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News & Current Events Apr 12, 2026 at 3:26 PM

Former New York City mayor Eric Adams obtains Albanian citizenship

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Former New York City mayor Eric Adams obtains Albanian citizenship
the Guardian
Former New York City mayor Eric Adams obtains Albanian citizenship
Adams was granted citizenship and a passport from Balkan country by a special decree from the republic’s president
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its_yer_dad Apr 12, 2026 +7497
Because nothing says innocent like getting an Albanian citizenship after being Mayor of New York. Geez, even Rudy did better 
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graveybrains Apr 12, 2026 +2103
I'm waiting for the excuse that he got Albania and Albany confused somehow.
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HippyHunter7 Apr 12, 2026 +1029
Albany total landscaping
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rraattbbooyy Apr 12, 2026 +64
Underrated comment.
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Plastic_Tooth159 Apr 13, 2026 +3
haha...thanks for the laugh
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Ismelkedanelk Apr 13, 2026 +3
A bunker in every yard.
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Osiris32 Apr 12, 2026 +88
He just wanted some steamed hams!
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motorcycleboy9000 Apr 12, 2026 +55
I must say, Adams, you steam a good ham, although these allegations are obviously grilled.
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Cute-Percentage-6660 Apr 12, 2026 +13
Adams the budget deficit is 12 billion! No Mamdani, that's just campaign financing!
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555--FILK Apr 12, 2026 +11
Eric! The house is on fire!
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Mudrat Apr 12, 2026 +10
No Kathy, those are just the Northern Lights
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Are_we_there_yet2021 Apr 12, 2026 +8
At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of the country?
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VonDrakken Apr 12, 2026 +7
Localized entirely within your kitchen?!
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BobRossHairball Apr 12, 2026 +5
May I see them?
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wrongtreeinfo Apr 12, 2026 +6
No you may not
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TripleEhBeef Apr 12, 2026 +30
"You call hamburgers 'steamed hams'?" "Yes. It's a regional dialect." "Uh-huh. What region?" "Southeast Europe?" "Really? Well, I'm from Bulgaria and I've never heard anyone use the phrase 'steamed hams'. "Oh, no. Not Bulgaria. It's an Albanian expression." "I see."
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SharkMeifele Apr 13, 2026 +2
At this time of year? In this part of the country?
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seven3true Apr 12, 2026 +15
Im tired have having to prove my Albany citizenship when I get back from Schenectady.
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LikesPez Apr 12, 2026 +78
I snarfed my coffee reading this.
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descendency Apr 12, 2026 +6
Or he’s hoping that the idiot MAGAs think he did.
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TheDarkAbove Apr 12, 2026 +15
A true Albanyan
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Dragrunarm Apr 12, 2026 +3
We've had some fun with it already here lol
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topscreen Apr 12, 2026 +133
Did Rudy do better? Did he?
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Tibbaryllis2 Apr 12, 2026 +160
Technically, he did a lot better dismounting as mayor of New York. He had ~15 years where, despite being every bit as corrupt, people somewhat fondly remember him due to 9/11. It’s what he decided to do ~15-20 years after being mayor that really changed things.
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ToastAndASideOfToast Apr 12, 2026 +31
Helps that he always seem to mention it.
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DaftPump Apr 12, 2026 +25
> people somewhat fondly remember him due to 9/11. I was an adult at the time and I don't know why really. Back then he used 911 as a wedge in just about every thing he was on the news about for years afterward.
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ReadingTheRealms Apr 12, 2026 +10
Took the exact words out of my mouth
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JustHereForCookies17 Apr 12, 2026 +12
Yeah, I'm curious what qualifies as "better".
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gimmesomespace Apr 12, 2026 +95
Rudy seems to clearly have dementia 
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jethroguardian Apr 12, 2026 +124
Selling your soul and replacing it with pure alcohol will do that.
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Unc1eD3ath Apr 12, 2026 +32
No he clearly runs on motor oil. He was leaking the shit
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Paranitis Apr 12, 2026 +13
Or liquid shit, since it was what he was full of.
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johnnybiggles Apr 12, 2026 +2
We still talking about Rudy or is that Trump?
