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Elon Musk has become a feckless twat. Go to Mars, already. wsj.com/business/autos…

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Remember the 2015 oil spill in California? The biggest in decades. Wildlife covered in crude. Beaches polluted. Criminal convictions. Huge settlements.

UWM would love for this to be a story about us.

It's a story about them — about how they became the biggest mortgage lender in the country based on a lie.

h/t CNBC

Thoughts with family members of World Central Kitchen aid workers killed in Gaza by an air strike, as they attempted to avert starvation.

President Biden, isn't it past time to focus on sending food to Gaza, not more bombs?

Suns owner Mat Ishbia went off on Cavs owner Dan Gilbert's rival business in a leaked voicemail:

'We f**king took those c**ksuckers down. F**k them, and we're gonna keep f**king sticking it to 'em forever. F**k those guys, we're number one.'

MUCH more from a bombshell…

BREAKING: Today, after Hunterbrook Media published its months-long investigation into United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), two of the videos Hunterbrook Media cited have disappeared from UWM’s social media channels.

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Have you been scammed by UWM? youtu.be/jqhsPCAablY?si… via YouTube

Some breaking news on my end: three months ago, I joined Hunterbrook Media, a publication doing investigations in a new way, combining OSINT with on-the-ground reporting.

Massive thread below. (1/15)

Last year, UWM reported a net loss of $70 million amid an interest-rate-driven decline in the mortgage market. Nevertheless, the Ishbias received a dividend of more than $600 million.

UWM also paid the Ishbias an additional $21 million for such services as renting the family’s…

HUNTERBROOK

Am excited to share the news about Hunterbrook, a new investigative reporting media company, and its first amazing investigative report. hntrbrk.com

Couldn’t be more proud of the team that produced this investigation; couldn’t be more grateful to all the teammates who joined this crazy company and are hard at work on the next ones. ❤️

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At the least, we’re going to report meaningful stories — starting with what we believe may be the biggest mortgage scandal since the financial crisis:

hntrbrk.com/uwm/

News-powered hedge fund raises $100mn to trade on reporters’ scoops ft.com/content/38bc78… via @ft

We launch, today, with our investigation of UWM.

UWM says independent mortgage brokers 'shop dozens of lenders' to find the 'best deal.' But the nation's biggest lender pressures those brokers to push deals its way. Hunterbrook found $39 billion in mortgages came from brokers…

War declared on logging industry independentaustralia.net/environment/en… via @IndependentAus

Plibersek can save this wonderland, or give it away with the fairies smh.com.au/environment/co…

Want to hear more from this year’s Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards winners? Check out this preview of the documentary celebrating the 2023 class, which will debut on WVIZ early next year!

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