HOT TOPICS | The Media Defies Hegseth, Too Little Too Late? - October 15th, 2025
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What sparked Don Lemon’s opening outrage about federal agents and TikTok?
Good morning, everybody. Welcome to Hot Topics on this, what is it, Wednesday morning? We're getting what days? Look, I have a whole lot to tell you. I could tell you about my night. I went to this very interesting play in New York, which we'll get to later. We'll talk about that later. And I had started... I wanted to start talking about what's happening at the Pentagon and Pete Hegseth and the media. And then I started to see some disturbing things coming across from the producers on my phone. So make sure you hit the like, make sure you hit the thumbs up. Thank you for the good morning. Good morning, everyone. Love that sweatshirt, Don. Thank you very much. It's in the merch store. If you go on donlemon.com and click merch, you can get it.
Thank you. So let me know where you're streaming from. I am so pissed off. I want to move to Chicago for the time being to go and talk to the people there and just report on this because, oh my God, this is outrageous. I can't believe that every American is not standing up for this, including you feckless, fucking spineless Republicans. who are always talking about state's rights and following the constitution and all the amendments and, you know, the, you know, the right to unlawful, not to be unlawfully searched and seized, search and seizure, like due process. What happened to you folks? I wish I don't have my bag in here, right? Cause I do keep the constitution in my briefcase or bag. No one wears a briefcase anymore.
But it just pisses me off. And I said yesterday, like, I'm mad as hell. I don't give a you know what anymore. I'm going to tell these people how I feel. And you should tell them too. No TikTok. No. Another bogus thing. Someone's asking me, where's TikTok? Why aren't you on TikTok? TikTok suspended us for something about body shaming. And we never mentioned anybody's body. We didn't talk about anybody being fat or skinny. It had nothing to do with it. And their customer support is just feckless or whatever on TikTok. They don't respond. AI picks up a word that it thinks means something. And then it just says, oh, you're suspended. And you're like, for what? It's ridiculous. People get their news. You're asking me, where's TikTok?
That's what happened with TikTok. Finally, Meta, I was able to get someone on the phone to fix some issues, but getting someone, we used to have someone who worked with us at TikTok. Nope, when the new regime came in or whatever it is that they're doing, they got rid of all those people. So now it's just, I don't know if it's a person or not that you're responding to. And then it's going to get worse because now they're going to be owned by conservatives. So anyway, there's a lot to be ticked off about. But I am really concerned about what's happening in America, and I hope that you understand. And finally... You know the man that I showed yesterday, the black dude with the dreads? That energy. Andy, just get that for me later.
I may just keep playing this guy, but please get that to me. Because there is a woman who is fed up with ICE. She's fed up with these people who are snatching people off of the street, and she is giving them a piece of her damn mind. And this is the energy that everyone needs. And you know what? When you stand up to these cowards like that, they tuck their tails and whatever balls they have left, and they run away. They don't know what to say. You're going to see and hear from her, but I want to show you why I'm pissed off. Okay. A couple of reasons why I'm pissed off. Number one, I saw this and I just, I'd been in Chicago. I'd seen a lot of stuff. I saw dumb ass, Mike Johnson, Answering a question about police or ICE or whoever it is, sheriff's deputies or state patrol or whatever, treating people wrong, brutalizing them.
Excessive force. And when asked about it, he, Mike Johnson, you need to get out of Congress, take the hairspray out of your hair, take off the suit and go walk the streets of Chicago. Just go incognito. Put on a baseball cap and go see what's happening. And just stop unless you are just doing it and you know it is a lie.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What sparked Don Lemon’s opening outrage about federal agents and TikTok?
0:17–7:07
2
How did Don Lemon describe ICE and federal tactics in Chicago protests?
7:07–19:26
3
What raw eyewitness videos from Chicago show about agent tactics?
19:26–59:52
4
How did the Chicago protester and courthouse woman respond when confronted by agents?
59:52–1:09:15
Speakers
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