"Would you like fries with that?" Trump worked the McDonald's fryer and drive-thru today. Is there anything else to talk about? Well, yes... My colleague Matt Boyle has an exclusive interview with the former president -- we'll air it today!
Also: Obamacare enrollment deadlines are approaching again. Democrats say Trump wants to get rid of it; Trump says he had to save it and actually made it better. With costs going up... what's the real story? We'll discuss health care.
We'll also talk about the media -- what's going on? Bret Baier's Fox News interview was one thing, but... are the mainstream media actually giving up on Kamala Harris? How are things shaping up, with just over two weeks to go?
Finally, we'll talk about Israel. Ordinary soldiers on a routine training mission took down Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar this past week. Could there any greater justice? And Hezbollah is in the crosshairs... where are Biden/Harris on this?
Special guests:
Matt Boyle - DC/political editor, Breitbart News, on Trump interview
Chris Faddis - president of Solidarity HealthShare, on Obamcare costs
Tim Graham - executive editor of NewsBusters, on the media
Pierre Rehov - filmmaker of "Pogrom(s)," on the killing of Hamas's Sinwar
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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.
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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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