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Good morning!

Blessings on you and your family, and from all the Huckabee staff!

Today's newsletter includes:

  • Wisconsin special counsel: nursing home election fraud
  • The recklessness of Russia’s invasion is on full display
  • Macron calls Putin
  • And more...

Sincerely,

Mike Huckabee


1. DAILY BIBLE VERSE

“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”

Romans 12:2

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2. Wisconsin special counsel: nursing home election fraud

Special counsels can be appointed at the state level, too, and it appears that one in Wisconsin has found evidence to confirm widespread election fraud.

The Wisconsin Assembly appointed Special Counsel Michael Gableman, a retired State Supreme Court justice, to investigate concerns about the 2020 election, and on Tuesday, his office issued its second interim report, which runs 150 pages. In Chapter 7, it confirms the conclusion of the Racine County Sheriff’s Office last fall that fraud occurred at Wisconsin nursing homes.

https://legis.wisconsin.gov/assembly/22/brandtjen/media/1552/osc-second-interim-report.pdf

It was the sheriff’s investigation that led to this broader one. Sheriff Christopher Schmaling held a press conference last October 28 at which lead investigator Michael Luell presented their findings. (Note that this hour-long press conference got mostly crickets from national media.) Luell explained that under Wisconsin election law, local municipalities must dispatch two special voting deputies, or SVDs, to residential care facilities to supervise the voting. These officials are tasked with personally delivering ballots to residents and witnessing the voting process. Under law, only a relative or an SVD may assist a resident with the voting process. Once the resident has voted, the SVD seals the ballot envelope and delivers it to the elections clerk.

This sounds like a great plan to preserve the chain of custody and discourage undue influence. Unfortunately, the sheriff’s investigation found that the Ridgewood Care Center in Racine violated every one of those requirements. Amazingly, the blame for this can be traced back to the Wisconsin Election Commission, whose members had allegedly taken it upon themselves to tell municipalities not to use the SVD system and to instead just mail ballots to residents. Such a directive would be illegal.

So it was up to staffers to help residents complete their ballots, and according to the sheriff, they “helped” them, all right --- improperly completing sections of the ballots, mishandling ballots and failing to secure them, and going beyond just reading the ballots to actively discussing the elections and candidates. In legal parlance, that is a no-no.

As Sheriff Schmaling said during his press conference, his investigation had covered only the Ridgewood Care Center, when Racine County was home to 11 such facilities, and Racine County is just one of 72 counties. “There are literally hundreds and hundreds of these facilities throughout the state of Wisconsin,” he said. “We would be foolish to think for a moment that this integrity issue, this violation of the statute, occurred to just this small group of people at one care facility in one county in the entire state.”

Several days after their press conference, the Sheriff’s Office announced that they had forwarded their conclusions to District Attorney Patricia Hanson, recommending that five members of the Wisconsin Election Commission be charged with election fraud, including two felony counts. (Only one member was not cited.) Margot Cleveland has details on the specific charges in her report for The Federalist.

https://thefederalist.com/2022/03/03/wisconsin-special-counsel-finds-widespread-election-fraud-in-2020-nursing-homes/

You can probably guess what happened next, which is to say nothing –- no charges were filed. After several months, DA Hanson concluded that she “lacked jurisdiction” and had no authority to prosecute the commissioners because they don’t live in Racine County and didn’t issue the “allegedly illegal directive doing away with SVD.” So, we're confused, as the sheriff's investigation had concluded they did do that.

And after deciding not to charge the commissioners, Hanson couldn’t very well charge the staff at the nursing homes, could she? She reasoned it this way: “[I]t would be unfair for me to expect these health care professionals would better understand the election law in Wisconsin than the Wisconsin Election Commission.” Never mind that she should have had higher expectations for the WEC; after lowering the bar for them, she was able to lower it even farther for the nursing home staff. Case dismissed!

Here’s some of the fallout as reported by a local news outlet, just a few days before the special counsel dropped his report.

https://journaltimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/elections/four-wis-prosecutors-considering-whether-to-file-charges-against-elections-commissioners/article_b928849a-965f-512a-920c-62f9527b0844.html

Fortunately it didn’t end with that DA, and we now have an eye-opening special counsel report. This would not have happened without the sheriff’s investigation, which had stemmed from a complaint by some individual about potential violations at just one nursing home. Moral: one person speaking up CAN make a difference.

