1/9/25: The fires have broken their brains, Anne Applebaum weighs in

The David Pakman Show

David Pakman

Politics, News

4.8 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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-- On the Show: -- Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer prize winning historian and writer for The Atlantic, joins David to discuss her book Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World -- It is revealed that Fox News gave Donald Trump's campaign the questions to be asked during a campaign town hall in advance -- Donald Trump admits yet again that he is not likely to bring consumer prices down, as he previously claimed during his presidential campaign -- A disoriented Donald Trump is caught endlessly lying once again when answering questions about the California fires -- MAGA and Fox News hosts implicitly and explicitly blame lesbians, women, and "DEI" for the handling of the California fires -- An exploration into why Donald Trump's demented rants are an obvious warning sign for his forthcoming second term -- Donald Trump's reaction to the California fires is a terrifying reminder of what is to come -- On the Bonus Show: Trump asks SCOTUS to pause sentencing, controversy over "empty" fire hydrants spreads in Los Angeles fire reporting, how Trump annexing Canada would change American politics, much more... 💪 Alpha Progression: Get 20% OFF your 1st month or year at https://alphaprogression.com/pakman ⚠️ Ground News: Get 50% OFF their unlimited access Vantage plan at https://ground.news/pakman 🛡️ Incogni lets you control your personal data! Get 60% off their annual plan: http://incogni.com/pakman 💻 Sponsored by Aura: Try it free for 2 weeks! See if your data is safe at https://aura.com/pakman 🩳 SHEATH Underwear: Code PAKMAN for 20% OFF at https://sheathunderwear.com/pakman -- Become a Member: https://davidpakman.com/membership -- Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/davidpakmanshow -- TDPS Subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/thedavidpakmanshow -- Pakman Discord: https://davidpakman.com/discord -- David on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/davidpakmanshow -- Leave a Voicemail: (219)-2DAVIDP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the show, everybody.
0:08.9	We have learned about election interference by the standards of the MAGA right wing.
0:15.8	Donald Trump was given the Fox News town hall questions in advance, including questions that he would be
0:23.5	asked by the anchors, Brett Bayer and Martha McCallum, as well as questions that he would
0:28.7	be asked by members of the audience.
0:31.9	It was completely stage managed.
0:34.8	It was completely rigged like desanked about okay um you may recall that when
0:41.8	Donna Brazil obtained questions and passed them along to a Hillary Clinton campaign
0:48.4	staffer this was considered the gravest injustice in the history of the United States.
0:56.6	And it turns out that actually Trump and Fox were in cahoots.
1:00.7	So let me explain to you here what's going on.
1:04.0	Reporting from CNN, Trump camp was fed questions for Fox News Town Hall in advance from person inside network.
1:15.0	This is based on a forthcoming book.
1:18.2	The report which Fox said it plans to investigate comes from the forthcoming book, Revenge,
1:24.6	the inside story of Trump's return to Power by Alex Eisenstadt, a national
1:29.2	political reporter at Politico.
1:31.2	Eisenstadt did more than 300 interviews for this book and is based on internal memos, notes,
1:38.3	and recordings, as well as regular reporting trips to Palm Beach where Trump lives and a flight with Trump aboard
1:46.0	his plane in June 2023.
1:48.0	The two excerpts in question that outlined the specifics of what took place.
1:53.0	Eisenstadt describes a deep relationship between Trump and people at Fox News.
1:58.0	Eisenstadt reports that in January of 24, Trump was set to hold the town hall
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