The David Pakman Show

No war promise collapses as Trump bombs Iran

02 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

-- On the Show -- Donald Trump launches a joint military operation with Israel, attacking Iran that kills Ayatollah Khamenei, leading to regional ret...

Texas panic rises as Epstein problem gets worse

27 Feb 2026

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-- On the Show -- Senator John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton fight a divisive primary as Democrats James Talarico and Jasmine Crockett post ...

Americans are leaving and credibility has collapsed

26 Feb 2026

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-- On the Show -- Americans relocate abroad in record numbers as foreign residency data, citizenship renunciations, and student enrollment trends sho...

Trump’s SOTU disaster could cost Republicans 2026

25 Feb 2026

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-- On the Show -- Donald Trump’s 2026 State of the Union address was a low-energy, reality-detached speech filled with false claims, self-praise, a...

Reality distortion has become the norm

24 Feb 2026

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-- On the Show -- Donald Trump prepares to deliver his State of the Union address as Americans continue struggling with healthcare costs, affordabili...

The dark spiral of power, panic and collapse

23 Feb 2026

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-- On the Show -- Michael Wolff, journalist and best-selling author, joins us to discuss Trump's return to power, the Epstein scandal, and his latest...

GOP is ignoring Trump, and Trump is getting desperate

20 Feb 2026

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-- On the Show -- FBI Director Kash Patel defends aggressive federal actions while raising serious First Amendment concerns about targeting protest f...

Power slips as allies spiral, Trump’s control collapsing

19 Feb 2026

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-- On the Show -- Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, is arrested by British police on suspicion of misconduct in public office relat...

Nothing to see here, just chaos everywhere

18 Feb 2026

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-- On the Show -- Dr. Frank George, psychologist and cognitive neuroscientist, joins us to discuss why he believes Donald Trump likely has Frontotemp...

GOP facing 2026 nightmare as Trump spirals

17 Feb 2026

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-- On the Show -- Ruth Ben-Ghiat joins us on Substack Live to discuss how Donald Trump’s escalating rhetoric, institutional pressure, and personali...

Fool me twice, shame on…wait, what?

16 Feb 2026

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-- On the Show -- Dan Koh, Former White House Deputy Cabinet Secretary and former Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs under President Biden,...

They need to rethink this, for their own good

13 Feb 2026

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-- On the Show -- Senator Chris Murphy questions Donald Trump nominee Jeremy Carl under oath, exposing incoherent defenses of white identitarian ideo...

When the going gets tough, the weak throw insults

12 Feb 2026

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-- On the Show -- Pam Bondi erupts during a House hearing, redirects questions about Jeffrey Epstein to stock market numbers, clashes with Ted Lieu, ...

Did they think it would all just go away?

11 Feb 2026

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-- On the Show -- Members of Congress say partially unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files reveal concealed names, very young victims, and possible contrad...

Calls for resignation grow as Epstein details emerge, Trump threatens Canada

10 Feb 2026

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-- On the Show -- Dr. Mehmet Oz is urging Americans to get vaccinated against measles amid growing outbreaks, a predictable consequence of vaccine sk...

MAGA culture fades as GOP panic grows

09 Feb 2026

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-- On the Show -- U.S. Olympians Hunter Hess and Chris Lillis publicly criticize Trump administration policies while representing the United States, ...

Trump lets it slip at prayer breakfast as Clinton testimony backfires

06 Feb 2026

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-- On the Show -- Josh Gay from Ring of Fire fills in for David. Check out his work at https://www.youtube.com/@TheRingofFire -- Donald Trump hijack...

Trump scrambles to escape Epstein fallout as ICE descends into misery

05 Feb 2026

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-- On the Show -- Josh Gay from Ring of Fire fills in for David. Check out his work at https://www.youtube.com/@TheRingofFire -- Megyn Kelly has a s...

Militarize elections, shut down Epstein files, hope for the best

04 Feb 2026

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-- On the Show -- Donald Trump allies float deploying ICE agents with guns at polling places to intimidate voters and manipulate elections without fo...

Lines have been crossed and there’s no going back

03 Feb 2026

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-- On the Show -- Accountability for figures like Joe Rogan and Andrew Schulz should confront their predictable failure without pushing them back int...

