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Cat Skoor 🌱 💙🐕🌷🌲

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Formerly young PNW gardener & all-around dull girl. Liberal for a bazillion years. Writer. Dog lover. Lives with a black cat, a married man & 3 gigantic dogs. Collector of art supplies & good friends. (Trump is a felonious pathological liar.) 🚫DMs.

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Cat Skoor 🌱 💙🐕🌷🌲 @bluecatherine.bsky.social · Jan 22

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Jan 22

Pin this, save it, we’ll need it.

“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”

AOC 🔥🎯

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Pirjo Sundqvist @pirjosundqvist.bsky.social · 1h

Venezuela's Maria Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. ❤️

She won "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy," the academy said.

#NobelPeacePrice

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17m

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8h

Sometimes we need a moment, but if you tune out completely, they win. Fascism doesn’t need your support, just your silence.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

The Trump administration is testing the limits of its power. We’ve yet to see the edge.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Schiff: "You begin to wonder -- do they believe they have the authority by putting some groups on a list, even domestic groups, to use lethal force against them, with no trial, no due process, no nothing? The reality is we can't rule that out."

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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 10h

Here’s a small list of everyone. Trump considers less important than protecting Epstein and his pedophile posse.

Our military
Air traffic controllers
All government workers
Social Security recipients
Air travelers
You

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 12h

Many people are saying heroin, brain worms, swimming in sewage, and eating roadkill cause insanity.

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Cat Skoor 🌱 💙🐕🌷🌲 @bluecatherine.bsky.social · 10h

So disappointing.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14h

People compare the United States' fascism today to Germany's fascism in the 1930s, but it's actually far more shameless and stupid.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone else remember that old SNL sketch in which Jon Lovitz is playing Michael Dukakis and Dana Carvey is playing George H.W. Bush and they're debating and in mid-debate Dukakis turns to the camera and says, "I can't believe I'm losing to this guy"?

Yeah, *that*

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11h

"Sir, Seal Team Six has neutralized the Nobel Prize Committee"

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Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 12h

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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Amy B @abbarsha.bsky.social · 12h

We really need to keep the upcoming protests peaceful. Felon 47 is anxiously waiting to invoke the Insurrection Act.

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RandomWhiteGuy @thereelrandom.bsky.social · 12h

History sure is rhyming these days…

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 12h

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 15h

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

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

“None of these statements are true.”

MEMPHIS DA Steve Mulroy FACT-CHECKS @AGPamBondi’s sworn testimony before Congress.

His post (with Spandau Ballet soundtrack 🎵): www.instagram.com/p/DPmv-WKEil...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

Tryna tweet through the Epstein files cover-up like…

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 13h

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

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 13h

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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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 13h

The monster is really coming for us all. General Letitia James has been indicted following Trump’s pressure campaign. She’s accused of committing “mortgage fraud.” The MAGA movement is weaponizing the Justice Department.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 13h

The Nixon-style “Trump” enemy list.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 13h

Prosecute Lindsey for lying to the court then.

Joel Siegel @joelsiegel.bsky.social · 13h

Oopsie

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Cat Skoor 🌱 💙🐕🌷🌲 @bluecatherine.bsky.social · 13h

This is John Roberts’ America.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 14h

This indictment of Letitia James is not a prosecution; it is a politically-motivated persecution. Donald Trump is using a weaponized Department of Justice to punish a public servant who dared to hold him accountable. This sham proceeding is a direct assault on the Rule of Law.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 14h

Who will Trump have indicted tomorrow when he doesn’t win the Nobel Prize? 🤔

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 14h

🗞️Today's NYT reporting:

"Trump said this, then Trump said that. Trump did this, and then Trump did that. Trump did that, and now Trump's doing this. Trump wants this, now Trump wants that."

NO JOURNALISM
NO CONTEXT
NO FACT-CHECKING

They basically just takes notes for the MF'er, and print it.

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