Mike Huckabee

A reader writes:

Hi, Gov. Huckabee. Thank you for your daily newsletter. Regarding Jan. 6, which was an unfortunate event, I saw a clip of [Texas] Sen. Ted Cruz referring to this as a "terrorist attack," which to my mind would equate it with Pearl Harbor and Sept. 11, which is nonsense. I know Democrats are committed to keeping Jan. 6 alive as the worst day in American history, but when Republicans start jumping on that bandwagon, I get greatly concerned, especially someone like Cruz who should not be engaging in exaggerated rhetoric. (Could it be he is planning on running for President in 2024 as a challenge to Donald Trump?) God bless.

Marilyn M.

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Thanks for writing, Marilyn. Only Sen. Cruz knows what he thought he personally had to gain by describing the rioters of Jan. 6 as “terrorists,” but it must have been something. We’d expect to hear this from, say, Liz Cheney, but whatever is going in Cruz’s mind right now is baffling. Of course it was nonsense –- we’ve shown with hard facts over just the past couple of days how ludicrous it is to compare the Capitol Hill riot with a real terrorist attack such as 9/11 –- and Cruz had to KNOW it was nonsense before the words left his mouth. He said it anyway, very deliberately, fully aware that it was ludicrous, so there must be some method to his madness.

But madness it is.

Cruz went on Tucker Carlson’s show Thursday night to try to help himself, and I’m being charitable when I say that it did not go well. Tucker didn't buy his explanation that he’d been “sloppy” and made a mistake with his poor choice of words, because Tucker knows that master-debater Cruz doesn’t EVER choose words sloppily. Also, this isn’t even the first time Cruz has used the word “terrorist” in this context; nearly a year ago, he called the incident “a terrorist attack” and “an assault on the citadel of democracy,” which, frankly, sounds more like something Chuck Schumer would say. So, to his credit, Tucker didn’t let Cruz get away with it.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/groveling-ted-cruz-fails-to-convince-tucker-carlson-that-calling-jan-6-a-violent-terrorist-attack-was-a-sloppy-mistake?

“I don’t believe you used that word accidentally,” Tucker told him. Cruz then tried to walk it back by saying that’s the term he uses for people who attack police. Carlson still didn’t let him off the hook, noting that even those charged with assaulting officers are not actual terrorists and that no one associated with this event has been charged with terrorism. (Note: nobody’s been charged with insurrection, either.)

“Why did you use that word?” Tucker asked Cruz. “You’re playing into the other side’s characterization.”

Tucker's right --- that’s exactly what he was doing, and the "why" is a real head-scratcher. If it’s true he’s planning to run for President in 2024 and assumes he'll likely be challenging Trump in the primary, this has got to be the worst way to go about it. It makes him look bad, it fractures the GOP, and, perhaps most of all, it plays into the disgusting lie that’s become the new fake anti-Trump mantra to replace the old fake anti-Trump mantra, which is to say, “Russia Russia Russia!!”

As it is, whether or not Trump is the candidate –- we know, of course, that anyone else will be tarred as a proxy for Trump –- we’re going to hear, day in and day out until Election Day '24, the lie that Trump supporters are terrorists and a threat to “our democracy,” And that leads right into our next story...

Mike Huckabee

Yesterday, we had one word to say about President Biden’s “Jan. 6” commemorative speech: DISGRACEFUL. (Well, it was the one printable word we had.) Honestly, it was just too nauseating to write about right then, but perhaps it’ll be a bit less gag-inducing now, with a little distance put between us and it.

Biden repeatedly lied in his roughly 25-minute speech from the hallowed Statuary Hall inside the Capitol complex.

“For the first time in our history,” he lied, “a President had not just lost an election, but tried to prevent the peaceful transfer of power.” Trump did no such thing and, in fact, was working within the process laid out in the Constitution. His rally was peaceful –- he TOLD participants to be peaceful –- and as such it was an expression of his constitutional right to peacefully protest. Biden implied in his speech that Trump had wanted his supporters to breach the Capitol, to physically prevent the vote from being certified, and had even personally engineered this. That is a lie.

He said Trump had sat in the White House dining room, “doing nothing for hours” with “the nation’s Capitol under siege” and the mob “hunted down members of Congress.” A timeline has been established that shows this, too, is a detestable lie.

Biden went on to lie about the election, too, and its aftermath. As Sophie Mann reports in Just The News, “Biden said there is no evidence, anywhere, to suggest that the results of the election were altered, flawed or in any way untrustworthy.” That claim is false, and recent polling shows most Americans don’t believe it. In fact, there’s plenty of evidence to suggest interference in a variety of creative ways. Was the election stolen outright, by strategically rigging the outcome in carefully targeted locations? We can’t say until enormous questions are answered and essential materials are provided to auditors. The lack of transparency is in itself suspect.

https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/anniversary-january-6-biden-says-trump-tried-prevent-peaceful-transfer-power

Biden didn’t hesitate to get personal about his predecessor, either, and that’s when the speech became shamefully unpresidential. Trump, he said, is someone who “values power over principle.” By refusing to accept the results of the election, he said, Trump is rejecting “the will of the people.” On the contrary, Trump believes the will of the people has been thwarted by those who would get into the White House by hook or by crook.

This pathetic speech was Biden’s own attempt to hold onto power as his presidency is clearly failing. A new Rasmussen poll of likely voters shows that only 28 percent think Biden will be re-elected. Another 21 percent think he’ll resign before the next election. And a plurality of 38 percent think he’ll lose to the Republican candidate. As The New York Times wrote in December, “On top of concerns about Biden’s age and general unpopularity, there is an overarching fear among Democrats of the possibility of a Trump comeback --- and a determination that the party must run a strong candidate to head it off.” Could there BE a weaker candidate for re-election than Joe Biden?

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/01/06/only-28-percent-voters-think-biden-will-be-reelected/

Though the histrionics we saw yesterday seem ridiculously out of proportion to what actually happened (especially when that is compared to many months of BLM/Antifa violence), Glenn Greenwald warns that the Democrat Party and “the dominant wing of the U.S. corporate media” will play this for all it’s worth. “The orgy of psychodrama today was so much worse and more pathetic than I expected --- and I expected it to be extremely bad and pathetic,” he writes. And later, “Far too many centers of political and economic power benefit from an exaggerated and even false narrative about January 6 to expect it ever to end.”

https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-histrionics-and-melodrama-around

The only thing I can think of that might cause this, if not to end, to at least recede a bit, is the revelation that protesters were “helped” past the barricades and into the Capitol that day, a scenario that seems more plausible all the time. We’ve brought you the excellent National File reporting on that, and here’s another report from Red State that raises more questions...

https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2022/01/06/whatever-happened-to-alleged-capitol-rioter-john-sullivan-n502773

If that’s what happened, it doesn’t excuse Trump supporters for playing along on an extremely ill-advised adventure, but it certainly adds a whole new dimension to the story. One thing Biden never mentioned in his speech was the fact that Trump offered thousands of National Guard troops to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that day –- you know, to keep things peaceful and under control –- and Pelosi, who was in charge of security, turned him down. No, he never said a word about that.

Mike Huckabee

Scott Adams, best known as the creator of the DILBERT cartoon strip but also a bestselling author, trained hypnotist and professional prognosticator who predicted (like us!) Trump would win in 2016, made some interesting points about January 6 in his Thursday podcast (Episode 1615) of “Coffee With Scott Adams.” Worth quoting at length, so we will:

“...There were a ton of people there who didn’t even know they were breaking the law because the fences were down before they got there. They were just...protesting. So if you’ve got a President who is presuming without the benefit of a trial that these people were there for insurrection, you have put the assumption of guilt on citizens from the highest office in the land. The highest office in the land, the President, just put the assumption of guilt on a bunch of people --- some of ‘em were guilty, some, some. But most of them, not so much. Most of them were trying to do what they thought was preserving democracy, by postponing the certification until some audits could get done.

“Now, of course, when the fake news reports about it, they act like the idea was that they’d just take over and change the government. No demand like that ever happened. The only demand was, ‘Can you give us a few days to audit some suspicious stuff. That is PROTECTING the republic, at least in the minds of the people there.”

Also this: “We’re giving the states the presumption of innocence when they’re not giving us an auditable election. That’s backwards. The presumption has to be that the election is corrupt if you can’t audit it. That doesn’t mean it is...[but] the government has to prove they’re not guilty. They’ve gotta open the books.”

Darn right.

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Last but certainly not least, this: “...You are in the middle of a massive brainwashing operation. I don’t know the degree to which it is organized, but it looks organized. It looks as if the whole January 6 thing is to keep Trump out of office and to keep Trump supporters and Republicans in general demonized by keeping that story in your head. Because it creates the situation where Democrats can do anything to Republicans, ‘cause dammit, those Republicans deserve it --- look at them and their insurrections!”

Mike Huckabee

I don’t envy the poor media handmaidens of the Democratic Party having to try to convince their viewers that the violence last January 6th was the worst thing to happen in the history of ever. The Democrats are trying to turn this into the biggest melodrama since Hollywood was turning out Technicolor tearjerkers like “Magnificent Obsession,” but it’s coming across more as “Ridiculous Obsession.” As the Federalist notes, it’s clear that it's not about “protecting democracy,” it’s about branding their political opponents as domestic terrorists so they can silence them.

https://thefederalist.com/2022/01/04/corporate-medias-jan-6-anniversary-coverage-is-all-about-silencing-republicans/

But how can the media make this fake “insurrection” seem as historically horrific as the Dems are making it out to be? Especially since, as Todd Starnes pointed out, a full year later, not a single person has been charged with insurrection, sedition or treason.

Well, one way is just to flat-out lie about it, like Joy Reid of MSNBC, who repeated the debunked claim that officer Brian Sicknick died of injuries inflicted by protesters. He actually died the next day of a stroke.

https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2022/01/04/joy-reid-show-tells-blatant-lie-about-the-death-of-officer-brian-sicknick-n501895

(Note to Twitter: I believe you call this “misinformation,” and ban people for spreading it. So why is Joy Reid still on Twitter?)

You’ll also likely see a lot of references to at least five people dying that day, without telling you that they’re including people who died of natural causes and who weren’t even in the Capitol. The only person who died a violent death in the Capitol was Ashli Babbitt, an unarmed protester shot in cold blood by a Capitol Police officer.

That’s worthy of further investigation, along with the bad decisions of people in charge of security that day, but since those people include DC’s Democrat mayor and Nancy Pelosi, we’re still getting nothing but stonewalling from that sector.

https://www.westernjournal.com/house-republicans-turn-jan-6-tables-nancy-pelosi-major-accusation/

So what are the Democrats doing to goose their ratings? They’re trying to force a personality from a news channel people actually watch, Sean Hannity, to testify to their committee.

https://www.westernjournal.com/jan-6-committee-asks-grill-hugely-famous-conservative-despite-fact-nowhere-near-capitol-riot/

Hannity was nowhere near the Capitol, had nothing to do with the violence, and condemned it on his show. But they want to grill him about his private texts with Trump and other sources close to him, to try to bolster their nonsense claim that Trump was planning a violent insurrection. This is dangerously close to stomping on the First Amendment protection of freedom of the press, but somehow, I doubt that protecting Constitutional rights of conservatives is a major concern for the people involved in this committee.

Mike Huckabee

As social media sites become more and more blatant about their censorship of conservatives, they’re hastening the rise of free speech alternative platforms and their own march toward be becoming what Seth Meyers once called MySpace: “The abandoned amusement park of the Internet.”

After Twitter banned Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for her unapproved comments about COVID and vaccines (Facebook also blocked her for 24 hours), influential podcaster Joe Rogan announced that he was joining the new conservative Twitter alternative GETTR. In just two days, he surpassed eight million followers (and unlike many on Twitter, I’ll bet his followers are real.)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/joe-rogan-joins-gettr-a-maga-alternative-to-twitter-following-rep-marjorie-taylor-greenes-ban/ar-AASo6dp

Also, Sen. Rand Paul announced that he’s moving away from YouTube and to the free speech platform Rumble.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/rand-paul-announces-exit-from-youtube-today-i-take-my-first-step-toward-denying-my-content-to-big-tech

Meanwhile, perhaps sensing trouble, Facebook lifted the “permanent” block it put on Heroes of Liberty, a publisher of children’s books about American icons including Ronald Reagan, Thomas Sowell and John Wayne. Facebook claims the ban was “an error.” Funny how such “errors” always go in only one direction, and you never hear of any leftist outlets being banned “by mistake.”

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jan/4/facebook-lifts-ban-conservative-childrens-publishe/

FYI, coming up next weekend on “Huckabee” on TBN, I’ll be talking about this issue with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Does that mean that I agree with or endorse everything she says and believes? Of course not. But I will defend to the death her right to say it.

Mike Huckabee

As this is being written, I’m hearing that Attorney General Merrick Garland is planning to give “remarks on holding Capitol rioters accountable.” Perhaps by the time you read this, you’ll already have been subjected to it. Get ready for a surreal couple of days during which the Capitol Hill breach will be presented as “one of the darkest days of our democracy” (quoting Colorado Rep. Jason Crow) and worse than the Civil War, Pearl Harbor and 9/11. Combined.

This just might be the most outrageous political theatre we’ve ever seen. One thing that won’t be happening: the unveiling of a monument to the event that was to be created by the Architect of the Capitol (not kidding) through legislation co-sponsored by Crow and Pennsylvania Rep. Susan Wild, to ensure the integrity of American democracy and counter “violent, anti-democratic rhetoric.” For some reason, the bill got stalled in May, so Democrats were unable to save the Union from the threat of future insurrection.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/01/04/one-year-later-democrats-planned-january-6-remembrance-exhibit-fails-to-materialize/

But it’s 2022, when Democrats have this travesty on the drawing board while calling for the removal of monuments to Thomas Jefferson.

The big theme for this anniversary will be the word “anti-democracy.” How ironic that a riot sparked by evidence suggestive of election fraud that the Supreme Court called “moot” is being painted now as anti-democratic. It was tragic and ill-advised, but it was PRO-democratic. You know what’s anti-democratic? Election fraud, and all steps taken to make it easier and less detectable.

Adding to the irony is Democrats’ use of the event to push even harder for “election reform,” which to them means the unconstitutional federalization of elections, with the rules they choose. Anyone who thinks the way to have honest elections is to put Democrats in charge of them should perhaps seek professional psychiatric help.

But Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is adamant about ending the filibuster rule so he can barely pass what we like to call the “Voter Fraud Legalization Act.” This is the opposite of the reaction we should be having to claims of voter fraud.

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/schumer-senate-filibuster-vote/2022/01/03/id/1050797/?ns_mail_uid=f9499f75-6002-4e3d-a92a-60873ae4921d&ns_mail_job=DM288427_01032022&s=acs&dkt_nbr=010502js24q5

The most idiotic fear tactic of all was used by by resident congressional idiot Rep. Eric Swalwell, who tweeted that “if we don’t get this right” (win in 2022), “it could be the last election.”

