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On this special Joy's birthday and TJRS six month birthday episode, we talk Trump's goofy "peace" medal from corrupt FIFA, Pete Hegseth's raging hypocrisy about war crimes and illegal orders, and Jasmine Crockett's soon-to-be Texas Senate bid. And Joy gets surprised by some very special guests throughout the show. Support our sponsors: To help girls in Africa stay in school by getting access to contraception, support MSI United States by texting “REID’ to 511-511 or go to msiunitedstates.org (text rates may apply) Also: The Freedom From Religion Foundation To support, and get 20 percent off secular merch, visit FFRF.us/shop or text “JOY” to 511-511 by December 9th to claim the offer and join the movement. (Text rates may apply). Copyright Notice: This video and my YouTube channel contains content that is property of The Joy Reid Show, a production of Image Lab Media Group. You are authorized to share the video link and channel, and embed this video in your website or others as long as a link back to this YouTube Channel is provided. © 2025 The Joy Reid Show https://www.youtube.com/@TheJoyReidShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On tonight's episode of TJRS, Friend of the show Adelita Grijalva releases a shocking video in which she is pepper sprayed by ICE in front of a restaurant she frequents for lunch. This makes Congresswoman Grijalva the latest lawmaker to be assaulted by America's gestapo. We also follow the story of the arrest of the man who allegedly planted pipe bombs near the RNC and DNC on the eve of the insurrection on January 5, 2021. Next: LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter and TJRS regular, joins us to discuss the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycotts, and modern day empowerment movements, including the We Ain't Buying it holiday redirect call. In hour two, Judge Glenda Hatchett joins the show as we further discuss the boat strikes in the Caribbean and the ICE terrorism across our country. Lastly, on tonight's Moment of Joy, you've heard of the phrase, "Drunk as a skunk." But, how about drunk as a... racoon? All this and more tonight on the Joy Reid Show. Check your local listings to find The Verdict with Judge Hatchett. Support Black Voters Matter Fund at blackvotersmatter.org And support our sponsor, the Freedom From Religion Fund by texting JOY to 511-511 or visit FFRF.us/shop and use the code JOY at checkout to get 20 percent off secular merch or two new memberships for the price of one. ============================= Copyright Notice: This video and my YouTube channel contains content that is property of The Joy Reid Show, a production of Image Lab Media Group. You are authorized to share the video link and channel, and embed this video in your website or others as long as a link back to this YouTube Channel is provided. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On tonight's episode of TJRS we sit down with Representative Ilhan Omar as she responds to Donald Trump's racist, anti-Somali rant. We also sit down with Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz to talk about the Trump administration's war crimes in the Caribbean and ask whether she also sees war crimes in Gaza; followed by a conversation with Dr. John Gartner about Trump's clear cognitive decline. Shawn Harris, who is running for congress in the seat being vacated by Marjorie Taylor Greene, also joins us to talk "law of war" and whether we're even at war with fishing boats in the Caribbean sea. All of that and more on The Joy Reid Show. Thanks to our sponsor, THE TAMSEN SHOW PODCAST - Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Support shawnforgeorgia.com Copyright Notice: This video and my YouTube channel contains content that is property of The Joy Reid Show, a production of Image Lab Media Group. You are authorized to share the video link and channel, and embed this video in your website or others as long as a link back to this YouTube Channel is provided. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On tonight's episode of The Joy Reid Show we discuss The United States' growing war hawk behavior towards Venezuela, Nigeria, and fisherman in the Caribbean, the details about the recent shooting of two national guardsmen that don't quite add up, Netanyahu's attempt to secure a pardon from his corruption trial, the on going Black Friday boycott and much much more. Our guests for the night are podcast host Lev Parnas, social and political commentator The Merc, Georgia State Representative Ruwa Romman, and organizer and cultural strategist Nelini Stamp. --- Follow Lev Parnas at Lev Remembers Substack at https://levremembers.substack.com/ Follow The Merc at Alkebulan on Substack https://www.alkebulan.media/ Support Ruwa Romani at https://www.ruwaforgeorgia.com/ Join the Target Fast at https://www.targetfast.org/ Join the We Ain't Buying It campaign at https://weaintbuyingit.com/ Find the Resistance Revival Chorus here: https://www.resistancerevivalchorus.com/ --- Support our sponsors: Go to 120Life.com — that’s One-Two-Zero-Life dot com — and use my codes “JOY” or “REID for 20% off. Try it risk-free for two weeks. If your blood pressure doesn’t come down, you get a full refund. Nothing to lose except your blood pressure numbers! And right now — between now and December 9th — FFRF is offering:20% off all secular merch — yes, you can wear your values and raise your voice. Get two new memberships for the price of one. Become a member and give the gift of membership to a fellow freethinker. It’s the perfect way to bring someone you love into the fight for freedom. Text “JOY” to 511-511 or go to FFRF.US/shop. Message and data rates may apply.--- ============================= Copyright Notice: This video and my YouTube channel contains content that is property of The Joy Reid Show, a production of Image Lab Media Group. You are authorized to share the video link and channel, and embed this video in your website or others as long as a link back to this YouTube Channel is provided. