2/20/25: Another plane crash, another demented rant, another terrifying day

The David Pakman Show

David Pakman

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4.8 • 6.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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-- On the Show: -- Elizabeth Warren, Democratic Senator from Massachusetts, joins David to discuss what went wrong in 2024, the disaster that is the Trump-Musk presidency, and the path forward for Democrats -- Yet another plane crash takes place as Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy flippantly says "air crashes happen" -- Out of ideas, MAGA-world begins to transition into claiming that everything not going well today is the fault of former President Joe Biden -- Lawyers have started to warn us exactly how a Trump administration would go after independent left wing media -- Donald Trump stops pretending and goes full Putin in a deranged Truth Social rant -- Part 2 of the Donald Trump / Elon Musk interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News reveals that Musk is the one holding the real power, not Trump -- An addled Donald Trump glitches badly during a speech to "investors" in Miami, Florida -- On the Bonus Show: Trump declares NYC congestion pricing dead, Brazil's former president faces charges over alleged coup plot, Trump's death penalty order sparks huge Luigi Mangione donation, much more... 🍵 Pique: Get 20% OFF delicious Pu'er Teas at https://piquelife.com/pakman 🛡️ Incogni lets you control your personal data! Get 60% off their annual plan: http://incogni.com/pakman 🧠 Try Brain.fm totally free for a month at https://brain.fm/pakman 🥦 Lumen lets you master your metabolism. GET 20% OFF at https://lumen.me/pakman 🛌 Helix Sleep: Get 27% OFF and 2 free pillows at https://helixsleep.com/pakman 🩳 SHEATH Underwear: Code PAKMAN for 20% OFF at https://sheathunderwear.com/pakman 📈 Manifold: Get free Sweepcash when you sign up at https://manifold.markets/pakman -- Become a Member: https://davidpakman.com/membership -- Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/davidpakmanshow -- Get David's Books: https://davidpakman.com/echo -- TDPS Subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/thedavidpakmanshow -- David on Bluesky: https://davidpakman.com/bluesky -- David on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/davidpakmanshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the show, everybody.
0:08.4	Senator Elizabeth Warren will join us later and tell us whether she believes Trump or
0:14.0	Musk are really in charge.
0:16.0	Looking forward to that conversation.
0:18.1	2025 has barely begun and we are already witnessing a disturbing trend.
0:25.5	Plane crashes and not just minor incidents, catastrophic deadly collisions that are raising serious
0:32.6	questions about the state of air safety in the United States.
0:38.5	Plane crashes that while they pile up, the Trump administration pushes to cut funding
0:45.8	for the very agencies tasked with keeping our skies safe.
0:50.9	So let me tell you the incidents that we've seen kind of in reverse chronological order,
0:55.0	the most recent one yesterday. Yesterday, two more planes collided midair at Marana Regional Airport
1:02.3	in Arizona. Two people they're dead. The planes involved are a Lank Air 3,600 and a Sessna
1:09.2	172. The Lank air is a sort of high performance kit plane destroyed.
1:16.2	The Cessna miraculously remained intact. Investigation is ongoing. Can take months, if not years,
1:22.4	to get answers. Nine days earlier, February 10th, two aircraft, Gulfstream G200 and an Learjet 35 collided
1:31.4	at Scottsdale Airport.
1:33.0	One person died, at least three others injured.
1:37.1	The bearing air flight 445 crash on February 6th, the Cessna 208B Grand Caravan went down over the Norton Sound in Alaska.
1:47.3	Everybody on board, 10 people killed 10 lives lost in an instant.
1:51.6	That was a scheduled domestic flight.
1:53.9	It wasn't an experimental flight.
1:55.7	It wasn't a private plane operation.
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