The David Pakman Show

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-- Attorney General Pam Bondi refuses to answer questions on what the next steps for releasing the Epstein files will be, leaving the process uncertain

-- Trump is losing control over Republicans as his efforts to stop the release of Epstein files fail and MAGA lawmakers ignore his pleas

-- A PBS/NPR/Marist poll shows Democrats leading Republicans by 14 points with independents strongly favoring Democrats

-- Rep. James Comer admits that if an Epstein list does...

-- On the Show:

-- Arick Fudali, civil rights attorney who currently represents 11 Epstein survivors, joins us to discuss the potential release of the Epstein files

-- The House votes overwhelmingly to release the Epstein files while Donald Trump faces backlash over Republicans reversing themselves under pressure and Rep. Clay Higgins stands alone as the only GOP no vote

-- Republicans vote to release the Epstein files while preparing tactics to limit, distort, or weaponize the disclosure to protect Donald Trump and shift blame

-- On the Show:

-- Laura Field, a writer and political theorist who is an expert on American far-right populist intellectualism, joins us to discuss her new book, "Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right"

-- Representatives Thomas Massie, Ro Khanna, and Marjorie Taylor Greene hold a press conference with Jeffrey Epstein's victims to push for the "Epstein Files Transparency Act" requiring the full release of the files

-- Reports from Bloomberg and a hidden camera recording suggest the FBI and Department of...

-- On the Show:

-- Former Vice President Kamala Harris joins us in person to discuss her new book "107 Days" about her 2024 presidential campaign

-- Donald Trump is in visible panic as newly released Jeffrey Epstein emails describe him knowing about the girls and send White House staff into chaos

-- Donald Trump lashes out at reporters while denying interest in the Epstein files despite posting about them repeatedly

-- Donald Trump abruptly calls for releasing the Epstein files after recognizing...

-- On the Bonus Show: White House unhappy about Trump's 50-year mortgage plan, white men disproportionately represented in podcasting, the Supreme Court set to hear a case on mail-in voting grace periods, and much more…

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-- Rep. Adelita Grijalva denounces the 50-day obstruction of her swearing-in, pledges to sign the Epstein files discharge petition, and warns that American freedoms and basic services are being threatened

-- Vice President JD Vance claims Donald Trump does not want yes-men while positioning himself as Trump's most loyal successor and embracing stories that showcase extreme deference

-- Stephen Miller confirms Donald Trump's push for a $2,000 tariff rebate and for nuking the filibuster while reinforcing his long record of extremist policies<...

-- On the Show:

-- Dr. Zachary Rubin, allergist and public health expert, joins us on Substack Live to discuss MAHA initiatives, healthcare access, research funding cuts, and much more...

-- Donald Trump faces a massive Republican revolt as over 100 GOP lawmakers plan to vote for full Epstein file release, fracturing his control over the party and exposing deep panic in his inner circle

-- Donald Trump lashes out on Truth Social calling the Epstein revelations a "hoax" while reporters highlight his team's evasive responses...

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-- Adam Kinzinger, former Republican congressman, joins us on Substack Live to discuss his documentary "The Last Republican," the future of the GOP after Trump, and why he believes Democrats must win to save American democracy

-- Donald Trump delivers a disjointed and incoherent Veterans Day speech where he renames the holiday "Victory Day," and slurs through multiple bizarre statements about war and veterans

-- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy admits on air that they "can't guarantee airplane safety" during a government...

-- On the Show:

-- Jo Carducci, host of Sane(ish), joins us to discuss Trump's unraveling behavior, GOP spin on healthcare and the economy, and how voter frustration is shaping the road to 2028

-- Speculation ramps up about the 2028 presidential election as Gavin Newsom polls ahead of potential Republican contender JD Vance

-- Mike Johnson discusses the Republican healthcare plan, which promises lower costs, increased access, and better quality while ignoring basic economic constraints

-- Donald Trump misleads on healthcare...

-- On the Show:

-- Rep. Seth Moulton, Democrat from Massachusetts, joins us to discuss the end of the government shutdown and his campaign for US Senate

-- Several Democratic senators, including Jeanne Shaheen, Maggie Hassan, and Tim Kaine, agree to end the shutdown by accepting Trump's terms in exchange for a future healthcare vote

-- Donald Trump issues sweeping preemptive pardons for Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and others tied to the 2020 election plot, shielding his allies from accountability

-- The...

