Jonathan Nicholson

The facts of Michael Flynn's most peculiar foray in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which appear to have significant political and legal ramifications both in Sarajevo and Washington. 1. Michael Flynn is a registered lobbyist for Kremlin-backed Bosnian Serb secessionist regime of Milorad Dodik, who has been removed from office by the Bosnian courts but continues to govern the Republika Srpska (RS) entity in all but name. 2. Flynn was instrumental in securing sanctions relief for Dodik from the Trump administration in October 2025, despite Dodik's continued direct threats to the US-brokered Dayton Peace Agreement. 3. AAFS Infrastructure and Energy LLC is a (very) recently incorporated firm based out of Wyoming, whose only known principals are Joseph Flynn, Michael Flynn's brother, and Jesse Binnall, Mike Flynn's lawyer. 4. AAFS has no known employees, nor any known history of any infrastructure or any other project whatsoever, yet it has been championed by the US Embassy in Sarajevo as the lead candidate in the construction of the Southern Interconnection gas pipeline in Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose value is estimated at some $200 million. 5. Today, the government of the Federation entity published the draft of a lex specialis which ejects the country's own state-owned gas utility from the Southern Interconnector project in favor of AAFS. Why are authorities in Sarajevo granting such significant concessions to a firm which has no relevant industry experience, and whose principals are directly linked to the the No. 1 threat to that country's security, sovereignty, and territorial integrity? And by what process did the US Embassy come to promote the involvement of AAFS in the Southern Interconnector project? Were other US or BiH firms allowed to bid for the project? If so, where is the evidence of that bidding process? And if not, why not -- and was that decision legal under US law?

President Trump on the death of former special counsel & FBI Director Robert Mueller: "Good, I’m glad he’s dead."

❗️A Financial Times article reports that Russian generals, including Valery Gerasimov in particular, regularly brief Putin with overstated Ukrainian Armed Forces losses, exaggerating Russia's advantages and downplaying their own failures. This creates a "rosy picture" of the war, leading Putin to believe in a possible victory and refuse compromises in negotiations, despite real problems on the front lines and in the economy. Source — two unnamed Western officials.

I have to say that the ranked choice voting idea was pretty dumb. If this happens it’ll be an epic self own of CA Dems doing every wonky progressive policy idea big city liberals can think up.

Serce Lwowa, płonie budynek tuż koło Kościoła Bernardynów, obok jest jedno z najcenniejszych archiwów Ukrainy, niezwykle ważne także dla polskiej historii. Tyle a propos “to nie jest nasza wojna”.

The moment a Russian drone hit in the center of Lviv. According to preliminary reports, a UNESCO World Heritage site in the city was damaged.

Senate Republicans refused to force a talking filibuster to pass the SAVE America Act because it would have allowed Democrats to offer unlimited amendments. Now, Senate R’s claim they will pass SAVE America Act via reconciliation (which may not even be possible under the Senate’s arcane rules), which would… *checks notes* …allow Democrats to offer unlimited amendments. This is gaslighting. The American people are not stupid and will not accept more failure theater from Republicans in Congress. PASS THE SAVE AMERICA ACT NOW.

a little something from all of us at ‘ eurasia group…

This is absolutely insane: At 7:04 AM ET today, President Trump said “the US and Iran have had productive discussions" to end the Iran War. By 7:10 AM ET, the S&P 500 surged +240 points adding +$2 TRILLION in market cap. 27 minutes later, Iran completely denied all of President Trump's claims and said there has been "no contact" with the US. By 8:00 AM ET. the S&P 500 had fallen -120 points erasing -$1 trillion in market cap. That's a $3 TRILLION swing market cap in 56 minutes, just in the S&P 500. What is happening here?