11/14/22: Dems Keep Senate, House in Question as Trump Preps Announcement

-- On the Show: -- Jonathan Allen, senior political reporter for NBC News and co-author alongside Amie Parnes of the new book "Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House," joins David to discuss the book, Biden's failed re-election campaign, the election of Donald Trump, and much more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3Y2mwMF -- Donald Trump's America is becoming a dictatorship, and we deep dive into why that term is not hyperbole -- Presidents Donald Trump and Nayib Bukele of El Salvador hold a dystopian, terrifying press event at the White House -- A shouting Stephen Miller melts down on Fox News and defends a deportation that the Trump administration has already admitted was a mistake -- At the latest AOC/Bernie Sanders rally in Nampa, Idaho, Ocasio-Cortez refers to Donald Trump as a rapist and criminal -- Donald Trump gets the epitome of the softball question, asked how he manages to be so healthy -- On the Bonus Show: Bill Maher visits the White House, Social Security wrongly lists thousands of migrants as dead, Trump admin announces freeze to billions for Harvard, much more... 📜 Trust & Will: Save 10% on your estate planning at https://trustandwill.com/pakman ⚠️ Ground News: Get 40% OFF their unlimited access Vantage plan at https://ground.news/pakman 🥐 Wildgrain: Use code PAKMAN for $30 off & free baked goods at https://wildgrain.com/pakman 🔊 Babbel language learning: Get up to 60% OFF at https://babbel.com/pakman 💻 Sponsored by Private Internet Access: 83% OFF + 4 months free at https://www.piavpn.com/Pakman 🛌 Helix Sleep mattresses: Get 20% OFF sitewide at https://helixsleep.com/pakman -- Become a Member: https://davidpakman.com/membership -- Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/davidpakmanshow -- Get David's Books: https://davidpakman.com/echo -- TDPS Subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/thedavidpakmanshow -- David on Bluesky: https://davidpakman.com/bluesky -- David on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/davidpakmanshow

15 Apr 1h 6min

-- On the Show: -- An arsonist attempts to burn down Pennsylvania Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro's house just after Passover -- Donald Trump caves again, carving out some tech billionaires from his tariffs -- Senator Bernie Sanders brings the house down during an impromptu speech a Coachella -- Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have more record crowds with fired up audiences -- Donald Trump's bizarre annual physical triggers major health concerns -- Karoline Leavitt, Donald Trump's White House Press Secretary, implodes when asked the simplest of questions about the economy -- Karoline Leavitt, Donald Trump's White House Press Secretary, prays to Jesus before lying uncontrollably to the press and the American people -- Donald Trump has an authoritarian meltdown on Truth Social after watching 60 Minutes -- Donald Trump launches a brutal attack on plumbing and water pressure -- On the Bonus Show: Why Elon can't find $1 trillion in cuts, Meta's biggest trial in history, State Department wants staff to report alleged anti-Christian bias under Biden, much more... 🤖 Sponsored by Venice: Use code PAKMAN for 20% off a Pro Account at https://venice.ai/pakman 🧽 Blueland: Get 15% OFF sustainable cleaning products at https://blueland.com/pakman 🩳 SHEATH Underwear: Code PAKMAN for 20% OFF at https://sheathunderwear.com/pakman 🌳 Fast Growing Trees: Get 15% OFF with code PAKMAN at https://fastgrowingtrees.com ⚠️ Ground News: Get 40% OFF their unlimited access Vantage plan at https://ground.news/pakman -- Become a Member: https://davidpakman.com/membership -- Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/davidpakmanshow -- Get David's Books: https://davidpakman.com/echo -- TDPS Subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/thedavidpakmanshow -- David on Bluesky: https://davidpakman.com/bluesky -- David on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/davidpakmanshow

