1. Joy Reid is one of the sharpest on air journalists
She's an incredibly quick study. There was one time she was substituting for Rachel and Ari Melber was substituting for Lawrence O'Donnell. Just before she handed off to him they both got copies of an article - think it was Trump's NYT interview - and he asked her to come on his hour to discuss it. Apparently while she was out in the hall, she'd read it and was ready to discuss it. Thanks for passing this on.