And now, the special counsel apparently has the goods. “Rampant fraud and abuse occurred statewide at Wisconsin’s nursing homes and other residential care facilities,” his report says.

This conclusion came after his investigation of more than 90 nursing homes in five different counties. We’re talking about blatant violations of the election code by nursing home staff and administrators, such as illegal handling of absentee ballots, illegal assistance in marking ballots, illegally “witnessing” the voting, and possible forgery. According to the report, the fraud and abuse resulted ultimately from the unlawful acts of the WEC’s members and staff, because on June 24, 2020, they did issue that directive to mail the ballots to the nursing homes and just follow the rules for regular absentee voting by mail.

The special counsel found “improbably high voting rates” at nursing homes. He was even able to determine that some of the filled-out ballots did not reflect the intent of the nursing home residents. He found suspected forgeries of signatures and votes by people who had been judged incompetent and could not legally vote. He found votes "cast" by people who were unaware of their surroundings and didn’t even know what year it was.

The WEC had tried to use COVID to justify what it had done, saying they didn’t want seniors ”disenfranchised.” Special Counsel Gableman was stern in his assessment of that: “In no way was WEC’s mandating illegal activity a ‘solution’ to ‘disenfranchisement’ and to suggest that WEC’s actions were a good faith effort at doing so ignores the facts and the law.” He went on to point out that the problems he had found, resulting from their directive, WERE examples of disenfranchisement.

Gableman said that to get the full picture of the significance of the fraud, “a state-wide, complete audit of all absentee votes from all facilities” required to use the SVD system is necessary.

In the 2020 election, Wisconsin went for Biden by a margin of just 20,682 votes. Since about 92,000 people reside in Wisconsin nursing homes, the findings of this investigation cast “doubt on the election result” according to the special counsel report. The Wisconsin State Assembly might authorize Gableman to expand his audit, but that’s not official at this writing. Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul called the sheriff’s original investigation a “publicity stunt” and is highly unlikely to do anything with this one. That seems like a great reason for voters to show up in droves this fall and boot him out of office.

Incidentally, the report has chapters dealing with other issues in Wisconsin that we’ve discussed before, such as the infusion of money from Mark Zuckerberg and the Center for Tech and Civic Life, and potential violations of law concerning ballot security at dropboxes. Look for social media to flag discussions of this report as heretical and news outlets to trash it (Politico and BuzzFeed already have), even though it’s the product of a special counsel investigation and contains, presumably, facts.


3. The recklessness of Russia’s invasion is on full display

As we continue to pray for the people of Ukraine, here is today’s link to the Fox News page for continually-updated bulletins:

https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-3-4-2022

The biggest news yesterday was that, in one of the most reckless military maneuvers in history, Russian forces shelled the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, the largest nuclear reactor in Europe. Thank God, they didn’t damage the reactor, no radiation leaked, and the fires it caused were safely extinguished. There were fears that it could spark a Chernobyl-like nuclear disaster that would affect central Europe for decades.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/dangerous-russias-nuclear-plant-strike

But the danger is hardly past. Russian troops seized the plant, and according to employees, they’re trying to lay down landmines around the plant so they can hold it hostage and “blackmail the whole of Europe.” The UN Security Council is meeting this morning to discuss the crisis. Let’s hope they don’t let the Russian ambassador run the meeting again.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/russian-troops-aiming-to-mine-nuclear-plant-to-blackmail-all-of-europe-zaporizhzhia-employees

Former Senator Joe Lieberman has an op-ed at Fox News, arguing that the Russian takeover of the nuclear plant is reason enough for the Biden White House to end its negotiations with Iran to restart Obama’s Iran nuclear deal that Trump killed. Lieberman points out that Russia and China have both joined forces with the tyrannical government of Iran, so how can we trust that government to keep its promises to limit its nuclear ambitions?

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/nuke-negotiations-iran-russia-putin-ukraine-lieberman-wallace

I couldn’t agree more, except that I would say the same thing if the Russians had never stupidly bombed a nuclear plant. A couple of weeks ago, an Israeli security official said the original Iran nuclear deal was bad, but the latest version is “spectacularly bad.” It would allow Iran to keep all the advances it’s made in nuclear technology despite its promises, and keep building toward a bomb from there.

https://yated.com/a-spectacularly-bad-iran-nuclear-deal/

If Biden still pushes forward with that catastrophic Iran nuclear deal, then it will be official: not even bombs landing on a nuclear reactor can create a big enough flash for him to see the light.


