New York Attorney General Letitia James is ready to seize former President Donald Trump’s iconic New York City buildings if he can’t come up with the cash to pay his $355 million civil fraud fine, a new report shows. "If he does not have funds to pay off the judgment, then we will seek judgment enfo…

  • Flying Squid
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    17510 months ago

    I don’t know… maybe she should give him until the end of the summer.

    Of course, they could also sell fireworks out of there for Independence Day…

      • @halcyoncmdr
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        2510 months ago

        Maybe a one-time exception needs to be made. I’m sure NYC would be collectively celebrating if he’s forced to clear out of there.

      • Flying Squid
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        510 months ago

        It’s not legal where I live either, but stores open up selling them anyway. 🤷

        Would a flea market full of cheap illegal Chinese counterfeits of high-end fashion items work?

      • Spaz
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        110 months ago

        Sell them to be used in trumps formerly owned buildings 😉

      • @[email protected]
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        Actually, the supremacy clause of the constitution protects any state or federal law enforcement from taking place on property owned by the president (or former president). It’s kinda like the reservation system- in fact I think Andrew Jackson “bought” all native land for $1, which enabled the formation of indian reservations.

        [EDIT:] Source: LibraryOfCongress.gov/intrastate-commerce-clause

    • @grasshopper_mouse
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      I feel like this is something John Oliver could make happen

      • Flying Squid
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        610 months ago

        Hmm… that might actually convince me to sign up for Max.

        • @grasshopper_mouse
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          610 months ago

          You can watch him on YouTube, it’s just shorter and a few days after the original airing, I think.

          • Flying Squid
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            610 months ago

            Unfortunately, not anymore. They didn’t put his latest show on YouTube. I got it by sailing the high seas.

            But I’ll sign up for their stupid service if they do that in exchange.

              • Flying Squid
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                210 months ago

                I might as well just get it another way if I have to wait that long for a topical show to drop.

            • SkaveRat
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              HBO just made them release it on Thursday now

              They are trying to get it back to Monday according to John on Twitter, but who knows

            • @grasshopper_mouse
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              310 months ago

              Ohhh, well THAT explains why they put some episode up the other week that i was sure was a rerun. Well, shit. Shiver me timbers, matey.

    • @AngryCommieKender
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      810 months ago

      They should treat his property as respectfully as he treated the historic landmark and art that used to be there when he acquired the property. Demo it with his shit inside.

      • Flying Squid
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        910 months ago

        Unfortunately, that wouldn’t be proportional enough. Nothing he has is of any value or has any artistic merit. It’s gaudy and everything is covered in fake gold.

        But it should happen anyway.

        • @[email protected]
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          210 months ago

          I wonder why he bought Mar-a-Lago from Marjorie Post? Couldn’t be that she was a collector of imperial Russian art, could it? How much of that ended up going to Putin over the years?

          • @ikidd
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            210 months ago

            He seems like the type of guy with Hitler paintings.

            Yep.

    • SuperDuper
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      310 months ago

      If it’s what you say I love it, especially later in the summer