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**The David Pakman Show**

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

Latest Episodes:

Republicans suddenly turn on Trump as Rogan sounds alarm Sep 18, 2026

Show notes

-- On the Show:

-- Republican Rep. María Elvira Salazar releases a campaign ad confronting Donald Trump over immigration policy

-- President Donald Trump jokes about presidential power and repeats a familiar story about electric boats and sharks

-- Surgeon general nominee Dr. Nicole Saphier answers direct questions about vaccines during her Senate confirmation hearing

-- Podcast host Joe Rogan expresses frustration with Donald Trump's presidential actions despite having endorsed him before the election

-- A federal judge blocks attempts to add Donald Trump's name to the Kennedy Center leading to a tense board call

-- FBI Director Kash Patel defends his schedule on television after facing questions regarding his official and personal travel

-- The Friday Feedback segment

-- On the Bonus Show: Laura Ingraham thinks Republicans want to lose, the Trump administration wants trigger warnings outside the Smithsonian, and much more...

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(00:00) Start

(01:32) House Republican distances from Trump

(08:54) Trump sound drunk on power in speech

(20:42) Trump surgeon general nominee testifies

(29:11) Joe Rogan criticizes Trump's policies

(39:19) Judge blocks Kennedy Center renaming

(45:32) Kash Patel defends FBI travel schedule on Fox

(51:39) Friday Feedback segment

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Trump erupts as Fed raises rates and TX Senate race stuns Sep 17, 2026

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-- On the Show:

-- Aaron Ford, Nevada Attorney General and Democratic nominee for Governor of Nevada, joins us to discuss the campaign

-- The Federal Reserve under Kevin Warsh raises interest rates for the first time in three years despite Trump demanding lower rates

-- Democrat James Talarico pulls ahead of Trump-backed Republican Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate race according to multiple polls

-- Mitch McConnell appears unresponsive in new video before eventually voting on the farm bill after prompting from aides and fellow senators

-- Donald Trump tells a North Carolina crowd that rising gas prices are a very inexpensive price to pay for the Iran war

-- Donald Trump threatens to cut off trade with Europe over Canada and deflects questions about the Butler assassination attempt

-- JD Vance asks voters to give Republicans another chance despite the administration already controlling Congress and the White House

-- On the Bonus Show: Ed Sheeran faces blowback over tour chaos, Massie thinks the House shut down early to avoid his Hegseth impeachment vote, New Hampshire's Senate race is in play for Republicans, and much more...

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(00:00) Start

(01:23) Fed raises rates despite Trump's demands

(10:31) Texas Senate race turns into dead heat

(20:18) Mitch McConnell freezes again on camera

(27:17) Trump rallies voters in North Carolina

(37:54) Aaron Ford interview

(55:28) Trump makes confusing threats and claims

(1:04:14) JD Vance asks voters for another chance

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Republicans suddenly break with Trump as prices surge Sep 16, 2026

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-- On the Show:

-- Hunter Biden, son of former President Joe Biden, joins us to discuss the right's obsession with him, the laptop scandal, and his new crypto project

-- U.S. diesel fuel prices reach record highs due to global supply disruptions, escalating costs across transportation and consumer goods

-- A viral image allegedly showing Donald Trump kissing aide Natalie Harp triggers debate after a sharper version turns out to be AI-generated

-- Seven House Republicans side with Democrats to pass a resolution limiting presidential authority over the military conflict involving Iran

-- A federal judge halts efforts to place Donald Trump's name on the Kennedy Center, prompting Trump to threaten to freeze renovations

-- Donald Trump publishes social media posts criticizing recent Supreme Court rulings and claiming his assassination attempt was a political plot

-- David introduces a text messaging line for subscribers to establish direct audience communication outside of social media algorithms

-- On the Bonus Show: Travel and book updates from David, and much more...

