The David Pakman Show

--On the Show: --The New York Times Editorial Board writes a piece telling Joe Biden to slow down, and not do so many things so quickly --McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski assures investors during its recent Q4 earnings conference call that McDonald's would do just fine even if the minimum wage increases across the country --14% of those arrested so far for participating in the Trump riots on January 6 are members of the military --Donald Trump's impeachment lawyers quit just a week...

--On the Show: --Joe Biden has done more good in a week than Donald Trump did in four years --Donald Trump's properties are plummeting in value --Caller discuss progressive political messaging --Caller asks about libertarian conspiracy theorists --Caller asks why Senate Republicans still support Donald Trump --Caller wonders if Republicans will get more radical with Trump gone --Caller talks about the Gamestop short squeeze --Caller thinks the American election system is...

--On the Show: --David Livingstone Smith, Professor of Philosophy at the University of New England in Maine and author of the book "On Inhumanity: Dehumanization and How to Resist It," joins David to discuss how humans come to see other humans as "less than human." Get the book: https://amzn.to/2MdmJL1 --Hedge funds are imperiled by a short squeeze of Gamestop (GME) organized and pulled off by the subreddit WallStreetBets --Joe Biden announces a freeze to US weapons sales to Saudi Arabia,...

--On the Show: --Millions of COVID vaccines appear to have gone "missing" under Donald Trump's administration --A son reported his own father to the FBI for his participation in the Trump riots on January 6 --Reporters, including Fox News' Peter Doocy, are desperate and determined to make Joe Biden and Jen Psaki's press briefings a joke --Joe Biden signs an Executive Order mandating the end of federally run private prisons --Republican Senator Rand Paul says many things that make no...

--On the Show: --David Shor, data analyst and veteran of Obama presidential campaign, joins David to discuss his grand theory of American politics --How the inclusion of extremists in policy, economic, and culture debates poisons the well and prevents progress --How to talk to conspiracy theorist family and friends, particularly in the aftermath to the Donald Trump era --Fox News reporter Peter Doocy cannot asking dumb, ridiculous questions during press briefings with Joe Biden's White...

--On the Show: --There isn't going to be the unity that Joe Biden has been calling for, and we explain why --Bernie Sanders unleashes on Republicans, saying Democrats will quite simply use their simply majority to get things done, including COVID relief --69% of Americans approve of Joe Biden's week 1 COVID response so far, a degree of agreement not seen in the United States during Donald Trump's presidency --Dr. Deborah Birx, formerly of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, comes...

--On the Show: --Republican support for convicting Donald Trump in the eventual Senate impeachment trial grows --Former Fox News host Shepard Smith slams Fox News during an interview with Christiane Amanpour --Caller asks if Joe Biden is naïve to think Republicans will work with him --Caller talks about stopping disinformation online --Caller asks if Joe Biden will be able to get COVID relief done --Caller talks about holding Joe Biden accountable --Caller asks about what Joe Biden...

--On the Show: --Nicholas Christakis, Sterling Professor of Social Natural Science at Yale University and author of "Apollo's Arrow," joins David to discuss a coronavirus pandemic of incompetence, and what needs to happen going forward --Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are sworn in as President and Vice President of the United States --Joe Biden's race to cancel some of Donald Trump's most destructive acts is off to a fast start with 17 Executive Orders signed by Biden within hours of being...

--On the Show: --Donald Trump's final humiliation is a deranged farewell speech from the White House --Donald Trump delivers a lie-riddled screed moments before getting on Air Force One to fly to Florida, leaving Washington DC before Joe Biden's inauguration --Donald Trump pardons 143 people, including Steve Bannon, in his final hours in office --Under no circumstances should President Joe Biden pardon former President Donald Trump --The Donald Trump administration gave $850,000 to...

--On the Show: --Donald Trump is still having meetings where the topic of martial law comes up, including most recently with MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell --The FBI is vetting our own National Guard troops for fears of a possible insider pro-Trump attack on Joe Biden's inauguration day --Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani has been accused of offering to secure pardons from Donald Trump for the price of $2 million --Donald Trump's organization is indeed under criminal...

MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY / CLASSIC EPISODE FROM DECEMBER 16, 2020 --On the Show: --What will hopefully be the last COVID peak may be approaching in mid-January, on the basis of mathematical analysis and the spreading impact of vaccination --A judge has decided that the Trump Organization must turn over documents to investigators in what may be a sign of what's to come for Donald Trump and his family once he is no longer in office --This week's edition of Hatriot Mail --Donald Trump's...

--On the Show: --Members of Congress, including Ayanna Pressley and James Clyburn, believe that some kind of inside involvement must have been necessary for the Trump Capitol riots to happen as they did --Donald Trump is reportedly refusing to pay Rudy Giuliani his legal fees for his so-called election fraud work, a report that is completely unsurprising --Caller points out that the government is failing to hold Donald Trump accountable --Caller asks if single payer health care will lead...

--On the Show: --Peter Joseph, founder of the Zeitgeist movement and director and writer of the film Interreflections, joins David to discuss the future of America and the world, climate change, and much more --Donald Trump is impeached again, making him the only President in history to be impeached twice --Donald Trump delivers a bizarre final speech as President, clearly meant to beg for mercy as he transitions out of public and into private life --Notable discussions from the David...

--On the Show: --The shared psychosis of Trumpism gives us important insight into the cult that has developed over the last four years --A report finds that police are much more likely to shut down left wing protests rather than right wing protests --Donald Trump gives deranged press statements to the press on his way to a propaganda event at the Texas-Mexico border where he falsely claimed to have completely the wall --Multiple Republicans will vote to impeach Donald Trump in the House...

--On the Show: --Daniel Lombroso, filmmaker and journalist, joins David to discuss his film White Noise, based on his four years reporting from inside the alt-right --Democrats charge President Donald Trump in the House of Representatives for inciting a mob, and a second Trump impeachment seems increasingly likely in the waning days of Trump's presidency --Donald Trump riotous insurrection is not merely about economic oppression and class, as some have argued over the last week --Two...

--On the Show: --The future of America in the wake of a disgusting riotous insurrection incited by Donald Trump is up to us, and there are huge risks to mismanaging the reaction --Donald Trumps will likely be impeached a second time, making him the only President in American history to be impeached a second time, likely to come just one week before he leaves office --Donald Trump is planning an absolutely insane final week in office --Donald Trump has been suspended from Twitter for...

--On the Show: --Donald Trump is banned from Facebook indefinitely, and at least until the end of his presidency, as Mark Zuckerberg calls out Trump's use of Facebook to incite supporters and spread disinformation --Donald Trump's former Attorney General William Barr accuses Donald Trump of betrayal of the Presidency for inciting a riotous insurrection on January 6th --Trump has lost everything for the Republican Party --Caller asks about what Democrats should do with their Senate...

--On the Show: --Donald Trump incites a violent mob to storm the US Capitol, temporarily delaying the counting of electoral votes in one of the most vile and disgusting incidents in recent American political history --Despite a violent insurrectionist mob of Trumpists doing what they could to stop the count, Joe Biden's electoral college win is confirmed during a joint session of the House and Senate, presided over by Vice President Mike Pence --Donald Trump turns on his own Vice...

--On the Show: --Democrats win both Senate races in Georgia, with Jon Ossoff defeating incumbent David Perdue and Raphael Warnock defeating incumbent Kelly Loeffler, and will have control of the Senate with a 50/50 split and Vice President Kamala Harris controlling the 51st vote --Donald Trump freaks out over the losses by Republicans in the Georgia Senate races and spends the night and morning tweeting absolutely insane conspiracy theories, including once again about votes "dumps" --Vice...

--On the Show: --Dr. Eric Topol, founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute and Professor of Molecular Medicine and Executive Vice President at Scripps Research, joins David to discuss the coronavirus pandemic, vaccination, hospitalizations, future trajectory of the virus, and much more --Donald Trump's final rally as President takes place in Georgia, ostensibly in support of Georgia Republican Senate candidates Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, although the speech...