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The David Pakman Show

David Pakman

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🗓️ 3 February 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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-- On the Show -- Accountability for figures like Joe Rogan and Andrew Schulz should confront their predictable failure without pushing them back into extremism -- Donald Trump uses the Justice Department to arrest Don Lemon, confirming long-standing warnings about authoritarian retaliation against journalists -- Donald Trump unleashes frantic Truth Social rants about Jeffrey Epstein while threatening lawsuits and contradicting his own public record -- Donald Trump calls for nationalizing elections as a workaround to state control after failing to overturn the 2020 results -- Multiple insiders and foreign leaders privately describe Donald Trump as cognitively unstable after extended personal interactions -- Donald Trump denies involvement in a Texas special election he aggressively endorsed after Democrats flipped the seat by double digits -- Donald Trump shows visible physical and verbal deterioration during public appearances while continuing to threaten democratic institutions -- David, as a naturalized US citizen, questions his own safety after the arrest of Don Lemon and the growing use of federal power to intimidate dissent -- On the Bonus Show: Takeaways from the latest batch of Epstein files, immigration officers in Minneapolis getting body cameras, ICE officers complain about not getting their $50,000 bonuses, and much more... 🥄 Use code PAKMAN for $5 off Magic Spoon at https://magicspoon.com/pakman 🛡️ Incogni lets you control your personal data! Get 60% off their annual plan: http://incogni.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) Start (01:29) Rogan, Schulz, accountability (09:12) Trump arrests Don Lemon(18:04) Epstein rants and threats(24:09) Trump wants to nationalize elections(30:57) Insiders question Trump stability(36:24) Texas election denial(43:13) Trump’s visible deterioration(53:51) Fear under authoritarian power Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today we're going to be dealing with something uncomfortable but also unavoidable.
0:04.6	What do you do when people finally admit they were wrong about the person they voted for?
0:11.0	Do you welcome them back quietly or do you hold them accountable without pushing them straight back into MAGA?
0:18.4	That's the question.
0:19.4	We're going to talk about why both silence and
0:22.2	shaming fail and what to do if the goal is to prevent this from ever happening again. We then have
0:28.1	the Trump administration crossing yet another line, the arrest of Don Lemon, journalists being targeted,
0:33.6	protesters being targeted. This is the authoritarian turn that we have been warning about,
0:38.8	and it is happening way faster than many people expected, although we warned about it. And then
0:44.4	the Epstein dump, Trump spiraling and lashing out wildly while suggesting that the elections
0:53.5	of this country must be nationalized.
0:56.0	We're also looking at a report from a foreign leader who says he was extraordinarily
1:02.0	disturbed by what happened when he met with Trump and the deep red Texas district flips
1:08.0	and MAGA pretends Trump had nothing to do with it.
1:12.6	Plus, will I be welcomed back into the United States when I return?
1:17.6	Or am I going to have a problem?
1:19.6	We will talk about that as well.
1:26.6	We start today with the topic of, I Told You So, to Shame or Not to Shame, that is the question.
1:35.4	How should we treat truly horrible people, but also people who maybe were just confused,
1:40.7	and they're finally figuring out the truth.
1:43.2	You probably kind of know what I'm alluding to, but I'm going to explain it.
1:46.0	We are seeing more and more voters and more influencers, including people from the Manosphere,
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