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Patrick Ostendorf @postendorf.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Wirklich kein Hoffnungsschimmer wenn nach diesem entsetzlichen Wahlergebnis gestern die Linke mit ihren antisemitischen Ausfällen und Vergellschaftungsfantasien Berlin endgültig ruiniert.

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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Illegal oil sales from shadow fleet ships are a critical lifeline for Russia’s war in Ukraine, and we’ll continue to cut them off. (1/3)

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 19/08/2026

“The focus on those who pointed out Arday’s shortcomings, rather than on Arday himself and those who abetted his rise, is a clear sign that lessons from this miserable episode remain unlearned,” @gcaw.bsky.social argues.

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Jason Arday’s Final Self-Delusion

Elevating a fraud is shameful. Exposing one isn’t.

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Patrick Ostendorf @postendorf.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

All the great things are always 14 days away

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 26/04/2026

We need to prepare ourselves for just how bad the trauma bond between the president and the press is going to be.

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Johannes Franzen @johannesfranzen.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

"So legt sich auf den realen Wahnsinn der Ereignisse eine dicke Schicht aus tonal beruhigender Berichterstattung." Weil's immer noch und immer mehr passt: Mein Text über 'Sanewashing'. uebermedien.de/99494/sanewa...

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"Sanewashing" im US-Wahlkampf: Wie der seriöse Journalismus Trumps Irrsinn normalisiert

Viele Medien stellen Donald Trump vernünftiger dar, als er ist. Kolumnist Johannes Franzen erklärt: Das liegt daran, dass sie sich an Regeln halten – und Trump nicht.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

The Justice Department has withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor, an NPR investigation finds. It also removed some documents from the public database where accusations against Jeffrey Epstein also mention Trump. www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...

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Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump

An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

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Lilo Start @lilostartuplilo.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Fasziniert von der ikonographischen Dichte dieses profanen Fotos. Das menschliche Ritual des 'Verleihens von Würde' ist eben viel älter. Die SiegesTrophäe wird hier zum Fetisch der SelbstErniedrigung, der Demütigung der USA vor der Welt und eine Metapher der Lächerlichkeit 1/2

Foto zeigt, wie Maria Corina Machado Urkunde und Medaille ihres Nobelpreises an Trump schenkt

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Patrick Ostendorf @postendorf.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Wer aus Angst vor dem Alleinsein in einer toxischen Beziehung verbleibt obwohl diese den ersehnten Schutz längst nicht mehr (sondern nur das Gegenteil davon) bieten kann, begibt sich auch der Chance wirklich unabhängig zu werden.

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Agnieszka Brugger @agnieszka-brugger.de · 04/01/2026

Wo sind ähnliche Aussagen von Kanzler Merz, Außenminister Wadepfuhl, Vizekanzler Klingbeil & Boris Pistorius? Was ein Fehler! Unser loyaler Verbündeter Dänemark & die Menschen in Grönland werden bedroht, aber fast ein Jahr lang feiges Schweigen, das überall laut gehört wird.

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Patrick Ostendorf @postendorf.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Diese Partei ist ein einziger Abgrund von Landesverrat, das sollte sich jeder bewusst machen, der mit einer Wahl der AfD liebäugelt.

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Patrick Ostendorf @postendorf.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Not false, but real balancing here in the best sense of that word. Just finished reading, highly recommendable!

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Patrick Ostendorf @postendorf.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Dann als kleinen Trost vielleicht was zum Ermächtigungsbeschluss der Hauptversammlung zum Erwerb eigener Aktien?

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Patrick Ostendorf @postendorf.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Manchmal versteht man warum alle uns Juristen hassen

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Fat Man and Little Boy bombed.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

This is a great cover.

A TV remote with buttons showing all the things power can achieve

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Patrick Ostendorf @postendorf.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Die Scheinheiligkeit der Rechtspopulisten ist atemberaubend.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

I miss moderate centrists, who don’t claim to have all the answers, who don’t ascribe to either extreme ideologies or supposedly god-given rules to try and control other people, and who try to work together to settle problems aware of their own limitations. Where have they gone?