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Surullian Apr 12, 2026 +6
"Jusssst replacing one spirit withh another (hiccup)," he said into his glass.
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BeTheBall- Apr 12, 2026 +5
Should continue his current streak of providing some wildly entertaining headlines.
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RoarOfTheWorlds Apr 12, 2026 +70
I’m gonna push back here and say insane Rudy “Four Seasons Total Landscaping” Guiliani absolutely did not do better though admittedly that’s a really high bar.
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DerekB52 Apr 12, 2026 +46
Guiliani is one of my most hated people, but I think he probably was a better mayor than Adams. All Adams did was grift for 4 years. Adams is also a traitor as a minority and democrat. Republican mayors you expect to do stop and frisk type shit. Adams sucking so much was just cuz he loves to suck.
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Independent-Slip568 Apr 12, 2026 +7
Like Cancer vs. Pneumonia innit.
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ArchmageXin Apr 12, 2026 +22
For better or worse, Giuliani was re-elected too. As for Adams, his victory is pretty much because he 1) Had the right race card in time of BLM 2) Was not for defund the police or kick Asian kids out of specialized high schools. 3) AOC and progressives were fully focused on Andrew Yang's "Israel connection" and Adams was protected due to #1.
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Pixiebeams Apr 12, 2026 +9
Comparing him to Rudy is the ultimate burn. At least Rudy stayed in New York to fight the lawsuits; Adams is out here collecting citizenships like Thanos collecting Infinity Stones. It feels like he’s trying to become the first "Mayor of the World" while everyone else is just wondering why he needs an Albanian passport specifically.
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Osiris-Amun-Ra Apr 12, 2026 +4
Adams is a corrupt scumbag who is begging Trump for a pardon for him and his POS brother.
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TheWolfbytez Apr 12, 2026 +5
The silver lining is the current extradition treaty
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KwisatzHaderach94 Apr 12, 2026 +4
i'm surprised turkey didn't take him. they were the ones he got in trouble for in the first place.
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wufiavelli Apr 12, 2026 +1377
Does this come with free flights too?
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Anonymousaurus__ Apr 12, 2026 +265
Yep, one way only
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dubious455H013 Apr 12, 2026 +63
I got 5 on it 
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bftrollin402 Apr 12, 2026 +1158
Well, sadly Albania *does* have an extradition treaty with the U.S....
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deesta Apr 12, 2026 +404
Do they extradite their own citizens? There are some countries that don’t (eg France, see Roman Polanski)
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Win32error Apr 12, 2026 +124
Was that his French citizenship? I was under the impression the issue with the plea deal was the reason they wouldn’t extradite.
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deesta Apr 12, 2026 +149
Yeah, it’s his citizenship. His plea deal was going to be denied, so he fled the US to France to avoid justice because he knew he wouldn’t be extradited.
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Osiris32 Apr 12, 2026 +174
And has made 14 movies since then, one of which got him an Academy Award for Best Director. He absolutely f****** got away with it.
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Mortwight Apr 12, 2026 +17
death of the author and all, chinatown is really f****** good
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PureMetalFury Apr 12, 2026 +47
That's really not what death of the author is about.
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NTT66 Apr 12, 2026 +8
All depends on how you "interpret" age of consent laws. (/s in case necessary)
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Amateurlapse Apr 12, 2026 +10
This is France we’re talking about so it was a little death of the author (with a child)
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NTT66 Apr 12, 2026 +5
Yep that was the bon mot. Tres bien!
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bender3600 Apr 12, 2026 +6
Loads of countries don't extradite citizens.
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deesta Apr 12, 2026 +6
I'm aware. I said "**some** countries" and gave one example to make my point. I never said it was the only example, or that it's a limited group of countries. What was the point of your comment, exactly?
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R3luctant Apr 12, 2026 +10
I was curious about that, thank you for checking.
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be4tnut Apr 12, 2026 +4
But doesn’t the extradition treaty exempt political offenses?
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AdHoc_ttv Apr 12, 2026 +372
He thought he was getting citizenship for Albany
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opus_4_vp Apr 12, 2026 +26
First step to the Governor's mansion.
