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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

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11/29/24: Biden picks judges, Trump picks lunatic staffers (CLASSIC EPISODE FROM 11/12/24) Nov 29, 2024

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THANKSGIVING WEEKEND / CLASSIC EPISODE FROM NOVEMBER 12, 2024

-- On the Show:

-- President Joe Biden continues to fill judicial vacancies at a rapid pace

-- Donald Trump selects Marco Rubio as his Secretary of State, who he previously called "clueless," a "lightweight," and a "choker"

-- Donald Trump's selection for National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz, wanted the US in Afghanistan forever

-- Donald Trump select Kristi Noem to be his Secretary of Homeland Security, a dangerous and unhinged selection

-- Based on Trump's cabinet picks so far, has there ever been a more dangerous group of people?

-- Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's voters who also voted for Donald Trump

-- A Latino Trump voter says he assumes Trump won't actually deport "good" Latinos who are "family-oriented"

-- Exploring why 2025 could be the year MAGA crumbles

-- A shirtless Alex Jones rants wildly about Infowars being auctioned off tomorrow

-- On the Bonus Show: The truth about Democratic turnout in 2024, Chris Wallace already leaving CNN, Sonia Sotomayor will not retire despite pressure, much more...

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11/28/24: Now it gets very real very quickly (CLASSIC EPISODE FROM 11/8/24) Nov 28, 2024

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THANKSGIVING WEEKEND / CLASSIC EPISODE FROM NOVEMBER 8, 2024

-- On the Show:

-- Now that their chosen candidate has won, Trump supporters are going to get what they deserve

-- Senator Bernie Sanders blasts Democrats for failed, disastrous loss to Donald Trump and Republicans

-- Interest in leaving the country surges among Americans after this week's election results

-- California Governor Gavin Newsom calls a special session to prepare to block forthcoming Trump initiatives

-- Trump, MAGA, and the right wing media ecosystem are coordinated and effective, while left wing shows have to beg Democrats to appear on their shows

-- Donald Trump's possible cabinet picks leak, and they are a terrifying disaster

-- Fed Chairman Jay Powell says that he will ignore Trump if Trump attempts to fire him

-- Right wingers are now putting pressure on President Joe Biden to pardon Donald Trump

-- This week's Friday Feedback and reactions to this week's election results

-- On the Bonus Show: Trump's enemies list, world leaders get together to strategize about Trump, and much more...

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11/27/24: Inflation fears from Trump tariffs, Mexican president crushes him Nov 27, 2024

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-- On the Show:

-- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum writes a brutal letter to Donald Trump responding to his tariff threats

-- A new CBS/YouGov poll highlights the cognitive dissonance among Americans regarding tariffs

-- Trump-friendly CNBC host Joe Kernen criticizes Trump's tariff plan

-- Trump loves to brand himself as the ultimate winner, but his cabinet is full of people who have lost elections

-- Part two of the deep dive into Donald Trump's contradictions over the years

-- Moms of America gives Trump a "Man of the Century" award

-- The Friday Feedback segment

-- On the Bonus Show: Kamala planning a comeback, and much more...

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11/26/24: Jack Smith dropping charges, Trump's newest bonkers tariffs Nov 26, 2024

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-- On the Show:

-- Special prosecutor Jack Smith files to drop all charges against Donald Trump, another instance of Trump indeed getting away with it

-- What is happening to math and language skills in the United States?

-- Donald Trump appears to want to hurt the economy as much as possible while Joe Biden is still president, in order to hurt Biden and set Trump up for a recovery when he takes office

-- Donald Trump announces outrageous new tariffs on Mexico and Canada, in addition to China, which will have a major inflationary effect

-- A mass exodus is happening from corporate news media with ratings down on MSNBC, CNN, and elsewhere

-- Fox News host Laura Ingraham gets black women confused, putting up a picture of Letitia James while talking about Fani Willis

-- The first installment of Trump vs Trump, a look at many of Trump's flip-flops and contradictions

-- Eric Trump appears on Fox News with Maria Bartiromo and delivers another disastrous interview that should scare everyone

-- On the Bonus Show: Matt Gaetz charging $500 on Cameo, Trump plans to kick trans troops out of the military, SCOTUS rejects tobacco industry challenge to anti-smoking images, much more...

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11/25/24: Trump transition goes haywire, new AG pick might be even worse Nov 25, 2024

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-- On the Show:

-- New reporting exposes that something appears very wrong with Donald Trump's transition from Joe Biden's administration

-- Donald Trump's voters are about to get screwed, and they have no idea

-- Pam Bondi, Donald Trump's second choice, replacing Matt Gaetz, to be Attorney General, might be an even worse choice than Gaetz was

-- Senator Tammy Duckworth says she believes Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump's nominee to be Director of National Intelligence, may be a Russia asset

-- Questions surface about whether Donald Trump believes "Urban Development" means a black guy as his lone Black nominee thus far for that office happens to be Black

-- Republican Senator Rand Paul admits that Donald Trump's plan to deputize the National Guard for his deportation force is likely illegal

-- Doctor Jerome Adams, former Surgeon General under Donald Trump, warns that Trump could have three pandemics to deal with

-- Doctor Janette Nesheiwat, from Fox News, is nominated as Donald Trump's Surgeon General

-- On the Bonus Show: Most Dems not motivated to oppose Donald Trump per poll, Florida health official advises stopping fluoride in water, Jussie Smollett's conviction overturned, much more...