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/stephen-kruiser/2022/01/04/swalwell-gop-will-end-elections-if-they-take-back-majority-n1546810

What they’re doing isn’t about democracy, but about electing Democrats and keeping Trump out. Liz Cheney admitted as much on CBS’s Face The Nation when she said, “I can tell you that the single most important thing...is to ensure that Donald Trump is not the Republican nominee and that he certainly is not anywhere close to the Oval Office ever again.” Democracy indeed.

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2022/01/03/liz-cheney-reveals-the-true-purpose-of-the-j6-committee-n1546362

Brit Hume appeared Tuesday with Lawrence Jones on FOX News Primetime to talk about the general hubbub and truth-stretching going on now, including that surrounding Jan. 6. “We are not living in normal times,” he said. “What we need is for people to calm down. The bitter divisions that we see in this country are exacerbated by this tendency to exaggerate, and to do so grossly.”

I take some exception, though, with the way an unusually taciturn Hume seemed to blame President Trump for what happened that day, I assume for daring to challenge the results. “It was a cockamamie scheme by Trump that was bound to fail and did.” Perhaps I don’t understand Hume correctly; by “cockamamie scheme,” does he mean having a constitutional protest rally? Is he saying Trump was being anti-democratic? Trump was up the night of November 3 with the rest of us and saw what we all did that made him honestly suspect the vote in key counties was fraudulent. The courts had refused to take it up. He had called for a peaceful protest that was PRO-democracy. And we certainly can’t blame him for the riot; in fact, we’re finding out more and more about other forces at play that day.

Moving on...Since we’re marking a year since the riot, this is also the ideal time to note that a group of Americans have been denied bail and held many months without trial, when not one of them has been charged with insurrection. And the conditions they’ve endured have been been, pardon the expression, deplorable. Some reportedly have been denied critical medical care, as in this case of a man very ill with celiac disease who is not receiving the closely monitored gluten-free diet he needs. The following account sheds light on why these Trump supporters have been treated so callously; read what jail superintendent Ted Hull had to say to the man’s attorney in an email obtained by The Epoch Times. It could hardly be more snide and unprofessional.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/jan-6-detainee-at-risk-of-dying-from-lack-of-medical-care-attorney-says_4191746.html?utm_source=ref_share&utm_campaign=copy&rs=SHRDFDDJ&--

Fourteen House Republicans have sent a letter to Washington DC mayor Muriel Bowser demanding that Deputy Warden Kathleen Landerkin, who oversees the detention of the Jan. 6 defendants, be fired. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Louie Gohmert recently visited them and found that they were “being treated categorically different from the remainder of the prison population.”

https://thefederalist.com/2021/12/17/14-house-republicans-demand-d-c-mayor-fire-prison-warden-overseeing-jan-6-detainees/

After reading some of Landerkin’s politically unhinged anti-Trump tweets, it’s easy to see why these detainees would be treated with such open disregard and even hatred. One example: in a post a few days before the rally, she said, “Re-tweet if you you want [Nancy Pelosi] to punish the 140 House Republican traitors who are trying to overturn the election by refusing to seat them in Congress.”

So, this is the woman overseeing treatment of the detainees. In a must-read story, here’s more about the conditions as seen during a surprise inspection in November. Judge Royce Lamberth was scathing in his assessment and did get one man released so he could receive medical care for his broken hand and...(yes) cancer. “I don’t know if this [neglect] is because he is a January 6 defendant or not,” he said, but I think we can guess.

https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/this-is-still-america-after-horrible-jail-conditions-found-judge-orders-release-of-jan-6-protester/

Finally, let’s go back to what started it all, the claims of election fraud. A VIP story in PJ Media --- I’ll link for those who are signed up --- reviews the problems with the election that resulted from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s funding of the Center for Tech and Civic Life. We’ve covered that in detail, and have also recommended Mollie Hemingway’s coverage in her book RIGGED.

https://pjmedia.com/columns/stacey-lennox/2022/01/04/the-insurrection-hype-is-getting-louder-as-details-about-the-2020-election-go-mainstream-n1544290

The article says that according to Rasmussen, 70 percent of those polled said that the hundreds of millions spent by Zuckerberg to influence the election was bad for democracy. And guess what? --- 59 percent thought it’s likely that cheating affected the outcome of the 2020 presidential race, including 41 percent of Democrats and 58 percent of unaffiliated voters. Personally, I’d like to hear more about THAT on January 6.

Thankfully, most people are too smart to think of the riot as an actual “insurrection” or of Republicans as anti-democratic. In fact, there’s data to show the Republican Party is better set today than it was before last January 6. And that, perhaps more than anything, is why we’re seeing so much hysteria now.

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/ari-j-kaufman/2022/01/03/republicans-image-already-has-recovered-from-jan-6-n1546539

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Opponents of government vaccine mandates won a small victory in Nevada, and blogger Robert Zimmerman makes several great points about why it has larger repercussions.

https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/essays-and-commentaries/a-small-victory-in-nevada-against-covid-mandates-illustrates-the-ongoing-corrupt-politicizing-of-all-of-american-culture/

The Nevada State Board of Health had mandated that all college students get the shot or be banned, but that expired after 120 days. It could only be extended by the Legislative Commission, and when they split 6-6 on party lines, the tie killed the mandate. Zimmerman notes that like many such mandates, it was imposed by unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats. This was the first time elected representatives weighed in on it, and that ended it.

Some other important points he notes that are going overlooked: the fact that this was the first time elected representatives have had a say shows how much power has been usurped by unelected bureaucrats. Those bureaucrats ignored evidence that the mandate was ineffective and imposed a discriminatory policy that violated students’ First Amendment rights and their autonomy over their own bodies. This is also an example of how the excuse of a “medical emergency” has opened the door to many organizations violating laws protecting the privacy of citizens’ medical records. And most importantly, the party line vote shows how this issue has been completely politicized, with decisions based not on science but on politics.

I recommend you read the whole thing, but here’s a quote I have to share in this election year, because he makes the point that only the people can fix this by changing the politicians:

“The six Nevada Democrats who voted for this illogical mandate did so not because they had any facts on their side (which they did not), but because the edict expanded the power of government, and that today is the overriding goal of every Democrat. Crush the opposition, squelch free debate, and twist the law in any way possible to guarantee victory. The voters should have thrown these bums out of office years ago. It is...imperative that they do it now, because there is very little time left. Soon, if these power-hungry Democrats have their way, elections will no longer matter. They will be in control, and will not allow you to remove them.”

Sounds like the perfect response to Chuck Schumer’s balloon juice about ending the filibuster to pass the “Legalize Vote Fraud” bill to “save democracy.”

And a PS from Zimmerman that’s also important:

“Nor are the Republican politicians much better. Too often for decades they have made deals, going along to get along, rather than stand for freedom and smaller government, as they consistently would promise during every single election campaign. The voters need to throw a lot of them out of office as well.”

Mike Huckabee

Remember how we were told we had to elect Democrats so that “the adults would be back in charge”? Where are those adults, I wonder? Did they all go to Florida so they could enjoy life in peace and leave the kids and teenagers back in DC to destroy the house with an endless kegger party? Listening to some of the top Democrat leaders, I sometimes feel as if I’m arguing with children whose entire arsenal of replies consists of “It’s not FAIR!” and “I know you are, but what am I?”

Take Senate “Majority” Leader Chuck Schumer, please. He’s making the rounds of similarly juvenile talk shows, once again pushing the idea of doing away with the Senate filibuster so that the Dems can ram their agenda (including their unconstitutional “Federalize elections and legalize vote fraud” bill) down Americans’ throats with only a 50-50 tie plus the vote of VP Kamala “28% approval rating” Harris. He used a lot of overheated hyperbole about January 6th to try to justify it as protecting democracy, but it all really boils down to, “When we lose an election, it’s not FAIR!”

https://www.westernjournal.com/chuck-schumer-threatens-radically-alter-senate-rules-doesnt-get-way-within-two-weeks/

(I could also throw in all the Democrats who are publicly wailing about how traumatized they were by January 6th, like children who are still crying over a boo-boo they got a year ago to milk it for more free ice cream. Yes, January 6th was bad, and those who broke the law should be punished. But go tell your sob story to all the Americans who lost their homes and businesses to looters and arsonists and who were assaulted by actual armed insurrectionists, all of whom were defended and bailed out of jail by those very same Democrats.)

You’d think Schumer might have glanced at the recent obituaries for his predecessor Harry Reid that recalled how his weakening of the filibuster came back to bite Democrats when they became the minority. But that would require long-term thinking and reading the news, two things that five-year-olds are not famous for. Schumer couldn’t even be mature enough to acknowledge his own arguments in defense of the filibuster, back when it was to his advantage.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/chuck-schumer-filibuster-flashback-2017

He doesn’t have the consistent principles of a mature adult but the childish attitude of “I get my way every time, or it’s NOT FAIR!”

And then we have the case of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who responded to legitimate criticism of her rank hypocrisy by claiming that her critics are just frustrated because they find her so hot and can’t have her. Trust me, that’s not why I write about her. At least her response was more mature than Schumer’s arguments, but only in the sense that a spoiled teenage drama queen is slightly more mature than a tantrum-throwing five-year-old.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ spokeswoman Christina Pushaw (whom I assume does not find AOC too sexy for her House seat) took on the adult role and set her straight:

https://www.westernjournal.com/desantis-spokeswoman-reveals-aocs-florida-trip-something-even-worse-hypocrisy/

And some of the other responses from female critics of AOC were downright hilarious, even on CNN…

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2022/01/04/watch-mary-katharine-ham-skewers-aocs-weird-self-absorption-n2601338?utm_campaign=rightrailsticky3

Fortunately for America, a couple of adults still remain in the Democratic Party (Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema), and they realize the dangers of obliterating all minority power when their party is likely about to become the minority. Without their votes, Schumer won’t be able to end the filibuster. But I have no hopes that a dose of reality will make him suddenly start acting like a mature adult who is aware of the heavy responsibilities of his position.

It might be old fashioned to say this, but I think the only way to make these brats grow up is for the voters to deliver a good spanking to them.

Related: This is a good analysis by Joe Cunningham at Redstate.com about how Schumer knows he doesn’t have the power to end the filibuster, and for all the vitriol that leftists are hurling at Joe Manchin, his maturity and ability to think long range are likely their only hopes of retaining the majority after the next election.

https://redstate.com/joesquire/2022/01/04/the-democratic-partys-savior-n501401

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A lot of finger-pointing is taking place amid Virginia state officials, placing blame for lack of preparedness that led to drivers being stuck in the snow in their cars for up to 24 hours on Interstate 95.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/interstate-95-virginia-pretreatment

Among them was Virginia Democrat Sen. Tim Kaine, one of the major advocates for Virginians joining in the fight to prevent global warming. So congratulations: that worked.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/virginia-senator-hundreds-trapped-overnight-snowstorm-traffic-jam/story?id=82067117

The real heroes of this story were not, of course, the politicians who failed to do their jobs, but the law enforcement officers, nearby residents and fellow drivers, who braved the cold and snow to help strangers and each other. They used cell phones or trudged through the snow to find out who needed food, water, blankets, diapers and other necessities. Note to all the people badmouthing America as nothing but a bunch of selfish, racist identity groups: This is what America is really all about.

Incidentally, one politician who is definitely not to blame for this is the one that some liberals were blaming: Republican Glenn Youngkin, who doesn’t take office as Governor until a week from this Saturday.

https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2022/01/04/glenn-youngkin-gets-blamed-for-i-95-traffic-snarls-as-actual-governor-ralph-northam-appears-mia-n501429

Good point at the linked article: isn’t it funny how quickly liberals deleted their tweets blaming Youngkin after realizing their mistake but didn’t replace them with tweets blaming Democrat Gov. Ralph Northam, who was actually in charge? I’d call that a “snow job.”

Mike Huckabee

Yesterday, we talked about the need to dig deep into conspiracy theories for which there’s credible evidence, noting that the term “conspiracy theory” itself is neutral until facts emerge that prove or disprove it. The claim that the Capitol Hill security breach was more of a “fed-surrection” than an insurrection is one of those so-called conspiracy theories that deserve to be taken seriously. So let’s take a closer look.

In a preposterous reach, Sen. Chuck Schumer is using January 6 to try to justify ending the filibuster so the Senate can pass the “election reform” bill that Democrats so desperately want passed, to help them cheat---I mean, preserve democracy. (Pardon my bluntness, but affecting the outcome of elections is undoubtedly what they want to use this for.) Mark Elias is already using the courts for this, but they really need a, shall we say, comprehensive strategy to ensure a win this time.

Laura Ingraham, on FOX News’ Ingraham Angle, showed the clip of Sen. Schumer saying to Joy Reid on MSNBC, “...If we don’t change the [filibuster] rules, the Republicans will block this [election reform], and our democracy could be at risk, and even wither, invariably, in real ways.”

Thanks to Laura for pointing out that in 2005, when Republicans held the majority, Schumer was saying the opposite about the filibuster. Today, he assumes most of us are too stupid to realize that, or to understand that if the Senate ends the filibuster rule and passes the so-called “Voting Rights” bill, we’ll have one-party rule and the whole Democrat agenda will be forced through, regardless of what voters think of it.

But, to get back to my original point, Schumer is using January 6 as a pretext for all of this. As we’ve said, the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill breach plays into the hands of Democrats so incredibly well, we’d naturally suspect that if Republicans hadn’t planned it to happen, the Democrats would’ve MADE it happen. So, did they? That’s a conspiracy theory –- so far neither proven or disproven –- but we’re finding out more all the time that strongly suggests covert federal operatives were urging it on.

Fortunately, even though Congress won’t do its oversight job on this –- does anyone seriously think their “committee” is anything more than a kangaroo court? –- there are other ways to uncover the full story of what happened, and one is through evidence submitted in actual court cases. To cite another example of how this works, recall that Special Counsel John Durham’s “Russia” investigation was helped a great deal by litigation that went on in London in a civil suit brought by Alfa Bank against Christopher Steele of “dossier” fame. Durham learned a LOT from testimony in that case. Likewise, even though House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s “special committee” won’t be turning over the rocks we’d want them to, other litigation regarding January 6 could bring to light key information.

For example, in the government’s case against Kelly Meggs, an Oath Keepers member accused of conspiring to storm the Capitol, his attorney Jon Moseley is calling some very interesting witnesses: Ray Epps (a riot instigator who’s strangely not being prosecuted), Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes (ditto), and “Utah activist” John Sullivan (an apparent leftist agitator).

Mosely told National File that he believes their testimony will prove his client’s innocence and also that the entire prosecution is politically motivated.

https://nationalfile.com/epps-sullivan-testify-oath-keepers-case/

National File reports: “FBI sources stold Reuters earlier this year that there was little to zero evidence of any plans to take hostages in the Capitol and stop the count of electoral votes.” Yet this level of interference is what Schumer uses as an excuse to end the filibuster and federalize elections.

National File also cites the Revolver News investigative reports that we’ve been bringing you. What they’ve turned up is highly suggestive that Rhodes was working in some capacity for the federal government while there that day. While defendant Meggs has been held without bail for nearly a year (!), Rhodes, for some reason, was interviewed by the FBI but was not been charged with any crime.

