The David Pakman Show

-- 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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(00:00) Start

(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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-- On the Show:

-- Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, New York Times journalists, join us to discuss their new book Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump

-- Republicans condemn Graham Platner over his sexual abuse allegations but ignore the sexual assault liability of Donald Trump

-- President Donald Trump prematurely celebrates a peace deal with Iran right before maritime attacks trigger a resumption of U.S. airstrikes

-- Donald Trump makes several severe verbal blunders including calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy by the name of Vladimir Putin

-- Donald Trump navigates aircraft steps with extreme caution and relies on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for guidance on the tarmac

-- Donald Trump appears to doze off with closed eyes during an official international meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

-- Donald Trump holds a chaotic press conference featuring aggressive rants about assassination, roadside bombs, and his social media metrics

-- On the Bonus Show: Maine Democrats claim Platner is meddling with the replacement process, ACA premiums are poised for another big hike, an ICE agent fatally shoots a man in Houston, and much more...

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(01:21) Republican hypocrisy on sexual misconduct

(11:30) Trump's Iran peace claim falls apart

(18:34) Trump's NATO verbal mistakes, calls Zelenskyy "Putin"

(25:51) Trump struggles on aircraft stairs

(33:28) Interview: Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan on Regime Change

(54:45) Trump dozes off during meeting with Erdogan

(1:00:00) Trump declares Iran talks a waste of time
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-- On the Show:

-- New sexual assault allegations against Graham Platner prompt Democratic leaders to call for his withdrawal from the Maine Senate race

-- Juan Williams argues Republicans increasingly fear Trump has tied the party's fate to his own as they face a difficult midterm election season

-- New reporting claims Mitch McConnell has remained unconscious since being hospitalized three weeks ago, rasing serious transparency concerns

-- Labor force participation falls to its lowest level since 2021, reviving a Republican economic metric that was frequently used against Democrats

-- Donald Trump spends an Oval Office event jumping between the World Cup, TikTok, tech companies, cryptocurrency, and a proposed helipad

-- Donald Trump struggles through a NATO press conference, says he has "no concerns about anything," and says he settled eight wars

-- After Trump pushed FIFA to overturn Folarin Balogun's suspension, the U.S. still lost 4-1 to Belgium, presenting the idea of a "Trump curse"

-- Donald Trump claims D.C. restaurants were routinely robbed at gunpoint and says he can identify dangerous immigrants by appearance

-- On the ⁠Bonus Show⁠: Trump is hoarding cash meant for Republican candidates, a man sues ICE after he was targeted following a scathing email, Trump says 500,000 children have received $1,000 in "Trump accounts," and much more...

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(00:00) Start

(01:23) New allegations rock Maine Senate race

(10:41) Republicans fear Trump is dragging down the party

(21:31) Questions grow over McConnell's condition

(28:26) Labor force participation hits four-year low

(35:25) Trump's bizarre Oval Office ramble

(45:47) Trump's strange NATO press conference

(52:47) Did Trump just curse Team USA?

(59:34) Trump makes shocking claims about D.C. crime
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