GOP prepares for life after Trump as strongman loses control

02 Feb 2026

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-- On the Show -- The right-wing media ecosystem turns Charlie Kirk into both a saint and a conspiracy object, hollowing out his legacy while the Tru...

Do they think they will get away with this?

30 Jan 2026

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-- On the Show -- Rand Paul rebukes right-wing media figures for lying about the ICE killing of Alex Pretti and defends constitutional carry rights ...

ICE agents in trouble as under the bus goes Bovino

29 Jan 2026

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-- On the Show -- Graham Platner, a Marine and U.S. Army veteran and oyster farmer, joins us to discuss his candidacy for the Democratic nomination f...

Trump now fighting MAGA on guns in bizarre reversal

28 Jan 2026

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-- On the Show -- A federal ICE agent in Minnesota threatens a legal observer for speaking and filming, openly signaling that constitutionally protec...

The firings will continue until the morale improves

27 Jan 2026

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-- On the Show -- Ezekiel Emanuel, an oncologist and world leader in health policy and bioethics, joins us to discuss his new book "Eat Your Ice Crea...

ICE chaos as another one killed, Americans have had enough

26 Jan 2026

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-- On the Show -- Adam James, a licensed physical therapist working in home healthcare and content creator known as “epistemiccrisis,” joins us t...

Measles goes viral as world moves on from Trump

23 Jan 2026

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-- On the Show -- Lara Trump and allies aggressively spin Donald Trump's rambling Davos appearance as brilliance to preempt and smother growing publ...

Global humiliation spreads like wildfire as dementia goes mainstream

22 Jan 2026

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-- On the Show -- Donald Trump immigration enforcement detains five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos outside his Minnesota home, exposing how mass deporta...

Presidency new lows as Trump humiliated in Davos

21 Jan 2026

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-- On the Show -- Maryland Governor Wes Moore joins us to explain how his administration is pushing back against Donald Trump's authoritarian action...

Global abandonment of Trump as he passes 1 year in office

20 Jan 2026

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-- On the Show -- A new economic study reported by The Wall Street Journal finds that American consumers and businesses pay nearly all of Donald Tru...

They're defending Insurrection Act as chaos hits the streets

16 Jan 2026

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-- On the Show -- Jesse Dollemore confronts ICE abuses directly after agents gas a woman in a wheelchair and refuses to retreat under pressure -- R...

Insurrection act threat made by Trump as he falls asleep again

15 Jan 2026

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-- On the Show -- Donald Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy U.S. military troops against Minneapolis residents protesting fede...

ICE losing the country as Trump goes bad in Detroit

14 Jan 2026

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-- On the Show -- ICE agents report fear of the public after the killing of Renee Good which exposes how Donald Trump turned immigration enforcement...

Republicans drop Trump as Noem impeachment is happening

13 Jan 2026

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-- On the Show -- Janet Mills, Governor of Maine, joins us to discuss her campaign for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate -- Republican ...

Trump admin desperation explodes with criminal probes

12 Jan 2026

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-- On the Show -- Josh Shapiro, Governor of Pennsylvania, joins us to discuss the killing of Renee Good, and how to resist Trump and his ICE agents ...

Casual invasion announcement drops as Vance defends the worst

09 Jan 2026

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-- On the Show -- Donald Trump delivers rambling and contradictory remarks on Fox News boasting about Venezuela oil seizures and casually predicting R...

ICE murder terrifies country as Trump defends, Natl Guard prepared

08 Jan 2026

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-- On the Show -- Caleb Ragland, Chairman of the American Soybean Association, joins us to discuss how Trump's tariffs are reshaping the soybean indus...

Trump seizes Russian tanker as impeachment calls grow

07 Jan 2026

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-- On the Show -- A United States Coast Guard team seizes a Russian-flagged oil tanker under Trump's orders, sparking escalation fears and suspicion o...

And now the scamming of Americans begins

06 Jan 2026

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-- On the Show -- Senator Raphael Warnock, Democrat from Georgia, joins us to discuss the Trump administration's Venezuela operation and the stakes...

