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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 13h

If James visits the home regularly then it is available to her for personal use, which means it is not a “rental investment property” as defined by the mortgage rider…and therefore negates the central claim of the indictment

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 19h

NYT reports that Letitia James’s great niece lives in the home that is the subject of the indictment.

The niece reportedly testified before a *different* grand jury, telling them that she had lived there for many years without paying rent. James visits regularly.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Letitia James
Indictment
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But in June, IMs. Thompson testified to a grand
jury in Norfolk that she had lived in the house for years and that she did not pay rent, a person familiar with her testimony said. She was not asked to testify again, and the grand jury that voted to indict Ms. James was not seated in Norfolk, but in Alexandria.
The specter of Mr. Trump's revenge campaign has so far overshadowed the facts of the case, given how he has pushed for Ms. James's punishment. For years, he has railed against her on social media, calling her a "crook" and
"corrunt" Last month. he also appointed Ms.

for a peaceful life after years of turbulence in several cities.
The family, Nakia Thompson and her children, have lived at the address ever since, according to two people familiar with the home, and until this week, the plan for a more lacid existence had largely gone as expected. Several times a year, the people said, a great-aunt who had purchased the house in 2020 with Ms.
Thompson in mind would come for an extended stay.
This week, with the filing of court papers some 200 miles north, the plan came to an abrupt end.
The great-aunt - Letitia James, the New York attorney general - was indicted by President Trump's Justice Department. The yellow house,

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Paul Barrett ❌👑 @paulthedogman.bsky.social · 19h

Holy cannoli, NYT!! Trump is a "peacemaker abroad"? What about his egging on Putin's murderous war against Ukraine?! What about blowing up boats in the Caribbean?! Get a grip! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

The Trump Split Screen: A Peacemaker Abroad, a Retribution Campaign at Home

www.nytimes.com

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jeofree @jeofree.bsky.social · 15h

Portland

jeofree @jeofree.bsky.social · 1d

Definitely not cricket

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1d

It simply should not be possible for the president to repeatedly claim that a major city is burning without a wall of live standups happening in that city clearly demonstrating that it is not

Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1d

American broadcast journalism has utterly failed and is a dead industry, there's nothing left worth saving

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jeofree @jeofree.bsky.social · 1d

Futurama's anime episode where they had Japanese temples with the words "ROCKEFELLER CENTER" over them was pure brilliance

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yenr...

Action Delivery Force | Futurama | adult swim

YouTube video by Adult Swim

www.youtube.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

The media coverage does not reflect this AT ALL.

G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 1d

A majority of adults oppose Trump’s use of the National Guard in America cities www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-majority...

A majority of Americans oppose Trump sending the National Guard to Democratic-run cities

The president is defying the will of the people, federal judges, and the Constitution

www.gelliottmorris.com

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jeofree @jeofree.bsky.social · 2d

Kinsley even

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jeofree @jeofree.bsky.social · 2d

Bezos and the opinion editor he hired have spent all that time and effort swearing no see it's non-ideological, right down the middle, and then Thiessen comes right out with the Kinsey Gaffe ....d'oh!!

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 2d

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2d

Nothing remotely resembling an insurrection is happening anywhere in the country. Any violence associated with protest has been isolated, mild, and, in nearly every case, instigated by federal law enforcement. If we let Trump get away with calling dissent an insurrection, our republic is over.

BREAKING: Trump Admin 'Seriously' Considering Using the Insurrection Act, Reports NBC

President Trump is "seriously" considering invoking the Insurrection Act in order to more easily deploy National Guard troops to major cities as part of crime crackdown, NBC reported on Wednesday

www.mediaite.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile starts... now.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

www.youtube.com

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jeofree @jeofree.bsky.social · 2d

It was also old footage of literally a block or two where all that was happening, 99.9999% of the city in 2020 was as normal and peaceful as it was today when I went out for coffee, despite half the country being convinced by FOX that the whole city was burned to the ground back then.

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jeofree @jeofree.bsky.social · 2d

N ice P olite R epublicans

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 2d

Fascinating moment in the power of DC Think. Democrats are clearly *not* looking for an off ramp right now. They’re actually saying this. Which is a measure of how badly it’s going for the GOP. It’s the GOP that is actually looking for the offeamp.

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jeofree @jeofree.bsky.social · 2d

You’re the first one I saw make it so that’s what matters.

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jeofree @jeofree.bsky.social · 2d

And this time, he’s mad

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jeofree @jeofree.bsky.social · 2d

Remakes shall henceforth be called ressurections.

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jeofree @jeofree.bsky.social · 2d

On top of his basic illiteracy/innumeracy, it’s the same logic that leads him to think if a little gold is good, then slathering every square inch with gold is better!

“Reducing by 50% is good? Okay well I’ll reduce it 500%!”

Uh sir, it’s not poss…

“1000%! Like you’ve never seen!”

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jeofree @jeofree.bsky.social · 2d

That’s the moldy decomposing pumpkin calling the sun orange.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

It really can't be said enough: the goal of the "anti-woke" movement was always to destroy social norms against bigotry. And it worked. And there's a whole lot of purportedly "left" thinkers & commentators who helped it -- indeed, it couldn't have been done without them.

They should feel bad.

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jeofree @jeofree.bsky.social · 3d

That's why they call it Red October

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jeofree @jeofree.bsky.social · 3d

Also late Clouseau

Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 3d

kinda wild how we're leaping straight to late Ceausescu

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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jeofree @jeofree.bsky.social · 3d

What's so funny about Habeus Corpus? I have a vewy good fwend in wome named Habeus Corpus.

jeofree @jeofree.bsky.social · 3d

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jeofree @jeofree.bsky.social · 3d

Habeus Corpus

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