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The David Pakman Show

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The David Pakman Show is one of the most-watched independent progressive programs in the country. Hosted by David Pakman, the show offers a fresh perspective on the stories shaping our world through thoughtful commentary and compelling interviews with our nation’s leaders. With new episodes dropping every weekday, David delivers sharp, insightful, and fact-based analysis on politics, current events, and social issues. Whether you're looking for deep dives into major political events, in-depth conversations with experts and newsmakers, or sharp-witted breakdowns of the latest headlines, The David Pakman Show has you covered

Episodes

2/20/25: Another plane crash, another demented rant, another terrifying day

-- On the Show: -- Elizabeth Warren, Democratic Senator from Massachusetts, joins David to discuss what went wrong in 2024, the disaster that is the Trump-Musk presidency, and the path forward for Democrats -- Yet another plane crash takes place as Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy flippantly says "air crashes happen" -- Out of ideas, MAGA-world begins to transition into claiming that everything not going well today is the fault of former President Joe Biden -- Lawyers have started to warn ...

Feb 20, 20251 hr 8 min

2/19/25: Trump running out of energy as Bernie goes nuclear on oligarchs

-- On the Show: -- Donald Trump is running out of energy, and it's showing every single day -- Egg price go nuclear, now up 30% in under a month under Donald Trump's stewardship -- A new measles outbreak in Texas can be tied to vaccine hesitancy, despite the measles vaccine being very safe and very effective -- Elon Musk babysits Donald Trump during a Fox News interview with Sean Hannity that despite being a softball interview still went horribly wrong -- An agitated Donald Trump loses it multip...

Feb 19, 20251 hr 7 min

2/18/25: The future for Democrats, Elon's job may be illegal

-- On the Show: -- Evaluating fears that Democrats will never win again -- Donald Trump laughs while Elon Musk complains to Sean Hannity that liberals don't like him anymore -- Fox hosts are visibly confused as they wrongly claim the money Elon Musk is saving will go to people to help them buy houses -- Karoline Leavitt, Donald Trump's Press Secretary, wildly claims that "tens of millions" of dead people are receiving Social Security money -- Elon Musk's job appears to be illegal -- Tom Homan, D...

Feb 18, 202551 min

2/17/25: The fascist takeover begins, Hegseth & Vance falter badly

-- On the Show: -- Donald Trump's fascist takeover is happening in real time, and many are completely missing it -- Elon Musk will be babysitting Donald Trump during a forthcoming prime time interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News -- Vice President JD Vance's speech to the Munich Security Conference sounded like it could have been written by Russian President Vladimir Putin -- Exploring the lack of mass rallies in opposition to the authoritarian takeover of Donald Trump -- Egg prices hit another...

Feb 17, 20251 hr 1 min

2/14/25: Egg prices up more, RFK confirmed, Trump deranged

-- On the Show: -- Egg prices continue higher, now up 25% since Donald Trump became President -- A reporter asks Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth a simple question about the Russia Ukraine war and Hegseth drops the ball -- Linda McMahon, Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Education, lays out a dystopian vision for the department during her confirmation hearing -- During yet another demented rant, Donald Trump talks about "tic tac" when referring to TikTok -- Trump bizarrely slams Mitch McC...

Feb 14, 20251 hr 6 min

2/13/25: Trump surrenders to Putin, Tulsi becomes DNI

-- On the Show: -- Attorney General Pam Bondi announces lawsuits against Trump adversaries including Letitia James as the targeting begins -- Tulsi Gabbard is confirmed as Director of National Intelligence, a major victory for Vladimir Putin's Russia -- Donald Trump completely surrenders to Vladimir Putin after a phone call with him -- Donald Trump is so disoriented at a press event that he leaves without swearing in Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence -- Karoline Leavitt, White H...

Feb 13, 20251 hr 2 min

2/12/25: Inflation UP, egg prices RECORD HIGH, Elon takes over

-- On the Show: -- The first inflation report under Donald Trump is in, and inflation is up and more than expected as Trump's campaign promises fail to materialize -- Egg prices reach yet another all time record high despite Donald Trump's promises to immediately reduce egg and grocery prices -- Donald Trump looks defeated sitting in the Oval Office a Elon Musk takes over while his son picks and eats boogers out of his nose, wiping one on the Resolute Desk -- Donald Trump tells Fox host Bret Bai...

