Rick Ursery

My understanding is that Japan and Japanese culture is based on ethnicity. If you immigrate to Japan, you will never become Japanese. Ever. You will never be accepted as Japanese, because you are not Japanese. However, if you immigrate to America you can become American and accepted as American quickly. America is an idea, based on universal values. Not ethnicity. If you disagree, please let me know.

保守派の日本人として🇺🇸ニキに聞きたい。 移民問題について、 日本がアメリカから 学ぶべき事って何がありますか？ 人種の坩堝のアメリカ。 移民についてメリットデメリット たくさん知ってるはず！ ぜひ教えて欲しいです🙏

I lived in Latin America for about 10 years, and enjoyed it. But when I returned to the US I almost kissed the ground. I had no idea how good we have it here, and how culture defines everything. If one is confused about the differences in cultures and why the US is a high trust society with material wealth and opportunity, just spend a couple of hours driving in Latin America. You will see the lack of consideration and its consequences. We have some of that here of course but it’s night and day from Latin America. By the way, I am not positing that our culture is better. Latin American culture is beautiful, particularly the emphasis on family. However if we’re going to talk about why we can have nice things, we have to talk about cultural differences.

Indeed, I come from Latin America—I’ve lived in Venezuela, Colombia, and Peru—and the difference is enormous. But you notice it even more after living in the United States and then going back to countries in our region. For example, in December we were in Kentucky, and at the airport there was a nursing room. We went in there with our one-year-old baby, and we had a private room just for us, where our baby was able to take a one-hour nap while we waited for our flight. These are very small things that Americans take for granted—things they don’t even realize they have—that in other countries are still very far from existing. Likewise, last week during some construction work, an electrical line was damaged, and our building lost power for about half an hour. But they quickly blocked off the street, and linemen arrived to restore power. In my country, that would have taken weeks. There’s even a bit of culture shock when Latin Americans get used to living in the United States and then return to their home countries, whether for vacation or to move back permanently. Americans should be more appreciative of their country and the opportunities they have, even though social media algorithms sometimes make them feel like everything is going wrong.

It’s shaping up that the Justices will consider one key question. Do illegal aliens (and their children) owe loyalty to anothet sovereign government? If yes, the language of the 14th amendment and debates before its passing indicate that birthright citizenship explicitly does not apply. If no, the 14th amendment does apply and the children are automatically citizens solely by virtue of having been born on US soil.

The Trump administration argues the 14th Amendment does not apply to people in the country illegally or on temporary visas. If the Supreme Court agrees, it could render hundreds of thousands of children born to immigrant parents stateless. wapo.st/4bU0d1Q

On a ship in the Navy, at night the bridge is completely dark. The Captain once walked into the bridge at about 2 in the morning unannounced. The highest ranked watch stander was sitting on a bench, sound asleep. Essentially invisible since it was pitch dark. The Captain said something to him, and he played it off like nothing happened. Later, he told everyone on the bridge “When the Captain walks in, someone needs to say ‘Pearl Harbor’ so I know he’s here. That was a surprise attack!” So after that whenever the Captain walked in someone would say “Pearl Harbor!”

To my American friends, I want to speak from the heart, because this moment truly moved me as a Japanese citizen. When President Trump made that Pearl Harbor joke, it wasn’t just humor to us. It felt like a weight I’d carried my whole life was suddenly lifted. My chest tightened, and honestly, tears came close. For 80 long years, we Japanese have lived under a heavy shadow — the constant expectation to apologize, to reflect, to stay in “guilt mode.” Even though we’re the closest of allies, that old wound never fully healed. We felt bound by the past, by the Constitution America helped write for us, always a little smaller, always needing to prove we were sorry enough. But in that single joke, Trump did something powerful. He turned a painful history into a shared laugh between equals. It was like he was saying: “Hey, it was a long time ago. We’re good. Let’s move forward — as brothers.” No more endless atonement. No more living in the shadow of being the “former enemy.” The curse broke. Japan feels free to stand tall again. Right now, cherry blossoms are blooming beautifully all across Japan. 🌸 This spring, the sakura feels like a perfect symbol — a fresh beginning. Not two nations stuck in old roles, but true equals, proud brothers, shoulder to shoulder, ready to build the future together. To the American people: We don’t want to be subordinates forever. We want to be your real partners — strong, proud, and loyal. The kind of allies who ride or die together. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, America. The strongest alliance in the world is rising again — as equals, as brothers, forever. #PhoenixRising 🇯🇵🤝🇺🇸🌸

@Pontifex I feel a little uncomfortable with the equivalency between the warring factions implied here, though I’m confident that it is not intended.