A blockbuster shakeup to the world order

05 Jan 2026

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-- On the Show -- Donald Trump orders a U.S. military operation that captures Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores in Venezuela and brings them to New Yo...

2026 is already insane

02 Jan 2026

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-- On the Show -- Donald Trump faces a hard power cutoff in the 2026 midterms where losing the House would effectively halt his legislative agenda a...

Desperation peaks as 2026 isn't looking so good

31 Dec 2025

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-- On the Show -- Attorney General Pam Bondi deletes a tweet praising what she thought was Donald Trump's success after realizing the overdose data ...

Another war is starting and Trump's confused about it

30 Dec 2025

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-- On the Show -- Donald Trump casually references a CIA drone strike inside Venezuela so incoherently that journalists and officials initially cann...

Ukraine Russia talks go wrong as Trump decline unavoidable

29 Dec 2025

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-- On the Show -- Dr. John Gartner, former assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and founder of Duty to Warn, joins us ...

They're quickly losing control of their own lies

26 Dec 2025

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-- On the Show -- Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick falsely claims on Fox News that GDP growth guarantees higher wages and the segment explains how ...

Epstein docs accuse Trump as economy in holding pattern

24 Dec 2025

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-- On the Show -- Newly released Justice Department and FBI records include a rape allegation naming Donald J. Trump document his repeated associati...

Epstein files detonate as damage control launches

23 Dec 2025

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-- On the Show -- A newly released Jeffrey Epstein letter claims Donald Trump shares an explicit sexual interest in young women, raising serious que...

Trump burying the Epstein files with pathetic redactions

22 Dec 2025

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-- On the Show -- Jocelyn Benson, Michigan Secretary of State, joins us to discuss her campaign for the Democratic nomination for governor -- The T...

Is Trump's $1776 a bonus or a bribe?

19 Dec 2025

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-- On the Show -- Donald Trump promotes $1,776 cash payments to service members while escalating explicit oil-driven rhetoric about Venezuela, raisi...

Trump throws away his presidency and MAGAs cheer

18 Dec 2025

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-- On the Show -- Donald Trump openly says the United States wants Venezuela's oil, raising questions about war motives, regime change, and public su...

Trump confidant caught spilling the beans

17 Dec 2025

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-- On the Show -- Sarah Matthews, former Trump White House Deputy Press Secretary, joins us in a Substack Live to discuss Donald Trump's health cove...

The economic collapse that is dragging Trump

16 Dec 2025

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-- On the Show -- Donald Trump highlights November job gains while burying October losses as unemployment rises to its highest level in more than fo...

12/15/25: A dark weekend as reality collides with denial

15 Dec 2025

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-- On the Show -- A weekend of mass violence spans a Brown University shooting, an antisemitic terror attack in Sydney, and the killing of Rob Reine...

12/12/25: Crowds vanishing and prices rising as Trump has terrible week

12 Dec 2025

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-- On the Show -- Donald Trump delivers a low-energy rally in a small Pennsylvania casino ballroom as the crowd sits unresponsive -- Polling shows ...

12/11/25: Tanker seized by antiwar president as jobs problem grows

11 Dec 2025

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-- On the Show -- Donald Trump orders a military-style seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker in international waters while offering no credible legal b...

12/10/25: Trump melts down as Dems win big

10 Dec 2025

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-- On the Show -- Ramesh Ponnuru, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a longtime writer and editor at National Review, joins us...

12/9/25: Data blackout as MAGA civil war explodes

09 Dec 2025

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-- On the Show -- Senator Mark Kelly, Democrat from Arizona, joins us to discuss the video he put out with fellow lawmakers reminding troops to igno...

12/8/25: Pipe bomber, pardons, and a President in decline

08 Dec 2025

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-- On the Show -- Brian Cole is revealed as the suspected 2021 DNC and RNC pipe bomber who believed Donald Trump won the 2020 election -- Donald Tr...

12/5/25: Presidency coming apart as economy becomes a nightmare

05 Dec 2025

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-- On the Show: -- Kevin Hassett predicts unrealistic economic growth and praises AI as a workplace coach while Maria Bartiromo tees up claims of bo...