As for Epps, Revolver News exposed him as someone who, on both January 5 and 6, took to a bullhorn and urged conservatives to storm the Capitol during Trump’s rally. He’s on video –- check out Rumble –- “telling people to enter the Capitol and beat up police,” Moseley said. You’d think someone caught on video doing something like that would’ve been at the top of the list for indictment and detention without bail, but for some reason he just wasn’t.

In case you didn’t see this the first time we linked to it, here’s the most recent Revolver News report on Ray Epps. It’s extremely detailed but highly recommended; you might need to come back to it later.

https://www.revolver.news/2021/12/damning-new-details-massive-web-unindicted-operators-january-6/

About a month ago, National File reported that they had obtained documentation of an FBI interview with “Person 10,” the Oath Keepers member who planned the security detail for that day, that made it clear: Oath Keepers had had no plans to storm the Capitol on January 6.

https://nationalfile.com/exclusive-feds-withheld-exculpatory-evidence-charging-accused-1-6-protesters/

But according to Moseley, the indictment against his client alleges there was “a well-plotted Oath Keepers conspiracy to take over the Capitol on January 6.” He describes this allegation as the government “doubling down on things they know were false.” “Person 10,” according to FBI notes, made it clear he had no idea this was going to happen and “could not believe” people went into the Capitol. He, Rhodes and others had dinner at the Olive Garden that night and talked about this and also, incidentally, about “a girl that was shot.” I wonder if they knew then that the girl, Ashli Babbitt, had been unarmed and was shot in cold blood by federal security.

National File reports that “the interview with Person 10 now makes clear that he sought to remove Oath Keepers from any danger at the Capitol, and stop fights between protesters and police officers.” He said he was in charge of what they called their “Quick Detention Force,” which was intended to help provide security if there was an attack by “antifa or others.” It was never activated, he said.

Moseley told National File that they’ve got lots of other things they’re going to do as part of Kelly Meggs’ defense. He says other witnesses have confirmed “Person 10’s” story to the FBI. He suspects prosecutorial misconduct and will be seeking notes from the grand jury to determine this.

In another court case, a 39-year-old mother of four from Minnesota, Victoria White, is claiming that on January 6, she was forced into an entrance, trapped in a crush of people, and repeatedly beaten by police. Surveillance footage reportedly shows the woman, visible in a red MAGA hat, being hit with a baton and fist nearly 40 times in about 4 minutes.

https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/woman-claims-capitol-police-beat-her-video-jan-6-protest

A judge in the case has ordered that three hours of video from that day be released. So once again, it’s through court cases related to January 6 --- NOT the government’s sham “investigation” --- that will tell us more of what we need to know about that day.

Mike Huckabee

This letter came in response to our commentary on Mark Elias’ 2022 election strategy of aggressively using litigation to decide who gets seated in Congress. That story is not from the realm of “conspiracy theory” but of fact, as Elias has tweeted to the world that he's planning to do this.

From Barry B:

Mike, I am an ardent fan of yours, but I am also frustrated by the lack of willingness on the part of you and others to "wander down the path of conspiracy theories." That is precisely why people like Elias get away with their conspiracies. If you were to wander down that path, the farther you went, the more filth and corruption you would find. Are you implying that there is [not] and has never been a conspiracy? If not, how is a conspiracy defined?

If people like you won't dare to look, who will?

Blessings to you and your family for the New Year!

From the Gov:

Thanks for writing, Barry. I bring up Elias precisely because I DON’T want him to get away with what he’s doing. If you think we don’t see the filth and corruption or that we meant to imply there “is not and has never been a conspiracy,” I can only surmise you're new to this newsletter. We don’t wander aimlessly, but facts often lead us down a particular road.

To call something a conspiracy theory is not to say it’s true or untrue, because some turn out to be true or very largely true and others are ridiculous hoaxes. To explain, the term “conspiracy theory” is neutral, kind of like “unidentified flying object.” A conspiracy theory hasn’t been proved, so it remains a theory. Similarly, a UFO hasn’t been identified, so it remains...unidentified. The answer in both of these situations is (pardon the pun) up in the air, until there’s proof one way or the other.

Every single so-called conspiracy theory we’ve reported on as worthy of being taken seriously has either been proven true or is currently gathering more and more evidence in its favor. For example, regarding the theory that links Hillary's campaign and certain government insiders with the “dossier” and the whole media-driven “Russia!” hoax, we eagerly look forward to every development in John Durham’s special counsel investigation and seeing it connect another dot.

On the other hand, the Russia hoax itself is an example of a conspiracy theory that did not deserve to be taken seriously. Nothing in the “dossier” was verified. Yet it obsessed most of the media and leftist bureaucrats throughout Trump’s presidency, long after the “dossier” had been debunked and Devin Nunes’ House Intelligence Committee had determined Hillary’s campaign had paid for it.

At the same time, there really is evidence to support investigation into other so-called conspiracy theories. For example, though we condemned the Capitol Hill breach from the first, we’ve made it clear that there is considerable reason to demand an investigation of the FBI’s involvement and also House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s curious refusal of National Guard troops to provide security. Merrick Garland’s “Justice” Department is too shamefully politicized to do this, but the next Republican-led Congress will no doubt open one of their own.

That can’t happen for another year –- and then only if Republicans take back the House, but at least that does seem likely. Meanwhile, Republicans in the minority --- including those Pelosi refused for her hand-picked “Special Committee” --- will have to ferret out what they can on their own, minus subpoena power. Thankfully, the fine reporting of such organizations as Revolver News will continue, and we'll keep bringing that and our commentary to you.

Another example: the stories from battleground states about coordinated election fraud constitute another conspiracy theory that must be thoroughly investigated. Over half the country has essentially no faith in the 2020 election; this cannot stand. We can’t say definitively that the election was stolen through, say, hacked machines, but there's enough question about this and other serious problems to warrant a full investigation of all the forces at play. Any time skeptics face draconian censorship or a lack of transparency regarding evidence, that’s a red flag saying, “Here’s a conspiracy theory that might very well pan out. Better dig into this!”

It’s easy to tell that the Democrats tailor their approach to facts to suit their immediate purposes, because they'll turn on a dime. For example, starting with George W. Bush’s win over Al Gore in 2000, the Democrats decided it was their patriotic duty to cry “Stolen!” and question every election they lost. That changed when Biden was declared the winner; suddenly it was “domestic terrorism” to question the outcome, even with ample reason to suspect fraud.

We do have to have some factual basis for taking conspiracy theories seriously. If we didn’t, we’d just be a right-leaning version of CNN or the DNC (same thing). You can trust us never to be like the news/opinion writers on the left who screamed “Russia Russia Russia!!” for years even after that conspiracy theory was revealed as hogwash. Look at how some reporters who spread false information about the “dossier” are STILL resisting putting out retractions.

https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2021/12/09/journalist-authors_isikoff_corn_also_fell_for_danchenkos_mythical_dossier_source_806998.html

Unless there’s been an update, Michael Isikoff of Yahoo News and David Corn of Mother Jones, who wrote a book together on the “dossier” called ‘RUSSIAN ROULETTE: The Inside Story of Putin’s War On America and the Election of Donald Trump,” have failed to retract significant mistakes, specifically about an alleged “dossier” source (who really wasn’t one) named Sergei Millian. They cited Millian, who supports Trump, as the source for that unsavory made-up story about Trump in a Moscow hotel, supposedly on video with Russian prostitutes. Durham’s indictment of Igor Danchenko suggests that the real source of the so-called “pee tape” story was former Hillary campaign adviser Charles Dolan.

What these two “journalists” were doing was furthering a conspiracy theory that is untrue. And still it seems they won’t give it up, though it’s been debunked so thoroughly it doesn't even qualify as a theory. Only a hoax.

We have confidence in our sources, and I would never, for example, discuss members of the Clinton-allied Brookings Institution being involved with the creation and spread of the “dossier” unless there were ample reason to suspect this. By reason, I don’t mean the kind of proof you’d need to make an airtight case in court, but simply enough evidence to warrant digging deeper.

You know the story of the boy who cried “Wolf!” He wasn't taken seriously when it really counted, so it would defeat our purpose to be like him. But rest assured we'll continue digging carefully into so-called conspiracy theories --- the ones that pass the smell test --- just as we always have done.

For example, in case you missed the latest on Hillary over the holidays, Durham is taking aim...

https://justthenews.com/accountability/russia-and-ukraine-scandals/durham-zeroes-clinton-campaign-could-call-some-aides

Mike Huckabee

Finally, some good poll news for the Biden Administration: Gallup found that Kamala Harris is not the most unpopular figure in Washington. The bad news: that’s because President Biden is even less popular than she is. His Gallup approval rating is 44% compared to her 46%.

https://www.westernjournal.com/worst-thing-possible-just-happened-bidens-polling-numbers-look-just-dropped/

More bad news: those are both still pretty lousy, and they’re among the highest ratings they’ve garnered in any poll. In a left-leaning Civiqa poll, Biden’s approval is only 37%. And a stunning Issues & Insights/TIPP poll found that only 22% of Americans want Biden to run for reelection and just 12% want Harris to run for reelection.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2021/12/28/ouchnew-polling-shows-biden-is-more-unpopular-than-kamala-harris-n2601131

One caveat: Gallup found that the most popular figure in Washington with a 60% approval rating is Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. That makes me question either the poll sample or whether people have been paying much attention to SCOTUS news lately.

Mike Huckabee

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Mike Huckabee

Wednesday, a jury in New York found Ghislaine Maxwell guilty on five out of six felony counts related to procuring and grooming underage girls for the late billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. She faces up to 40 years in prison on each charge. I don’t want to go into the distasteful details of the charges, but you can read more here:

https://www.westernjournal.com/breaking-jury-reaches-verdict-ghislaine-maxwells-sex-trafficking-trial/

Her lawyers did raise one point worth considering when they argued that the prosecution was using Maxwell as a scapegoat for Epstein, who died in jail in 2019 before he could be put on trial. That point is that Epstein had many rich and powerful friends who allegedly had similar illegal appetites and victimized many girls. Yet as this account at Redstate.com notes, all the details of Epstein’s network have been ordered sealed.

https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/12/29/breaking-jury-convicts-ghislaine-maxwell-of-sex-trafficking-charges-n498929

Epstein is dead and Maxwell is being punished, but what about other potential victims and their powerful exploiters? Seems to me that her conviction should be just the beginning of this investigation, not the end of it.

As Jennifer Van Laar points out, if Southern District of New York prosecutors can manage to leak sealed documents and illegally-seized attorney-client communications from Project Veritas to the New York Times, surely they can do the same to expose people who actually did something that needs to be exposed.

Mike Huckabee

As we head into the new year, many Republicans have been commenting on the prospect of having a free and fair –- and TRUSTED –- congressional election in 2022 after the mess in 2020. I’ll paraphrase some of this:

Listen up, Democrats! Now that we know about all the ways the vote is vulnerable to manipulation and essentially un-auditable, we’ll have our eyes on you this time! By golly, we’ll make sure there’s a chain of custody for every ballot box and refuse to let you keep our poll watchers away. We’ll have cameras on all the election workers feeding ballots into machines, and we won’t let you shut down the vote counts and kick observers out of the room. Not this time! We’re on to you, and if you think you’re gonna get away with anything this time, you’ve got another thing coming! You might have done it once, but you wouldn’t dare try it again under the kind of scrutiny you’re gonna have. We’ll be watching every move, so THIS election will be secure!

We will indeed be watching as closely as possible, but challenges remain. Marc Elias and his army of attorneys got laws changed in battleground states so that safeguards against mail-in ballot fraud, such as signature matching and ID, are much looser than they used to be. He’ll fight any attempt to change back. And nothing has changed regarding our ability to audit electronic voting systems, so unless we disconnect ourselves from these, we will not know if our vote count is true.

Still, it WILL be harder to cheat this time. So the Democrats need new strategies to keep Congress from turning red in the expected bloodbath of 2022. And, thanks to Elias, they’ve got some.

One of them ties in to the events of January 6, as currently being “investigated” by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s “Special Committee.” The Capitol Hill security breach plays into Democrats’ hands so well, I still say that if it hadn’t happened, they would’ve had to create it, with a little help from the FBI, and you may make of that what you will. Revolver News has done some excellent reporting on this; recall an earlier installment we brought you. For when you have time –- this is extremely detailed –- here is another chapter of their investigation into what they call the “Fedsurrection” of January 6.

https://www.revolver.news/2021/12/damning-new-details-massive-web-unindicted-operators-january-6/

We don’t typically wander down the conspiracy-theory path, but as they say at Revolver, “FBI Director Chris Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland have an awful lot of explaining to do.” They need to tell us why the individuals who seem to have been most instrumental in whipping up and directing the crowd that day (and even the day before) have not been pursued by the FBI. Pelosi’s rejection of Trump’s offer of thousands of National Guard troops for security that day is suspect as well. I’ll have much more to say about this later, but for now the story is how Elias and the DNC are planning to use January 6 to affect the composition of Congress after the 2022 election. Because they are.

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2021/12/27/prominent-dem-lawyer-predicts-lawsuits-to-remove-gop-members-from-house-seats-next-year-n1544715

Elias himself tweeted about this on December 20: “My prediction for 2022: Before the midterm election, we will have a serious discussion about whether individual Republican House Members are disqualified by Section 3 of the 14th Amendment from serving in Congress. We may even see litigation.”

I'd say that with DNC superlawyer Elias in charge, we most definitely will see litigation. That’s a promise.

Section 3 of the 14th Amendment reads: “No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the Constitution of the United States, SHALL HAVE ENGAGED IN INSURRECTION OR REBELLION AGAINST THE SAME, OR GIVEN AID OR COMFORT TO THE ENEMIES THEREOF [emphasis mine]. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.”

In a follow-up, he said, “I am making it clear that members of Congress who engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United States are not eligible to serve in Congress.”

Elias would like to disqualify Republicans who supported Trump from even being on the ballot in 2022. He has one problem, which Matt Margolis at PJ Media pointed out: Text messages released by the January 6 committee show that there was no insurrection, and no one at all has even been charged with insurrection. But Elias will no doubt allege that anyone who has even expressed less-than-full confidence in Biden's win –- let alone (horrors!) the thought that Trump might actually have won –- is part of the rebellion. Those presumably would include Jim Jordan of Ohio and Jim Banks of Indiana, the two members of Congress chosen by Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to be on Pelosi’s Jan. 6 committee but refused by her. They, along with Troy Nehls of Texas, even voted against certifying the results of the 2020 election. Insurrectionists!

Why, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Louie Gohmert of Texas even offered aid and comfort to insurrectionists, by visiting them in prison and (gasp!) praying with them. Yes, the so-called reasoning could get that nuts. And Lauren Boebert of Colorado has already been criticized for innocent actions on January 6. Elias is bound to target her.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fact-check-claim-about-rep-boebert-and-jan-6-insurrection-is-partly-false/ar-AAPrr70

In what is a real head-scratcher for me, even a couple of Trump-appointed judges have made it clear they think the Capitol Hill breach was worse than the riots in Portland in which buildings were torched. They’ve ruled that attorneys for the Jan. 6 defendants can’t compare their treatment under the law with that of the left-leaning Portland defendants, who were treated much more leniently.

https://www.newsmax.com/us/federal-judges-january-6-portland-trump/2021/12/29/id/1050302/?ns_mail_uid=f9499f75-6002-4e3d-a92a-60873ae4921d&ns_mail_job=DM287855_12292021&s=acs&dkt_nbr=010104h4o4dp

Believe it or not, DC District Court Judge Trevor McFadden found a reason to say the Capitol Hill breach posed a greater risk to safety. “The Portland defendants primarily attacked at night,” he wrote. “In contrast, the January 6 rioters attacked the Capitol in broad daylight...their actions endangered hundreds of federal officials in the Capitol complex...”

