Niko Todorov

a happy-go-lucky dad; bro; uncle; friend; geek; burner; dreamer; skier; cycler; traveler; 60s child; following me is no promise you'll get there.

[Niko Todorov @ntodorov]

View my verified achievement from @comptia. https://t.co/OhSNzXsr2m via @credly

[Niko Todorov @ntodorov]

I ❤️ LA
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[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

NEW: Just issued an Executive Order that will allow victims of the SoCal fires to not get caught up in bureaucratic red tape and quickly rebuild their homes.

We are also extending key price gouging protections to help make rebuilding more affordable.

[Arnold Schwarzenegger @Schwarzenegger]

I really appreciate all of the kind messages and concern.

But don’t worry about me, or my animals, and certainly not my house. I would rather you focus all of your thoughts on these heroic firefighters and first responders who are fighting an impossible battle around the clock.

[California Governor's Office of Emergency Services @Cal_OES]

@Cal_OES, in partnership with @CaliforniaDSS and local governments, are continuing to work to ensure Californians impacted by wildfires have access to shelters and other resources in @CountyofLA and @RivCoNow. Visit ➡️https://t.co/caH2NtOXNR
#PalisadesFire #EatonFire #HurstFire #Wildfires #LosAngeles #Riverside

[Earvin Magic Johnson @MagicJohnson]

I am so humbled and overwhelmed with emotion right now. It is an absolute honor and privilege that President Joe Biden selected me for the esteemed Presidential Medal of Freedom award. Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined that this kid from Lansing, MI would one day grow up and receive one of the highest civilian awards of the United States.

To be in the company of so many remarkable individuals is both humbling and inspiring. I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to President Biden for his leadership and for recognizing the contributions of so many who are working to make a difference in our nation, especially inner cities of America, and across the world.

This award is not just mine; it belongs to everyone who has helped me become the person and businessman I am today—my parents Earvin Sr. and Christine, wife Cookie, my kids Andre, EJ and Elisa; my brothers and sisters, friends, mentors, and colleagues. It also belongs to everyone who has dedicated themselves to the causes of freedom, justice, and equality.

I accept this honor with a deep sense of responsibility. It serves as a reminder of the work still ahead and the change we can all help bring about! I promise to keep working to make a positive difference for our country and the world.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! Today and every day, let’s remember the importance of giving back and showing our gratitude to those who have given us so much.

[Niko Todorov @ntodorov]

Mood du jur https://t.co/Z5U423iaaU

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Prituri se planinata. Притури се планината. https://t.co/xHa2nYYE4M

[Roger Myerson @rbmyerson]

I am proud to be one of 23 Nobel Laureates in Economics who have co-signed a letter affirming our belief, as economists and as Americans, that Kamala Harris would be a far better steward of America's economy than Donald Trump.
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[Niko Todorov @ntodorov]

@UCBerkeleyFood @calclimateag 🙏❤️

[Niko Todorov @ntodorov]

Chris Cuomo's analysis of the GOP top 20 promises. https://t.co/eDhD5uFIAd

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Vice President Harris: As a former Attorney General and courtroom prosecutor, I took on perpetrators of all kinds. Predators who abused women, fraudsters who ripped off consumers, and cheaters who broke the rules. So hear me when I say, I know Donald Trump's type

[Niko Todorov @ntodorov]

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[Senator Adam Schiff @SenAdamSchiff]

Today’s Supreme Court decision on Donald Trump’s immunity claim is far worse than anything I imagined...

Effectively giving a president immunity for any crimes committed while in office as long as that president can plausibly claim the action was taken in some form of official capacity.

It must now be presumed that the president, as king, is immune from accountability.

The rule of law applies to everyone except the most powerful person on Earth.

It would be difficult to overstate how much this opinion shifts the balance of power away from Congress and towards the presidency, and how unshackled a corrupt president will now be. The Court gives the president absolute power, and it will corrupt him, absolutely.

As Justice Sotomayor says so powerfully, this new immunity ‘now lies about like a loaded weapon’ for any President that wishes to place his own interests, his own political survival, or his own financial gain, above the interests of the Nation.’

The Court holds that when a president acts within his ‘core’ authority, he is fully immune.

And when he acts outside his core authority, but in an official capacity, the presumption of immunity is so strong as to be nearly absolute.

Even if he acts in a purely personal capacity, and the Court majority gives no indication of when that would be, his statements while acting officially may not be used as evidence, and his motives may not be questioned.

Having taken up a case they never should have, having waited until the last day to issue the opinion, having known it was the defendant’s strategy to deny justice by delaying it, the Court now remands the case for further proceedings of indeterminate length, ensuring there will be no accountability for Trump’s insurrectionist crimes before the election.

During his abortive coup attempt, Trump told his acting attorney general and other top Justice Department officials to ‘just say that the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the Republican congressmen.’

Now the Supreme Court says he is immune from ordering his Justice Department to lie, and the evidence of his malice, his very words, may not be used as evidence against him.

Under this ruling, a president can order the assassination or jailing of their political rival, and be immune. They can take a bribe in exchange for an official act, and still be immune. They can organize a military coup to hold onto power, and still be immune. If that sounds mad, that’s because it is.

This is a day that will live in legal infamy.

When justices on the Court that bears Roberts’ name, paid back their appointment by a corrupt president with an opinion that provides immunity to all corrupt presidents, and weakened our democracy and the rule of law for the ages.

Our only remedy is the ballot box, a new congress, and a new Court — that has more reverence for the Constitution than the lust for power.

[Mark Hamill @MarkHamill]

GREAT MOMENTS IN PRESIDENTIAL ORATORY

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself"-FDR

"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country"-JFK

"We are the ones we've been waiting for-We are the change that we seek"-Barack Obama

"I didn't have sex with a porn star"-djt

[Niko Todorov @ntodorov]

Europe breaks another record for VC investment in Gen AI https://t.co/bbmu1YwXfi

[Adam Sharp @AdamCSharp]

THE EUROS FOR IDIOMS: Scotland vs Switzerland

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 An old Scottish way to tell someone to be quiet is “save your breath to cool your porridge”

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🇨🇭 A colloquial Swiss name for the triangular checkout divider is Kassentoblerone, or “cash register Toblerone”