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tonight on TJRS: Trump tries to pardon some turkeys. The key word there being "tries" as it seems old Dementia Don was having a hard time staying on topic (though really, what else is new). Do you know what Donald Trump has successfully pardoned, though? Criminals! Specifically more than 1600 January 6ers, and more than 60 crooks and scammers, several of whom seem to be connected financially or politically to ... Donald Trump. Meanwhile there's trouble in MAGA land. It seems Candace Owens and Alex Jones are none too happy with their orange cult leader. The reasons why? Charlie Kirk and Marjorie "Bad Built" Taylor Greene... Next, we take an extensive deep dive into Peter Theil, co-founder of Paypal and Palentir, and the man behind the curtains of much of the MAGA madness we are seeing today; not to mention the puppet-master who built JD Vance. Independent documentary producer, Philip Damico, who runs the YouTube channel,  @Volksgeist  joins us in that conversation. Then in hour two, we talk about Trumps latest bout of insulting and degrading female journalists. We cover the life of the recently passed Mother Viola Fletcher with Damario Solomon-Simmons, attorney for the Tulsa three. LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter, jumps on to talk to us about her "We Ain't Buying It" campaign. And we share our Moment of Joy: a clip of Joy's recent appearance on the I’ve Had It podcast with Jennifer Welch and Pumps. --- Justice for Greenwood Justiceforgreenwood.org Joy's appearance on I've Had It: Bubba BJ-gate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TScEqjCIkRI LaTosha Browns op-ed: "We're not buying what these retailers are selling https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/11/26/black-friday-cyber-monday-boycott-economic-blackout/87445997007/ WATCH: The Antichrist is Here -- The Story of Peter Thiel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAeTKyY3LB4 The We Ain't Buyin It campaign https://weaintbuyingit.com/ ---- ABOUT JOY REID: Joy-Ann Lomena Reid (AKA Joy Reid) is a best-selling American author, political journalist and TV host. She was a national correspondent for MSNBC and is best known for hosting the Emmy-nominated, NAACP Award-winning political commentary and analysis show, The ReidOut, from 2020 to 2025. Her previous anchoring credits include The Reid Report (2014–2015) and AM Joy (2016–2020). STAY CONNECTED WITH THE SHOW: Website: https://www.joyannreid.com Substack: https://substack.com/@joyannreid Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Joy-Reid-Show/61576759980854/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyreidshow/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thejoyreidshow Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/joyannreid.bsky.social FOLLOW JOY ON SOCIAL: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joyreidofficial/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyannreid/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joyreidofficial Want to hear more of our theme song? Check out the Foodchain page on BandCamp: https://thefoodchain.bandcamp.com/track/the-foodchain-basically-ft-jd-era ============================= Copyright Notice: This video and my YouTube channel contains content that is property of The Joy Reid Show, a production of Image Lab Media Group. You are authorized to share the video link and channel, and embed this video in your website or others as long as a link back to this YouTube Channel is provided. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On tonight's episode of TJRS, in a welcome bit of good news, a federal judge has thrown out the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. Meanwhile, Marco Rubio says the quiet part out loud, seeming to admit that the Trump "peace deal" for Ukraine was written by Putin himself. MTG continues to try and sell us her rebrand but, before you allow yourself to believe she's had some kind of come to Jesus, there's very compelling evidence that all of this is just one big money making grift. Christina Greer, Associate Professor of Political Science at Fordham University, Lincoln Center (Manhattan) campus, and co-host of the FAQ NYC politics podcast and Rick Wilson, political and media strategist and co-founder of  @lincoln-project-djsbsw  join us to discuss. Next on the show, what's going on with the US's growing military interest in Nigeria and Venezuela? Is it oil? More oil? Or, and stick with us here, OIL? Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration Law Center, who recently wrote "The Danger of Trump War Threats" in Time magazine joins the conversation. In hour two we discuss the recent Twitter update that has exposed yet another ongoing grift. Many supposed pro-Maga accounts are being run by individuals in developing countries looking to stoke American culture war nonsense in order to make a quick buck. Meanwhile on the homefront, Bishop William Barber and Repairers of the Breech are in North Carolina doing on the ground activism trying to fight for democracy and against fascism. Rev. Mark Thompson, host of Make it Plain, joins us to discuss. State Rep. Aftyn Behn, who is running for Tennessee's 7th congressional district, is also on tonight to discuss her electoral bid. Lastly our Moment of Joy goes out to the President of South Africa who closed out the recent G20 summit in the funnest way possible! TJRS would also like to share our condolences on the recent passing of Mother Viola Fletcher, one of the last living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. May she rest in peace. Read Kica Matos' piece on Trump's war fever here: https://time.com/7332384/danger-trumps-war-threats/ Watch Mother Randle's 2023 testimony to congress here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90_QqTrpYws Support Aftyn Behn for congress here: https://www.aftynforcongress.com/ And if you're in Tennessee, early voting is ON! Get out there and vote! Support our sponsors: The Freedom From Religion Foundation: To support the Freedom From Religion Foundation and snag some positive merch for the holiday season go to So visit ffrf.org/shop or text “JOY” to f511-511 by December 9th. Claim the offer. Join the movement! 120Life For a limited time, try 120Life and get 20% off. Just use the code “JOY” or “R-E-I-D” at checkout at 120life.com. 120Life offers a risk-free trial with a full refund if you don’t see lower numbers in 2 weeks. There’s nothing to lose except your high blood pressure numbers! MSI United States In the U.S., go to MSIUnitedStates.org for tax-deductible giving or text “REID’ to 511-511 to give. Let’s give these girls a chance! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In tonight's bonus stream of TJRS we cover two bits of breaking news: Marjorie Taylor Green's surprise announcement that she's stepping down from Congress and the Supreme Court strikes down the court ruling that stayed the racist gerrymandering of the Texas electoral maps. ---- ABOUT JOY REID: Joy-Ann Lomena Reid (AKA Joy Reid) is a best-selling American author, political journalist and TV host. She was a national correspondent for MSNBC and is best known for hosting the Emmy-nominated, NAACP Award-winning political commentary and analysis show, The ReidOut, from 2020 to 2025. Her previous anchoring credits include The Reid Report (2014–2015) and AM Joy (2016–2020). STAY CONNECTED WITH THE SHOW: Website: https://www.joyannreid.com Substack: https://substack.com/@joyannreid Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Joy-Reid-Show/61576759980854/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyreidshow/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thejoyreidshow Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/joyannreid.bsky.social FOLLOW JOY ON SOCIAL: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joyreidofficial/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyannreid/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joyreidofficial ============================= Copyright Notice: This video and my YouTube channel contains content that is property of The Joy Reid Show, a production of Image Lab Media Group. You are authorized to share the video link and channel, and embed this video in your website or others as long as a link back to this YouTube Channel is provided. © 2025 The Joy Reid Show https://www.youtube.com/@TheJoyReidShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On tonight’s episode of TJRS, Donald Trump calls for the deaths of 6 military veteran members of the House and Senate. Their crime? The “Seditious” act… of making a PSA reminding fellow military troops that they need not obey unlawful orders; just like the Uniform Code of Military Justice states. We also discuss Mayor Elect Zohran Mamdani’s visit to the White House and his masterful handling of 47 who in a shocking turn of events seems to be all gung ho for the man he called a “Communist threat” for months. Dr.John Gartner, psychologist, psychotherapist, author and activist who has been warning for years about Trump’s cognitive state and dangerous personality disorder, and journalist, Trump biographer and professor David Cay Johnston join us to discuss. Next, Randi Weingarten, president of the AFT, along with Rick Lucas, Ohio Nurses Association President & Executive Director join us to discuss the dismantling of the Department of Education as well as the federal deprofessionalization of Nurses. In hour two we bring on Lev Parnas to discuss Trump’s so-called peace deal for Ukraine, and the connection to the Epstein files and Russian kompramat. Then, we discuss ICE’s ongoing terrorization of brown people, as well as the arrest of one ICE officer for soliciting sex from a minor. Kimberlé Crenshaw, pioneering legal scholar who helped create Critical Race Theory, and executive director of the African American Policy Forum, joins us for this conversation. Following that, Devan and Karess of the People’s Sick Day and Mass Blackout Movement come on to discuss their upcoming events from November 25th to December 2nd. And last but not least, our moment of joy goes to @nola_jettie_nu of Instagram and TikTok, whose son, Resse, had some choice words for a lady who dared to disparage his mama’s edges. For Kim Crenshaw's report: aapf.org Mass Blackout: themassblackout.com Lev Parnas' substack: https://levremembers.substack.com/ David Cay Johnston: https://www.dcreport.org/ --- ABOUT JOY REID: Joy-Ann Lomena Reid (AKA Joy Reid) is a best-selling American author, political journalist and TV host. She was a national correspondent for MSNBC and is best known for hosting the Emmy-nominated, NAACP Award-winning political commentary and analysis show, The ReidOut, from 2020 to 2025. Her previous anchoring credits include The Reid Report (2014–2015) and AM Joy (2016–2020). STAY CONNECTED WITH THE SHOW: Website: https://www.joyannreid.com Substack: https://substack.com/@joyannreid Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Joy-Reid-Show/61576759980854/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyreidshow/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thejoyreidshow Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/joyannreid.bsky.social FOLLOW JOY ON SOCIAL: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joyreidofficial/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyannreid/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joyreidofficial ============================= Copyright Notice: This video and my YouTube channel contains content that is property of The Joy Reid Show, a production of Image Lab Media Group. You are authorized to share the video link and channel, and embed this video in your website or others as long as a link back to this YouTube Channel is provided. © 2025 The Joy Reid Show https://www.youtube.com/@TheJoyReidShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode, we celebrate the victory by Calvin Duncan, who appeared on the show last week to announce his run for Orleans County clerk of the court, following a long incarceration for a crime he did not commit. Next, Joy spoke with Eric Swalwell about the ongoing Epstein files catastrophe Donald Trump and his regime have created for themselves. We also spoke with Nadine Smith who laid our her vision as the new head of Color of Change (http://colorofchange.org/). In hour two, we tackle the healthcare crisis as Republicans refuse to extend the Obamacare premium support subsidies, with Dr. Rob Davidson, the Executive Director of the Committee to Protect Health Care; and we dive back into the Epstein Files with friend of the show Lev Parnas. Lastly, we give young Eloise, the girl who schooled “Megyn R. Kelly” on the vulnerability of children, the last word. Support Calvin’s campaign debt reduction fund at calvinforclerk.com (https://calvinforclerk.com/) Find out more about Color of Change (http://colorofchange.org/) Click here for the Committee to Protect Healthcare https://committeetoprotect.org/ And check out the Paging America Substack and Podcast (https://open.spotify.com/show/3B45RCGwECRpQARQsjHpLm)! Support our sponsor: Donate to aid struggling federal workers who still need your help withThe Labor Force (https://www.thelaborforce.org/crooked) ABOUT JOY REID: Joy-Ann Lomena Reid (AKA Joy Reid) is a best-selling American author, political journalist and TV host. She was a national correspondent for MSNBC and is best known for hosting the Emmy-nominated, NAACP Award-winning political commentary and analysis show, The ReidOut, from 2020 to 2025. Her previous