His colleague, Judge Carl Nichols, did the same: “The Portland rioters’ conduct, while obviously serious, did not target a proceeding prescribed by the Constitution and established to ensure a peaceful transfer of power. Nor did the Portland rioters, unlike those who assailed America’s Capitol in 2021, make it past the buildings’ outer defenses.”

Well, that wouldn’t have happened if the Guard had been there as Trump wanted and if certain key figures hadn’t moved barricades and directed the crowd. In charge of security: Pelosi.

These mystifying rulings will no doubt help Elias with his out-there argument that this really was an insurrection. Expect him to pull out all the stops. Once again: Our lawyers have to be better than their lawyers.

Mike Huckabee

The Washington Free Beacon also chose its “Lie of the Year” for 2021, awarding “Four Bill Clintons” to President Biden for his promise, “I will shut down the virus.”

https://freebeacon.com/coronavirus/biden-covid-death/

Technically, that was a campaign promise, so it’s actually from 2020, but most people didn’t really know how big a lie it was until after he’d been in office for a year or so. They should have, however. Throughout 2020, Democrats like Biden tried to paint the virus as Trump’s fault, every death from it as his personal responsibility (some even claimed he wanted people to die), and his inability to cure it as proof that he was uncaring and incompetent.

That was, of course, all cruel, divisive, slanderous nonsense, and anyone who thought about it at all knew it at the time. I repeatedly pointed out that no President could possibly stop an airborne virus from entering America and spreading (Democrats claimed he couldn’t even keep illegal immigrants out of America, then fought to stop him; and when he tried to keep virus carriers from China out of America, they fought to stop him from doing that, too.) Nobody is to blame for this virus spreading around the world. Well, China, but we’re not allowed to say that, for some reason.

Of course, now that he’s the guy in charge, Biden has finally admitted that nobody, not even a President, has the power to keep a virus out of the country and there is no federal solution to the pandemic, just as Obama was eventually forced to admit that there were no “shovel-ready jobs” after we spent nearly a trillion dollars to create them.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/critics-slam-hypocrite-biden-for-claiming-no-federal-solution-to-pandemic-after-vow-to-shut-down-covid

Even though Biden took office at a time when vaccines had just become available and we'd learned a lot more about COVID and how to treat it, there have still been more deaths under his tenure than under Trump’s (over 420,000 so far compared to 402,269 under Trump.) But I wouldn’t blame Biden personally for those deaths, although I do believe that this Administration’s open hostility to virtually all potential therapeutic treatments in its single-minded obsession with vaccination hasn’t helped. In fact, Sen. Rand Paul blames Dr. Fauci’s negative attitude toward therapeutic treatments for thousands of deaths every month.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rand-paul-thousands-monthly-covid-deaths-fauci-vaccine-bias

And the government’s isolating lockdown policies and mandates that have contributed to rising depression, suicides and drug addiction are a separate lethal issue. But no, I don’t think it’s Biden’s fault when someone contracts COVID.

That said, it’s a stone cold fact that there have been more COVID deaths under Biden than under Trump. The fact that someone on CNN insisted that that’s “fake news” and those numbers are “completely wrong” is just further verification that they are accurate.

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2021/12/26/cnn-cries-fake-news-accurately-say-biden-has-more-covid

Mike Huckabee

HEALTH & HEALING

"Please pray for my son, 20, who suffers from sever depression and anxiety. He is stuck and can’t move on. He is a wonderful, empathetic gentle man who carries the weight of the world on his shoulders. I am so proud he is my son. Thank you and praise Jesus."

"I’m in the hospital fighting Covid-19. I’m exhausted and just want to go home. Please pray for progress and healing."

"Please pray for my grandson, Jeffrey. He is entering Rehab This weekend for drug addiction."

"Prayers please for Paula from Lynchburg, VA. She's been fighting cancer since 2017. I only just found out after I started following her blog. She is a wonderful person. Thank you so much."

"My son in a rehab program, and feels alone."

"Please pray for two good friends and fellow church members, Gary and Pat Ouverson of Crossville, TN. They are both in the hospital with COVID."

"Marlene is waiting for a double-lung transplant. Please pray for a viable donor."

"My entire family is down with Covid. Symptoms are light, thank the Lord, but they remain. Pray for my marriage. Thank you."

"Sofie Sanossian -- COVID symptoms, Robin Luedekke and sister Lois -- hospitalized with COVID, Shane Wagner -- Colon cancer spread throughout organs, 57 yrs, 3 children"

"Please pray for my nephew's wife - Amber. She shattered her ankle and had surgery a few months ago. Last week she was back in the hospital for 2 more surgeries. One left her with a cut on her leg 6" long and the 2nd surgery for help with the pain was cancelled by the doctor at the last minute as he had another emergency to take care of. Amber is in intense pain and very depressed."

"My grandson, Trey, is schizophrenic and his meds are no longer effective. He is suffering from the voices in his head and the delusions and paranoia. He can't sleep and is terrified of everything. Seeking help at an ER right now. Thank you."

"I just can't shake depression. I know God Has this. Thank you!"

"For my 3 year old nephew-Liam. Who is having surgery for choclear Implants. Safe surgery and that he will be able to hear. He was born completely deaf."

"Thank you for the prayers. I am out of pain for the first time since early December. Praise the Lord."

"Our son, Steve was admitted to the hospital with Covid pneumonia a few weeks ago. Although Covid has run its course, Steve has developed complications as a result of the pneumonia. He was put into a coma and while in the delirium of the medication, he removed the ventilator, then later the catheter. That was not the end of it. The next night he got out of bed (somehow) and went into the bathroom, where he collapsed and was found unresponsive and not breathing. They revived him and had to reinsert the ventilator.

His vitals are not very good - reckon he is giving our Father a challenge, but our Lord can handle it. We just need to keep praying His Grace reaches Steve. Due to the meds he is being given, I doubt Steve knows any of these events have occurred.

Please join our prayer warriors on Steve’s behalf. His wife Shannon snd son Wrigley need prayers as well. Steve is in Mercy Hospital in Rogers. Arkansas. Thank you, cousin. Roy and Paula S., Bentonville, AR"

"I’m asking for prayers for me. My old age is starting to act up. I’m going to have a couple of surgeries, cataract removal, and I’m expecting more back injections. My golden age is beginning to tarnish…a joke! Thank you."

"Please pray for Pam. very sick from the flu. Also for diabetes and high blood pressure."

"For Childhood cancer survivor Grace. At 26 the cancer is back and the chemo is tough. Her right leg is worthless due to spinal damage."

"Please pray for our son Stephen. He suffers from extreme anxiety which causes him to eat to soothe. He is quite obese as a result."

"Prayers for my cousin Patty who lost her husband on Christmas Day to lung cancer."

"Please pray for the Ansel and Anderson Family in Richmond, Texas. They have hit a rough spot in the road with a son. He is ill and hospitalized for at least another month.

Praise God and prayers for them all..... Kim"

"Please pray for Debbie and Stephen Holmes. Debbie was recently diagnosed with stomach cancer but is positive and in the best hands medically with care at Houston's M.D. Anderson Medical Center. Both are outstanding people and true Americans. Love and prayers to them both and their families. Kim"

"A former marine, survivor of brain cancer, now has an inoperable tumor on his brain stem. Cancer treatments and surgery have cause so many issues throughout his body. He suffers so much pain. He is a child of God, I pray for his comfort and that he will be able to enjoy the time he has left here. May he be filled with Gods peace. We really desire a miracle, but trust our Loving Father to have His way in him which is higher than our own."

"My dad, David, he has been in the hospital since 9/14. It started as pneumonia and picked up Covid in between. He was vented 9/16. He moved to rehab on 10/19 after amazing the doctors (they thought he might be brain dead) and has been in rehab since. All odds have been against him but he is survived through prayer from so many. He still has a long road of recovery. But today is being moved from rehab medical to rehab therapy. Please continue to pray for continued healing."

"Theresa Walker: healing from unknown virus that has been making her sick since the week before Christmas."

"My son who struggles with deep depression."

"Please pray for my grandson, on drugs and living on the street, homeless over three years."

"My good friend Wanda was just diagnosed with cancer. Please pray for her healing. Thank you."

"For my daughter (only 18) - debilitating pain in head, jaw, shoulder, and leg."

"Relief from nerve damage in back for Joan."

"My husband is in hospital recieving treatment for his heart. He has a pacemaker but one of his valves doesn't work properly so has issues with weakened heart. Pray for surgeons,wisdom and healing, please. Blessings for your love of our Father"

IN MEMORIAM

"My niece Susan Brown died from Corona Virus and her funeral was yesterday, Sunday. She had other health conditions for years which weakened her. I loved her dearly."

Mike Huckabee

"My 32-year old son is a cancer survivor who had renal cell carcinoma when he was 13. He found a lump on his collarbone that turns out is a concern with his lymph node. The biopsy was inconclusive and there were some abnormal readings that could point to lymphoma. He has surgery on 12/28 to remove the lymph for further testing to determine if it is cancer. His name is Dustin, please pray for him to be free of any cancer concern with this lymph node."

"I recently turned 70. Four months ago, I was hospitalized with pneumonia for five days. When I got home, I recovered physically in about three weeks, but I worry I may have suffered permanent cognitive damage. I wander around sometimes not knowing what to do. I have no appetite. I'm very forgetful. I don't sleep well. I get restless occasionally where I just pace back and forth. I've been asking my insurance company for an appointment with a neurologist. They finally consented, but it isn't until next March. I can't wait that long. I found a treatment for depression, sleep issues, and memory loss called Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS). Please pray that my insurance will cover this. I also have a serious hearing loss. I went to church yesterday and I was practically in tears because I couldn't hear the message. What frightens me is the known connection between hearing loss and dementia. I'm actually really scared about that. Please pray for me. Thank you."

"Please pray for our close friend David -- he is in the hospital with COVID -- on a ventilator. Please Heavenly Father, heal this sweet, kind, selfless, gentle man."

"My daughter Molly, battling cancer for two years, treatments are taking a toll. Please pray for hope, comfort, and easing of pain."

"Please pray for me. I've had stomach problems and headaches for almost a year. They are getting worse with no diagnosis to get relief or healing."

"Steve K, my partner in life, is scheduled for open heart surgery on January 3rd. Please pray the surgeons hands are able to do their job and that Steve will recover quickly. Thank you and God bless each and every one of you."

"Please pray for Wade who has been diagnosed with stage four lung cancer."

"Pray for healing for the entire world. Pray for me and my family to have a healthy year, and for things to work out and settle down."

"Please pray for Laurie who has metastatic breast cancer to her lungs. Pray that the chemotherapy she was put on last week begins to work. Pray for salvation."

"Please pray for pastor Jim Claypool in Phoenix, AZ. Has Pancreatic Cancer. Jim ministers to the homeless, those addicted and otherwise disenfranchised. He is has been faithful for over 30 years doing what few are willing to do, and all to the glory of God!"

"My sister Patty who went into the hospital for a heart ablation, during which her heart tore, had emergency open heart surgery and now has a trach and is unable to walk or speak."

"January 6th defendant, Chris Quaglin, has lost 10 lbs. in 10 days and is in solitary confinement. Reportedly, he has celiac disease and is being denied medical treatment. Also, reportedly, he tested positive for Covid and is very ill. Please pray for him and the other January 6th defendants who are, reportedly, being treated horribly in the jail."

"Please pray for Jane R., a prolife and prayer warrior who is hospitalized and has had two surgeries for a serious intestinal problem. She is suffering greatly."

"For my oldest son who has been in jail I pray he will stay away from the drugs this time and straighten out his life."

"For my son who has gotten Involved in drugs that rehab and prayers will bring back the person he was."

"Please pray for my mom, she just turned 89, was exposed to a positive covid at church on Sunday, so far she is fine, pray it stays that way. Jeff Allen"

"Pray for my family and myself (77) as my daughter-in-law Carol who came to my home to celebrate Christmas and birthday just tested positive for Covid. Pray that NONE of our family members who were present come down with this virus. My son Matt (who didn't come) thought he had a bad cold but has also tested positive for Covid. Pray that Matt & Carol heal quickly and that their 6 children stay safe and protected, God willing. Thank you."

"My daughter—making dangerous life choices and has turned from God. Prayer for repentance and realization that her choices are pathway to death."

"3 members of my family are struggling with cancer; my daughterinlaw with breast cancer, my niece with breast cancer and my nephew with a serious skin type of cancer plus he lost is only son ,age 25 with a baby , just 3 years ago, My only 2 brothers are struggling; 1 with heart problems including 9 stents and a recent pacemaker and his wife with beginning dementia and the other brother has parkinsons and sleeps quite a bit with his wife as his caretaker. I would appreciate prayers for all of the above and I would appreciate prayer too.....just feels like my family circle is falling apart. I know that God is in control of it all and I rest in in that truth......however it is still extremely difficult. Thank you,"

IN MEMORIAM

"Our last surviving parent, Mom, died from COVID on New Years Day, 2021. My only sibling, my brother, and his family now exclude my husband and myself. Our small family is disintegrating. In addition to remembering my Mom, this prayer request is also for healing for our family."

"I am grieving for my husband. Covid took him very quickly. He was gone too soon. ??"

Mike Huckabee

HEALTH & HEALING

"Healing for Laura and Alexis /Prosperity for Rob and Mike/ Health for me and my wife. Peace on earth and lawfulness in our government. Amen"

"An end to the pandemic and all the anxiety people are feeling."

"Please pray for healing and complete recovery from Covid related sinus infection for Pam & healing & complete recovery for Linda Kay from bronchitis & flu symptoms. Thank you and abundant Christmas blessings to you!!??????"

"We are the 1 in 4 American adults estranged from a family member. Specifically, a beautiful grandson we may never meet. I share this heartbreak and pray with all of the other Americans going through the pain of estrangement and loss of joy the holiday should bring."

"My friend in Michigan whose daughter, a high school senior has covid. The daughter has been put into a coma and is on a vent. Her mother is able to be with her and is reading scripture to her. "

"Years ago God moved me to a new city. Two years later He moved Sue to my city. Of all churches in my city, He had her visit my church; and of all the seating, He had her sit beside me. She was recently diagnosed with cancer, Stage Three. She agrees He is in charge of her health. I ask you to pray for her healing in accordance with His will. We are praising our LORD for being with us in all we endure on earth. Our prayers are heard and He knows best. He is the Great Physician. I know first hand His healing touch. Thank you and Blessing to all of you."

"That my friend Edith is healed by God from the mysterious illness that she has and be able to spend more time with her family!"

