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Shevawn Weber @shevawn.bsky.social · 8h

She accidentally checked the wrong box but then wrote in big letters, “This is not my primary residence.”

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MFlower 🌻 @mflower.bsky.social · 9h

The allegations center on one document showing that the property would be her primary residence. It's the only document like this; the rest of the loan documents accurately say the home wouldn’t be James’ primary residence.

As baseless as Comey's & the timing is slamdunk vindictive

Federal probe into Trump foe Letitia James hits a standstill, law enforcement officials say

James, the New York attorney general, faces allegations of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration. She has denied any wrongdoing.

www.nbcnews.com

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hoptimus @hoptimusprime.bsky.social · 8h

yeah, this is slam dunk malicious prosecution; everyone here is answering to a state bar someday: bsky.app/profile/dber...

David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 9h

Alleges “ill-gotten gains” of $18,000 and change over the life of the Virginia home loan. (Which would be $600/year if a 30-yr loan)

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 9h

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

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hoptimus @hoptimusprime.bsky.social · 8h

Everyone associated with this prosecution should end up in front of a bar hearing and subsequently disbarred.

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SaukFish @saukfish.bsky.social · 13h

What the hell? Did he really just say that?

This DOJ lawyer is telling a federal judge in Chicago that Trump’s power to invade exists EVEN IF the government itself fomented the violence being used as the pretext for the invasion?

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 13h

Perry asks directly whether the feds started the alleged violence in Chicago.

She asks whether it matters if the inability to execute the law was "caused by the federal agents."

Hamilton: "No, your honor."

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 6h

Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.

Presbyterian minister David Black on CNN, who was shot with pepper balls while praying outside an ICE facility.

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Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 4h

fleabag from the show fleabag looking horrified and offended (because she shags a hot priest)

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 4h

ANTIFA:

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Gabriel @b1uecruz.bsky.social · 15h

If we have a majority in the senate, quickest way is to just renominate all article 3 judges as Supreme Court justices. The GOP kindly has changed the debate rules to allow batch confirmations with a simple majority, so just do them all day 1 (except the obvious assholes like Kascmaryk).

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 15h

Could the Supreme Court still apply different rules to a Democratic president? Of course. You don't need to remind me of that. But a lightning-fast blitz that repurposes Trump's new powers for good stands the best chance of standing up in court. Democrats need to start thinking about this right now.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 15h

This is why I think the next Democratic president needs to use the EXACT tools that SCOTUS has handed Trump. Don't leave room for any distinctions.

Impound funds for deportation. Give ICE the USAID treatment. Refuse to collect government-backed debt. Purge MAGA loyalists from the executive branch.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 15h

The best "defense" of SCOTUS' hypocrisy is that there's an asymmetry between how Democrats and Republicans wield executive power. Broadly—Dems want to give things (health care, asylum, foreign aid, loan relief, civil rights) while Republicans want to take things away. SCOTUS makes the latter easier.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 15h

When the Supreme Court struck down Biden's policies, it was tempting to think: "At least these limits on executive authority will bind Trump if he comes back into office." But no—the court's skepticism of executive power vanished on Jan. 20, 2025. This dynamic is obvious to anyone paying attention!

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 5h

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

www.propublica.org

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 9h

Why is this front-page news? The Washington Post doesn't say. It's a turning point in US history but our pathetic journalist class hides the relevance behind suggestion and implication, afraid to say things that everyone knows. Useless

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 8h

As @propublica.org reported, "at least three of Trump’s Cabinet members call multiple homes their primary residences on mortgages."

No indictments for them, because this is how a fascist regime works. "For my friends, everything; for my enemies, the law."

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 9h

BREAKING: NY State AG Letitia James indicted by federal grand jury in Virginia www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

Letitia James indicted by federal grand jury in Virginia

State Attorney General Letitia James has reportedly been indicted for alleged mortgage fraud.

www.cityandstateny.com

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 19h

I'm willing to bet that SCOTUS does overturn the tariffs, but it'll be for some monumentally corrupt reason, like Brett Kavanaugh is trying to renovate Mt. Misery Farm into his vacation home and lumber is too expensive.

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 9h

As others have said:

I don't want technology to write for me so I have more time to do the laundry, I want technology to do the laundry for me so I have more time to write.

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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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 7h

Letitia James and James Comey have the best lawyers on earth and will almost certainly be fine. The fact that there’s a zillion stories about them and virtually none about NSPM-7 - which affects countless ordinary people - really says something about who the media writes for

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 7h

Andrew Cuomo keeps saying he’s the only candidate who can take on Trump once he’s in office.

Yet in his statement about the indictment of Letitia James, the highest-ranking Black elected official in the state, he doesn’t even mention Trump by name….and, more importantly, he doesn’t mention James.

Andrew Cuomo * @andrewcuomo
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In a democracy, the rule of law must be sacred - impartial, objective, and above politics. When the law is weaponized or manipulated to advance political agendas, it erodes public trust and weakens the very foundation of justice. Whether it comes from the right or the left, from prosecutors or politicians, the politicization of law enforcement is dangerous and corrosive.
We must restore faith in fairness, facts, and due process - because once justice becomes partisan, everyone loses.
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 10h

Hey @wnba.com: pay them what you owe them!

We’re proud of our unions’ solidarity with the WNBPA as they fight for their fair share and a strong new contract ✊

The US’s biggest pro women’s sports unions have found strength together

For NWSL and WNBA players’ unions, collective actions have been key to their successes in wholly different sports

www.theguardian.com

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Ann Hanek @annhanek.bsky.social · 10h

Unfortunately, I think Halligan has a lucrative career as a Fox News host in her future. It's obvious that's all she wants anyway.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 7h

This is good, from Hakeem Jeffries. More of this please, in every conceivable forum:

"Sycophants who aid and abet the President’s vengeful schemes will not be able to hide from the serious legal consequences of their behavior. They will be held accountable."

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 14h

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