-- On the Bonus Show: The man who threw a sandwich at a border officer stands trial, Mexico's president takes legal action following a sexual assault, a judge orders the White House to provide ASL interpreters at press briefings, and much more…

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-- On the Show:

-- A Fox News poll shows 60 percent of Americans blame Donald Trump for rising grocery prices, leaving Republicans panicked as he becomes tied to the inflation problem he once exploited

-- Donald Trump, the oldest president to start a term, installs a paper sign labeled "Oval Office" to mark the room, prompting mockery online about his memory and taste

-- Psychiatrist Dr. Bandy Lee warns that Donald Trump's insecurity and quest for control make him increasingly volatile, comparing his behavior to...

-- On the Show:

-- Democrats flip some of the deepest red districts in America, including in Mississippi, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, signaling broad voter rejection of Donald Trump and MAGA extremism

-- Donald Trump appears content to keep the government shut down indefinitely, benefiting from the chaos while oversight halts and essential services collapse

-- The FAA faces staffing shortages and flight delays amid Trump's government shutdown, creating national travel chaos while he remains unaffected on private flights

-- Layoffs surge...

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-- Joyce Vance, former U.S. Attorney who explains law and politics on MSNBC and her Substack newsletter Civil Discourse, joins us to discuss effective political activism

-- Democrats sweep major elections across multiple states as Donald Trump faces historic losses and visible backlash from his own party

-- Donald Trump reacts to Republican defeats with incoherent social media posts, angry rants about mail voting, and calls to end the filibuster

-- Republican commentators try to downplay...

-- On the Show:

-- Aaron Parnas, lawyer-turned-TikTok creator and Substack writer, joins David for a Substack Live to discuss Election Day 2025

-- Donald Trump faces a devastating political collapse as Zohran Mamdani, Abigail Spanberger, and Mikie Sherrill each surge toward major election victories that reject his agenda

-- Donald Trump threatens to withhold federal funds from New York City if Zohran Mamdani wins the mayoral race, saying the city will collapse under his leadership

-- Donald Trump faces outrage as...

-- On the Show:

-- Zohran Mamdani, Democratic nominee for Mayor of New York City, joins us to discuss his free bus plan, how to make New York more affordable, how he would resist Trump as mayor, and much more...

-- Trump refuses to distribute six billion dollars in emergency SNAP funds, causing 42 million Americans, including 16 million children, 8 million seniors, and 4 million people with disabilities, to lose food assistance

-- Trump attends a lavish billionaire party while Americans lose food stamps, healthcare coverage, and experience...

-- On the Bonus Show: NBA players face federal charges in a major gambling investigation, Javier Milei wins big in Argentina's midterm elections, Trump rules out running for Vice President in 2028, and much more...

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-- On the Show:

-- Trump allies try to distract the public from Epstein revelations by turning the FBI's 2020 election investigation into a fake scandal

-- A viral clip of 92-year-old Senator Chuck Grassley unable to hear reporters sparks debate about aging politicians and fitness for office

-- Vice President JD Vance defends racism and xenophobia as "reasonable," exposing the GOP's open embrace of prejudice

-- Kelly Loeffler falsely claims the economy is booming under Trump, gaslighting Americans while small businesses...

-- On the Show:

-- Jonathan Karl, Chief Washington Correspondent for ABC News, joins us to discuss his new book "Retribution: Donald Trump and the Campaign That Changed America"

-- Fourteen Republicans rebuke Trump's trade plan, saying his Argentina beef deal hurts U.S. ranchers and exposes GOP fractures

-- Donald Trump claims he's restarting nuclear tests and mimics dictators to project false strength

-- Donald Trump gushes over Chinese President Xi Jinping and spins his failed trade war as a...

-- On the Show:

-- Major corporations including Amazon, Microsoft, and UPS cut over 100,000 jobs as Trump's promises of growth turn into widespread layoffs

-- Twenty-three states sue the Trump administration for halting SNAP food aid, accusing it of letting 42 million Americans go hungry during the shutdown

-- Trump fires an entire federal agency overseeing his White House renovation after a profanity-filled outburst over his East Wing demolition plan

-- Trump appears visibly disoriented while meeting the Japanese prime minister, adding...

