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Star Aasved's avatar

It’s so damned exhausting to be swept up in the flood of sewage every day.

A favorite Orwell quote (I’ve been quoting him a lot lately.)

"The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth."

- George Orwell, 1984

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Harriet Hunt's avatar

I’m in despair. I’m having a very hard time staying positive, but I’m working hard at it. Joy, you give me hope.

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Karen Scofield's avatar

Absolutely Agreed, Joy, We're in Uncharted Territory and it's kinda scary. Thank you, for keeping things real 🙏 and will reStack ASAP 💯👍 🇺🇸 ?

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Megan Kent's avatar

I saw you this morning Joy, with Don Lemon. Loved every minute. And now this incredibly well-researched and beautifully written post. I'm so impressed and such a fan. Thank you Joy for illuminating us with such important facts and insights in this extremely hellish fight. Surely the most important fight of our lifetime. I feel blessed to be a part of your community.

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Carole Rose's avatar

Megan - i couldn’t have said it better. So informative & educational!

Joy is not only brilliant but a beaming light for Democracy.

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Yoli's avatar
3dEdited

Joy, this was an excellent "Reid."

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Craig Jones's avatar

Joy, they will never take away from you Critical Race Theory or Critical Thinking--your mind is a national treasure. We will Overcome Some Day.

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Bettye Briscoe's avatar

Thanks, Joy!

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Kat's avatar

"Paging Mr. Orwell" No shit Sherlock. Oy Vey.

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gerri caldarola's avatar

What's the difference to a woman: being grabbed or fingered or being hit with a baseball bat... at least Trump et al believe the baseball bat story... So Trump should be deported.

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Karin Perkins's avatar

This is a form of genocide pure and simple.

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Ginny E.'s avatar

Has anyone seen God & Country? Thanks to this article I now understand what Bukele is getting out of this.

I am beyond terrified.

Anyone worried about 4/20 and the martial law talk?

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Sharey's avatar

Great post! I especially appreciate the nod to the numbers deficit for deportees, thus this current rampage.

Joy, I wish you’d do a whole post, or series of posts, that show this administration’s outlandish attempts to “make their numbers” to meet their campaign promises.

Aside from what you pointed out here, another example: DOGE moved “illegal immigrants’” social security numbers to the Dead Files, which now can mix with the fairly low total of the “dead” filers Musk discovered. Those on that “dead list” were deliberately given preposterous birthdates so as to remain separate from legitimate filers by the IRS under Biden in an attempt to clean up the files. Please consider a series on their “numbers game”. Such a sham!

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Sharey's avatar

Oops, I mean the SSA, not the IRS.

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Magalie's avatar

Looking forward to interacting with u. It’s crazy out here.

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Beatrice George's avatar

What a great Reid today. So much info to take in. You are one great journalist who does the name proud.

Here is hoping you are friends with Gayle King, because where did she come from besides being a friend of Oprah? What an embarrassing moment for Black women to have her be a part of that joke of going into "space". I can hear the super magnificent Neil de Grasse Tyson laughing his head off. I single out Gayle because as a woman of color I would think she would have more self-respect. We know katey and blown up lips sanchez are trashy.

And forgive me for not respecting Oprah for being there and "tearing up". Give me an f'in break, when she is in the company of the trashy kardashians and friends of the "fuckin grifters from the UK" I see no use in her celebrity.

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