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stuartpstevens.bsky.social @stuartpstevens.bsky.social · Aug 22

Putin meets alone with Trump.

A week later, US intelligence is gutted by Tulsi Gabbard.

FBI goes after John Bolton.

Had Putin ordered it through Amazon, could not have been more efficient.

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Ziggy @bigad.bsky.social · 9h

Putin attacks America with his secret weapon.

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Boredmonkey @boredmonkey.bsky.social · 7h

www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/p...

Former GOP election official buys Dominion Voting Systems, says he’ll push for paper ballots | CNN Politics

Dominion Voting Systems, the election vendor that was falsely accused of rigging the 2020 election, is being sold and rebranded as Liberty Vote effective immediately.

www.cnn.com

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mlf3430.bsky.social @mlf3430.bsky.social · 19h

Communists like only one type of voting.

RIGGED!!!

www.snopes.com/fact-check/v...

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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 6h

“Baby in her placenta” is pretty bad for a HHS secretary but it’s arguably worse for a guy with six kids. It’s impossible to not learn this stuff as a dad if you’re even remotely paying attention just once.

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Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 7h

The malicious prosecution of Attorney General Tish James is baseless.

And the indictment is not worth the paper it is written on.

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David Burbach 🌹 @dburbach.bsky.social · 6h

For professional reasons I should have listened to that "antifa summit" yesterday, but I learned here DHS Sec. Noem, the govt's authoritative voice on such matters, said -- literally -- 'antifa' is just as organized, sophisticated, and dangerous as Hezbollah, ISIS, or Hamas.

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 9h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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akumariver.bsky.social @akumariver.bsky.social · 5h

They should do it.

And name Abbott, Paxton, etc in it too.

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 5h

You know what I'm curious about?

States like Texas who consent to Trump sending their NG troops to other states.

I wonder what would happen if, say, Illinois sued Texas for consenting.

SCOTUS would have original jurisdiction and would have to take it out of the gate.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 7h

I’ve never seen anything remotely this petty charged as bank fraud.

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 8h

NEW: Here's the two-count indictment against NY AG Letitia James. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

INDICTMENT
October 2025 Term - at Alexandria, Virginia
THE GRAND JURY CHARGES THAT:
GENERAL ALLEGATIONS
At all times relevant to this Indictment:
1. Letitia A. James ("JAMES) was a resident of Brooklyn, New York, and the borrower on a
Fannie Mae-backed mortgage loan for the property located at 3121 Peronne Avenue,
Norfolk, Virginia.
2. OVM Financial (also known as Old Virginia Mortgage / AnnieMac) was a mortgage lending business located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, engaged in the business of originating and underwriting residential mortgage loans, including those backed by the Federal National Mortgage Association ("Fannie Mae"). OVM Financial qualified as a "financial institution" within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 20(10).
3. Fannie Mae was a federally chartered corporation that purchased and guaranteed mortgages,
operating as a government-sponsored enterprise under the oversight of the Federal Housing

Finance Agency ("FHFA").
4. First Savings Bank was a state-chartered, FDIC-insured financial institution (Certificate
#29961), headquartered in Jeffersonville, Indiana, which acquired mortgage loans through assignment or acquisition. First Savings Bank qualified as a "financial institution" within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 20(1).
5. On or about August 17, 2020, JAMES, as sole borrower, purchased the three (3) bedroom,
(1) bathroom property located at 3121 Peronne Avenue, Norfolk, Virginia 23509 (the
"Peronne Property"), for approximately $137,000, financed with a mortgage loan of approximately $109,600 (Loan #4430025978) backed by Fannie Mae.
6. The loan was originated by OVM Financial under a signed Second Home Rider, which required JAMES, as the sole borrower to occupy and use the property as her secondary residence, and prohibited its use as a timesharing or other shared ownership arrangement or agreement that requires her either to rent the property or give any other person any control over the occupancy or use of the property.
7. Despite these representations, the Peronne Property was not occupied or used by JAMES as a secondary residence and was instead used as a rental investment property, renting the property to a family of (3).
8. This misrepresentation allowed JAMES to obtain favorable loan terms not available for investment properties, including a note rate of 3.000% (avoiding a 0.815% higher
comparable investment property rate of 3.815%, resulting in approximately $17,837 in rate savings over the life of the loan), a seller credit of approximately $3,288 (exceeding the seller credit for investment properties by approximately $1,096), for total ill-gotten gains of approximately $18,933 over the life of the loan.
9. JAMES' Universal Property application for homeowners' insurance indicated "owner-

