Tommy Vietor

I didn't see that ad.

Yeah, I flew out of Burbank, which a couple days earlier had had no air traffic controllers on duty.

It's one of those things where it's like, it is, we're, we're from the before times before Trump, it is a shocking violation of the law for people who had to like worry about the hatch act and try not to violate it.

And like, actually be concerned about these kinds of things to see that video.

It just like makes you realize that every, you know, it just absurd.

Um, I,

I don't I'm kind of of the view that propaganda works in aggregate in the long term and that like videos like this and that all the other ways that government officials are just blaming Democrats through government channels and official communications through emails and letters to workforces like I worry that's up.

If you're responsible for this airport, we got big problems.

Yeah, I have the same exact thought about Nolan.

It's like, ma'am, you don't want to be seen in this setting.

This is not good for anybody.

Okay, in a second, we're going to get to Levitt's interview with Leah Greenberg.

But before we do, we want to tell you about some big news.

Crooked Media Reads is releasing our next book on January 27th, 2026.

It's called Hated by All the Right People, Tucker Carlson and the Unraveling of the Conservative Mind.

It's by an incredible journalist named Jason Zengerle.

You know him from New York Times Magazine, lots of other places, just one of the best in the business.

The title comes from Tucker himself.

When he visited Hungary in 2021, he praised Viktor Orban for being hated by all the right people.

And Jason wanted to write this book about Tucker because, you know, the key to understanding the Trump age is racism.