The David Pakman Show

--On the Show: --Detoxes and cleanses are today's topic in the Pseudoscience Debunked miniseries --Confirmation of Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is postponed as a result of the sexual assault allegations levied against him, and a public hearing involving both Kavanaugh and accuser Christine Blasey Ford has been scheduled --Six more witnesses are willing to speak out about Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's behavior --Even more tariffs by Donald...

--On the Show: --Our "flat earth" episode of the Pseudoscience Debunked miniseries --In major news from the Trump Russia investigation, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort will plead guilty and agree to cooperate with Robert Mueller --Only minutes after putting out a statement saying that the White House believes Paul Manafort will tell the truth to investigators, they release a new statement without that phrase in conjunction with news that Paul Manafort will be cooperating with...

--On the Show: --Classic Interview: James Lansberry, President of the Alliance of Health Care Sharing Ministries, joins David to discuss why Christians want to prevent access to contraception through employer health care --Spain decides to cancel the sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia over atrocities committed by the kingdom against Yemen --Followup questions answered about when The David Pakman Show is moving --Caller talks about whether Alex Jones getting deplatformed from social media...

--On the Show: --Our pseudoscience miniseries tackles the topic of homeopathy on today's show --The Trump administration will pay Mexico nearly $20 million to help with deportations, a reality directly opposite the message Trump campaigned on of Mexico paying for the wall Donald Trump claimed he would build --Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance will drop more than 3000 marijuana use and possession cases in an important in against the war on drugs --Notable discussions from the David...

--On the Show: --The conclusion to our interview with Andrew Seidel, civil rights and Constitutional attorney with the Freedom from Religion Foundation and author of “The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism is Un-American,” who joined David to discuss separation of church and state, the Trump administration, and more --Republicans are forced to divert money from other races to Ted Cruz' re-election campaign in Texas as a result of Democratic nominee Beto O'Rourke's strong...

--On the Show: --Andrew Seidel, civil rights and Constitutional attorney with the Freedom from Religion Foundation and author of "The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism is Un-American," joins David to discuss separation of church and state, the Trump administration, and more --On the 17th anniversary of 9/11, we discuss war spending, which has surpassed $1.5 trillion on Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria --Despite Donald Trump's claims, GDP growth is nor surpassing the unemployment rate...

--On the Show: --Our pseudoscience miniseries episode on psychics --The Trump administration is now attacking the International Criminal Court, threatening to issue sanctions against its judges if an investigation into American war crimes in Afghanistan goes forward --It increasingly appears that Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh lied while under oath during multiple previous confirmation hearings --Donald Trump continues to try to convince the public that impeaching him...

--On the Show: --Ben Dixon, Host of The Benjamin Dixon Show, fills in for David --At a campaign-style rally, Donald Trump fails twice to say the word "anonymous," calling into question the president's health and cognitive abilities --Donald Trump compares himself and his rally speeches to Abraham Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address --The Trump administration wants to continue detaining child migrants and asylum seekers --Nike airs a commercial featuring former NFL quarterback Colin...

--On the Show: --Ben Dixon, Host of The Benjamin Dixon Show, fills in for David --An op-ed in the New York Times written by an anonymous White House staffer reveals that Trump administration officials believe the president is unfit for office and are trying to thwart his agenda --Democrats make Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh look bad in his Senate confirmation hearing, particularly California Senator Kamala Harris --Far right political activist Laura Loomer protests at a...

--On the Show: --Ben Dixon, Host of The Benjamin Dixon Show, fills in for David --Senate confirmation hearings continue for Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, despite Democratic attempts for an adjournment --During his Senate confirmation hearing, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh refused to shake the hand of Fred Guttenberg, the father of a Parkland, Florida shooting victim --Young progressive candidates edge out a number of wins in primary races across the...

