The David Pakman Show

COLUMBUS DAY / INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY / CLASSIC EPISODE FROM SEPTEMBER 5, 2024 -- On the Show: -- Doctor Steven Hassan, world-renowned cult expert and author of "The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control," joins David to discuss his understanding of the MAGA movement through a cult lens. Get the book: https://amzn.to/4dTBM4q -- Allan Lichtman, top longt...

-- On the Show: -- Luke Beasley, host of The Luke Beasley Show, fills in for David. Subscribe to his channel at https://davidpakman.com/luke -- Barack Obama campaigns on behalf of Kamala Harris in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and scorches Donald Trump -- Joe Biden responds to Republican lies about the government's response to the recent hurricanes -- Donald Trump holds a rally in Pennsylvania and deni...

-- On the Show: -- Kamala Harris' lead nationally and in the critical battleground states is notable smaller than Joe Biden's was on this same date in 2020, raising serious concerns -- Donald Trump explodes after getting caught sending Vladimir Putin COVID tests during the pandemic shortage -- Kamala Harris appears on the Howard Stern show and is widely slammed by MAGA despite giving a wide-rangin...

-- On the Show: -- A deep dive into the comparisons between, and often taboo of, comparing Donald Trump or other modern-day authoritarians to the dictators of history, including Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, Kim Jong Un, and others -- Kamala Harris reveals that she owns and has fired a gun, among other interesting statements that sent MAGA into a frenzy -- Bob Woodward reveals that Donald Trump regul...

-- On the Show: -- A deep dive into the origins of the "crime is up" narrative that has been pushed by Donald Trump and by Republicans, including the role of John Lott, a former guest on the show, of generating the claims that Trump has been making -- Speaking in Flint, Michigan, Vice President Kamala Harris brutally destroys Trump's gaffe line about "concepts of a plan" from the presidential deba...

-- On the Show: -- A deep dive into the claim that social media platforms are biased against conservatives as evidenced by the supposedly higher rate of suspensions and bans for right wing users -- The New York Times appears to suddenly discover the reality of Donald Trump's cognitive decline -- Kamala Harris will be interviewed this week on 60 Minutes, The View, the Howard Stern Show, and by Step...

-- On the Show: -- Republican Senator Tim Scott tries to defend Donald Trump's economic policy on CNBC and it does not go well -- Melania Trump reportedly demanded $250,000 from CNN to be interviewed -- Donald Trump supporters appear to fight each other before his event in Saginaw, Michigan -- Donald Trump accuses Kamala Harris in his latest demented rant, this one in Waunakee, Wisconsin -- Fox Ne...

-- On the Show: -- A deep dive comparing and contrasting various election prediction models, including 538, RealClearPolitics, Nate Silver's "Silver Bulletin," and many more -- Prosecutor Jack Smith's legal filing detailing Donald Trump's desperate criminality after losing the 2020 election is released, and it is stunning and damning -- Donald Trump loses his mind over the newly-released legal fil...

-- On the Show: -- A deep dive into the future of MAGA depending on which scenario plays out this November, a Trump win, a narrow Trump loss, and a major Trump blowout by Kamala Harris and Tim Walz -- The VP debate is mostly uneventful but punctuated with some absurd moments, including JD Vance refusing to answer Tim Walz's simple question about whether Donald Trump lost the 2020 election -- Post-...

-- On the Show: -- Timothy Snyder, historian and author of the new book "On Freedom," joins David to discuss the book, freedom, liberty and much more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3BooSgr -- Kamala Harris schools Trump on how to properly handle natural disaster response in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene -- Donald Trump stages a disgusting photo-op in Valdosta, Georgia after Hurricane Helene an...

-- On the Show: -- Kamala Harris, at a rally in Douglas, Arizona, gets to the core of what is wrong with Trump and MAGA -- In an absolutely massive rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, Kamala Harris obliterates that MAGA approach to politics -- Trumpian financial guru Dave Ramsey laments that Kamala Harris won't sit down with him, and reports on his interview with Donald Trump by citing completely inaccura...

-- On the Show: -- Laura Ingraham has an on-air meltdown over the latest polling -- Mark Cuban brutally humiliates Donald Trump -- Greta Van Susteren praises Bernie Sanders for his work on lowering the cost of prescription drugs -- A miserable looking Melania Trump briefly comes out of hiding to pretend that she still likes her husband -- Despite being clearly mentally ill, Roseanne Barr is still...