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(00:00) Start
(01:16) Soaring diesel prices threaten US economy
(08:56) Viral Trump kiss photo raises AI questions
(21:29) House Republicans vote to curb Trump's war
(29:04) Judge blocks Kennedy Center Trump renaming
(39:39) Hunter Biden Interview
(1:29:26) Trump condemns Supreme Court and FBI
(1:36:54) David launches texting platform

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Trump blocked as 2028 race erupts Sep 15, 2026

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-- On the Show:

-- Donald Trump suffers a legal defeat as the Supreme Court denies his request to enforce Postal Service mail ballot rules for the midterms

-- Mitch McConnell returns to the Senate chamber in a wheelchair after a multi-month medical absence following a serious fall and pneumonia

-- Gavin Newsom announces that he would refrain from entering the 2028 Democratic presidential primary if Kamala Harris decides to run

-- Donald Trump repeats an unsubstantiated story about firefighters carrying him away from Ground Zero after September 11

-- Donald Trump publishes a social media post assuring American adults that they will receive $5,000 dividend checks from accrued tariff revenue

-- JD Vance advocates for continuous fraud investigations into executive branch operations regardless of which political party holds power

-- JD Vance delivers a keynote speech before numerous empty venue seats during the Republican midterm convention

-- Donald Trump dismisses artificial intelligence safeguards by claiming a simple gear stops rogue robots and calls existential risk concerns a hoax

-- On the Bonus Show: Republicans are clueless about economics, Don Jr’s wife says a Russian oligarch paid for their wedding party, and much more...

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(00:00) Start

(01:24) SCOTUS denies Trump's election takeover

(08:36) Mitch McConnell returns to the Senate

(20:12) Gavin Newsom says he wouldn't challenge Kamala Harris

(29:41) Trump repeats false September 11 story

(38:48) "Trump repeats $5,000 checks promise"

(46:16) JD Vance calls for fraud investigations

(52:46) JD Vance lacks the charisma to win

(59:10) Trump dismisses AI concerns

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Trump could lose everything as alarming video emerges Sep 14, 2026

Show notes

-- On the Show:

-- Democrats hold a 6-point generic ballot lead and an 85% chance to win the House while control of the Senate is in toss-up territory

-- Donald Trump publicly declines to endorse his Vice President JD Vance for the 2028 presidential nomination to preserve his own political leverage

-- Donald Trump slurs his words during an interview in Ireland while promising $5,000 checks and threatening to halt trade over interest rates

-- Donald Trump appears to fall asleep at a September 11 memorial service while victim names are read as his optional Iran war continues

-- Donald Trump faces multiple simultaneously unfolding scandals including a Russian oligarch funding his son's wedding

-- Donald Trump gives evasive answers when questioned on his personal AI usage, Chinese surveillance, and license plate tracking

-- Donald Trump displays a repeated physical habit of tapping his right leg with a stiff arm while carefully navigating stairs

-- David discovers an AI channel using a synthetic clone of his voice to narrate political content under the fictional persona Daniel Carter

-- On the Bonus Show: Trump rejects calls to slow down AI development, a Texas Republican candidate makes racist comments about UT students, the Trump administration thinks bike lanes are DEI, and much more...

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(00:00) Start

(01:18) Democrats hold 6-point generic ballot lead

(09:31) Trump declines to endorse JD Vance

(20:29) "Trump doubles down on $5,000 check promise"

(28:38) Trump falls asleep at September 11 memorial

(36:32) Trump faces multiple unfolding scandals

(45:01) Trump blanks when asked how he uses AI

(54:43) Trump keeps tapping his right leg

(1:01:04) David discovers AI copycat channel

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Trump threatens to rename New Mexico "New America" Sep 13, 2026

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Trump lies about 9/11 and $5,000 checks Sep 12, 2026

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Trump demands loyalty as MAGA starts eating itself Sep 11, 2026

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-- On the Show:

-- Donald Trump instructs thousands of audience members at an RNC midterm convention to raise their right hands and pledge allegiance to him

-- Donald Trump angrily berates a female journalist who presses him on how the federal government will fund $5,000 voter incentive checks

-- Donald Trump rambles to Laura Ingraham when asked why his administration cannot immediately distribute proposed $5,000 checks

-- Donald Trump escalates an ongoing trade dispute with Canada by banning select imports outright and expanding 50% tariffs

-- Peter Navarro attacks Fox News Media on Newsmax following the removal of host Maria Bartiromo from her regular broadcasts

-- Donald Trump utilizes professional wrestling style theatrics and political spectacles to keep voters engaged without delivering on anything

-- Turning Point USA faces internal conflict and public criticism one year after the assassination of founder Charlie Kirk

-- The Friday Feedback segment

-- On the Bonus Show: Trump uses 9/11 anniversary to promote his Iran war, key Republicans were caught off guard by Trump's $5,000 checks promise, and much more...

