By Mike Huckabee
May 6, 2021
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Good evening! Today's Evening Edition includes:
- Daily Bible Verse
- National Day of Prayer
- Chauvin legal team seeks new trial
- Biden Administration blocks Trump rule
- A serious obstacle to the economy
- Florida Governor Ron DeSantis deserves credit
- Earmarks are back in the budget
- Reader Writes...
Sincerely,
Mike Huckabee
BIBLE VERSE OF THE DAY
"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."
Romans 8:28
National Day of Prayer
By Mike Huckabee
Today is the National Day of Prayer, although every day should be a day of prayer. You can watch the full observance this evening at 8 pm EST here:
https://www.nationaldayofprayer.org/
And here is President Biden’s official proclamation of the National Day of Prayer:
https://www.nationaldayofprayer.org/2021_presidentialproclamation
I was relieved to see him affirm that he knows the First Amendment protects religious liberty, an idea that needs to be passed around among his staff and Cabinet. But some people noticed that while he managed to work in a number of personal political issues such as climate change and name-check the late Congressman John Lewis, there was one rather important name he failed to mention. I think he might be a little unclear on the concept.
Chauvin legal team seeks new trial
By Mike Huckabee
I warned you that the Derek Chauvin guilty-on-all-counts verdict was not going to be the end of that story, but the latest news is an unexpected twist. Everyone assumed his attorneys would file an appeal based on attempted jury intimidation. But instead, they’re moving for a whole new trial based on prosecutor and juror misconduct, errors of law at trial, and that the verdict was contrary to law.
You can read the details at the link, but two of their chief arguments are hard to dispute. One is that it was a mistake to refuse to move the trial out of Minneapolis or to sequester the jury, knowing that this would lead to a tainted jury pool and the likelihood of jurors being afraid of riots or retribution if they didn’t vote to convict.
The other is that a photo has surfaced online of one of the jurors at a rally in DC last summer commemorating the Rev. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. He’s wearing a BLM cap and a Black Lives Matter T-shirt with King’s photo and the words, “Get your knee off our neck.”
During jury selection, he denied participating in any protests of police brutality. He claims that wasn’t a protest of Floyd’s death and that he just went to see DC and be a part of commemorating King. But it certainly doesn’t make it easy for the prosecution to argue that Chauvin got an impartial jury.
Biden Administration blocks Trump rule
By Mike Huckabee
The Biden Administration has blocked a Trump rule that was set to take effect Friday that would have made it easier to classify gig workers as independent contractors. Biden is pushing the “PRO-Act,” a national version of California’s disastrous AB-5 law, that nearly eliminated freelance jobs, from Uber drivers to club musicians. Generally speaking, Democrats want everyone to have to join unions, ostensibly to give the workers better pay and benefits, and just coincidentally because it creates a lot more government control over paychecks and union bosses heavily fund and support Democratic political campaigns.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/biden-blocks-trump-worker-rule
California voters quickly exempted Uber and Lyft drivers and delivery people from the law, but the heavy-handed and outdated concept refuses to die. Nobody wants to see gig workers taken advantage of, and many companies are offering some benefits to workers who put in a certain minimum number of hours. But the government mandating full union benefits for part time gig workers won’t help them. It will just eliminate their jobs and deny the public the services they provide. Besides, many of those workers don’t want full-time union jobs; they take those jobs to make some extra money while keeping their hours flexible so they can pursue other things, like school, child care or starting their own businesses.
I think the most telling sentence in this entire story is this: “While Wednesday’s action doesn’t immediately change how gig workers are classified, it leaves ambiguity about how a Depression-era law will be applied to a smartphone economy.”
I can’t think of a better description of today’s “progressive” Democrat policies than they are trying to shoehorn Depression-era ideas onto a smartphone economy.
A serious obstacle to the economy
By Mike Huckabee
I mentioned recently some of the personal experiences that my staffers and I have had concerning the difficulty of finding people to do work when they can make more money by staying on extended, enhanced unemployment payments. The Epoch Times has more on what is becoming a serious obstacle to the economy getting back up to speed.
With all that restaurant owners have to worry about these days, a survey last month surprisingly found that 57% of them ranked recruiting and retaining workers as their #1 challenge. Think about that: we’re hearing about the problem of Americans being unemployed, yet employers can’t find people to work because they’re making more money on unemployment. And some Democrats are pushing to make the expanded unemployment payments permanent. Meanwhile, one Florida McDonald’s is so desperate for workers, they offered $50 to people just to fill out an application.
Incidentally, if you think this doesn’t affect you, here are just a few ways that it does: Government paying people to stay on unemployment reduces productivity while running up debt. It’s making it harder for the economy to get back up to speed, which harms everyone (and not just because you can’t find a restaurant that has enough staff to open or to serve you efficiently.) And if you do find a restaurant, brace yourself for the higher prices. In fact, brace yourself for higher prices on everything.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis deserves credit
By Mike Huckabee
It’s funny how quickly Florida has gone from being the butt of “Florida Man” jokes to being one of the biggest success stories of the pandemic and a state that’s leading the way in restoring common sense and the rule of the law. For that, much of the credit goes to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has become an almost daily media presence, almost like the “Anti-Biden.”
Here he is on Wednesday, refuting one of the stupidest ideas the left has come up with in years, and that’s really saying something. DeSantis announced that not only will Florida not “defund the police,” it will fund the police and then some, as he announced a $1,000 bonus for all cops, paramedics and firefighters who were on the job during the pandemic.
Here he is on Thursday, signing Florida’s new election integrity bill into law, live on “Fox & Friends.” It enforces voter ID and bans ballot harvesting. Yep, definitely the Anti-Biden!
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/desantis-signs-florida-election-bill-fox-friends
And immediately afterward, former Hillary Clinton lawyer Marc Elias, the Anti-Election Integrity Lawyer, sued to try to overturn it.
Earmarks are back in the budget
By Mike Huckabee
Fox News took a look at the upcoming proposed federal budget and found that, to paraphrase Austin Powers, “Earmarks are BACK, baby!”
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/earmarks-pet-projects-government-spending-billions-lawmakers
With the US National Debt Clock now topping $28 trillion and its wheels spinning faster than a lawn mower blade, lawmakers are once again larding up the budget with vast amounts of borrowed/printed money lavished on pet projects. These include:
$742,000 for a New York program that would feature "conversations around difficult issues such as racism, gender discrimination and cultural bias"…$1,750,000 to spruce up the Japanese Garden in Portland...$436,100 for a "meditation and restorative yoga" program in New Jersey…$250,000 to expand the Michelle Obama Library…$166,000 to develop an equity program at Lincoln University…and $2 million for a Pickleball and Fitness Circuit in Orange, California.
Remember on “Friends,” when Joey got his first credit card and maxed it to the limit by filling his apartment with overpriced junk, like a big plastic dog? Well, he’s apparently in charge of the national budget now.
A Reader Writes Back...
Thank you for bringing real news. I only watch stations that bring real news. I still support Trump and real Republicans. Evil will not have victory
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