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The David Pakman Show - June 3, 2021

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Trump Blog Already Shut Down Over Zero Readership

Donald Trump's much promoted new social media communications platform (really just a blog) has been shut down already after just 29 days of being online. The page “From the Desk of Donald J. Trump” has been scrubbed from the former president’s website and “will not be returning.” If you try to access the page now, you’ll be directed to a page encouraging you to sign up for Trump’s mailing list. The former Nevada GOP chairwoman tweeted about this: “‘The Desk of Donald J. Trump’ section of President Trump’s website has been removed and will not be returning per @JasonMillerinDC. Perhaps this is a precursor to him joining another social media platform?” Jason Miller, Trump’s senior aide, responded to the tweet by saying, “Yes, actually, it is. Stay tuned!” Whether there is actually a plan to sign Trump up for a new social media platform remains unclear. The former president is still banned from posting to Twitter, Facebook, and dozens of other social media platforms.

So what happened here? It actually could be rather simple: the blog failed miserably. Trump’s posts were routinely getting only a couple thousands shares on Facebook. His site was getting less traffic than the pet adoption site “Petfinder” and the recipe page “Delish.” It’s a bad look to keep posting to something that isn’t generating any attention, especially for a prominent figure like a former president. The truth is that not enough of Trump’s supporters cared to visit the blog with any regularity. On Facebook and Twitter, users can see posts from a wide array of accounts and post their own messages as well. On Trump’s blog, it was all about Trump and there was little to no user interaction. This is yet another failure for the ex-president and once again he’ll have to find a new way for people to stay up to date with his unhinged rantings.

Trump Family PANICS, Told to Lawyer Up

The indicted and since pardoned Trump associate Roger Stone is predicting that an indictment is coming for the former president. This story did not get much attention over the Memorial Day weekend, but Stone appeared with conspiracy theorist and Infowars host Alex Jones and said it's a witch hunt and a nonsensical investigation but that an indictment of Trump is probably coming. Stone even said that he’d be “shocked” if charges didn’t get pressed against the ex-POTUS. Trump has been lawyered up for quite some time now to shield himself from criminal prosecution. And now his adult children are starting to do the same. Donald Trump Jr, Ivanka Trump, and Eric Trump are all hiring attorneys. The idea is that since Cyrus Vance Jr. is investigating the Trump Organization, it’s not just the guy at the top who could be in trouble and the inquiry could hit all levels of the Trump enterprise. So this has every possibility of escalating dramatically. Roger Stone also predicts that the timing of these indictments against Trump will be around the conclusion of the so-called audit of the Arizona election. It doesn’t sound like Stone has any actual reason to make this assertion, but if true, it would suggest that charges against the former president could come over the next few months or even weeks.

From yesterday’s show:

It's True, Many Don't Want to Return to Crappy Jobs

A new talking point on the right is that because of the enhanced unemployment benefits from the American Rescue Plan, people are not going back to work despite the coronavirus pandemic ending in the United States. The argument is that because people are able to make an extra $300 a week on top of their state unemployment payouts, there is no reason for people to work. Some businesses are complaining that they can’t find workers and have to increase wages in order to attract new people to work for them. These boosted unemployment benefits will come to an end on September 6th, so over the next few months we’re likely to see the labor force participation rate go up, however this may not necessarily be good for the overall economy. Macroeconomically, if people have to start accepting lower paying jobs, in some cases earning them less money than the unemployment benefits, then they will have less money to spend in their communities. And this effect could actually slow down the economic recovery. So a slow transition out of this situation actually makes a lot of sense and in the meantime it can force companies that often don’t pay their workers nearly enough to finally catch up to the real market rates.

--More on the show:

--Joe Biden's tax plan details are released, and the higher 39.6% tax rate would start at the $452,700 income level for individuals

--New jobless claims fall below 400,000 for the first time since March of 2020

--Notable discussions from the David Pakman Show subreddit, including about Matt Gaetz having a beverage thrown at him, anti-maskers, and the lab leak theory

--139 Republicans voted to cover up the insurrection that they incited

--Historians are increasingly horrified by the Republican march towards authoritarianism

--A new Washington Post report claims that Donald Trump is increasingly obsessed with bogus ballot audits and appears to truly want to run for President in 2024

--Voicemail caller is absolutely furious about nuclear power

--On the Bonus Show: AMC trading frenzy doubles stock price, Ron DeSantis forces cruise ships to take unvaccinated passengers, 2 Elon Musk tweets violated SEC settlement, much more...

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