anchoring credits include The Reid Report (2014–2015) and AM Joy (2016–2020). STAY CONNECTED WITH THE SHOW: Website: https://www.joyannreid.com Substack: https://substack.com/@joyannreid Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Joy-Reid-Show/61576759980854/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyreidshow/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thejoyreidshow Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/joyannreid.bsky.social FOLLOW JOY ON SOCIAL: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joyreidofficial/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyannreid/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joyreidofficial Want to hear more of our theme song? Check out the Foodchain page on BandCamp: https://thefoodchain.bandcamp.com/track/the-foodchain-basically-ft-jd-era ============================= Copyright Notice: This video and my YouTube channel contains content that is property of The Joy Reid Show, a production of Image Lab Media Group. You are authorized to share the video link and channel, and embed this video in your website or others as long as a link back to this YouTube Channel is provided. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On tonight’s episode of The Joy Reid Show, we are joined by Representative Adelita Grijalva to discuss the vote to release the Epstein Files, which passed the House, Senate and was signed by Donald Trump today, and right wing Georgia congresswoman Margorie Taylor Green’s seeming come to Jesus rebrand. To aid in this discussion we are joined by the fabulous Jennifer Welch, co-host of  @ivehaditpodcast . In the second hour of the show we are joined by Texas State Representative Jolanda Jones to talk about the federal court issuing a preliminary injunction yesterday blocking the 2025 Texas redistricted maps from going into effect. Afterwards former Metro PD officer and January 6 hero Michael Fanone of the  @TheMichaelFanoneShow  to discuss tomorrow’s “Remove the Regime” rally. Then we bring on former ABC reporter turned fellow independent journalist  @TerryMoranJournalist to discuss the disgusting and often bullying way Trump talks to the journalists who are sent to ask him questions, particularly the overtly misogynistic and degrading way he speaks to women. And Last but not least our Moment of Joy goes to former “Heiferologist” Mrs MattieJ. To join in on the Remove the Regime weekend and enjoy  @dropkickmurphys  go to removetheregime.com Subscribe to The Michael Fanone show here: https://www.youtube.com/@UCihIswdXcJjiqSZ3nKss6ww and on Substack here: https://substack.com/@michaelfanone Subscribe to Terry Moran's Substack, Real Patriotism here: https://terrymoran.substack.com/ and subscribe to his YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@TerryMoranJournalist Follow Ms. Mattie J on IG at @mrs.mattieJ And let us know in comments if you'd love to see her on the show! ABOUT JOY REID: Joy-Ann Lomena Reid (AKA Joy Reid) is a best-selling American author, political journalist and TV host. She was a national correspondent for MSNBC and is best known for hosting the Emmy-nominated, NAACP Award-winning political commentary and analysis show, The ReidOut, from 2020 to 2025. Her previous anchoring credits include The Reid Report (2014–2015) and AM Joy (2016–2020). STAY CONNECTED WITH THE SHOW: Website: https://www.joyannreid.com Substack: https://substack.com/@joyannreid Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Joy-Reid-Show/61576759980854/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyreidshow/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thejoyreidshow Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/joyannreid.bsky.social FOLLOW JOY ON SOCIAL: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joyreidofficial/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyannreid/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joyreidofficial Want to hear more of our theme song? Check out the Foodchain page on BandCamp: https://thefoodchain.bandcamp.com/track/the-foodchain-basically-ft-jd-era Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Friday's TJRS, Joy breaks down House Republicans' Epstein email dump, which happens to contain a lot of incriminating details that point to Epstein seeking to leverage his past relationship with Trump to boost his influence with world leaders. And she breaks down the strange timeline coincidences -- from Helsinki to a strange letter Epstein sent to himself and Michael Wolffe months before he died. We also talk about an important race in Mississippi on Saturday where a man who spent his 20s, 30s and much of his 40s in Louisianas notorious Angola prison for a crime he didn't commit, only to get himself freed with the help of the  ⁨@innocenceprojectNY⁩ . He has written a great book about his ordeal and is now running for Clerk of the Court in Mississippi to right the wrongs done to people like him. And Joy hung out on the show with her favorite morning show host,  ⁨@thestephaniemillershow6996⁩  host Stephanie Miller. And we introduced our audience to a great new movie, Sarah's Oil, based on an incredible true story, and the star of the film, 12-year-old actress Naya Desir-Johnson, who was our "moment of joy."You can support Calvin Duncan's campaign at https://calvinforclerk.com/Learn more about Sarah's Oil and rewatch the trailer at https://www.sarahsoilfilminspires.com/And keep up with The Stephanie Miller show at https://www.stephaniemiller.com/And check out Stephanie's and Calvin's books at shop.joyreid.comPlease support our sponsor:The government is pouring billions of taxpayer dollars into enforcement while slashing funding for legal aid. That makes your support more urgent than ever. Help defend your neighbors and keep families together. Donate now at defending our neighbors dot org slash fund. ABOUT JOY REID: Joy-Ann Lomena Reid (AKA Joy Reid) is a best-selling American author, political journalist and TV host. She was a national correspondent for MSNBC and is best known for hosting the Emmy-nominated, NAACP Award-winning political commentary and analysis show, The ReidOut, from 2020 to 2025. Her previous anchoring credits include The Reid Report (2014–2015) and AM Joy (2016–2020). STAY CONNECTED WITH THE SHOW: Website: https://www.joyannreid.com Substack: https://substack.com/@joyannreid Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Joy-Reid-Show/61576759980854/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyreidshow/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thejoyreidshow Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/joyannreid.bsky.social FOLLOW JOY ON SOCIAL: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joyreidofficial/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyannreid/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joyreidofficial Want to hear more of our theme song? Check out the Foodchain page on BandCamp: https://thefoodchain.bandcamp.com/track/the-foodchain-basically-ft-jd-era ============================= Copyright Notice: This video and my YouTube channel contains content that is property of The Joy Reid Show, a production of Image Lab Media Group. You are authorized to share the video link and channel, and embed this video in your website or others as long as a link back to this YouTube Channel is provided. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of The Joy Reid Show, Congress returns! And some Democrats get straight to business. We highlight two members who succinctly broke down the Republican menace: congressmen Jim McGovern of Massachusetts and The Big Neguse, Joe Neguse of Colorado. We discuss the Republican Party and their president's withholding of SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans to hold hungry people hostage to make healthcare costs skyrocket. And we talk about the resistance, and how it's building. We also talk Epstein Files, which saw two big releases on Wednesday, including damning emails that show that Trump knew exactly what the notorious pedophile was up to. Our guests: Latosha Brown of Black Voters Matter Fund, Lev Parnas, who brought the real tea on Trump's fear of Epstein and the gangster oligarchy he's building, and Ezra Levin of Indivisible. Join the We Ain't Havin It resistance at https://weaintbuyingit.com/ ⁨@BlackVotersMtr⁩  Join or support Indivisible athttps://indivisible.org ⁨@indivisibleteam⁩  And find Lev Parnas at https://substack.com/@levparnas  ⁨@LevParnas-ua⁩  ABOUT JOY REID: Joy-Ann Lomena Reid (AKA Joy Reid) is a best-selling American author, political journalist and TV host. She was a national correspondent for MSNBC and is best known for hosting the Emmy-nominated, NAACP Award-winning political commentary and analysis show, The ReidOut, from 2020 to 2025. Her previous anchoring credits include The Reid Report (2014–2015) and AM Joy (2016–2020). STAY CONNECTED WITH THE SHOW: Website: https://www.joyannreid.com Substack: https://substack.com/@joyannreid Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Joy-Reid-Show/61576759980854/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyreidshow/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thejoyreidshow Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/joyannreid.bsky.social FOLLOW JOY ON SOCIAL: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joyreidofficial/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyannreid/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joyreidofficial Want to hear more of our theme song? Check out the Foodchain page on BandCamp: https://thefoodchain.bandcamp.com/track/the-foodchain-basically-ft-jd-era ============================= Copyright Notice: This video and my YouTube channel contains content that is property of The Joy Reid Show, a production of Image Lab Media Group. You are authorized to share the video link and channel, and embed this video in your website or others as long as a link back to this YouTube Channel is provided. 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6069501879517184 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this profound and revealing special episode, Joy Reid sits down with CNN anchor Abby Phillip to discuss her new book, "A Dream Deferred: Jesse Jackson and the Fight for Black Political Power." They dive deep into the untold story of Reverend Jackson's groundbreaking 1984 and 1988 presidential campaigns, exploring how his unapologetically progressive platform—championing Palestinian statehood, reparations, and economic justice—radically reshaped the Democratic Party. Phillip reveals how Jackson's strategic genius, from leveraging black voter blocs to changing delegate rules, directly made Barack Obama's presidency possible a generation later. The conversation also tackles Jackson's complex relationship with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the media, and his role as a coalition builder. And the two discuss Abby's CNN show and the sometimes wild, sometimes performative, and always provocative conversations she oversees as the host and moderator. This is an essential history lesson on the man who taught Democrats how to fight and the enduring fight for Black political power. Get your copy of A Dream Deferred at the Joy's House Shop: https://bit.ly/3WQor5T ABOUT JOY REID: Joy-Ann Lomena Reid (AKA Joy Reid) is a best-selling American author, political journalist and TV host. She was a national correspondent for MSNBC and is best known for hosting the Emmy-nominated, NAACP Award-winning political commentary and analysis show, The ReidOut, from 2020 to 2025. Her previous anchoring credits include The Reid Report (2014–2015) and AM Joy (2016–2020). STAY CONNECTED WITH THE SHOW: Website: https://www.joyannreid.com Substack: https://substack.com/@joyannreid Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Joy-Reid-Show/61576759980854/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyreidshow/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thejoyreidshow Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/joyannreid.bsky.social FOLLOW JOY ON SOCIAL: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joyreidofficial/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyannreid/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joyreidofficial Want to hear more of our theme song? Check out the Foodchain page on BandCamp: https://thefoodchain.bandcamp.com/track/the-foodchain-basically-ft-jd-era ============================= Copyright Notice: This video and my YouTube channel contains content that is property of The Joy Reid Show, a production of Image Lab Media Group. You are authorized to share the video link and channel, and embed this video in your website or others as long as a link back to this YouTube Channel is provided. © 2025 The Joy Reid Show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of the Joy Reid Show, we break down the Democrats' shutdown failure under the "leadership" of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, in which they caved without getting Obamacare subsidies extended. And we talk Democratic