The Joy Reid Show

King Day 2026: MLK & Immigrants Yes, Ice Tyrants: No - The Joy Reid Show LIVE!

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Jan 20, 2026
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Pramila Jayapal
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Don Lemon
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Jolly Good Ginger
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Emilia Gonzalez Avalos
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Gyasi Ross
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Mark Thompson
Rev. Mark Thompson, a civil rights organizer, shares insights on activism today. Gyasi Ross, an Indigenous activist, highlights the illegal detentions of tribal citizens by ICE. Emilia Gonzalez Avalos discusses the impact of ICE on immigrant communities in Minnesota. Jolly Good Ginger critiques the hypocrisy of white Christian nationalism. Don Lemon recounts his experiences covering protests, while Rep. Pramila Jayapal advocates for dismantling DHS. Together, they explore the parallels between current immigration tactics and historical injustices, celebrating the fight for justice.
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INSIGHT

Pastor-As-ICE-Irony

  • Joy Reid highlights the irony of a pastor who leads worship also overseeing ICE operations that harm immigrants.
  • She frames this as a moral contradiction between professed Christian values and deportation enforcement.
INSIGHT

Cosplay With Dangerous Optics

  • Joy Reid compares today's Border Patrol theatrics to 1930s fascist symbolism and warns of disturbing optics.
  • She argues the regime's imagery and rhetoric deliberately evoke exclusionary nationalist themes.
ANECDOTE

Tribal Leaders Detained At Fort Snelling

  • Gyasi Ross recounts Oglala Sioux tribal council members being detained and one later released while three remained unlocated.
  • He emphasizes the legal impossibility and historical pain of Indigenous people being questioned by ICE.
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