The media are abuzz with anticipation about a new witness in the January 6 hearings: Matt Pottinger, a former deputy national security advisor who resigned on January 6. He is not a direct witness to anything, but is being called because the committee's primary goal is to cast aspersions on Donald Trump.
Not that Trump doesn't deserve them -- I thought the entire January 6 protest was a bad idea, and said so beforehand -- but this is not actually about Trump.
The January 6 committee is a Stalinist show trial. It is being conducted by one party to humiliate and destroy the other. It is unconstitutional and unlawful, and is destroying the civil liberties and reputations of innocent people.
If Pottinger wants to have his say about Trump, the country's op-ed pages are open to him; there are book publishers eager to provide contracts, etc. By going along with this charade, he is hurting everyone else's constitutional rights.
I won't condemn those who testify under threat of subpoena and jail time -- though I feel that the best moral course for them would be to defy the committee and accept the consequences. But volunteering? No excuse.
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."
So much to focus on this week -- and much breaking news. A peace deal in the Middle East, perhaps? Eric Adams dropping out of the mayor's race? And a looming shutdown as Democrats push their demands beyond absurdity.
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