Today is a Jewish fast day, remembering the day the Babylonians breached the walls of Jerusalem, so I'll be doing this show without the usual popcorn and coffee. Will I make it? Tune in to find out -- and to hear from amazing guests.
We'll start with Joe Biden's visit to the Middle East. The Saudis now say they will not increase oil production, and opening their skies was not a move toward peace with Israel. So did he achieve anything? I think he did, in spite of himself.
While Joe was away, California Gov. Gavin Newsom paid a visit to Washington, testing the waters for a presidential run -- just in case, you know, something were to ... happen to Biden. He's angling to be the alternative -- to Kamala.
Meanwhile, back home, L.A. is preparing to host the MLB All-Star Game, which was controversially moved from Atlanta last year for political reasons. What will it say about life in L.A., and California -- and blue-state America?
The primary elections are one way to take the pulse of the electorate -- and we will talk to a candidate who's in the field in Maryland, Mathew Foldi, in a newly-competitive district that Republicans think they can take in the midterms.
Special guests:
Alan Dershowitz -- noted legal pundit, on Biden's Middle East trip, and Roe
Elex Michaelson -- of Fox 11 KTTV, who interviewed Gavin Newsom in DC
Matthew Foldi -- Republican primary candidate in Maryland's 6th district
Jessica Vaugn -- model and pundit, on the economy and L.A. today
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This week's show will be slightly different from the norm: we'll focus on clips and topics, rather than guests -- and that, hopefully, will mean more input from the callers (unless you are all watching football on opening weekend).
Topics:
- The state of the economy
- The fight against crime
- The midterm election fight
- The struggle for peace between Russia and Ukraine
- The airstrike on the Venezuelan drug cartel
- The attempt to sink Kennedy
- The war in Gaza
- The case against Harvard
- The Trump presidency
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This week's Torah portion includes several laws about conduct in civic and personal life, the common theme of which is boundaries -- setting bounds to what one may do at home, at work, and even in the battlefield.
One noteworthy passage concerns Amalek, the evil nation that attacked the Children of Israel as they made their Exodus from slavery to freedom. Deuteronomy 25:17-19 commands Jews to obliterate Amalek's memory.
The South African government accused Israel of genocide on the basis of a story about Amalek in the Book of Samuel, in which King Saul was commanded to wipe out the entire evil Amalekite nation.
Because Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quoted this week's portion -- "Remember what Amalek did to you" (25:17), the South African government claimed he was commanding soldiers to commit genocide.
It was an absurd and malevolent misreading of the Bible and of Jewish tradition. The commandment, as observed by Jews today, is to remember the evil of Amalek and fight ...
