The David Pakman Show

-- On the Show: -- Failed former President Donald Trump will be arrested, booked, and arraigned in court in New York City tomorrow, with an expected 34 criminal counts against him -- Donald Trump's press conference, which he plans to hold at Mar-a-Lago after his arraignment tomorrow, could get him re-arrested if indeed the judge issues a gag order -- It is imperative for democracy that there be ca...

-- On the Show: -- Donald Trump is indicted on 34 counts by a Manhattan grand jury in connection with his alleged hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels -- Fox News reacts to the Donald Trump indictment -- Republican Senator Lindsey Graham melts down over news that Donald Trump has been indicted -- Eric Trump rants about how you can't buy Tylenol at CVS in response to news of his...

-- On the Show: -- A new series of leaked emails from Fox News expose executives arguing that telling the truth is bad for their ratings -- The anti-trans right wing is immediately using the recent shooting in Nashville, Tennessee to declare war against transgender people -- Fox News propagandist Sean Hannity is the latest to send the right-wing mob against David for his recent tweet about the Nas...

-- On the Show: -- Donald Trump Jr, Candace Owens, Infowars, and many others unleash a hate mob against David for an obviously tongue-in-cheek tweet -- The right wing hate mob, which regularly claims to be against cancel culture, is contacting all of our advertisers in an effort to get David canceled -- Thoughts and prayers don't prevent mass shootings, but we look at 10 policy proposals that woul...

-- On the Show: -- Tess Wilkinson-Ryan, Professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law and author of the book "Fool Proof: How Fear of Playing the Sucker Shapes Our Selves and the Social Order―and What We Can Do About It," joins David to discuss the sucker narrative, societal norms around parenthood, and much more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/42NZZny -- Right-wingers immediately blame...

-- On the Show: -- There is no open US-Mexico border, despite the insistence of many in the modern American right wing -- Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis' major would-be donors are increasingly worried that he can't possibly take on Donald Trump in a protracted national primary election -- Donald Trump holds his first official 2024 campaign rally in Waco, Texas, and it's an absolute disas...

-- On the Show: -- Democratic Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey reminds pharmacies that they must stock abortion pills -- Attorney Alan Dershowitz complains that arresting Donald Trump would "violate the Bible" -- Kari Lake's latest story is that God actually told her she would lose the election, but still have "the victory" -- Caller asks if Trump's handling of COVID-19 could be considered a ge...

-- On the Show: -- We discuss how to actually tax the ultra-rich tax dodgers as Democratic Senators urge President Joe Biden to take action -- Arkansas, under the leaderships of Republican Governor Sarah Huckabee-Sanders, restricts school bathroom use by transgender people -- Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is already falling in 2024 polling, potentially jeopardizing his not-yet-started 2...

-- On the Show: -- Matt Gertz, Senior Fellow at Media Matters, joins David to discuss the potential fallout from the Fox News Dominion lawsuit, the recent Trump vs DeSantis dynamics that have developed on Fox, and much more -- Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says that a Trump indictment would "blow up our country," except protesters aren't seeming too motivated at this time -- The few protesters...

-- On the Show: -- President Joe Biden quietly accomplishes many things as Donald Trump's arrest looms -- Donald Trump may be charged with racketeering and conspiracy in Georgia, as the New York arrest looms -- A desperate and panicked Donald Trump releases a bizarre video at midnight -- Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis tries to straddle Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels with a bizarre smear...

-- On the Show: -- Failed former President Donald Trump says he will be arrested on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, and absolutely loses it in a string of unhinged ALL-CAPS posts on Truth Social -- How will MAGA Trumpists react to Donald Trump's arrest, if indeed it happens -- Why do modern Republicans, including in particular MAGA Trumpists, love authoritarianism? -- George Soros becomes the perennial p...

-- On the Show: -- Donald Trump is winning some, but losing other 2024 Republican primary polls, and we look at whether polling is accurate in March of the year before an election -- Republicans are endorsing Ron DeSantis, who is not actually a declared 2024 candidate at this time -- Donald Trump supporter, while speaking to Walter Masterson, says she is against critical race theory, instead prefe...

