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Sarah Cupcakes @cupcakesarenice.bsky.social · 28d

"Everyone is stupid, except for me" A Memoir Written by Everyone

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nobody @granddad.bsky.social · 1d

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Sarah Cupcakes @cupcakesarenice.bsky.social · 14h

We love unfiltered Bard!!

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Sarah Cupcakes @cupcakesarenice.bsky.social · 14h

AHHHH you look so good! 🩷

Sarah Cupcakes @cupcakesarenice.bsky.social · 14h

Felt cute

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Sarah Cupcakes @cupcakesarenice.bsky.social · 14h

Sass S. Pumpkins!! You are gorgeous all the seasons but most especially spooky season!

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Sarah Cupcakes @cupcakesarenice.bsky.social · 15h

This might be the dumbest shit I've ever seen, and one time I saw a person charged for stealing two sauce packets.

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 19h

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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Sarah Cupcakes @cupcakesarenice.bsky.social · 16h

Oh my God, this is dumber than I thought

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Sarah Cupcakes @cupcakesarenice.bsky.social · 17h

Last night's #Survivor episode without context. #Survivor49

Sarah Cupcakes @cupcakesarenice.bsky.social · 17h

What are your degrees in, and is one of them anthropology?

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Sarah Cupcakes @cupcakesarenice.bsky.social · 21h

I wish that siesta were referenced in the Bible because then American corporations would block that time out.

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Sarah Cupcakes @cupcakesarenice.bsky.social · 23h

a baby wearing sunglasses and a pacifier is dancing with the words congratulations in the corner

Alt: a baby wearing sunglasses and a pacifier is dancing with the words congratulations in the corner

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago federal court chief judge says she has not requested National Guard for courthouse

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Sarah Cupcakes @cupcakesarenice.bsky.social · 1d

Don't worry if you see a mosquito today, they are WELL FED by my blood and won't bug you

a woman is holding her chest in pain while standing in a classroom .

Alt: Itchy Eleanor

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Sarah Cupcakes @cupcakesarenice.bsky.social · 1d

Gonna have to write a rule about not effing with poisonous snakes

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Sarah Cupcakes @cupcakesarenice.bsky.social · 1d

Okay but that was true

Sarah Cupcakes @cupcakesarenice.bsky.social · 1d

Telling someone that you're a good ally because you've never cheated on your boyfriend is WILD. #Survivor #Survivor49

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Sarah Cupcakes @cupcakesarenice.bsky.social · 1d

Found a puzzle that Kele can solve. #Survivor #Survivor49

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Sarah Cupcakes @cupcakesarenice.bsky.social · 1d

Jake's required reading for his next #Survivor experience. #Survivor49

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Sarah Cupcakes @cupcakesarenice.bsky.social · 1d

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bee 🍂 @bohemian-raspberry.bsky.social · 1d

yeah he definitely fucked with the snake #survivor49

Laticauda species are often active at night, which is when they prefer to hunt. Though they possess highly toxic venom, these snakes are usually shy and reclusive, and in New Caledonia, where they are called tricot rayé ("striped sweater"), children play with them. Bites are rare, but must be treated immediately. Bites are more likely to occur under low light conditions (night), and when the snake is roughly handled (e.g. grabbed "hard") while in the water, or having been abruptly taken from the water. When these snakes are on land, bites are extremely rare.[10] Black-banded sea kraits, numbering in the hundreds, form hunting alliances with yellow goatfish and bluefin trevally, flushing potential prey from narrow crannies in a reef the same way some moray eels do.[11][12] Sea kraits are capable of diving up to 80 m deep in a single hunting trip.[13] They also have a

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Sarah Cupcakes @cupcakesarenice.bsky.social · 1d

I think he was messing with the snake and then played it down.

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Sarah Cupcakes @cupcakesarenice.bsky.social · 1d

That binder said the snake won't bother you unless it's provoked. #Survivor #Survivor49

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Steady Gabe 🎃 @surlygabe.bsky.social · 1d

Please not Arkansas, please not Arkansas, please not Arkansas, please...

Ollie Connolly @ollieconnolly.bsky.social · 1d

Per sources: Bill Belichick has discussed buyout options with North Carolina’s hierarchy. Belichick has signaled a willingness to trigger his own $1 million buyout if he can find a soft landing with another team or in media

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Sarah Cupcakes @cupcakesarenice.bsky.social · 1d

Stand up right now! Go get your gym clothes!

Sarah Cupcakes @cupcakesarenice.bsky.social · 2d

This is not a subskeet