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RecordHigh Apr 12, 2026 +161
Did anyone tell Eric Adams that the US has an extradition treaty with Albania?
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Brcomic Apr 12, 2026 +71
No. It will be funnier this way.
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bighak Apr 12, 2026 +3
I’d bet good money Eric Adams is going to stay in another eastern Mediterranean country.
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Evan_802Vines Apr 12, 2026 +116
It's a dual criminality extradition state, which was also updated to exclude political offenses. Did this guy try to rig an election?
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Ok-Mycologist-3829 Apr 12, 2026 +2141
Contrast this to Mamdani trying to make his city a great place to live, this former mayor fleeing not just the city but the country and continent..
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Grand_Size_4932 Apr 12, 2026 +613
I’m so tired of the answer being so painfully obvious and easy - that we *just* need to vote on people that care about our best interests - yet our memory is straight up broken. What? We have to touch the stove every few weeks to remember it’s hot? We’re so f****** cooked.
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slobs_burgers Apr 12, 2026 +133
Gotta fix the media first so people aren’t getting propagandized by billionaires all day, that’ll be an up hill battle
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Equivalent-Stand1674 Apr 12, 2026 +44
Teaching people media literacy is a way more realistic way to solve the problem.
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tweke Apr 12, 2026 +25
That's only if they want to learn. Too many people are alright with just hearing someone tell them what they want to hear rather than asking questions.
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PanavisionGold2 Apr 12, 2026 +3
Education reform is needed across the country but that shit ain't happening until filibuster proof Democrats run things, and even then that's not a guarantee if it's a moderate/right wing Democrat
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Jesuismieux412 Apr 12, 2026 +224
A symptom of hyper-individualism.
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StatementOwn4896 Apr 12, 2026 +87
As our corpo-overlords intended
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bagofpork Apr 12, 2026 +72
Without community, society, and by proxy, civilization can't exist. As I've gotten older I've begun to realize how much we, myself included, take this for granted. There's room for individualism - but when it impedes our ability to function as a unified community on every conceivable level, we're fucked.
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jonnysunshine Apr 12, 2026 +22
Those who subscribe to the individualist mindset as their personality do not belong in society. They can live their own lives far away from the hub of culture, science, art and technology. Let them innovate, create, research, cure, farm and cultivate on their own. They will be begging to return once they come to realize just how f****** privileged they are and it's only then they deserve a space at the table.
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Osiris32 Apr 12, 2026 +18
They already do this, it's why we have the huge urban/rural divide. Culturally and politically. The problem we face is that our system was set up from the get go to give outsized representation to rural populations, in order to get the southern colonies of Georgia and the Carolinas to sign on. This is a problem we have had literally the entire existence of the United States.
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crabgrass_attack Apr 12, 2026 +4
the world is the most connected its ever been due to the internet but it seems like it is becoming the most disconnected era. people dont know their neighbors anymore
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zeekayz Apr 12, 2026 +46
"BUT HE IS A COP WHO PROMISED TO FIGHT CRIME DUH UHH" Then he stole billions from the city taxpayers for himself and a bunch of shady criminal countries. Mostly Israel of all places (NYPD gave Israel hundreds of millions under him for "training facilities" inside Israel). He also had several dirty deals with Turkey. And those are just few known ones. Who knows how much total corruption he had overseen.
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ArchmageXin Apr 12, 2026 +6
Honestly, everyone knew he was corrupt, but he was perceived to be a safe pick after progressive candidates were full on "defund the police", and the media basically dogpiled on Andrew Yang for the "Israeli connection" and how Yang was gonna genocide all Arab/Latino/blacks.
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wmzer0mw Apr 12, 2026 +15
It's not that people forget. It's that people really don't care. People would rather hurt themselves than see everyone benefit, because everyone includes people they don't like.
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Floreat_democratia Apr 12, 2026 +6
This. The reason we don't have x, y, and z, is because people are easily convinced that the needs of billionaires are more important.
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MudLOA Apr 12, 2026 +3
NY has rank choice voting, this was supposed to help elect better people.
