Arizona Loses Its Mind, Twitter Bails on Disinfo Policy
The David Pakman Show - November 29, 2022
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Trump Explodes at 2:30am, Demands Kari Lake Be "Installed" as Governor
Donald Trump at 2:30 in the morning decided to take to Truth Social and argue that Kari Lake should be “installed” as the next Governor of Arizona. The former president posted, “Massive numbers of ‘BROKEN’ voting machines in Republican Districts on Election Day. Mechanics sent in to ‘FIX’ them made them worse. Kari had to be taken to a Democrat area, which was working perfectly, to vote. Her opponent ran the Election. This is yet another criminal voting operation - SO OBVIOUS. Kari Lake should be installed Governor of Arizona. This is almost as bad as the 2020 Presidential Election, which the Unselect Committee refuses to touch because they know it was Fraudulent!” Trump has gone from speculating that Democrats would try to rig the election ahead of the 2020 race, to trying to weaponize the certification process and electoral votes at the end of 2020 and 2021, to just saying “install the loser” in 2022. Predictably, Kari Lake is playing along with Trump’s demands and making every effort to overthrow an election that she flat-out lost.
Bonkers AZ Election Hearing Goes Bad Quickly
The 2022 election is not yet over in Arizona, even though Kari Lake lost the governor’s race to Katie Hobbs. Hearings in Arizona are taking place to entertain the Republican Party’s voter fraud complaints. They featured everything from prayer, to conspiracy theories, to people predicting that tensions are going to “bubble up” and violence could result from anger over the election results. Cochise County in Arizona even opted not to certify the election results before the deadline, adhering to the wishes of the Trumpian voter base. As we’ve seen from the 2020 election, these complaints could last for years. At least the rest of the country is not focused too much on voter fraud at the moment, since it’s been overall less of a right-wing talking point following the midterms as compared to the last presidential election.
From yesterday’s show:
Protests Erupt in China After Years of COVID Zero Policy
Protests have been erupting across China in recent days over the Communist Party’s COVID zero policies that remain in place nearly three years into the pandemic. While much of the world has opened up, China still has strict testing requirements and institutes shutdowns when there are localized outbreaks. Chants across the country include, “step down, Xi Jinping! Step down, Communist Party!” also “we don’t want COVID tests, we want freedom!” and “we don’t want dictatorship, we want democracy!” The police have been responding to the protests forcefully, and videos show officers in some cases beating and arresting demonstrators. Widespread and long-lasting protests are rare in China. It remains to be seen whether these demonstrations will be quashed or if they will lead to Xi Jinping’s government beginning to relax some of its strict COVID policies.
From yesterday’s show:
Elon Musk Backs Ron DeSantis in 2024
Elon Musk will back Ron DeSantis for president if the Florida governor chooses to run in 2024. Elon was asked by a Twitter user whether he’d support a DeSantis run and he said “yes” followed by, “My preference for the 2024 presidency is someone sensible and centrist. I had hoped that would be the case for the Biden administration, but have been disappointed so far.” Apparently, Musk views DeSantis, who’s been at the center of every right-wing culture war issue, as the “sensible and centrist” option versus Joe Biden who was the most conservative option in the Democratic field in 2020. It’s unclear whether Musk actually likes DeSantis or if he’s fallen victim to audience capture since much of his fanbase is on the right. Given Musk’s cult-like following, his endorsement may end up making a difference in a possible Ronald vs. Donald showdown in the Republican primaries.
More on the show:
-- Doctor John Krystal, psychiatrist and Yale University Professor best known for the discovery of the rapid antidepressant effects of ketamine, joins David to discuss depression, SSRI's, treatment with ketamine, and much more
-- Cochise County in Arizona is refusing to certify its election
-- Under Elon Musk's leadership, Twitter is no longer enforcing its COVID disinformation policy
-- Donald Trump's presence has become so toxic to Republican candidates that he isn't being allowed anywhere near Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker's campaign events
-- Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker says that people who protest should be arrested if they continue protesting after 5pm
-- MyPillow CEO and founder Mike Lindell says he is running for Republican Chairman, challenging Ronna McDaniel
-- Voicemail caller seems to think David is still talking about Bernie Sanders
-- On the Bonus Show: Pitch invader with rainbow flag invades World Cup Match, San Francisco considers allowing law enforcement robots to use lethal force, Florida woman sues Velveeta over macaroni cooking time, much more...
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I recently wrote that Kanye West is (absolutely) bipolar. It suddenly occurs to me that Donald Trump might also be bipolar. Irrational, explosive mood swings and crazy, unexplained behavior are the hallmarks of the bipolar disorder. The bipolar person isn't necessarily "crazy." Rather, there is an imbalance of neurotransmitters in the brain that can be controlled with medicine. But if, in fact, Trump IS bipolar, he is giving those people a bad name, and he is making them appear crazy. He needs to see a psychiatrist immediately before he does any further damage.