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Joy Reid speculates she was fired because she is a black woman
Our take: Joy Reid was a host of a show on MSNBC from 2014 to 2025. She built her career on looking and speaking about the world almost entirely related to race. Not only did her show regularly focus on the subject, she was a prolific poster on social media, consistently posting cell phone videos of her opining on subjects and issues to intentionally be controversial.
As MSNBC saw their rating plummet, Reid was part of a mass firing as the company looked to rework its lineup and recapture some of the millions of viewers they lost. Reid claimed to be blindsided by the move in a tearful video she posted in the days after her dismissal.
She has been quiet the past several months but resurfaced in an interview with Katie Couric, where she speculated that she was fired because she was a Black woman who questioned Donald Trump publicly. She claimed Trump has a “tick” about race, which made her a target for the network looking to curry favor not only with listeners but with the president.
We agree with part of Reid’s premise. She was let go at least partially because she is a Black woman, but not in the way she wants others to perceive it.
Because Reid focused largely on race and gender, she was vulnerable when the winds of society changed. People got tired of everything in the world being racist, sexist, and offensive to some fringe group. People who talked about these issues incessantly quickly became liabilities when society got tired of the song and dance.
Reid wouldn’t shut up about being a Black woman, and people were tired of it. She worked in a business where eyeballs matter. MSNBC showed her the door and replaced her with others. For what it's worth, her replacements are drawing even worse ratings than Reid was. It’s hard to tell if the sagging ratings are a carryover from the previous shitty shows or if these new shows are even worse than Reid’s garbage episodes.
COURTESY: NEW YORK POST
Congress hears testimony on Biden aides “impersonating” the President and using an autopen to issue executive orders
Our take: Since Joe Biden has left office, the farce that he was sharper than ever, people could not keep up with him, and he was ready to run the country for another 4 years. It turns out, he may not have even run the country for the entirety of the four years of his presidency.
James Comer, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, heard evidence that Biden may not have known about several executive orders and other presidential actions in the final months of his presidency. New reports and evidence are coming to light that multiple executive orders and actions that were implemented were never discussed publicly by Biden.
There is no “smoking gun” evidence that this happened as of now, but the committee is setting up interviews with numerous former White House officials and Biden’s physician to determine who knew what and when they knew it, who did what and when they did it, and who was running the country for the back half of the Biden presidency. This has the makings of one of the biggest scandals in presidential history.
COURTESY: MSN
Senator calls for apology from WNBA star who made false racism allegations
Our take: Some background information is in order for those who may not be familiar with all the people in this story. Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese are both WNBA players. They came into the league together in 2024 after a rivalry during their college years, Clark at Iowa and Reese at LSU.
Reese and her team defeated the Hawkeyes and Clark when both were juniors. Reese took heat for taunting Clark at the end of the game. Clark got her revenge the following year, defeating LSU on her way to eventually losing in the Finals to South Carolina. Clark was drafted first overall by the Indiana Fever, and Reese was drafted 7th overall by the Chicago Sky.
Prevailing wisdom and basic talent evaluation show that Clark is a much better all-around basketball player than Reese. Clark’s game is compared regularly to Steph Curry of the NBA. Reese’s most comparable NBA counterpart would be Dennis Rodman. Like Rodman, Reese is a hard worker, outstanding rebounder, terrible shooter, and excellent stirrer of controversy.
It is this ability to create controversy that brings us to the current story. In a game earlier this year, Reese was fouled hard by Clark. It was a smart but aggressive foul, and Reese took exception to it in the heat of the moment. It was not a big deal, as both women are competitors, and tempers can flare when competitors are in the heat of battle.
Unfortunately, Reese’s need for attention led her to try and capitalize on the situation in post-game interviews. Reese accused the Fever fans (the game was in Indiana) of making racial taunts and hurling racially charged invectives at her. The virtue-signaling media quickly amplified this story, decrying the racists in Indiana and rushing to Reese’s defense.
The WNBA reacted quickly, launching an investigation of the incident and vowing to get to the bottom of the issue. Unfortunately for Reese, they did just that. The WNBA reviewed audio and video footage of the incident, as well as interviewing multiple people close to or involved in the incident. They found no evidence of any racist comments or taunts at all, directed at Reese or otherwise.
Reese’s team, the Chicago Sky, issued a statement thanking the WNBA for investigating but not addressing the fact that Reese clearly made up the incident for sympathy or attention.
Senator Jim Banks of the great state of Indiana wants Reese to apologize. He went on a podcast and publicly called on Reese to apologize for “calling Indiana Fever fans racists.” We agree with his assessment and hope the brass in Chicago will hold Reese accountable. Unfortunately, there is still plenty of real racism in our world. When we allow these baseless allegations to go unchallenged, we dilute the importance of the actual racism when it rears its ugly, ignorant head.
Hopefully Reese can be taught that lesson. She is still young, so she has plenty of runway to change her thought process on these kinds of issues.
COURTESY: MSN
Tip of the Day
“Skilled communicators know when to stop talking and listen,” Sara Perry, PhD, an associate professor of Management, said. “Ask a question and stop. Do not explain why you asked the question, or ask a question and then immediately follow up with more thoughts.”
Filling empty spaces with words can relieve anxiety, but it can lead to poor listening and oversharing. Being willing to sit through silence is a valuable skill that, when mastered, can convey a message more effectively than maintaining a steady stream of conversation.
Quote of the Day
“Victory usually goes to the army that has better-trained officers and men.” - Sun Tzu