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When the Bulldozer Keeps Bulldozing: How to Feel

Bad news about New York isolation camps and how to keep the spirits high while living under a mob

Tessa Lena
Nov 21, 2023
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The bad news is that on our authoritarian governor’s appeal, the NYS Supreme Court Appellate Division’s Fourth Judicial Department dismissed Bobbie Anne Cox’s previously victorious lawsuit against the isolation camps totally awesome non-quarantine non-camps in New York.

Is it a good sign? No. Is Bobbie Anne going to keep fighting? Yes. She is one brave soul, that Bobbie Anne. Hats off to her, and massive love!

(Why is Bobbie Anne not getting massive support from the mainstream for her obviously righteous plight? I think we know why. Look though, in the far-away China, the quarantine camps are not awesome, says the New York Times. Thank God it’s far away!)

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