US Politics, September 2024 -- “I’m Not Going to Apologize For Posting a Joke”

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Once again the Four Seasons plays a hilarious role in American politics.

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whoopsie

This is some Leslie Nielson-like shenanigans

I’m already seeing takes from panicked friends on Facebook about how this hurts Harris an I’m like “could you for once have like even an ounce of chill”

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amazing how small time this shit is the mayors got layovers in istanbul every flight, police commissioner is shaking down bar owners, theres got to be a better way

I guess the media gets to do their "On the one hand Mark Robinson, on the other hand Eric Adams" stories now

Actually let me amend that, the person in question is also lamenting Robinson and saying that white people will use that against Harris, to which I again say “like even an iota of chill, it would be great”

not to get all pundit brain but the robinson situation is a huge win for harris

hold on there Nate silver

*pointing at a map of the USA rendered in various colors*

amazing how small time this shit is

― lag∞n, Thursday, September 26, 2024 11:28 AM (six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

i retract my statement

The indictment today alleges that Adams fraudulently received $10,000,000 in public matching funds by using Turkish straw donors — not hard to see how that money would have made a massive difference in such a tight race. https://t.co/iElmtqUByd

— Jacob Rubashkin (@JacobRubashkin) September 26, 2024

he does love the upgrades tho

The government alleges that Eric Adams placed a Turkish Airlines official (Cenk Öcal) on his transition team in exchange for free upgrades on Turkish Airlines pic.twitter.com/BNL6u4sjbL

— TrueAnon (@TrueAnonPod) September 26, 2024

Eric Adams and Cenk Öcal at a Turkish Airlines party pic.twitter.com/Hn6Lf3Ezxa

— TrueAnon (@TrueAnonPod) September 26, 2024

So, uh, is the deputy mayor also a train wreck?

lol what are the odds that Adams wouldn't do this in exchange for a Trump pardon?

non-lol answer: the odds are zero since NY election laws forbid it. the act of not voting for the candidate you are a designated elector for voids your vote and you get replaced immediately with someone who will vote for the candidate.

this is the guy who would take over, he seems good, read something speculating that he might not want it tho idk

If Mayor Eric Adams were to resign, New York City’s public advocate, Jumaane Williams, would become the acting mayor. https://t.co/6H8KxF1XIE

— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 26, 2024

NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams cancels his entire public schedule for tomorrow (today). He's next in line to be mayor if Eric Adams resigns pic.twitter.com/OgeHqcxW5L

— Rebecca C. Lewis (@_rebeccaclewis) September 26, 2024

lol presser

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPcN-wqLPwc

What's with the emphasis on "This is not a surprise, we expected this"? Yeah, if you did crimes you might expect to get indicted.

couldn't have happened to a nicer guy

feel like new yorkers should be pouring into the streets to celebrate this but it is a rainy day i guess

DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz will not release his long-awaited report on the department’s handling of the Jan. 6 attack and the run-up to it until after the November election.

the report will find that the DOJ response was blazing fast and right on time

Ooof, just the first minute or so of that presser

Williams. Garcia. Wiley. Jessica Ramos. Anybody but Adams should be an improvement.

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Williams. Garcia. Wiley. Jessica Ramos. Anybody but Adams should be an improvement.

And yet they'll all wind up chewing each other to pieces and you'll wind up with Pat Lynch.

Doesn't another Adams have to come next? What about Scott?

I flew Turkish Airlines a few months ago. It was pretty nice.

Eric Adams made a cameo in the 2017 Turkish rom-com New York Masali where two guys ask him for political favors in Turkish. He says he can’t understand them, but they take a selfie.
(h/t @nia_prater + @chasdanner) https://t.co/nDvKGMp6va pic.twitter.com/j894kpCaEI

— Jeff Coltin (@JCColtin) November 7, 2023

Supposedly so many people are flying to Turkey for cheap hair transplants that it's been nicknamed Turkish Hairlines.

JFK<>IGA<>CDG is a crazy flight route

The indictment claims that an Adams campaign staffer told a potential donor that Adams probably wouldn't want to accept illegal donations, but then checked with Adams and learned that actually he was totally cool with it. (p15) https://t.co/ctvMDFcGf2 pic.twitter.com/iLgOGDRsF6

— Peter Sterne (@petersterne) September 26, 2024

Josh! Welcome back!

JFK<>IGA<>CDG is a crazy flight route

Clarence Thomas is gonna have Ron Wyden assassinated. He's introduced a bill that includes:

- expanding the Supreme Court from 9 to 15 justices, & increasing the number of circuit courts from 13 to 15
- requiring a two-thirds vote of Supreme Court & circuit courts to overturn a law passed by Congress
- automatically scheduling a vote on a Court nominee if they stall for 180 days

hell yeah that's my senator, go Ron

i think it’s crazy because jfk -> ist (sorry apparently iga is an airport in the bahamas) literally flies over paris

you could just parachute out

thats good stuff ron wyden

what the fuck is this shit, need to be calling for the man to resign let the courts handle the presumption of innocence

House Minority Leader @RepJeffries on @NYCMayor indictment: “Eric Adams is entitled to the presumption of innocence.” pic.twitter.com/eXPPavJDxW

— Morgan McKay (@morganfmckay) September 26, 2024

The former brooklyn borough president and a congressman from Brooklyn likely owe each other favors.

Josh! Welcome back!

hi josh! good to seeya, and classic turkish hairlines reentry

if the dem leader is out there repaying favors from some rinky dink brooklyn bs the idk what to say, borough president is a guy who just like shows up at events

maybe this is Jeffries' Pelosi move during June's Bidengate, i.e. "Mayor Adams has to decide what he wants to do for the good of NYC," etc. Or the Adams people have photos of Hakeem kissing teenage boys.

im sure theyll all be calling for his resignation before long just not sure why youd put out that inane press release

who was was borough president when i lived there marty markowitz he was hilarious always calling brooklyn the greatest city on earth taking juniors cheesecake to the dome

Mostly joking about favors. I don’t get the impression there is dirt on Jeffries. I think he just sucks and is incredibly cautious and he’s dealing with someone who 1) knows him way back 2) is completely insane and dgaf during an election year.

Watch hochul say and do absolutely nothing too.

Apparently Adams had his staff call him Mr President when he was borough president. Note the bp’s main job is providing cover for cops to park on the sidewalk at borough hall.

I think that press release is the first in a series where the tone will shift as we learn more

But I get where you’re coming from

jeffries was my state assemblyman around that time too used to see him around shaking hands and whatnot