Daniel S. Goldman, the former henchman for Adam Schiff during the awful impeachment investigation and trial, won the crowded primary in NY-10 yesterday. A Democrat, he will have no trouble winning in the fall.
Goldman has no personality or appeal. He is humorless. He won because he is the heir to the Levi Strauss fortune. He is worth a possibly $250 million and spent $4 million of his own money. In other words, he bought the seat.
His record is terrible. He's part of a cohort of left-wing prosecutors who have become ubiquitous on CNN and MSNBC, and who have cheered the weaponization of law enforcement and the bureaucracy against conservatives.
Throughout the Trump presidency, Goldman hyped the Russia collusion hoax, even taunting Trump over the supposed "pee tape," and hyping the fraudulent "dossier." He also helped Schiff spy on colleagues, and condescended to them.
His reward: not accountability, but a promotion. In fact, almost no one on the Democratic or Never Trump side has been held accountable for their rejection of democracy and abuse of American civil liberties and the Constitution.
The one consolation: the higher the monkey climbs, the more he shows his tail. Goldman is overdue for a comeuppance, and his return to the national stage -- in a lifetime position, given his party -- will provide plenty of opportunities.
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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