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 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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