The David Pakman Show

-- On the Show:

-- Jessica Knurick, a nutrition scientist and registered dietitian, joins us on Substack Live to discuss health, nutrition, and misinformation coming from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the MAHA movement

-- Donald Trump refuses to rule out deploying ground troops in Iran and vows to strike civilian power grids and bridges

-- Donald Trump abruptly cancels his proposed 20% cargo transit fee for the Strait of Hormuz after talking to Gulf leaders

-- Donald Trump demands that ICE resume traffic stops just hours after his own administration suspended them following fatal shootings

-- Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche denies the existence of a Jeffrey Epstein client list and rejects accusations of a government cover-up

-- Donald Trump wanders off-topic when asked about Iran, insults an Iraqi leader's looks, and criticizes the FBI's probe into Lindsey Graham's death

-- Dinesh D'Souza praises Donald Trump for donating his presidential salary without scaling the amount against his multibillion-dollar income

-- On the Bonus Show: Elon Musk could get charged with breaking election law, daylight saving time could become permanent, the misuse of driver-assistance technology is a big risk to road safety, and much more...

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(01:29) Trump considers ground troops in Iran

(09:26) Trump cancels 20% Strait of Hormuz fee

(21:02) Trump demands ICE resume traffic stops

(28:25) Todd Blanche says there's no client list

(39:13) Jessica Knurick Interview

(1:03:14) Trump criticizes FBI's Lindsey Graham probe

(1:13:26) D'Souza praises Trump for donating his salary

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-- On the Show:

-- Federal agents shoot a 26-year-old Colombian man in Maine and subsequently place him in handcuffs while he lies on the ground

-- Darline Graham Nordone is chosen by South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster to fill her late brother Lindsey Graham's vacant Senate seat

-- Online skeptics reject a "proof of life" hospital photograph of Mitch McConnell holding a newspaper alongside his wife, Elaine Chao

-- Senator Ron Johnson suggests that the recently released hospital photograph of Mitch McConnell might be an older picture

-- Donald Trump announces an upcoming national address that sparks intense online speculation about his potential departure from office

-- Donald Trump falsely claims during an interview that he struck Iran with nuclear weapons to prevent them from acquiring a weapon

-- Donald Trump responds to congressional impeachment warnings while making highly derogatory remarks about Kamala Harris

-- David investigates widespread viewer complaints regarding online platforms automatically unsubscribing people from the YouTube channel

-- On the Bonus Show: A judge nullifies Trump's IRS settlement, Todd Blanche's confirmation is not a sure thing, AI political text messages are getting more effective, and much more...

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(01:16) ICE handcuffs man after killing him

(09:57) Lindsey Graham's sister fills his seat

(19:15) Skeptics reject McConnell proof of life photo

(25:47) Ron Johnson doubts McConnell photo

(36:24) Trump schedules prime-time address

(43:47) Trump claims he nuked Iran

(53:09) Trump responds to impeachment warning

(59:10) David investigates unsubscribes

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-- On the Show:

-- Brian Tyler Cohen, progressive political commentator with over 5 million YouTube subscribers, joins us to discuss his new book, "The Day After: How to Wield Power in a Post-Trump World"

-- Unsubstantiated rumors claim foreign adversaries poisoned United States Senator Lindsey Graham after his diplomatic trip to Ukraine

-- Donald Trump uses media appearances meant for United States Senator Lindsey Graham to focus entirely onto the SAVE America Act

-- The left must reject uninspiring centrist policies and activist purity tests and focus on a practical social democracy platform

-- Trump fires commissioners from the Election Assistance Commission, dismantling the agency responsible for securing voting systems

-- The Trump administration uses grand jury subpoenas and FBI assets to target journalists reporting on presidential security

-- Donald Trump derails a live interview by launching into conspiracies about Barack Obama and fabricated California election fraud

-- Donald Trump posts a social media tirade filled with insults toward journalists and accusations labeling Democrats as communist

-- On the Bonus Show: The race begins to replace Lindsey Graham in the Senate, Mamdani adds more immigrant neighborhoods to a list after backlash, the Trump administration pulls back smoking warnings, and much more...

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(01:18) Lindsey Graham dies at 71

(10:27) Trump uses Graham's death to push SAVE Act

(20:12) The left must stop with the purity tests

(28:20) Trump fires workers who secure elections

(34:02) Trump keeps targeting journalists

(42:49) Brian Tyler Cohen interview

(57:50) Trump derails Lindsey Graham tribute

(1:04:39) Trump's latest social media tirade

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-- On the Show:

-- Donald Trump pushes for government ownership in corporations despite calling opponents communists and praising dictators

-- Donald Trump launches a furious social media attack against Gavin Newsom, mistakenly treating an old interview as breaking news

-- A Danish journalist confronts NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte over his public flattery of Donald Trump

-- CNN mistakenly airs a political quote from "Jack Kimble," a well-known social media parody account, on live television

-- Trump announces the end of the Iran war right before military actions resumed, developing a pattern of declaring issues solved prematurely

-- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton allegedly voted in multiple elections using an address where he no longer lived

-- The Friday Feedback segment

-- On the Bonus Show: Potential Graham Platner replacements, a new federal law requires colleges to leave students better off, and much more...

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(01:13) Trump's policies look like communism

(08:24) Trump attacks Gavin Newsom on Truth Social

(17:32) Reporter confronts NATO chief over Trump flattery

(25:18) CNN tricked by social media parody account

(31:11) Trump declares issues solved prematurely

(38:30) Ken Paxton allegedly voted using old address

(45:10) Friday Feedback segment

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-- On the Show:

-- Katie Phang, independent journalist, trial lawyer, and the host of the Katie Phang News channel, joins us to discuss Epstein files litigation, recent Supreme Court justices, and much more…

-- Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner drops out of the race following severe sexual assault and physical abuse allegations from his ex-girlfriend

-- Donald Trump returns home on the older Air Force One after the Secret Service warns that his new Qatari aircraft lacks defense systems

-- Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear demands a formal health update on Senator Mitch McConnell three weeks after the Senator's disappearance

-- Donald Trump claims he won three elections, invents a $19 trillion manufacturing statistic, and publicly ruminates on his own assassination

-- Donald Trump answers questions about Mitch McConnell's health and falsely claims that prescription drug prices have decreased by 600%

-- A Washington park fountain project promoted by Trump is widely mocked after its renovated water system pumps muddy brown water

-- On the Bonus Show: Trump asks the Supreme Court to reconsider birthright citizenship, several Republicans claim they had a 20-minute conversation with McConnell, Charlie Kirk has become a meme among young people, and much more...

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(01:23) Graham Platner drops out of Senate race

(09:07) Trump abandons his new Qatari plane

(20:05) Kentucky Governor wants an update on McConnell

(26:14) Trump claims he won three elections

(37:36) Katie Phang interview

(54:51) Trump dodges question on McConnell's health

(1:03:12) DC fountain pumping dark brown water

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