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The Don Lemon Show

HOT TOPICS | America in Crisis: Shutdown, Shootings & Pure Chaos - September 30th, 2025

The Don Lemon Show

18Hundred LLC.

News, Society & Culture

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

America is looking really embarrassing right now. Congress has just hours to avoid a shutdown, but MAGA is busy throwing tantrums instead of governing. Will Democrats hold the line, or fold under pressure? What does a shutdown actually mean for everyday Americans? Then we’ll break down Pete Hegseth’s cringey Quantico pep talk to the top generals, where he trotted out the same tired “anti-woke warrior” nonsense. 🙄 And finally, an update on the horrific weekend shootings. MAGA’s silence is deafening now that one of the shooters may have been a Trump supporter. This episode is brought to you by Hexclad. Find your forever cookware @hexclad and get 10% off at https://hexclad.com/lemon #hexcladpartner This episode is brought to you by the Freedom from Religion Foundation. Don’t let your rights be rewritten. Go to https://FFRS.US/school or text “DON” to 511511 This episode is sponsored by Ollie. Take the guesswork out of your dog's well-being. Go to https://ollie.com/lemon and use code lemon to get 60% off your first box! This episode is sponsored by Shopify. Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial and start selling today at https://shopify.com/lemon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:49.8

So happy that you are able to join us this morning for Hot Topics.

0:56.0

Thank you so much, everyone.

0:58.0

It's good to have you here.

1:00.8

Oh, man, every day.

1:03.2

You guys know what I'm talking about?

1:05.2

I hate to.

1:05.6

I don't want to, like, depress you in the morning.

1:10.9

I'm also,

1:11.8

let's just real quickly.

1:13.4

I got a lot to talk about,

1:14.4

but I'm so tired of my glasses

1:17.4

because they always fall down

1:18.6

and they really heavy

1:20.1

and they press against my sinuses.

1:21.5

So I'm going to try to do this show

1:22.6

without glasses.

1:23.1

So if I mess up a couple words,

1:25.4

then I may have to pick them up.

1:28.6

Hmm.

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