-- On the Show:

-- Rutger Bregman, historian and bestselling author, joins David to discuss his new book "Moral Ambition: Stop Wasting Your Talent and Start Making a Difference"

-- A new generation of left-wing leaders like Mamdani, AOC, and Bernie is challenging the Democratic establishment with a grassroots movement that seeks to rebuild the party from the ground up

-- Trump’s judicial nominee Emil Bove was exposed for illegally ordering DOJ lawyers to defy court rulings, raising alarms about the dismantling of the rule of law

-- Trump stumbled through bizarre, confused NATO remarks—blasting Spain and fumbling questions—while visibly disoriented and mocked by reporters

-- Trump spent the night in an unhinged meltdown on Truth Social, ranting about conspiracies, enemies, and imaginary Pentagon briefings in a terrifying spiral of instability

-- Senator Ted Cruz and Fox News absurdly rebranded Trump’s chaotic rants as “extraordinary leadership,” showcasing the authoritarian gaslighting now common in MAGA circles

-- Trump exploded on a CNN reporter at a press conference, lashing out uncontrollably and attacking the media while dodging questions about intelligence reports

-- Pete Hegseth demanded pro-Trump propaganda from the press, dismissing tough questions and declaring Trump’s military mission the greatest in history with cult-like fervor

-- On the Bonus Show: Trump's "big beautiful bill" in trouble, Republicans want Trump to revoke Mamdani's citizenship, White House gets creepy about Trump getting called "daddy" at NATO, and much more...

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-- On the Show:

-- Intelligence reports reveal Trump’s airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities caused only superficial damage, leaving key infrastructure intact

-- Trump appeared confused and unsteady at the NATO summit, insisting Iran’s nuclear sites were “totally obliterated” despite intelligence showing otherwise

-- Trump’s deportation policies fuel a lucrative “immigration-industrial complex” where private contractors profit from mass detentions and deportations

-- Trump launched an erratic social media tirade against Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, who responded by condemning his illegal bombing of Iran and broken promises

-- On Air Force One, Trump contradicted himself, saying he does not want regime change in Iran while downplaying their nuclear ambitions

-- Joe Rogan publicly acknowledged that Trump broke his antiwar promises by bombing Iran, highlighting a split in the MAGA base

-- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. proposed widespread use of invasive wearable devices akin to “microchipping,” raising privacy and surveillance concern

-- RFK Jr. admitted he did no fact-checking before publishing a conspiracy-filled report, yet still claimed its assertions were accurate

-- On the Bonus Show: Zohran Mamdani wins New York City Democratic primary, Trump's Nobel Peace Prize nomination withdrawn, and much more...

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-- On the Show:

-- Greg Landsman, US Representative from Ohio, joins David to discuss political violence and the Republican budget proposal

-- Trump explodes in rage and confusion after Israel and Iran both ignore his self-declared ceasefire, undermining his claim to have ended the conflict

--Trump desperately declares peace on social media even as Iran continues launching missiles, revealing the impotence of his ceasefire "deal"

-- Trump lashes out at the media for not declaring his Iran airstrikes a total success, despite experts and satellite imagery showing otherwise

-- Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt falsely claims Iran’s nuclear sites were obliterated, contradicting independent analysis and exposing the administration's spin

-- Karoline Leavitt admits the White House has no real plan to handle the fallout from Trump's Iran attacks, including rising oil prices or regional instability

-- Trump allies on Fox News absurdly argue he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for escalating tensions with Iran via unauthorized military strikes

-- Trump viciously attacks GOP Rep. Thomas Massie for questioning his Iran strike, proving loyalty to Trump—not policy—rules MAGA politics

-- On the Bonus Show: Supreme Court allows deportations to third countries, Republican lawmaker with ectopic pregnancy blames Democrats, Capitol rioter ordered to pay $500K, and much more...

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-- On the Show:

-- California Governor Gavin Newsom joins David to discuss the deployment of federal troops to California by Donald Trump, Trump's apparently memory issues, and much more...

— Trump slurs through a chaotic announcement that he bombed three Iranian nuclear sites, declaring “now is the time for peace” after launching a war without congressional approval

— Trump’s anti-war brand officially collapses as he calls for “regime change” in Iran, while Bolton, Kayleigh, and Fox News start selling a new Forever War

— Trump’s press secretary openly floats toppling Iran’s government, confirming what everyone suspected: this was always about regime change

— The MAGA movement splits in real time over the bombing, with Trump’s base now fighting over whether he’s a warmonger or a savior

— Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth blames former President Joe Biden for the Iran crisis, rewrites history on North Korea and China, and dodges every question about Trump’s attack on Iran

— Trump’s bruised and swollen hand goes viral again, raising serious health questions that corporate media keeps ignoring

— Trump has a meltdown over Fox News after I appear on the show and Jessica Tarlov calls him out — then he unleashes a deranged rant on Truth Social

-- On the Bonus Show: Oil prices spike after Trump’s strike, ICE plans to detain a man released by a judge, and Zohran Mamdani surges in the NYC mayoral race

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-- On the Show:

— MAGA is imploding: Trump attacks his own intelligence chief, Elon Musk turns on him, his tax bill collapses, and even Tucker and Cruz are fighting each other on air

— Marjorie Taylor Greene publicly breaks with Trump over the Iran war, and the MAGA movement starts to fracture

— Doctor Oz embarrasses himself on CNN with wildly inaccurate claims about the ACA and income verification

— A C-SPAN caller confronts CNN’s Jake Tapper live about ignoring Trump’s declining mental health

— Trump humiliates Tulsi Gabbard over her Iran testimony, considering eliminating her job entirely after freezing her out of the war cabinet

— Trump’s foreign policy collapses as he scrambles for credit on Israeli strikes—only to be contradicted by his own Secretary of State

— Mike Pence turns on Trump, blasting him over Iran, Ukraine, and the January 6 pardons

— CNN host destroys a belligerent GOP congressman on air over his violent rhetoric and bizarre behavior

-- This week's Friday Feedback

-- On the Bonus Show: Mike Lee's disgusting tweet about Minnesota shooting, right wingers start saber rattling, and much more...