versus third party politics, and whether it's time for Schumer to step aside. Our guests are Maurice Mitchell of the Working Families Party, and Trump expert, journalist and author David Cay Johnston. In hour two, we uncover the shocking truth of what the Biden administration knew about the truth of Israel's genocide in Gaza and when they knew it, with Huffpo reporter Akbar Shahid Ahmed, and we close out with some rare good news from the right wing Supreme Court, with National Press Secretary for the Human Rights Campaign Brandon Wolf. And we wrap with a moment of joy with hilarious comedian Godfrey. Do support our sponsors! Help the DEFENDING OUR NEIGHBORS FUND support our immigrant neighbors at:www.defendingourneighbors.org/fund Help THE LABOR FORCE to feed struggling American families at:www.thelaborforce.org/crooked 120/Life is a natural drink that supports healthy blood pressure. See better numbers in 2 weeks or your money back by saving 20% with code JOY or REID at www.120Life.com."JOY-ANN REID Joy-Ann Lomena Reid (AKA Joy Reid) is a best-selling American author, political journalist and TV host. She was a national correspondent for MSNBC and is best known for hosting the Emmy-nominated, NAACP Award-winning political commentary and analysis show, The ReidOut, from 2020 to 2025. Her previous anchoring credits include The Reid Report (2014–2015) and AM Joy (2016–2020). STAY CONNECTED WITH THE SHOW: Website: https://www.joyannreid.com Merch: https://shop.joyannreid.com/ Substack: https://substack.com/@joyannreid Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Joy-Reid-Show/61576759980854/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyreidshow/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thejoyreidshow Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/joyannreid.bsky.social FOLLOW JOY ON SOCIAL: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joyreidofficial/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyannreid/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joyreidofficial Want to hear more of our theme song? Check out the Foodchain page on BandCamp: https://thefoodchain.bandcamp.com/track/the-foodchain-basically-ft-jd-era ============================= Copyright Notice: This video and my YouTube channel contains content that is property of The Joy Reid Show, a production of Image Lab Media Group. You are authorized to share the video link and channel, and embed this video in your website or others as long as a link back to this YouTube Channel is provided. 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6069501879517184 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this Friday night episode of The Joy Reid Show, Joy. breaks down the far right's obsession with creating an American monarchy ruled by tech oligarchs, oil barons and populated by conservative serfs. We break down the history of Turning Point USA, The Daily Wire and the Groypers, laying out how lead Groyper and nazi apologist Nick Fuentes is emerging as the true heir to the maga cult. Our guests include Dr. Heidi Anderson, president of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, who is suing a former university employee who publicly accused her of plagiarism, and her attorney James Walker, fighting back against a now common right wing strategy to take down Black leaders. In hour two, we talk with former PIX11 anchor Narmeen Choudhury about how Democratic socialist Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will fight the Trump oligarchy and former Starbucks barista Michelle Eisen, who is among those fighting for fair wages and treatment for Starbucks employees, even as the company CEO rakes in tens of millions of dollars in compensation and many baristas need to collect SNAP. To support the baristas' fight, go to nocontractnocoffee.org And thank you to our sponsor, go to 120life.com and use the code "JOY" or the code "REID at checkout for 20 percent off your order!JOY-ANN REID Joy-Ann Lomena Reid (AKA Joy Reid) is a best-selling American author, political journalist and TV host. She was a national correspondent for MSNBC and is best known for hosting the Emmy-nominated, NAACP Award-winning political commentary and analysis show, The ReidOut, from 2020 to 2025. Her previous anchoring credits include The Reid Report (2014–2015) and AM Joy (2016–2020). STAY CONNECTED WITH THE SHOW: Website: https://www.joyannreid.com Merch: https://shop.joyannreid.com/ Substack: https://substack.com/@joyannreid Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Joy-Reid-Show/61576759980854/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyreidshow/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thejoyreidshow Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/joyannreid.bsky.social FOLLOW JOY ON SOCIAL: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joyreidofficial/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyannreid/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joyreidofficial Want to hear more of our theme song? Check out the Foodchain page on BandCamp: https://thefoodchain.bandcamp.com/track/the-foodchain-basically-ft-jd-era ============================= Copyright Notice: This video and my YouTube channel contains content that is property of The Joy Reid Show, a production of Image Lab Media Group. You are authorized to share the video link and channel, and embed this video in your website or others as long as a link back to this YouTube Channel is provided. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode, we deconstruct Democrats' huge 2025 Election Day, in which they swept races from Mississippi to Ohio to Virginia, New Jersey to Detroit, Michigan and Zohran Mamdani's landmark win in New York City. And we dive into the indefensible lack of Muslim representation on mainstream news networks on the night American Muslims made history in multiple states. But we begin by talking Trump's epic corruption with Judd Legum of popular.info. Our own TJRS producer, Nida Khan tells her personal story, which made Mamdani's victory so poignant to her. In hour two, international journalist Rula Jebreal and civil rights leader Maya Wiley break down the history that Mamdani made, and the lessons the media and Democrats can learn from it. Thank you to our sponsor: 120 Life. For a limited time, get 20 percent off your first order, by using the code "JOY" or the code "REID" at checkout at 120life.com. (This health product has not been approved by the FDA, nor is it intended to cure any illness or disease.) Read Nida's poignant