Olena Zelenska, the First Lady of Ukraine, visited the U.S. yesterday. At home, her husband is busy dismissing key security officials amid concerns about leaks -- a major problem -- while the battle bogs down in the eastern provinces.
The Wall Street Journal op-ed pages are scolding the West for failing to arm Ukraine, and for allowing Putin to use his "deterrent." Well, that's what nuclear weapons allow you to do. It's also what being unpredictable lets you achieve.
As I've been saying for months, the only way out of this is a negotiated deal. There is no circumstance in which Russia will accept a Western victory -- only a stalemate that can be spun as a Russian win. All other options are bluster.
The Biden administration has already squandered the negotiating leverage the West had when Ukraine had military and diplomatic momentum after repulsing Russian attacks on Kiev. Now that leverage is slipping fast. Time is running out.
If the war is allowed to continue, Russia could achieve gains that allow it to threaten Ukrainian sovereignty again, and the West will have to step in more forcefully, with a much higher risk of escalation, and a cold winter ahead.
The time for negotiations was yesterday. What's happened to Biden? What happened to President "Diplomacy Is Back"? Where's all the diplomacy we were promised? And if the U.S. is trying to pursue "victory," what does that look like?
This week, we are tackling two major areas of contention between the Trump administration and Democrat governors: fighting crime, and redistricting. The president is sending the National Guard to blue cities -- and blue states are trying to stamp out Republican representation. Is this a civil war situation?
Special guests:
- Bradley Jaye -- Breitbart News congressional correspondent, on redistricting
- Tom Manza, California Business and Industrial Alliance, on Gavin Newsom
- Jon Fleischman, veteran California political expert, on the special election
- Dan Backer, veteran political lawyer and consultant, on corruption
- DJ Mark Anthony, on a recent visit to Rome and visiting Pope Leo XIV
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This week's portion is the last of the month of Av -- also known as Menachem (Comforter) Av -- which begins in mourning and ends in celebration and anticipation of the New Year and the process of repentance and renewal.
In a similar vein, the portion features Moses offering the Israelites a choice between a blessing and a curse. They are masters of their own fates: if they obey God's commandments, they receive the blessings -- and vice versa.
The key commandment is to reject idol worship. There is said to be something magnetic about the practice of worshiping idols in the new land, such that it would be constant moral battle, both individually and collectively, in the land.
Nowadays, according to Jewish tradition, humanity has lost the urge for idol worship (and the antidote, which is divine prophecy) -- but there are several near substitutes, such as lust or excessive appetites for worldly pleasures.
We are wired for compulsive behaviors, bad habits, and even addictions. These ...
We have so much to talk about this week -- Trump's efforts to negotiate peace through negotiation, and Gavin Newsom's efforts to divide Americans through gerrymandering. We'll also talk about Playboy leaving LA and California.
Special guests:
Frances Martel - Breitbart News foreign editor, on Russia & Ukraine
Bradley Jaye - Breitbart News congressional correspondent, on Newsom
Harmeet Dhillon - DOJ Civil Rights Division chief, on the fight against DEI
Jessica Vaugn - Playboy model on political commentator, on California
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