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(00:00) Start

(01:27) Trump makes audience pledge allegiance to him

(10:05) Trump erupts at a female reporter

(16:17) Trump asked why he can't issue $5,000 checks now

(25:09) Trump escalates trade war in Canada

(33:23) Peter Navarro attacks Fox News over Maria Bartiromo firing

(43:06) Trump offers theatrics but no substance

(50:28) Turning Point is destroying Charlie Kirk's legacy

(58:31) Friday Feedback segment

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Trump’s convention spirals as aides give up and crowd leaves Sep 10, 2026

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-- On the Show:

-- White House advisers stop managing Donald Trump as he turns the midterms into a referendum on himself

-- Donald Trump claims gas prices will drop below $2 per gallon and the Iran war will end after the midterm elections

-- Donald Trump gives a speech at the midterm convention promising $5,000 dividends, attacking James Talarico, and promising healthcare

-- Donald Trump criticizes Ken Paxton's speech and appearance despite endorsing him over John Cornyn in the Texas Senate race

-- Tim Scott delivers an energetic speech with wide gestures at the Dallas convention to rally Republican voters, hoping to energize them to vote

-- JD Vance defends the $5,000 dividend proposal by Donald Trump during an interview on Fox News

-- Donald Trump claims the arena is packed while camera footage shows audience members leaving his long speech

-- Ted Cruz gives Donald Trump an A on the economy by incorrectly referencing gas prices under Joe Biden

-- On the Bonus Show: John Fetterman makes a video appearance at the Republican convention, a federal court says drinking water is not a constitutional right, Jimmy Kimmel says his James Talarico interview won't air due to FCC threats, and much more...

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(00:00) Start
(01:23) Trump aides are done trying to dissuade him
(09:22) Trump says Iran war will end
(21:09) Trump promises $5,000 if Republicans win
(30:23) Trump criticizes Ken Paxton while endorsing him
(38:02) Tim Scott tries to energize Republicans
(45:48) JD Vance defends Trump's $5,000 promise
(54:05) Trump claims midterm rally completely full
(1:00:39) Ted Cruz grades Trump economy an A

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Trump’s 9/11 story falls apart as prices hit record high Sep 09, 2026

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-- On the Show:

-- Tina Kotek, Governor of Oregon, joins us to discuss pausing data center construction and Trump's threats to the midterm elections

-- Ann Coulter defends Flock surveillance cameras while Donald Trump and Republicans support license-plate tracking and local data centers

-- Donald Trump criticizes Kaitlan Collins and celebrates the German party Alternative for Germany as Republican candidates skip his convention

-- Diesel fuel prices hit a record near $6 per gallon as the war with Iran disrupts critical energy routes and supply chains

-- Donald Trump makes bogus claims about firefighters rescuing him at Ground Zero on September 11th and odd remarks about Welles Crowther

-- Ted Cruz defends Donald Trump's September 11th comments, saying it was 25 years ago, which only highlights concerns about Trump's memory

-- Donald Trump gives executive assistant Natalie Harp and other close White House aides $45,000 each in cash gifts

-- On the Bonus Show: TSA brings back gate access to some people without tickets, No Kings prepares its next event, John Fetterman is ignoring his constituents, and much more...

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(00:00) Start

(01:28) Ann Coulter defends Flock cameras

(09:12) Trump celebrates German far right party

(19:41) Diesel prices near $6 per gallon

(28:05) Trump makes bogus September 11th claim

(37:14) Tina Kotek interview

(54:23) Ted Cruz defends Trump's 9/11 claim

(62:31) Trump gave Natalie Harp $45,000

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