Ben Adler

political enterprise editor @usatoday Brooklyn townie. Come for the coverage of democracy, stay for the tweets about pizza

[Ben Adler @badler]

What Zohran Mamdani's favorite rappers shows about his politics https://t.co/mfMvseNnbJ

[Glenn Thrush @GlennThrush]

This is really, actually, no-kidding the disclaimer Hannity ran after his interview with Todd Blanche

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

oh my goodness -- Ted Lieu played Rubio a video of Trump sleeping while Rubio tried to talk to him during a cabinet meeting. Then this exchange happened:

RUBIO: I've never seen him fall asleep

LIEU: I'm gonna show you a video that shows you just lied to Congress

*plays another video of Trump sleeping by Rubio*

[Mike Beauvais @MikeBeauvais]

BREAKING: Aimee-Leigh and Baby Billy Freeman have pulled out of the Great American State Fair.

[Mary Margaret Olohan @MaryMargOlohan]

Freedom 250 announces the music icons who will be performing at the Great American State Fair on the National Mall June 25 through July 10:

- Martina McBride | June 25
- C+C Music Factory | June 26
- Vanilla Ice | June 26
- Milli Vanilli | June 26
-Young MC | June 26
- The Commodores | June 27
- Morris Day and The Time | June 27
- Flo Rida | July 2
- Bret Michaels | July 3

[scary lawyerguy @scarylawyerguy]

Bill Clinton has a random run-in with Loretta Lynch at an airport in 2016 - MASSIVE, WEEKS LONG SCANDAL
JD Vance attends a private dinner with Chief Justice Roberts while the Court considers multiple Trump Admin lawsuits - "social call" ... "friendly pop-by"

[Hunter📈🌈📊 @StatisticUrban]

Still utterly insane to me that this is a real video of Epstein from way before Trump became nationally relevant.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Trump: I’m looking at Jaxon… I'm looking at the legs there. He's this beautiful guy. He's got legs like tree trunks. This is not a good thing for women.

[Noah Shachtman @NoahShachtman]

Jim Dolan's Madison Square Garden continues to ban lawyers they don't like.

The latest: an attorney who represents a NYPD cop.

The cop was working off-duty at MSG, got involved in an altercation, and was (allegedly) hospitalized for spinal injuries.

He's now banned.

[Ben Adler @badler]

It’s a challenge even in friendships

[nadine (mood stabilized era) @fakenadine]

nobody talks about the Bike Gap in relationships in new york. but if one partner is gonna be biking once summer comes and the other partner is not biking that shit is doomed to fail

[alex bronzini-vender @alexbronzini]

I'm starting to think these LIRR guys may not be especially reasonable

[Ben Adler @badler]

"work rules requiring 3x day’s pay if asked to drive 3 different trains on a shift"?!

[Matthew Chayes @chayesmatthew]

Striking union LIRR locomotive engineer George Barreto, picketing MTA headquarters Monday, on the job for 28 years. Lives in Philly. Makes ~$200,000/year. He says of work rules requiring 3x day’s pay if asked to drive 3 different trains on a shift…

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[Ben Adler @badler]

come work with me @USATODAY https://t.co/09hFjWJozU

[Rhiannon @AywaRhiannon]

I have been laughing at this for the better part of an hour

[Ben Adler @badler]

@SarahLongwell25 Are they dissatisfied with Trump’s foreign policy yet still like Rubio?

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

NYT: “You’ve been talking on your show about whether Trump is the Antichrist”

Tucker Carlson: “I have not said that”

NYT: *plays clip of him saying that*

[Ben Adler @badler]

Sobering story from my boy @NoahCZuss
https://t.co/SEO3xOkhbm

[Ben Adler @badler]

lol of course the president of Santacon lives in NJ https://t.co/FRw5ApIxGt

[Tom Winter @Tom_Winter]

NEW: The FBI and Federal prosecutors in New York say they've charged Sean Pildes, the leader of "SantaCon" an annual charity fundraiser in NYC, with allegedly pocketing a significant amount of the proceeds himself.

Pildes was arrested this morning and charged with wire fraud.

[ Q-Cap  @qcapital2020]

Still one of the funniest videos of all time

[Ben Adler @badler]

Long overdue. Crossing Grand Army has been treacherous for pedestrians and bikes my whole entire life.

[NYC DOT @NYC_DOT]

Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza is ready for a transformation.

Our new proposal would expand pedestrian space, improve cyclist safety, and create stronger connections to Prospect Park.

Public workshops begin April 23.
Learn more: https://t.co/YsK5kGftUP