What’s the difference between Donald Trump and the leader in George Orwell’s 1984? Listen in for our takes as the Civil Discourse community reads 1984 together. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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aug 23, 2025, 4:45 am • 1 0 • view
You Rock Joyce !!! We need to figure out how to duplicate you too ;)
aug 23, 2025, 3:50 am • 0 0 • view
What's the difference between Todd Blanche and Roy Cohn? bsky.app/profile/beve...
aug 24, 2025, 5:13 pm • 0 0 • view
"Public corruption will not be tolerated" - Dan Bongino Nope; it will not be merely tolerated. It will be mandatory for every member of this administration. On a daily basis. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/u...
aug 23, 2025, 2:20 am • 0 0 • view
What a joy to listen to. Laughed out loud a few times. (Thanks, guys!) On the Bolton thing, though, my guess is that they didn't necessarily *get* the warrant on their first try, and kept trying til they got a Trump-appointee hack. But, is that even possible - to keep trying, with different judges?
aug 22, 2025, 11:07 pm • 0 0 • view
The classic film, A Face in The Crowd, was on the other night. Patrica Neal & Andy Griffin. A powerful portal to what gulable sheep humans can truly be...
aug 22, 2025, 10:01 pm • 1 0 • view
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aug 22, 2025, 7:00 pm • 0 0 • view
Big Brother was much better lookingthan Donald. Trump's enraged respond in 3-2-1.
aug 22, 2025, 7:23 pm • 0 0 • view
George Orwell was a prophet.
aug 22, 2025, 9:08 pm • 1 0 • view
Read '1984' & since Trump ran for POTUS in 2020 have drawn a comparison. Trump created a dystopian view (did not exist), using collective fear & weaponization of hate for control. Got/Get nothing but doublespeak. In 2025 American English, mind-f'cked! Stalin is Big Brother, so who is Trump!
aug 23, 2025, 3:00 pm • 0 0 • view
On a guess I would say, not too much
aug 22, 2025, 6:45 pm • 0 0 • view
Saving this for later. Can't wait.
aug 22, 2025, 6:25 pm • 1 0 • view
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Stephen Miller you're scared of 90 year old white women????? Cluck cluck cluck 🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔
aug 22, 2025, 6:37 pm • 0 0 • view
Thinking that the principal difference is that Donald J. Trump is real...
aug 22, 2025, 6:29 pm • 0 0 • view
I wouldn't look at Orwell analogies. I'd be looking at Hitler analogies. Lest We Forget. Maybe too many never knew.
aug 22, 2025, 10:24 pm • 0 0 • view
I liken Fox News to big brother rather than Тяцмр. 24/7 telescreens always ready to dish up Two Minutes Hate and change the morning’s truth into a democratic hoax by afternoon. Remember that Fox News propaganda predates #trumpepstein rise in politics
aug 22, 2025, 6:28 pm • 0 0 • view
What's the difference between the US and China? Both are military states engaged in thought control (Smithsonian)
aug 22, 2025, 6:55 pm • 0 0 • view
If this comparison can credibly be made…..
aug 22, 2025, 10:11 pm • 0 0 • view
Thank you for this, hopefully continued with (more) book tales : ) ☕🌸
aug 22, 2025, 6:52 pm • 1 0 • view
Thank you! Excellent discussion. Definitely need to hear more from the both of you!
aug 22, 2025, 8:11 pm • 1 1 • view
Nice, I’m rereading the book now but will check this out
aug 26, 2025, 1:53 pm • 0 0 • view
Big Brother was likely sane and not demented.
aug 22, 2025, 8:55 pm • 0 0 • view
The WH is the epicenter of an organized crime syndicate using police state tactics to "take down" perceived enemies like Bolton, Schiff, AG James...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDMUxXf_h3o
aug 22, 2025, 7:04 pm • 4 1 • view
FYI bsky.app/profile/cweb...
aug 22, 2025, 6:39 pm • 0 0 • view
There’s no difference. Anyone who says otherwise is full of shit.
aug 22, 2025, 6:25 pm • 0 0 • view
Funny I just started reading this book again…
aug 22, 2025, 6:33 pm • 1 0 • view
Trump wants to go back to 1984. Have you read it?
aug 22, 2025, 7:08 pm • 0 0 • view
Where can we find a calendar of your book tour dates? Thanks!
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