I continue to follow the situation in the Middle East with dismay. Like other regions of the world, it is torn apart by war and violence. We cannot remain silent in the face of the suffering of so many defenseless victims of these conflicts. What wounds them wounds all of humanity. The death and pain caused by these wars is a scandal for the entire human family and a cry that rises to God!

@tedlieu Not all military service members are US citizens. Only US citizens may vote in US elections. Therefore, a military ID does not establish proof of citizenship and consequently is not sufficient identification to use to be eligible to vote.

I served on active duty for 4 years and 21 years in the reserves. My military ID let me go to sensitive locations, like a military base. Under the SAVE Act’s insane requirements, a military ID does not allow an American to vote.

The individual you reference did not render a salute, and therefore the Secretary did not return with a salute. The individual did not render a salute, nor did the Admiral, because Naval personnel do not salute uncovered (without a hat on) unlike Army personnel. It is my pleasure to educate you and others viewing this.

Why didn't he salute the black man?

@arabornot It’s not so much rank as it’s proximity to power. The scene is overdramatized though. No way she’s getting my office, and she can get her own coffee with that attitude. The intel mystique only goes so far. Breaking out the ruler doesn’t help anyone.

If you have an idea how the military works, I’m curious. what rank gives her such leverage?

One negotiation tactic is to deliver 1.4 billion dollars in cash after the other side, who has killed American servicemembers and intelligence personnel after taking American diplomats hostage for over a year, disingenuously agrees to wait 15 years to develop a nuclear weapon. I guess the reader will have to decide which is the better play here.

SNL's Colin Jost on Iran: "This attack might be a bad idea, I don't know. I'm not really an expert on Iran. So let's hear from someone who can explain why we might have done it."

History does not support this statement. Indeed, history disproves it. To take just one example, peace in Europe in 1945 was not achieved through dialogue. Peace was achieved by men executing extreme violence in support of a policy of forcing the enemy to an unconditional surrender.

I am following with deep concern what is happening in the Middle East and in Iran during this tumultuous time. Stability and peace are not achieved through mutual threats, nor through the use of weapons, which sow destruction, suffering, and death, but only through reasonable, sincere, and responsible dialogue.

@chicfryrice Mexican culture is warm. Family is emphasized. But culture is ni mejor, ni peor. Don’t judge. And look at the stats. Domestic violence, respect for women, racism. The US factors better. Neither the US nor Mexican culture overall is “better”. The difference lies in emphasis.

Mexican and American cultures are polar opposite. Mexicans place family first. They help one another financially, live together, and are a tight unit. Americans put career and monetary success first. Very individualistic a sink or swim mentality. The single founder in his 50s is looked up to. The family man with a 9-5 not as worthy.

@ImMeme0 “Our” food?? Por favor! The really funny thing is that they’re gringos. They may not be white, but they’re “más gringo que los gringos”. They’re one of us, 100%. If they went to Mexico they would be seen as such. They’re not Mexicans. Just ask a Mexican. A real Mexican.

I don’t know about you, but I’m fed up with these people and the rising anti-white sentiment. Nobody’s stopping them from relocating to Mexico, pushing their politics there, and eating with only the people they deem acceptable. It’s that simple.

@mobilisingniger @StateDept The Immigration and Nationality Act and Title 8 state that the Secretary of State defines what is against national interests, in the context of revoking a visa. The people choose the President and the Senate confirms his nominees with advice and consent. That is our system.

@StateDept A visa isn’t a right that part is clear to everyone. But who defines “against national interests,” and where’s the line between security and free expression? That’s where the real debate is.