article at Joy's House (and be sure to subscribe for free!) at: https://www.joyannreid.com/p/the-meaning-of-mamdani Subscribe to Popular Info at http://popular.info JOY-ANN REID Joy-Ann Lomena Reid (AKA Joy Reid) is a best-selling American author, political journalist and TV host. She was a national correspondent for MSNBC and is best known for hosting the Emmy-nominated, NAACP Award-winning political commentary and analysis show, The ReidOut, from 2020 to 2025. Her previous anchoring credits include The Reid Report (2014–2015) and AM Joy (2016–2020). STAY CONNECTED WITH THE SHOW: Website: https://www.joyannreid.com Merch: https://shop.joyannreid.com/ Substack: https://substack.com/@joyannreid Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Joy-Reid-Show/61576759980854/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyreidshow/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thejoyreidshow Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/joyannreid.bsky.social FOLLOW JOY ON SOCIAL: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joyreidofficial/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyannreid/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joyreidofficial Want to hear more of our theme song? Check out the Foodchain page on BandCamp: https://thefoodchain.bandcamp.com/track/the-foodchain-basically-ft-jd-era ============================= Copyright Notice: This video and my YouTube channel contains content that is property of The Joy Reid Show, a production of Image Lab Media Group. You are authorized to share the video link and channel, and embed this video in your website or others as long as a link back to this YouTube Channel is provided. © 2025 The Joy Reid Showhttps://streamyard.com/pal/d/6069501879517184 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our special Election Night coverage, Joy and her co-host  ⁨@MakeItPlain⁩  Mark Thompson, Florida gubernatorial candidate and friend of the show David Jolly, Working Families Party leader Maurice Mitchell, and our pal  ⁨@deanobeidallah3638⁩  ... who joined us to celebrate an historic election night for Muslim Americans. Relive the party! JOY-ANN REID Joy-Ann Lomena Reid (AKA Joy Reid) is a best-selling American author, political journalist and TV host. She was a national correspondent for MSNBC and is best known for hosting the Emmy-nominated, NAACP Award-winning political commentary and analysis show, The ReidOut, from 2020 to 2025. Her previous anchoring credits include The Reid Report (2014–2015) and AM Joy (2016–2020). STAY CONNECTED WITH THE SHOW: Website: https://www.joyannreid.com Merch: https://shop.joyannreid.com/ Substack: https://substack.com/@joyannreid Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Joy-Reid-Show/61576759980854/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyreidshow/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thejoyreidshow Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/joyannreid.bsky.social FOLLOW JOY ON SOCIAL: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joyreidofficial/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyannreid/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joyreidofficial Want to hear more of our theme song? Check out the Foodchain page on BandCamp: https://thefoodchain.bandcamp.com/track/the-foodchain-basically-ft-jd-era ============================= Copyright Notice: This video and my YouTube channel contains content that is property of The Joy Reid Show, a production of Image Lab Media Group. You are authorized to share the video link and channel, and embed this video in your website or others as long as a link back to this YouTube Channel is provided. © 2025 The Joy Reid Show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On tonight's Moral Monday episode, we talk about the Great Disparity, between Trump and his fellow billionaire haves, and the have nothings; including those losing healthcare, jobs, farms, and now SNAP, under his control. We discuss Trump's heavily edited 60 Minutes interview and Paramount/CBS' moves to cut out the embarrassing parts; Trump's lavish Great Gatsby ball on the eve of 42 million Americans losing SNAP, and the lies that keep poor white people poor and not voting. Our guests include Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, sho served as Administrator for Medicaid & Medicare Services during the Biden administration, Kica Matos, President of the National Immigration Lac Center (NILC), Rohit Malhotra, who is running for Atlanta council president, and Jonathan Wilson Hartgrove, a Senior Democracy Fellow with the Public Religion Research Institute, and the Assistant Director for Partnerships at Yale University’s Center for Public Theology and Public Policy (with Bishop William Barber) and Chair of the Board at Repairers of the Breach. Support NILC at https://www.nilc.org/ Support Rohit Malhotra at https://rohitforatlanta.com/ Find Repairers of the Breach at: https://breachrepairers.org/ Thank you to our sponsor, MSI Reproductive Choices. Here’s how you can help teenage girls around the world get access to reproductive choice: for just $26, you can give one girl contraception for four years. That’s four years to stay in school, follow her dreams, and build her future. In the U.S., go to: http://MSIUnited States.org for tax-deductible giving or text, “REID” to 511-511. (Text fees may apply.) #letthemeatcake #gildedage #maga #donaldtrump #maralago ABOUT JOY-ANN REID Joy-Ann Lomena Reid (AKA Joy Reid) is a best-selling American author, political journalist and TV host. She was a national correspondent for MSNBC and is best known for hosting the Emmy-nominated, NAACP Award-winning political commentary and analysis show, The ReidOut, from 2020 to 2025. Her previous anchoring credits include The Reid Report (2014–2015) and AM Joy (2016–2020). STAY CONNECTED WITH THE SHOW: Website: https://www.joyannreid.com Merch: https://shop.joyannreid.com/ Substack: https://substack.com/@joyannreid Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Joy-Reid-Show/61576759980854/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyreidshow/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thejoyreidshow Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/joyannreid.bsky.social FOLLOW JOY ON SOCIAL: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joyreidofficial/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyannreid/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joyreidofficial Want to hear more of our theme song? Check out the Foodchain page