HOT TOPICS | Government SHUTDOWN! - October 1st, 2025

The Don Lemon Show

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🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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The government has officially shut down, closed for business, thanks to MAGA’s circus of incompetence. Hundreds of thousands of Americans are now facing lost paychecks, stalled services, and mounting uncertainty while Trump and his allies pretend this is somehow the Democrats’ fault. It’s not. Meanwhile, ICE is ramping up horrific arrests, and with Trump edging closer to full-on authoritarianism - deploying troops, silencing dissent, and pushing us toward a police state - the question isn’t just when will this end? It’s how much more can this country take? This episode is sponsored by Lean. If you want to lose meaningful weight at a healthy pace and keep it off... Add LEAN to your diet and exercise lifestyle. Get 20% OFF WHEN YOU ENTER LEMON at https://TAKELEAN.com 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 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 brought to you by Hexclad. Find your forever cookware @hexclad and get 10% off at https://hexclad.com/lemon #hexcladpartner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:48.3	Okay. Good morning, everyone.
0:51.5	Happy Wednesday to everyone.
0:54.9	Well, a little late because I figured you don't have anything to do, right?
0:55.7	It's all shut down.
0:58.1	Isn't America closed?
1:02.4	I mean, maybe you haven't felt it yet.
1:09.2	But yes, and happy Yom Kippur, Yom Kippur, to everyone,
1:20.6	not just my Jewish brothers and sisters. So, yeah, what on earth is going on? I know it's a holiday and I also know the government is closed down. I don't want to depress you or whatever,
1:25.0	but I'm always here. I'm tasked with telling you the truth.
1:28.3	I'm serious.
1:29.0	I wake up in the middle of the night and I think about these things. I start writing it and then I fall, go back to sleep. And then I wake up. I do the meeting and I start writing it. And then I'm late because I was like, oh, I want to change it. There's all. Anyway, it's nuts right now. Shut it all down.
1:45.2	Shut down ice.
1:46.0	Shut down Trump.
1:47.0	Shut down the military.
1:51.0	Shut it all off, says juice box in the comments.
1:52.5	Okay.
1:53.8	That's how you feel.
1:55.4	A lot of folks feel that way.
1:57.1	And I'm going to talk about that this morning.
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