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Welcome to this week's edition of Nir and Rupar. I'm David Nir, publisher of The Down Ballot, joined, of course, by Aaron Rupar, publisher of Public Notice. And this is our weekly show where we discuss the important news topics of the week from the top of the ballot all the way on down.
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Thank you so much for joining us. If you are a down-ballot subscriber and have not yet subscribed to Aaron's newsletter, Public Notice, you can go to publicnotice.co and every day you will get fantastic insights into the most important news stories, the kind of understanding that you simply won't get from traditional media reporting.
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Nir & Rupar: The art of the clip

How Aaron Rupar, maestro of the viral news clip, makes it all happen

On the latest edition of Nir & Rupar, our live weekly video show, David Nir of The Downballot asks co-host Aaron Rupar of Public Notice all about the work that has made Aaron’s social media accounts an essential follow: clipping must-watch news segments that offer an unfiltered window onto American politics.

Aaron tells us:

  • How he got started clipping and his experience with his first viral clip.

  • How he actually goes about the process of finding worthy clips, including the software he uses and the big monitor that feeds him multiple TV stations at once.

  • How he stays sane watching Donald Trump all day long.

And much more!

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Ashok Dhillon's avatar

Pleasure was mine. Most informative. I am just starting out on substack because my content is considered not compatible to what X would like to see on their platform anymore so I am on my learning curve :) - Any help would be most appreciated!

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Karen Mortensen's avatar

I've always wondered how folks like Aaron Rupar get their perfect clips. This was very interesting. Thank God you watch all this stuff for us, Aaron. I appreciate it. I like to consume a lot of political news and commentary in print digitally, and I don't have a TV (by choice) or streaming services, so your work is especially helpful to me for catching important moments. If I tried to watch as much Trump and MAGA stuff as you did, I think I would curl up into a little ball and dry up. 😬 Thanks for the inside scoop. I appreciate the regular work that both of you do!

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Marliss Desens's avatar

Thanks for an interesting discussion and explanations of how Aaron does what he does. I'm even more in awe of the work he and his team do than I was before listening to this interview.

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And if you're a public notice subscriber and you have not yet signed up for the down ballot, you absolutely should because we cover all of the elections below the presidency from Senate to city council in great detail. These are of course going to be the huge battleground next year in the 2026