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The Don Lemon Show

Lemon LIVE at 5 | MAGA's White House Is In a DOOM SPIRAL!

The Don Lemon Show

18Hundred LLC.

News, Society & Culture

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Tonight, we’re confronting a White House that looks like it’s in a full doom spiral. The signs are everywhere, unchecked abuses of power, escalating attacks on the free press, and rhetoric that chips away at confidence in free and fair elections. Are we watching a slide toward authoritarianism in real time? What happens when guardrails are ignored and institutions are tested over and over again? And most importantly, what comes next? 🍋 This episode is sponsored by Bioptimizers. Go to https://bioptimizers.com/donlemon and use my exclusive code DON15 to get 15% off any order. Make 2026 the year you finally start sleeping great again. This episode is brought to you by Shopify. Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial and start selling today at https://SHOPIFY.COM/lemon This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. BetterHelp makes it easy to get matched online with a qualified therapist. Sign up and get 10% off at https://BetterHelp.com/donlemon This episode is sponsored by Graza. Take your food to the next level with Graza. Visit https://graza.co/LEMON and use promo code LEMON today for 20% off your first order! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:52.3

Show on the Don Lemon Channel. I am so glad that you are with me here.

0:56.4

And I'm in Atlanta because we're doing a show with D.L. Hugley. So those of you are here, you're going to get me who are here. You're going to get to see both of us tonight. And it's going to be a rousing, raucous show, I'm sure, as it always is. you never know what's going to happen with D.L. Hughley. And the first order of business, oh my gosh, Leo Beauty is on it. Gifted five memberships right out of the gate. Thank you, Leo Beauty. If you are a member, you can do what Leo Beauty did, and she is gifting five memberships. And because of her generosity, five people get to become members of elimination. and we will always accept and love that so that's great thank you so much for doing that leo beauty

1:32.4

and others hi noodle chai don hi i am still from this morning wearing my jesse jackson sweatshirt just because you guys know the civil

1:46.6

rights icon died early this morning and left really a hole in the hearts of a lot of

1:54.8

people but also in the civil rights movement, which is still going on, which is still going

1:59.2

on in this country, whether you want

2:01.8

to believe it or not, but still, especially if you consider civil rights, human rights, due

2:07.2

process, people being picked up off of the streets, some of American citizens, without proper

2:14.1

warrants, all of that.

2:15.7

And that is where we're going to start.

2:17.3

So make sure you hit the like and hit the thumbs up. It does affect the algorithm. More people become aware of our conversation. So hit that thumbs up, okay? So that's where we're going to start because you know that this administration, as we said, spiraling. They are in chaos. Now, I don't know if you guys know Trisha McLaughlin. Remember her? Trisha McLaughlin was a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security and just really just kind of irked everyone, got on everyone's nerves.

2:42.9

Similarly, I believe, to Caroline Levitt, but these are the kinds of people who are in this administration.

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