Democratic Party legislators in Texas have decided to leave the state to deny the Republican majority a quorum necessary to pass new bills on voting.
How ironic: denying a legislative vote, ostensibly to defend the right to vote.
This behavior is fundamentally anti-democratic, and we have seen it before -- in Texas in 2003, in Wisconsin in 2011, and elsewhere. The Madison "fleebaggers" -- a play on the pejorative term used by Democrats (and CNN) to describe the Tea Party movement -- upped the ante by bringing masses of demonstrators to the state capitol for weeks. Some of the left-wing protesters occupied the building, and damaged it. It was the first "insurrection" of the type that would later be repeated by left-wing activists in other state capitols -- and eventually by the January 6 rioters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
If invading a legislative building to force (or prevent) a particular result is an insurrection, then leaving a legislative building for that same purpose is just as much an insurrection. Call it an "out-surrection." The movement is opposite, but the goal is the same: to use extra-legal means to exercise power.
This week, we are tackling two major areas of contention between the Trump administration and Democrat governors: fighting crime, and redistricting. The president is sending the National Guard to blue cities -- and blue states are trying to stamp out Republican representation. Is this a civil war situation?
Special guests:
- Bradley Jaye -- Breitbart News congressional correspondent, on redistricting
- Tom Manza, California Business and Industrial Alliance, on Gavin Newsom
- Jon Fleischman, veteran California political expert, on the special election
- Dan Backer, veteran political lawyer and consultant, on corruption
- DJ Mark Anthony, on a recent visit to Rome and visiting Pope Leo XIV
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This week's portion is the last of the month of Av -- also known as Menachem (Comforter) Av -- which begins in mourning and ends in celebration and anticipation of the New Year and the process of repentance and renewal.
In a similar vein, the portion features Moses offering the Israelites a choice between a blessing and a curse. They are masters of their own fates: if they obey God's commandments, they receive the blessings -- and vice versa.
The key commandment is to reject idol worship. There is said to be something magnetic about the practice of worshiping idols in the new land, such that it would be constant moral battle, both individually and collectively, in the land.
Nowadays, according to Jewish tradition, humanity has lost the urge for idol worship (and the antidote, which is divine prophecy) -- but there are several near substitutes, such as lust or excessive appetites for worldly pleasures.
We are wired for compulsive behaviors, bad habits, and even addictions. These ...
We have so much to talk about this week -- Trump's efforts to negotiate peace through negotiation, and Gavin Newsom's efforts to divide Americans through gerrymandering. We'll also talk about Playboy leaving LA and California.
Special guests:
Frances Martel - Breitbart News foreign editor, on Russia & Ukraine
Bradley Jaye - Breitbart News congressional correspondent, on Newsom
Harmeet Dhillon - DOJ Civil Rights Division chief, on the fight against DEI
Jessica Vaugn - Playboy model on political commentator, on California
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