@ledenko.bsky.social
Attorney and serial hobbyist. Not your attorney. Nothing from this account constitutes legal advice of any kind, nor represents the views of my employer.
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Today was the start of the fourth week of the year. We’ve only completed three weeks.
What.
What.
January 23, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Today was the start of the fourth week of the year. We’ve only completed three weeks.
What.
What.
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Statement from the entire Minneapolis City Council in support of a General Strike and Day of Truth & Freedom on January 23rd.
January 22, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Statement from the entire Minneapolis City Council in support of a General Strike and Day of Truth & Freedom on January 23rd.
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New: About 40% of the private attorneys who serve as court-appointed counsel for indigent federal defendants in New Mexico announced they will stop taking new cases, citing a funding crisis that has left them and other Criminal Justice Act lawyers unpaid since July. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
New: About 40% of the private attorneys who serve as court-appointed counsel for indigent federal defendants in New Mexico announced they will stop taking new cases, citing a funding crisis that has left them and other Criminal Justice Act lawyers unpaid since July. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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people who earnestly try to argue that blocking certain accounts deprives u of important opposing viewpoints are assuming these certain accounts are posting in good faith
which is a dangerous assumption tbh
which is a dangerous assumption tbh
October 18, 2025 at 1:06 AM
people who earnestly try to argue that blocking certain accounts deprives u of important opposing viewpoints are assuming these certain accounts are posting in good faith
which is a dangerous assumption tbh
which is a dangerous assumption tbh
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It occurred to me that the thing I’ve learned from social media that I use all the time is that I now take eggs out of the carton from both sides so that the carton remains balanced, and I think back to the unbalanced days with a mix of horror and whimsy
September 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
It occurred to me that the thing I’ve learned from social media that I use all the time is that I now take eggs out of the carton from both sides so that the carton remains balanced, and I think back to the unbalanced days with a mix of horror and whimsy
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Dear gestapo trash:
September 20, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Dear gestapo trash:
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Never stop the ridicule for one second.
Remember that authoritarians have ZERO sense of humor. About anything.
September 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Never stop the ridicule for one second.
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Remember that authoritarians have ZERO sense of humor. About anything.
September 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Remember that authoritarians have ZERO sense of humor. About anything.
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Also, for people involved in the criminal legal system for everything from traffic offenses to murder, the law is still very much in play and not always in fair ways. The rule of law has always been an ideal we approach asymptotically. The curve is shallower today, but we cannot stop striving.
Reminder: before you go full-on defeatist about the rule of law, keep in mind it remains often effective on a micro-level. It’s on the macro- that the FedSoc types have killed it. Hard work and good lawyering can make a difference for regular people — though not always, and not all of them.
Protester found not guilty of assault against federal officer at L.A. immigration protest despite top Border Patrol official's testimony. Latest w/ @brittnymejia.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...
September 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Also, for people involved in the criminal legal system for everything from traffic offenses to murder, the law is still very much in play and not always in fair ways. The rule of law has always been an ideal we approach asymptotically. The curve is shallower today, but we cannot stop striving.
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A quick post from me on Crooked's substack @crooked.com on how the Republican appointees on the Supreme Court enabled Donald Trump's attack on the independence of the Federal Reserve Board.
crookedmedia.substack.com/p/the-suprem...
crookedmedia.substack.com/p/the-suprem...
The Supreme Court and the Federal Reserve Board
The Supreme Court didn't protect the Fed or the economy; they enabled Trump's attack on them.
crookedmedia.substack.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
A quick post from me on Crooked's substack @crooked.com on how the Republican appointees on the Supreme Court enabled Donald Trump's attack on the independence of the Federal Reserve Board.
crookedmedia.substack.com/p/the-suprem...
crookedmedia.substack.com/p/the-suprem...
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it might not be the commencement speech you expected. but maybe it’s the commencement speech you needed. 🎓
May 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
it might not be the commencement speech you expected. but maybe it’s the commencement speech you needed. 🎓
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Goldman's Q1 estimates in recent weeks have gone from 1.8% ..
.. to 1.6%
.. to 1.3%
.. to 1.0%
.. to 0.6%.
.. to 1.6%
.. to 1.3%
.. to 1.0%
.. to 0.6%.
GOLDMAN cuts its Q1 GDP estimate almost in half from yesterday’s. 🇺🇸
March 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Goldman's Q1 estimates in recent weeks have gone from 1.8% ..
.. to 1.6%
.. to 1.3%
.. to 1.0%
.. to 0.6%.
.. to 1.6%
.. to 1.3%
.. to 1.0%
.. to 0.6%.
