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Ben
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Gay married southern liberal with woods and pets. Welcome to my livejournal.

If I haven’t independently verified your identity then I will assume you’re an LLM.
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benhixon.bsky.social
No response yet from Youngkin or Sheridan afaik. I mean, what can you even say to such utter demolition? Basically all they could do is accuse Ryan of lying. And a side-by-side reading makes it clear who is more believable. I think Youngkin's only play is to throw Sheridan under the bus. Roadkill.
Jim Ryan Breaks Silence on UVA Resignation
The former University of Virginia president who resigned abruptly in June accused the board of being dishonest about the circumstances of his exit and complicit in his ouster.
www.insidehighered.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
benhixon.bsky.social
She made Youngkin look like a befuddled sweater-vested amateur. I'm still grinning. Omg do not mess with wonder woman. This is exactly the kind of top shelf cut throat politics we need from a war time governor. It is so on.
November 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM
benhixon.bsky.social
Ryan is a respected professor of law. His notes are tremendously detailed. Sheridan is now roadkill. Youngkin is a lame duck liar whose little remaining influence is gone. Even Miyares' career might be over. And she's only been the Governor-elect for a week! She's not even sworn in! Oh my god.
November 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
benhixon.bsky.social
She sends out a modest letter saying wait to replace Jim Ryan until vacancies are filled. Youngkin takes the bait, sends out his letter. Youngkin-appointee Rector Rachel Sheridan duly sends out her letter corroborating Youngkin. And then BAM, Jim Ryan sends out 12 pages of contemporaneous notes.
November 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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man-w-no-name.bsky.social
This Beth Wilkinson lol www.cnn.com/videos/polit...
Kavanaugh’s attorney: He respects women | CNN Politics
Brett Kavanaugh’s attorney Beth Wilkinson tells CNN’s John Berman dozens of women have spoken in favor of her client, and that he treats women with dignity and respect.
www.cnn.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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bakerdphd.bsky.social
Jim alleges that the US DOJ told a UVA Board of Visitors member that, if the president did not resign, they would "bleed UVA white." I want to reiterate that, regardless of my issues with Jim Ryan as president, he is a respected professor of the law so I believe his contemporaneous notes.
Screenshot of the letter which reads: During the ten-day period before I resigned, I also reached out to a former Board member, who has extensive connections in DC, to see if there was some way to stop this from happening. We spent several days trying to understand if this was a bluff and/or if there were some way to forestall thelooming threat to UVA and to me. In the meantime, Paul Manning reached out directly to the DOJ lawyers to make sure he was not missing anything, and he said that they told him that if I didn’t resign, they would “bleed UVA white.”
November 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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bakerdphd.bsky.social
Primarily focused on the DOJ role in this but, as a higher ed scholar, I can't help but notice that UVA admin seemed a bit credulous. It feels like he genuinely thought he could satisfy the DOJ, and I just never believed that could happen.
Screenshot of the letter which reads: Rachel reported to me after the meeting that the DOJ lawyers were very upset and that they basically insisted that I would need to resign in order to resolve the various inquiries and avoid the federal government inflicting a great deal of damage to UVA. I found that a little shocking but also a little hard to believe. We nonetheless discussed what that might look like. I indicated then, as I did in many conversations that followed, that of course I would be willing to resign if it were in the best interest ofUVA, but I wasn’t sure it would be, given what it would mean in terms of letting the federal government decide who gets to be president of the University of Virginia. At the Board meeting, Rachel and Porter reported out on their conversation with the DOJ, and they explained how upset the lawyers were and how serious this was. They omitted, however, the part about the DOJ insisting that I needed to resign, for reasons I still do not understand. After the meeting, we received additional letters asking for more information and suggesting the DOJ’s patience was wearing thin. Given that the topic of my resignation did not come up again in the week that followed the board meeting, I chalked that piece of it up to a negotiating tactic or bluster and largely put it out of my mind. Rachel also seemed unclear, in our conversations, whether my resignation continued to be a real demandfrom the DOJ. We also decided to do an external compliance review, to make sure we were not violating any laws, thinking that this might satisfy the DOJ—and because we felt like we had nothing to hide. I am not sure if that was ever communicated to the DOJ attorneys.
November 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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drobertsimg.bsky.social
I’ve worked with Beth. It’s fucking incomprehensible that someone as smart as her would begin a conversation with a (potentially adverse) unrepresented party without providing some sort of Upjohn-type warning about who she represents. That’s something they teach you on day one of white collar work.
November 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
benhixon.bsky.social
and don't forget Acting Librarian of Congress lolol!
The President has named a new Acting Librarian of Congress. It's his former defense lawyer.
Todd Blanche, a former personal lawyer for President Trump, is now acting Librarian of Congress. According to his public profile, Blanche has no experience working in libraries or archives.
www.npr.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM