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NicoKlaus

@nicoklaus.bsky.social

"May you build a ladder to the stars. And climb on every rung." Bob Dylan Society Equity Music Arts relationship+emotion Ahimsa Non-violence Family man, meditator, transglobal mindset; located in Germany. No $$$$$, coins, surveys, nudes. Please.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 2h ago

NEW: Republicans tried to get Missourians to effectively kill direct democracy and ballot initiatives. Last night, Missourians literally laughed in their face — rejecting the measure by a massive 80% to 20%. Here’s what to know:

Missourians Reject Measure That Threatened to Kill Citizen-Led Ballot Initiatives - Bolts

Missourians on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted against a measure to restrict direct democracy, while state officials are trying to block even more citizen-led reforms from the November ballot.

boltsmag.org

Mel Aura @melaura.bsky.social · 6h ago

Ach guck! Der vermeintlich linke Übergriff auf einen AfD-Bürgermeisterkandidaten war gar keiner. Jetzt ermittelt die Staatsanwaltschaft gegen den Kommunalpolitiker.

Vorfall in Rosenheim
Angriff war keiner. Jetzt wird gegen den AfD-Kandidaten ermittelt

Mari Rochelle🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 ⚢ 💙🧬☮️🗳️ (she/her) ❤️🧡🤍🩷💜🌶️@mari-rochelle.bsky.social · 4h ago

What To Say When Fox News Turns SV into a Punchline

YouTube video by Bossi

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orion @toofarwest4comfort.bsky.social · last mo.

PSA: Use a web browser that gives back to the Earth blog.ecosia.org/manifesto/

We’re all in: the Ecosia manifesto

We just planted our 150 millionth tree, but our work is just beginning. Today, we’re going all in. Here’s what that looks like — here’s our manifesto.

blog.ecosia.org

The Hollow Man Book @thehollowmanbook.bsky.social · 2h ago

Paul Hollis@hollowmanseries.bsky.social · 3h ago

Exploring the dark logic of this plot point was chilling. What do you think is the most vulnerable target for a global message? https://f.mtr.cool/bblqfiahis #SpyThriller #EspionageThriller #PoliticalThriller #ColdWarFiction #GlobalThreat

Kernow 〓〓@kernow.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Cornish MP Andrew George: 'It’s a moment of truth for Cornwall. We can either accept a future where we submit ourselves to the authority of others, or stand together, stand up for ourselves and give the people of Cornwall a greater say on how we run our own affairs" #CornishDevolution

The chicken lady @chickenlady.bsky.social · 4h ago

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The chicken lady@chickenlady.bsky.social · 3mo ago

And Gloria is meddling in both #SCOTUS & Constitutional Court of 🇩🇪 matters&NO ONE writes about it. Except,of course, @theguardian.com & @vanityfair.com Jens Spahn is her BFF together w his Burda lobbyist husband, they're also BFFs w Alitos,Bannon &Grenell. Bannon& Burda Jr are in the #EpsteinFiles

Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 5h ago

30+ opeds on Leonard Leo shenanigans and media’s failure to see him as a story. medium.com/@thcarter123

Thomas Carter – Medium

Read writing from Thomas Carter on Medium. Leonard Leo was my boss 2009-2012. I tried to warn you.

medium.com

Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 5h ago

I finally hit 10k followers. Im still small potatoes compared to many, but essential reading if you want to know who & what Leonard Leo is infecting next. Politics, films, states, Supreme Court. Thank you all for helping spread the word re Leonard Leo. MSM aint gonna do it. Democracy’s arsonist.

NicoKlaus @nicoklaus.bsky.social · 2h ago

Please read. Please spread. Please inform yourselves and others. Please follow. And get valuable and thorough information on (religious secret) life in #America 👍

Tom Carter@thcarter123.bsky.social · 5h ago

Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 5h ago

Only posting because this is Uber Catholic Leonard Leo’s media platform to re-elect Susie Q Collins. www.themainewire.com/2026/08/main...

Maine Catholic Diocese Reaches Financial Settlements With Victims Of Priest Sexual Abuse, Critics Skeptical

The bishop of Maine says the Catholic diocese has arrived at “financial resolutions” with a number of clergy sexual-abuse victims.“ Even though pending cases that were decades old no longer had legal ...

themainewire.com

Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 5h ago

The Heritage Foundation is run by Opus Dei Catholics Kevin Roberts and Roger Severino. More than 50% of the 100 orgs behind Project 2025 were funded by Opus Dei affiliated Leonard Leo. Miss the faith driven politics and you miss the story. jesspiper.substack.com/p/give-them-...

Give Them an Inch...

And they'll take away women's sports...

jesspiper.substack.com

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 4h ago

Chicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros acknowledges 'mistakes' in 'Broadview 6' case but says sanctions, special counsel aren't needed. From @schuba.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...

Boutros acknowledges 'mistakes' in 'Broadview 6' case but says sanctions, special counsel aren't needed

Chicago's top federal prosecutor noted in a court filing that his office has already dropped charges in the case, implemented “robust root-cause changes” and started the process of reviewing over 1,00...

chicago.suntimes.com

Michael Fletcher @mefletcher54.bsky.social · 3h ago

"The guy has a scary, foreign-sounding name!" (El-Sayed was born in a Detroit suburb, was a Rhodes Scholar, and, based on his education and achievements, is definitely not a man to trifle with) is pretty much all they have got and all they have tried. It didn't work with Obama or Mamdani. /1

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4h ago

El-Sayed: "If all Mike Rogers got is that 'his name is Abdul, and my name is Mike,' you're gonna be surprised how many people are like, 'Yeah, but that's the Abdul who wants to bring down the price of my groceries and make sure I got healthcare. So yeah, I like Abdul over your Mike from Florida.'"

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 2h ago

The Broadview 6 incident also came up during a September meeting with Main Justice lawyers, but not the future defendants’ identities, the feds say:

14 To the extent counsel is suggesting any unique experience might entitle them to additional attorneys’
fees, the Supreme Court has rejected such claims in the highly analogous Equal Access to Justice Act
(“EAJA”) context. For example, the Supreme Court has stated that additional attorney’s fees are reserved
for situations in which an attorney has an “identifiable practice specialty such as patent law, or knowledge
of foreign law or language.” Pierce v. Underwood, 487 U.S. 552, 571-72 (1988). The extraordinary
situations do not include things like “novelty and difficulty of issues . . . work and ability of counsel and
the results obtained.” Id. (quotations and punctuation removed). Nor is something like “undue litigiousness
by the government” a special factor since that would “usually . . . just increase the number of hours” an
opposing counsel had to work. Mathews-Sheets v. Astrue, 653 F.3d 560, 564 (7th Cir. 2011) overruled on
other grounds by Sprinkle v. Colvin, 777 F.3d 421, 423 (7th Cir. 2015) (distinguishing Jean v. Nelson, 863
F.2d 759, 776 (11th Cir. 1988)); see also Pollgreen v. Morris, 911 F.2d 527, 537-38 (11th Cir. 1990) (that
the “government litigated a position that lacked substantial justification is not a permissible special factor
because any litigation eligible for EAJA fees, by definition, involves the government’s pursuit of an
unjustified position”). Indeed, the Hyde Amendment analysis presumes the petitioners have already shown
eligibility—or, in this case, their eligibility for fees is not being contested—for the fees in the first place
under the governing standard. United States v. Aisenberg, 358 F.3d 1327, 1343-44 (11th Cir. 2004) (same
in Hyde Amendment context).
15 On July 15, 2026, counsel for one of the former Defendants sent an email to the U.S. Attorney’s Office
asking whether the Office “still stands” behind its assertion that there were “no communications” “with

anyone outside the USAO” regarding “who and what to charge” or its “investigatory or charging
decisions.” R. 110 at 3 (bold in original, italics added). The Front Office is not aware of any communications
in which it took direction from anyone outside the U.S. Attorney’s Office regarding its decisions as to what
investigatory steps the local prosecution team would take or who the local prosecution team would charge
when prosecutors went into the grand jury to indict this case. Out of an abundance of caution, the Office
notes there was a virtual meeting on September 27, 2025, among Main Justice lawyers, the Chicago U.S.
Attorney’s Office, lawyers from at least one other U.S. Attorney’s Office on the West Coast, and many
federal law enforcement agencies where the September 26 “Broadview” incident was mentioned (and a
public video played) as part of a broader discussion of incidents and conduct against ICE during that time.
To the Front Office’s knowledge, the virtual meeting did not mention the identity or political affiliation of
any person. It was only later when Chicago FBI agents assigned to the case began investigating the matter
that the Office learned the identity of some of the people involved in the incident. Moreover, as would be
expected in the normal course, there were discussions between the Office and Main Justice regarding such
things as case updates, especially given the publicity the case generated after it had been charged. These
privileged discussions are not only permitted but are contemplated. See supra 19; In re United States, 398
F.3d at 618 (“How the United States reaches its litigating positions, who said what to whom within the
prosecutor’s office, and so on, are for the Attorney General and the President to evaluate. The Judicial
Branch is limited to assessing counsel’s public deeds.”).

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 3h ago

A few additional highlights from the feds’ Broadview 6 filing: U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros was emailed a transcript of the 10/9 grand jury session in October but says he didn’t review it and problematic conduct was not brought to his attention until late April:

As to the other grand jury issues, the United States Attorney informed the Court that he first
learned of the “vouching” and ex parte conversations in late April 2026.9 Id. at 51-53. The United
States Attorney noted that he moved to dismiss the indictment based on his discovery of the
vouching and ex parte communications because “we wanted to moot whatever had taken place in
the grand jury.” Id. at 51-53, 57-58.
Since that time, the AUSAs on the trial team as well as Experienced AUSA 1 have self-
reported this Court’s comments—and the entirety of this matter—to the Department of Justice’s
Office of Professional Responsibility (“OPR”), which is the component of the Department
responsible for conducting an independent review of allegations of misconduct. 28 C.F.R. § 45.12;
Justice Manual § 1-4.200, et. seq. Moreover, as discussed in detail below, the United States
Attorney conducted a root cause analysis of the underlying issues giving rise to the dismissal of
the indictment and information in this case and has taken numerous remedial steps to help ensure
that the missteps that occurred here do not happen again.
9 The United States Attorney was emailed a copy of the transcript from the October 9, 2025, grand jury
presentation on October 14, 2025, but has no recollection of reviewing the transcript at that time, and is
quite certain he did not review the transcript at that time. The United States Attorney did not receive a copy
of the October 16 or October 23, 2025, transcripts until late April 2026, shortly before the Government
moved to dismiss the indictment. At that time (late April 2026), the United States Attorney reviewed
relevant portions of all three transcripts. Irrespective, no one ever brought the vouching or ex parte issues
to the United States Attorney’s attention until late April 2026, nor was the United States Attorney aware of
the vouching or ex parte issues until late April 2026.

Jon Seidel@jonseidel.bsky.social · 8h ago

New overnight: Chicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros’ office says the “Broadview Six” prosecutors have self-reported the events of the tainted prosecution to the DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility as it argues against a special counsel. Full filing: cst.brightspotcdn.com/98/58/82c837...

The Sgt Joker @thesgtjoker.bsky.social · 9h ago

Breaking: Chuck Edwards (NC-R) drops out after he was criticized for trying to force his young staffers to see his 65 old shriveled weiner. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

Rep. Chuck Edwards drops re-election bid after censure recommendation over harassment claims

“After much prayer and reflection, I’ve decided to withdraw from my re-election campaign,” Edwards, R-N.C., said early Wednesday after mounting pressure over his conduct toward two female staffers.

nbcnews.com

Bruce Wilson @brucewilson.bsky.social · yesterday

"...we're helpless to stop him because he's got blackmail Kompromat on ALL of us, for our crimes, atrocities, corruption, insider trading, and scandalous behaviors of the last 3 decades"

Micah@rincewind.run · yesterday

the intentional abdication by Congress of nearly all of its constitutional responsibilities is at the core of most of our problems as a nation

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · yesterday

this should get so much more attention — two states within 3 weeks have made major moves on rights restoration.