Feb 12, 20251 hr 4 min

2/11/25: Judges strike down Trump orders, JD Vance doesn't care

-- On the Show: -- Farron Cousins, host of Farron Balanced and Ring of Fire, fills in for David. Subscribe to Farron on YouTube: youtube.com/farronbalanced (David returns tomorrow) -- A federal judge says that Donald Trump is ignoring his order to resume federal funding -- A federal court prevents the Trump administration from sending immigrants to Guantanamo Bay -- JD Vance writes "judges aren't allowed to control the executive's legitimate power" -- Trump gets booed at the Superbowl and claims...

Feb 11, 20251 hr 11 min

2/10/25: President Musk's power grab continues, Biden's clearance revoked

-- On the Show: -- Farron Cousins, host of Farron Balanced and Ring of Fire, fills in for David. Subscribe to Farron on YouTube: youtube.com/farronbalanced -- Donald Trump reverses a Biden policy phasing out plastic straws -- Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the DOJ to investigate DEI, not white-collar crime -- JD Vance convinces Elon Musk to rehire a DOGE staffer who resigned after his racist social media posts surfaced -- A current DOGE staffer was once fired for leaking company secrets --...

Feb 10, 20251 hr 13 min

2/7/25: Elon takes over Energy Department, Press Secretary confronted on higher prices

-- On the Show: -- Keith Edwards, host of "The Keith Edwards Show," fills in for David. Subscribe to his YouTube channel at youtube.com/@keithedwards -- Bizarre video surfaces of Trump's Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy -- Unvetted staffers for Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency are granted access to systems for the Energy Department -- Italian politicians target Donald Trump Jr. for allegedly hunting a protected duck -- Trump's Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt doesn't answer whe...

Feb 07, 20251 hr 6 min

2/6/25: Trump signs anti-trans bill, Bill Gates criticizes Elon Musk

-- On the Show: -- Keith Edwards, host of "The Keith Edwards Show," fills in for David. Subscribe to his YouTube channel at youtube.com/@keithedwards -- Donald Trump signs an executive order banning transgender athletes from competing in women's sports -- Mitch McConnell fell twice while working at the Capitol -- Trump evicts former Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan from her home citing "diversity" -- Senate Democrats speak overnight to protest the appointment of Russell Vought to Director of O...

Feb 06, 20251 hr 4 min

2/5/25: Trump wants Gaza for US, Elon's takeover continues

-- On the Show: -- Keith Edwards, host of "The Keith Edwards Show," fills in for David. Subscribe to his YouTube channel at youtube.com/@keithedwards -- Donald Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and suggests the US take control of Gaza -- Trump likely wants the United States to take over Gaza so he and his billionaire buddies can profit from it -- Trump Chief of Staff Susie Wiles was visibly stunned by idiotic comments made by Trump during his press conference with Benjam...

Feb 05, 20251 hr 4 min

2/4/25: Trump tricked by Mexico and Canada, migrants released back into US

-- On the Show: -- Donald Trump agrees to pause tariffs on Mexico after President Claudia Sheinbaum tricks Trump with meaningless promises -- Donald Trump agrees to pause tariffs on Canada after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tricks Trump with promises to do things that are already happening -- China retaliates against the United States with new tariffs that will hurt businesses and consumers -- The United States is under attack from the harebrained schemes of Elon Musk and Donald Trump -- Despit...

Feb 04, 20251 hr 3 min

2/3/25: Trade war begins, economic chaos, total disaster

-- On the Show: -- Donald Trump's trade war begins, with new tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China, sending the American economy into a tailspin -- Donald Trump admits that his tariffs will indeed cause pain for the average American -- Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace admits that Trump's tariffs will cause prices to go up, and Fox News runs a crawl of all the items that will be affected by Trump's tariffs -- Discussing the items that will increase in price under Trump's tariffs that Americans ...

Feb 03, 20251 hr 5 min

1/31/25: Trump blames plane crash on DEI, fireworks at RFK hearing

-- On the Show: -- Jesse Dollemore, host of "Dollemore Daily" and co-host of "I Doubt It," fills in for David -- Donald Trump and his allies blames wokeness and DEI for the tragic plane crash in Washington DC -- Donald Trump points to the FAA's diversity policies in response to the DC plane crash, even though he instituted them -- Trump callously responds to a question about whether he's going to visit the site of the DC plane crash, saying "you want me to go swimming?" -- Kash Patel, Trump's no...

