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The Don Lemon Show

Lemon LIVE at 5 | White House Targets Black Journalists & Freedom Of The Press!

The Don Lemon Show

18Hundred LLC.

News, Society & Culture

4.3 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Tonight, Don is joined by Joy Reid for a powerful, no-holds-barred conversation about the Trump administration’s escalating attacks on free speech and the targeted intimidation of Black journalists. This isn’t random. It’s strategic. And it’s dangerous. Then we dig into the latest bombshell revelations from the Epstein files, where the political implications just keep getting darker. And yes, we’ll also break down the very pointed political messaging that showed up on the Grammy Awards stage this weekend because culture is speaking, whether politicians like it or not. This episode is sponsored by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Go to https://FFRF.US/NEW YEAR or text “DON” to Five Eleven Five Eleven. And help protect a country that belongs to all of us. 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 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 Lean. Let's get you started with 20% off and free rush shipping so you can add LEAN to you healthy diet and exercise plan. Visit https://TAKELEAN.com and enter LEMON for your discount. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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And some of it I didn't get discussed this week.

0:52.2

Well, you, because you know, I was a little bit busy. But we're going to talk about it. And I'm going to discuss it with one of my dear friends and an incredible journalist in just a moment. But before we do that first sort of business, make sure you hit the like and the thumbs up because it affects the algorithm. More people become aware of our channel and our conversation and you know we're independent

1:10.9

journalists we're out here fighting for our existence and on these streaming streets and we're also trying

1:16.0

to bring you not trying to every day i believe that we're successful and we want to continue to be

1:20.5

successful at bringing you the news without fear of favor the information without corporate influence

1:26.7

and the overlords

1:27.5

getting in. So like and thumbs up. Okay. Now let's talk about everything from Grammys to Epstein

1:33.4

Files to the DOJ targeting what looks like, they are black journalists. So I want to bring in now

1:40.9

my friend Joy Reid, who is an independent journalist now,

1:44.7

and has been checking on me and concerned and supporting me.

1:49.8

And Joy, thank you.

1:50.9

And it's so good to see your face.

1:53.1

It is so good to see you.

1:53.9

Tim is going to block my phone because he's probably like,

1:56.2

if this lady called the check on me again, block.

2:00.1

She's talking about you, babe. She said you're going to block her on your phone. She said, don't block me, Tim. Y'all picture together. People have been posting it with the bodyguard music. And I love it. Have you seen that? Oh, my God. It's everything. It's everything. They're like, he's Kevin Costner and what was it, Frank Farmer, and I'm Rachel from, oh my gosh.

2:22.3

It's all over.

2:23.3

Before we do that, I know it seems like trivial, but why does that resonate so much with people?

2:28.3

That really did resonate.

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