all age groups of men except those older than 60*.
37% of women under 25 voted for die Linke in the German federal elections in 2025.
Also very striking to see that the AfD was the strongest party among *all age groups of men except those older than 60*.
June 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
*Register data* results now published for whole Germany:
37% of women under 25 voted for die Linke in the German federal elections in 2025.
Also very striking to see that the AfD was the strongest party among *all age groups of men except those older than 60*.
37% of women under 25 voted for die Linke in the German federal elections in 2025.
Also very striking to see that the AfD was the strongest party among *all age groups of men except those older than 60*.
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It should not be lost on anyone that Minnesota Rep Melissa Hortman, who was shot to death in her home last night by an assassin, was a gun safety advocate who worked tirelessly to protect her constituents from gun violence.
June 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
It should not be lost on anyone that Minnesota Rep Melissa Hortman, who was shot to death in her home last night by an assassin, was a gun safety advocate who worked tirelessly to protect her constituents from gun violence.
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Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated last night, was the Speaker of the Minnesota House in the 2023-2024 session, when Democrats ran the state government.
That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.
That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.
June 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated last night, was the Speaker of the Minnesota House in the 2023-2024 session, when Democrats ran the state government.
That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.
That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.
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If you were an enemy who wanted to undermine the US, especially its economic power and security, you simply could not do any better than the first four months of the Trump 2.0 administration.
May 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
If you were an enemy who wanted to undermine the US, especially its economic power and security, you simply could not do any better than the first four months of the Trump 2.0 administration.
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Appeal from colleagues at Harvard:
"...we also call upon our fellow institutions of higher education in the United States to declare their willingness to facilitate the immediate co-enrollment of Harvard’s international students., including formal acceptance of transfer for immigration purposes."
"...we also call upon our fellow institutions of higher education in the United States to declare their willingness to facilitate the immediate co-enrollment of Harvard’s international students., including formal acceptance of transfer for immigration purposes."
May 23, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Appeal from colleagues at Harvard:
"...we also call upon our fellow institutions of higher education in the United States to declare their willingness to facilitate the immediate co-enrollment of Harvard’s international students., including formal acceptance of transfer for immigration purposes."
"...we also call upon our fellow institutions of higher education in the United States to declare their willingness to facilitate the immediate co-enrollment of Harvard’s international students., including formal acceptance of transfer for immigration purposes."
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New publication @wepsocial.bsky.social w/ Timothy Hellwig and Lawrence Ezrow!
We argue and show that non-centrist/extreme governments prioritize their core supporters over the median voter when making policy.
However, this strategy is likely to backfire at the next election.
tinyurl.com/ynexbzwh
We argue and show that non-centrist/extreme governments prioritize their core supporters over the median voter when making policy.
However, this strategy is likely to backfire at the next election.
tinyurl.com/ynexbzwh
May 23, 2025 at 6:37 AM
New publication @wepsocial.bsky.social w/ Timothy Hellwig and Lawrence Ezrow!
We argue and show that non-centrist/extreme governments prioritize their core supporters over the median voter when making policy.
However, this strategy is likely to backfire at the next election.
tinyurl.com/ynexbzwh
We argue and show that non-centrist/extreme governments prioritize their core supporters over the median voter when making policy.
However, this strategy is likely to backfire at the next election.
tinyurl.com/ynexbzwh
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📢 Excited to share my publication in the EJPR! I examine ideological alignment, arguing for asymmetry—left-wing partisans are more aligned than the right. Analyzing 15 countries, 20 issues, and two time points, I reveal evidence and limits of this asymmetry. 🧵
doi.org/10.1111/1475...
doi.org/10.1111/1475...
One more constrained than the other: Asymmetrical ideological alignment and its implications for polarization
This study examines the ideological alignment of beliefs within opposing partisan camps in Europe. Integrating multiple types of research, I hypothesize that partisans on the ideological left exhibit...
doi.org
April 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
📢 Excited to share my publication in the EJPR! I examine ideological alignment, arguing for asymmetry—left-wing partisans are more aligned than the right. Analyzing 15 countries, 20 issues, and two time points, I reveal evidence and limits of this asymmetry. 🧵
doi.org/10.1111/1475...
doi.org/10.1111/1475...
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It is legally impossible to deport citizens. This is not deportation. Removing citizens to foreign prisons, knowing to a certainty that they will be subjected to treatment that violates the U.S. constitution, doesn’t deserve any label that connotes legal legitimacy.
April 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
It is legally impossible to deport citizens. This is not deportation. Removing citizens to foreign prisons, knowing to a certainty that they will be subjected to treatment that violates the U.S. constitution, doesn’t deserve any label that connotes legal legitimacy.
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i am fascinated by the outright refusal of people in the professional political commentary class to just consider the possibility that there is no plan and that trump really is a braying idiot with the more acute case of narcissistic personality disorder on record
April 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
i am fascinated by the outright refusal of people in the professional political commentary class to just consider the possibility that there is no plan and that trump really is a braying idiot with the more acute case of narcissistic personality disorder on record
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Here’s Elon cutting pediatric brain cancer research 👇🏻
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Here’s Elon cutting pediatric brain cancer research 👇🏻
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I decided to start a #thread 🧵 of stories about legal residents and tourists being (illegally) arrested, detained and/or deported by the Trump regime. I'll only post stories from serious sources, as rumors and conspiracies are really not needed in this authoritarian moment.
