-- On the Show: -- Donald Trump suffers a legal defeat as the Supreme Court denies his request to enforce Postal Service mail ballot rules for the midterms -- Mitch McConnell returns to the Senate chamber in a wheelchair after a multi-month medical absence following a serious fall and pneumonia -- Gavin Newsom announces that he would refrain from entering the 2028 Democratic presidential primary if Kamala Harris decides to run -- Donald Trump repeats an unsubstantiated story about firefighters carrying him away from Ground Zero after September 11 -- Donald Trump publishes a social media post assuring American adults that they will receive $5,000 dividend checks from accrued tariff revenue -- JD Vance advocates for continuous fraud investigations into executive branch operations regardless of which political party holds power -- JD Vance delivers a keynote speech before numerous empty venue seats during the Republican midterm convention -- Donald Trump dismisses artificial intelligence safeguards by claiming a simple gear stops rogue robots and calls existential risk concerns a hoax -- On the Bonus Show: Republicans are clueless about economics, Don Jr’s wife says a Russian oligarch paid for their wedding party, and much more... -- Become a Member: davidpakman.com/membership -- Subscribe to our (FREE) Substack newsletter: davidpakman.substack.com -- Get David's Book: bit.ly/m/attention -- TDPS Subreddit: www.reddit.com/r/thedavidpakmanshow -- David on Bluesky: davidpakman.com/bluesky -- David on Facebook: www.facebook.com/davidpakmanshow