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— Dr. Zachary Rubin joins the show to discuss pandemic prevention, vaccine policy, and public health communication under Trump

— Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell calmly but clearly blames Donald Trump’s tariffs for slowing the economy, ignoring Trump’s insults and reminding the country that the Fed isn’t his punching bag

— Trump lashes out over Powell’s refusal to obey him, calls the Fed Chair “stupid,” suggests appointing himself, and rants about inflation like a guy who thinks economics is just vibes

— At a White House flagpole event, Trump teases an erection and asks if there are any illegal immigrants in the crowd—proving again that he can turn anything into a campaign rally freak show

— Trump struggles through an incoherent press conference, misrepresents Kamala Harris’s interview with 60 Minutes, dodges serious questions, and lies about polls while preaching unity out of nowhere

— Kayleigh McEnany accidentally diagnoses Trump’s entire movement as a national security threat while trying to describe someone else

— Trump delivers maybe his worst historical brain break yet, confusing the Declaration of Independence with the Civil War and suggesting the South declared independence in 1776

— According to a major international report, David Pakman is now tied as the most recognized progressive commentator in the country—alongside right-wing giants and with no corporate backing

-- On the Bonus Show: Karen Read acquitted in murder trial, Trump feuds with Tulsi, Trump admin closing LGBTQ+ suicide hotline, and much more...

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-- On the Show:

-- Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill, also the Democratic nominee for New Jersey Governor, joins David to discuss New Jersey's shift to the right in the 2024 election, her candidacy, housing and healthcare affordability, and more

— Trump confirms the U.S. is at war with Iran, bragging that “we now control the skies”—after blowing up the nuclear deal and dragging America into a conflict he once claimed to oppose

— In a series of deranged Truth Social rants, Trump calls for Iran’s “unconditional surrender,” threatens to assassinate its Supreme Leader, and posts like a kid playing Call of Duty

— Ted Cruz and Tucker Carlson explode on air over the Iran war, revealing the MAGA movement’s total collapse into infighting, bad-faith branding, and empty slogans

— Trump’s State Department spokesperson praises him like a god-king while refusing to answer basic questions about the war—echoing authoritarian regimes, not democracies

— NYC Comptroller Brad Lander is arrested by Trump’s ICE for standing in a hallway at an immigration court—marking a terrifying new escalation of political repression

— Kristi Noem is hospitalized after visiting a shutdown biohazard lab with RFK Jr., and the official explanation is so vague it’s fueling serious questions about what actually happened

-- On the Bonus Show: Social media overtakes TV as America’s main news source, Trump extends TikTok’s sale deadline again, Texas quietly kills its state-funded border wall project, much more...

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-- On the Show:

— Trump, the self-proclaimed anti-war president, warns Iranian civilians to evacuate Tehran—after blowing up the nuclear deal, igniting the region, and flirting with a catastrophic new war

— Trump crashes the G7 summit in a bizarre, humiliating display—ranting about Putin, dropping papers, and confusing basic facts while world leaders look on in disbelief

— Trump explodes at Pete Hegseth after his sad birthday military parade falls flat, then melts down as his team blames a biographer’s “peanut-sized brain” for leaking the truth

— In the middle of the night, Trump spirals online with unhinged rants about Iran, France, and Tucker Carlson—while the world braces for conflict and the White House denies peace talks

— California Governor Gavin Newsom shuts down a Republican congressman with one brutal stat: California’s homicide rate is lower than the red states screaming the loudest about “crime”

— Asked basic questions about the crisis he’s causing, Trump stumbles through gibberish, denies reality, and confirms he has no idea what he’s doing—or what he wants

— Tucker Carlson admits Fox News is a propaganda network—but conveniently forgets he was one of its top liars, now torching the house he helped build

— Fox News abruptly cuts away from a drunken propagandist Rebekah Koffler mid-interview, as her slurred rant about Trump’s military parade collapses on live TV

-- On the Bonus Show: California may ban masks for ICE agents, Trump sells a sketchy $499 smartphone, and Mike Lindell loses another $2.3 million defamation case, much more...

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-- On the Show:

— Trump’s attempt to crush protests with military parades and ICE raids massively backfires, sparking the largest single-day demonstration in U.S. history

— American flags fly at anti-Trump protests nationwide, signaling a powerful shift in who claims patriotic imagery

— A pro-Trump terrorist assassinates multiple Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota, leaving behind a MAGA hit list and a chilling manifesto

— Trump’s sad authoritarian birthday parade flops with tiny crowds, awkward moments, and squeaky tanks, proving spectacle can’t save a failed leader

— Trump awkwardly glitches through his parade speech and has to be told to leave the stage in one of the most humiliating moments of his presidency

— Trump’s post-parade meltdown reveals desperation, as he rants about trade, rain, and fake protest violence instead of addressing a MAGA terror attack

— Trump calls off ICE raids after donor backlash, showing the protests and economic pressure worked—at least for now

— Trump caught using fake protest footage from 2020 to justify military crackdowns in LA, exposing a federal-level propaganda campaign to criminalize dissent

-- On the Bonus Show: U.S. may soon lose more immigrants than it gains, Trump’s new travel ban could target 30+ countries, Spanish locals using water pistols to protest mass tourism, much more...

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