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TJ Kliebhan
@musiclawyerkleeb.bsky.social
Music / entertainment lawyer for Grammy winners and I want to represent you! Music journalist sometimes. Recording Academy member. Chicago forever.
January 29, 2026 at 4:47 AM
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A federal judge, in a published order, so very much on the record:

“ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
January 28, 2026 at 10:56 PM
This is literally just free speech. What is this guy’s deal here?
Bovino: "When politicians, community leaders, & some journalists engage in that heated rhetoric we keep talking about, when they make the choice to vilify law enforcement calling law enforcement 'Gestapo' or using the term 'kidnapping,' that is a choice & there are actions & consequences."
January 25, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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January 22, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Simply no way this is legal.
January 22, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Hugeeeee video for indie dads.
January 19, 2026 at 11:17 PM
My friend in Minneapolis texted me and said “ICE is all over the place” yesterday.
Not an exaggeration at all to say that the feeling in Minneapolis is that the entire metro area is being treated as occupied territory by federal agents. Impossible to overstate how overwhelmingly people here do not like it. This does not feel sustainable.
January 10, 2026 at 12:18 PM
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January 10, 2026 at 5:53 AM
This is the best of what being American is. This is the America we MUST strive for.
Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.
January 9, 2026 at 3:51 AM
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This is what it's all about folks
The Kyle Farnsworth-Iowa mystery might have been just been solved 🕵️‍♂️
January 8, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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CCPSA special meeting tomorrow Th 1/8/2026 at 6.30p Thalia Hall

sign up for virtual public comment:

CommunityCommissionPublicComment@cityofchicago.org

You may also submit written comments in person at the meeting

cityofchicago-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
January 7, 2026 at 6:59 PM
For me, this is clearly protected by 1A.
So @tobymorton.bsky.social is a national treasure and Hilton is fucking up royally with this nonsense. www.hiltonice.com

cc: @kenwhite.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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Because they like swords and can't read. Saved you a click
January 6, 2026 at 11:38 PM
I’m currently doing an AMA on Reddit.com/r/musicindustry

Come hang out or ask a question!
Reddit.co
January 5, 2026 at 6:10 PM
We as lawyers cannot revel in the gatekeeping of this profession (including the use of Latin and generally uncommon English) and also act surprised when jurors have no idea what is being said in the court room.
okay so speaking of this case, we got the jury notes and i would not say they instill a *ton* of confidence in the system
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 1, 2026 at 10:22 PM
This is jarring. I sort of forgot politicians could say something really clever and smart in this country.
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Been looking into this one. I wonder if it’ll end quickly via Anti-SLAPP, but it’s fed court and from what I know about NYC Fed Court it doesn’t apply Anti-SLAPP consistently. Possible a 12(b)(6) is enough too, but that’s a tougher fight. One to watch for sure.
January 1, 2026 at 5:51 AM
Ripping off Japanese art to post an anti-foreigner message. Shocking.
DHS now says it's aiming for 100 million deportations. In an amazing coincidence, there are 104 million Black and Hispanic people living in the U.S. right now.
January 1, 2026 at 1:53 AM
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"This small liberal arts college used to be a haven for artistic misfits and free thinkers. Now it has been taken over by authoritarian politicians. Are these two things the same?"
December 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Celebrating the season with the movie that has everything.
December 25, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The evidence is building on this one.
Wayne Coyne, the Gen X Mike Love
December 24, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Do you know what it feels like when you find out you’re playing a rigged game?
IMO it's hard to combat the dangerousness of the right by participating in a platform where they aren't present.
I think the best way to explain the X vs Bluesky preference is whether a person thinks the left is more annoying than the right is dangerous.

The reason so many Noah Smiths end up on the X side of that equation is that while the left annoys them personally, the right mostly endangers other people.
December 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
One of the most important bills for music ever drafted in this country. Read up on it will ya?
December 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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November 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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I guess it’s a good thing we were so concerned about the right to speak our opinions being outlawed by a ruling class that we guaranteed it by making it the very first amendment in our Bill of Rights when we formed the country.
November 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM