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August 7, 2021
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Good morning! 

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

Today's newsletter includes:

  • Bible Verse of the Day - Matthew 19:14
  • Over The Target In Rhode Island
  • Hot Gas
  • Today’s Rotten Easter Eggs Hidden in the “Infrastructure” Bill
  • Politicized Sports Moments
  • America The Beautiful
  • Ohio Special Election
  • Podcast Episode 73

Sincerely,

Mike Huckabee


DAILY BIBLE VERSE

14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 19:14


Over The Target In Rhode Island

By Mike Huckabee

Here’s how you know you’re over the target: Rhode Island mom Nicole Solas wanted to know what her daughter was being taught in kindergarten, so she asked for a copy of the public school curriculum, which she has a right to see. For some reason, they refused to hand over the document. That made her suspicious, so she starting filing Freedom of Information Act requests for more documents. They fought those, and even tried to make her go away by billing her $74,000 for their alleged efforts at having to compile those documents.

Now, the powerful teachers’ union, the National Education Association-Rhode Island, has declared full-out war on Solas and is suing her, claiming they’re trying to protect “private” information. But the emails Solas is seeking were sent on public school servers, which makes them public record (anyone else getting a Hillary Clinton vibe here?) For the record, the NEA backs teaching Critical Race Theory in public schools and boasts that its president, Becky Pringle, is a “fierce social justice warrior.”

Bryan Preston at PJ Media has lots more details at this link:

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/bryan-preston/2021/08/05/gigantic-teachers-union-sues-mom-for-asking-what-the-local-public-school-is-teaching-her-daughter-n1467245

If the intent was to try to intimidate Solas into backing down, it didn’t work. She’s now represented by the Goldwater Institute, and her response to the NEA lawsuit was, “Game on.” If they were trying to hide public information from FOIA requests, then they’re not going to enjoy the discovery phase of this lawsuit.

Sounds like the self-flattering “social justice warriors” are about to discover what a truly fierce warrior looks like. And by that, I mean a mom who’s being told that she has no right to know what’s being taught to her kid.


Hot Gas

By Mike Huckabee

If I told you that the Biden White House’s “climate czar” John Kerry spews a lot of hot gas, you probably wouldn’t be surprised. But I mean it literally, and here’s precisely how much hot gas he spews.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/climate-john-kerry-private-jet-flights


Today’s Rotten Easter Eggs Hidden in the “Infrastructure” Bill

By Mike Huckabee

Among the many nasty surprises buried in the 2700-page “barebones” compromise “infrastructure” bill is a provision to establish a pilot program to examine the feasibility of a national, per-mile “user fee” on all motorists – i.e., a tax on every mile you drive (since Biden hasn’t made driving expensive enough already.)

https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2021/08/05/infrastructure-bill-has-provision-that-could-lead-to-big-fees-on-americans-and-blow-up-bidens-promise-on-taxes-n421952

Democrats are trying to brush off questions about this by claiming it’s not a tax hike, it’s just to study the possibility of a mileage tax in the future that might not ever be imposed. If you think that Democrats will go to that much trouble to workshop a big new tax and then not impose it, I have some oceanfront property in Kansas I’d like to sell you.

Here’s more waste stuffed into that bill…

https://redstate.com/heartlandinstitute/2021/08/06/bidens-infrastructure-bill-includes-massive-slush-funds-for-green-energy-boondoggles-n421817

It also includes a piddling $1 billion for a commission headed by Sen. Joe Manchin’s wife…

https://redstate.com/bonchie/2021/08/03/one-payoff-in-the-infrastructure-deal-is-so-blatantly-corrupt-that-you-almost-have-to-respect-the-hustle-n420584

And blogger Lawrence Person also lists some not-very-infrastructurey items hidden in that bill, from state-mandated carbon reduction programs to racial quotas on broadband.

https://www.battleswarmblog.com/?p=48841

Person also includes this quote, which every Republican who supports this bill should be required to respond to, from two researchers at the Texas Public Policy Foundation: “It has just $110 billion, or less than 10% (of its spending), for what’s historically been considered infrastructure – roads and bridges. The other 90% is to fund mass transit waste, green energy nonsense and more items that the states or the private sector could do.”

I often wonder, if leftists are really that concerned about carbon emissions, why don’t they stop burning massive piles of our tax money?


Politicized Sports Moments

By Mike Huckabee

You might not want to hear anything about the US Olympic women’s soccer team, but you should see this story about star player Carli Lloyd. Considering the pressure she must be under, this took guts. Let’s hope she inspires others to start literally “standing up” against political demonstrations in sports, so that sports can get back to being something that we all enjoy together instead of one more thing that divides us.

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/carli-lloyd-us-womens-soccer-teammates-kneel-bronze-medal-match

Not that some politicized sports moments aren’t truly great and inspiring. Congratulations to the Taiwan duo who won the gold in badminton, meaning that for the first time in history, Chinese athletes had to stand during the playing of Taiwan’s national anthem and the raising of Taiwan’s flag.

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4262639


America The Beautiful

God's creation is all around us. To learn more about Wind Cave National Park, visit its website here.