on BandCamp: https://thefoodchain.bandcamp.com/track/the-foodchain-basically-ft-jd-era ============================= Copyright Notice: This video and my YouTube channel contains content that is property of The Joy Reid Show, a production of Image Lab Media Group. You are authorized to share the video link and channel, and embed this video in your website or others as long as a link back to this YouTube Channel is provided. © 2025 The Joy Reid Show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On tonight's Halloween edition of the show, we talk about all of the nightmares facing our country right now, from federal agents wearing not just masks but scary costume masks while terrorizing our brown neighbors, to Trump's determination to restart nuclear weapons testing. And in hour two, we address JD Vance's weird failure to defend his wife and their interracial marriage (not to mention her religion), and his apparent dream that she will convert to Christianity. And we address the very strange, "nostalgia" images the Department of Labor is using to promote itself on social media. Its giving 1930s Germany... Joining the show are star TikTok content creator  @harryjsisson  ... culture commentator  @toure  ...  @mediamatters4america  president Angelo Carusone. Plus author Haitian-American author Jenna Chrisphonte joins us to talk about her book Talc, which dives into the story of zombies in Haitian culture. And you can find the book in our store at this link: Tonight’s book: Talc https://shop.joyannreid.com/DeS3Tz ABOUT JOY REID: Joy-Ann Lomena Reid (AKA Joy Reid) is a best-selling American author, political journalist and TV host. She was a national correspondent for MSNBC and is best known for hosting the Emmy-nominated, NAACP Award-winning political commentary and analysis show, The ReidOut, from 2020 to 2025. Her previous anchoring credits include The Reid Report (2014–2015) and AM Joy (2016–2020). STAY CONNECTED WITH THE SHOW: Website: https://www.joyannreid.com Merch: https://shop.joyannreid.com/ Substack: https://substack.com/@joyannreid Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Joy-Reid-Show/61576759980854/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyreidshow/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thejoyreidshow Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/joyannreid.bsky.social FOLLOW JOY ON SOCIAL: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joyreidofficial/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyannreid/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joyreidofficial Want to hear more of our theme song? Check out the Foodchain page on BandCamp: https://thefoodchain.bandcamp.com/track/the-foodchain-basically-ft-jd-era ============================= Copyright Notice: This video and my YouTube channel contains content that is property of The Joy Reid Show, a production of Image Lab Media Group. You are authorized to share the video link and channel, and embed this video in your website or others as long as a link back to this YouTube Channel is provided. © 2025 The Joy Reid Show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special bonus episode of The Joy Reid Show, Joy sits down with Dr. Robert P. Jones to unpack the rise of White Christian Nationalism and its dangerous impact on America. They discuss Project 2025, the growing influence of white evangelicals, and how nationalism is reshaping U.S. politics. Dr. Jones dives deep into the history of Christian nationalism, its role in fueling extremism, and the challenges it poses to American democracy. He opens up about the unsettling alliance between religion and politics, the racial tensions escalating in the nation, and what’s at stake for America’s future. Check out Robbie's books in our store: White Too Long (Paperback) https://shop.joyannreid.com/KjVaA7 The end of White Christian America https://shop.joyannreid.com/Nftr7J White Too Long (Hardback) https://shop.joyannreid.com/xnd6xA SUBSCRIBE to never miss a moment!: https://www.youtube.com/@TheJoyReidShow?sub_confirmation=1 #JoyReidShow #JoyAnnReid #TheJoyReidShow #JoyReid #joyreidyoutube #robertjones Chapters: 00:00 Welcome to the Joy Reid Show 00:55 Russell Vought Hidden Camera Interview 03:00 Joel Webb Christian Statements on ICE & Immigrants 04:26 Welcome, Dr. Robert P Jones! 07:39 The Bubble Demographic Education Growing Up 11:40 The Moment Curiosity Opens the Bubble 14:03 The Public Religion Institute 18:34 Barack Obama's Impact on White Christians 25:27 The Whiteness Conception of Dr. Robert 29:06 The Racism Anxiety in White Christianity 33:58 The Hate Epidemic Data 38:27 The "Chosen Ones" Embracing the Losing Side 42:02 Donald Trump's Administration Logic 46:52 White Narrative on the History as a Torture Argument 50:22 The Desire of Ethnic Cleansing in the USA 56:25 The Radicalization of Young White Christians 1:00:26 How to Do a Wake-Up Call on the Opposite Side 1:04:32 Bonus Question ABOUT JOY REID: Joy-Ann Lomena Reid (AKA Joy Reid) is a best-selling American author, political journalist and TV host. She was a national correspondent for MSNBC and is best known for hosting the Emmy-nominated, NAACP Award-winning political commentary and analysis show, The ReidOut, from 2020 to 2025. Her previous anchoring credits include The Reid Report (2014–2015) and AM Joy (2016–2020). STAY CONNECTED WITH THE SHOW: Website: https://www.joyannreid.com Substack: https://substack.com/@joyannreid Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Joy-Reid-Show/61576759980854/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyreidshow/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thejoyreidshow Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/joyannreid.bsky.social FOLLOW JOY ON SOCIAL: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joyreidofficial/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyannreid/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joyreidofficial Want to hear more of our theme song? Check out the Foodchain page on BandCamp: https://thefoodchain.bandcamp.com/track/the-foodchain-basically-ft-jd-era ============================= Copyright Notice: This video and my YouTube channel contains content that is property of The Joy Reid Show, a production of Image Lab Media Group. You are authorized to share the video link and channel, and embed this video in your website or others as long as a link back to this YouTube Channel is provided. © 2025 The Joy Reid Show https://www.youtube.com/@TheJoyReidShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices