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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:

7/11/24: Trump panics about Project 2025, inflation comes in negative Jul 11, 2024

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-- On the Show:

-- Inflation comes in negative for June 2024, which MAGA claims to want

-- As corporate media focuses on Joe Biden's debate performance, the economy continues to perform stunningly well

-- The newest conspiracy spiral, this time pushed on MSNBC, is that former President Barack Obama is orchestrating the removal of President Joe Biden

-- An uncontroversial comment from Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal is spun as anti-Biden

-- Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez files articles of impeachment against Supreme Court justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito

-- Donald Trump's most likely VP selections all hate him and have attacked him previously

-- A panicked Donald Trump again insists he doesn't know a thing about Project 2025 as the country slowly wakes up to the horrors of the proposal

-- Dangerous extremist Michael Davis, the architect of the Article III Project, admits what will happen if Donald Trump becomes President again

-- Failed former President Donald Trump makes a stunning admission about his VP selection

-- An audibly terrified voicemail caller says that Biden is dying politically and simply cannot win in November

-- On the Bonus Show: Milwaukee restaurants worry the RNC won't really help them, children's sugar consumption halved since tax announcement, Ozempic's popularity leading to shortages for diabetics, much more...

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7/10/24: Biden replacement talk flatlines, Trump polling gain flatlines Jul 10, 2024

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-- On the Show:

-- Allan Lichtman, political historian, author, and professor at American University in Washington DC, joins David to discuss his "Keys to the White House," whether the June 27 presidential debate has any bearing on his model, and his prediction for the 2024 presidential election

-- Prominent Democrats, including Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Hakeem Jeffries, Gavin Newsom, and others take the definitive position that President Joe Biden is and will be the Democratic presidential nominee in 2024

-- Exploring the strong argument that it is Donald Trump who should drop out of the 2024 presidential race

-- A confused, soaking wet, beet red Donald Trump delivers an unhinged rally to a sycophant crowd in Florida

-- Democratic Congressman Jake Auchincloss gets under the skin of a Fox News host by taking every opportunity to attack Republicans and Donald Trump

-- Joe Biden has appeared more orange in recent appearances

-- Donald Trump's national polling gain since the June 27 presidential debate appears to have flatlined, at least for now, at 1.8 percentage points

-- Stunning new polls show Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton defeating Donald Trump in hypothetical 2024 matchups

-- On the Bonus Show: Why 538's election forecast hasn't moved much post-debate, House passes Republican bills aimed at blocking dishwasher and fridge efficiency standards, Trump didn't invite Nikki Haley to the RNC, much more...

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7/9/24: Biden says he's staying in, Parkinson's conspiracy explodes, Trump softball interview Jul 09, 2024

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-- On the Show:

-- Cenk Uygur, host of the Young Turks, and Rachel Bitecofer, political strategist, debate whether Joe Biden should drop out of the presidential race following his poor debate performance

-- Joe Biden sends a letter to Democrats explaining why he won't drop out of the presidential race

-- Rumors speculate that Joe Biden has Parkinson's disease following reports that a Parkinson's doctor has visited the White House eight times

-- Donald Trump calls in for a softball interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity

-- Donald Trump Jr. says that Joe Biden will resign or drop out on Friday

-- On the Bonus Show: Trump's VP search in its final days, Kristi Noem's social media accounts disappear, RNC releases its first platform since 2016, and much more...

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7/8/24: UK & France say NO to right wing, Trump MISSING as Biden does 18 events Jul 08, 2024

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-- On the Show:

-- Left wing parties overperform in the UK and France, defying expectations that right wing parties would surge, which is terrifying to Donald Trump's prospects in November

-- Donald Trump's lead over Joe Biden in national polling is up 120% since the presidential debate, but may still be within the margin of error

-- Despite the focus on President Biden's frailty and lack of energy, Biden has done nearly 20 public events since the debate, while Trump has done close to zero, and is missing, along with his believed-to-be wife Melania Trump

-- 90% of the commentary about Joe Biden's cognitive decline is rooted in personal grievance and hysteria

-- President Joe Biden announces that he has already ruled out exiting the 2024 presidential race

-- As awareness spreads about the horrors of Project 2025, Donald Trump wildly lies that he knows nothing about it

-- CNN guest Allan Lichtman tells CNN hosts that they are complicit in helping Donald Trump defeat Joe Biden in November

-- After he presented an honest and humble reaction to the presidential debate, everyone is finding something to be made at David about

-- Voicemail caller claims David is being paid by the White House

-- On the Bonus Show: Radio host who interviewed Biden loses job after admitting campaign provided the questions, RFK Jr says he won't "take sides" on 9/11, Greece launches 6-day work week, much more...

