
California Gov. Jerry Brown is a “geezer,” but he has the “opportunity of a lifetime” in the 2016 presidential race. That’s according to Los Angeles Times columnist George Skelton, who says that Brown “never has been in better position to run”–though he argues that “Brown blew his best chance” because of his three previous failed runs (1976, 1980, and 1992).
by Joel B. Pollak27 Aug 2015, 5:45 AM PST0

Republicans in Congress plan new sanctions against Iran even if the Iran deal passes, according to a new report by Josh Rogin of Bloomberg View.
by Joel B. Pollak26 Aug 2015, 6:58 AM PST0

California governor Jerry Brown, who owes much of his personal fortune to oil, blasted the oil industry Monday, saying it provides a “highly destructive” product.
by Joel B. Pollak26 Aug 2015, 6:44 AM PST0

President Barack Obama’s political allies are questioning the text of a “side deal” between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) published by the Associated Press this week.
by Joel B. Pollak21 Aug 2015, 5:21 PM PST0

California Gov. Jerry Brown told NBC News’ Chuck Todd that Hillary Clinton’s ongoing email scandal is full of “dark energy” that she must address. “It’s almost like a vampire,” Brown said. “She’s gonna have to find a stake and put it through the heart of these emails, in some way.”
by Joel B. Pollak21 Aug 2015, 2:53 PM PST0

The recent hack of the Ashley Madison website, which connects married adults who wish to have affairs, has exposed 50 current and former California state government employees who allegedly used their official e-mail addresses on the site, according to the Los Angeles Times.
by Joel B. Pollak21 Aug 2015, 7:17 AM PST0

Among the many foreign policy disasters for which President Barack Obama has been responsible, none is uglier than the recent Cuba deal. We are less safe because of Iran, Russia, and ISIS, But the Cuba deal has made us less free.
by Joel B. Pollak21 Aug 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

A poll by a liberal polling company included an independent candidate named “Deez Nuts” alongside Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in a survey of North Carolina voters.
by Joel B. Pollak20 Aug 2015, 6:07 AM PST0

California Gov. Jerry Brown was asked Wednesday what he thought of Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump: “Oh, my God,” he said.
by Joel B. Pollak20 Aug 2015, 5:46 AM PST0

J Street U, the campus wing of the larger J Street organization, has elected a Muslim student, Amna Farooqi, as president of its national board, according to reports in Haaretz and the Times of Israel.
by Joel B. Pollak19 Aug 2015, 11:58 PM PST0

President Barack Obama insisted in a speech Aug. 5 that the Iran deal “doesn’t require trust,” because it “verifies” Iranian compliance. Now, that claim has been destroyed, thanks to an Associated Press report confirming that Iran will be testing a suspected nuclear site on its own.
by Joel B. Pollak19 Aug 2015, 11:26 AM PST0

The Reform Jewish movement, the liberal denomination that represents a plurality of American Jews, has declined to endorse, or oppose, the Iran deal.
by Joel B. Pollak19 Aug 2015, 9:16 AM PST0

The September issue of Playboy comes close to endorsing California Gov. Jerry Brown for President of the United States–but says he can’t serve because of age discrimination.
by Joel B. Pollak19 Aug 2015, 6:10 AM PST0

A Palestinian terror group has asked Iran for money–in public, on Iranian television. The terror group, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, is linked to the “moderate” Fatah organization headed by Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas. Separately, Abbas has announced that he plans to visit Iran in November.
by Joel B. Pollak18 Aug 2015, 6:16 AM PST0

Recently, President Barack Obama declared that “climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security, an immediate risk to our national security.” So, when does the war begin?
by Joel B. Pollak18 Aug 2015, 4:15 AM PST0

Former Speaker of the House and 2012 presidential candidate Newt Gingrich told CNN on Monday that California Gov. Jerry Brown could enter the presidential race.
by Joel B. Pollak17 Aug 2015, 5:23 PM PST0

On Monday, 340 liberal rabbis offered their support to the Iran deal in a letter to Congress.
by Joel B. Pollak17 Aug 2015, 2:14 PM PST0

New details of the history of the Iran deal talks that the Obama administration eagerly sought talks with the Iranian regime, granting it the “right” to enrich uranium at the outset.
by Joel B. Pollak17 Aug 2015, 9:11 AM PST0

Donald Trump has produced the most credible response yet of any Republican presidential candidate thus far to the Iran deal.
by Joel B. Pollak17 Aug 2015, 5:46 AM PST0

If rallies could vote, the Iran deal would lose in a landslide.
by Joel B. Pollak16 Aug 2015, 9:45 AM PST0

California Gov. Jerry Brown is not running for president–yet, anyway–but he came under fire from three Republican presidential candidates in Nevada on Saturday, as they slammed him for his policies on California’s drought, and for linking it to climate change.
by Joel B. Pollak16 Aug 2015, 5:28 AM PST0

Today the Obama administration raised the American flag above the U.S. embassy in Cuba. It is unclear what, if anything, the U.S. has won in exchange for normalizing relations with the Castro regime–one of the world’s most oppressive tyrannies. It is clearer what we have lost.
by Joel B. Pollak14 Aug 2015, 2:15 PM PST0

Alan Solow, a prominent Jewish leader and a close confidant of President Barack Obama since his Chicago days, has published an op-ed responding to the charge that Obama is using antisemitic language in pushing the Iran deal.
by Joel B. Pollak14 Aug 2015, 1:33 PM PST0

There are, as Isaiah Berlin said, foxes who try to do many things, and hedgehogs who do only one. In foreign policy, Americans are hedgehogs: we win wars. The best foreign policy for the U.S. is an ever-stronger military. Beyond that, we are adrift.
by Joel B. Pollak14 Aug 2015, 6:18 AM PST0

The Iran deal has the backing of “98 prominent Hollywood Jews” who signed an open letter, published in the L.A. Jewish Journal on Thursday as a full-page advertisement.
by Joel B. Pollak13 Aug 2015, 6:49 AM PST0