"For my niece who has mental health problems and drug addiction. She won’t get help. She is losing her 2 beautiful children because she won’t do what the doctors tell her to do. Such a intelligent and talented person but won’t get help. Please pray that during this Christmas season she will change her ways. Merry Christmas to all and may your answers to your prayers come true."

"Please pray for healing of my daughter-in-law's dad, Dale, who has been found to have a malignant nodule on his liver and a blockage in one of the paths to his heart. He's a solid Christian man who raised his family in the faith of Jesus Christ. Thank you and Merry Christmas!"

"Please pray for my husband who has Parkinson’s… my husband of 33 years health is crumbling right in front of me. I have fibromyalgia he was suppose to take care of me. It’s getting harder each day. Please pray for the pain to stop."

"For some time now I have been diagnosed with pulsatile tinnitus. I have seen doctors that keep telling me there's nothing wrong. I've had all kinds of tests that showed nothing wrong. However, I am still hearing pounding in my head like my heartbeat. Although I tried to ignore it at times it gets very loud. I have been praying for relief for a long time. Please pray that this will go away even though they say it can't. I believe our great Lord and Savior can do anything if it's in his will. Thank you so much for praying for me. God bless you all... Arlene"

"Bob to be well tomorrow morning so we can enjoy Christmas together. Amen"

"Gary Rowley - body retaining fluid, liver problems? Has had surgery to remove some of the fluid."

"The doctors say have kidney disease but God says I am healed I need the healing manifested in my body."

"Mike my husband. Please pray for him. He is so addicted to beer and chew. He is obese and doesn’t seem to care. He raised by a family with no faith and an alcoholic father. I’ve prayed for him for 22 years and he is so detached I have little faith that he would ever truly let Jesus in. I have to be honest, I am born again Christian but my faith has been affected by this daily discouragement."

"Daughter Molly, struggled through Hodgkin’s lymphoma-recovered has 4 children 11 to 5 and now has been diagnosed with colorectal cancer. She’s a strong believer and trusts the Lord. We pray God’s will be done and He bless her as she deals with the therapy and surgery ahead."

IN MEMORIAM

"Donald my amazing husband of 53 years passed from covid on August 23, 2021.-- Debby

"For my husband, Leonard Charles Hall"

"At Christmas I remember both my adoptive parents who went home to God in the month of December. I also remember a message from the Virgin Mary who appeared to the children in Yugoslavia...it is a special blessing for those who go home to God in December, for there is great rejoicing in heaven in the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. So while I miss them, I smile and am comforted knowing the joy of their reception in heaven."

"Family of Bob Bryant. He passed away Dec 14th from lung cancer."

Mike Huckabee

How can we all be so connected, and our government be so disconnected?

One of the benefits of living in the 21st century is that thanks to jet travel and the Internet, I constantly talk to Americans from every state and every walk of life. And believe me, they are not shy about sharing their opinions. It gives me a perspective that I wish more of our politicians and media people inside the Beltway Bubble could experience.

If I had to explain their low approval ratings in one word, it would be “disconnection.” I don’t think there’s ever been a time when the people in government and the media were so out of touch with the people they’re supposed to be serving. Do they actually believe that when voters demand “change,” when they really want is massive spending bills, skyrocketing debt, higher taxes, empty store shelves, spiraling crime, vaccine mandates, racism and anti-Americanism taught to their children, more expensive everything and a bigger, bloated nanny state government crushing their rights and freedoms? Trust me, based on what they tell me, they do not.

If you ask most Americans what they want from government, it’s not to have every aspect of their lives “transformed,” including those that worked a lot better before the government “improved” them. They don’t want 2,000-page bills nobody’s read, or bureaucrats telling them how much money they’re allowed to make or criminal prosecutors who refuse to prosecute criminals. The list of what most Americans say they want is pretty short: national defense; secure borders; smooth highways; care for veterans, seniors, children and the disabled who need it; good schools that teach facts; police and firefighters; a fair court system; and oh yeah, it would be nice if the trash were picked up on time. That’s about it.

Yet somehow, the government finds so many ways to meddle in our lives that federal, state and local government spending combined now equals nearly 40 percent of America’s entire gross domestic product. The accumulated national debt alone is now about $6 trillion more than the annual GDP. And in some places, they still don’t pick up the garbage on time!

In poll after poll, Americans say loud and clear: they want less government and less spending. They don’t care what the talking heads or the endlessly-surprised economists or the “too-big-to-fail” Wall Street failures or the socialist socialites in Congress say: they want government out of their lives, out of their wallets and out of their way.

Yet whenever political candidates support that philosophy, their opponents and the media paint them as cold-hearted and uncaring. Compassion has been redefined as the willingness to spend limitless amounts of other people’s money, no matter how many people it harms. And it harms plenty, from the people the money is taken away from directly to the resulting inflation that squeezes everyone from the poorest on up. The media devote almost no time to examining the very real consequences of differing political philosophies and a lot of time to gotcha games, gaffes, and who’s ahead in the horse races.

But the horse is now out of the barn. Americans have experienced firsthand the results of so-called “progressive” policies, and they’re suffering whiplash from how fast they can destroy everything. Government out of control, the debt at record levels with no end in sight, criminals and rioters taking over our cities, empty store shelves, spiraling consumer prices, elections nobody trusts anymore and seemingly no end to the “two weeks to flatten the curve” lockdowns.

From the election of 2016 to our current woes with crime, inflation, shortages and illegal immigration, none of it should’ve been a surprise to anyone. I warned what would happen for a year before the election if the left took over, not because I’m clairvoyant but because, unlike so many people who claim to represent or report on the American people, I have a modicum of common sense, some life experience, education from schools that taught real history and economics, and most importantly, I listen to the American people. And I respect what they have to say.

Now, for my next prediction for the coming year: I predict that in 2022, politicians who try to sell Americans on more leftist policies that we’ve all seen fail spectacularly will have a hard time, for the same reason that a used car salesman has a hard time selling a lemon to the same customer twice. I also predict that politicians who were elected on a promise to change those policies will stay in office only as long as they remember why the American people sent them there in the first place.

Mike Huckabee

HEALTH & HEALING

"For Doug who just had a liver transplant"

"I had robotic surgery the end of Sept.for a prolapsed bladder. Due to a lack of proper communication, my son & daughter are not speaking. She feels her brother was "bossy" telling her I needed a ride to the hospital & he felt she was just being nasty. She feels her brother (he lives in my house) doesn't do anything & I am caught in the middle...so much that I will not be spending Christmas with either one of them. BTW - the surgery was not as successful as I had hoped & now I am dealing with severe osteoporosis. Thank you."

"My niece is expecting her fourth child. She had some rH issues with her third, but medical providers told her to go ahead with another. She found out she is now pre-diabetic. She has experienced serious bleeding issues over the past few weeks, including losing what they think was a twin. She is now 15 weeks and has just tested positive for covid. They more than anything want her to make it to 20 weeks, because then there are interventions should the rH issues become more serious. Please pray for her and the child's health - but also that she and her husband would be drawn closer to God through these circumstances, this journey. Thank you and God bless you!"

"My husband was run over by a log truck carrying the mail. The only part left of the car is where he sat. It tore the roof off the car. Pray his neck and head heals. He’s in major pain from that wreck. It knocked him out and he still is unclear of whAt happened."

"Prayer for healing from the effects of J&J vaccine nine months ago."

"Pray for my daughters friend Katie. Young women of 35. She’s battling lymphadema, a complication from Cerebral Palsy since birth. And also for a lower leg ulcer to heal. Thank you."

"My sons and I need prayer for healing..ty"

"Pray that my daughter and her husband open their eyes to what is real and that they wake up and heal their relationships with family."

"My 51 yr old son is in jail for molesting a young girl. As it's not his first offence, he has a federal charge against him. God gave me the gift of TRUST, to believe that He is in charge of John and all that he'll be going through. He needs to repent and see his sin for what it is. Hopefully, time will come that he'll be able to repent to the two girls, and help them heal from his lusting, inherited from his father. Thanks! He said at age 7, that he was called to preach. Hopefully, this will all be a part of his testimony someday!"

"Dan C. who is going through challenging health issues."

"Daughter has abandoned all family members"

"Please pray for my brother, Michael who has stage 5 prostate cancer. The cancer has spread to his bones. Please pray for his salvation. Thank you. Margie T."

"Please pray for my 18 year daughter Katie to be healed from her multiple chronic medical conditions. Thank you and may God bless you!"

"For a churchmember, Jeff who has Esophogial cancer and is very weak, that he may strengthen and recover."

"Please pray for heal8ng and restoration of the Peter Boddie family and for our prodigals to come back to the Lord (Jeremiah 31:16-17)."

"Requesting prayer for my son Luke who needs God back in his life. He is an alcoholic, with 2 beautiful daughters and another baby on the way."

"Please pray for our medical workers, doctors, nurses, support staff, police, fire and first responders! They have been so overwhelmed by the loss of life during this pandemic. They are responding tirelessly to the needs of their communities at great risk to their and their families personal safety! They’re tired and worn out but not defeated! Let them know we are thankful to the Lord for their service and are lifting them up in prayer! A plate of goodies probably wouldn’t hurt either!"

"Michael Kline has Alzheimer’s"

"My dog (fur baby) Cora Belle has terminal bladder cancer. Please pray that I have the strength to let her go with dignity when her time is up."

"I'm requesting prayers for my estranged son, Joel. That he will be saved and stop preventing us from seeing our granddaughters. We would like for him to one day want to be part of our family again."

"About two or three weeks after I had my second covid shot my gastroparesis flared up. I was manageable with medication up until I got the second shot. I developed severe insomnia which I had never had in my life. I got to the point where I couldn’t eat anything. I began having pain across upper abdomen to the point where I would cry. My G.I. doctor referred me to a surgeon at you UAMS In Little Rock . He performed what is called a G poem where they slice one side of the pylorus so that the food will move more easily from your stomach to your small intestines It did not work. I went back to UAMS and they had to put a peg tube into my stomach that didn’t work. whatever I ate just sat in my stomach and went nowhere. Two days later they put a short extension tube into my small intestines and sent me home. I go back to the hospital on January 18 to have J tube put in. Please pray for me and the doctors who are going to perform the surgery. By his will and his stripes I am healed."

"Pray for a dear friend, Janice Kobey, that has been diagnosed with colon cancer. God's Will Be Done. Amen"

"My oldest daughter Debbie has stage 4 ovarian cancer, cannot keep food down, so she's starving to death and very weak. She's elected not to have chemo, but is using alternative therapies. My step-daughter Pam has stage 4 colon cancer, and is in terrible pain. Her legs hurt so badly she's practically bed-ridden. Her husband is afraid to leave her, so his construction income suffers. Her chemo costs thousands, and their situation is very precarious. Thank you for your concern and prayers!"

"MY SISTER LENA WAS PUT ON HOSPICE CARE A FEW DAYS AGO"

"My special needs son Danny. He’s battling covid in the hospital."

"My Nephew is fighting cancer ... his fight is long & hard ... he is 32 years old with a wife and 2 small children ... he has had 2 brain surgery's, kemo and other treatments ... he is a faithful man and fights very hard ... please pray for."

"Pray for Bud Atkins. He has been having mental problems."

"Thank you to everyone that is praying for Pastor Kenny W ... he has been in the hospital since November 25 dealing with Covid and Pneumonia ... he is improving and may get out of the hospital soon. Prayers work! God is Good!"

"Please pray for my husband Nelson. He had a stroke on November 28 that left his left side paralyzed. He went into rehab therapy but contracted Covid and an UTI. Please pray for strength and healing as he is back in rehab but very tired and weak. Thank you"

"Please help my friend, Susan who’s facing her third bout of cancer. She’s such a sweet dear person and always has a positive attitude. I can’t pray enough for her so please join me."

IN MEMORIAM

"Dottie B. who passed away this week."

"In memoriam for Grandpa, Dad, Joe, Aunt Peggy and Jeannie. Xoxo."

Mike Huckabee

One of the hardest jobs a parent faces is answering all those questions kids ask that sometimes force us to think about things that hadn’t occurred to us as adults. Mary from Ohio wrote:

“Our 6-year-old grandson, Isaiah, who was adopted from Guatemala, posed this question to his parents: ‘Was Baby Jesus adopted?’ Wow! The answer is so deep, and leads to so many other Biblical references to adoption. Joseph wasn't Jesus' father - God was, but Joseph raised him here on Earth. When we accept Jesus, we're adopted into His Heavenly Family, so we're all brothers and sisters. When we become a member of Jesus' family, we're also adopted into the Family of His chosen people, the Jews. So...it seems to me, not only was Jesus adopted, He was the author of Adoption. From the mouths of babes.”

Thank you, Mary. I have a feeling that as that special little boy has grown up, he’s given your family a lot to think about and a lot to be thankful for. And here’s a story that highlights another aspect of adoption, from the other point of view:

Tia from Kansas wrote that Christmas was always the hardest time of year to face, until she discovered a very personal connection to the true meaning of Christmas:

"When I was 16, I was alone and scared on Christmas -- having a baby that I decided to give up for adoption. For years afterward, I didn't like Christmas and never did much during the season. But the Lord changed my heart, showing me that I gave a beautiful gift to some family, my only son, just like He did. I've enjoyed and celebrated Christmas ever since."

Thank you, Tia. I know your son's adoptive parents would thank you a million times over, if they could, for the greatest Christmas gift they ever received. I’m sure Mary from Ohio would agree.

Mike Huckabee

I’ve never been a fan of political boycotts of entertainment products, which can hurt workers who have nothing to do with the woke views that studio executives or stars spew. But I understand why many conservatives might not want to give their entertainment dollars to people who call them racists and want to put them in reeducation camps.

Still, we all need some entertainment to take our minds off of politics for a while, and to give to like-minded folks on our gift lists.

That’s why, last year, we created a list of entertainment gift options created by people who deserve your support (the original 2020 gift guide is here, and there are many albums, movies, comedy DVDs, downloads and more in it that are still great options for this Christmas).

https://www.mikehuckabee.com/latest-news?id=F17CD5C5-8004-4585-BAA1-1C19D1AABBCA

Since then, many more have come along, and we wanted to give you a place to find all these great entertainment options as “guilt-free” gifts or for yourself to enjoy. These artists are either openly conservative, Christian, defiantly non-PC or at least non-partisan (and that takes courage in this “toe-the-leftist-line-or-else” age.) Many were guests on my TBN show. As a bonus, we’ve included YouTube links to their performances, so this gift guide alone will be more entertaining than most late night TV shows!

All of them offer excellent products of high quality that won’t insult your beliefs or enrich people who do. Unfortunately, you won’t hear some of them much on radio or network TV.  But why should they have to censor themselves to get approved by liberal Hollywood gatekeepers when there are at least 73 million of us who should be supporting their work? 

This is by no means a comprehensive list. I'm naturally partial to people who are close to me and who've appeared on my show. Being on the list doesn’t imply that a performer holds any particular political or religious beliefs, other than not being hostile to others’ freedom to do so. If you’d like to suggest more, feel free to add them in the comments.

And remember, many of these are indie artists and studios that don’t have distribution through Amazon, so it might take a little time for orders to be filled. So please order soon for pre-holiday delivery. The good news: most indie musicians have their CDs in stock, not sitting somewhere on a slow boat from China!