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11/22/24: Kamala winning 2028 primary, Trump victory margin shrinks Nov 22, 2024

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-- On the Show:

-- Donald Trump's popular vote victory margin continues to decrease, now down to just 2.5 million votes (1.6%)

-- Polls show Kamala Harris leading the pack for possible Democratic presidential candidates in 2028

-- Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth gets confronted by a reporter about whether he committed sexual assault

-- Matt Gaetz withdraws his nomination for Attorney General, after it became clear he wouldn't be able to get confirmed by the Senate

-- Nancy Mace introduces a bathroom bill in response to Sarah McBride's election as the first transgender member of Congress

-- House Speaker Mike Johnson won't answer if Sarah McBride is a man or a woman

-- Donald Trump appoints Dr. Oz to lead Medicare and Medicaid

-- Trump appoints Linda McMahon for Secretary of Education

-- The Friday Feedback segment

-- On the Bonus Show: The Friday Bonus Show with Producer Pat

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11/21/24: Election's biggest winners, Nancy Mace melts down Nov 21, 2024

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-- On the Show:

-- A deeper dive into the real winners of the Donald Trump presidency, which are not the working and middle class

-- Tom Homan, the nominated "border czar," makes it clear that those in blue states who don't help Trump's deportation scheme could face arrest

-- If the ethics report about Matt Gaetz exonerated him, Republicans would be eager to have it made public

-- Nikki Haley slams Donald Trump's selection of Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence, but ignores that she helped make it a reality by endorsing Trump

-- Donald Trump's Spacex stunt with Elon Musk inadvertently helped Joe Biden get more judges confirmed in the Senate

-- JD Vance tweets and then panic deletes a post about Trump looking to replace the FBI Director

-- Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace melts down when she doesn't like the questions asked of her

-- The exodus continues from Elon Musk's Twitter since the election, and Bluesky is one place people are going

-- On the Bonus Show: Trump gives Republicans an order on press freedom bill, latest Dept of Education nominee faces her own sex scandal, Texas board advances plan to allow Bible in elementary school lessons, much more...

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11/20/24: Explosive panel on the future of Dem Party as GOP civil war brews Nov 20, 2024

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-- On the Show:

-- Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, and Steven Kenneth "Destiny" Bonnell II, political streamer and debater, join David to discuss whether the 2024 election results mean that the Democratic Party should move to the left, the center, or stay exactly where it is

-- A Republican civil war is brewing, with growing opposition to some of Trump's cabinet picks, as well as over the selection of Senate Majority Leader

-- Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski are in panic mode after their pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago to suck up to Donald Trump backfires publicly

-- Donald Trump delivers a confused and bizarre speech at Mar-a-Lago as the delusions resume

-- Donald Trump's dangerous and absurd promises continue during a strange speech at Mar-a-Lago

-- A sick looking Donald Trump goes to Texas with Elon Musk to witness the launch of a Spacex rocket

-- On the Bonus Show: Manhattan DA agrees to postpone Trump's sentencing, Trump's DOGE commission promises mass layoffs and ending telework, news influencers lean right per new Pew study, much more...

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11/19/24: Trump mandate evaporates, world leaders terrified Nov 19, 2024

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-- On the Show:

-- Steve Schmidt, renowned American political strategist, commentator, and founder of The Warning, joins David to discuss the aftermath and consequences of the 2024 election

-- Donald Trump's supposed mandate evaporates as his popular vote total drops below 50%, and he wins by a smaller margin of victory than Hillary Clinton in 2016

-- Donald Trump confirms, in the middle of the night, that he will deploy the military against migrants

-- Updating the latest claims and evidence with regard to voting irregularities in the 2024 election

-- World leaders are terrified about the incoming Trump administration

-- Nominee for Attorney General Matt Gaetz now has multiple allegations of statutory sexual assault against him

-- A deep dive into the line between healthy skepticism and conspiratorial delusion

-- Growing numbers of voters already regret voting for Donald Trump

-- On the Bonus Show: The Trump administration's next target could be naturalized US citizens, MSNBC's Morning Joe goes to Mar-a-Lago to kiss the ring, company affiliated with Alex Jones seeks to disqualify The Onion's auction bid for Infowars, much more...

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11/18/24: Trump cabinet hits brick wall, RFK in pain while eating McDonald's Nov 18, 2024

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-- A deeper dive into what would happen when MAGA red state armies invade blue states to round up migrants

-- Trouble in paradise as Elon Musk praises the lower of tariffs despite Donald Trump's plan to raise tariffs

-- Leaked statement from Mitch McConnell saying there will be no recess appointments puts a major hurdle in Donald Trump's plan to confirm his nutty cabinet

-- Matt Gaetz gets disastrous news as headlines claim Republicans have no plan of confirming him to his nominated role of Attorney General

-- Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense, is revealed to have paid off a woman who accused him of sexual assault

-- Dana White's UFC has been completely taken over by the Trump cult, as seen this past weekend with Jon Jones, Joe Rogan, Elon Musk and more

-- Robert F. Kennedy Jr., nominated by Donald Trump to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, appears to be in visible pain while eating McDonald's with Donald Trump on Trump's plane

-- Growing concerns that independent progressive media, including The David Pakman Show, will be targets of the incoming Trump administration

-- Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin completely debases himself and reverses everything he previously said in order to suck up to Donald Trump

-- On the Bonus Show: Study finds X's new algorithm likes Republicans and Elon Musk, Ann Selzer announces her retirement from polling after Iowa strikeout, AI chatbots defeat doctors at diagnosing illness, much more...

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