14 Apr 1h 3min

-- On the Show: -- Economic experts worry that Donald Trump has gone "insane" in the wake of the tariff stock market fiasco -- Donald Trump seems confused between "political asylum" and "insane asylums" -- Tulsi Gabbard claimed to live in Texas, but voted in Hawaii, raising major red flags -- Donald Trump's Truth Social rant leaves his own allies speechless -- Fox News admits that Trump's tariffs directly hurt businesses -- A desperate Maria Bartiromo asks "why are we doing this?" about Trump's economic fiasco -- Left wing purity tests represent a fight for status, and they're counterproductive -- MAGA hero Russell Brand is charged with a number of sexual assault crimes -- This week's Friday Feedback -- On the Bonus Show: Marjorie Taylor Greene suspected of insider trading, Trump admin considering paying Greenlanders $10,000, and much more... 👍 Save 20% on LUCY nicotine gum by using code PAKMAN at https://lucy.co 😺 Smalls cat food: Use code PAKMAN for 50% off & free shipping at https://smalls.com 🥦 Lumen lets you master your metabolism. GET 15% OFF at https://lumen.me/pakman 🛌 Helix Sleep mattresses: Get 20% OFF sitewide at https://helixsleep.com/pakman 👩‍❤️‍👨 Try the Paired App FREE for 7 days and get 25% OFF at https://paired.com/pakman 🔬 Freedom From Religion Foundation: Text DAVID to 511511 or visit https://ffrf.us/freedom -- Become a Member: https://davidpakman.com/membership -- Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/davidpakmanshow -- Get David's Books: https://davidpakman.com/echo -- TDPS Subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/thedavidpakmanshow -- David on Bluesky: https://davidpakman.com/bluesky -- David on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/davidpakmanshow

11 Apr 57min

-- On the Show: -- Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) joins David to discuss possible insider trading allegations surrounding the Trump tariff fiasco, the latest with the Ukraine-Russia war, and much more -- An internal email suggests that a Trump-run government agency is specifically targeting David's book for removal from Amazon -- Donald Trump randomly pauses all tariffs, seemingly having no idea what is going on -- Donald Trump appears confused when asked why he paused all of the tariffs -- As Donald Trump was pausing all tariffs, his trade representative was testifying before Congress that no pause was coming -- Insider trading and pump and dump suspicions grow after strange patterns emerge during the Trump tariff pause and stock market fiasco -- Karoline Leavitt, Donald Trump's White House Press Secretary, gets absolutely destroyed by Trump's flip flop on tariffs -- Fox News host Charlie Gasparino admits that it is Donald Trump who capitulated on the tariffs, not foreign nations -- On the Bonus Show: House Republican holdouts threaten Trump budget bill, appeals court rules Trump can fire probationary federal workers, FBI Director Kash Patel replaced as acting head of ATF, much more... 🔬 Freedom From Religion Foundation: Text DAVID to 511511 or visit https://ffrf.us/freedom 🔊 Babbel language learning: Get up to 60% OFF at https://babbel.com/pakman 🧠 Try Brain.fm totally free for a month at https://brain.fm/pakman -- Become a Member: https://davidpakman.com/membership -- Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/davidpakmanshow -- Get David's Books: https://davidpakman.com/echo -- TDPS Subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/thedavidpakmanshow -- David on Bluesky: https://davidpakman.com/bluesky -- David on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/davidpakmanshow

10 Apr 1h 2min

-- On the Show: -- Donald Trump orders a massive military parade to take place on his birthday at huge taxpayer expense, reminiscent of 20th century authoritarians -- A slurring and disheveled Donald Trump speaks nonsense to the National Republican Congressional Committee dinner -- Attorney General Pam Bondi tells endless lies about deportations taking place in the United States under Donald Trump -- Karoline Leavitt, Donald Trump's White House Press Secretary, melts down over simple questions -- Fox News completely ignores the stock market collapse for days -- The MAGA civil war builds with Elon Musk referring to Peter Navarro as "Peter Retarrdo" -- Republican Senator Rand Paul eviscerates Donald Trump's tariff scheme -- A point-by-point breakdown of Charlie Kirk's claims about tariffs quickly falls apart upon a cursory examination -- On the Bonus Show: Judge says White House can't ban Associated Press, more Americans say Trump favoring Russia too much, Trump tariffs trigger "alarming" bond market fire sale, much more... ✏️ Outschool: Use code PAKMAN for up to $20 OFF at https://outschool.com/pakman 🔬 Freedom From Religion Foundation: Text DAVID to 511511 or visit https://ffrf.us/freedom 🩳 SHEATH Underwear: Code PAKMAN for 20% OFF at https://sheathunderwear.com/pakman -- Become a Member: https://davidpakman.com/membership -- Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/davidpakmanshow -- Get David's Books: https://davidpakman.com/echo -- TDPS Subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/thedavidpakmanshow -- David on Bluesky: https://davidpakman.com/bluesky -- David on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/davidpakmanshow

