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.
I should have noted in my message about the weekly Torah portion that this week is Shabbat Chazon, the Sabbath of Vision. We are about to mourn -- but see through that pain to something better that lies beyond, on the other side.
Wishing you the best vision -- and an incredible reality to follow. It happens!
We begin the final speech of Moses to the people of Israel before they enter the Promised Land. He relates the ups and downs of the years of wandering in the desert, before, finally, the people have the merit to enter the land itself.
This Sabbath always precedes Tisha B'Av, the Ninth of Av, the saddest day on the Jewish calendar. It is the anniversary of the destruction of both of the Holy Temples, and a catch-all for many calamities that befell the Jewish people.
A word on Tisha B'Av. This year I am leaving for an overseas trip during the afternoon of the holiday -- in the middle of a fast day. Not idea, but there was no other choice. But my flight is in the afternoon, which is significant.
We relax some of the harsh, mournful customs of the day in the afternoon. We start to pray normally; we sit on regular chairs; we start to have hope again in the redemption that will, one day, lead us all back from exile to our home.
I'll be taking a trip to a land where an important part of ...
President Trump is in Scotland, playing golf and making big trade deals -- a major deal with the EU, in fact. Meanwhile, there is a global outcry about humanitarian aid to Palestinians (not about the Israeli hostages, mind you).
On top of that, Democrats are at their lowest polling numbers ever -- so they are trying to win control of the House by redistricting in the middle of a 10-year Census cycle. Oh, economic optimism is up, so they have a tough road.
And Tulsi Gabbard's revelations about the Russia collusion investigation make it clear that Obama's lieutenants lied to Congress. How deeply was he himself involved? The media continue to ignore the evidence, but we certainly won't.
Special guests:
Nick Gilbertson - Breitbart News White House correspondent, on EU deal
Frances Martel - Breitbart News foreign editor, on Trump abroad and Russia
John Spencer - urban warfare expert, on humanitarian aid and war in Gaza
Bradley Jaye - Breitbart News congressional correspondent, on the ...
