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September 22, 2025 68 mins

-- On the Show:

-- Josh Shapiro, Governor of Pennsylvania, joins us to discuss political violence, free speech, discerning fact from fiction online, and much more

-- At Charlie Kirk’s memorial, Donald Trump, Erika Kirk, Stephen Miller, and others turn the service into a showcase for authoritarian themes

-- Trump rambles about vaccines and corruption during a bizarre late-night press event

-- Gavin Newsom signs the No Secret Police Act to stop masked ICE raids and challenges Trump’s deportation regime

-- Karoline Leavitt vanishes from press briefings as Trump’s White House spirals into chaos

-- Trump stumbles through an interview with Peter Doocy while joking about violence and media control

-- Trump shields Tom Homan after he is caught on video taking a $50,000 bribe

-- David contrasts Jimmy Kimmel’s censorship with Roseanne Barr’s firing following MAGA allegations of hypocrisy

-- Trump claims negative media coverage of him is illegal while ignoring free speech protections

-- On the Bonus Show: Trump wants Bagram air base back from the Taliban, lawmakers want trans people Institutionalized, AOC weighing Senate or presidential run, and much more...

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(00:00) Charlie Kirk memorial turns authoritarian
(09:03) Trump’s late-night vaccine & corruption rant
(13:26) Newsom signs No Secret Police Act
(20:17) Karoline Leavitt disappears from briefings
(26:10) Trump's interview with Peter Doocy
(35:17) Trump shields Homan after bribe
(40:04) Josh Shapiro Interview
(57:07) MAGA accuses David of hypocrisy
(1:01:36) Trump claims negative media coverage is illegal  
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