12/4/25: Another jobs fiasco as 2028 secret plan exposed

04 Dec 2025

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-- On the Show: -- Donald Trump presides over a reported loss of 32,000 private sector jobs as Fox Business downplays the ADP data while small busin...

12/3/25: GOP failure in TN as Trump sleeps through the whole thing

03 Dec 2025

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-- On the Show: -- Donald Trump and MAGA suffer a massive warning sign after a Tennessee special election shows a stunning collapse in Republican su...

12/2/25: Panic in Tennessee election as Trump spends night posting

02 Dec 2025

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-- On the Show: -- Donald Trump scrambles as a deep red Tennessee congressional district suddenly becomes competitive on election day -- Whie House...

12/1/25: War crimes begin as demands for Trump's MRI explode

01 Dec 2025

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-- On the Show: -- Donald Trump faces bipartisan scrutiny after reports say the Pentagon ordered follow up strikes on survivors during Caribbean dru...

11/26/25: Leaked call exposes Trump as approval craters, Republicans raise alarm

26 Nov 2025

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-- On the Show: -- A leaked call shows Steve Witkoff coaching Russian officials on flattering Donald Trump to extract concessions for Vladimir Putin...

11/25/25: Job losses crack as Trump needs 2 more weeks on healthcare

25 Nov 2025

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-- On the Show: -- Marc Elias, a top Democratic election lawyer, joins us to discuss his arguments before the Supreme Court on December 9 in defense...

11/24/25: MAGA civil war explodes as economic cracks widen

24 Nov 2025

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-- On the Show: -- Donald Trump repeatedly praises New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani during a meeting with him at the White House and appears...

BONUS: Behind the scenes of our Kamala Harris interview

22 Nov 2025

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-- On the Bonus Show: Behind the scenes of the Kamala Harris interview, and much more... Become a Member: https://www.davidpakman.com/membership  Su...

11/21/25: Middle class collapsing as Trump threatens everyone

21 Nov 2025

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-- On the Show: -- David shares a story about his recent medical procedure -- Nearly five years of rising prices leave middle-income families strug...

11/20/25: They found a way to hide the files anyway as Trump flips out

20 Nov 2025

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-- On the Show: -- Attorney General Pam Bondi refuses to answer questions on what the next steps for releasing the Epstein files will be, leaving th...

11/19/25: Trump loses Epstein vote as files will be released, GOP terrified

19 Nov 2025

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-- On the Show: -- Arick Fudali, civil rights attorney who currently represents 11 Epstein survivors, joins us to discuss the potential release of t...

11/18/25: Epstein files panic as Trump's worst fear hits

18 Nov 2025

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-- On the Show: -- Laura Field, a writer and political theorist who is an expert on American far-right populist intellectualism, joins us to discuss...

11/17/25: Epstein files go nuclear as autopen scandal hits Trump

17 Nov 2025

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

BONUS: White House in chaos over 50-year mortgage plan, white males overrepresented in podcasting, and more...

15 Nov 2025

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-- On the Bonus Show: White House unhappy about Trump's 50-year mortgage plan, white men disproportionately represented in podcasting, the Supreme Co...

11/14/25: New Dem instantly slams MAGA as evil incarnate now has power

14 Nov 2025

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-- On the Show: -- Rep. Adelita Grijalva denounces the 50-day obstruction of her swearing-in, pledges to sign the Epstein files discharge petition, ...

11/13/25: Epstein files explode over Trump as Republicans rebel

13 Nov 2025

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-- On the Show: -- Dr. Zachary Rubin, allergist and public health expert, joins us on Substack Live to discuss MAHA initiatives, healthcare access, ...

11/12/25: Epstein bomb goes off as MAGA accepts wild lies about everything

12 Nov 2025

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-- On the Show: -- Adam Kinzinger, former Republican congressman, joins us on Substack Live to discuss his documentary "The Last Republican," the fu...

11/11/25: Farmers in tears as Trump collapses, SCOTUS might pound him

11 Nov 2025

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-- 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 ...

11/10/25: Dems cave as Trump melts down and Groypers surge

10 Nov 2025

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

BONUS: Sandwich thrower stands trial, Mexican president sexually assaulted, White House ordered to use ASL interpreters

08 Nov 2025

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-- 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...

