Joy Reid being fired from MSNBC is a sad day in America. I don't respect the criticisms about Reid from the MAGA cultists and the Hoteps. MAGA followers and Hoteps are very similar ideologically as both movements believe in misogyny, xenophobia, idol worship of America, bigotry, and a sense of dehumanizing political opponents (especially progressives) and social minorities. Now, Joy Reid was emotional to call upon the people to resist the policies of the madman and fascist Donald Trump. Trump is a fascist as he wants Liz Cheney to be arrested, desires to abolish the 14th Amendment, glorifies dehumanization of immigrants, believes in the 2020 election fraud lie, and wants the executive branch to extend its power illegally. Joy Reid gave passionate news reports that addressed voting rights, racism, the cult of Trumpism, gender, immigration, the federal government, COVID-19, and other important topics. While Elon Musk and Trump glory in the suffering of thousands of federal workers being fired, Joy Reid defended the dignity of federal workers. Megyn Kelly gloating over Joy Reid shows Kelly to be a racist liar. Kelly is the person who questioned if blackface is racist. Blackface was used to disrespect and hurt black people for centuries. Kelly lied and said that Joy Reid has some hatred of all white women when Reid used the "white women tears" to refer to extremist MAGA white women who support a fascist and racist Donald Trump. Also, Reid shown empathy to people for years, so Megyn Kelly revealed herself once again as a far right extremist.
While Trump wants to whitewash black history and ban the federal acknowledgment of black history on websites, Joy Reid honored her Blackness by word and deed. While Trump and his allies use all sorts of slander against the concept of DEI and progressives, Joy Reid defended living wages, promoted the opposition to corporate corruption, and disagreed with the agenda of the far right that is about advancing callousness instead of justice and democracy. Also, let's bring out the elephant in the room. Black women's progressive voices have been suppressed regularly by MSNBC in recent years. It happened to Tiffany Cross and Melissa Harris-Perry. Even Rachel Maddow said that the MSNBC firing Joy Reid was a mistake. So, MSNBC seems to want black people in their place to not be so strident in criticizing Donald Trump as some authoritarian fascist person. Tiffany Cross wants to boycott MSNBC, and I don't blame her. We have to follow our conscience either way. Therefore, I wish the best for Sister Joy Reid.
There is much more opposition to the Trump and Musk policies of firing federal workers and some military leaders. Many people rallied to protest Musk on February 19, 2025, in Washington, D.C. This comes as egg prices quadruple as Trump faces backlash. There are many DOGE protests in other places too. The Department of Governmental Efficiency is headed by Elon Musk. Musk wants every federal worker to explain what they got done last week, or face being fired. The Trump administration is a fascist regime that wants to cut thousands of federal jobs and many federal programs that millions of Americans rely on (including veterans). There has been confusion on whether the DOGE emails are literal or not. We see a regime seeking to ruin the Constitution, convert America into an armed camp, and use artificial intelligence to deal with federal workers too. DOGE is targeting the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) cutting 4 percent of its staff. This will harm the U.S. economy, grow the price of food, and could provoke recessions in D.C. and other places with a large percentage of federal workers. Now, Wall Street interests support this as promoting profits.
Black genius must always be honored. Some sad news is that Roberta Flack passed away on February 24, 2025. She was an icon of music. She sang music elegantly and taught young people music as a proficient, excellent educator. Roberta Flack was an expert pianist who sang music constantly in concerts and other locations with the piano. Her ballads spanned R&B, jazz, folk, pop, and she contributed to the creation of the quiet storm. Those of us older than 40 years old (including people younger than 40 too) know of the quiet storm from Anita Baker, Luther Vandross (Luther was a background singer to Roberta Flack, and she encouraged him to establish his own solo career), Phyllis Hyman, Babyface, Smokey Robinson and to Sade. Roberta Flack was born in the South at Black Mountain, North Carolina. She lived in my state of Virginia at Arlington, and he transitioned up North at New York City. I always appreciate her talent. She duet with another icon, Donny Hathaway, in the songs of Where is the Love and The Closer I Get to You.
She defined 1970s music with her anthems like The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Killing Me Softly with His Song, and Feel Like Makin' Love. She was the first artist to win the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in consecutive years in 1973 and 1974. She was a woman with massive social activism too. Her song Tryin' Times oppose racial injustice. Compared to What tackled social and economic inequality. When the Fugees (with Lauryn Hill) gave a version of Flack's Killing Me Softly song in 1996 (when I was middle school), I knew that the younger generation (Lizzo, Ariana Grande, Khalid, and other people told her in 2020 about how she inspired them. Lady Gaga acknowledged her too) always shown respect to Roberta Flack's legacy. She worked with Peabo Bryson and Maya Angelou on music too. She passed away from cardiac arrest. ALS was the brutal disease that Roberta Flack was suffering from. Roberta Flack gave voice to many of us in our community and the human race in general. We wish her blessings in her journey to the Afterlife where she will receive crown upon crowns from the Most High God.
Rest in Power Sister Roberta Flack.
By Timothy