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R.L. Merrill's avatar

I’m currently listening to the podcast New Orleans Unsolved and it deals with a massive pedophile ring in Louisiana in the 70s. These folks are so bold! Because we let it happen. Sex without consent continues to be a plague upon women and children of all genders. The president’s political career should have been over with “grab em by the p-word” and the fact that it wasn’t highlights the vast problem of sexual exploitation our children experience in this country, and throughout the world. How anyone could overlook that and still vote for him back then tells me the levels to which people will go to excuse predatory behavior. As a 27 year teacher and school counselor, I heard dozens of heartbreaking tales throughout my career, and that was just the ones who talked. We as a society do. Not. Protect. Our. Children. At all. I don’t know what it’s going to take to make them a priority.

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Susan Jenczka's avatar

Thank you so much Joy-Ann for in depth and substantial reporting. As disgusting as the material is

you "report" not "dramatize" - for that I am personally grateful. Your ethics are impeccable - You indeed understand Moral Clarity.

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Debbi Jackson's avatar

Joy Reid, Oh how I love your ability to dig through the crap and bring to light a story that disgust and enlightens the American people to the filth and degradation of these pedophiles. Your reporting allows us to understand the importance of uncovering the truth while at the same time respecting those who were victims of these powerful elites. The fact that there is a coverup continues to make me gasp at the cabinet members who choose to protect, defend, lie , and cheat for the individuals. Blows my "F...ing" mind!

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Donna Roxey's avatar

Incredible well researched article. Thx Joy.

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Susan Anderson's avatar

As a once "religious" person, I question those who seek a a relationship with the best in us who identify these garbage conspiracies as signs of the divine. If you wish well to your fellow humans, you cannot wish evil to them, nor can you seek to benefit from them at the expense of people who share your humanity. Time to wake up. None of Trump/maga is remotely Christian.

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Norton Lovold's avatar

Trump is someone that the evanlical Christian community wholeheartedly supports to this day. His vice president is a freverant christian nationalist. It is not a good look for Christianity at this point if they are cheerleaders for a known sex predator.

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KingRayVet's avatar

It's of epidemic proportions. Powerful men, money, and sexual dominance goes on and on and on. Collusion with one another and cover-up any time they are confronted with the truth. I'm also amazed at all the female enablers of men like this. What's going on in their heads that they can find girls for those guys and then ignore what's being done to them? That blows me TF away. Were they sexually abused too? But the men themselves are not ruled by the right head. SMFH 🙄 I have never come close to wanting to take advantage of girls, let alone force myself on them, or rape. There's a horrible culture where these things are allowed to happen all over the world. Scary!

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