Joel Pollak
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I will share my thoughts about American politics, as well as current events in Israel and elsewhere, based on my experiences in the U.S., South Africa, and the Middle East. I will also discuss books and popular culture from the perspective of a somewhat libertarian, religiously observant conservative living in California. I will also share art and ideas that I find useful and helpful, and link to my content at Breitbart News, Amazon, and elsewhere.
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The full guide to THE AGENDA -- with titles and links

Day 1 of THE AGENDA: Introduction https://joelpollak.locals.com/post/6421016/first-episode-of-the-agenda
Day 2 of THE AGENDA: Restoring justice and the rule of law https://joelpollak.locals.com/post/6421020/second-episode-of-the-agenda
Day 3 of THE AGENDA: Investigations and Executive Agencies https://joelpollak.locals.com/post/6427935/day-3-of-the-agenda-investigations-and-executive-agencies
Day 4 of THE AGENDA: Fighting crime, closing the border https://joelpollak.locals.com/post/6427990/day-4-of-the-agenda-fighting-crime-closing-the-border
Day 5 of THE AGENDA: More on securing the border https://joelpollak.locals.com/post/6431622/day-5-of-the-agenda-more-on-securing-the-border
Day 6 of THE AGENDA: Border security and immigration reform https://joelpollak.locals.com/post/6435303/day-6-of-the-agenda-border-security-and-immigration-reform
Day 7 of THE AGENDA: Appropriately, moving to foreign policy https://joelpollak.locals.com/post/6441913/day-7-of-the-agenda-appropriately-moving-to-foreign-policy
Day 8 of THE AGENDA: Foreign policy, from Ukraine to Israel https://joelpollak.locals.com/post/6444649/day-8-of-the-agenda-foreign-policy-from-ukraine-to-israel
Day 9 of THE AGENDA: What to do about the United Nations https://joelpollak.locals.com/post/6448331/day-9-of-the-agenda-what-to-do-about-the-united-nations
Day 10 of THE AGENDA: From confronting China to restoring faith https://joelpollak.locals.com/post/6451642/day-10-of-the-agenda-from-confronting-china-to-restoring-faith
Day 11 of THE AGENDA: Faith, a culture of life, and religious liberty https://joelpollak.locals.com/post/6454949/day-11-of-the-agenda-faith-a-culture-of-life-and-religious-liberty
Day 12 of THE AGENDA: Religious liberty and an envoy to protect Christians https://joelpollak.locals.com/post/6458389/day-12-of-the-agenda-religious-liberty-and-an-envoy-to-protect-christians
Day 13 of THE AGENDA: From faith to identity politics https://joelpollak.locals.com/post/6464632/day-13-of-the-agenda-from-faith-to-identity-politics
Day 14 of THE AGENDA: From transgenderism to real diversity https://joelpollak.locals.com/post/6467436/day-14-of-the-agenda-from-transgenderism-to-real-diversity
Day 15 of THE AGENDA: Ending DEI and promoting patriotism https://joelpollak.locals.com/post/6474548/day-15-of-the-agenda-ending-dei-and-promoting-patriotism
Day 16 of THE AGENDA: Fighting inflation and growing the economy https://joelpollak.locals.com/post/6477898/day-16-of-the-agenda-fighting-inflation-and-growing-the-economy
Day 17 of THE AGENDA: Improving health and education https://joelpollak.locals.com/post/6477927/day-17-of-the-agenda-improving-health-and-education
Day 18 of THE AGENDA: From raising children to lower energy costs https://joelpollak.locals.com/post/6481709/day-18-of-the-agenda-from-raising-children-to-lower-energy-costs
Day 19 of THE AGENDA: From fossil fuels to renewable energy https://joelpollak.locals.com/post/6488090/day-19-of-the-agenda-from-fossil-fuels-to-renewable-energy
Day 20 of THE AGENDA: From Energy to the Environment https://joelpollak.locals.com/post/6490017/day-20-of-the-agenda-from-energy-to-the-environment
Day 21 of THE AGENDA: From environmental protection to the national debt https://joelpollak.locals.com/post/6493034/day-21-of-the-agenda-from-environmental-protection-to-the-national-debt
Day 22 of THE AGENDA: Fixing the debt with assets in space https://joelpollak.locals.com/post/6496075/day-22-of-the-agenda-fixing-the-debt-with-assets-in-space
Day 23 of THE AGENDA: Protecting the Constitution, and our elections https://joelpollak.locals.com/post/6498555/day-23-of-the-agenda-protecting-the-constitution-and-our-elections
Day 24 of THE AGENDA: Conclusion -- What Trump should work on with Congress https://joelpollak.locals.com/post/6501109/day-24-of-the-agenda-conclusion-what-trump-should-work-on-with-congress

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This is what is left of my special place in the forest

Burned, then covered in mudslides and rockslides. The river still flows through it. But we have lost so much. I have to believe the spirit still lives on.

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The drive home 💔
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Weekly Torah reading: Naso Numbers 4:21 - 7:89

This week we study the vow of the Nazirite; a reminder that sometimes trying to be too holy is excessive, and the best we can do is to be the best that we are.

https://www.chabad.org/parshah/torahreading_cdo/aid/2495720/p/complete/jewish/Naso-Torah-Reading.htm

Breitbart News Sunday: show rundown (June 1, 2025)

It's finally June -- and it's also my final show from California (for now). Yes, I'm moving to D.C., where my wife has taken a senior economic role in the Trump administration. (Never were the words "better half" more accurate.)

But let's take the time to look back -- just a little bit -- and to look ahead.

With:

John Carney -- Breitbart News financial editor, on the U.S. economy
Jamie Paige -- Westside Current reporter, on L.A.'s homeless debacle
Frances Martel -- Breitbart News foreign editor, on Trump's diplomacy
Jon Fleischman -- Flash Report founder, on the state of California politics
Blake Mallen -- Pacific Palisades fire survivor and entrepreneur

Tune in: SiriusXM Patriot 125, 7-10 p.m. ET, 4-7 p.m. PT
Call: 866-957-2874

Weekly Torah reading: Bamidbar (Numbers Numbers 1:1 - 4:20)

This week'd portion begins the book of Numbers. Interestingly, the Hebrew name for the book is "In the Desert," not "Numbers." The portion, which happens to be my bar mitzvah portion, focuses almost as much on the names of the princes of each tribe as the number of soldiers it fielded. It also focuses on the configuration of the tribal camps around the central Tabernacle and the Levites.

So why "Numbers" instead of "Names" or "Places"? The numbers are, to be sure, a unique feature of the opening of this Biblical book -- but they are not the focus of the rest of the narrative. The Hebrew focuses on the place where the events in the book take place, because essentially this is the narrative of the Israelites' wanderings from Egypt to Israel, across 40 years. We move from the giving of the Torah and the construction of the Tabernacle in Exodus and Leviticus, to the final valediction of Moses in Deuteronomy -- Bamidbar is the story of wandering that happened in between.

The question of ...

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