Kendyl Hanks
@kendylhanks.bsky.social
Full time biglaw appellate lawyer, part time #FlyFishing angler, orchidophile, native Texan & erstwhile New Yorker, mom to furbabies Molly & Lady Bird. Speaking for me not my firm, not your lawyer. #AppellateSky ⚖️ #Orchids @LadyLawyerDiary
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I feel silly publicizing a book in these times BUT my book describes how constitutional structures allowed the accumulation of generational wealth + rights for settlers and white people. These are the same advantages MAGA is trying to preserve today. Pre-order page:
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I feel silly publicizing a book in these times BUT my book describes how constitutional structures allowed the accumulation of generational wealth + rights for settlers and white people. These are the same advantages MAGA is trying to preserve today. Pre-order page:
I have one of those policies that’s supposed to cover everything and I already have to “negotiate my own health insurance” every time they deny a claim. So yeah this is a terrible idea
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I have one of those policies that’s supposed to cover everything and I already have to “negotiate my own health insurance” every time they deny a claim. So yeah this is a terrible idea
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🧵Brian Straw is one of the folks charged, along w/ Kat Abughazaleh, w/ felony conspiracy to impede federal officers in Broadview [Chicago].
As it happens, he's also my friend, a deeply decent man whose compassion shines & fairly shimmers off him, no matter what he's doing.
If you can help, pls do.
As it happens, he's also my friend, a deeply decent man whose compassion shines & fairly shimmers off him, no matter what he's doing.
If you can help, pls do.
Some of you have asked how you can support our family. The biggest thing you can do right now is to contribute to Brian’s legal defense fund. secure.actblue.com/donate/straw...
Brian Straw Legal Defense Fund
Together, we can show our neighbors, friends, and children that we have the courage to do what is right.
secure.actblue.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:47 PM
🧵Brian Straw is one of the folks charged, along w/ Kat Abughazaleh, w/ felony conspiracy to impede federal officers in Broadview [Chicago].
As it happens, he's also my friend, a deeply decent man whose compassion shines & fairly shimmers off him, no matter what he's doing.
If you can help, pls do.
As it happens, he's also my friend, a deeply decent man whose compassion shines & fairly shimmers off him, no matter what he's doing.
If you can help, pls do.
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my student, an aspiring patent litigator, wants to know if taking fed courts is highly recommended. any thoughts?
November 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
my student, an aspiring patent litigator, wants to know if taking fed courts is highly recommended. any thoughts?
Wanna see a murder
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Wanna see a murder
people.com/donald-trump... I just knew this was coming. And if you think this doesn’t end with a massive gold trump statue in DC you’re not paying attention
Donald Trump Is Putting His Face on Both Sides of a New Coin. U.S. Treasury Reveals 'First Drafts'
The U.S. Treasury revealed the draft of a $1 coin featuring President Donald Trump on both sides.
people.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
people.com/donald-trump... I just knew this was coming. And if you think this doesn’t end with a massive gold trump statue in DC you’re not paying attention
Fonda san Miguel is still one of the prettiest (and yummiest) restaurants in Austin
November 9, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Fonda san Miguel is still one of the prettiest (and yummiest) restaurants in Austin
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ICYMI: Here's the Substack Live I did with @stevevladeck.bsky.social this afternoon on the SCOTUS SNAP benefits ruling
substack.com/@katiephang/...
substack.com/@katiephang/...
SCOTUS SNAP Benefits Ruling w/ Steve Vladeck
A special Saturday Live to really dive into the details of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's ruling from late last night
substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
ICYMI: Here's the Substack Live I did with @stevevladeck.bsky.social this afternoon on the SCOTUS SNAP benefits ruling
substack.com/@katiephang/...
substack.com/@katiephang/...
RFKjr is the tick, CHD is the Lyme disease
The group’s CEO “said CHD plans to parlay that influence into permanent policy changes —upending the childhood vaccination schedule, reformulating the shots, & abolishing mandates to get them, among a host of goals — that will outlast Kennedy’s tenure at the Department of Health and Human Services”
How Children’s Health Defense plans to cement its agenda beyond RFK Jr.
Children’s Health Defense is leveraging its ties to HHS to lock in legal and cultural shifts that could shape policy long after RFK Jr. leaves.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
RFKjr is the tick, CHD is the Lyme disease
Happy birthday @profsteed.bsky.social
a man wearing a party hat is eating a piece of cake and saying happy birthday ..
