Happy St. Patrick's Day to all of you -- and I hope your Sunday is as good as mine has been. We have lots of news to talk about -- at home and abroad.
The primaries are wrapped up -- so Trump is going to get intelligence briefings (he was supposed to have been getting them already?). Democrats are using that to attack him -- and they have a new hoax: the claim that he called for a "bloodbath" if he loses in November (but he was actually talking about cars!).
Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden launched an extraordinary attack on Israel, in a week when Biden waived $10 billion in sanctions on Iran, and slapped sanctions on Israel, amid reports of "slow-walking" ammunition. What's going on?
Then we have more on St. Patrick's Day, immigration, the environment... just about anything you can think of. Oh, and March Madness is finally here. Can you be bothered with a bracket in the one part of sports not ruined by politics?
Special guests:
Matthew Boyle -- Breitbart News D.C. editor
Rich Goldberg -- Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Dylan Gwinn - Breitbart News sports editor
Neil Munro -- Breitbart News immigration editor
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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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