-- On the Show:

-- Trump's administration refuses to use $6 billion in contingency funds to keep SNAP running, leaving 42 million Americans without food aid starting November 1

-- Analysts theorize Trump could run for a third term as president using the Supreme Court's limits on state eligibility enforcement

-- Missouri farmer Joe Maxwell criticizes Trump for tariffs, trade wars, and foreign beef deals that have hurt American farmers financially

-- Trump rambles incoherently about magnets and aircraft carriers during a speech to...

-- On the Show:

-- Nathan Taylor, Executive Director of Public Engagement for Election Truth Alliance, joins us to discuss discrepancies in the 2024 election and follow-up from the first interview

-- Donald Trump is effectively bypassing Congress in 2025, using legalistic and bureaucratic maneuvers to consolidate power

--Margaret Brennan questions Hakeem Jeffries in a way that frames election denial and gerrymandering as a bipartisan problem

--Kristen Welker confronts Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent about rising food prices and tariffs, highlighting Trump's negative impacts...

-- On the Bonus Show: The government shutdown becomes the second-longest in history, a Trump nominee is exposed for sending Nazi text messages, Kash Patel's Diwali post is met with racism, and much more...

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-- On the Show:

-- Rand Paul publicly rejects Trump's call to execute drug dealers, revealing how cracks are forming inside the GOP as Trump demands blind loyalty

-- Trump's trade wars and tariffs wipe out U.S. soybean exports, bankrupting small farms while he falsely claims to champion agriculture

-- Mike Lindell pleads for donations to fund his final appeal after losing defamation cases, symbolizing the collapse of his company and credibility

-- Trump's tariffs, deportations, and tax cuts backfire...

-- On the Show:

-- Zohran Mamdani confronts Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa in a chaotic New York City mayoral debate filled with personal attacks and viral moments

-- Mark Carney announces Canada will prioritize domestic production and reduce dependence on the United States, signaling a break from Trump

-- Donald Trump declares he is a better president than George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, revealing how desperate he is for validation and admiration

-- Donald Trump threatens Gavin Newsom while rambling...

-- On the Show:

-- Sabrina Singh, former Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary in the Department of Defense under President Biden, joins us to discuss the state of the DoD under Pete Hegseth, including the fallout from Signalgate and the new restrictive press rules

-- Polls show most Americans blame Republicans for the shutdown, leaving Trump and GOP leaders scrambling as their political gamble collapses

-- Trump's mismanagement triggers halted SNAP benefits, threats to Social Security, and record-high disapproval, showing widespread decay under his rule

-- On the Show:

-- Abigail Spanberger, Democratic Nominee for Governor of Virginia, joins us to discuss her race against Republican Winsome Earle-Sears on November 4th

-- Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson calls for a nationwide general strike as millions rally under the "No Kings" banner demanding collective power and accountability

-- Donald Trump secretly begins demolishing parts of the White House to build a $250 million ballroom, bypassing oversight and sparking outrage over his disregard for history

-- New analysis shows New...

-- On the Show:

-- Seven million people join nationwide No Kings protests as Donald Trump and MAGA figures panic over the growing anti-Trump movement

-- Donald Trump posts AI videos showing planes dumping feces on Harry Sisson after millions protest him, revealing his anger and fear

-- Republicans ignore years of warnings about climate, economy, healthcare, and democracy, leaving the country to face preventable crises

-- Karoline Leavitt calls Democrats terrorists, illegal aliens, and criminals on Fox News, showcasing the...

-- On the Bonus Show: A judge halts Trump's shutdown layoffs, Capitol Police investigate a swastika found in a representative's office, the US revokes the visas of six foreigners over Charlie Kirk comments, and much more...

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-- On the Show:

-- Sunny Hostin confronts Cheryl Hines on The View, calling Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dangerously unqualified to lead HHS as the audience reacts skeptically

-- Donald Trump hosts a $1 million-per-person Mar-a-Lago dinner through his super PAC to fund MAGA loyalists, while Florida passes a law protecting his estate

-- Trump supporters complain they never received the pricey "Trump watches" they ordered, exposing yet another grift using Trump's name for profit

-- Joe Rogan criticizes Trump's hypocrisy on...

David speaks with career public defender Eliza Orlins about the growing scope of ICE-enabled surveillance and why it should concern everyone, not just non-citizens. Orlins outlines a sprawling, largely unaccountable dragnet powered by commercial data brokers, license-plate readers, toll and DMV records, app-based location tracking, and an emerging push for real-time social-media monitoring—often sidestepping warrants and eroding Fourth Amendment protections. The pair discuss how these tools can be repurposed beyond immigration to target journalists, dissenters, and protest movements, and how legal guardrails like Posse Comitatus or voting-rights protections are being weakened in practice, even when they still exist on...

-- On the Show:

-- Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, Democrat from Arizona's 7th congressional district, joins us to discuss the delay in her swearing-in and how it connects to the Republican effort to block the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files

-- Donald Trump panics as the upcoming No Kings protests grow into potentially the largest demonstrations since his return to office, with Fox News hosts warning people to stay away

-- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent rants that peaceful No Kings protests threaten paychecks, exposing the...

-- On the Show:

-- Rep. Jake Auchincloss, Democrat from Massachusetts, joins us to discuss the government shutdown, the Israel-Gaza peace deal, and much more…

-- Democrats face potential loss of 19 seats in 2026 due to Supreme Court redistricting decisions and voter fear, despite Trump's failures

-- Federal agents under Trump use tear gas on Chicago residents and police after a Border Patrol SUV chase, injuring children and cops

-- Trump lies, misstates grocery prices, threatens Boston and Los Angeles sports, and se...

-- On the Show:

-- Donald Trump gushes over Egypt's brutal dictator Abdel Fattah el-Sisi for "low crime," praising a regime known for torture and sham elections

-- Trump gets caught on a hot mic chatting with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto about his sons, bragging about "unlimited cash," and fumbling through awkward foreign exchanges

-- Trump urges Israel to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a foreign speech, exposing his authoritarian mindset and confusion about his own presidency

-- Trump rambles...

-- On the Bonus Show: A judge who ruled against Trump has her house burn down, AOC tells supporters to "laugh at" Stephen Miller's "insecure masculinity," Trump announces a White House UFC event on his birthday, and much more…

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-- On the Show:

-- Donald Trump appears half-asleep during Andy Ngo's speech as Pam Bondi vows to "destroy Antifa," revealing a bizarre authoritarian tone

-- Even Fox News acknowledges Trump's tariffs are driving up prices, with coffee costs soaring and small businesses paying the price

-- Fox News scrambles to defend Trump's mental fitness as critics highlight growing signs of confusion and erratic behavior

-- A real-time breakdown shows how Donald Trump turns fringe lies into mainstream talking points through...

-- On the Show:

-- Tammy Baldwin, Democratic Senator from Wisconsin, joins us to discuss the government shutdown, healthcare funding, the effects of Trump's trade war on her state, and much more…

-- Israel and Hamas agree on initial cease-fire terms and a hostage-for-prisoner exchange, bringing cautious hope amid ongoing humanitarian crises

-- Senators confront Mike Johnson about the Epstein files and question why Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva has not been sworn in

-- Representative Hakeem Jeffries confronts Representative Lawler over Medicaid cu...

-- On the Show:

-- Democrat Mindy O'Neall defeats incumbent Republican Mayor David Pruhs in Fairbanks, Alaska, and Pruhs concedes with grace instead of conspiracy theories

-- Illinois Governor JB Pritzker accuses Donald Trump of suffering from dementia while condemning his decision to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago and Portland

-- Attorney General Pam Bondi erupts in a combative Senate hearing, dodging questions about Trump and Epstein while lashing out at Democratic senators

-- Trump openly suggests rewarding loyal federal...

-- On the Show:

-- Mike Nellis, Democratic strategist and social impact entrepreneur, joins David for a Substack Live to discuss what went wrong with Kamala Harris's 2024 campaign

-- Donald Trump's government shutdown leaves airports unmanned, flights delayed, and the FAA in crisis as air travel collapses under dangerous conditions

-- Kevin Hassett admits soybean exports to China stop, silos overflow, and Trump's trade war sparks panic inside his economic team

-- Trump shocks reporters by floating clemency for Ghislaine Maxwell...

-- On the Show:

-- Rep. Maxwell Frost, Democrat from Florida and the first Gen Z member of Congress, joins us to discuss the government shutdown, Trump's immigration policy, tariffs, and much more…

-- Reports document chaos in Chicago and Los Angeles where Donald Trump's ICE agents create violent incidents, federal officers clash with citizens, and crowds intervene to stop detentions

-- Trump deploys National Guard troops across state lines in Oregon and Illinois against governors' objections, and the Department of Homeland Security posts a re...