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BBanner Apr 12, 2026 +2
It’s not like your average candidate is anywhere near as benevolent as Mamdani though, if at high levels these types of guys were getting run instead of the DNC actively trying to hamper them we would be a very different country
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CletusMcWafflebees Apr 12, 2026 +2
Sounds great in practice but these people who care about our best interest are rarely on the ballot.
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AyeMatey Apr 12, 2026 +3
People err, people stray, candidates deceive voters. Voters can elect someone who looks good and then betrays the voters’ trust. (some people might put Mr Trump into this category) What we need is to not rely on heroes , but on reliable solid systems of law and governance that minimize corruption in the moment and disincentivize future corruption via swift and appropriate punishment. Edit - BTW the presidential records act, a law put in place in the aftermath of Nixon’s misdeeds, is a good example of how to construct the rule of law to dissuade corruption. And this past week, guess who expressed a legal opinion that we no longer need the Presidential Records Act? Yes, Mr Trump’s DOJ.
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FallOutShelterBoy Apr 12, 2026 +36
And people were pissed off at him for saying he wouldn’t want to visit Israel while he was mayor…
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DanGleeballs Apr 12, 2026 +20
I visited Jerusalem and got a tour from a Muslim shop-owner which was fascinating and separately also from a rabbi which was equally fascinating. I learned that there's also something like five or seven Christian sects in there alongside them fighting over parcels of land, and even against each other. Like different Christian priests have fist fights with each other on certain days of the year over priority at their disputed holy spots. It’s wild. The Jews and Muslims all sitting back and watching them like they’re batshit crazy. The whole thing is nuts. Religion is bonkers.
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Red_TeaCup Apr 12, 2026 +6
I remember hearing about a brawl that was started over a ladder between the orthodox and catholic sects.
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destinyofdoors Apr 12, 2026 +8
The brawl wasn't over the ladder. The brawl in 1902 was over whether sweeping the steps to one of the chapels was the prerogative of the Greeks or the (Catholic) Franciscans. Or maybe you are referring to the brawl in 2002 when a Coptic monk moved his chair on the roof so he would be in the shade, and the Ethiopian monastery took that as an act of encroachment. Or in 2004, when the Franciscan chapel's door was left open during a Greek Orthodox ceremony (the Catholics felt it was an act of disrespect). Or in 2008 when the Armenian Orthodox and Greek Orthodox brawled over participation in a procession on Palm Sunday. Or perhaps you were referring to later in 2008, when the Greeks and the Armenians went at it again, this time over competing claims to the chapel assumed to be the actual tomb of Jesus. The Immovable Ladder happened to be set up at the time the Status Quo decree in 1853, and, because it is not clearly in the territory of any one denomination, unanimous consent of all six tenant churches (Catholic, Greek, Armenian, Coptic, Syriac, and Ethiopian) is required to move it, so it stays in place.
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RiPont Apr 12, 2026 +2
I liked that there was an entire Armenian *Quarter*, while Catholicism was barely tolerated ('cuz, ya know, those Crusades things). And the tour guide is all, "this wall is 1300 years old. This one is 700 years old..." and there's an air conditioner mounted into a cutout on that 700 year old wall. The Roman-era excavation was pretty cool, too.
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picklefingerexpress Apr 12, 2026 +4
….and the hemisphere
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graywalker616 Apr 12, 2026 +50
So the guy is serving Turkey, Israel and Albania. Mr. Worldwide!
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Unumbotte Apr 12, 2026 +5
Oh no thank you, I'll have the soup.
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opus_4_vp Apr 12, 2026 +47
Haha!  The Onion is pretty funny. Oh, wait.  What?
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monkeyhitman Apr 12, 2026 +23
Onion has been fighting for its life for a decade now
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insanelygreat Apr 12, 2026 +17
You probably mean that metaphorically, but in case you didn't: [The Onion has been thriving since it revived its print edition last year.](https://www.fastcompany.com/91502944/the-onion-most-innovative-companies-2026-ben-collins-jeff-lawson-print-media)
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Falconman21 Apr 12, 2026 +66
I do kind of appreciate how dude just fully committed to the scumbag bit.
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[deleted] Apr 12, 2026 +79
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jarvisesdios Apr 12, 2026 +64
Can just one day be normal? Is that such a hard thing to have?
