Remember Khizr Khan? He was the scourge of Donald Trump in 2016, the bereaved Muslim father of a fallen U.S. soldier who died in Iraq. He excoriated Trump at the Democratic National Convention over the issue of Trump's views on Islam, and he became a national hero.
Remember Trump's supposed comments about dead troops being "suckers" and "losers"? That story in the Atlantic that no one seemed to be able to confirm, and which anyone in a position to know -- even disloyal officials -- denied, yet became a cable news staple?
That's how Democrats and the media use veterans, and fallen heroes -- to attack Republican candidates. And it usually works, because shellshocked Republicans like veterans so much that they fear pushing back, even when the attacks are based on total distortions.
Then there are the Gold Star families of the Afghanistan 13 -- those men and women who were killed by a terrorist bombing in the chaotic U.S. evacuation from Kabul. (Many were wounded as well.) They have been treated like dirt by President Biden for two years.
As Logan Dobson pointed out on Twitter, the cable news networks -- other than Fox -- ignored the Gold Star families' memorial ceremony yesterday. Yet they couldn't get enough of the "suckers" story. Maybe next time, we should recognize their' abuse of veterans for what it is.
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 ...
