Today, we'll look ahead to a busy legislative week. The fight over the $3.5 trillion "reconciliation" bill continues, as Democrats try to slip in amnesty provisions in the midst of an unprecedented wave of migration at the southern U.S. border. We're still reeling from the revelation on Friday that the U.S. killed an innocent man -- and 9 other civilians -- in an airstrike Aug. 29: was it just to save face for the Biden administration's disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal? Don't look to JCOS Chairman Gen. Mark Milley for answers; he's defending his calls to his Chinese counterpart in the closing days of the Trump administration. And Biden is at the beach -- after rationing Regeneron, a lifesaving monoclonal antibody treatment for coronavirus, from seven southern states in what seems to be an act of brazen political retaliation for rejecting mask/vaccine mandates. France has recalled its ambassador -- for the first time ever -- in a blow to Biden's claims to have restored relations with U.S. allies. Is there anything left of the Biden presidency? The fiscal battles ahead in Congress may well decide.
Special guests:
Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) - on Afghanistan, and on beating leukemia
Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC) - on the reconciliation battle in the House
Breitbart News' Brandon Darby - on the crisis at the southern U.S. border
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This is my first broadcast from the new office and studio in Washington, DC, where I'll be for a couple of years my neighborhood back in L.A. cleans up -- and as we follow the Trump administration from a little closer up than usual.
Topics:
- The anniversary of the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump
- The escalating tariff battle with various different trading partners
- The future of the Middle East peace talks, and ongoing antisemitism
- The Jeffrey Epstein files and whether they mean anything at all
- The continued crisis of the Texas floods, and stories of heroism and survival
And more!
Special guests:
- James Rosen - Newsmax chief Washington correspondent
- Bob Price - Breitbart News Texas reporter, on the ongoing floods
- Robert Cahill - Trafalgar Polling, on a new alliance of reliable pollsters
- Rabbi Yaakov Menken - Coalition for Jewish Values - on Israel & antisemitism
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This week’s portion tells the grand story of the prophet who tried to curse people of Israel and instead ended up blessing them.
I am reminded that these portions continue to be relevant anew, as this particular reading lent the title for Israel’s recent 12 Day War against Iran, “Operation Rising Lion.”
This week's portion includes the commandment of the red heifer -- one of the classic "irrational" commandments whose fulfillment is an expression of faith. It also includes the regrettable episode in which Moses strikes the rock.
I referred to this story in a wedding speech last night. Why was Moses punished for striking the rock in Numbers, when he struck the rock without incident in Exodus -- both for the purpose of providing water to the people?
The answer is that in the interim, the Jewish people had received the Torah, which is like the marriage contract between the people of Israel and God. In a marriage, you do not resolve things by breaking boundaries, but through love.
The additional reading, from Judges Chapter 11, is the story of Jephthah (Yiftach), a man whom the leaders spurn, but to whom they must turn to save the nation. The parallels to our present political circumstances are striking.
Shabbat Shalom and Happy Fourth of July!
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