What a dramatic week it was... and the coming week could be even crazier -- and why not? So many things are in motion, and we're along for the ride, at home and abroad, for better or for worse.
We'll start by observing that June 24, 2023 was the first anniversary of Dobbs, the decision that overturned Roe v. Wade. It energized Democrats to hold back the "red wave" of 2022. Is abortion a losing issue for Republicans in 2024?
Next, we'll deal with the extraordinary news about Hunter Biden pleading guilty to two tax misdemeanors, plus accepting a diversion for a felony gun violation, with the foreign corruption allegations largely untouched and unexplored.
It already looked like a cover-up -- and then the IRS whistleblower testimony was released suggesting that AG Merrick Garland and the DOJ were involved in keeping a lid on the prosecution. Say what?
Then there was this weekend's rebellion in Russia. where mercenary leader Yegveny Prigozhin threatened to topple Putin's regime. Would he have ended the war, or accelerated it? And what lies ahead?
We'll discuss...
Special guests:
- Carrie Severino - Judicial Crisis Network, on Dobbs anniversary
- Emma-Jo Morris - Breitbart News political editor, on Hunter deal
- Will Scharf - Missouri AG candidate, on Trump indictment
- Frances Martel - Breitbart News foreign editor, on Russia rebels
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The story of Noah is familiar; the details, less so.
Noah is often seen as an ambivalent figure. He was righteous -- but only for his generation. What was his deficiency?
One answer suggests itself: knowing that the world was about to be flooded, he built an Ark for the animals and for his own family -- but did not try to save anyone else or to convince them to repent and change their ways (the prophet Jonah, later, would share that reluctance).
Abraham, later, would set himself apart by arguing with God -- with the Lord Himself! -- against the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, saying that they should be saved if there were enough righteous people to be found (there were not).
Still, Noah was good enough -- and sometimes, that really is sufficient to save the world. We don't need heroes every time -- just ordinary decency.
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An interesting weekend -- one of the last of Daylight Savings Time -- in which there is much to celebrate, much to contemplate, and a bit to worry about.
The Gaza peace deal is shaky, but holding, after the living hostages returned; the shutdown is still going on, with no end in sight; the China trade war is heating up; and the confrontation with Venezuela continues to escalate.
The "No Kings" protest was a dud, despite the media's attempt to inflate it. What I find fascinating is that the Democrats have basically stolen the rhetoric and the imagery of the Tea Party protests, circa 2009. They claim they are defending the Constitution -- just like the Tea Party did.
On the one hand, this is good. How wonderful to have a political system in which both sides, bitterly opposed though they are, articulate differences through the Constitution -- and not, as in so many other countries, outside it.
On the other, this is sheer hypocrisy for the Democrats. Not only did they malign the Tea Party as ...