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7/5/24: Progressive panel EXPLODES over Israel/Gaza Jul 05, 2024

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-- On the Show:

-- A panel discussion on the state of the progressive movement in the United States featuring Brianna Wu, Executive Director of Rebellion PAC, Claudia De la Cruz, a community organizer and presidential candidate, and Nomiki Konst, a progressive activist and co-director of Losing Puerto Rico

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7/4/24: Trump convicted on all 34 counts, now a felon (CLASSIC EPISODE FROM 5/31/24) Jul 04, 2024

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INDEPENDENCE DAY / CLASSIC EPISODE FROM MAY 31, 2024

-- Failed former President Donald Trump is convicted on all 34 felony counts in his first criminal trial and is now a convicted felon

-- Donald Trump is clearly shellshocked as he delivers a brief statement after being criminally convicted of 34 felonies

-- Trump supporters are devastated and lose their minds outside the courthouse just moments after Trump's conviction

-- Todd Blanche, Donald Trump's lawyer, delivers an absurd series of interviews after losing Trump's case

-- Caller discusses Christian nationalism

-- Caller asks about the possibility of Trump suspending the Constitution

-- Caller is worried Texas Republicans will change election laws in their favor

-- Caller may vote for Joe Biden

-- Caller asks what happens if Biden dies before the convention

-- Caller discusses school voucher programs

-- Caller talks about AI regulation

-- The Friday Feedback segment

-- On the Bonus Show: More Trump guilty verdict reactions, and much more...

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7/3/24: Trump builds lead post-debate, sentencing delayed for months Jul 03, 2024

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-- On the Show:

-- Donald Trump's poll numbers increase following Joe Biden's poor debate performance

-- Sentencing in Trump's New York criminal case is delayed until September following the Supreme Court's ruling on presidential immunity

-- Rudy Giuliani is disbarred in New York

-- Caller talks about the Supreme Court's presidential immunity ruling

-- Caller compares Trump and Biden's cognitive decline

-- Caller asks about Project 2025

-- Caller asks if Joe Biden should step down

-- Caller expects people to soon forget about Biden's bad debate performance

-- The Friday Feedback segment on Wednesday

-- On the Bonus Show: Democratic Congressman calls on Biden to withdraw from presidential race, Candace Owens says she's left "the cult of science," and much more...

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7/2/24: SCOTUS says Trump mostly immune, RFK tries to slip in Jul 02, 2024

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-- On the Show:

-- Former Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, now running against incumbent Republican Senator Rick Scott, joins David to discuss her campaign, the presidential race, President Biden's debate performance, and much more

-- The Supreme Court declares that former President Donald Trump does indeed have broad immunity, although not 100%, with regard to crimes committed while in office

-- President Joe Biden declares that, despite the Supreme Court's latest ruling, Presidents are not meant to be above the law

-- Can the Supreme Court's ruling on immunity be interpreted to mean that a President could legally assassinate his political opponent, as long as it is an official act?

-- As predicted, Donald Trump's lawyer Will Scharf argues that Trump's fake slate of electors was an official act

-- Opportunist Robert F. Kennedy Jr says he'd be willing to consider replacing President Biden as Democratic presidential nominee

-- It turns out that the black barbershop involved in a cheap Trump publicity stunt was scammed

-- Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon has reported to prison

-- Voicemail caller politely tells David there have been audio issues on the show

-- On the Bonus Show: Hurricane Beryl is the first Category 5 storm ever to form in June, noise pollution scientists are calling for more regulations, Louisiana's new surgical castration law, much more...

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7/1/24: Political world on the brink after Trump Biden debate Jul 01, 2024

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-- On the Show:

-- Absolute chaos takes over the political world after President Biden's poor debate performance against Donald Trump, but MAGA world's assumption that the race is over is premature

-- President Biden owns up to his terrible debate performance during a speech in Raleigh, North Carolina

-- President Biden sets a fundraising record, raising more than $33 million since the debate against Donald Trump

-- A shocking new report from Axios claims President Biden is only really functional between 10am and 4pm

-- A new poll finds 72% of voters believe President Biden should drop out of the race because he is not fit to run

-- Donald Trump's top suck-ups are confronted by our correspondent Luke Beasley at the debate in Atlanta, Georgia, and it does not go well for them

-- Trump's dementia suspicions go mainstream after President Biden's terrible debate performance

-- Donald Trump speaks to empty chairs while slurring endlessly at a rally in Chesapeake, Virginia

-- Audiovisual evidence is presented arguing that Donald Trump soiled himself during the presidential debate against President Joe Biden

-- Voicemail caller says that even if President Biden has dementia, he's still voting for him over Donald Trump

-- On the Bonus Show: Democrats fear Biden replacement could backfire, Oklahoma orders schools to teach the Bible in every classroom, far right leads first round of France's parliamentary elections, much more...

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6/28/24: Trump Biden debate goes completely haywire, talk of "replacement" explodes Jun 28, 2024

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-- On the Show:

-- The first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden sees Trump tell endless corrosive lies, and sees Biden appear confused and stumbling numerous times

-- Talk of replacing Joe Biden on the 2024 Democratic ticket explodes after Biden's poor debate performance

-- MAGA-world is taking advantage of the focus on Biden's debate performance to avoid accounting for the reality that Donald Trump's performance was a lie-riddled disaster

-- Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was missing from the court for days with no explanation, and speculation about why is running rampant

-- 0 of 500 Fortune 500 companies appear to be supporting Donald Trump for president in 2024

-- This week's Friday Feedback

-- On the Bonus Show: Producer Pat's take on the debate, conservatives make another terrible cartoon, and much more...

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