It's the week of July 4th -- so we'll be looking ahead to that. But of course we also have last Thursday's debate to talk about, and what it means. As we hit the airwaves, the Biden family will supposedly be meeting to discuss the campaign.
And my former colleague, Steve Bannon, will be preparing to go to prison tomorrow, for a ridiculous conviction set up by the ridiculous January 6 Committee, prosecuted by the partisan DOJ in the biased D.C. courts.
If I were that side, I wouldn't be doing a thing like that right now... not after Thursday night... when it seems likelier than ever that Trump will win, and Bannon will be back on top... the consequences may be somewhat... grim.
I want the Democrats to field the strongest candidate possible: our country deserves it. But they can't really find a way, because even their replacement will stink. So, given how they have behaved, I want them to feel that pinch.
Anyway. There's more to discuss, including our nation's birthday, and the upcoming semiquincentennial, i.e. the 250th, which the next president will preside over ... you wouldn't want that to be Joe Biden or a Democrat, right?
Plus there is another day of Supreme Court decisions, and the ongoing fight against antisemitism. Oh -- and don't miss the latest installment in the "Trumpian Virtues": "Philosemitism," the love of the Jewish people.
Special guests:
Daniel Greenfield - "Sultan Knish," on the attack on the L.A. synagogue
Carrie Severino - Judicial Crisis Network, on the Supreme Court decisions
Gianno Caldwell, Caldwell Institute for Public Safety, on urban crime
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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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