A Moral Monday: Let Them Eat Cake! | The Joy Reid Show LIVE! Nov 03, 2025 Episode

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Nov 4, 2025

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Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, former Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator, discusses the impact of Medicaid cuts and ACA subsidies on health coverage. Kika Matos, ex-president of the National Immigration Law Center, addresses immigration policies and the effects of racial profiling. Rohit Malhotra, candidate for Atlanta City Council President, shares his vision for local governance and the importance of community engagement. Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove emphasizes moral critiques of wealth inequality and the need for grassroots mobilization to combat systemic injustices.

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Gilded-Age Inequality Explained

Joy Reid frames the moment as a “MAGA-gilded age” where elites party while others lose healthcare and food aid.
Media edits and corporate ties shield powerful figures from accountability, worsening inequality.

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Subsidies Underpin Small Businesses

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure explains enhanced ACA subsidies made coverage affordable for many small-business owners and freelancers.
Losing those subsidies would push entrepreneurs back into jobs and spike medical bankruptcy risk.

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Immigration Myths Debunked

Kika Matos and Joy Reid dismantle the claim that millions of criminals flooded the U.S.; most detained people lack criminal records.
Immigrants have lower crime rates and come for work and family ties, not to commit crimes.

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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. 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

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