Lemon LIVE at 5 | Government Shutdown & Trump's "War From Within" - September 30th, 2025

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🗓️ 30 September 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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We are just hours away from a government shutdown, and let’s be real, things are looking grim. Will Democrats hold the line or cave under pressure? Meanwhile, at today’s event in Quantico, Trump decided to stoke even more division by warning about a so-called “war from within.” What exactly does that mean? And why does MAGA seem so eager to pick fights with their own neighbors? Don is live to break it all down: the looming shutdown, Trump’s increasingly dangerous rhetoric, and what it all means for the future of this country. Buckle up...this sh*t is scary. 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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0:00.0	Welcome everybody to Lemon Live at 5. I'm live from, you can call it a remote location.
0:23.6	Quite honestly, I'm getting ready to do Mr. Ari Melbourne.
0:28.0	And so I'm doing the show from there because this is really important news that we're going to talk about.
0:36.0	As we say here, this, you know what is crazy.
0:40.4	This is actually really crazy.
0:43.5	And I just want to take you, this is Senator Petty Murray, I believe.
0:46.5	This is from the floor of the house.
0:49.5	And she's speaking now.
0:51.1	And what they're trying to do is they're trying to make sure that the government
0:55.7	doesn't shut down. I'm not sure if they will be successful at it at this point because it looks
1:02.1	like with everything that's happening out there that the government is going to shut down.
1:09.6	Democrats are fighting for health care. The Republicans are saying, no, no, no. We don't want any of that. No health care. No nothing. So that's what we're seeing from Washington, D.C. right now. And that's where we're going to start at this looming shutdown. So let's start with Washington. That's where the clock is
1:30.6	ticking right now. It's ticking towards a government shutdown. It's shutdown not about balancing
1:35.4	budgets. It's not about fiscal discipline. This is about something much more. It's not about helping
1:41.2	working families. We're told it's about health care for illegals.
1:45.0	We are told that it is about trans athletes,
1:48.0	two of the oldest scapegoats in American politics right there.
1:54.0	That's what that is.
1:56.0	Because we know that not to be true at this point.
2:02.8	None of that is true, but that's what they're saying to you.
2:07.9	Two of the oldest scapegoats in American politics,
2:10.3	the immigrant and then the outcast.
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