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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

The right sets the terms of our political discourse in so many ways, one of which is the idea that there isn't enough "debate" and "free speech" on campus. We need to push back on this. The truth is (speaking for myself as a history prof), I don't really emphasize debate much in my classes/

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Patrick Ostendorf @postendorf.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Man kann es mit der Kritik an einer Wokeness nun auch wirklich übertreiben.

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Gautham Rao (pronounced: Knicks in 5) @gauthamrao.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Suspect is charged with abolition, emancipation

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

The US is on its way to "tractor production has risen 500%" style economic statistics

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

NEW What to know about court orders, injunctions, and super-injunctions A general introduction to the coercive powers of the court to order things Empty City Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/what-to-kn... Law and Policy Blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/07/what...

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What to know about court orders, injunctions, and super-injunctions

A general introduction to the coercive powers of the court to order things, and what can be done with those powers

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Some relevant information about how malignant narcissists like Trump respond to stress differently than most of us do:

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@leahmcelrath
There's no evidence of that. Malignant narcissists tend to get resentful and dwell on grievances rather than get depressed. They externalize blame and anger rather than internalize them. It's a mistake to assume their psychological processes or affective expressions mirror ours.
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Malignant narcissists dwell in a state of relative emotional emptiness. They do get happy and unhappy, but those states are related to whether their perceived needs for narcissistic supply are being met and whether they're otherwise meeting obstacles to getting what they want.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath
When you see negative affect in a malignant narcissist, it's an easy mistake to make to assume they're experiencing what you might be experiencing in their shoes—but they're not. Whereas you might experience sadness and self-reflection, they're more likely to be plotting revenge.
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There is something called "narcissistic collapse" that can occur when a regular narcissist experiences public humiliation and their grandiosity defense fails, but, as a *malignant* narcissist, Trump is unlikely to enter into that process.
Instead, as we've seen, he'd lash out.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 13/06/2025

“Trump’s election, and his subsequent campaign to crush demonstrations, is precisely the scenario that liberal critics warned would occur,” Jonathan Chait writes. That this outcome is being used to discredit those same liberals is perverse yet familiar.

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Why the Left Blames Liberals for Trump’s Authoritarianism

The debate, as ever, is whether the left is discredited by its own excesses or by criticism of those excesses.

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

dear dear dear gods

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Patrick Ostendorf @postendorf.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Schlimmer Verdacht, hatte der Rezensent ihrer Habilitationsschrift etwa doch Recht?

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Patrick Bahners @pbahners.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Zeh und Konsorten jetzt offen antidemokratisch: „Bei grundlegenden Richtungsfragen reicht die demokratische Legitimation durch gegebenenfalls knappe Mehrheitsentscheidungen nicht aus.“ www.zeit.de/2025/18/krie...

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Kriegsgefahr: Lasst uns nicht dieselben Fehler wie in der Pandemie machen

Wir dürfen beim Thema Krieg und Frieden nicht in Muster früherer Diskurse verfallen. Es braucht eine differenzierte und sachliche Art der Auseinandersetzung.

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Kirkland & Ellis, Allen Overy Shearman Sterling, Simpson Thatcher, and Latham & Watkins should be viewed as administration shills now. It would be a mistake to engage them in any matter in which your interests and positions are not congruent with this administration’s.

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JoGo @mywitsend.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

It’s the stupid, economy.

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Donald Trump has disgraced the United States of America in countless ways since he first entered political life ten years ago. But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today. He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Here is something from a contract lawyer's perspective. Trump is not "transactional", for he will never be bound. Indeed, he is anti-transactional. A transaction is an exchange, an agreement. But for Trump the agreement is only there to be repudiated, so to gain leverage for his next demand.

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