Alex Burness@burness.bsky.social · yesterday

A combined 100,000+ people with past felony convictions have either already gained or will soon gain voting rights in Missouri and Virginia, which both have elections today. More: boltsmag.org/gop-run-miss... boltsmag.org/virginia-gov...

Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · yesterday

No matter who wins tonight's primaries in Michigan, the state Democratic party is launching a rally for all of the top nominees on Friday in Detroit. Pete Buttigieg will join the event - seeking to unify, after a blistering fight between Abdul El-Sayed & Rep. Haley Stevens

Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · yesterday

“Milei announced a congressional bill built on three pillars: keep AI unregulated, create a new legal category called the non-human corporation, & offer a low corporate tax rate to attract tech investment. The historical reference he chose to anchor it was the Dutch East India Company…” 7/30/26 …1/

The man himself, chainsaw in hand at conservative gatherings one year, rewriting corporate law the next. I'll give him this: he knows how to make headlines.
In a Financial Times op-ed published in early June, Milei announced a
congressional bill built on three pillars: keep Al unregulated, create a new legal category called the non-human corporation, and offer a low corporate tax rate to attract tech investment. The historical reference he chose to anchor it was the Dutch East India Company, founded in 1602, which he positioned as the legal innovation that made capitalism possible. Buenos Aires, he suggested, could do for Al what Amsterdam did for the age of sail.
It is a genuinely bold premise. And it you only read the headlines, it sounds revolutionary. If you, however, read the actual bill, it gets considerably more complicated.

Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 24h ago

NEW: Federal judge sets court conferences for later this month in the legal challenge by California’s attorney general against Paramount’s merger w/ Warner Bros.-Discovery Paramount wants trial by end of year. State AG’s wanna wait til 2027

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 22h ago

The Missouri SoS dragged out his office's examination of the veto referendum (of the GOP gerrymander) for most of 2026 to ensure he can run out the clock; and finally declared today, on the deadline by which he had to act, that he thinks the veto referendum is entirely unconstitutional.

The Redistrict Network (mirror 🤖)@redistrictnet.bluesky.bot · 22h ago

#BREAKING: Missouri Secretary of State Hoskins has deemed the Missouri Redistricting Referendum as insufficient due to it being unconstitutional.

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 22h ago

When are polls tonight closing? —7pm local time (ET) in Virginia —7pm local time in Missouri, which is 8pm ET —7pm local time in Kansas (8pm or 9pm ET) —8pm local time in Michigan (8pm, mostly, or 9pm ET) —8pm local time in Washington (11pm ET) What to watch? boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 21h ago

a PSA for election watchers tonight: I'm traveling on vacation, & will not be live posting or commenting results as they come in as I usually do — but I’ll be sure to overview in the morning!

Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 20h ago

BOMBSHELL story by Olivia Carville @bloomberg.com Internal Report Shows TikTok Kept Safety Feature From Millions A confidential document says an algorithm adjustment was kept from many users “by design,” as part of an experiment to measure engagement NO PAYWALL www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

TikTok Withheld a Safety Feature From Millions. One Died by Suicide

A confidential document says an algorithm adjustment was kept from many users “by design,” as part of an experiment to measure engagement.

bloomberg.com

Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 16h ago

Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) crisis escalates

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 14h ago

What did you miss tonight? Bolts' elections guide has been updated with the final results of dozens of elections that took place on Tuesday — even as you wait for the final result in Michigan. Here: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 13h ago

Big tax results out of Missouri tonight: Voters statewide rejected by an huge margin a GOP ballot measure to phase out the income tax. They also renewed a sales tax to keep state parks free. And Kansas City approved a package of $1.7 billion of bonds for infrastracture.

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 13h ago

The board of a Michigan township agreed to rezone a terrain to make way for a data center. Residents opposed to the data center forced a vote on the matter, and they blocked the rezoning tonight: www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...