Joe Ura
@joeura.bsky.social
a private citizen commenting on matters of public concern. not at all speaking for my employer.
political science. law and courts. higher education. revolutionaries. tar heels. tigers. aggies. different tigers. sc.
political science. law and courts. higher education. revolutionaries. tar heels. tigers. aggies. different tigers. sc.
The definition of "race ideology," which will likely be banned at Texas A&M, includes "accus[ing a race or ethnicity] of being oppressors in a racial hierarchy or conspiracy."
That's functionally a ban on teaching vital swaths of American history.
That's functionally a ban on teaching vital swaths of American history.
The Texas A&M University System will vote on Thursday on whether to prohibit faculty at its 11 universities from teaching “race or gender ideology” unless those lessons are pre-approved by each campus president or a delegate.
Texas A&M to vote on banning “race and gender ideology”
The proposal appears to mark the first time a Texas university system offers definitions of what kind of instruction related to race and gender should not be permitted.
www.texastribune.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 AM
The definition of "race ideology," which will likely be banned at Texas A&M, includes "accus[ing a race or ethnicity] of being oppressors in a racial hierarchy or conspiracy."
That's functionally a ban on teaching vital swaths of American history.
That's functionally a ban on teaching vital swaths of American history.
The absence of principle and the collapse of leadership and the lack of strategy are the worst things, but another worst thing is the simple failure to do their homework and read the bill before they voted on it.
🚨 💰 WOW — @SenatorHagerty & @MarshaBlackburn snuck a provision into the spending bill that would let them sue the government for $500,000 because Jack Smith looked into their phone records around Trump’s insurrection.
The Republican grifting is endless. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
The Republican grifting is endless. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 AM
The absence of principle and the collapse of leadership and the lack of strategy are the worst things, but another worst thing is the simple failure to do their homework and read the bill before they voted on it.
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Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.
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Atlantic #GiftArticle
“What Nixon did episodically and covertly, knowing it was illegal or improper, Trump now does routinely and overtly. Prosecutorial decisions during this administration are a prime example.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
“What Nixon did episodically and covertly, knowing it was illegal or improper, Trump now does routinely and overtly. Prosecutorial decisions during this administration are a prime example.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Atlantic #GiftArticle
“What Nixon did episodically and covertly, knowing it was illegal or improper, Trump now does routinely and overtly. Prosecutorial decisions during this administration are a prime example.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
“What Nixon did episodically and covertly, knowing it was illegal or improper, Trump now does routinely and overtly. Prosecutorial decisions during this administration are a prime example.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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NEW: EXCLUSIVE: I spoke to sources at FBI and DOJ that reviewed the Epstein files. It’s worse than the photos. I’ll let you know what they said today at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @meidastouch.com. Link to show: www.youtube.com/live/hEi77Ib...
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
NEW: EXCLUSIVE: I spoke to sources at FBI and DOJ that reviewed the Epstein files. It’s worse than the photos. I’ll let you know what they said today at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @meidastouch.com. Link to show: www.youtube.com/live/hEi77Ib...
Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts is (was?) a scholar of Black and African American history.
The fact that man leading the re-erasure of Black Americans' contributions to our nation's history knows better makes this episode, somehow, even worse.
lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
The fact that man leading the re-erasure of Black Americans' contributions to our nation's history knows better makes this episode, somehow, even worse.
lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
November 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts is (was?) a scholar of Black and African American history.
The fact that man leading the re-erasure of Black Americans' contributions to our nation's history knows better makes this episode, somehow, even worse.
lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
The fact that man leading the re-erasure of Black Americans' contributions to our nation's history knows better makes this episode, somehow, even worse.
lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
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And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
‘How is this possible?’: a new film looks inside the appalling abuses of the Alabama prison system
In the year’s most shocking documentary, The Alabama Solution, prisoners share astonishing footage in a plea for help
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
Some folks were and are true believers---"You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We'll preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we'll sentence them to take the last step into a thousand years of darkness."
reagan judges, democracy's strongest soldiers
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Some folks were and are true believers---"You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We'll preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we'll sentence them to take the last step into a thousand years of darkness."
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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Judge Wolf’s decision to step down so he can be freed to speak candidly about this Administration’s attempts to undermine democracy and our court system is incredibly important. It would be amazing to see more, respected senior judges join forces. Now feels like the right time.
In what amounts to Mark Wolf’s resignation letter from the federal bench in Massachusetts forget more than 40 years—he was already a senior judge, so it creates no vacancy—he says he “intend[s] to advocate for the judges who cannot speak publicly for themselves.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Judge Wolf’s decision to step down so he can be freed to speak candidly about this Administration’s attempts to undermine democracy and our court system is incredibly important. It would be amazing to see more, respected senior judges join forces. Now feels like the right time.
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I think about this post every day 🧪
November 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I think about this post every day 🧪
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I'm becoming interested in the general phenomenon of norm equilibria that are getting shattered, and whether/ when that results in a new worse equilibrium.
