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FRESH BUSTChief Operating Officer Pleads Guilty for Role in $500M COVID-19 Test Billing Fraud⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez convicted — bribery, extortion & acting as a foreign agent — 11 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. George Santos pled guilty — wire fraud & aggravated identity theft — 87 months⚖ON THE RECORDFormer FBI agent Robert Hanssen — espionage for Russia — life without parole⚖ON THE RECORDFormer CIA officer Aldrich Ames — espionage against the United States — life in prison⚖ON THE RECORDFormer FBI counterintel chief Charles McGonigal pled guilty — sanctions violations for a Russian oligarch⚖ON THE RECORDFormer Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich — convicted of corruption — 14 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick — racketeering & extortion — 28 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah — racketeering & fraud — 10 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter pled guilty — conversion of campaign funds⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. pled guilty — $750K in campaign funds — 30 months⚖ON THE RECORDFormer IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn — stole & leaked tax returns — 5 years⚖ON THE RECORDBaltimore Gun Trace Task Force — 8 police officers convicted of racketeering & robbery⚖ON THE RECORD'Fat Leonard' scandal — dozens of Navy officials convicted of bribery & fraud⚖ON THE RECORDFormer FCI Dublin warden Ray Garcia convicted — abuse of incarcerated women — 70 months⚖ON THE RECORDFormer DHS acting IG Charles Edwards pled guilty — stealing government software & data⚖ON THE RECORDFormer VA pathologist Robert Levy — fraud & involuntary manslaughter — 20 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer NY Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver — convicted of corruption — 6.5 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer NSA contractor Reality Winner — Espionage Act — 63 months⚖FRESH BUSTChief Operating Officer Pleads Guilty for Role in $500M COVID-19 Test Billing Fraud⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez convicted — bribery, extortion & acting as a foreign agent — 11 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. George Santos pled guilty — wire fraud & aggravated identity theft — 87 months⚖ON THE RECORDFormer FBI agent Robert Hanssen — espionage for Russia — life without parole⚖ON THE RECORDFormer CIA officer Aldrich Ames — espionage against the United States — life in prison⚖ON THE RECORDFormer FBI counterintel chief Charles McGonigal pled guilty — sanctions violations for a Russian oligarch⚖ON THE RECORDFormer Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich — convicted of corruption — 14 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick — racketeering & extortion — 28 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah — racketeering & fraud — 10 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter pled guilty — conversion of campaign funds⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. pled guilty — $750K in campaign funds — 30 months⚖ON THE RECORDFormer IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn — stole & leaked tax returns — 5 years⚖ON THE RECORDBaltimore Gun Trace Task Force — 8 police officers convicted of racketeering & robbery⚖ON THE RECORD'Fat Leonard' scandal — dozens of Navy officials convicted of bribery & fraud⚖ON THE RECORDFormer FCI Dublin warden Ray Garcia convicted — abuse of incarcerated women — 70 months⚖ON THE RECORDFormer DHS acting IG Charles Edwards pled guilty — stealing government software & data⚖ON THE RECORDFormer VA pathologist Robert Levy — fraud & involuntary manslaughter — 20 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer NY Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver — convicted of corruption — 6.5 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer NSA contractor Reality Winner — Espionage Act — 63 months⚖
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The Land Rush · June 2026

How Advertising Works in McSkunkville: The Rate Card, Explained Honestly

Every advertising pitch you have ever read promised you the moon and delivered a lamppost. This one is written by a counselor who is constitutionally incapable of overselling, so here is the whole arrangement in plain English.

The inventory, proven

The McSkunkville universe currently spans 9,689 indexed URLs: 241 world cities mapped against 40 entities — characters, industries, ancient wonders, the Exchange, the fleet, the hospital, and the Stripe Tower newsroom. Every page is real, live, and crawlable. We claim no visitor counts we cannot prove; we claim pages, because pages are provable.

The five placements

City Network Placement, $100/mo: your banner across all 241 city pages of one entity. Highway 75 Sign, $250/mo: the full industry wing. Main Street Billboard, $500/mo: the hub and top character pages. Industry Title Sponsor, $1,500/mo: an entire industry wing renamed in your honor, exclusive. Stripe Tower Naming Rights, $10,000/yr: the tallest rise in the universe carries your name. Each is purchasable today in the Skunk Store with secure Stripe checkout.

How founder's rates lock

Buy now, and your rate is honored for as long as your placement renews without lapse. Let it lapse, and re-entry is at the then-current rate card — which only moves one direction. This is not a pressure tactic; it is arithmetic. The universe grows, the inventory does not.

The house rules

We reserve the right to decline any advertiser whose product would embarrass the town (the Book of the Stripe has opinions). All deals go in writing. All placements are labeled as what they are. And every inquiry gets an answer from counsel personally — supersonic honest, supersonic polite. File yours at the advertising desk. — A.B.M.

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