SECRETARY RUBIO: I've said this repeatedly. I don't know why it's so hard for some to comprehend it. No one is entitled to a visa. If you enter our country as a visitor and undertake activities against the national interests of the United States, we will take away your visa.

@StateDept I’ve visited several countries on a visa. It would never have even occurred to me to criticize those governments beyond a reasonable opinion stated with the utmost respect for differences in perspective, much less to engage in violent protest. Secretary Rubio is absolutely right.

@NiallStanage There are consequences for impeding law enforcement operations.

NBC News is out with a very strong report into the apparent use of excessive force by ICE and other DHS officers, beyond the most notorious shootings. It also features this photo, which I couldn’t get past.

@davidaxelrod Ruben Maldonado was present illegally in the country. He was detained by federal law enforcement for violating federal statute (Title 8). Characterizing enforcement of federal law as “cruelty” is bizarre, and beyond the pale from someone who knows better.

If ever there were a story that spoke to the cruelty of the ICE sieges, it was Ofelia Torres's desperate fight to free her dad from detention, even as she was fighting a losing battle with cancer. The heroic Chicago girl died Friday. She was 16.

@BenjaminNorton This post is a pathetic, ignorant display of self-righteousness. It isn’t historical revisionism. It’s historical butchery. Latinos are laughing at this barbarity.

Some people are surprised that Marco Rubio gave such an explicitly pro-colonialist speech, given his family is technically of Cuban descent. HOWEVER, Rubio made it clear he does NOT identify as Cuban. He identifies as a US American of European descent. In the same speech, he praised the European colonialists who ethnically cleansed the Native Americans and founded the US, and he stressed "we will always be a child of Europe". Rubio then proudly traced his ancestry back to Italy (Piedmont-Sardinia) and Spain. Rubio does not identify with Cuba, Latin America, and the Caribbean; he identifies with Western colonialists. And Rubio emphasized that he, in his capacity as the chief of the US empire's foreign policy, wants to revive Western colonialism.

This is insane. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio just gave one of the most explicitly pro-colonialist speeches I have seen in the 21st century. The US empire wants Europe to help it recolonize the Global South. Rubio praised Western colonialists for "settl[ing] new continents, build[ing] vast empires extending out across the globe". Then Rubio complained about the Global South's decolonization, portraying it as a sinister communist plot. Rubio lamented: "The great Western empires had entered into terminal decline, accelerated by godless communist revolutions and by anti-colonial uprisings that would transform the world and drape the red hammer and sickle across vast swaths of the map in the years to come". Rubio delivered this speech at the Munich Security Conference, surrounded by European leaders, who gave him a standing ovation. They loved the pro-colonialist diatribe. The US secretary of state insisted that North American and European imperialists should unite in order to reverse "the West’s managed decline", to revive "the West’s age of dominance", to "renew the greatest civilization in human history". This is a blatant call by the US empire to resuscitate Western colonialism and recolonize the Global South (which represents the Global Majority). What the US empire did to Gaza, Venezuela, and currently Cuba is what it wants to do to the entire Global South. This is from the official transcript published by the US State Department: state.gov/releases/offic…

@JustinSurrency Does law school not cover the Constitution? Legislative branch makes laws. The Executive branch enforces the laws, to include the federal statutes Title 8 and INA. This is not rocket science.

Rich Ruohonen of Team USA Men’s Curling is proud to represent the United States and wanted to make a statement of his own before the press conference ended about what is happening in Minnesota/US. Ruohonen says he’s speaking as an attorney with 28 years of experience.

@javiernegre10 A los latinos tampoco les gustó.

A los norteamericanos no les gustó tampoco Bad Bunny. Ni bailaron ni lo entendieron a pesar de que Telemundo dijo que el estadio enloqueció. El globalismo puso mucha plata para que cantase en la Superbowl y joder a Trump, pero creo que no le salió bien.

@micsolana No. Not good. A lot of latinos were watching hoping it would be a good representation of latino culture and a good performance. It wasn’t. It was pretty terrible.

is this good if you understand spanish?