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in Jorts City, there's only one rule. american in milano 🇮🇹 (formerly: indy). returning ~2028. engineer/PM in green energy mfg PIVOT TO WIKI! 🧦🔰 WIKI -> publish.obsidian.md/pivot-point DMs open for wiki submissions

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bubba @jortscity.bsky.social · 6d

if this is the case, then Pritzker's first real 2028 test is *now*. If he lacks the authority, then you can't just lay down or throw up your hands. the moral case is clear. He has to both communicate that he lacks the authority AND!! make a public effort to ask for such authority.

Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.social · 6d

People really do be believing that police departments do what elected officials say huh

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bubba @jortscity.bsky.social · 6h

I need to fire up the graphic designerino to make a PIVOT TO WIKI graphic. something that denotes changing from the social media infinite scroll to the knowledge graph

bubba @jortscity.bsky.social · 6h

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bubba @jortscity.bsky.social · 6h

hi guys, this is not related but shameless plug, please read (free):

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PIVOT TO WIKI - pivot point mini-wiki - Obsidian Publish

PIVOT TO WIKI: fixing our info environment

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Joe Giddings @joegiddings.bsky.social · 18h

This new residential tower in Lyon is made from wood.

In many ways, this is quite an incredible building. Here's why:

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bubba @jortscity.bsky.social · 7h

*checks notes* uh, acquisitions are fake and cringe

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bubba @jortscity.bsky.social · 7h

EBITDA is fake and cringe

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bubba @jortscity.bsky.social · 7h

www.propublica.org/article/blin...

www.propublica.org/article/isra...

Blinken Is Sitting on Staff Recommendations to Sanction Israeli Military Units Linked to Killings or Rapes

A special State Department panel told Secretary of State Antony Blinken that the U.S. should restrict arms sales to Israeli military units that have been credibly accused of human rights abuses. He ha...

www.propublica.org

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bubba @jortscity.bsky.social · 7h

in what God damned universe?

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 9h

Here’s a primer on ‘primer.’

It’s pronounced ‘PRIMM-er’ if you mean “a small book” or “a short informative piece of writing.”

It’s pronounced ‘PRY-mer’ if you mean “an initial coat of paint.”

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 7h

A judge temporarily blocked Trump from federalizing or deploying National Guard members to Illinois.

Breaking | Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s Illinois National Guard Deployment

The decision deals a blow for the president’s efforts to use troops in the Chicagoland area

on.wsj.com

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bubba @jortscity.bsky.social · 7h

blinken overrode state dept findings to falsify the Leahy report so that they could continue selling weapons to Israel. he lied to congress about it.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 8h

New: Bari Weiss booked Hillary Clinton, Mike Pompeo, and Antony Blinken for a roundtable on Gaza, her first major move at CBS.

Notably on a CBS call today in which the panel was floated, one producer also repeatedly emphasized the need to hear from Palestinians in Gaza (Weiss did not respond).

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bubba @jortscity.bsky.social · 8h

would a dedicated collaborative PIVOT TO WIKI discord increase the number of site submissions/suggestions I get from 0 to a number above 0? let me know, thanks

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bubba @jortscity.bsky.social · 8h

lmao

Ken in MN @therealkeninmn.bsky.social · 15h

And hold the trials in Nuremberg. The good news: We just so happen to have one of those...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurembe...

Nuremberg, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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bubba @jortscity.bsky.social · 8h

does signal let you be anon?

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bubba @jortscity.bsky.social · 8h

dude I could live without most authentic Italian ingredients but nduja paste is actually so goddamn good I will be importing that shit once I move back to the states

bubba @jortscity.bsky.social · 8h

I'll be here all night folks

bubba @jortscity.bsky.social · 8h

a grand jury has 16 jurors, while a tall jury only has 12 and a venti jury has 20

ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 9h

i have a very dumb question: what is the difference between a grand jury and a normal jury

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bubba @jortscity.bsky.social · 9h

clown government

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 9h

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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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 13h

If you live in California, please call @gavinnewsom.bsky.social at (916) 445-2841 and urge him to sign SB 79. Here's my post about why the bill is so important: publiccomment.blog/p/newsom-s-f...

Newsom's Fateful Choice

Why the governor needs to sign SB 79

publiccomment.blog

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bubba @jortscity.bsky.social · 9h

I can answer unnecessary questions like nobody else.

bubba @jortscity.bsky.social · 9h

my *guess* is that since the account went under 100 bucks, that triggered a cut off of auto debiting. This is a separate account I had.

bubba @jortscity.bsky.social · 9h

dude this is so frustrating. I have money in my bank account, but my internet provider just stopped auto debiting from the account for some reason, and now my internet is cut off

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bubba @jortscity.bsky.social · 10h

these numbers are so low compared to the total undocumented pop that we have a great opportunity to say: "trump only managed to deport 3% of the unauthorized resident population with infinite money and terrorizing cities. we should just do mass amnesty instead"

Branden Smith @brandens.bsky.social · 10h

ICE has deported over 100,000 people since January, double the rate of the Biden administration in 2024.

In this video @telliotter.bsky.social reports on where exactly the arrests are happening, where people are being detained, and where they’re being deported to.

youtu.be/uD9ETC80HDA?...

Where ICE Has Taken The Most People | On The Grid | WIRED

YouTube video by WIRED

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bubba @jortscity.bsky.social · 10h

also followed back for 13 month year advocacy

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bubba @jortscity.bsky.social · 10h

we should be careful to not simply bail the GOP out of their own incompetence but there's a million ways to do so, we just need to be creative

bubba @jortscity.bsky.social · 11h

No, but the CARES act should have required Trump to get on his knees in the oval office and kiss Nancy Pelosi's feet for them to send him that bill

Jake @jakeythesnakey.bsky.social · 1d

So, should Dems have spiked COVID relief and stimulus in 2020 until after the election when they took a trifecta?

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bubba @jortscity.bsky.social · 11h

up is down

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Q: If Russia and Vladimir Putin attacks Finland, would you defend Finland?

TRUMP: Yes I would. They're a member of NATO.

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