Merry Christmas!

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BOOKS AND MUSIC FROM THE “HUCKABEE” FAMILY

To start, let me give a nod to my projects and those of my family and my newsletter family, who have some side projects that would make terrific Christmas gifts.  

My latest book is “The Three Cs That Made America Great: Christianity, Capitalism and the Constitution.” Get it while all three are still legal: https://www.amazon.com/Three-That-Made-America-Great/dp/1647733049.

You also can’t go wrong with my perennial and non-political Christmas bestseller, “A Simple Christmas”:

https://www.amazon.com/Simple-Christmas-Stories-Celebrate-Holiday/dp/1595230629.

…And my book for children, “Can’t Wait ‘Till Christmas,” with terrific illustrations by Jed Henry: https://www.amazon.com/Cant-Wait-Till-Christmas-Huckabee/dp/0399255397.

For one of the few books that gives you a real insider look behind the scenes of the Trump Administration, pick up my daughter Sarah’s bestseller, “Speaking for Myself: Faith, Freedom and the Fight of Our Lives Inside the Trump White House.”

https://www.amazon.com/Speaking-Myself-Faith-Freedom-Inside/dp/1250271339

Following Sarah in that job was my friend Kayleigh McEneny, who started out working on my Fox News show. She’s also written a terrific new book called “For Such A Time As This: My Faith Journey Through the White House and Beyond.”

https://www.amazon.com/Such-Time-This-Journey-through/dp/1637582358

My longtime writer/researchers, Laura Ainsworth and Pat Reeder (husband and wife, despite the different professional names), also have some great projects that make perfect gifts.

Laura is a retro jazz singer whose late father Billy Ainsworth played with Tommy Dorsey, Freddy Martin and other top big bands. She has three terrific CDs so far (her debut, “Keep It To Yourself;” the film noir-inspired “Necessary Evil;” and the multi-award-winning “New Vintage”) plus an audiophile vinyl best-of LP, “Top Shelf,” all cut with some of the top jazz musicians in Texas. That best-of LP was recently turned into an expanded, remastered deluxe CD in Japan, which is available as an import in the US only through Laura’s website.

If you like gorgeous vocals and sophisticated midcentury-style lounge jazz in the Julie London/Peggy Lee mode, you’ll love Laura. One critic called her “a brilliant interpreter of song” and “one of the most talented and entertaining vocalists – of any genre or era – on the music scene today!” https://geoffwilburmusic.com/2021/11/04/laura-ainsworth-top-shelf/ 

Her website is www.lauraainsworth.com and her albums and merchandise, including the great new imported Japanese CD, are available here:  https://shop.bandwear.com/collections/laura-ainsworth-shop.

For a taste, here’s Laura singing a classic Mills Brothers tune from “New Vintage” with Tre Corley and the Music City Connection:  https://youtu.be/AGorRNgp4t4.

Before they joined me, Pat and Laura wrote their own topical radio service, The Comedy Wire. They used over 600 hilarious-but-true news stories from it to illustrate nine dumb mistakes everyone makes for their fall-down-funny self-help spoof, “Nine Hallmarks of Highly Incompetent Losers” (I wrote the foreword.) If you like “In Case You Missed It,” you’ll love this book.

https://www.amazon.com/Nine-Hallmarks-Highly-Incompetent-Losers/dp/0615939678

Laura also co-wrote with her friend, singer/songwriter Bill Sanner, a memoir of his years on a US Navy submarine in the ‘70s. “The Sub-Par Adventures of Snakebite and Stonefinger” is a funny and moving glimpse into the rarely-revealed lives of Navy submariners. They’re out of touch with their loved ones for months at a time, on the far side of the world and under the ocean, sometimes pulling pranks to keep themselves sane. The book was embraced by submariners who invited Laura and Bill to entertain at their national convention. It’s a perfect gift for submariners, or any Navy vets or military family members. 

https://www.amazon.com/Sub-Par-Adventures-Snakebite-Stonefinger/dp/1517655420

Finally, Tre Corley and the Music City Connection bring incredible music to the show every week as they back all our famous guest stars (I think they’re the best band on any show in television.)  But they also occasionally honor us with a full number of their own. Recently, they performed their new Christmas single, “A Silent Night,” with the great Christian vocal group, 3 Oaks Worship: https://youtu.be/u4wKJCIpOXE.

You can download that song and Tre and the MCC’s other single “In The Meantime,” featuring vocalist Tyler Summers, here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/in-the-meanwhile-feat-tyler-summers-single/1596518996.

And 3 Oaks Worship’s MP3 album, “A Psalm Twenty-Four Experience,” is available for download at Amazon:  https://www.amazon.com/Psalm-Twenty-Four-Experience-Oaks-Worship/dp/B09JB5YKSX.

2021 “HUCKABEE” COMEDIANS

Of course, the most renowned fighter against cancel culture in comedy in 2021 was Dave Chappelle with his Netflix special, “The Closer.” While I admire his comic genius and his bravery, I’m afraid his language and subject matter are too raw for most of my audience. But he definitely deserves praise for fighting for free speech.

Fortunately, there are a lot of great comics who work clean and many have appeared on “Huckabee.” Here are the ones who have CDs, DVDs or books for sale. The YouTube clips will refresh your memories and also provide a lot of hilarious samples.

Also, remember to check last year’s edition of the gift guide for many more great comics and musical performers…

Brad Stine: The man known as “God’s Comic” even made us laugh at the coronavirus: https://youtu.be/EF3z1FdKwb8.  You can buy or rent his streaming special “Unapologetic” at his website: https://www.bradstine.com

Chonda Pierce: One of my favorite people and one of the funniest in the world, Chonda can also make COVID funny: https://youtu.be/x_hK-7WXFWQ.  She has many best-selling stand-up DVDs, books, documentaries and other goodies at her website: https://shop.chonda.org.

Jeremy Nunes: Remember the great comic storyteller who somehow got elected mayor of his small town? https://youtu.be/RTZ31ynpviU.  You can find his DVDs, CD and his book “You Can’t Write City Hall” here: https://www.jeremynunes.com/Store

John Branyan – A very funny comic known for his Shakespearean retelling of “The Three Little Pigs,” he taught us the blessing of stupidity: https://youtu.be/Z83UHzc6FOg. His DVDs and books, including his “Three Little Pigs” book, “A Triune Tale of Diminutive Swine,” are here: https://johnbranyan.com/the-store/#!/.

John C. Morgan: Our audience was startled when Donald Trump suddenly turned into George W. Bush, but they were both this amazing impressionist: https://youtu.be/2ayIIJr6Isc.  He doesn’t have a comedy album or DVD, but you can get his inspiring book “War On Fear” at https://johncmorgan.com.

Keith Alberstadt: A very clever comic who got some of the biggest laughs ever on our show:  https://youtu.be/65wOWDT6DH8. He has several albums available for download on iTunes: http://keithcomedy.com/store. 

Kristen Weber: The delightful musician/comic gave us a whole new use for pants: https://youtu.be/xmkAw567zbA. She has several books out that combine humor and faith, including her latest, “Adulting For Jesus: A Book About Purpose, Trusting God, and (Obviously) Burritos:”  https://www.kristinweberonline.com. 

Rik Roberts: A show favorite who started as our warm-up comic, bossing around our audience as “Barney Fife.” That uncanny impression landed him his first starring movie role in “Mayberry Man” (see movies below.) He’s also known for his comedy songs. Here’s a recent appearance: https://youtu.be/FTiQKNn33-0. His CDs and more are at www.RikRoberts.com.

Taylor Mason: This hilarious comedian/ventriloquist has visited the show twice: https://youtu.be/NgtbhHYkCEI. You can find his DVD, his book and his cute ventriloquist puppets Vinnie the Guinea Pig and Zero the Penguin for your kids, all at https://www.taylormason.com/.

William Lee Martin: The hilarious cowboy storyteller also started the Cowboys Who Care Foundation to provide support and cowboy hats to kids living with cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Here he is on “Huckabee”:  https://youtu.be/G98OVQ3xhAg.   His latest two DVDs are here: https://www.williamleemartin.com/shop.

MAJOR MUSIC STARS WHO BUCKED THE NARRATIVE IN 2021

Rock stars used to brag about being rebels. Now, many are so terrified of being canceled that they don’t dare criticize the Democrat-“led” government or cower before Twitter trolls. Even the “bad boys of rock,” the Rolling Stones, took their classic song “Brown Sugar” out of their set list for fear it might offend somebody. This fear has even infected country music, where there are far more conservative performers. Fortunately, there are a few big names who refuse to be intimidated and still denounce oppression, even when it comes from the left…

Eric Clapton – Old Slowhand ran afoul of the woke brigades when he recorded an anti-lockdown song by Van Morrison, and the attacks intensified after he dared to talk about his near-fatal reaction to the COVID vaccine. Twitter trolls dug up ancient racist comments he made when he was in the depths of drug addiction for which he long ago apologized. He was even attacked as a racist over a lyric about government tyranny that used the word “slave,” as if only black people were ever slaves. They’re trying hard to “cancel” him, but with his massive legacy of great music, they’re like Lilliputians trying to tie down Gulliver with dental floss.

His latest is a stunning new DVD/CD of more unplugged versions of his earlier rock classics called “The Lady in the Balcony: Lockdown Sessions.” The CD is at Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09B48SHTK.  Here’s a must-see video clip of “After Midnight”: https://youtu.be/MkrA-gSG-vE.

Jason Aldean – The country star is an unapologetic conservative patriot who stood up to threats of being “canceled” and defended his wife after photos circulated of her and their kids wearing anti-Biden shirts. He’s also spoken up for other conservatives in country music who are afraid of expressing their real views. His music is available (at last check!) at all major retailers, and this page has his latest CD and all his other merchandise:  https://store.jasonaldean.com/collections/all-products

Kid Rock – The rocker/rapper just released a song called “Don’t Tell Me How To Live” that makes his feelings on government nannies and meddlesome ninnies crystal clear. Here’s a story about it with a link to the song and lyric quotes, but WARNING! He does not censor himself!  https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2021/11/20/kid-rocks-new-song-dont-tell-me-how-to-live-might-be-full-of-profanity-but-man-the-patriotism-n479304 

Pitbull – The Latin hip-hop superstar is a first-generation Cuban-American who is outspoken in his disdain for communism and love for America. He recently told a concert crowd that if you don’t like the USA, “God bless you, but (BLEEP!) you” and “go back to the countries we (BLEEP!) came from, and you’ll see how much you appreciate the United States of America.” He’s released many hit albums, and you can find them at https://pitbullmusic.com.  

Van Morrison – Rock used to be about “rebelling against the Establishment, man,” but lately, it’s been about reinforcing compliance with the Establishment. But Van is still a rebel, and he brought on the wrath of the cancel culture mobs and liberal rock critics by daring to write songs protesting music-killing lockdowns (that raised money for unemployed musicians) and media manipulation of the public. Many classic albums are available, but his newest is “Latest Record Project, Vol. 1.” As with most non-PC entertainment, cowardly critics savaged it while the public loved it. His website is www.vanmorrison.com and his new album is available here: https://vanmorrison.shop.musictoday.com/

None of the artists above have appeared on “Huckabee” (they’re welcome anytime, although Kid Rock and Pitbull might have to watch their vocabularies.) But all the following artists did. Relive some great music moments, and then order some music and support them!

2021 “HUCKABEE” MUSICAL GUESTS

Billy Dean - This popular country troubadour performed “If There Hadn’t Been You:”  https://youtu.be/jXGH5XuUzZ8. You can find his many hit-filled CDs at https://billydean.com/music.html.

The Cleverlys – I’m not sure whether to put this group under music or comedy, thanks to their hilarious bluegrass renditions of songs such as “Walk Like An Egyptian.” But they played it fairly straight on our show with “Wait A Minute”: https://youtu.be/4Eadnl8jZQE. You’ll find their CD “Blue” and some of the funniest merch anywhere at https://thecleverlys.com/store-3/. 

Clint Black – Country/western superstar Clint Black performed his patriotic anthem, “America (Still In Love With You)” from his new album “Out Of Sane”: https://youtu.be/ULdyopjYM6o. He has decades of great albums to choose from. You can download his digital albums, including the recent “Christmas Collection,” at  https://www.amazon.com/s?k=clint+black&i=popular&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

Craig Campbell – The country singer/songwriter performed his new song “Never Mine:” https://youtu.be/4nLUoOnKe74. You’ll find his music and merchandise at https://www.craigcampbell.tv/

Danny Gokey - He showed us why he was a finalist on “American Idol” with his amazing vocal on his latest release, “Stand on Faith”: https://youtu.be/_Yhse9mVzW0.  You can get all his music here: https://store.dannygokey.com.

Don McLean – The iconic singer/songwriter discussed the 50^th anniversary of “American Pie” and performed that (https://youtu.be/RiJlqzD2RrU) and another classic, “Vincent” (https://youtu.be/DHPevgPc4kk). A strong supporter of veterans, he’s released many classic albums that are widely available, but for a really special gift, purchase autographed copies of his CDs, merch and vintage records and sheet music at https://donmclean.com/shop-3/

The Fabulous Equinox Orchestra: This incredible group bought gospel and big band together on their swinging rendition of “Victory In Jesus”: https://youtu.be/WKWuVz4HxA4. Laura Ainsworth approves, and so will you! Their music is available at https://equinoxorchestra.com/store/.

Fortune/Walker/Rogers/Isaacs: You loved their country/gospel harmonies on “Where No One Stands Alone:” https://youtu.be/yjD1hiEoIuI. For more, get their CD “Brotherly Love” here:

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=fortune+walker+rogers+isaacs&hvadid=78546526133092

Frank Stallone - He finally got some recognition for his own talent with the new documentary, “Stallone: Frank, That Is.” He dropped by to talk about that and do a song for us: https://youtu.be/n9K2IhSSo0A.  Here’s where you can find his music, some of which is great for Sinatra-style Songbook fans like our own Laura Ainsworth: https://www.frankstallone.com/music.

Gordon Mote – One of the biggest talents in Christian music, he blessed our show with his song, “If They Could See You Through My Eyes”: https://youtu.be/qpRY1G7fUE8. You can find all of his albums at his website: https://www.gordonmote.com.

The Hall Sisters – Their dramatic performance and perfect harmonies created an unforgettable moment: https://youtu.be/StuAdv1nPO8. All their music and merchandise is available at https://www.thehallsisters.com/store.

The Isaacs – One of the most thrilling performances of the year came when Grand Ole Opry members The Isaacs sang “The American Face”:  https://youtu.be/hmg1RZw64HA.  You can find that and all the fantastic music of this great Southern gospel/bluegrass/harmony group at https://www.theisaacs.com/store.

Jason Crabb – Christian star Jason Crabb shared his new single “Just As I Am” for the “Huckabee” audience: https://youtu.be/q0BSUu_FICc.  You can find his solo CDs and albums with the Crabb Family at https://jasoncrabb.com/jason-crabb-store/.

