The David Pakman Show

-- On the Show:

-- Brian Tyler Cohen joins from Crooked Con to talk about the election results, Trump's corruption, and what Democrats do with power now

-- Democrats won big, and the fight over retribution versus accountability is already splitting the left

-- What a Democratic Congress can actually get done, and where Trump's veto pen still wins

-- Trump's disastrous interview veers from the Iran war to his own financial corruption to whether he thinks he is going to hell

-- Trump is now hinting he may bail out and sit out the 2028 election entirely as the fallout from the Republican disaster gets worse

-- Mitch McConnell freezes and cannot answer even the simplest question about the midterm results in a viral video that is hard to watch

-- Trump appears to be turning on JD Vance and Pete Hegseth as the blame game over the Iran war and the election disaster gets ugly

-- Sky News reporter Dominic Waghorn asks Trump to his face how it feels to be a loser after the midterm disaster, and Trump's reaction says everything

-- On the Bonus Show: How wrong were the 2026 polls, Katie Miller ends her podcast, LIV golf is winding down, and much more...

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(00:00) Intro

(01:13) Retribution is not accountability

(08:36) What Democrats can actually do

(19:22) Trump's disastrous 60 Minutes interview

(29:26) Trump may skip 2028

(35:18) McConnell silent in viral video

(44:19) Brian Tyler Cohen interview

(1:02:30) Trump turns on Hegseth, Vance

(1:10:10) Trump asked how losing feels
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-- On the Show:

-- Even Trump's biggest supporters are saying the Trump era is over, as MAGA voices concede the movement's moment has passed

-- Pete Hegseth is suddenly facing an impeachment vote, with Democrats taking the House and his scandals finally catching up with him

-- After years of evading accountability, Trump is finally facing major consequences, and the reckoning is long overdue

-- Facing two years of hell, Trump may simply quit and walk away rather than serve out a term defined by investigations and losses

-- Trump sued the BBC for $10 billion, and now the fight is blocking the very man who could crush him, a decision he may come to regret

-- New fears of another January 6 are emerging, as Americans prepare for the possibility of fresh political violence at the Capitol

-- The Friday Feedback segment

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(00:00) Intro

(01:05) MAGA says the Trump era is over

(07:45) Hegseth faces impeachment vote

(16:01) Trump finally faces consequences

(22:20) Trump may simply quit

(31:18) Trump may regret suing the BBC

(38:24) New Capitol riot fears erupt

(44:57) Friday Feedback segment
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-- On the Show:

-- JD Vance publicly blames Trump's Iran war for the Republican midterm defeat, breaking with Trump less than a day after the rout

-- Trump emerges after the devastating losses and gives bizarre answers on Vance, Hegseth, impeachment, and when the Iran war ends

-- Asked if he's worried about a third impeachment, Trump insists he's not, saying it would destroy the Democratic Party instead

-- Ron DeSantis calls the Republican midterm defeat something like an extinction-level event and warns Texas is slipping away

-- Trump retreats from public view after the midterm disaster, posting about his ballroom, vote transfers, and daylight saving time

-- Trump publicly defends Pete Hegseth while reportedly asking advisers whether his Defense Secretary should be replaced after the losses

-- Mike Johnson quits Republican leadership rather than lead the minority, as Jordan and Scalise circle the job he left behind

-- Elon Musk spent roughly $474 million backing Republicans in the midterms, lost everything, and started deleting his election posts

-- On the Bonus Show: Who pays for a $1B riot, North Korea's $6 billion Binance theft, and the week in politics, and much more...

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(0:00) Start

(1:05) Vance turns on Trump

(7:55) Sickly Trump struggles

(20:29) Trump fears impeachment

(27:19) Extinction-level event for Republicans

(38:55) Trump stays in hiding

(45:53) Trump panics over Hegseth

(51:55) Johnson quits leadership

(58:50) Musk deletes his posts

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