How the Oligarchs Ate America | The Joy Reid Show

The Joy Reid Show

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Politics, News

4.8 • 719 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 126 minutes

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Tonight on The Joy Reid Show, sometimes shows and movie are shockingly prescient. When Star Wars Episode 3 was released we had no idea that our own Emperor Palpatine would someday rise to power, and yet the parallels sure are eerie, aren't they? GUEST SOCIALS: Melissa Murray: IG: @profmmurray Grab a copy of her book here: https://shop.thejoyreidshow.com/products/the-u-s-constitution-a-comprehensive-and-annotated-guide-for-the-modern-reader Check out Joy's latest Substack post here: https://www.joyannreid.com/p/a-sunday-reid-john-roberts-corrupt THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS: 120Life: Go to 120Life.com - and use my code "JOY" OR "REID" for 20% off Fast Growing Trees: Go to fastgrowingtrees.com and use code "JOY" for 20% off The Freedom From Religion Foundation: Go to ffrf.us/JOY or text my first name “JOY” to 511-511 to join or learn more Shop Redbag: shopredbag.com WANT TICKETS FOR OUR LIVE SHOW? Go to http://live.thejoyreidshow.com to cop yours! 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.thejoyreidshow.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 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://pthefoodchain.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

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0:00.0	Some follow the noise.
0:03.0	Bloomberg follows the money, whether it's the funds fueling AI or crypto's trillion-dollar swings.
0:08.9	There's a money-side to every story.
0:11.4	Get the money-side of the story.
0:13.5	Subscribe now at Bloomberg.com.
0:19.8	Okay. Okay. Well, okay, happy Monday, everyone. Welcome to the Joy Read Show live from New York Southern.
0:39.6	Hope you guys are good.
0:40.7	Hello, readers.
0:41.5	We can see you all loading up inside of the YouTube chat.
0:45.2	Big up to everybody that's also watching on subside.
0:48.2	Let me go ahead and look at the substack chat and say hello to each of you as well.
0:51.8	Let me greet our 500 strong Twitch Army,
0:57.2	which is now 538 adorable Twitchies.
1:01.3	You could not be cuter.
1:02.7	And we appreciate each number one of you.
1:04.2	Big up to everybody that's listening also on Substack,
1:08.7	those who are listening on, did I mention everybody?
1:12.0	Oh, I forgot the LinkedIn people.
1:14.1	Thank you, LinkedIn's LinkedIn folks, as well as those who are on Facebook.
1:18.5	Again, don't be getting your news from Facebook except our show.
1:23.2	Other than that, be very careful with Facebook.
1:26.5	It is really not a place to get your news.
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