Patrick Ostendorf
@postendorf.bsky.social
Professor Commercial Law HTW Berlin; Of Counsel Orka Rechtsanwälte
Two hearts that beat as one
November 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Two hearts that beat as one
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Fat Man and Little Boy bombed.
October 1, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Fat Man and Little Boy bombed.
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This is a great cover.
September 19, 2025 at 9:19 AM
This is a great cover.
Die Scheinheiligkeit der Rechtspopulisten ist atemberaubend.
Yes, Fox News Host Brian Kilmeade really said this about homeless people: “Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill 'em."
September 15, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Die Scheinheiligkeit der Rechtspopulisten ist atemberaubend.
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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?
September 14, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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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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/
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/
September 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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/
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/
Man kann es mit der Kritik an einer Wokeness nun auch wirklich übertreiben.
August 20, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Man kann es mit der Kritik an einer Wokeness nun auch wirklich übertreiben.
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Suspect is charged with abolition, emancipation
Multiple National Guard vehicles at the Lincoln Memorial which is not a problem area for crime
August 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Suspect is charged with abolition, emancipation
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The US is on its way to "tractor production has risen 500%" style economic statistics
August 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The US is on its way to "tractor production has risen 500%" style economic statistics
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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
Empty City Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/what-to-kn...
Law and Policy Blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/07/what...
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...
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
emptycity.substack.com
July 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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...
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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Some relevant information about how malignant narcissists like Trump respond to stress differently than most of us do:
![Leah McElrath
@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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July 17, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Some relevant information about how malignant narcissists like Trump respond to stress differently than most of us do:
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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.
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.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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.
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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“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.
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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June 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM
“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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dear dear dear gods
Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, bungled answers on Tuesday about habeas corpus, incorrectly saying that the legal right of people to challenge their detention by the government was actually the president’s “constitutional right” to deport people.
Noem Incorrectly Defines Habeas Corpus as the President’s Right to Deport People
www.nytimes.com
May 21, 2025 at 6:51 AM
dear dear dear gods
Schlimmer Verdacht, hatte der Rezensent ihrer Habilitationsschrift etwa doch Recht?
May 14, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Schlimmer Verdacht, hatte der Rezensent ihrer Habilitationsschrift etwa doch Recht?
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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...
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.
www.zeit.de
April 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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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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.
April 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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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It’s the stupid, economy.
April 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
It’s the stupid, economy.
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The purpose of these tariffs is to be able to lift them to those who bow down to him and sacrifice their dignity. That is what he did to the GOP, the billionaires, and is doing now to Big Law. Those who stand up will be punished, those who bend a knee and humiliate themselves will be rewarded.
April 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The purpose of these tariffs is to be able to lift them to those who bow down to him and sacrifice their dignity. That is what he did to the GOP, the billionaires, and is doing now to Big Law. Those who stand up will be punished, those who bend a knee and humiliate themselves will be rewarded.
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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.
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.
February 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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.
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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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.
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.
February 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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.
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.