Jimmy Wayne – A former foster kid, this country star’s mission is to help other foster kids. Here he is doing “Kerosene Kid” on our show: https://youtu.be/1187oIQ6CaE.  His music is here: https://www.amazon.com/Jimmy-Wayne/e/B001I77W1Y.  He’s also written some wonderful, inspiring books: https://jimmywayne.com/books

Jordan Smith - Jordan showed us why he won the 9^th season of “The Voice” with this inspirational song, “Great You Are”: https://youtu.be/yD2h5Lb8yBw.  You can hear more of his astounding voice at https://www.therealjordansmith.com/ and get all his CDs at Amazon.com.

Kentucky Headhunters – The hilarious country/rock group gave us the perfect theme song for a Southern family holiday, “Let’s All Get Together And Fight”: https://youtu.be/z0JJKzTm_yg. You can get their new CD, “…That’s A Fact Jack!” and all their previous albums at https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Kentucky+HeadHunters&i=popular&link_code=qs&tag=kentuckyheadhunters-20.  

Larry Gatlin: My good friend Larry visited several times, both with the Gatlin Brothers and for this solo performance of his new song, “Sinners Matter:” https://youtu.be/uVXYJX4I3vk.  You can find his book and lots of the Gatlins’ music here, including a great gift, their two-CD set of Christmas songs, autographed: https://www.richardsandsouthern.com/collections/larry-gatlin-and-the-gatlin-brothers  

Lee Brice – Country singer/songwriter Lee Brice has had eight #1 singles. He appeared on the show via Zoom during the pandemic, then came back for this live performance: https://youtu.be/beJ4jHYwQIM.  All his music and merch can be had at www.leebrice.com.

Lucas Hoge: Country singer and host of the Sportsman’s Channel’s “Hoge Wild,” Luke performed his latest single, “Get Lost,” for us: https://youtu.be/g1KCt1Izm-8.  You can find his music, including his new Christmas CD “12.25,” at https://www.lucashoge.com/.

Malpass Brothers – Retro country doesn’t get any more retro than this duo! They brought down the house with their authentic twang on Merle Haggard’s “The Fightin’ Side of Me”: https://youtu.be/ecB9OyvQ9co. You can get all their CDs (sample title: “Hillbilly Fever”) here: https://themalpassbrothers-at-gmail-dot-com.square.site.  

Mandy Harvey - The amazing jazz/pop singer sings on perfect pitch despite being deaf. She graced us with her single “Masterpiece”: https://youtu.be/Hi0ZmUFLnZA.  All her music is available at https://mandyharveymusic.com/

Mark Farner – The legendary singer/guitarist/songwriter of Grand Funk Railroad appeared twice. Here’s his special Memorial Day salute to veterans with the classic song, “I’m Your Captain”: https://youtu.be/a242nvsXSeA.  He’s made a lot of great music, and his latest DVD, “From Chile With Love,” is available at https://markfarner.com. 

Meat Loaf – This iconic rocker hadn’t performed in a long time when he made his triumphant return on our show and turned in a performance with our band that another famous rock star called the best musical segment he’d ever seen on TV. This is one case where I’m going to share all three songs: “Out of the Frying Pan (And Into the Fire)” https://youtu.be/jn_U6eQJrgg, “Los Angeloser” https://youtu.be/FUWFjheqVYc, and “Mercury Blues” https://youtu.be/oTXKvUUpESI.  Of course, you can find his music everywhere, and his new album “Braver Than We Are” is at http://meatloaf.net. 

MercyMe – The multi-award-winning Christian music group performed “Say I Won’t” on the show: https://youtu.be/c8D9m_jFifw.  All their music and merchandise is here: https://mercyme.shop/.

Michael Grimm – The soulful “America’s Got Talent” winner blew us away with “America the Beautiful”: https://youtu.be/kD00IzmQg3o. All his albums are here: https://michaelgrimmmusic.com/store

Michael W. Smith – The Christian music superstar honored his father on the show with his new song, “Dusty Road”: https://youtu.be/sX1R_VCntgg.  You can find all his music, including his new CD “Worship Forever,” at https://michaelwsmith.com.

Moe Bandy – The king of singing rodeo riders did his new song “A Love Like That” on my show:

https://youtu.be/Ay6ZzebvQow. He has lots of great music, merch and his memoir, “Lucky Me,” at https://moebandy.com.

Oak Ridge Boys – The Country Hall of Famers shared some music from their new album, “Front Porch Singin’”: https://youtu.be/T9PvI3yeZNY. You can find it on CD or vinyl, plus lots of other ORB swag, at https://www.richardsandsouthern.com/collections/oak-ridge-boys.

Raydio – The classic R&B group gave us one of the year’s most memorable segments with our slimed-out version of co-founder Ray Parker Jr’s “Ghostbusters” featuring Keith Bilbrey: https://youtu.be/cbGlmufgjvY. Their hits are available everywhere, and co-founder Arnell Carmichael’s albums and Raydio bling are here, with a portion of proceeds helping the homeless: https://goacstore.square.site/#AHJtLY. 

Richie Furay – A founding member of Buffalo Springfield and Poco, this Rock Hall of Famer honored us with the world debut of his song, “America, America”: https://youtu.be/KZVY-IftmPM.  You can find his CDs, tour schedule and more at https://www.richiefuray.com/

Riley Green - He’s helping bring country back to its roots. Here he is on “Huckabee”: https://youtu.be/a2Zn5cgBEu8. And you can find his CDs here: https://www.rileygreenmusic.com/music   

Rory Feek - The great country storyteller performed “Gentle Man” for us: https://youtu.be/__DxoZYHuqo. Watch for the cutaway to his young daughter’s proud, smiling face. It’ll melt your heart! CDs and DVDS of his music (some autographed), both solo and with his late wife Joey, are available here: https://store.roryfeek.com.

Ryan Weaver - This patriotic country rocker is a former Army Black Hawk helicopter aviator and a strong supporter of our troops. He was the perfect person for our commemoration of 9/11: https://youtu.be/JJRftNWqxNQ. You can download his album “Celebrate America” here: https://www.amazon.com/Celebrate-America-Ryan-Weaver/dp/B076Q5STYN and find his other music and merchandise at https://ryanweaver.net. 

Shenandoah – The great country band Shenandoah has performed on the show several times. Here’s an appearance from 2021, doing “Make It Summertime”: https://youtu.be/CE3nBMk1VAI. Their music is available everywhere, including their website: https://www.shenandoahband.com/ 

Stephanie Quayle – This rising country singer/songwriter scored a big hit with our audience with her song, “By Heart”: https://youtu.be/ybbvtT8pGt4.  She has several fine albums, and her latest is “I Want the World For You.” You can find them at https://www.stephaniequayle.com.

Tayla Lynn – She proved she’s Loretta Lynn’s granddaughter with her rendition of Loretta’s classic, “You Ain’t Woman Enough to Take My Man:” https://youtu.be/2MGZBk_qOc8. It’s from her excellent tribute album to Loretta, which you can get here on autographed CD: https://lorettalynnstore.com/product/tayla-lynn-sings-loretta-lynn-cd/  

Teea Goans – This beautiful and talented country singer/songwriter shared her song, “That’s What I Know” with us: https://youtu.be/q1C0dN4CgHA. Her new album “All Over The Map” and all her previous recordings are at https://www.teeagoans.com/music.  

T.G. Sheppard and Kelly Lang - These husband-and-wife country stars are two of my best friends and great supporters of the show. Here’s a terrific song from T.G’s latest “Midnight In Memphis”:  https://youtu.be/L04C1cDEs0s. And here’s Kelly’s moving tribute to fellow cancer survivors, “I’m Not Going Anywhere”: https://youtu.be/6VGTAYc7w2o. His music is available here: https://www.tgsheppard.com/store  And you can get autographed copies of Kelly’s CDs and her new book “I’m Not Going Anywhere” at https://www.kellylang.net/shop.

Tim Atwood – The country singer/songwriter gave us one of the most moving moments ever when he returned a fallen soldier’s ID bracelet to his family after 30 years: https://youtu.be/z50zqiFTgYs. He also performed his tribute to Gold Star families, “You First”:  https://youtu.be/XaM-m3sT7Fk. Find his music and merch at https://timatwood.com.

Tracy Lawrence - The country music hit maker sang “Price of Fame” for us: https://youtu.be/EassskYd0lY. That’s also the name of his latest two-volume CD release, available with all his other merch here:  https://shop.tracylawrence.com. 

Vince Martell – The legendary lead guitarist of Vanilla Fudge performed his new song “Life Runneth Free” for us: https://youtu.be/I_86KS-DOZs. You can get his music and his new memoir, “Psychedelic Solo,” here: http://www.vincemartell.com/main.htm.  

Wynonna – Country music royalty Wynonna gave a stunning performance of John Prine’s classic “Angel From Montgomery”: https://youtu.be/0gyhD_R2zmo. Her music, both solo and with The Judds, is available everywhere real music is sold, but for a special gift for a fan, you can get an autographed copy of her latest CD at https://store.wynonna.com/collections/music.

MOVIES THAT YOU SAW ON “HUCKABEE” IN 2021

“The Chosen” -  This must-see streaming series may be the best screen adaptation of the life of Christ ever. Series creator Dallas Jenkins and star Jonathan Roumie visited the show to preview season two: https://youtu.be/pvKp7gIWHgM.  Both seasons are now available on DVD at Amazon.com, and you can learn more about the series and the next season at https://watch.angelstudios.com/thechosen

“Church People” – Christian comedian/actor/writer Thor Ramsey gave us a sneak peek at his inspiring comedy/drama movie debut: https://youtu.be/HEx4diocGSc. It’s now available for streaming at https://churchpeoplefilm.com.

“The Man From Nowhere” - Nick Searcy, the bravely outspoken conservative actor, dropped by to promote his new movie, “The Man from Nowhere:” https://youtu.be/UmHovB4UUus. Now available on DVD and Blu Ray: https://manfromnowheremovie.com.

(Incidentally, we haven’t discussed this movie on the show, but Nick Search also created a documentary called “Capitol Punishment” that argues that the FBI is using terror tactics against participants in the January 6^th protests to frighten Americans into silence. This will really make him popular in Hollywood! Buy it for streaming here: https://movies.westernjournal.com/programs/cp-b2dcd9/

“Mayberry Man” - Our pal Rik Roberts brought his fantastic Barney Fife impression to this heartwarming comedy inspired by “The Andy Griffith Show.” Floyd The Barber (Allan Newsome) also stopped by to chew the fat: https://youtu.be/u43z622wKac. It’s available at https://www.mayberrymanmovie.com.  

“Stallone, Frank That Is” – This documentary finally gives Sly’s underappreciated but very talented brother, and my 2021 musical guest, his due. You can see the trailer and buy it from your favorite streaming sites at https://www.stallonemovie.com.

“Stand On It” - “Dukes of Hazzard” and country music star John Schneider told us about “Stand On It,” his new movie inspired by “Smokey and the Bandit”: https://youtu.be/WBpadzHOSAY.  You can get it on DVD, along with his other movies and his autobiography, at https://live.johnschneiderstudios.com/products/stand-on-it-by-john-schneider. 

CONSERVATIVE BOOKS

There were many great conservative books in 2021, and so many authors who appeared on my show, that Christmas would be over by the time I could finish describing and listing them all. I mentioned a few above, but if there are conservative readers on your list (or some leftists who need converting – and who can read), check out this page from the Conservative Book Club. It has many such books, grouped by category, and when you click on their covers, it takes you to more information about each one and links to purchase them online.

https://www.conservativebookclub.com/book-categories

Now, get shopping! Time’s a wastin’!

Mike Huckabee

Because radical left college professors always think they’re smarter than America’s Founders were, the University of Miami’s Mary Anne Franks (author of “The Cult of the Constitution: Our Deadly Devotion to Guns and Free Speech,” which I’m sure is on your bookshelf) is calling for a redo of the “deeply flawed” First and Second Amendments.

https://www.thecollegefix.com/radical-law-professor-advocates-redo-of-first-and-second-amendments/

And how are two of the greatest advances in civil rights in history “flawed”? You’ll have to wade through a lot of four-dollar words, but in a nutshell (emphasis on “nut”): people are harming “vulnerable groups” by asserting their individual rights, so those need to be reined in to protect “equality and the collective good.”

Bottom line: you’re not allowed to contradict what the government deems good or defend yourself from it, which is pretty much the kind of dictatorial thinking that caused the Founders to write the First and Second Amendments in the first place.

No, thanks. I like the Bill of Rights just fine the way it is. It doesn’t need to be rewritten any more than does George Orwell, who predicted this story perfectly in 1945 when he wrote, “One has to belong to the intelligentsia to believe things like that: no ordinary man could be such a fool.”

Mike Huckabee

The leftist reaction to Sen. Joe Manchin putting the kibosh on Biden’s “Build Back Bankruptcy” bill is giving new meaning to the term “Red Diaper Baby.” There were so many televised temper tantrums on Monday, I thought MSNBC was airing a “Bridezillas” marathon.

https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2021/12/20/aoc-goes-mean-girl-on-joe-manchin-with-retaliation-plan-sure-to-make-cocaine-mitch-smile-n494353

AOC, Ilhan Omar and the usual cast of empty talking heads have been wailing, stomping and threatening Manchin ever since he refused to buy them their multi-trillion-dollar toy on Sunday. They keep claiming he’s betrayed voters in West Virginia (who oppose this bill by 74% in the latest poll), and he has a lot to answer to them for. One of my favorite responses was a tweet showing West Virginia’s solid red electoral map from 2020 and asking which blue county he should answer to first. West Virginians also told Fox News what they think of Manchin killing the BBB bill. I don’t think he’ll lose any sleep over their comments.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/west-virginians-reaction-joe-manchins-opposition-build-back-better

The White House also railed childishly at Manchin’s “betrayal,” with Jen Psaki angrily huffing out of a press conference when questioned about it.

https://www.westernjournal.com/comical-biden-admins-reaction-manchins-stone-cold-rejection-big-gov-overreach/

Ironically, it now appears that all this spiteful, immature brattiness might actually have been the last straw that caused Manchin to kill this bill. He revealed that he’d been negotiating in good faith with the Biden White House for months to try to get a bill that he thought wasn’t too expensive, destructive or inflationary, but “my Democratic colleagues in Washington are determined to dramatically reshape our society in a way that leaves our country even more vulnerable to the threats we face. I cannot take that risk.” Still, the reason he may have given up trying may be what he called the “incivility” of the White House staff.

https://www.westernjournal.com/manchin-fires-back-white-house-amid-build-black-better-impasse-know-real-reason/

By implying in public statements that Manchin was the reason the bill was stalled, they implicitly encouraged more of the kind of deranged, obnoxious, sometimes criminal, harassment of Manchin and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema by the Democrats’ shock troops of underemployed radical troublemakers.

https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2021/12/20/is-this-why-manchin-turned-on-the-white-house-n436793

But the bullying and intimidation didn’t work. Manchin said Biden’s staffers “drove some things, and they put some things out that were absolutely inexcusable. They know what it is, and that’s it. They figured surely to God we can move one person. We surely can badger and beat one person up. Surely, we can get enough protesters to make that person uncomfortable enough that they’ll just say, ‘OK I’ll vote for anything.' Well, guess what? I’m from West Virginia. I’m not from where they’re from and they can just beat the living crap out of people and think they’ll be submissive, period.”

