They break everything and you pay the price

The David Pakman Show - August 12, 2026

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Donald Trump refused to reject a proposal from talk show host Wayne Allyn Root to declare a national emergency and force new election rules from the White House without congressional approval. Changing voting procedures belongs exclusively to states and Congress.

Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton appeared on television to request urgent financial backing after being dramatically outspent by Democratic rival James Talarico. Trump backed Paxton during the primary over incumbent Senator John Cornyn, but that personal endorsement failed to translate into small-dollar donor excitement.

Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows the American labor force lost over 1.3 million participants over a one-year period while overall participation dropped to 61.4%. Official unemployment figures dropped primarily because discouraged workers stopped searching for positions.

Donald Trump repeatedly closed his eyes and disengaged during an official government event regarding childhood vaccines inside the Oval Office. These repeated incidents raise ongoing questions about Trump’s stamina and medical transparency.

Private corporations routinely force consumers to absorb financial and administrative burdens. Taxpayers frequently fund infrastructure, research, and public developments only to pay private corporate owners repeatedly to use those same finished services.

Donald Trump claimed he personally required doctors to separate his children’s childhood vaccines during the 1980s, long before anti-vaccine theories gained widespread political traction. He signed an executive order this week advocating for separate shots that are not legally licensed or manufactured within the United States.

Finally, intelligence agencies uncovered a credible threat from Iranian-linked groups, prompting security officials to transport Donald Trump off Air Force One inside a catering truck to secretly board an alternate military aircraft. Reporters and staff remained on the main presidential plane as unwitting decoys while the president flew separately.

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Results from last night’s primaries, Mike Lindell refuses to concede, and much more...

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