March 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I decided to start a #thread 🧵 of stories about legal residents and tourists being (illegally) arrested, detained and/or deported by the Trump regime. I'll only post stories from serious sources, as rumors and conspiracies are really not needed in this authoritarian moment.
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Meanwhile, in Rome: demonstration in support of Europe
(Yes, you read that correctly - now they’re waving European flags not in Tbilisi or Kyiv, but in the heart of ‘old Europe’)
(Yes, you read that correctly - now they’re waving European flags not in Tbilisi or Kyiv, but in the heart of ‘old Europe’)
Piazza Europa
Piazza del Popolo, 15,30h.
Roma.
(Foto:La Repubblica)
Piazza del Popolo, 15,30h.
Roma.
(Foto:La Repubblica)
March 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Meanwhile, in Rome: demonstration in support of Europe
(Yes, you read that correctly - now they’re waving European flags not in Tbilisi or Kyiv, but in the heart of ‘old Europe’)
(Yes, you read that correctly - now they’re waving European flags not in Tbilisi or Kyiv, but in the heart of ‘old Europe’)
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Suspension of Hungarian citizenship. A new constitutional amendment would allow for the “suspension” of Hungarian citizenship for dual nationals. This is a thread on the possible consequences, the terrible historical examples, and legal problems.
March 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Suspension of Hungarian citizenship. A new constitutional amendment would allow for the “suspension” of Hungarian citizenship for dual nationals. This is a thread on the possible consequences, the terrible historical examples, and legal problems.
Nearly a year after the assassination attempt on Prime Minister Robert Fico, how do Slovaks perceive political violence today? See my colleagues' analysis ⬇️
In May 2024, a lone shooter attacked the Slovak prime minister. Despite calls for unity, governing officials blamed the opposition for inciting violence. Ten months later, we still observe its effects on people's attitudes and support for political violence. A 🧵 based on a new survey.
March 13, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Nearly a year after the assassination attempt on Prime Minister Robert Fico, how do Slovaks perceive political violence today? See my colleagues' analysis ⬇️
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🎉 New paper in PNAS: Urban highways are barriers to social ties
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2408937122
Highways are barriers that cut opportunities for social ties. We quantify this effect by overlaying the US highway network with millions of social ties from Twitter.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2408937122
Highways are barriers that cut opportunities for social ties. We quantify this effect by overlaying the US highway network with millions of social ties from Twitter.
March 5, 2025 at 7:57 AM
🎉 New paper in PNAS: Urban highways are barriers to social ties
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2408937122
Highways are barriers that cut opportunities for social ties. We quantify this effect by overlaying the US highway network with millions of social ties from Twitter.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2408937122
Highways are barriers that cut opportunities for social ties. We quantify this effect by overlaying the US highway network with millions of social ties from Twitter.
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The ugly truth: Europe has been more generous to Russia than Ukraine.
Paying the costs of war
Keir Starmer’s defence spending increase is a very expensive lesson in failing to plan ahead.
www.newstatesman.com
March 1, 2025 at 5:02 AM
The ugly truth: Europe has been more generous to Russia than Ukraine.
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It can't get any worse!
[It gets worse]
[It gets worse]
February 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
It can't get any worse!
[It gets worse]
[It gets worse]
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I will never forget the photo of Zelenskyy’s face after he saw Russia’s war crimes in Bucha in 2022. He seemed to age years in an afternoon. Watching him constantly cross the world asking for aid that should have been thrown at him is one of the deepest shames of our age.
February 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I will never forget the photo of Zelenskyy’s face after he saw Russia’s war crimes in Bucha in 2022. He seemed to age years in an afternoon. Watching him constantly cross the world asking for aid that should have been thrown at him is one of the deepest shames of our age.
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How many federal workers would DOGE need to fire to make up for Musk not paying his fair share of taxes?
Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce.
Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.
Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce.
Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.
February 21, 2025 at 1:12 AM
How many federal workers would DOGE need to fire to make up for Musk not paying his fair share of taxes?
Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce.
Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.
Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce.
Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.
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This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com
At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...
clarksvillenow.com
February 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
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“Most vilified”?! “Most powerful”?! “Hard right”?!
I see at the Economist we have given up even attempting serious reporting on the upcoming German election
I see at the Economist we have given up even attempting serious reporting on the upcoming German election
February 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
“Most vilified”?! “Most powerful”?! “Hard right”?!
I see at the Economist we have given up even attempting serious reporting on the upcoming German election
I see at the Economist we have given up even attempting serious reporting on the upcoming German election
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Male-female friendships are a under-rated driver of gender equality.
When women can fraternise freely, they can share ideas, gain respect, & build empathy with men who care about their wants & welfare.
Countries with high male-female friendships score better on equality 👇
When women can fraternise freely, they can share ideas, gain respect, & build empathy with men who care about their wants & welfare.
Countries with high male-female friendships score better on equality 👇
February 15, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Male-female friendships are a under-rated driver of gender equality.
When women can fraternise freely, they can share ideas, gain respect, & build empathy with men who care about their wants & welfare.
Countries with high male-female friendships score better on equality 👇
When women can fraternise freely, they can share ideas, gain respect, & build empathy with men who care about their wants & welfare.
Countries with high male-female friendships score better on equality 👇