While not Kushner/Koch level infamy, I did end up at a few parties with the offspring of the disgustingly wealthy back in the day. And a recurring theme is the dudes not being able to hold their booze worth a shit.

Gee, desirable townships with good schools (but apparently not good enough for your snooty friends) and nice houses within commuting distance of Manhattan have high property taxes? Fucking shocker. NJ has 521 townships. They do not all have sky-high property taxes, and you can pay less in property taxes by (gasp)…

This is what you get when you vote for bullies (GOP). Stuff you PAY for is inaccessible.

It’s a pity more of those shysters don’t go to jail. But yea, wire fraud is very serious to the feds.

Very true. I think wire fraud was what eventually ended up in televangelist Jim Bakker of the PTL club going to prison. If you’re old (like me) you probably remember this photo. And I don’t mean to compare/contrast this Fyre festival guy to Jim Bakker, or organized crime, etc. Just an illustration that, for a long…

It comes down to intent. If he thought he could handle it all and just fucked up, it’s not fraud. There must be some evidence that he knew he was in over his head and kept going anyway, and in the process lied to his investors to keep them on board. That is wire fraud.

Yeah, fuck this guy.

And he did pocket an ungodly amount of money for himself via inflating the value of Fyre by millions and selling those figures to investors who gave him the money. How did he spend it? On models and yachts for him and his bros. Even the women who worked for him weren’t allowed to go on the multiple trips to the…

I just don’t see anything that remotely would warrant a 20 year prison sentence!?! Isn’t that a bit excessive?

Wire and mail fraud is a federal crime, and usually involves moving money across state lines. It is also often used to crack down on organized crime (usually used to try to make a RICO case). It often involves government organizations (like the Post Office) being used, so the government takes it pretty seriously.

The Washington Post said he falsified financial documents that inflated Fyre’s worth to millions. In reality, Fyre was worth less than $60k. Aside from the forgery, I assume any valuation is an artificial, inflated number that startups pull out of their butts. How the hell does any investor believe valuation figures…

If that were true, A repeal bill would have already passed by Trump’s desk for signing. There are certainly many in congress who would have no problem just ending the healthcare law with nothing else to follow up. But the reason you have not seen a ‘Repeal Obamacare and Do Nothing Else After That Act’ bill making it…

Stealing “face anus”

It makes perfect sense if your unstated goal is shitting on/reversing everything your predecessor did, and in the meantime fulfilling the long-help GOP dream of dismantling the welfare state, starting with Medicare/Medicaid and moving on to Social Security.

Healthcare is a fucking SIXTH of the US economy and this man wants to play around with it because of his personal vendetta against Obama.

Are we playing Operation? Can we set up a board where the guy in the table looks like Chump?

And it’s a ploy for the far right republicans to repeal the ACA and then refuse to do anything else, thus eliminating ANY social safety net for people with pre existing conditions or lower income.

did you see this one??? well enjoy

It also shows he has 0% understanding of why it’s so hard to get the legislation through. A bill that results in many people not getting the healthcare they need will be unpopular no matter what it is. Merely repealing obamacare without an immediate replacement would result in many more than ~20M people being…

You’re under-analyzing the absurd stupidity. Im still stuck on “how the fuck for you repeal it immediately at a later date?”.