8/13/25: Police state grows, Karoline crashes

The David Pakman Show

David Pakman

News, Politics

4.8 • 6.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

-- On the Show: -- Donald Trump declares a false crime emergency in Washington D.C., federalizes police, unleashes military surveillance, and launches a national health monitoring system to consolidate power -- Donald Trump and his family have earned billions during his presidency through cryptocurrency, hospitality, political events, and personal business deals -- White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stuns reporters by suggesting monthly jobs reports may be halted, defending jailing homeless people, and sidestepping Trump's Russia gaffe -- Karoline Leavitt refuses to give reporters any details about Donald Trump's medical treatment despite growing concerns over his health -- Karoline Leavitt reacts to a bizarre question from Benny Johnson about awarding the Medal of Freedom to a staffer nicknamed Big Balls, prompting a surreal White House moment -- Jeanine Pirro dismisses questions about addressing the root causes of crime in Washington D.C. and becomes combative when asked about funding cuts to gun violence prevention -- Texas State Representative James Talarico dismantles Will Cain's arguments about gerrymandering on Fox News, forcing the host to abruptly end the segment -- Gavin Newsom mocks Trump in a series of viral posts threatening to legally counter GOP gerrymandering, flipping Trump's combative rhetoric back on him -- Donald Trump lashes out on Truth Social over media coverage of his planned meeting with Vladimir Putin, attacking critics like John Bolton and framing himself as the victim -- On the Bonus Show: Ken Paxton tries to jail Beto O'Rourke, Supreme Court is asked to overturn same sex marriage, Mike Lee introduces a bill to criminalize porn nationwide, and much more... 👩‍❤️‍👨 Try the Paired App FREE for 7 days and get 25% OFF at https://paired.com/pakman 🛡️ Incogni lets you control your personal data! Get 60% off their annual plan: http://incogni.com/pakman 🩳 SHEATH Underwear: Code PAKMAN for 20% OFF at https://sheathunderwear.com/pakman 🥐 Wildgrain: Use code PAKMAN for $30 off & free baked goods at https://wildgrain.com/pakman -- Become a Member: https://davidpakman.com/membership -- Subscribe to our (FREE) Substack newsletter: https://davidpakman.substack.com/ -- 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

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Welcome to the show. One of the things I always make an effort to do is just call things
0:13.6	what they are or at least what I believe them to be. If you disagree with me, then you tell me
0:19.4	and then we sort of figure it out. One of the terms
0:22.6	that at this point, I believe, has to be used with what is happening in the country is that
0:28.5	there is an attempt by the current administration to create a police state and a surveillance state,
0:35.6	both to degrees we have not seen in the United States for a very
0:39.4	long time.
0:40.8	We also have to consider the sort of hypocrisy or double standard of the reality that what the
0:48.5	MAGA and Republicans warned us about previously that Democrats would do is what they themselves are doing now.
0:57.0	Democrats are going to put people in camps. Well, Trump built the camps and he's putting people
1:02.5	there. Democrats are going to surveil you through technological means. Well, that's what the new
1:09.0	digital health surveillance apparatus of Trump and Robert
1:13.1	F. Kennedy Jr. is doing. And Democrats are going to create a police and surveillance state.
1:21.2	Well, Donald Trump is now doing that. Donald Trump is now doing what his allies used to warn
1:26.9	erasing local control, militarizing
1:31.0	our streets, weaponizing personal medical data.
1:35.0	Trump is now doing it, even though the people who support him told us if you vote for
1:39.4	Democrats, they are going to do this.
1:42.6	So let's walk it through. We talked earlier this week about Trump
1:46.2	declaring a crime emergency in Washington, D.C. crimes at nearly a 30 year low. Crime in D.C. specifically,
1:54.4	the murder rate, down 35% last year, down 26% this year. But it doesn't matter. He's federalizing the DC police, unleashing
2:03.1	the National Guard, overriding the city's elected leadership. He did it in Los Angeles, ignoring
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from David Pakman, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of David Pakman and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.