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Trumperialism: Some Old American Empire, Only Dumber | The Joy Reid Show

The Joy Reid Show

Image Lab Media Group

Politics, News

4.8 β€’ 719 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 8 January 2026

⏱️ 122 minutes

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On tonight's episode of TJRS we open with the horrific shooting of a Minnesota woman by ICE. We take a look at the ongoing situation in Venezuela, and the the Trump regime's growing taste for colonialist power. Joy also puts her professor hat back on to educate us on the ways in which the events unfolding right now aren't as unprecedented as they may seem. Our guests tonight are Katie Phang, Dr. Vin Gupta, and David Rothkopf. --- GUEST SOCIALS: Katie Phang: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@katiephangnews Katie on Bluesky bsky.app/profile/katiephang.bsky.social Katie's Substack katiephang.substack.com Dr. Vin Gupta: YT: https://www.youtube.com/@vinguptaofficial Meidas Health: https://www.meidasplus.com/p/meidas-health-the-calming-voices David Rothkopf Bluesky: @djrothkopf.bsky.social The Daily Beast: https://muckrack.com/david-rothkopf-1/articles 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://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. TITLE END: The Joy Reid Show LIVE! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Yeah. Okay. I hear the music.

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It gets me very hype.

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I know it's happening.

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I know it's coming.

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And so we realize it is time for the Joy Reach.

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Welcome to the Joy Reach, everybody.

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Thanks for tuning in.

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The chat is already spicy.

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I love the fact that you guys get in early and start chatting. Hello to everybody in the chat. I got my sorrows in the chat. We are almost a Founders Day. So big ups to everyone in DST, but also all of the different D9 fraternities and sororities. Big ups to everyone who, if you're me, find me. Thanks for tuning into the show. We have a big show tonight. We have a lot going on. So I'm not going to, uh, they're not going to wait too long to jump right into it. Other than to say, we have reached 388,000 subscribers on today. Jason, we can get a round of applause for that because it's a big deal. We have been only at this. It's hard to believe for like six months. I have my, I have my retainer in. So if I sound, if I sound Lisbee, that's the reason. And so in a very

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short time, we have gotten really, really far. That is unusually fast for a YouTube channel's

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growth. So thank you for that. Also, nearly 190,000 on the stack. Big ups to everyone who is watching right now on substack, 190,000 friends over there. The 388,000 who are members over here at YouTube. Also, to everyone who is listening on Spotify or wherever you get your podcast, full podcast, wherever that is. It's a big show tonight. And so we're going to get right to it. But I want to start like and subscribe. Make sure that you do like and subscribe, even though you're already probably subscribed if you're in the chat. But please like and subscribe. Consider becoming a member. We're going to do our first members only chat very soon. We're going to try to do them at least once a month to have private chats just with our members. We're going to keep doing that. So we're going to announce that date very soon so we can have extra time with those of you who are members of Team TJRS and also readers who are members both here and at Substats. So thanks to everyone who is doing that. For those who have shopped in the shop, we appreciate you all. Please let us know

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what you think of your merch. Please feel free to give us feedback on that as well. But I want to

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just jump right in because this is a big news day and a big news way, not in a great way. I want to

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