The David Pakman Show
10/16/25: Protests incoming, MAGA terrified, Bernie and AOC tell it like it is
16 Oct 2025
-- On the Show: -- Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, Democrat from Arizona's 7th congressional district, joins us to discuss the delay in her swearing-in and how it connects to the Republican effort to block the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files -- Donald Trump panics as the upcoming No Kings protests grow into potentially the largest demonstrations since his return to office, with Fox News hosts warning people to stay away -- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent rants that peaceful No Kings protests threaten paychecks, exposing the administration’s paranoia and detachment from reality -- Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warn that Trump’s one-year ACA subsidy plan is a political trap designed to spike premiums right after the midterms -- Trump rambles incoherently about Chuck Schumer, Venezuela, and nuclear wars, revealing confusion and delusion during a bizarre press event -- Trump slurs through donor remarks while bragging about multimillion-dollar checks and obsessing over White House décor -- Nancy Pelosi shuts down a right-wing reporter pushing a false January 6th conspiracy, calling out MAGA lies and refusing to play along with bad-faith attacks -- JD Vance defends GOP officials caught in a pro-Hitler group chat and falsely blames leftists for political violence -- On the Bonus Show: A judge halts Trump's shutdown layoffs, Capitol Police investigate a swastika found in a representative's office, the US revokes the visas of six foreigners over Charlie Kirk comments, and much more... 💳 PDS Debt: Get your free assessment & find the best option for you at https://pdsdebt.com/pakman ⚠️ Ground News: Get 40% OFF their unlimited access Vantage plan at https://ground.news/pakman 🛡️ Incogni lets you control your personal data! Get 60% off their annual plan: http://incogni.com/pakman 🥄 Use code PAKMAN for $5 off Magic Spoon at https://magicspoon.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 (01:10) Trump panics over protests (06:21) Treasury official fears protests (11:19) Sanders/Ocasio-Cortez on healthcare trap (20:16) Trump rambling at press event (29:37) Trump slurs donor remarks (35:28) Adelita Grijalva interview (49:52) Pelosi shuts down reporter (54:42) JD Vance defends young Republicans
Full Episode
The second no Kings protests are Saturday and the Trump administration is pretending not to care, but they're clearly panicking because these could be the biggest since Donald Trump came back to office. Now, Fox News is already warning viewers to stay away. Treasury Secretary Scott Besant had a meltdown about it.
And meanwhile, Bernie Sanders and AOC did a town hall where they are tearing into the health care scam. on CNN. We're going to break down all of it, including the delusion spreading through Trump's cabinet. And we will start with the desperate attempt to downplay what is coming this weekend. We're also going to speak to Adelita Grijalva, who won her election.
But Maga Mike Johnson refuses to swear her in. I will ask her, does she ultimately plan to vote to release the Epstein files once she is sworn in? And lastly, J.D. Vance is covering for the I Love Hitler leak, saying these are just kids at the end of the day. All of that and more today. All right.
The No Kings protests are back this weekend and the Trump administration is both trying to project strength. But they are really terrified that these are going to be huge. Authoritarians don't like public displays of displeasure with what they are doing, and they will go to the ends of the earth to try to either prevent those protests from being public or from happening altogether if they can.
Donald Trump is panicking about it. He said yesterday in the Oval Office with a very confused looking Kash Patel standing over his right shoulder. They have their day coming up, but nobody is really going to be there. Nobody is really going to be there. And of course, what Trump means is I hope nobody goes. Stupid move. And they don't want to talk about it.
You know, they have their day coming up. I hear very few people going to be there, by the way. But they have their day coming up and they want to have their day in the sun. But They should really make a deal. So what we're doing, I mean, they call him Darth Vader, but he's actually a very nice person, Russell Vogt. But Russell Vogt is really terminating tremendous numbers of Democrat.
Yeah, he's terminated doing all sorts of termination for an administration that claims not to be worried about the No Kings protests. They are spending a lot of time and their media friends are spending a lot of time saying, oh, nobody's really going to go to this thing. Now, the truth is that we could see record turnout here.
We're going to talk about the three and a half percent concept in a moment. And they are recruiting their media allies to try to convince people to stay home. Here is Sean Hannity after interviewing the Prince of Darkness, Stephen Miller. Here's Hannity doing his part to help the regime, saying, stay away from these rallies. It's not a good idea. It's just just stay home.
It'll be much better at home.
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