4/1/25: Huge protests build as Elon quits, Trump flips, Karoline lies

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David Pakman

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🗓️ 1 April 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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-- On the Show: -- Congressman Dan Goldman (D-NY) joins David to discuss the administration's disregard for the Constitution, the failures of DOGE, the Signal fiasco, and much more -- The Hands Off protests this Saturday, April 5, seems like they will be absolutely massive, potentially the kind of activism that is currently needed -- Republican Senator Tim Sheehy (R-MT) admits during a Fox News appearance that Donald Trump's tariffs will hurt the economy and the average American -- Donald Trump flies off the handle at a ridiculous press conference alongside Kid Rock -- Not only is Elon Musk quitting DOGE, Donald Trump seems to suggest that DOGE itself will be ending -- Elon Musk gets wildly triggered during an interview with Fox News' Bret Baier -- Karoline Leavitt, Donald Trump's White House Press Secretary, flips out on reporters for asking real questions -- Karoline Leavitt, Donald Trump's White House Press Secretary, claims that "evil forces" and "spiritual warfare" are being used against Donald Trump -- On the Bonus Show: Elon Musk goes all in on Wisconsin Supreme Court race, Marine Le Pen banned from French presidential run over embezzlement, Royce White returns to explain $1 million in credit cards fees, much more... 💵 Sponsored by Ridge Wallet: Get up to 40% OFF at https://ridge.com/pakman 💻 Get Private Internet Access for 83% OFF + 4 months free at https://www.piavpn.com/David 🩳 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 -- 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.
0:08.0	If you haven't heard what is happening this weekend, you need to.
0:13.0	April 5th could be huge.
0:15.0	We're talking about potentially millions of people mobilizing across the country.
0:20.0	These are called the hands- off protests. And this is the
0:24.4	same progressive coalition to a degree that came together after the 2016 election when Donald
0:30.5	Trump was elected. This time, these protests are going to be targeting really sort of like a
0:36.4	fresh round of authoritarian style policy
0:38.8	changes these executive orders, the sweeping government cuts, the Doge stuff headed at least
0:45.3	for a few more weeks by none other than Elon Musk. By the way, Doge may not even exist come June
0:50.9	1st. And we're going to talk about that a little bit later in the show as well. I am both
0:56.0	extraordinarily inspired to see that these protests are happening and I also have some words of caution.
1:04.0	You know, one of the things I talk about in my book, the echo machine is that there are forms of activism that historically have been shown
1:12.8	to be effective.
1:14.4	When mass rallies happen in urban centers, especially numerous urban centers across the country,
1:21.4	they get noticed.
1:22.7	And this is one of the most effective forms of protest historically.
1:26.5	We vote. Does signing petitions do much? I don't
1:30.4	think so, especially not online petitions. Signing to put things on the ballot locally, that's one
1:35.5	thing. Signing online petitions, I don't think it's very high up. It's certainly not high up on my
1:39.5	list. Calling elected officials. Yes, absolutely. But what are the forms of protests that have been demonstrated really to affect change historically?
1:47.0	And mass rallies at urban centers are one of them.
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