9 Apr 59min

-- On the Show: -- Katherine Stewart, author of the book Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy, joins David to discuss the movement and what's taking place in America today. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3XSWiw2 -- Larry Kudlow explains to Trump Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that trade deficits aren't necessarily a bad thing -- Fox news host Maria Bartiromo admits that a Trump-induced recession is now likely -- Pro-Trump CNBC host Joe Kernen is not buying Peter Navarro's nonsense about the economy -- Donald Trump's stock market has had the worst first 50 days in decades, and Kamala Harris predicted exactly this -- A confused Donald Trump says we need "open borders" in a stunning rant -- Karoline Leavitt, Donald Trump's Press Secretary, tells endless obvious lies on Fox News -- Donald Trump hosts the World Series winning Los Angeles Dodgers in one of the strangest events in recent memory -- On the Bonus Show: Justice Department scraps crypto unit, Elon Musk's X will clamp down on parody accounts, growing number of Republicans blaming Trump for stock market fiasco, much more... 🔬 Freedom From Religion Foundation: Text DAVID to 511511 or visit https://ffrf.us/freedom 💪 AG1 is offering you a FREE $76 GIFT when you sign up at https://drinkag1.com/pakman ✉️ StartMail: Get 50% OFF for a year subscription at https://startmail.com/pakman -- Become a Member: https://davidpakman.com/membership -- Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/davidpakmanshow -- Get David's Books: https://davidpakman.com/echo -- TDPS Subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/thedavidpakmanshow -- David on Bluesky: https://davidpakman.com/bluesky -- David on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/davidpakmanshow

8 Apr 59min

-- On the Show: -- Protests against Donald Trump and Elon Musk explode nationally as the streets fill -- A sweaty and panicked Trump has no idea what's happening to the economy as he takes questions on Air Force One -- Donald Trump admits he likes the idea of imprisoning American citizens in El Salvador, which would be unconstitutional and against the law -- Elon Musk splits with Trump, saying he wants free trade, not tariffs -- A growing number of right wing figures are turning on Donald Trump's tariffs, including Fox Host Maria Bartiromo, Elon Musk, Jonah Goldberg, Rand Paul and others -- A delusional Trump supporter explains tariffs as she understands them, which happens to be absolute nonsense, as the latest reminder of a major problem in American politics -- Barack Obama exposes the right-wing media on how they covered his administration versus Trump's -- Right-wing Trump supporter Ben Shapiro pounds Trump over the blanket tariffs he has put in place -- A new report find that left wing YouTube grew significantly faster than right wing YouTube in the first quarter of 2025 -- On the Bonus Show: 2 states considering eliminating income tax, National Park Service removes references to Harriet Tubman, RFK Jr visits epicenter of Texas measles outbreak, much more... 🔬 Freedom From Religion Foundation: Text DAVID to 511511 or visit https://ffrf.us/freedom 🌳 Fast Growing Trees: Get 15% OFF with code PAKMAN at https://fastgrowingtrees.com 💻 Sponsored by Private Internet Access: 83% OFF + 4 months free at https://www.piavpn.com/David 👂 MDHearing: Use code PAKMAN to get a pair for just $297 at https://shopmdhearing.com/ -- Become a Member: https://davidpakman.com/membership -- Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/davidpakmanshow -- Get David's Books: https://davidpakman.com/echo -- TDPS Subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/thedavidpakmanshow -- David on Bluesky: https://davidpakman.com/bluesky -- David on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/davidpakmanshow

7 Apr 54min

-- On the Show: -- In the midst of absolute economic chaos, Donald Trump's approval rating hits yet another new low -- Within hours of a brutal loss in Wisconsin in which $25 million of Elon Musk's money failed to bring a win, Donald Trump starts telling his staff that Elon Musk will soon be leaving -- Vice President JD Vance admits that prices will go up before they have a possibility of going down, but argues this is a good thing -- Key influencers are turning on Donald Trump, including Joe Rogan and Dave Portnoy -- Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert confused Roger Stone with Olive Stone in a humiliating Congressional hearing -- Donald Trump's approval on the economy collapses, understandably -- Alina Habba looks horrified as Donald Trump forgets the word "criminal" -- This week's Friday Feedback -- On the Bonus Show: Right-wing reactions to Trump's latest tariffs, and much more... 🩳 SHEATH Underwear: Code PAKMAN for 20% OFF at https://sheathunderwear.com/pakman ✉️ StartMail: Get 50% OFF for a year subscription at https://startmail.com/pakman  -- Become a Member: https://davidpakman.com/membership -- Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/davidpakmanshow -- Get David's Books: https://davidpakman.com/echo -- TDPS Subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/thedavidpakmanshow -- David on Bluesky: https://davidpakman.com/bluesky -- David on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/davidpakmanshow

4 Apr 55min