1/ So many thoughts about this whole, pathetic episode. But two stand out. www.texastribune.org/2025/09/19/t...

This book is a must-read to understand where we are, how we got here, and maybe what we can do about it. 👇

Reading unapproved faculty senate meeting minutes from last month, as one does at 4:45, and wow, actual good news - “the merited leave that will change its name to sabbatical and eligible faculty will be able to apply for in the 6th year instead of the 7th year.”

Woohoo, received this in the mail today:

Immigration policymaking in the US has long been defined by years of divisions within and across parties - the complex political alliances that got the country to the INA in 1965 have failed to come together for major comprehensive reform since.

All summer, I’ve been speaking to a Nigerian mom of two kids who won fear-based protection in an immigration court. Under a previous admin, she would have likely been released, but ICE refused to let her out and tried to deport her to Ghana -> @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

It is North Texas Giving Day, and Cowtown Friends is the nonprofit that provides me and other fosters (for our very overwhelmed city shelter) with the resources we need to save dogs and get them adopted or on transport out of state. Help is always appreciated!

Doing some class prep. on sheriffs (inspired by @mirya.bsky.social & @emayfarris.bsky.social's book) so I decided to look at competitiveness in #ncpol sheriff elections in 2022. Out of 100 counties, just 2 could be described as even moderately competitive. & look at the # that were unopposed ⬅️ ➡️ !

What bizarre timeline are we in where Karl Rove and John Yoo would be the voices of reason…

You know things are rough when the AAUP's advice on how to use social media is just "set all your accounts to private."

Reading some old media coverage of Trump's 2016 campaign announcement, and it feels like a different universe to read Fox News describe Trump's announcement as "rambling." www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...

Now online ft. @martypjordan.bsky.social! Political science interns face secondary traumatic stress (STS) from their fieldwork. This study reveals its prevalence and highlights the need for better support to protect students' well-being. doi.org/10.1017/S104...

What has always been striking to me about this case is how quickly it replaced precedent from a case that decided only a few years earlier the exact opposite. There’s always hope for change for the better.

Chotiner interview with @lilymasonphd.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

You are free to say whatever we want.

I wrote about the Trump administration’s political prosecution and imprisonment of Kilmar Ábrego García for @newyorker.com. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Police are the biggest item in many city budgets.

The thing to emphasize here is that this treatment is *utterly normal.* It's part of the system of detention which has existed for decades. Folkston has been like this for many, many years,

Hagiography is one of those words I read for a while before hearing it pronounced, and I did not hear it in my head correctly at all.

Sure does seem to capture the vibe

If there was ever an Upshot piece written specifically for two people, @emayfarris.bsky.social and @mirya.bsky.social...