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Lespaul42 Apr 12, 2026 +16
That's totally a normal thing that people normally do.
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ExchangeBoring Apr 12, 2026 +17
Holy f****** shit, you know you've committed some seriously messed up crimes if your running away to hide in Albania.
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subsignalparadigm Apr 12, 2026 +16
Man if that doesn't scream American patriot I don't know what does. 😉
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wongo Apr 12, 2026 +42
I've been looking at Albania as a bug-out spot, too. The only thing you need to do to get citizenship is buy property there.
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chasseur_de_cols Apr 12, 2026 +43
Or you know, just get an official Presidential decree: >“I decree granting citizenship … upon … Eric Leroy Adams,” read an English translation of the journal entry, signed by Begaj. “This decree shall enter into force immediately and shall be published in [the] official gazette.”
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wongo Apr 12, 2026 +12
Ooooh it's in the *official* gazette! Fancy.
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redstarjedi Apr 12, 2026 +25
You need to live there for a few years too. Impossible language to learn, unless you are very good at languages. Low level corruption for people who live there. However great tourist experience, and highly recommended.
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idkmoiname Apr 12, 2026 +7
>Impossible language to learn Can confirm. We traveled by bike through southern europe for a year, spoke at least a few sentences in every language we came across after 2-3 weeks, but even 3 months in albania (winter pause) wasn't enough to learn more than some words. Really cool country to visit though, even though a lot of things are really strange there.
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strega_bella312 Apr 12, 2026 +3
I've been w my husband for 10+ years and the only word I've picked up is "eat" and thats only bc it sounds like "hungry" and i like to think I'm pretty good with languages. This shit is like some alien joke that nobody can decipher.
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weluckyfew Apr 12, 2026 +4
You sound like someone who travels - maybe you can answer this. How functional are translation apps now? Could you live in another country and get by with minimal knowledge of the language, just relying on the app? I know ideally you would learn the language, but that's no small thing. (obviously you wouldn't be able to work with no language knowledge)
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redstarjedi Apr 12, 2026 +18
All young people speak English. Every single one. Translation apps are 80% accurate. Especially if you don't use idiomatic expressions.
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Projektdb Apr 12, 2026 +3
You absolutely can. To be honest, you wouldn't even need it for daily life. Humans are pretty good at communicating basic things across language barriers. I found the times it was most handy was when you needed a service of some kind or anything medical.
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strega_bella312 Apr 12, 2026 +2
My husband is albanian but from Montenegro. He showed me photos of their property in ulcinj and im begging him to move us there but he refuses to go back.
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ShinyPatina Apr 12, 2026 +11
Albania...Albania...You border on the Adriatic. Your land is mostly mountainous and your chief export is chrome!
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DownhillUphill Apr 12, 2026 +9
Seems totally above board
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olivefred Apr 12, 2026 +10
Wow Albany really is a whole other country compared to NYC, huh?
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30_Under_The_40 Apr 12, 2026 +49
Did he pledge to serve that country too, or only Israel?
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Sodiaga Apr 12, 2026 +7
Canadian here, spent years working in remote northern Albania. It’s one of those places where money opens doors fast and the right “friends” make things happen. There’s long been a reputation for spooks & security types and back-channel networks if you know where to look. Albanians tend to be very pro-American, largely because of NATO’s role in the Balkans, and the U.S. presence in Tirana is hard to miss. CIA everywhere. Durres, as the main port, used to be a major gateway for smuggled goods moving quietly into Europe, with a strong knockoff and grey-market culture baked in. I haven’t been back in 13 years and by all accounts it’s changing quickly, modernizing and cleaning up, but like anywhere that once had North Korea style tight controls on movement and trade, informal economies filled the gaps—and those systems don’t just disappear overnight. A great place to be an upstanding criminal and influencer.
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Tommyblahblah Apr 12, 2026 +8
Adams avoids accountability, absconds to Albania.
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Tazz2212 Apr 12, 2026 +7
Maybe he wasn't aware that in 2020 the US now has an extradition treaty with Albania...
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Far-Muffin-8389 Apr 12, 2026 +6
What are the odds he thinks Albania is the state capital?
