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John Adler @johnadler83.bsky.social · 14h

(tying noose)

he got jiggy with it

John Adler @johnadler83.bsky.social · 1d

"What benefit is it to your viewers to allow (insert republican rep here) to come on your program and lie? And why don't you, as a journalist, feel any responsibility to correct them?"

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John Adler @johnadler83.bsky.social · 1d

And pushback on their bullshit lack of follow up when interviewing republicans

"I see you have (insert republican rep here) on your show later today. I look forward to you pushing back when they lie and say they are not (doing X/Y/Z) when it is abundantly clear they are (doing X/Y/Z)

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John Adler @johnadler83.bsky.social · 1d

Democrats, I am serious when I tell you there is nothing wrong with saying "well, honestly, that's a stupid question and your viewers deserve better"

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John Adler @johnadler83.bsky.social · 1d

You can see how this works when the same reporters interview republicans. They appear cowed and fearful of conservative pushback. On the other hand, when interviewing democrats, they know they can push them around and ask a bullshit bad faith "gotcha" question and then pat themselves on the back

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

More Democrats should get more combative with the media, in particular by calling out questions that have an unspoken premise of "GOP voters are realer Americans than you," or in this case, "the president can break the law if voters in a city choose a mayor according to their own preferences."

Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 1d

In the 1st question of his brief interview with Mamdani. Anderson Cooper reports Trump’s strongman threats to punish NYC if the Mayoral candidate is elected, as if he gets to select where funding goes according to his whims, & then asks whether voters will find it “worth the hassle” to vote for him.

Coooper: Recently, you heard President Trump suggest he is going to withhold federal funding and possibly send in National Guard troops if you’re elected. Andrew Cuomo kind of amplified that. What do you have to say to New Yorkers who say, is this worth the hassle of losing perhaps a lot of money in federal funding if you become the mayor?

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John Adler @johnadler83.bsky.social · 2d

"Watch my *SHOCKING* video where a McDonald's employee *REFUSES* to serve me"

(shows video of woman in a McDonald's demanding they make her a Whopper)

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John Adler @johnadler83.bsky.social · 2d

MLB is the least educated of the major US sports leagues. This was in the early 2010s but IIRC there was this stat about how many active MLB players, coaches, and managers had college degrees

It was something like 37 (out of 800+ people)

John Adler @johnadler83.bsky.social · 3d

Another thing Dems can do to steer attention to this stuff is to push back on people like Bash the next time they are on their show

"Dana, I watched you interview the speaker and he straight up lied about why he won't swear in Grijalva. Why do you let guests on your show lie to your viewers?"

John Adler @johnadler83.bsky.social · 3d

Johnson has told the same lies including the "Pelosi precedent" one every time he's asked about this and it's ridiculous that Dana Bash either 1) doesn't know this or 2) doesn't care

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John Adler @johnadler83.bsky.social · 4d

"Well I just described it to you so how about you tell me how long you need to determine whether shooting a priest in the face with a pepper ball is a bad thing and I'll come back and follow up once you've made up your mind"

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John Adler @johnadler83.bsky.social · 4d

Okay let's say the incident in question took place on a city bus rather than the subway. Would that be a story? Of course not! And you would be rightfully laughed out of any (legitimate) newsroom for sneaking it in as some 9/11 controversy

John Adler @johnadler83.bsky.social · 4d

tell me you've only read 5 books without telling me you've only read 5 books

John Adler @johnadler83.bsky.social · 5d

Ezra Klein thinks Blake Treinen is doing relief pitching the right way

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John Adler @johnadler83.bsky.social · 6d

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John Adler @johnadler83.bsky.social · 6d

An annoying thing I've noticed Netflix doing to trick you into clicking on their shitty original projects is that they'll give it a title in big bold letters that matches an all time classic but then the subtitle quietly tells the whole story. It's always like

THE GODFATHER:

of pickleball

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John Adler @johnadler83.bsky.social · 7d

Tapper: Trump illegally took money from one of his rich cronies to allegedly pay the troops, even though the total donated is just a fraction of daily military expenditures. Now, I'm going to ask a question that makes your opposition to that sound like a bad thing

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John Adler @johnadler83.bsky.social · 8d

LOL I bet Ezra thought he was cooking with that last line but the reason we "don't talk like them" and "don't like the way they talk" is that they talk like Un-American racist assholes

John Adler @johnadler83.bsky.social · 9d

They could all benefit from the most basic level sales training seminar. Not one of these people could sell a pen to save their lives

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John Adler @johnadler83.bsky.social · 9d

You can so easily put these two things together, as I've already seen so many people do

"Families are struggling because of Trump's failing economy, healthcare costs are skyrocketing, and all the president cares about is building a party palace for himself and his rich cronies"

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John Adler @johnadler83.bsky.social · 10d

Republicans: here you go, y'all. All the pieces you need to build a Hay Making machine. We got you the instructions, the materials, hell we even hired laborers to put it together for you! You don't have to lift a finger, just Make Hay!

Democrats: (falls into open manhole)

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John Adler @johnadler83.bsky.social · 10d

I have tried and I cannot think of a group of people who have less respect for themselves/their profession than the reporters covering the White House

John Adler @johnadler83.bsky.social · 11d

If JD Vance had the same damn tattoo I think some of you might be singing a different tune...Bernie

John Adler @johnadler83.bsky.social · 11d

"gotta draw the line somewhere folks" said the man as he stared at the most easiest drawn line in human existence

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John Adler @johnadler83.bsky.social · 11d

man if my own *mother* got a nazi tattoo I'd stop talking to her and I sure as shit wouldn't vote to make her my senator

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