Political Costs: Voters and Affordability

-- On the Show

-- Maura Healey, Governor of Massachusetts, joins us to discuss Donald Trump's failure to coordinate with governors ahead of military action against Iran and her efforts to limit ICE activity in the state

-- Donald Trump faces rising costs, oil shocks, civilian casualties, and the rise of Mojtaba Khamenei as Iran’s new supreme leader

-- Donald Trump triggers a global market panic as escalating war with Iran sends oil prices surging, shuts down shipping through the Strait of Hormuz

-- Donald Trump appears at a dignified transfer ceremony for fallen U.S. service members at Dover Air Force Base while wearing a baseball hat

-- Karoline Leavitt refuses to rule out a military draft if the war with Iran expands, while defending higher gas prices and blaming Joe Biden for the affordability crisis

-- Donald Trump struggles to answer questions about ground troops, civilian casualties, and the meaning of unconditional surrender as reporters press him about the escalating war with Iran

-- Newly released Department of Justice documents from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation summarize FBI interviews with a woman who alleges that Donald Trump sexually assaulted her when she was a minor

-- Pete Hegseth warns that more casualties are likely and refuses to rule out U.S. ground troops in Iran while declaring that Iranians who expect to live should be worried

-- On the ⁠Bonus Show⁠: Travelers encounter long delays as the DHS shutdown continues, Cory Booker wants to make the first $75k of income tax-free, Alabama is ready to execute someone who didn't kill anyone, and much more...

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-- David on Facebook: ⁠http://www.facebook.com/davidpakmanshow⁠ (00:00) Start(01:26) Trump faces rising Iran costs(07:55) Global market panic from Iran war(16:22) Trump at Dover ceremony(22:22) Leavitt on draft and gas prices(29:25) Trump pressed on war questions(36:32) Maura Healey Interview(54:26) DOJ Epstein documents released(1:00:24) Hegseth warns on casualties  

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