HOT TOPICS | DHS Considers Citizenship Reality Show! - May 16th, 2025
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Good morning, everybody. Good morning, everybody. It's Hot Topics at 10 a.m. Hello, hello, hello. You can tell I have some energy. I did my 120 live last night. Also, I am wearing my, uh, shoots, I forgot his name again. I'm channeling, who's the guy, Peter, that I said I look like? Benny Johnson. Benny Johnson. Wait, do I have the right glasses?
Friend of the show, Benny Johnson.
Do I have the right glasses? Wait a minute. Does he wear glasses? I don't know. Does he wear glasses? He does. He does. He wears glasses. Okay. So anyways, let me tell you, I'm not being disrespectful. I'm not being lazy by just putting on a black t-shirt. Here's the deal. You guys know about what happened. My sister died. So I've been wearing black. Okay. That's all I have to say. So this was the black thing that was clean. And so I just want to be respectful. And also it helps me, you know, I think about it and I go, I'm wearing black. I'm going to do it for a little bit, but that's why. Okay. So don't think that I'm being disrespectful because my friend is going to text me and said, why are you wearing a t-shirt?
Don't forget you're Don Lemon. You're not like the other podcasters. You have a 20 year history of being a real journalist and blah, blah, blah. One of the most, What do you call respected journalists in the world? So why are you wearing a T-shirt? This is why I'm wearing a black T-shirt, okay? So anyway, good morning, everybody. This is, by the way, let me know where you're streaming from. I'm so glad that you are here. It is a Friday morning. You can wear a t-shirt every day. Thank you guys. I appreciate that. Wearing a t-shirt doesn't change. You are Don Lemon. Thank you so much. Black is beautiful. All right. My black is beautiful. Folks are here from Atlanta. Everyone's here. The engagement is for us for a Friday.
You guys are into it. So I got, there is so much shit that I need to tell you about this morning. There is some craziness. that is that republicans are about to sink their own bill you know this tax bill that they want that they're trying to give to the rich they're about to they're about to destroy themselves so maybe james comey is i'm not james coming but i do have some james coming maybe james carville is right in some way by the way guys you didn't i forgot tiktok you didn't do the lgbtq um For people who don't know what that is. And the TikTok camera is like a big crotch shot. It's like right on my crotch. What the hell? Maybe some folks will like that. I don't know. But that is not intentional.
We're going to fix that. Well, I can't really. Okay. So anyways. So we've got the and James Comey. Democrats are freaking out about the James Comey. Thank you. Look. Sorry. I mean, I had my beam last night. That's why. And then now I got to do this is my thank you, Tim. This is my 120 life. And I do a little ice because this is the powder. It is really delicious. 120 life. You should be very happy with me because I'm very happy with your product. OK, so look. And for a beam, my dream powder. So James Comey is in trouble, kind of. But look, the hypocrisy of the Republicans, of the MAGA, is just too rich. I mean, come on, people. I got some evidence. They're getting all bent out of shape. Even Donald Trump is bent out of shape about something, some shit that, look,
I'll explain it. Do you guys know what I'm talking about? Are you guys ready for me to talk about this stuff? It's Friday. It's Hot Topics. We're going to dish, right? So this is my tea, and we're going to spill the 120. We're going to spill the tea this morning. Can we talk about Kristi Noem? Can we talk about Kristi Noem? You guys aren't going to believe this. You saw what it said. A reality show. I think the thumbnail says... Can you put the thumbnail up, Andy? Is that possible? The thumbnail says... I think it says reality. Yeah. A migrant reality show. Seriously. They are thinking about... And this is being reported by major news organizations that they are thinking about an immigrant reality show where immigrants or migrants have to compete in a reality show for freaking citizenship.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:14–10:12
2
Why is Don Lemon reacting to James Comey's controversial social post?
10:12–40:28
3
How did Donald Trump and allies respond to Comey’s seashell/8647 post?
40:28–46:58
4
What hypocrisy examples does Don Lemon highlight about MAGA social posts?
46:58–1:04:42
Speakers
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