9/8/25: Chicago under militarization threat as authoritarianism grows
The David Pakman Show
David Pakman
4.6 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 8 September 2025
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
-- On the Show:
-- Donald Trump sent federal troops into Washington, D.C., but daily protests only grow stronger
-- Gavin Newsom teases 2028 while Wes Moore bows out of 2028, raising questions about Democratic strategy
-- Trump threatens to send troops to Chicago against the will of Mayor Brandon Johnson and Governor JB Pritzker
-- Illinois leaders, including JB Pritzker and Juliana Stratton, keep protests peaceful to deny Trump a pretext for military action
-- Trump briefly praises vaccines in a rare moment that contradicts his own Health Secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr
-- Trump rambles incoherently about immigrants, Putin, Chicago, and beef prices in a series of disastrous answers
-- American farmers post viral videos showing anger and despair over Trump’s policies
-- Trump attends the US Open with broadcasters ordered to avoid boos, but fan videos expose the crowd reaction
-- Corporate media downplays Trump’s visible health issues while independent outlets highlight his disappearance and confusion
-- House Speaker Mike Johnson accuses Trump of secretly working with the FBI, raising questions about his loyalty
-- On the Bonus Show: Republicans are turning on Thomas Massie, Democrats are more focused on young leadership than Republicans, food makers phasing out artificial dyes, and much more...
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(00:00) -- Trump sends troops; protests rise
(08:12) -- Newsom teases 2028, Wes Moore out
(17:51) -- Trump threatens Chicago troops
(23:56) -- Illinois leaders keep protests peaceful
(29:46) -- Trump briefly praises vaccines
(39:31) -- Trump rambles incoherently
(45:37) -- Farmers post viral anger videos
(50:25) -- Trump at US Open faces boos
(56:38) -- Media downplays Trump’s health
(1:03:14) -- Johnson claims Trump an FBI informant
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| 0:00.0 | I was so proud to hear from so many of my audience members that you are going to be out there protesting on October 18th. |
| 0:16.6 | And many of you were out there protesting this weekend. |
| 0:20.6 | The crackdown on Washington, D.C. from the Trump administration is backfiring. |
| 0:25.5 | And I'm taking great pleasure in it. |
| 0:27.7 | I love it. |
| 0:28.7 | I love to see this. |
| 0:30.5 | They had the idea of a show of force. |
| 0:33.5 | We're going to send more than 2,000 National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., ice agents, |
| 0:39.7 | masked federal officers patrolling the streets. |
| 0:43.4 | And this has become not only an example of a total PR failure, but it has really become an example |
| 0:50.7 | of a laboratory for protest techniques that actually work, something I wrote about |
| 0:56.6 | extensively in my book, The Echo Machine. |
| 0:59.2 | This past weekend, the we are all D.C. March drew thousands of people into the streets. |
| 1:05.3 | They were chanting free D.C. They were chanting resist tyranny, anti-authoritarian messages, as well as Trump must go now. |
| 1:16.2 | But to me, the real story is what's been happening every single day since Donald Trump's takeover, |
| 1:21.9 | which is these decentralized, sustained, creative resistance movements. |
| 1:26.7 | Now, in my book, I talked about really why small |
| 1:31.8 | repeated actions will often outlast big one-time marches. And the reason why the ongoing |
| 1:39.6 | smaller actions often have more shelf life is that they're harder to police. They can sometimes |
| 1:45.7 | keep energy alive between major events. They can create like a constant flow of visuals |
| 1:50.6 | and stories that social media can amplify. You do one big protest, which is great, which |
| 1:55.3 | I'm in favor of, by the way. But you do one big protest. It'll get a little coverage beforehand, |
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