4. Macron calls Putin

In other Russia/Ukraine war developments, Putin agreed to peace talks, but only to set up channels for evacuees to leave. French President Emmanuel Macron had a 90-minute phone call with Putin on Thursday and warned him that Russia would pay dearly and end up isolated, weakened and sanctioned for a long time. But he said Putin was unmoved and said his objective in Ukraine "will be fulfilled in any case." Macron said he fears the worst is yet to come.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/macron-putin-phone-call-worst-yet-to-come-ukraine-war


5. Evil in the world

Putin's intransigence may come as a harsh wake-up call to a lot of people in the West that, yes, there is evil in the world, and not everyone is just like them and just wants to get along and be hugged. Nor can some people be intimidated by Twitter shaming. While we all hope and pray for Ukraine, we shouldn’t fool ourselves that the Ukrainians can hold out forever against a superior force that’s showing no signs of mercy or even human decency.

https://redstate.com/bonchie/2022/03/04/ukrainian-president-zelensky-delivers-an-impassioned-plea-to-vladimir-putin-n531478

The images coming out of Ukraine are horrifying and heartbreaking, and I must warn you, some are graphic.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ukraine-mp-kyiv-aleppo-west-russia-war


6. Ukraine Resolution Passed

Wednesday, the House passed a resolution to support Ukraine by a nearly-unanimous 426-3. The only “no” votes were from Republican Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Matt Rosendale of Montana and Paul Gosar of Arizona.

Since our media has only one setting, they were predictably assailed as Putin puppets. But Massie went on Laura Ingraham’s show and strongly denied that. He said the three fully support Ukraine, but thought the resolution went too far. Rather than a simple statement of support, he said it was seven pages long, and vague enough that it could be interpreted to mean the US was making military commitments to put boots on the ground or enforce a no-fly zone, and that might inflame the situation even more.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-passes-resolution-support-ukraine


7. February Jobs Report

Friday morning, the Labor Department issued a stronger-then-expected jobs report for February. It shows that payroll employment rose by 678,000 and unemployment dropped to 3.8%.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2022/03/04/february-jobs-report-n2604121

The bad news: 4.2 million Americans are still out of work because their employers closed or lost business due to the pandemic (actually, due to the reaction to the pandemic.) Employment is still down by 2.1 million jobs from its pre-pandemic level, which debunks President Biden’s claim that he “created” all those “new jobs.” Also, while hourly wages increased by 5.1% since last February, inflation reached 7%, so even higher wages are buying less.


8. Russia’s media

Like all dictators, Putin needs a compliant media to lie to the public if he wants to stay in power.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/ukraine-war-russia-information-narrative


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Comments 11-18 of 18

  • Chelsea R. Martin

    03/04/2022 04:12 PM

    "Putin's intransigence may come as a harsh wake-up call to a lot of people in the West that, yes, there is evil in the world, and not everyone is just like them and just wants to get along and be hugged. Nor can some people be intimidated by Twitter shaming."

    Where have you been for the past 30+ years? The "evil" in this world owns, operates, had infiltrated, and runs every single institution in the West. Canada looks like the CCP, America isn't much farther off, and the "great hero Marcon" not six months ago announced that he wanted to "really piss off" his own people for refusing to inject state-mandated chemicals into their bodies.

    Forgive me if I'm not rushing to condemn Putin for HIS attempted "regime-change" when Bush, Obama and Clinton all had their hands in much the same...just with economics instead of tanks. Forgive me if I don't embrace needless "austerity measures" (while our ruling elite party on as though nothing has changed) and leap to the aid of the corrupt Ukrainian nation when the likes Biden, Blinken and Mayorkas are dead set on turning our nation into a veritable Venezuelan-style, racially segregated Fourth Reich, whilst the students in our schools and colleges are indoctrinated into applauding the likes of Elie Mystal, whom are outwardly declaring the Constitution itself to be "...a kind of trash" that was "...written by slavers and colonists and white people."

