On this episode, we celebrate the victory by Calvin Duncan, who appeared

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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On this episode, we deconstruct Democrats' huge 2025 Election Day, in

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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!

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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.

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