About this episode
In tonight's Freestyle Friday episode of The Joy Reid Show, Joy sits down with LaTosha Brown of the Black Voters Matter Fund to discuss the upcoming Supreme Court decision that could spell the end of the Voting Rights Act. Dean Obeidalla, host of the Dean Obeidallah Show joins us to talk about JD Vance's apologia for the young Republicans leaked, racist, anti-semitic and homophobic group chat, as well as, Zohran Mamdani's performance in the NYC mayoral debate, and 45's "Arc-Du-Donald Trump" bizarre plan for the nation's capitol. Maribel Hernandez Rivera of the ACLU joins us to discuss Saturday's No Kings rallies, and to give advice on how to stay safe at protests. AND OF COURSE Boston-based musical comedian Robby Roadsteamer comes on to talk about his detainment by ICE in Portland and to share his insights on the power of absurdism in the face of fascism and cruelty. Lastly, our merch store is finally live! Head on over to shop.joyannreid.com and enter the discount code "FREESTYLE" to get 15% off from 6pm to 11:59pm tonight! --- LATOSHA BROWN: https://blackvotersmatterfund.org DEAN OBEIDALLAH: IG & X: @deanobeidallah https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/ MARIBEL HERNADEZ RIVERA: IG:@aclu_nationwide TikTok: @aclu Bluesky: @aclu.org ROBBY ROADSTREAMER IG & TikTok: @robbyroadsteamer X: @robbyroadsteame https://www.youtube.com/user/robbyroadsteamer --- 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 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices