HOT TOPICS | LA Is Under Siege… Or Is It? - June 11th, 2025

The Don Lemon Show

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Society & Culture, News

3.8 • 659 Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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The Trump administration keeps turning up the heat. First the National Guard, now the Marines. But is this military escalation really about maintaining peace, or manufacturing chaos? The media’s showing burning cars and chaos in the streets, but folks on the ground in LA are telling a very different story. Let's cut through the smoke (literally and figuratively) to ask: what’s actually happening in Los Angeles? Is this response about safety or about optics and control? And how much is too much when it comes to sending in troops against American citizens? Join us as we separate fact from fear-mongering and expose the reality behind the headlines. Because it looks like LA isn’t burning down… but our democracy might be. WE HAVE MERCH!! Purchase here: https://don-lemon-merch-store.myshopify.com/ This episode is brought to you by Beam. Visit https://shopbeam.com/LEMON and use code LEMON to get our exclusive discount of up to 40% off. This episode is brought to you by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Go to https://FFRF.US/Freedom or text DON to 511 511 and become a member today. This episode is brought to you by Shopify. Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial and start selling today at SHOPIFY. COM/lemon This episode is sponsored by Lean. Get started with 20% off when you enter LEMON20 at takelean.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.6	We're doing. Good morning, everybody.
0:47.9	Welcome to Hot Topics.
0:49.5	So glad that you are here this morning.
0:52.5	It's kind of a busy day. Kind of the same yet different what's happening in the news.
0:58.3	Thank you so much for being here.
1:00.9	Let us know where you're streaming from.
1:02.3	You can see I am at a YouTube conference because our show is so amazing.
1:07.7	They want us to be here to talk about our growth and how to help others actually
1:12.0	in the space in the independent media journalist working space. And so, yeah, we're honored to be
1:18.0	here today. How are you doing? There's a lot going on in the world, including what some would
1:24.1	call an invasion of an American city.
1:29.0	And the city that I'm speaking of is the city of Los Angeles.
1:31.7	Hello, Chicago.
1:32.5	Hello, Frisco, Texas.
1:35.1	Welcome to the program.
1:36.7	We had some breaking news yesterday that I want to put up to make sure that you guys get it
1:40.2	because I've been telling you, Chicago land, Dave B,
1:43.7	I've been telling you that this is all
1:44.8	a show. This is really for a strong man, for Donald Trump to look like a strong man and to put
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