    In the name of Jesus Christ, enough of this neo-con, self-righteous, virtue-signaling, globalist "let's police the world" BS! At least could you hold off in it until America can get it's own cities, borders and economy in order? So nice of the septuagenarians of America to safeguard "rights and freedoms" in the Ukraine, while squandering mine and my children's away!

  • maureen innis

    03/04/2022 03:50 PM

    RT - Putin's media station, has been pulled, not only from European countries, but, finally, from America. I used to watch a little of it to see what they were presenting to the United States. They were anti-Israel, and towards the end of their broadcast history here, were out and out lying about what was happening with Ukraine. Some people are advocating that the Russian people need to get rid of Putin. In Russia, that can land you in prison, or make yourself eligible for torture and/or execution, or probably all of the above. I would say to those people that we look at what we have in the White House, and point the finger back at ourselves. We have the dumbest and most dangerous people running this country right now. Let's fix things here at home. Biden and his people have created this situation because they are weak, sold out to Russia, China, and Iran. They have a bigger agenda, and have to weaken the US before they can realize their global aspirations. God Help Us! Let's keep standing up to them and fighting to take our country back.

  • Dave Newbry

    03/04/2022 02:21 PM

    If inflation figures don't account for the rise in fuel and food prices, that 7% figure is, as the *president would say, malarkey.

  • Steven Bukosky

    03/04/2022 02:12 PM

    I live in Wisconsin. All the election fraud committed yet next to nothing done about it. Make no mistake about it. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE ENABLED PUTIN AND HIS EVIL EMPIRE. We are being attacked from within. Laws and voting are weak and nonproductive. Only force will save us. To call it all evil is not enough. It must be identified as Biblical defined evil, thus rooted to the work of Satan. Jesus has saved me, but do we forgive evil seven times seventy? Man, perhaps, but demons, NO. Selling the soul to Satan makes that person a demon.

  • Jerry

    03/04/2022 02:04 PM

    I have some concerns about our military today with biden making the members become well, disliking America. He a numb skulled anti American commander in chief what if biden sets soldiers against regular american citizens what are the soldiers going to do? shoot the people they may have lived with ,drag their grandfathers around and beat them, knock down doors and rape women and children and men like the Russians are doing?? Does one look at Canada and see what happened there. over a peaceful protest? also remember biden gave Trudeau advice how to act. Remember General Milley said he would alert the CCP if America would invade China, and that Austin can not be trusted as he is having the soldiers indoctrinated to becoming Woke. These are concerns and it can happen with the Deep State pulling the strings of the biden puppet. The GOP is not really an opposition I think the American Citizen could be on their own as biden is Anti America and sees the Americans , LAST

  • Sharon Faulkner

    03/04/2022 01:12 PM

    Mike
    Zelansky is as much a dictator as Putin and way more corrupt. the Ukraine is the most corrupt nation is Europe.
    And most of this "information" coming out of the Ukraine is by the Ukranian Intellegence who make the bumbling CIA look good :
    these dudes on Snake Island fighting to the death - no they are ok.
    the Bar Yad memorial destroyed - nope.
    Rolling Russian Crematoriums -- nope from Russia 2 years ago.
    Miss Ukraine rushing to take up arms - nope. She just posed in studio with a gun.
    and old footage from a Star Wars flick.
    Propaganda.
    The U.S ain't got no dog in this war. Let them fight it out.
    If Zelansky is George Soros boy that should send out alarm bells and lights.
    This is another attempt to push the Great Reset and force Global Manipulation via fear and lies.
    No thanks.

  • jack macdonald

    03/04/2022 01:04 PM

    Russia once had a mad monk named RasPutin. I wonder if Putin just dropped the Ras to disguise the descendancy. Hard to believe this is only coincidence.

  • Darryl Malcolm

    03/04/2022 12:54 PM

    I am disappointed, brother, that you did not introduce some balance to the Ukraine/Russian story. Reasonable people believe that Putin is a megalomaniac, but very few outlets/individuals are pointing out that ALL of this could have been avoided if we had a responsible leader in our country. If the U.S. president truly acted as the leader of the free world - like Trump - he would had de-escalated all of the talk of Ukraine joining NATO - the main reason Putin invaded. Putin did not want a NATO country along a huge border with his country. Rightly or wrongly, he had a reason for what he did, we knew it, and poked the bear with a stick nonetheless.

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