Alt: a man wearing a party hat is eating a piece of cake and saying happy birthday ..
media.tenor.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Happy birthday @profsteed.bsky.social
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sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
Ok yeah no thanks
November 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Ok yeah no thanks
I feel like this sort of illustrates the gaslighting of this admin. He’s falling asleep while “Dr Oz” is talking about obesity. And while others are talking about restricting immigrants if they are overweight.
The emperor is literally naked on TV and no one seems to care
The emperor is literally naked on TV and no one seems to care
November 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I feel like this sort of illustrates the gaslighting of this admin. He’s falling asleep while “Dr Oz” is talking about obesity. And while others are talking about restricting immigrants if they are overweight.
The emperor is literally naked on TV and no one seems to care
The emperor is literally naked on TV and no one seems to care
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I know it’s not perfect but this adds some context www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-w...
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on why Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
www.stevevladeck.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I know it’s not perfect but this adds some context www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-w...
I didn’t think they would do it. I don’t know what I was thinking.
“The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown.”
Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments
The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I didn’t think they would do it. I don’t know what I was thinking.
We will all remember what side everyone was on when we talk about these travesties in years to come.
November 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
We will all remember what side everyone was on when we talk about these travesties in years to come.
There’s an Uber driver who lives close to my house and I think he just sort of waits for rides that he wants to take, and he always picks me up. I see him all the time, it’s like hey Anthony!
a cartoon character from inside out is saying hi while stretching her arms .
Alt: a cartoon character from inside out is saying hi while stretching her arms .
media.tenor.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
There’s an Uber driver who lives close to my house and I think he just sort of waits for rides that he wants to take, and he always picks me up. I see him all the time, it’s like hey Anthony!
I love this
Sandwich hurler - NOT guilty.
Justice lives.
Justice lives.
November 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I love this
I’m on the campus of University of Texas and I just saw a student wearing a T-shirt that said “it’s not a dad bod it’s a father figure” and I don’t know how I feel about that. I did laugh though.
November 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I’m on the campus of University of Texas and I just saw a student wearing a T-shirt that said “it’s not a dad bod it’s a father figure” and I don’t know how I feel about that. I did laugh though.
music.apple.com/us/album/onc... I may or may not have played this in my weekly therapy session today
Once In a Lifetime by Talking Heads on Apple Music
Song · 1980 · Duration 4:18
music.apple.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
music.apple.com/us/album/onc... I may or may not have played this in my weekly therapy session today
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This is exactly the kind of thing that Brian was protesting. Please support his defense fund. bsky.app/profile/long...
ICE detain father in unmarked white van—drive off in his car with his toddler still in the back car seat.
One agent threw volleyball into the car—it bounced hitting the toddler in head.
"There's a baby in there!" people cry out. "They covered up his face! That's child abuse!"
(Part 1)
One agent threw volleyball into the car—it bounced hitting the toddler in head.
"There's a baby in there!" people cry out. "They covered up his face! That's child abuse!"
(Part 1)
November 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This is exactly the kind of thing that Brian was protesting. Please support his defense fund. bsky.app/profile/long...
This is horrifying, that poor family. That poor baby. All those masked men just standing around and looming over that solitary child.
ICE detain father in unmarked white van—drive off in his car with his toddler still in the back car seat.
One agent threw volleyball into the car—it bounced hitting the toddler in head.
"There's a baby in there!" people cry out. "They covered up his face! That's child abuse!"
(Part 1)
One agent threw volleyball into the car—it bounced hitting the toddler in head.
"There's a baby in there!" people cry out. "They covered up his face! That's child abuse!"
(Part 1)
November 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This is horrifying, that poor family. That poor baby. All those masked men just standing around and looming over that solitary child.
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It’s a long shot but did anyone here who loves on the lower east side in nyc lose their cat? My niece found this clearly domesticated cat hiding under a car. They’ve frantically tied to find his owner for 36 hrs but no luck.
November 6, 2025 at 3:45 AM
It’s a long shot but did anyone here who loves on the lower east side in nyc lose their cat? My niece found this clearly domesticated cat hiding under a car. They’ve frantically tied to find his owner for 36 hrs but no luck.