Ohio Special Election

By Mike Huckabee

In a special election in Ohio’s 15th Congressional district, Trump-backed candidate Mike Carey beat 11 others for the Republican nomination, which in that red district pretty much means he’ll win the seat.

https://redstate.com/setonmotley/2021/08/05/oh-15-trumps-guy-wins-soros-and-steyers-guys-come-in-fourth-and-dnf-n421438

But the most interesting news is who didn’t win. At least two candidates described as “conservative environmentalists” were backed by leftist mega-donors George Soros and Tom Steyer. It was seen as a trial stealth effort to see if they could fool GOP voters into “flipping” a safe seat without realizing it.

It didn’t work: one candidate dropped out before the vote and the other came in fourth with 12.6%. But as Seton Motley at Redstate.com points out, Republicans now know that far-left power brokers are trying to meddle in GOP primaries to elect their candidates in red hats. It means from now on, Republicans will have to be even more careful to research the backgrounds of candidates before they mark their ballots.

Podcast Episode 73

On this week's bonus episode of "The People's Podcast," Jeremy Adams (author of "Hollowed Out") joins Governor Huckabee for a candid conversation about critical race theory and other worrisome trends in America's schools.

LISTEN AND SUBSCRIBE TO MY PODCAST HERE>>> 

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Comments 11-20 of 29

  • Elizabeth Henn

    08/07/2021 01:59 PM

    I was disappointed to see that the link to read the Carli Lloyd story requires you to sign up for Fox News before you can read the article which I will not do

  • Vernon Thompson

    08/07/2021 01:54 PM

    More NV Vote Issues from my Legislative insider
    Me: Affidavits of Maladministration? Any word?

    Rep: I have only heard that the certified letters are not being accepted.
    The gal who’s heading up the effort tells me that this is part of the process. Them ignoring the letters enables the group to take it to court. I’m not sure how likely it is they’ll win given our judges are mostly libs but who knows.

  • Jerry

    08/07/2021 01:43 PM

    The republican Mitch McConnell is a RINO and a disgrace I have been critical of the GOP for a little less than a year I have little to no trust with most of republican Congress while our president the weenies in congress were unproductive and it tells me how great Trump really is my only regret about Donald was he didn’t know what bad characters he put in important positions most of them were sel serving

  • RE: " Over The Target In Rhode Island ".

    08/07/2021 01:30 PM

    CRT/WOKE has but awakened a sleeping giant! As a kid I learned an important life lesson in the chicken barn on my uncle's farm. Don't mess with a mother's babies...EVER! I found this true with just about every living species on the planet!
    Where I live in upstate NY, the public employee unions and Teacher Unions have been hijacked by the administrations. And they seldom actually represent the employee. It used to be the employee in a grievance hearing would have the union rep sit with the employee. Now the union reps sit with administration and even the reps will admonish the employee. Both Staff and Faculty Unions have become hyper-liberal. And the new hired teachers coming in are all very liberal and pro CRT/WOKE. The new hire teachers very much feel the dead wood has to go. Meaning conservative or even moderate old fashion democrat teachers have to go. This all started way back when the Ten Commandments were taken down from the halls of our schools.

  • Debra Mitan

    08/07/2021 01:24 PM

    I enjoy your news letters.
    I live in NC Richard Burr and Tom Tillis seem to suplort the infra pork bill, let me say those two Rino's will not ever get my vote.
    God Bless and keep up the good work.
    I hope Keith and wife are ok.

  • Michael

    08/07/2021 01:08 PM

    Shameful that 17 Republicans would go along with the Democrats and support an infrastructure bill where 90 percent is a liberal nation destroying agenda and almost nothing for our deterioating roads and bridges. One of these traitorous Republicans is Chuck Grassley. Maybe Iowans should take a closer look at how cozy Grassley is with the Democrats. That goes for the other sixteen traitors. This is the problem with the Republicans always easy to be used by the Dems, talk a good tune and do nothing but talk and appeasement !! Time to vote out those who support the Democrats and don't give them any $ for their re-election campaigns ! Talk is cheap, We the People are looking for action in not seeing our nation destroyed by the Dem-Communist agenda !!

  • Joseph Orsini

    08/07/2021 12:53 PM

    Having lived through WW2, the Cold War and the 9/11 threats, it is mind-boggling to me that, somehow, we are on the verge of losing our country, seemingly without firing a shot!. How did this happen?

  • Floyd A Unger

    08/07/2021 12:46 PM

    Thank you. I saw Nicole Solas and her attorney (Goldwater firm …nice) on Tucker Carlson last night. Excellent

  • Sharon Faulkner

    08/07/2021 12:31 PM

    Mike
    I am beginning to think we need to replace our National Symbol from the magnificent fighting Bald Eagle to a Pet Rock (:

  • Paul Kern

    08/07/2021 11:05 AM

    We now see that the Republican Party is hollow. All bark and no bite.
    I daily get emails from both sides designed to scare people into donating. I am single and low income. About time the right starts cashing in their bloated stocks and buy seats like the right
    Before we know it the CCP will in for the money they "loaned" us since Bush's War on terror
    Thet will be contact with taking the property they haven't bought already and installing the Sickle and Hammer flag and their "anthem" as ours
    I dread the day when "re-education" camps spring up here.
    Only God can save us now