9/12/25: United States entering a very dark period

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David Pakman

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🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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-- On the Show: -- Tyler Robinson, 22, has been identified as the alleged shooter who killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk --Donald Trump fuels political violence in America and immediately weaponizes Charlie Kirk's assassination without pause or fact-finding -- Prioritizing being offended over strategic thinking risks weakening the left and losing elections -- Trump is being manipulated by Vladimir Putin and other authoritarian leaders while Republicans are just starting to acknowledge it -- The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that nearly one million jobs were overstated under Donald Trump, signaling a stalled labor market -- A new study finds 99 percent of Americans will lose income under Trump's economic policies while only the top 1 percent benefit -- Trump faces an unavoidable political loss as House members move to force a vote on the Epstein files despite his defenses -- Gallup reports U.S. support for capitalism is at a historic low while Americans are disillusioned with the current economic system -- Ali Velshi reports on MSNBC that Donald Trump's health crisis can no longer be ignored by mainstream media -- On the Bonus Show: Trump happily approves funding for red states, Senate Republicans block release of Epstein files, and much more... 🛡️ Incogni lets you control your personal data! Get 60% off their annual plan: http://incogni.com/pakman ⚠️ Ground News: Get 40% OFF their unlimited access Vantage plan at https://ground.news/pakman 🛌 Helix Sleep mattresses: Get 27% OFF sitewide at https://helixsleep.com/pakman 🔊 Babbel language learning: Get up to 60% OFF at https://babbel.com/pakman 💪 AG1 is offering you a FREE $76 GIFT when you sign up at https://drinkag1.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 (00:00) – Tyler Robinson, 22, identified as alleged Charlie Kirk shooter (07:32) – Trump fuels political violence, weaponizes Kirk assassination (14:05) – Prioritizing offense over strategy risks weakening the left (19:25) – Trump manipulated by Putin; Republicans slowly acknowledge it (25:59) – BLS reports nearly 1M overstated jobs under Trump (31:23) – Study: 99% of Americans lose income under Trump policies (36:04) – Trump faces political loss over Epstein files vote (42:17) – Gallup: U.S. support for capitalism at historic low (50:29) – Ali Velshi: Trump's health crisis ignored by mainstream media (56:59) – The Friday Feedback segment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The alleged murderer of Charlie Kirk has been captured.
0:12.3	He has been taken into custody alive.
0:15.7	This is 22 year old Tyler Robinson of Utah from a Utah family.
0:22.1	There was a press conference today after Donald Trump announced on Fox and Friends that
0:27.9	they had him.
0:28.9	It turns out that he was actually taken into custody last night at 11 p.m.
0:33.7	And it happened as a result, we believe at this time, of his own father having notified the
0:39.5	authorities that it was his son and about his whereabouts.
0:45.5	Now, one of the critical elements that ended up not being true about original reporting
0:51.4	from the Wall Street Journal is that bullet casings had pro transgender
0:56.8	messages on them.
0:58.8	I'm going to tell you in a moment what the casings did say.
1:02.5	I think it's important to say up front that there are lots of people wanting to prove that
1:08.0	this was either a left winger or a right winger, inspired by hate
1:12.3	for Charlie Kirk from the left or inspired by Kurt's hate for Charlie Kirk from the right.
1:18.5	And both exist, although certainly as a right wing figure, more of the dislike for Kirk
1:23.2	is from the left.
1:24.7	It's just too early to say definitively, but we're getting some information.
1:29.1	I am going to do everything I can in this segment to keep it only to what we know.
1:33.7	And one of the things that we now know is what the governor of Utah Spencer Cox said was
1:40.6	on the bullet casings.
1:42.4	The writing on those casings, those, those bullet casings. The writing on those casings, those bullet casings, and I believe we have that as well.
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