--On the Show: --Ben Dixon, Host of The Benjamin Dixon Show, fills in for David --Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who was involved in the national anthem kneeling controversy, gets featured in a Nike ad and conservatives lose their minds --Steve Bannon, Co-Founder of Breitbart News and former Trump propagandist, was invited and then subsequently disinvited from speaking at the 2018 New Yorker Festival --Rudy Giuliani, attorney to President Trump, says the White House will likely...

LABOR DAY VACATION / CLASSIC EPISODE FROM JUNE 28, 2018 --On the Show: --Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy will be retiring, allowing Donald Trump to replace the moderate Justice with a total extreme conservative ideologue, more proof that elections matter and there would have been major differences between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton --In the midst of people calling for "civility" in fighting the atrocious and dangerous Trump doctrine, a college professor reminds us that there...

LABOR DAY VACATION / CLASSIC EPISODE FROM JUNE 20, 2018 --On the Show: --Tamler Sommers, Professor of Philosphy at the University of Houston and co-host of the podcast Very Bad Wizards joins David to discuss his book "Why Honor Matters" --Donald Trump adopts Nazi language about immigrants, referring to an "infestation" of Latin American people coming to the US --Donald Trump's Attorney General Jeff Sessions bizarrely claims on Fox News' Laura Ingraham show that the Nazis didn't deport...

--On the Show: --Ron DeSantis, the Republican candidate for Governor of Florida, tells Floridians not to "monkey up" their state by voting for his black opponent, Andrew Gillum --Ron DeSantis, the Republican candidate for Governor of Florida, is one of numerous Republican officials who helps run a racist, conspiratorial, "Tea Party" Facebook group --New York Governor Andrew Cuomo reportedly stopped an investigation of sexual assault allegations made against Harvey Weinstein after...

--On the Show: -- A roundup of the Primaries that occurred yesterday in Florida and elsewhere --Trump falsely believes that Google is censoring positive news about the Trump Presidency, and the White House is now investigating his claims -- Jared Kushner's real estate business in New York has been fined by NYC regulators for filing false documents with the city --As the Texas Senate election contest between Ted Cruz and Beto O'Rourke gets closer, some Republican donors fear Ted Cruz's...

--On the Show: --President Trump spent the weekend tweeting threats against Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Special Counsel Robert Mueller, laying the groundwork for their removal --Alan Dershowitz told ABC News's "This Week" that the most threatening investigation to Trump is the not the Mueller probe, but the investigations happening at the U.S. Attorney's Office in New York. --The Democratic National Committee has voted to strip Democratic superdelegates of some power and...

--On the Show: --Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH) joins David at Netroots Nation in New Orleans, Louisiana to discuss his platform, economics, debt and deficit, and his re-election campaign --Senator John McCain (R-AZ) passes away at age 81, and we discuss his legacy, and the state of politics today revealed through Donald Trump's not attending the funeral, while former Democratic President Barack Obama being invited to speak --It is revealed that President Donald Trump rejected plans for a...

--On the Show: --After a week of Trump associates getting in trouble for financial crimes, it is now more important than ever to see Donald Trump's tax returns, something that will probably never happen --Some Republican leaders are panicked that Donald Trump is going to start handing out pardons to cover up his own wrongdoings --Caller wonders whether the existence of a Trump n-word tape would be a big deal --Caller compares the Canadian criminal justice system to the American criminal...

--On the Show: --Thomas Wood, an assistant professor of Political Science at the Ohio State University, and author of the forthcoming book "Enchanted America," joins David to discuss the widespread belief in conspiracy theories in American culture --In an interview with Fox and Friends, Trump changes his story and admits to knowing about hush money payments made by Michael Cohen during the final days of the 2016 campaign --Michael Cohen admits to making a previously unreported payment of...

--On the Show: --Jeremy Montanez, a former Trump supporter and one-time CNN panelist, joins David to discuss his previous support of Trump and the fallout from disavowing him on national television --Michael Cohen, Trump's former personal attorney, pleads guilty to 8 counts of tax fraud and campaign finance violations, implicating President Trump in some of those crimes --Michael Cohen claims in his plea deal that Donald Trump directly ordered him to pay hush money to Trump's mistresses...