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I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: an administration (and its supporters) who believe that they are not limited by the rule of law have no moral or philosophical claim to the protection of the rule of law. “The law is whatever we say it is” warrants the same in response.
February 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: an administration (and its supporters) who believe that they are not limited by the rule of law have no moral or philosophical claim to the protection of the rule of law. “The law is whatever we say it is” warrants the same in response.
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On CNN we played numerous examples of Rubio praising foreign aid as vital to American interests. We also revealed a letter he wrote to Biden in 2022 suggesting USAID's budget needed to be increased to counter Chinese Community Party influence around the globe.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL1s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL1s...
KFile: Rubio spent years defending USAID/foreign aid as vital to American interest
YouTube video by Andrew Kaczynski
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
On CNN we played numerous examples of Rubio praising foreign aid as vital to American interests. We also revealed a letter he wrote to Biden in 2022 suggesting USAID's budget needed to be increased to counter Chinese Community Party influence around the globe.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL1s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL1s...
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the first fatal commercial plane crash in 16 years happened just days after Trump froze hiring of air traffic controllers that were already stretched thin
January 30, 2025 at 2:59 AM
the first fatal commercial plane crash in 16 years happened just days after Trump froze hiring of air traffic controllers that were already stretched thin
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So, TikTok is supposedly a national security threat from China, but it seems odd that there's been almost no mainstream press coverage of Trump dismantling the board investigating the Salt Typhoon hack which is an ACTUAL PROVEN hack from China & incredibly damaging. www.techdirt.com/2025/01/23/t...
Trump Disbands Cybersecurity Board Investigating Massive Chinese Phone System Hack
For all the hype and warnings about how TikTok is clearly a “national security threat” from China, the Trump administration has effectively kneecapped the investigation into one of the most serious…
www.techdirt.com
January 23, 2025 at 9:49 PM
So, TikTok is supposedly a national security threat from China, but it seems odd that there's been almost no mainstream press coverage of Trump dismantling the board investigating the Salt Typhoon hack which is an ACTUAL PROVEN hack from China & incredibly damaging. www.techdirt.com/2025/01/23/t...
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EXCLUSIVE: A.G. Merrick Garland withdraws federal execution drug protocol following review.
"[T]here is significant uncertainty about whether the use of pentobarbital as a single-drug lethal injection for execution treats individuals humanely," Garland wrote.
New, at Law Dork —>
"[T]here is significant uncertainty about whether the use of pentobarbital as a single-drug lethal injection for execution treats individuals humanely," Garland wrote.
New, at Law Dork —>
Breaking: A.G. Garland withdraws federal execution drug protocol following review
"[T]here is significant uncertainty about whether the use of pentobarbital as a single-drug lethal injection for execution treats individuals humanely," Garland wrote.
www.lawdork.com
January 16, 2025 at 7:13 AM
EXCLUSIVE: A.G. Merrick Garland withdraws federal execution drug protocol following review.
"[T]here is significant uncertainty about whether the use of pentobarbital as a single-drug lethal injection for execution treats individuals humanely," Garland wrote.
New, at Law Dork —>
"[T]here is significant uncertainty about whether the use of pentobarbital as a single-drug lethal injection for execution treats individuals humanely," Garland wrote.
New, at Law Dork —>
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Brett Kavanaugh, Clinton-Lewinsky inquisitor, 1998: Bill Clinton is guilty of disgrace for making "frivolous privilege claims" at the Supreme Court
Let’s not forget Brett Kavanaugh was a lead attorney on Ken Starr’s independent counsel team (the office which Scalia decried in Morrison) and complained bitterly internally (see below) they weren’t doing enough to prosecute Bill Clinton for perjury
July 3, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Brett Kavanaugh, Clinton-Lewinsky inquisitor, 1998: Bill Clinton is guilty of disgrace for making "frivolous privilege claims" at the Supreme Court
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I’ve been thinking about how certain we are that we’re right and how to deal with that with humility without abandoning the obligation to strive for what’s right, and I thought about Lillian Gobitis, who died in 2014. She and her brother were expelled from school for not standing for the pledge.
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Lillian Gobitas Klose, 90, Dies; Stood Against Mandatory Pledge (Published 2014)
In 1935 Ms. Klose heeded a Jehovah’s Witnesses leader’s call to refuse to recite the pledge in compliance with biblical commands against idolatry.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2024 at 7:12 PM
I’ve been thinking about how certain we are that we’re right and how to deal with that with humility without abandoning the obligation to strive for what’s right, and I thought about Lillian Gobitis, who died in 2014. She and her brother were expelled from school for not standing for the pledge.
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The Columbus Crew are the greatest team the world has ever seen
December 9, 2023 at 11:12 PM
The Columbus Crew are the greatest team the world has ever seen
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