The David Pakman Show

-- On the Show

-- The right-wing media ecosystem turns Charlie Kirk into both a saint and a conspiracy object, hollowing out his legacy while the Trump administration exploits his death

-- The White House insists Donald Trump is in perfect health while public footage shows cognitive lapses and a presidency increasingly shielded by public relations

-- MAGA functions as a cult of personal loyalty to Donald Trump and collapses without him, leaving the Republican Party to repackage the same resentments in quieter forms

-- A Democratic House after the 2026 midterms strips Donald Trump of legislative power and turns his presidency into institutional paralysis and constant investigation

-- Republican leaders increasingly treat Donald Trump as a liability to manage rather than a leader to follow, quietly building parallel power structures

-- New polling shows Donald Trump deeply underwater with independents, signaling midterm danger as congressional allies distance themselves

-- The Trump administration follows the classic authoritarian pattern where loyalty replaces competence and governance collapses into chaos

-- Donald Trump’s behavior consistently contradicts his rhetoric, revealing a governing style built on performative outrage and quiet retreats rather than real belief

-- On the Bonus Show: Producer Pat hosts the Bonus Show

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(00:00) Start(01:23) Charlie Kirk mythmaking(10:43) Trump perfect health spin(18:44) MAGA as personality cult(26:44) Trump boxed in Congress(35:27) GOP hedges against Trump(42:40) Independents abandon Trump(49:16) Loyalty over competence(56:11) Rhetoric versus reality  
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-- On the Show

-- Rand Paul rebukes right-wing media figures for lying about the ICE killing of Alex Pretti and defends constitutional carry rights

-- Jessica Tarlov questions Melania Trump about unity, exposing selective right-wing outrage over language, immigration, and who is treated as a legitimate American

-- Federal immigration policy deliberately escalates confrontations, deeaths, and creates conditions where stochastic violence becomes statistically inevitable

-- Donald Trump threatens Iran with military force on Truth Social, contradicts his anti-war branding, and escalates global tensions

-- Trump administration officials including Kristi Noem and Greg Bovino face demands for accountability over immigration policies that predictably lead to civilian deaths

-- Donald Trump forgets the word Alzheimer’s while insisting on cognitive perfection, highlighting double standards and unresolved concerns about presidential fitness

-- The Friday Feedback segment

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00:00 Start02:37 Rand Paul rebukes right-wing lies08:20 Tarlov grills Melania on unity18:54 Immigration policy escalates violence25:27 Trump threatens Iran militarily32:45 Accountability for deadly policies38:39 Trump flubs Alzheimer’s term44:27 Friday Feedback segment

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-- On the Show

-- Graham Platner, a Marine and U.S. Army veteran and oyster farmer, joins us to discuss his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Maine

-- The Trump administration publicly shields ICE agents while quietly setting up a political scapegoat strategy that would sacrifice individual officers to protect Donald Trump and senior officials

-- Tom Homan signals internal blame shifting as the Trump administration prepares to distance itself from ICE and Border Patrol agents amid political backlash

-- Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell asserts independence and delivers bleak economic signals that undermine Donald Trump’s economic narrative

-- Donald Trump delivers erratic remarks alongside Nicki Minaj endorsements and incoherent policy claims that highlight cognitive decline and performative chaos

-- Senators Marco Rubio and Rand Paul openly clash over authoritarian logic and foreign policy, exposing fractures inside the Republican coalition around Trump

-- Fox News figures Brit Hume and others acknowledge polling reality and concede that Donald Trump’s immigration and economic policies are politically damaging

-- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem deflects responsibility for false claims about a Minnesota killing by invoking obedience while positioning herself as expendable

-- On the Bonus Show: Democrats and the White House try avoiding another government shutdown, the Melania documentary is bombing, the FBI searches an Atlanta election office looking for 2020 voter fraud, and much more...

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0:00) Start(01:18) Trump sets up ICE scapegoats(07:20) Homan hints at blame shift(13:29) Powell defies Trump narrative(21:19) Trump rambles, chaos on display(28:22) Rubio Paul GOP fracture(36:47) Graham Platner Interview(1:00:56) Fox admits Trump damage(1:07:04) Noem deflects Minnesota killing  
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-- On the Show

-- A federal ICE agent in Minnesota threatens a legal observer for speaking and filming, openly signaling that constitutionally protected speech will be punished

-- Donald Trump blames Rep. Ilhan Omar after a Trump supporter sprays her with a liquid at a Minneapolis town hall, refusing to condemn the assault

-- Donald Trump dismisses checks and balances, attacks victims and reporters, and delivers incoherent and authoritarian rhetoric during a chaotic televised interview

-- Donald Trump delivers a rambling Iowa rally speech filled with false claims and self-mythologizing as protesters interrupt and the crowd visibly disengages

-- Donald Trump publicly questions lawful gun ownership to deflect blame from federal agents, triggering backlash as he reveals his view that rights are conditional

-- Conservative figures including Glenn Beck and Sean Spicer rebuke Donald Trump for undermining Second Amendment arguments while he continues spreading false claims

-- Donald Trump oscillates between praise, denial, and evasiveness over the Alex Pretti killing and Kristi Noem’s role as investigations, protests, and media scrutiny intensify

-- Senator Rand Paul condemns ICE conduct and demands an independent investigation, openly challenging the Trump administration’s narrative and enforcement strategy

-- On the Bonus Show: TikTok blocks Epstein and anti-ICE content, Bari Weiss makes more cuts and changes at CBS, anti-ICE protesters call for nationwide shutdown on Friday, and much more...

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-- On the Show

-- Ezekiel Emanuel, an oncologist and world leader in health policy and bioethics, joins us to discuss his new book "Eat Your Ice Cream: Six Simple Rules for a Long and Healthy Life"

-- The Wall Street Journal editorial board calls Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown a moral and political debacle after federal agents kill ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis

-- Donald Trump demotes Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino after agents under his leadership kill Alex Pretti, signaling damage control as the administration collapses

-- Conservative figures and Second Amendment defenders publicly question the Trump administration after Alex Pretti is killed while legally armed, exposing fractures inside the MAGA coalition

-- Donald Trump posts a conciliatory Truth Social message about Minnesota Governor Tim Walz while quietly reshuffling personnel, revealing a crisis response

-- Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt struggles to defend shifting White House narratives as reporters repeatedly fact check claims about Alex Pretti, Stephen Miller, and the justification for lethal force

-- Kash Patel contradicts himself across multiple interviews on gun rights and protests, creating legal and political confusion as the administration tries to justify the killing of Alex Pretti

-- Megyn Kelly argues that Alex Pretti should have avoided federal agents entirely, effectively endorsing the idea that citizens must stay home to avoid being killed by the state

-- On the Bonus Show: NRA calls for an investigation into the killing of Alex Pretti, House Democrats push impeachment of Kristi Noem, calls grow for a US World Cup boycott, and much more...

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(00:00) Start(01:15) WSJ slams Trump immigration(06:57) Trump drops Bevino amid crisis(13:03) MAGA allies break ranks(21:11) Trump PR scramble in Minnesota(27:19) Leavitt struggles under scrutiny(38:06) Ezekiel Emanuel interview  (1:02:39) Kash Patel contradicts himself (1:08:06) Megyn Kelly’s shocking take

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