-- On the Show: -- President Joe Biden appears on The View and speaks coherently and humbly, both a sharp contrast to Donald Trump's recent public appearances -- Donald Trump delivers a supposed "economic speech" in North Carolina that is so absurd, even Fox News and Newsmax cut away -- Roseanne Barr screams like a severely mentally ill person during an appearance with Tucker Carlson in Texas as p...

-- On the Show: -- Susanne Craig, investigative reporter and author, with Russ Buettner, of "Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Create the Illusion of Success," joins David to discuss the book, which you can get here: https://amzn.to/3MWyyRw -- Republican Senator Mitch McConnell admits that Donald Trump's tariffs are a bad idea, and we dive into when and how tariffs...

-- On the Show: -- Don Lemon, host of the Don Lemon Show and author of the new book "I Once Was Lost: My Search for God in America," joins David to discuss the book and his recent work. Get the book: https://amzn.to/4dlaPFF -- Kaylee McGhee humiliates herself in her latest attempt to sane-wash Donald Trump's incoherent rambling -- A support of Donald Trump's admits during an interview that "illega...

-- On the Show: -- Allan Lichtman, political historian, author, and professor at American University, joins David to discuss his final 2024 election prediction, that Kamala Harris will defeat Donald Trump and become the next President of the United States -- Kamala Harris yet again takes her largest lead yet against Donald Trump in national polling -- A terrified Donald Trump bails on debating Kam...

-- On the Show: --Mark Robinson, the Trump-endorsed Republican North Carolina gubernatorial candidate, is caught making claims that slavery should come back, that he is a "black Nazi," and admitting to peeping in locker rooms -- Kamala Harris is interviewed by Oprah Winfrey in a policy-dense discussion -- Kamala Harris' national polling lead over Donald Trump hits is highest point yet, and it wild...

-- On the Show: -- Farron Cousins, host of Ring of Fire and Farron Balanced, fills in for David. Subscribe to him on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/farronbalanced & https://www.youtube.com/c/TheRingofFire -- Trump fails to explain how he would lower the cost of groceries during his rally in Michigan -- Trump rambles incoherently about how he doesn't ramble incoherently at his Michigan rally -- T...

-- On the Show: -- A deeper assessment of Kamala Harris' presidential campaign, including her strategy for replacing Joe Biden, her debates interviews and rallies, and the sad reality that she may still lose despite doing most things correctly -- ProPublica reports on a Georgia woman, 28-year-old Amber Nicole Thurman, who died in an otherwise treatable situation because of Georgia's anti-abortion...

-- On the Show: -- New national polling, and state polling out of Arizona and Nevada point to a grim picture for Donald Trump -- New polling in Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Georgia, and Pennsylvania point to a continued tight electoral race for Kamala Harris against Donald Trump -- The entire political future of Donald Trump and MAGA may rest with the state of North Carolina -- Senator JD...

-- On the Show: -- Donald Trump survives another assassination attempt, this time from 58-year-old former Trump voter Ryan Wesley Routh -- While Joe Biden and Kamala Harris' reactions to the second failed assassination attempt of Donald Trump are quite sane, Elon Musk's reaction was very much the opposite -- Donald Trump self-destructs when asks how tariffs work, reminding us about his economic in...

-- On the Show: -- Multiple reports surface that staffers for Donald Trump are completely defeated after his disastrous debate performance and are ready to give up on the campaign -- A flailing and desperate Donald Trump wildly claims that Kamala Harris was given the questions for the ABC debate in advance -- Lara Trump implodes when asked for evidence of voter fraud during an appearance on CNN --...

-- On the Show: -- Doctor John Kruse, neuroscientist, author, and psychiatrist who has been working with adults with ADHD for over thirty years, joins David to analyze the Trump-Harris debate -- After showing that he cannot stay in this race cognitively, physically, and constitutionally, Donald Trump should step aside and allow Republican to replace him -- Stephen Miller, Trump advisor, absolutely...

-- On the Show: -- A deep dive into the scary fact that, despite failure after failure by Donald Trump, he could still defeat Kamala Harris in the upcoming presidential election -- A full review of the Trump vs Harris presidential debate, including the complete and total collapse of Donald Trump -- Fox News panics after the debate, spending the evening attacking ABC's moderators and Kamala Harris...

-- On the Show: -- Tristan Snell, lawyer, legal commentator, former New York Attorney General who prosecuted Donald Trump, and creator of Taking Down Trump, joins David to discuss his experience prosecuting Trump -- Donald Trump has cut Kamala Harris' lead in national polling by nearly 50% in just one week -- Multiple new polls have Donald Trump losing North Carolina to Kamala Harris, a state that...