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RiflemanLax Apr 12, 2026 +7
This dude was like ‘I got to get the f*** out of here before the next administration comes in.’
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wallyrules75 Apr 12, 2026 +8
Damn! How much money did he steal?
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Indaflow Apr 12, 2026 +5
Have fun in Albania.  Don’t let the door hit you in the ass. (Unless it’s a cell door) 
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jquas21 Apr 12, 2026 +5
So clearly he is running away
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RalphInMyMouth Apr 12, 2026 +5
He always seemed like more of a “retire to Tel Aviv” kind of guy to me.
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Moniguess2 Apr 12, 2026 +5
This is the biggest sign that he committed terrible crimes and is prepping for eventually fleeing the country.
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Effective_Quail_3946 Apr 12, 2026 +5
What kind of bullshit is that? Face your indictments.
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fossilnews Apr 12, 2026 +3
So that's where he's stashed his bribes?
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gizmosticles Apr 12, 2026 +5
He reminds me of carl weathers character on arrested development for some reason
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librarycynic Apr 12, 2026 +2
You got yourself tarator, baby!
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shoulda-known-better Apr 12, 2026 +4
I hope he knows they started extraditing to the US in 2020
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Space-Turtle88 Apr 12, 2026 +5
russia and israel take in convicted pedophiles and financial criminals. What has this man done that he isn't even accepted in those countries and has to run to Albania?
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knarf3 Apr 12, 2026 +4
It's definitely a move to shield himself from future U.S.-based prosecutions.
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Diplomatic-Immunityi Apr 12, 2026 +4
Wasn’t he talking shit about Muslims and now he has citizen of a Muslim country?
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stormpaint Apr 12, 2026 +3
New York City is the Tirana of America!
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TMoney67 Apr 12, 2026 +4
"I ain't mayor no more. Go f*** yourself. You gonna see the Albanian in me" - Eric Adams
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SuperPangolin793 Apr 12, 2026 +3
Given the islamaphobic rhetoric he was using during his campaign against Mamdani, It seems weird to me that he would obtain citizenship in a country that is 51% Muslim. Am I missing something here?
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Anary86 Apr 12, 2026 +5
Does Albania respect black American traitors?
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thegreatjamoco Apr 12, 2026 +3
Does Albania extradite to the US?
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Countblackula_6 Apr 12, 2026 +3
Yes, yes they do.
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Strict-Aspect5910 Apr 12, 2026 +3
Big body Bes tell em what it is
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nazerall Apr 12, 2026 +3
Does Albania have an extradition treaty with the US? Just curious.
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kamandi Apr 12, 2026 +3
Albania must not have an extradition agreement with the US
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OttoVonCranky Apr 12, 2026 +3
Nothing says 'corrupt' quite like Albanian citizenship 
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ChiliDogYumZappupe Apr 12, 2026 +3
Surprisingly, they extradite. Maybe he thought it was Andorra or Algeria who do not extradite.
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tabrizzi Apr 12, 2026 +3
Either he's too broke to afford an EU-country residency or he found Albania's universal healthcare irresistible.
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espinoza4 Apr 12, 2026 +3
He’s very slowly getting away.
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spartan815 Apr 12, 2026 +3
The little shit is gonna run from Johnny Law.
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LoneStarDragon Apr 12, 2026 +3
Where'd the money go, Eric?
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ApoplecticAndroid Apr 12, 2026 +3
Albania, Albania, You border on the Adriatic! Name that tv show!
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Jpkmets7 Apr 12, 2026 +3
Your chief export is chrome!
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magvadis Apr 12, 2026 +3
Bro fleeing his corruption crimes.
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Suitable-Zombie7504 Apr 12, 2026 +3
Tirane is always the first stop
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cloudsmiles Apr 12, 2026 +3
The obvious corruption is staggering. I wish the full story would come out that exposes Adams for everything I see him as.
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Awkward_Pangolin3254 Apr 13, 2026 +3
Hey, it worked for Voldemort
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blastradii Apr 12, 2026 +3
Is Albania friendly to people of color?