Jan 31, 20251 hr 9 min

1/30/25: Prescription drug prices UP, global respect DOWN

-- On the Show: -- A look at the Trump voters who will be damaged the most by Donald Trump's policies -- Trump's health is going viral again, and we take a look at the reasons why -- By rescinding a Biden-era order on prescription drug prices, Donald Trump will cause drug prices to go up -- Florida Governor Ron DeSantis gets shut down by the Florida legislature, and he does not take it well -- Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is so late to her own swearing-in due to a late-arriving bib...

Jan 30, 202556 min

1/29/25: Trump Press Secy disaster, Medicaid portals shut down

-- On the Show: -- Karoline Leavitt, Donald Trump's new Press Secretary, holds her first press briefing and it is an unmitigated disaster -- When asked about soaring egg prices under Donald Trump, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is unable to answer coherently, instead blaming former President Joe Biden -- Donald Trump pulls funding for and thus shuts down Medicaid portals in all fifty US states, creating total chaos until a judge steps in -- It appears that Donald Trump's funding freezes violat...

Jan 29, 20251 hr 2 min

1/28/25: Even MORE tariffs, egg prices hit ALL TIME high

-- On the Show: -- The left-right political spectrum is completely broken -- Fox News starts to prepare its audience for inevitable higher prices under Trump -- Egg prices are now up and hit an all time high under Donald Trump -- Donald Trump continues being soft on China, now threatening new tariffs on Taiwanese semiconductors and pharmaceuticals -- Donald Trump suggests the deportation of convicted American citizens to foreign prisons "for a fee" -- Elon Musk's West Wing office is revoked as h...

Jan 28, 202558 min

1/27/25: MAGA cracking as Trump lies and JD Vance snaps

-- On the Show: -- MAGA is already starting to crack, just a week into Donald Trump's second presidential term -- Donald Trump has already earned himself impeachment after just days in office, but trying it would be a futile effort -- Confirming that he will be terrible for Palestinians, Donald Trump is caught admitting that his plan is to "clean out" the Palestinians from Gaza -- California Governor Gavin Newsom humiliates Donald Trump on the runway upon his arrival in California -- Vice Presid...

Jan 27, 20251 hr 4 min

1/24/25: Trump's birthright citizenship ban struck down, White House scandals begin

-- On the Show: -- Brittany Page, host of the Page Perspective, fills in for David. Subscribe to her channel at http://www.youtube.com/@brittanyepage -- An aide to Mike Johnson discouraged subpoenaing former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson's text messages out of fear they would reveal sexually explicit texts from Republican lawmakers -- Donald Trump keeps signing executive orders without being aware of what they'll do -- New details emerge from Pete Hegseth's accuser right before the Senate ...

Jan 24, 20251 hr 2 min

1/23/25: Freed January 6 rioters celebrate, Trump's first interview

-- On the Show: -- Brittany Page, host of the Page Perspective, fills in for David. Subscribe to her channel at http://www.youtube.com/@brittanyepage -- The New York Times sane-wahses Donald Trump by saying he has a "muscular vision of presidential power" -- Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert is offering tours of the Capitol to newly released January 6th rioters -- January 6th rioters, newly pardoned by Donald Trump, are celebrating by buying guns -- Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin show...

Jan 23, 20251 hr 16 min

1/22/25: Immigration raids scheduled, national chaos explodes

-- On the Show: -- Jagmeet Singh, Leader of the New Democratic Party in the Canadian House of Commons, joins David to discuss Donald Trump's tariffs threats, how Canada should retaliate, and much more -- Exploring the tragic reality of "engineered incompetence" in this new Trump administration -- Donald Trump's immigration raids reportedly start today -- Donald Trump has blanket pardoned about 1500 January 6 rioters -- Within minutes of being sworn in, Donald Trump delivers absolute horror in th...