occupied non-seasonal use," further misrepresenting the intended use of the property.
10. JAMES filed Schedule E tax forms), under penalties of perjury, treating the Perrone Property as rental real estate, reporting fair rental days, zero personal use days, thousand(s)
of dollars in rents received, and claiming deductions for expenses relating to the property, further contradicting the second home classification.
11. The loan was acquired by or assigned to First Savings Bank by March 2021, exposing it to risks associated with the misrepresented loan.
12. The acts described herein occurred within the Eastern District of Virginia.
COUNT ONE
(Bank Fraud - 18 U.S.C. § 1344)
13. The allegations in paragraphs 1 through 12 are re-alleged and incorporated herein.
14. From on or about August 7, 2020, through at least January 2024, in the Eastern District of Virginia and elsewhere, the Defendant, LETITIA A. JAMES, did knowingly execute and attempt to execute a scheme and artifice to defraud OVM Financial and First Savings Bank,
financial institutions, and to obtain moneys, funds, and credits owned by and under the custody and control of OVM Financial and First Savings Bank by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises.
15. The scheme involved falsely representing the Peronne Property as a secondary residence to obtain favorable mortgage terms, while using it as an investment property with no intended
or actual personal occupancy or use by her.
(In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1344).
COUNT TWO
(False Statements to a Financial Institution - 18 U.S.C. § 1014)
16. The allegations in paragraphs 1 through 12 are re-alleged and incorporated herein.

17. From on or about July 28, 2020, through at least August 31, 2020, in the Eastern District of Virginia and elsewhere, the Defendant, LETITIA A. JAMES, did knowingly make and cause to be made false statements and reports for the purpose of influencing the action of OVM Financial, a Fannie Mae-backed lender, upon an application for a loan, in that JAMES represented and affirmed in uniform residential loan applications and related documents that
the Peronne Property would be used as a secondary residence, when in truth and fact, as JAMES then knew, the property was intended and used as an investment property with no intended or actual personal occupancy or use by her.
(In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1014).
FORFEITURE NOTICE
Pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.2(a) and Title 18, U.S.C. §
982(a)(2)(A), upon conviction of the offenses in Counts One and Two, the Defendant, Letitia
A. James, shall forfeit to the United States any property constituting, or derived from, proceeds obtained, directly or indirectly, as a result of such violations, including but not limited to a money judgment in the amount of $18,933.
If any of the property described above, as a result of any act or omission of the Defendant: (a) cannot be located upon the exercise of due diligence; (b) has been transferred or sold to, or deposited with, a third party; (c) has been placed beyond the jurisdiction of the court; (d) has been substantially diminished in value; or (e) has been commingled with other property which cannot be divided without difficulty, the United States shall be entitled to a forfeiture of substitute property pursuant to Title 21, U.S.C. § 853(b), as incorporated by Title
18 U.S.C. § 982(b)(1).
(In accordance with Title 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(C) and 982(a)(1); Title 28, U.S.C. § 2461(c); and Title 21 U.S.C. § 853(p).)

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 1d

There is no left-wing violence in Chicago or Portland. It simply is not happening.

It's so not happening, in fact, that Republicans in Oregon took footage from two South American countries to create a hoax photo about Portland.

They have no actual violent footage to put forward.

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America

A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

www.theguardian.com

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Suanne Laqueur @suannelqr.bsky.social · 1d

Hope for the best, prepare for disappointment.

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Cindi-Be Kind (mostly) @cinian1.bsky.social · 1d

I’ll believe it when I see it or as it happens.

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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 1d

Eric Swallwell (D-CA) says it’s coming to an end and House Republicans are privately breaking, that a “jailbreak” is brewing the moment the Epstein files hit the floor, and that Trump’s aura of fear is finally cracking.

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#USDemocracy
#Pinks

open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...

SWALWELL’S BOMBSHELL EPSTEIN TWEET: "The Epstein Files Are Coming And The GOP Are Getting Ready To Abandon Trump"

218 or chaos: Inside the House moment that could shatter Trump’s grip

open.substack.com

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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 1d

Be The Insurrection

open.substack.com/pub/therickw...

Be The Insurrection

They want one. They're going to get one.

open.substack.com

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1point21jaredwatts.bsky.social @1point21jaredwatts.bsky.social · 1d

CNN has been Fox Light for a long time. This doesn't surprise me at all.

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Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 1d

This is capitulation. It is not the "Department of War." If CNN concedes on this point, they'll concede on any point.

Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 1d

CNN is now using the Trump preferred “Department of War” name in its official statements

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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 1d

Well, here we are.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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akumariver.bsky.social @akumariver.bsky.social · 5h

Wait...if we rule 34 their badges will they quit using them because ick gay?

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 7h

They're animating the law enforcement seizure notices now. This was just uploaded to the Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters site that was threatening to dump Salesforce customer data. The dark web version remains online.

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 9h

Worth emphasizing that there are serious questions about whether or not Lindsey Halligan is even legally in her job

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 8h

New statement from AG James:

"This is nothing more than a continuation of the president's desperate weaponization of our justice system.

"I am not fearful — I am fearless."

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raygodyes.bsky.social @raygodyes.bsky.social · 12h

When the US is run by a Russian asset it makes it harder in win.

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CynicallyOptimistic @cautiousoptimistic.bsky.social · 12h

As an outside observer, I would say that Russia is clearly winning the war against the United States. It's not even close.

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Canadian Resistance Front @iamnotasalmon.bsky.social · 22h

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