Welcome back, after a Super Bowl hiatus! It's Presidents' Day weekend, and whether you're driving to the mountains or the coast, you'll enjoy this live, and urgent, edition of the show.
We'll discuss events abroad, including the death of Putin opponent Alexei Navalny -- and Tucker Carlson's interview of Putin, in that context. (I thought the interview was valuable, but let's discuss.)
We'll also talk about another Tucker interview -- this one with Mike Benz, who has argued that the U.S. intelligence agencies have turned tools used to foment foreign uprisings against domestic opposition.
We'l turn to domestic politics as well -- Trump's dramatic trials, the South Carolina Republican primary, and the new revelations that Jim Biden, the president's brother, traded on his name for a failed firm.
Join us!
Special guests:
Marshall Poe -- Russia scholar, on Putin, Navalny, and Tucker
Lee Smith -- on U.S. intelligence manipulating our elections
Frances Martel -- on Russia, Argentina, and the Middle East
Ken Klukowski -- Breitbart News legal affairs editor, on Trump
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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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