Joining Washington Post Live “First Look” this morning w/ host Jonathan Capehart and Ruth Marcus. Tune in!

Nobody better at this than Dane Brugler. Get “The Beast.”

Next: John Ondrasik joins me from Israel.

Let’s be clear. Your position is aligned (and cosponsored) with the progressive caucus - Jerry Nadler, AOC, Rashida Tlaib, Pramila Jayapal - the list goes on and on. It is the far left socialists that want this same policy.

President Trump reauthorized this important program in…

From this AM’s “News Items” (news-items.com/subscribe) from EllisItems. Note what John has emphasized:

This AM: With all of Israel on high alert w/Iran’s threat of an attack, John Ondrasik joins us from Israel, Ben Domenech Philip S. Balboni and Sarah Bedford in hour two and a new Hillsdale College Dialogue with Dr. Larry Arnn, the college’s president. podcast.hillsdale.edu/hugh-for-hills…

'Israel is preparing for a direct attack from Iran on southern or northern Israel as soon as Friday or Saturday, according to a person familiar with the matter.' The Wall Street Journal

Quite a headline to wake up to: telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…

Jamming w Israel Defense Forces amputees at Sheba hospital. (They gave me quite a guitar lesson) 💙😃

Two stories from Financial Times this AM. Together they underscore how our allies must view the real balance of power in the world w/ Joe Biden “leading” the West:

Would opponents of FISA reauthorization please listen to the first 20 minutes of Andy McCarthy speaking to Rich Lowry about the craziness of letting FISA lapse: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

Note: The critique of PM Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו by David Horovitz, whether fair or not (up to Israelis, not foreigners) inescapably buttresses @joebiden effort to paint Gaza as “Bibi’s war” and not “Israel’s war.”

Today’s pod: Israel braces for an attack from Iran, with Michael Oren Sen. Dan Sullivan and more: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/isr… (I’ve started calling Oren Israel’s Harry Hopkins.)

Great interview by Amanda Borschel-Dan of David Horovitz. Overview of war from its start, and how The Times of Israel is doing its job. Fascinating. A must listen for those interested in the war and for all journalists period. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wha…

Lord ⁦David Cameron⁩ has shaped the U.K.’s weak-kneed support of Israel. PM ⁦Rishi Sunak⁩ thought Cameron would help Tory Party in next election, but the FM has many cheering on, gulp, Labor. There won’t be a Thatcherite revival until then. timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry…

From ⁦The Times of Israel⁩. Other reports relay the mullahs asked Oman to let U.S. know Iran’s response was intended to be “non-escalatory” etc etc Question: Why would anyone believe Iran? It would exult in tricking us. Are Joe Biden and his geniuses leaking their wish-casting?

This, from Captain ⁦Jerry Hendrix⁩ (USN, Ret.), is certain to depress national security professionals. nationalreview.com/2024/04/the-na…

This really is one of the most grotesque ongoing performances in recent memory. To justify illegal and immoral executive action, the White House is lambasting a bipartisan law passed by Congress that was implemented exactly as it was written.

.Mary Kay Cabot⁩: “There’s nobody any of us would root harder for than Nick Chubb,” [Jimmy Haslam said. We’re] cautiously optimistic. Andrew or Kevin said he’s in there at 5 in the morning in the hyperbaric chamber. I mean that’s just Nick Chubb.” cleveland.com/browns/2024/04…

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