Today we look ahead to Easter, Passover, and April 15th, the traditional Tax Day (don't worry, you have until Monday, April 18th, to file) with a view to some crazy things the Democrats are doing at the moment: promising gas rebates in California while still retaining high gas taxes; calling for more COVID spending when they haven't burned through everything that was already allocated and there is this little inflation problem that you might have heard about.
We'll also talk about former President Donald Trump's bizarre endorsement of Dr. Mehmet Oz in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania. Oz is a charismatic and interesting guy, but hardly a conservative. The Senate is important partly because of its role in judicial confirmations -- and we'll talk about what Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson means for big cases.
Finally, we'll talk about Ukraine -- not just crazy stuff being said by Democrats, establishment Republicans, and the media -- including connecting it to January 6 -- but also what is NOT being reported in the realm of foreign affairs because of the hyper-focus on Ukraine.
Special guests:
May (Davis) Mailman - Independent Women's Forum, on Justice KBJ
Jessica Millan Patterson - CA GOP chair, on Newsom's gas rebate plan
Matthew Boyle - Breitbart News, on Trump endorsing Oz in Pennsylvania
Frances Martel - Breitbart News, on Ukraine and everything but Ukraine
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This week's Torah reading is a special one for the Sabbath that occurs in the middle of the holiday of Sukkot. The intermediate days of the holiday are not as holy as the first and last, but the Sabbath has its own special splendor.
This week's reading is about the reconciliation of God and the Jewish people after the sin of the Golden Calf. Moses intercedes on the Israelites' behalf, and God rewards him with a new set of tablets -- and a renewed connection.
In the same way, the ceasefire deal that went into effect Friday, October 10 -- ending the war and heralding the return of the remaining Israeli hostages -- marks a renewal of the relationship between the Jewish people and God.
The October 7, 2023, terror attack took place on the last day of Sukkot -- which was also a Sabbath that year, and which is celebrated in Israel as Simchat Torah, typically one of the happiest days on the Jewish calendar.
The terror attack turned happiness to shock and despair. But the subsequent victory, won by...
Today's episode is devoted to the second anniversary of the October 7 terror attacks. It was produced before the announcement of a ceasefire deal, yet remains current & relevant.
Please listen, and #bringthemhome.
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This week's portion is a beautiful poem, containing the Covenant between God and the people of Israel. But given the breaking news that Hamas may actually have agreed to release all of the Israeli hostages, I will devote my remarks to that.
One hopes it is true; if so, it makes this week's additional reading, from II Samuel 22, even more relevant: David's song of praise to the Lord for delivering him from the hand of his enemies.
"18 He rescued me from my powerful enemy,
from my foes, who were too strong for me.
19 They confronted me in the day of my disaster,
but the Lord was my support."
