Are you ready for the military on election day?

The David Pakman Show

David Pakman

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🗓️ 11 May 2026

⏱️ 76 minutes

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-- On the Show: -- Sarah Isgur, editor of SCOTUSblog, host of the legal podcast Advisory Opinions, and a legal analyst for ABC News, joins us to discuss her new book "Last Branch Standing: A Potentially Surprising, Occasionally Witty Journey Inside Today's Supreme Court" -- Donald Trump announces plans for an “Election Integrity Army” in the 2026 midterms while accusing Democrats of interference -- Donald Trump repeatedly declares the Iran conflict over while new strikes, escalation, and military activity continue 11 weeks into the war -- Sebastian Gorka claims the Iran war is lasting longer than just a few weeks because the Trump administration has been “too effective” -- Trump economic adviser Kevin Hassett and Energy Secretary Chris Wright continue blaming Joe Biden for inflation and energy costs -- Donald Trump gives confusing answers about vaccines, Cuba, Fort Knox, football prices, and future military operations -- Donald Trump gives a $6.9 million no-bid contract for the Washington reflecting pool renovation to his own pool contractor -- David gets medical testing, including an ultrasound, after some viewers speculate about his health and appearance online -- On the Bonus Show: Democrats strategize following a court axing Virginia's new congressional map, more than a third of Americans believe the midterms will be stolen, the US will start revoking passports from those who owe child support, and much more... 🥐 Wildgrain: Use code DAVID for $30 off & free croissants FOR LIFE at https://wildgrain.com/david ✉️ StartMail: Get 50% OFF for a year subscription at https://startmail.com/pakman 😺 Smalls cat food: Use code PAKMAN for 60% off & free shipping at https://smalls.com 👂 MDHearing: Use code PAKMAN to get a pair for just $247 at https://shopmdhearing.com/ -- 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) Start (01:29) Trump announces an election army (08:01) Trump keeps saying the Iran war is over (13:12) Gorka says Iran continues because Trump's too effective (22:12) Trump officials keep blaming Biden (31:46) Trump hints at war with Cuba (42:53) Sarah Isgur Interview (1:01:35) Trump gives DC reflecting pool contract to his pool guy (1:07:52) David's health results Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Some follow the noise.
0:03.3	Bloomberg follows the money.
0:05.4	Because behind every headline is a bottom line.
0:09.3	Whether it's the funds-fueling AI or crypto's trillion-dollar swings,
0:13.8	there's a money-side to every story.
0:16.5	And when you see the money-side, you understand what others miss.
0:21.0	Get the money-side of the story., you understand what others miss. Get the money side of the story.
0:23.2	Subscribe now at Bloomberg.com.
0:28.1	Red alert as the Trump administration is openly talking about deploying an election
0:32.6	integrity army in November to polling places.
0:36.6	This is about intimidating people. This is about process warfare,
0:41.3	as I would call it. We're going to talk about it. And this is obviously a very dangerous
0:46.3	escalation from people who know they can't win elections by convincing people about their policies.
0:52.3	So they're going to try to win by manipulating the systems.
0:56.5	We also have now heard seven times that the Iran war is over. And yet we are into week 11 of what
1:04.8	was going to be a three to four week war. And the reason that this is happening according to
1:10.2	Sebastian Gorka is because we have just
1:13.2	won so quickly and so powerfully that the war continues.
1:18.2	Doesn't really make a lot of sense.
1:21.1	Also today, Trump officials continue promising that we're just a couple of weeks, a couple
1:27.2	of months from complete and
1:29.3	total economic paradise, a panacea, utopia, except it doesn't seem to work out that way.
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