@futurebird I saw an article a while ago which looked at the sums that national-level politicians had been caught taking in, err..., "undeclared gifts". They were remarkably small -- like, few even topped £10k.

Conclusion: Politicians are *cheap*.

@darkling

I've kidded about crowd funding one. You know if they pay more attention to the concerns of one shady dude who gives them 10k than 5000 constituents who give them 2 bucks each... maybe we should simply pretend to be a single shady dude.

Not only is he sneaking and stealing and passing around bribes they are not very large bribes and he's incredibly obvious bad at it. Always gets caught. It's so embarrassing for NYC.

Yeah, he's running for mayor again.

There are other options.

The lady from Adam's campaign who gave the chip bag bribe is trying to say "it's part of Chinese culture"

... there was also a red envelope in the chip bag.

But why was it HIDDEN in a chip bag?

And who is this reporter your unmarried niece???? No. Good lord.

@futurebird How do you get a chip bag in the first place?

The lady from Adam's campaign who gave the chip bag bribe is trying to say "it's part of Chinese culture"

... there was also a red envelope in the chip bag.

But why was it HIDDEN in a chip bag?

And who is this reporter your unmarried niece???? No. Good lord.

@darkling

I've kidded about crowd funding one. You know if they pay more attention to the concerns of one shady dude who gives them 10k than 5000 constituents who give them 2 bucks each... maybe we should simply pretend to be a single shady dude.

I've always thought - it's not just the money they get caught with. It's the money they don't get caught with. It's having an in with wealthy and powerful people who will invite you to fancy parties and other donor friends. And fluff your ego and make you feel important. Etc. They don't need normie money.
@futurebird @darkling

@futurebird I've been thinking that the red envelope was a harebrained preemptive excuse if it got exposed. Or could have been an inside joke for her own amusement

@funkula @futurebird Also it stops the bills from getting greasy and flopping all over the place.

Like, imagine if [you were okay with being bribed and if] you got a collection of miscellaneous bills in an open mostly-finished potato chip bag and they WEREN'T bundled together and surrounded by anything.

So our mayor is famous for this video where he talks about places your kid might be hiding drugs. Classic 80s paranoia.

Perhaps we should have paid more attention to his "sneak craft" game: recently this same man was responsible for a cash money bribe given to a reporter ... in a greasy bag of potato chips. YES.

I think for NYC our dislike of the mayor isn't just about his corruption, it's also about how BAD he is at being corrupt.

Eric Adams adviser suspended after giving reporter chip bag with cash inside

Winnie Greco, an adviser to New York Mayor Eric Adams, has been suspended from his re-election effort after attempting to hand a journalist a potato chip bag stuffed with cash. NBC News' Tom Winter has details on the incident and Greco's initial response.

NBC News (www.nbcnews.com)

@futurebird I saw an article a while ago which looked at the sums that national-level politicians had been caught taking in, err..., "undeclared gifts". They were remarkably small -- like, few even topped £10k.

Conclusion: Politicians are *cheap*.

So our mayor is famous for this video where he talks about places your kid might be hiding drugs. Classic 80s paranoia.

Perhaps we should have paid more attention to his "sneak craft" game: recently this same man was responsible for a cash money bribe given to a reporter ... in a greasy bag of potato chips. YES.

I think for NYC our dislike of the mayor isn't just about his corruption, it's also about how BAD he is at being corrupt.

Eric Adams adviser suspended after giving reporter chip bag with cash inside

Winnie Greco, an adviser to New York Mayor Eric Adams, has been suspended from his re-election effort after attempting to hand a journalist a potato chip bag stuffed with cash. NBC News' Tom Winter has details on the incident and Greco's initial response.

NBC News (www.nbcnews.com)

@futurebird Thanks for posting! How did this never cross my screen before? First time viewing. What a laugh.

Not only is he sneaking and stealing and passing around bribes they are not very large bribes and he's incredibly obvious bad at it. Always gets caught. It's so embarrassing for NYC.

Yeah, he's running for mayor again.

There are other options.

@futurebird he gets caught a lot. Does that mean he always gets caught? or are the times he gets caught are just the (metaphorical) tip of an even bigger slushburg

So our mayor is famous for this video where he talks about places your kid might be hiding drugs. Classic 80s paranoia.

Perhaps we should have paid more attention to his "sneak craft" game: recently this same man was responsible for a cash money bribe given to a reporter ... in a greasy bag of potato chips. YES.

I think for NYC our dislike of the mayor isn't just about his corruption, it's also about how BAD he is at being corrupt.

Eric Adams adviser suspended after giving reporter chip bag with cash inside

Winnie Greco, an adviser to New York Mayor Eric Adams, has been suspended from his re-election effort after attempting to hand a journalist a potato chip bag stuffed with cash. NBC News' Tom Winter has details on the incident and Greco's initial response.

NBC News (www.nbcnews.com)

@futurebird how is he still the mayor? why hasn't Mamdani been sworn in yet?