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Kirk @sankalots.bsky.social · 1h

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h

tl;dr the case doesn't even rise to the level of bullshit

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 10h

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
Read the Indictment
Timeline of Conflict
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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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Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 4h

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

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Aunt Eefah @lardog.bsky.social · 3h

Replaced with "Taking a Knee to Oligarchs - a Primer".

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Marcia on Maui @alohahana.bsky.social · 3h

The state that needs you most!

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Britt @desqatarian.bsky.social · 3h

Can you do a course on the McCarthy era instead? 😇

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Hermitladee @hermitladee.bsky.social · 3h

Rename it "Confronting Christian Oppression and Woke Injustice" and it will once again be part of the acceptable courses. Once it's restored, teach exactly like you had prepared to do.

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mamafi.bsky.social @mamafi.bsky.social · 3h

Perfect

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 3h

Wow.

Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 4h

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 3h

It’s no wonder that Trump has such a twisted view of war and sacrifice. And the utility of bribes.

Donald was seven years old, and his father was brought before a U.S. Senate committee investigating abuses in a housing program for war veterans and middle class families. President Eisenhower had been outraged to learn of the bribes that developers paid to bureaucrats and of the alleged profiteering practiced by Trump and others. Ike called them "sons of bitches."
As federal investigators had discovered, the elder Trump had collected an extra $1.7 million in rent-equivalent to $15 million today-before beginning to pay back his low-cost government loan. He was able to do this because a bureaucrat named Clyde Powell approved the paperwork.
Powell, who had never been paid more than a modest government salary, had mysteriously amassed a small fortune. (While it was clear Powell accepted bribes, the sources were never officially identified.) In addition to collecting the extra rent, Trump paid himself a substantial architect's fee. And he charged inflated rents based on an estimate of construction costs that was far greater than what he actually spent. All of this was legal, even if it did victimize taxpayers, veterans, and other renters.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 3h

Stephen Miller insists they must play Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries.”

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Kirk @sankalots.bsky.social · 3h

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 3h

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 · 10h

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...

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 3h

Trump’s American Heartland.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7h

Texas is preparing emergency resources for wildfires and floods. The Texas National Guard should be THERE — not in Illinois.

We stand ready to support their return home so they are best positioned for helping Texans respond to any natural disasters.

Abbott activates emergency resources ahead of growing wildfire threat, flood risk in Texas

With expected growing wildfire danger across Texas and the potential for a flood risk this weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott is activating more state emergency response resources Friday.

trib.al

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@merrillgbsky.social @meg-bsky.bsky.social · 3h

And the grift continues!

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 12h

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Kirk @sankalots.bsky.social · 3h

erictopol.substack.com/p/a-long-awa...

A Long-Awaited Longevity Mystery Solved
Spotlighting an essential human biologic pathway targeted by drugs in clinical trials

A Long-Awaited Longevity Mystery Solved

Spotlighting an essential human biologic pathway targeted by drugs in clinical trials

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Kirk @sankalots.bsky.social · 3h

abcnews.go.com/US/loss-life...

It can be a loss of life': First responders detail the deadly cost of rural hospital closures
Rural hospitals are vanishing, and Medicaid cuts could accelerate the collapse.

'It can be a loss of life': First responders detail the deadly cost of rural hospital closures

Across the country, hospitals are vanishing, and a new wave of Medicaid cuts could accelerate the collapse.

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❀༻𝕤𝕔𝕙𝕦𝕝𝕥𝕫𝕚𝕖𝕡𝕚𝕖༺❀ @schultziepie.bsky.social · 3h

I’m dead! Nice try Stephen.

🎥:@hissesgetkissesrescue
on TT

#fakeglitching
#pinks

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Kirk @sankalots.bsky.social · 3h

www.handelsblatt.com/politik/inte...

"The price for Israel's security is a free Palestine"
The Israeli has long been committed to peace with the Palestinians. Why the chances are better today and what was the decisive factor for Trump's change of course towards Israel.
Inga Rogg

Handelsblatt

www.handelsblatt.com

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Kirk @sankalots.bsky.social · 3h

www.handelsblatt.com/politik/inte...

"The price for Israel's security is a free Palestine"
The Israeli has long been committed to peace with the Palestinians. Why the chances are better today and what was the decisive factor for Trump's change of course towards Israel.
Inga Rogg

Handelsblatt

www.handelsblatt.com

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Kirk @sankalots.bsky.social · 3h

youtu.be/amDo-KqUjpA

The Sons Of The Pioneers - Cool Water

YouTube video by UbiquitousLazar

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