Jan 22, 20252 hr 40 min

1/21/25: Trump inaugurated, final rally horror, Biden pardons at the last minute

-- On the Show: -- Cory Booker, US Senator from New Jersey, discusses the Trump inauguration and the path forward for Democrats these next four years -- The inauguration of Donald Trump as 47th President takes place, unleashing global humiliation once again -- Donald Trump holds a final pre-inauguration rally, which becomes a total catastrophe, including Trump appearing to admit that Elon Musk did something with the voting machines in Pennsylvania -- President Joe Biden pardons Anthony Fauci, Ge...

Jan 21, 20251 hr 11 min

1/20/25: The secret about Trump's policies, Tulsi RUNS AWAY (CLASSIC EPISODE FROM 12/11/24)

MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY / CLASSIC EPISODE FROM DECEMBER 11, 2024 -- On the Show: -- Andrea Chalupa, host of the Gaslit Nation podcast, joins David to discuss effective ways to push back against authoritarianism, and much more -- The alleged assassin of United Healthcare CEO Brian Johnson has been identified as Luigi Mangione, who has been arrested, and his social media history is now a focus of attention -- 28 seconds of pure cognitive dissonance from Fox News about Luigi Mangione and Daniel Penn...

Jan 20, 20251 hr 9 min

1/17/25: American oligarchy takes hold, final show before Trump's return

-- On the Show: -- Donald Trump's second administration is going to be filled with billionaires, showing how American oligarchy has arrived -- Bernie Sanders pressures EPA administrator nominee Lee Zeldin on whether he believes climate change is a hoax -- Sam Harris describes his falling out with Elon Musk -- Donald Trump is sitting on a disturbing mountain of cash from corporations and wealthy donors -- JD Vance appears on Fox News Sunday and proves he doesn't understand economic policy -- A Fo...

Jan 17, 202557 min

1/16/25: Israel-Gaza ceasefire done, Trump claims he did it

-- On the Show: -- Mike Lindell, CEO and Founder of MyPillow, also known as "Mike Pillow" or simply "Pillow," makes a courageous and triumphant return to the David Pakman Show to explain why he isn't worried that fraud was committed in the 2024 election and to explain his outlook on the forthcoming second Trump presidential term -- A ceasefire deal is announced between Israel and Hamas by President Joe Biden and we review the details and parameters -- Donald Trump attempts to take credit for the...

Jan 16, 20251 hr 9 min

1/15/25: Hegseth hearings implode, TikTok ban IMMINENT

-- On the Show: -- Numerous protesters are dragged out of Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearings for Secretary of Defense -- A smirking Pete Hegseth is exposed as completely clueless during confirmation hearings to be Secretary of Defense -- Democratic Senator Tim Kaine absolutely brutalizes Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth -- Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin refuses to elaborate on which Senators are allegedly regularly drunk in the Senate -- Economist Paul Krugman...

Jan 15, 20251 hr 3 min

1/14/25: The fires breaking MAGA's brains, radioactive special counsel report released

-- On the Show: -- Marc Elias, voting rights attorney and founder of Democracy Docket, joins David to discuss the future of opposition to MAGA, what to expect in terms of autocracy and authoritarianism, and much more -- Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene suggests weather be manipulated to put out the California fires -- Lara Trump puts forward ridiculous and absurd claims about California fires, water availability and more -- Special Counsel Jack Smith's final report says that Donal...

Jan 14, 20251 hr 4 min

1/13/25: They want a deportation hotline, Trump abandons key promise

-- On the Show: -- Republicans are talking about conditioning California fire disaster aid money with "strings attached" -- Multi-millionaire Scott Galloway stuns a panel on MSNBC when he explains that the rich, himself included, should be taxed much more than they are -- Elon Musk, in another painfully stupid Twitter reply, appears not to understand that California and Texas have different climates and vegetation, and therefore different fire risk -- Tom Homan, Donald Trump's incoming deportati...

Jan 13, 202555 min

1/10/25: Trump sentenced to NOTHING, Mel Gibson still whacked out

-- On the Show: -- Donald Trump gets sentenced to unconditional release in the New York hush-money case, meaning he will face no jail time, probation, or any other penalties -- The Supreme Court refused to step in to block Trump's sentencing in New York -- Trump sends out a fundraising email about his criminal sentencing -- Mel Gibson talks about evolution and cancer on The Joe Rogan Experience and struggles to make sense -- The economy is likely to tank if Donald Trump implements the policies h...

Jan 10, 20251 hr 5 min