-- On the Show: -- David Sirota, journalist, columnist, and founder of The Lever, joins David to discuss the media landscape, ethical funding of journalism, and much more -- Attacks on free speech are rising dramatically, but their origins are the American right wing, despite claims that it is the left that is attacking free speech -- Radical and repugnant Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor...

-- On the Show: -- Alastair Smith, Professor of Politics at New York University and co-author of the book "The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics," joins David to discuss dictators, authoritarians, democracy, and much more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3Z4i11T -- Republican author Bethany Mandel's brain short-circuits when asked to define "woke" during an intervi...

-- On the Show: -- Republicans are blaming "wokeness" for the collapse of SVB bank -- Our newest correspondent MalikSnaps interviews CPAC attendees, and it's absolutely horrifying -- Donald Trump opens his campaign with a speech supposedly about education in Davenport, Iowa which quickly goes completely off the rails -- Attendees of Donald Trump's 2024 campaign kickoff speech are interviewed, and...

-- On the Show: -- Dr. Anthony Fauci is asked during an interview about the calls to prosecute him, and he has no idea what he would be prosecuted for -- Gun-toting neo-Nazis protest drag queens at a public park in Ohio -- Virginia Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin holds a town hall event on CNN that goes really poorly -- Florida Governors are required to resign to run for President, a law that m...

-- On the Show: -- President Joe Biden will propose a new 25% tax on billionaires, raising the top tax bracket from 37% to 39.6%, and raising the Medicare tax from 3.8% to 5% on income exceeding $400,000 -- Former Republican Senate candidate Lauren Witzke appears on Fox News and says that being near a person vaccinated against COVID-19 made her sick, which is impossible -- Fox News guest Stacy Was...

-- On the Show: -- Alana Newhouse, Editor-in-Chief of Tablet Magazine, joins David to discuss her writing on "brokenism," the idea that parts of American society are breaking down -- A Senate hearing explodes as Teamsters President Sean O'Brien is bullied by Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin, and responds by calling Mullin a "greedy CEO" -- Republicans, now in control of the House of Representat...

-- On the Show: -- Florida Republicans have now proposed a 6-week abortion ban which is almost an impossible standard -- Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis' absolutely unhinged "State of the State" address -- Fox News propagandist Tucker Carlson's texts are leaked as part of the Dominion lawsuit, and he admits to "passionately" hating Donald Trump -- Even more Tucker Carlson lies are brutall...

-- On the Show: -- Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff joins David to discuss his 2024 Senate candidacy, his reaction to Donald Trump calling him watermelon head, the future of college education, and much more -- Exploring the possibility that CNN become the new Fox News in 2024 -- Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis wants bloggers to have to "register" with the state, a horrifying and dystopi...

-- On the Show: -- Failed former President Donald Trump closes out CPAC 2023 with what was possibly the most dangerous and deranged speech he has ever given -- Failed Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake delivers an absolutely horrifying and delusional CPAC speech -- The CPAC crowd is silent as 2024 Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley demands cognitive tests for politicia...

-- On the Show: -- Democratic Congressman Jamaal Bowman and Republican Congressman Byron Donalds get into a heated debate on the steps of the Capitol -- Kyle Rittenhouse appears on Fox News' Tucker Carlson show to pathetically beg for money for the civil suit against him from the family of one of the people that he killed -- Some recent lowlights from the first day of CPAC speeches -- Caller wonde...

-- On the Show: -- Will Sommer, politics reporter for The Daily Beast, co-host of the Fever Dreams podcast on conservative media, and author of the new book "Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America," joins David to discuss the book. Get the book here: https://amzn.to/3SFhQZc -- Republican hearings on the "weaponization" of the FBI go horribly wrong, backfiring sp...

-- On the Show: -- Disgusting Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz is caught spreading literal Chinese propaganda during a Congressional hearing -- Right-wing propaganda host Michael Knowles now wants to "ban" transgenderism -- Fascism expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat sounds the alarm about Ron DeSantis, warning that he will destroy American democracy -- Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis responds to Dona...

-- On the Show: -- Doctor Robert Waldinger, Direct of the Harvard Study of Adult Development and co-author of the new book The Good Life: Lessons From the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness joins David to discuss this comprehensive happiness study. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3IC1zzE -- Fox News' Rupert Murdoch admits under oath that Fox News hosts were knowingly spreading lies about...