In a sign that brain death is setting in, Party leaders actually seem to be taking advice on strategy from AOC, who is urging a combination of underhanded power-grabbing maneuvers and bullying Manchin even more. This is just one more reason why Newt Gingrich said that when dealing with today’s Democrat leaders, you can’t come at it from a political perspective, you have to bear in mind that you’re dealing with people who have mental problems and are completely divorced from reality.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2021/12/20/lashing-out-at-manchin-what-is-the-white-house-thinking-n2600806?utm_campaign=rightrailsticky1

Think about it: what they’re talking about is the surest way to convince Manchin to switch parties. He barely won his last reelection bid, and his state has moved much further right since, while Democrats are threatening to primary him with a more leftist opponent. It was fun being the most powerful man in the Senate, but now his own Party is determined to attack him constantly, and it would be in his best interests electorally to become a Republican.

If he does, that would throw the Senate majority back to the Republicans, and Chuck Schumer would be back in the minority seat, where he belongs. All because the immature spoiled brats running the Party now would rather throw a tantrum for not getting everything they want for Christmas than grow up and think like adults.

Even as seasoned a political player as Schumer seems to have become dumber from being around AOC and the rest. He now claims he’ll bring the BBB dead horse up for a vote in January and force everyone to go on record. He might even do it again and again.

That’s an idiot move. The bill is dead, so the vote is pointless. It will be opposed by all 50 Republicans plus Manchin, who will just become even more popular in West Virginia for saying “no” on the record. Meanwhile, he’ll be forcing all the other Democrats who just dodged a bullet by not having to support this unpopular bill either to support it and give Republicans another campaign issue to bash them with, or oppose it and make Biden and his agenda look even weaker. To quote that great philosopher Forrest Gump, “Stupid is as stupid does.”

Larry O’Connor has a reminder of how pulling a stupid, counterproductive stunt wouldn’t be the first time for Chuck.

https://townhall.com/columnists/larryoconnor/2021/12/21/is-this-the-moment-schumer-ruined-whats-left-of-bidens-presidency-n2600858

Mike Huckabee

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Jerry Dunleavy at the Washington Examiner has an excellent piece in which he spells out the significance of the first of these two stories. He points out that the potential legal conflicts faced by Igor Danchenko wouldn’t matter to the court unless Durham were looking specifically at Hillary Clinton and those dwelling in her inner circle for the origin of the phony Trump-Russia hoax.. (We suspect that certain members of the Brookings Institution, particularly longtime Clinton crony Strobe Talbott, figure prominently.) It's really starting to look as though Durham has put the pieces of this monumentally complex puzzle together, knows exactly what he’s dealing with, and is methodically bearing down on Hillary. Go get 'er.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/durham-tells-court-members-of-clinton-2016-campaign-under-scrutiny

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Today I bring you two stories that one might not think would necessarily involve Hillary Clinton, but it turns out they do. It really does seem that all roads lead to Hillary.

First, can anything else be said about Hillary Clinton’s connection with the Christopher Steele “dossier” and the Trump-Russia hoax? Actually, yes!

I tell this story simply as an amusing anecdote that testifies to the incestuous nature of Washington DC politics and law, which should be news to no one. Gosh, it’s really challenging for a Democrat in Washington DC to find legal representation that doesn’t have some huge conflict of interest. It’s amazing they can find conflict-free representation at all, though I have to say it must be even harder for Republican associates of Donald Trump to get representation, as some DC law firms won’t even take those cases. If memory serves, top firms in DC refused to represent Trump during his impeachment(s). Apparently there was concern among their attorneys that they might be excluded from certain circles and not get invited to the right cocktail parties if they did. I digress.

Anyway, consider the case of Igor Danchenko, the Russian-born “sub-source” who has been indicted and pleaded not guilty on five counts of making false statements to the FBI about the information he provided for Steele that was used in the fictional “dossier.” Danchenko has already had to replace one defense attorney, Mark Schamel, because Schamel also happens to be representing one of the Georgia Tech computer scientists, Manos Antonakakis, who has been identified as “Researcher – 1” in Special Counsel John Durham’s “speaking indictment” of former Perkins Coie partner Michael Sussmann. As you’ll recall, Sussmann was indicted for lying to FBI general counsel James Baker in 2016 when he failed to disclose he was working for Hillary’s campaign when he came around peddling the fake story of Trump Tower and supposedly Putin-connected Alfa Bank communicating through computer “pings,” which turned out to be totally harmless marketing emails. By obtaining Sussmann’s billing records, Durham found proof he was “on the clock” for Hillary while telling the FBI this bogus story.

So after he dropped Schamel as his attorney due to this conflict of interest, Danchenko went to the law firm Schertler & Onorato to engage the services of Danny Onorato and Stuart Sears. But now we see that this might not work out, either, because it turns out that another lawyer from that firm, identified as Robert Trout, has deep ties with Hillary’s 2016 presidential campaign. (Note to Danchenko: I think it might be very hard in Washington DC to find a law firm not associated with the Clintons in one way or another.) Durham has put his concerns about this potential conflict into a court filing, asking a federal judge to determine if there’s a problem.

A prosecutor certainly wouldn’t want to discover some major conflict of interest in the middle of a trial –- it might even lead to a mistrial –- so he has to anticipate such scenarios and try to head them off. And this kind of situation could arise even though Trout isn’t directly involved in the Danchenko case. ”The interest of the Clinton campaign and the defendant might diverge,” Durham wrote to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. “For example, the Clinton campaign and the defendant each might have an incentive to shift blame and/or responsibility to the other party for any alleged false information that was contained with the [Steele dossier] and/or provided to the FBI.”

To complicate this matter even further, Trout hasn’t just been involved in the Clinton campaign but also personally represented John Podesta, the former chairman of her campaign, during his December 2017 testimony before the House Intelligence Committee. So Danchenko may have to keep looking to find a DC attorney who's not tainted by some entanglement with the Clintons. Good luck with that!

Durham said it’s possible for the court to waive this conflict of interest, but it was his responsibility to bring it to their attention.

https://amp.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/dec/20/durham-lawyers-steele-dossier-source-has-potential/

But I saved the more compelling story for last: Did you know that in spite of her determination to destroy inconvenient or even incriminating emails from when she was Obama's secretary of state, some communications have turned up from June of 2009 that show she was aware then of the threat posed by Chinese bioweapon research, specifically at the Wuhan Institute of Virology? At that time, she warned in an email to embassies that such activities could lead to “biological weapons proliferation concern.”

She wrote: “The U.S. believes participants would benefit from hearing about your [France’s] experiences assisting China in setting up a Biosafety Level 4 (BSL-4) laboratory at the Wuhan Institute of Virology from the export control and intangible technology transfer perspectives. We are particularly interested to know how China plans to vet incoming foreign researchers from countries of biological weapons proliferation concern.”

This went out in preparation for a meeting coming up a few months later of the Australia Group, an “international export control forum” whose purpose was to prevent the spread of technologies and research that could be used for chemical and/or biological weapons. Members included the EU, France, India, Japan, South Korea and others. China, Russia, Iran, North Korea: NOT members.

Read more details about this communication at the link. It would be very interesting to see if the Australia Group seriously addressed the concern about the Wuhan lab at their meeting.

https://slaynews.com/news/clinton-emails-surface/

The State Department cable that contains this information was posted by Wikileaks. Here’s the full communication; the part about Chinese bioweapons is in point #9.

https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/09STATE67207_a.html

So, the danger posed by Chinese research into bioweapons was at least on Hillary’s radar screen in 2009. But then, the issue appears to have been dropped. A decade later, when the pandemic hit, Hillary responded to suspicions that COVID-19 had leaked from the lab with accusations of racism by President Trump against Asian Americans --- “the recent rise of anti-Asian bigotry fueled by Donald Trump’s racist rhetoric,” as she tweeted at the time.

What a crock. Hillary must have known good and well, in her first year at the State Department, that the Wuhan lab posed a legitimate threat to public safety around the globe, but she had let it drop years before the pandemic hit and no doubt wouldn’t want anyone talking about that. So she used a bit of misdirection and painted Trump as a racist for daring to implicate the Chi-Comms. With a little help from the media, that’s what the conversation became. But we know the real story now.

Mike Huckabee

UPDATE! I reported last week about Connecticut Democrat Sen. Richard “Stolen Valor” Blumenthal attending an awards dinner and praising his hosts, who happened to be an affiliate of the Communist Party USA. After this resulted in understandable criticism from the right (and the middle – you don’t have to be very far right to disapprove of COMMUNISM), Blumenthal claimed he thought that was just a labor event; that he gets invited to a lot of things; and heavens, he’s a proud capitalist and had no idea he was amidst Communists!

The media did what they always do: covered up the original story that reflected badly on a Democrat, and when it came out anyway despite their suppression efforts, they rushed to defend Blumenthal, echo his excuses, and try to turn the “real” story into how “Republicans pounced” to try to twist this into a negative political issue for their opponents. Because without the Republicans complaining, nobody would’ve batted an eye at a powerful Democratic Senator joining in a communist event.

Well, here’s the latest from the Media Research Center: Blumenthal claimed he was unaware that he was at a communist event (after all, there was food.) But here is what one awards presenter told the crowd over the microphone:

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2021/12/19/lib-tv-news-ignores-sen-blumenthal-attending-communist-party

“There's more and more people talking now about socialism in this country as it becomes more and more clear that capitalism is not going to work for our future.”

And just to make it crystal clear that they didn’t mean AOC-style “Democratic socialism” (which is, like, TOTALLY different from socialism-socialism), the emcee said this:

“We invite you to join the Communist Party in this epic time as we make good trouble to uproot systemic racism, retool the war economy, tax the rich, address climate change, secure voting rights and create a new socialist system that puts people, peace and planet before profits,”

Maybe everyone was slurping their borscht so loudly that Blumenthal didn’t hear the “Communist Party” part and just assumed from that list of euphemisms that they were fellow modern Democrats. Or he could try claiming that he suffered hearing loss from all the guns going off around him during his time on the battlefield in Vietnam. At least, that would be a lie he’s used to telling.

Mike Huckabee

Another day, another fabricated Democrat claim about the “Great Insurrection” unravels in public like a cheap suit.

Rep. Liz Cheney claimed that once the violence in the Capitol started, President Trump waited 187 minutes, or over three hours, before saying anything about it. She railed that he “refused to act when action by our president was required, indeed essential, and compelled by his oath to our Constitution.” She called this long delay a “supreme dereliction of duty.”

There’s also another, more accurate, term for it: “fictitious.”

https://thefederalist.com/2021/12/16/j6-committee-fabricates-more-evidence-says-trump-waited-187-minutes-to-call-for-peace-it-was-actually-25/

The Federalist compared the timeline of the Capitol violence to the timestamps on Trump’s tweets. The first building was breached around 2:13 to 2:15 p.m. At 2:38 p.m., Trump tweeted, “Please support our Capitol Police and Law Enforcement. They are truly on the side of our Country. Stay peaceful!”

About 30 minutes later, he tweeted, “I am asking for everyone at the U.S. Capitol to remain peaceful. No violence! Remember, WE are the Party of Law & Order — respect the Law and our great men and women in Blue. Thank you!”

At 4:17, he posted a video urging the rioters to go home, which Twitter promptly suppressed because “TRUUUUUUMP!!!”

Cheney’s office did not respond to the Federalist's inquiries about where she got that 187-minute figure. I’m guessing it came from Adam Schiff, who got it off his Rotten Apple watch.

Mike Huckabee

Speaking of communism and Senators from New England, Bernie Sanders is very ticked at Sen. Joe Manchin for not going along with the massive “Build Back Better” spending bill. Sanders called Manchin “arrogant” for blocking what 48 other Senate Democrats want to do (never mind that the vast majority of his West Virginia constituents oppose the bill.)

https://www.westernjournal.com/build-back-blunder-manchin-causing-chaos-hill-dems-lose-minds-impatience/

Okay, let’s unpack that. First of all, 48 Senators isn’t a majority of the Senate. Even if Manchin caved, Kyrsten Sinema still opposes it, so that would make it 49…which is STILL a minority. Even if they had 50 votes, forcing massive spending and transformative government changes onto an unwilling public via a phony “budget reconciliation” bill that passes by one tie-breaking vote is pure arrogance.

But as Kennedy pointed out on Fox News’ “The Five,” Bernie’s beloved socialism itself is the epitome of arrogance. It’s the belief that you have the right to take other people’s money and property on grounds that you can spend and use it better than they can, and they should be grateful to you for it.

Of course, we shouldn’t be surprised because Bernie is the poster child for arrogance. He’s never held a successful private sector job in his life, yet he’s convinced that he knows more about running the US economy and every business and industry in America than the people who actually founded and run them. If his ego were any more inflated, he could finally get a successful private sector job as a Macy’s Parade balloon.

Related: Bernie first tasted the sweet life of getting rich in socialist politics when he landed his first elected position as mayor of Burlington, Vermont. Those folks apparently didn’t learn their lesson, because they bought into the “defund the police” idiocy. And even in a town like Burlington, it’s had predictable results.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2021/12/17/vermont-learns-a-brutal-lesson-about-defunding-the-police-n2600763?utm_campaign=rightrailsticky3

UPDATE:  Manchin announced on Fox News this morning that he will not vote for BBB.

Mike Huckabee

A study by scientists at the University of Hong Kong found that the Omicron variant of COVID infects and multiples 70 times faster than the Delta variant. But it replicated more than 10 times less efficiently in human lung tissue than the original COVID, which suggests lower severity of disease.

https://www.westernjournal.com/study-finds-omicron-infects-70x-faster-previous-covid-strains-key-sign-caught/

The researchers warned that because it spreads so efficiently, it may be able to elude vaccines and immunity from prior infection, so it could pose a significant threat even if it is milder. However, since it was detected, there has been no increase in severe cases or deaths, and most people who’ve caught it had mild or no symptoms.

Bonus quote in the story, from Ben Shapiro: Omicron could be the solution to COVID because it’s spreading natural immunity very quickly and so far, more people have been killed by Alec Baldwin than by Omicron.

(Note: This was before the one case in Great Britain where someone reportedly died with the Omicron variant. But it’s not clear if that was the actual cause of death. So again, as with Alec Baldwin, it’s too soon to say who or what will eventually be held responsible.)

Mike Huckabee

When George Carlin was arrested for doing his “Seven Words You Can’t Say On Television” bit, at least the words were actual curse words. Canada has just issued a list of 18 (!) words people are no longer allowed to say because they might offend someone, and some of them have people baffled as to who would be offended by them or why. Terms like “blackmail,” “grandfathered in,” “tone-deaf” and “first world problem.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/eighteen-offensive-words-you-cant-say-canada

If you get horribly offended by these words, then you are a perfect example of someone with a “first world problem.” But as Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge notes, this is only scratching the surface. If we’re going to purge the language of every word anyone might possibly find offensive, we’ve got a long way to go, and he offers some examples.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/eighteen-offensive-words-you-cant-say-canada

Warning: he points out that there are 279 words alone in the English language that include the letters “black,” so by the time we’re finished censoring all the words, everyone will just be grunting and pointing. All conversations will sound like Tim Allen monologs.