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Axbris Apr 12, 2026 +10
No. I am Albanian. Nobody is going to burn crosses on your lawn, but it’s not exactly a paradise.  Racism is very much alive and well even though the number of refugees from Africa has increased in the last 10 years. 
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DevTom Apr 12, 2026 +2
Didn’t this guy go to Israel and thank them for letting him be mayor of NYC?
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Glittering_Fox_9769 Apr 12, 2026 +2
Sometimes the side hoe ain't even a hoe... sometimes it's the brave and prosperous nation of Albania.
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mrkfn Apr 12, 2026 +2
They have an extradition treaty with the United States, though…
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IMGcertified Apr 12, 2026 +2
Lmao...what happened? .Isreal didnt want him even after all that ass kissing?
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Kooldude777 Apr 12, 2026 +2
Run, run Eric! Free days are numbered
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frommethodtomadness Apr 12, 2026 +2
Israel's mayor? No way.
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Mr_Fahrenheit-451 Apr 12, 2026 +2
*Screams in Andrew Yang*
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Publius015 Apr 12, 2026 +2
Totally not sus at all.
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whatsinurwitchsbrew Apr 12, 2026 +2
“Albania, Albania. You border on the Adriatic. Your land is mostly mountainous and your chief export is chrome.” - Coach Ernie Pantusso
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NES_Classical_Music Apr 12, 2026 +2
fun fact: in the harry potter books, more than once, albania was where voldemort fled after losing power.
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dave_890 Apr 12, 2026 +2
Yeah, when I think about fleeing the US, Albania always tops the list!! \[I'm sure his application for citizenship included $50K in cash.\]
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First-Couple9508 Apr 12, 2026 +2
That is satire at its best! 😂😂😂
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partyorca Apr 12, 2026 +2
Do they promise to keep him?
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TableAvailable Apr 12, 2026 +2
Let me guess... no extradition?
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OceanLemur Apr 12, 2026 +2
Another straight up traitor
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WhatANoob2025 Apr 12, 2026 +2
Albania is an insult to the term banana republic. What a joke.
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Current_Focus2668 Apr 12, 2026 +2
Must love him some Dua Lipa, Bebe Rexha and Rita Ora. 
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Hyperlinux Apr 12, 2026 +2
Does Albania have an extradition treaty with the USA, I doubt it.
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bitchcoin5000 Apr 12, 2026 +2
Time to flee before prosecution 😆 😂
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akgreens Apr 12, 2026 +2
Shit he'll blend right in how will we ever find him
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Financial_Anteater26 Apr 12, 2026 +2
Do they not have an interdiction treaty with the USA 🇺🇸?
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Outrageous-Tax1191 Apr 12, 2026 +3
Weirdly enough not only do they have an extradition treaty with the US, it was updated in 2020 for the first time since the 1930's. It even specifically includes broad categories of white collar crimes under its "no safe haven" structuring.
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Consistent-Leek4986 Apr 12, 2026 +2
to avoid prosecution? bye bye!
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ottermann Apr 12, 2026 +2
I wonder if he realizes Albania has had a modern extradition treaty with the US since 2020?
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strangebru Apr 12, 2026 +2
Tell me you're guilty without saying you're guilty.
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Dogaseven70 Apr 12, 2026 +2
Must be his Turkish connections.
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kevabreu Apr 12, 2026 +2
Beautiful country. I'd do the same in retirement.
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111anza Apr 12, 2026 +2
Put him under house arrest and do not allow this crook to skip town.
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manoftheeast Apr 12, 2026 +2
No Gods No Mayors is going to love this. 
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Ok-Highway-5247 Apr 12, 2026 +2
Is he going to represent Albania at the Olympics?
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bwoah07_gp2 Apr 13, 2026 +2
Albania of all places??
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lzwzli Apr 13, 2026 +2
What's with NY mayors?
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thebarkbarkwoof Apr 13, 2026 +2
Let me guess, no extradition?
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thepianoman456 Apr 12, 2026 +5
Whaddya mean? Albania is the capital of NY.
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6ballT Apr 12, 2026 +4
Under appreciated comment.
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Revolutionary_Pen190 Apr 12, 2026 +3
The most corrupt country on the continent of Europe
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