Widespread pardons for Republicans convicted of corruption (see also Santos), the end of FCPA enforcement...
www.wsmv.com/2025/11/06/p...
Widespread pardons for Republicans convicted of corruption (see also Santos), the end of FCPA enforcement...
www.wsmv.com/2025/11/06/p...
President Trump pardons former TN House Speaker Glen Casada, chief of staff, after corruption convictions
President Donald Trump has pardoned the disgraced former Speaker of the Tennessee House Glen Casada and his co-conspirators after their corruption convictions and sentencing.
www.wsmv.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I'm becoming interested in the general phenomenon of norm equilibria that are getting shattered, and whether/ when that results in a new worse equilibrium.
Widespread pardons for Republicans convicted of corruption (see also Santos), the end of FCPA enforcement...
www.wsmv.com/2025/11/06/p...
Widespread pardons for Republicans convicted of corruption (see also Santos), the end of FCPA enforcement...
www.wsmv.com/2025/11/06/p...
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BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
I cannot stress it enough: this is the kind of thing Americans declared independence over. This kind of thing is why the Bill of Rights exists. This is why your high school history teacher made you read 18th century essays about standing armies. This. So this wouldn't happen here.
“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’”
@reuters.com #Chicago
www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
@reuters.com #Chicago
www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
November 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I cannot stress it enough: this is the kind of thing Americans declared independence over. This kind of thing is why the Bill of Rights exists. This is why your high school history teacher made you read 18th century essays about standing armies. This. So this wouldn't happen here.
Inconceivable!
November 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Inconceivable!
That's amazing! I have the same combination on my luggage!
November 4, 2025 at 12:09 AM
That's amazing! I have the same combination on my luggage!
October 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Excuse me? So the company the President currently owns is teaming up with a cryptocurrency company to create a prediction market, which will take bets... on things the President himself has quite a lot of control over?
Gosh, I'm sure nothing bad will happen.
www.ft.com/content/4855...
Gosh, I'm sure nothing bad will happen.
www.ft.com/content/4855...
October 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Excuse me? So the company the President currently owns is teaming up with a cryptocurrency company to create a prediction market, which will take bets... on things the President himself has quite a lot of control over?
Gosh, I'm sure nothing bad will happen.
www.ft.com/content/4855...
Gosh, I'm sure nothing bad will happen.
www.ft.com/content/4855...
Federalist: The necessity of a senate is not less indicated by the propensity of all single and numerous assemblies to yield to the impulse of sudden and violent passions, and to be seduced by factious leaders into intemperate and pernicious resolutions.
Antifederalist: Let me tell you about Tommy.
Antifederalist: Let me tell you about Tommy.
The Article I Crisis
Tuberville on Trump's third term: "He might be able to go around the Constitution, but that's up to him."
October 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Federalist: The necessity of a senate is not less indicated by the propensity of all single and numerous assemblies to yield to the impulse of sudden and violent passions, and to be seduced by factious leaders into intemperate and pernicious resolutions.
Antifederalist: Let me tell you about Tommy.
Antifederalist: Let me tell you about Tommy.
It is true that Trump cannot constitutionally be elected to a third term as president and also true that that fact will not stop him from seeking re-election in 2028.
The questions become would the Republican Party nominate him, would states exclude (or be allowed to exclude) him from their...
The questions become would the Republican Party nominate him, would states exclude (or be allowed to exclude) him from their...
October 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
It is true that Trump cannot constitutionally be elected to a third term as president and also true that that fact will not stop him from seeking re-election in 2028.
The questions become would the Republican Party nominate him, would states exclude (or be allowed to exclude) him from their...
The questions become would the Republican Party nominate him, would states exclude (or be allowed to exclude) him from their...
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“.. staffers were taken aback the next morning, when Thompson suggested during the daily network editorial call that it should ease up on covering Trump’s East Wing demolition ..”
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www.status.news/p/mark-thomp...
October 27, 2025 at 10:37 AM
“.. staffers were taken aback the next morning, when Thompson suggested during the daily network editorial call that it should ease up on covering Trump’s East Wing demolition ..”
@nataliekorach.bsky.social
@status.news
www.status.news/p/mark-thomp...
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The 4th Amendment requires the government to let you go about your business unless they have some reasonable basis to suspect that you specifically may be committing a crime. Kavanaugh's logic formalizes systematically weakening its protection based on your color, name, accents, or job.
NEW: The Kavanaugh stop, 50 days later. "What a sick world."
I asked Justice Brett Kavanaugh about his September 8 concurrence and the reality that has followed. Because he should be asked. He, unsurprisingly, did not respond.
Today, at Law Dork:
I asked Justice Brett Kavanaugh about his September 8 concurrence and the reality that has followed. Because he should be asked. He, unsurprisingly, did not respond.
Today, at Law Dork:
The Kavanaugh stop, 50 days later
"What a sick world." And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.
www.lawdork.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The 4th Amendment requires the government to let you go about your business unless they have some reasonable basis to suspect that you specifically may be committing a crime. Kavanaugh's logic formalizes systematically weakening its protection based on your color, name, accents, or job.