11/7/25: Most blame Trump for grocery prices as strange sign installed at White House

07 Nov 2025

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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 be...

11/6/25: Trump panics as airports crush, flights delayed

06 Nov 2025

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-- On the Show: -- Democrats flip some of the deepest red districts in America, including in Mississippi, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, signaling broa...

11/5/25: Blue wave sweeps country as MAGA in shambles, Trump panicked

05 Nov 2025

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-- On the Show: -- Joyce Vance, former U.S. Attorney who explains law and politics on MSNBC and her Substack newsletter Civil Discourse, joins us to...

11/4/25: MAGA set to lose everything as CBS doctors Trump interview

04 Nov 2025

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

11/3/25: Zohran Mamdani on the show as Trump starving 42 million, Obama drops hammer

03 Nov 2025

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-- 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 a...

BONUS: NBA gambling scandal, Javier Milei gets midterm victory, Trump rules out running for VP

01 Nov 2025

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-- On the Bonus Show: NBA players face federal charges in a major gambling investigation, Javier Milei wins big in Argentina's midterm elections, Tru...

10/31/25: They think we're stupid as Epstein panic grows, grift falls apart

31 Oct 2025

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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 sca...

10/30/25: Trump demands nuke tests as Xi dominates him, 14 Republicans turn on Trump

30 Oct 2025

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-- On the Show: -- Jonathan Karl, Chief Washington Correspondent for ABC News, joins us to discuss his new book "Retribution: Donald Trump and the C...

10/29/25: Layoffs explode as Trump turns on farmers, half the country sues him

29 Oct 2025

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

10/28/25: Food stamp crush imminent as bombshell report explains what went wrong

28 Oct 2025

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-- On the Show: -- Trump's administration refuses to use $6 billion in contingency funds to keep SNAP running, leaving 42 million Americans without ...

10/27/25: The slow coup grows as Trump makes major announcement, unexpected confrontation

27 Oct 2025

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-- On the Show: -- Nathan Taylor, Executive Director of Public Engagement for Election Truth Alliance, joins us to discuss discrepancies in the 2024...

BONUS: Government shutdown becomes second longest ever, Kash Patel’s Diwali post met with racism, and more

25 Oct 2025

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-- On the Bonus Show: The government shutdown becomes the second-longest in history, a Trump nominee is exposed for sending Nazi text messages, Kash P...

10/24/25: Bubble bursting as red states decline, Trump crushes farmers

24 Oct 2025

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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 deman...

10/23/25: NYC debate mania as Trump demented while Canada says bye-bye

23 Oct 2025

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-- On the Show: -- Zohran Mamdani confronts Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa in a chaotic New York City mayoral debate filled with personal attacks and...

10/22/25: Most corrupt Trump act revealed as social programs collapse

22 Oct 2025

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-- On the Show: -- Sabrina Singh, former Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary in the Department of Defense under President Biden, joins us to discuss the...

10/21/25: Anger is building as White House demolition begins

21 Oct 2025

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-- On the Show: -- Abigail Spanberger, Democratic Nominee for Governor of Virginia, joins us to discuss her race against Republican Winsome Earle-Se...

10/20/25: No Kings protests rattle MAGA as US approaches failed state

20 Oct 2025

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-- On the Show: -- Seven million people join nationwide No Kings protests as Donald Trump and MAGA figures panic over the growing anti-Trump movemen...

BONUS: Judge halts Trump's shutdown firings, swastika found in rep's office, US revokes six visas over Charlie Kirk comments

18 Oct 2025

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-- On the Bonus Show: A judge halts Trump's shutdown layoffs, Capitol Police investigate a swastika found in a representative's office, the US revoke...

10/17/25: $1 million per person Trump fundraiser as Rogan turns on Trump

17 Oct 2025

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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 audienc...

URGENT: What to know before No Kings protests

17 Oct 2025

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David speaks with career public defender Eliza Orlins about the growing scope of ICE-enabled surveillance and why it should concern everyone, not just...

10/16/25: Protests incoming, MAGA terrified, Bernie and AOC tell it like it is

16 Oct 2025

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-- On the Show: -- Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, Democrat from Arizona's 7th congressional district, joins us to discuss the delay in her s...