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WalkingTaako, But Spooky🏴‍☠️🏳️🪣💩

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He/him. Cishet. White Jew. Happily married. Passionately leftist. Hogball (In association with Hyundai) enthusiast. I am ironic, sarcastic, and silly. And I have an awful temper. Commit to the bit. The dog's name was Beatrice. You should unfollow me.

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WalkingTaako, But Spooky🏴‍☠️🏳️🪣💩 @walkingtaako.bsky.social · Mar 27

I feel that this will be a useful thing for people on this website to learn about.

irony
noun
iro·ny ˈī-rə-nē also ˈī(-ə)r-nē
pluralironies
Synonyms of irony
1
a
: the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning
b
: a usually humorous or sardonic literary style or form characterized by irony
c
: an ironic expression or utterance

WalkingTaako, But Spooky🏴‍☠️🏳️🪣💩 @walkingtaako.bsky.social · 2h

You can stop following me now. Wait, never mind, let me block you instead.

WalkingTaako, But Spooky🏴‍☠️🏳️🪣💩 @walkingtaako.bsky.social · 3h

Gotta say, the Peacemaker finale was extremely weak.

WalkingTaako, But Spooky🏴‍☠️🏳️🪣💩 @walkingtaako.bsky.social · 3h

Don't fall for it

WalkingTaako, But Spooky🏴‍☠️🏳️🪣💩 @walkingtaako.bsky.social · 3h

IDF ceasefires are never worth the paper they're written on. They'll break it before the end of the month and blame Hamas.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 5h

Just in case anyone is still holding on out of nostalgia for what it used to be.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 6h

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WalkingTaako, But Spooky🏴‍☠️🏳️🪣💩 @walkingtaako.bsky.social · 3h

You guessed it...

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Shane McNichol @ontheshanetrain.bsky.social · 4h

New meme format

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 4h

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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 4h

Dart comes out of the medical tent after suffering a potential brain injury and Brian Daboll immediately smacks him in the back of the head

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WalkingTaako, But Spooky🏴‍☠️🏳️🪣💩 @walkingtaako.bsky.social · 4h

To be fair, it's Joey Ortiz

WalkingTaako, But Spooky🏴‍☠️🏳️🪣💩 @walkingtaako.bsky.social · 4h

Maybe they'll be seated in an exit row on the flight to the LCS and get sucked out of the plane.

WalkingTaako, But Spooky🏴‍☠️🏳️🪣💩 @walkingtaako.bsky.social · 5h

Not so much with the World Series or the pennant.

WalkingTaako, But Spooky🏴‍☠️🏳️🪣💩 @walkingtaako.bsky.social · 5h

The thing about blowing a Division Series is you'll probably get another crack at it in a year or two.

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WalkingTaako, But Spooky🏴‍☠️🏳️🪣💩 @walkingtaako.bsky.social · 5h

If Fetterman wins renomination, I'm leaving my Senate vote blank.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

FOX: Do you think Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize?

FETTERMAN: If this sticks. I think the whole point of having a Nobel Peace Prize is for ending wars and promoting peace. And if he brings the Ukrainian war to its end, I will be the Democrat leading the committee for his Nobel Prize Peace.

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WalkingTaako, But Spooky🏴‍☠️🏳️🪣💩 @walkingtaako.bsky.social · 5h

The most blatant MAGA teams are the Yankees and Cubs

WalkingTaako, But Spooky🏴‍☠️🏳️🪣💩 @walkingtaako.bsky.social · 5h

I think one thing he has going for him is that they were trailing in the series and it's only the Division Series. It's not like he cost them the pennant or the World Series, they were probably still going to lose.

You can get over something like that.

WalkingTaako, But Spooky🏴‍☠️🏳️🪣💩 @walkingtaako.bsky.social · 5h

At least now the worst thing that's ever happened to him isn't being named "Cockring"

WalkingTaako, But Spooky🏴‍☠️🏳️🪣💩 @walkingtaako.bsky.social · 5h

That's probably the dumbest play I've ever seen.

WalkingTaako, But Spooky🏴‍☠️🏳️🪣💩 @walkingtaako.bsky.social · 5h

What the hell was that decision?

WalkingTaako, But Spooky🏴‍☠️🏳️🪣💩 @walkingtaako.bsky.social · 6h

I think Ohtani having a ring makes things different.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 8h

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

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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WalkingTaako, But Spooky🏴‍☠️🏳️🪣💩 @walkingtaako.bsky.social · 8h

Bill of attainder.

No reason to believe they'll preserve THAT clause.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 10h

This isn’t just “Charlie Brown had hoes” levels of wrong it’s “Charlie Brown never had a dog” levels of wrong

bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 12h

wtaf are you talking about

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WalkingTaako, But Spooky🏴‍☠️🏳️🪣💩 @walkingtaako.bsky.social · 10h

They're going to demand a halftime tribute to Charlie Kirk.

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 10h

Every time Trump says this someone points out the test he has to do, and this time it's my turn. It's pretty weird he keeps talking about passing it, right?

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