The David Pakman Show

-- 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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-- 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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-- 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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