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"Lyin Comey"

April 14, 2018

The Republican Party launched a website (LyinComey.com) to refute any allegations against President Trump in James Comey’s new book.
Fired FBI Director James Comey suddenly has plenty to say, in a newly-released memoir and an upcoming ABC Sunday night prime-time infomercial--- I mean “news show”--- about the book.

Roasting Mark Zuckerberg

April 13, 2018

If you don't follow my Twitter feed (and if not, how have you survived this long? I warn you, though, if you don’t have a sense of humor, steer clear), check this link for my tweet on the Senate grilling of Mark Zuckerberg...

Today's Commentary: So, James Comey is a "private" citizen? -- Roasting Mark Zuckerberg -- Facebook is a utility -- Speaker Ryan retires -- California backlash -- Additional Mike Huckabee commentaries

So far this year, London has averaged more than three killings a week, surpassing New York City’s murder rate. The New York Times reports that just in the past couple of weeks, two London teenagers were killed on the same day when one was shot in the face and another caught in drive-by crossfire, despite strict British gun control laws that have disarmed law-abiding citizens. On one recent Thursday, five teenagers, including a boy of 13, were stabbed within 90 minutes of each other (which prompted far-left Major Sadiq Kahn to demonstrate Einstein’s definition of insanity by calling for strict, no-tolerance knife control laws, just like the gun control laws.) Meanwhile, another man was beaten to death in a brawl outside a betting shop, which will no doubt inspire Khan to call for strict knuckle control laws and ban people from making a fist.

So with all that on their plates, what did the Ealing Council of West London think required action? They voted unanimously to ban praying outside abortion clinics. They don’t call it that, of course; they call it a “buffer zone” barring protests outside abortion clinics. They say it doesn’t ban prayer in general, only any prayer that “amounts to an act of approval/disapproval of issues relating to abortion services.” So you can pray; just don’t mention abortion or God help you.

Remember when what you prayed about used to be between you and God? Now, it’s between you, God and the Ealing Council.


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Pro-choice groups celebrated the ruling, vowing that it’s “only the beginning.” Judging from the way the UK government has been going lately, I don’t doubt that. What’s next, telling people that they’re not allowed to pray to save the unborn in their own homes? How about banning people from praying that God protect them from all the well-armed criminals with His terrible swift sword, since self-defense with a sword surely is prohibited under the new knife ban?

Or here’s a better idea: how about if London’s mayor and other city officials all get together and pray to God for some common sense? I’m sure many Londoners who care about life – both the lives of the unborn and their own lives – would be more than willing to join in that prayer, even if it does amount to asking for a miracle.

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Today's "must-read" op-ed

April 12, 2018

Believe it or not, today’s “must-read” op-ed is by Sally Kohn, a liberal activist and CNN commentator.
Today's Commentary: Lots of breaking news on Mueller overreach -- Today's "must-read" op-ed -- London moves to ban prayer near abortion clinics -- 9th Circuit Court sides with Trump supporters -- Antifa has a new target -- Additional Mike Huckabee commentaries

Holocaust Remembrance Day

April 12, 2018

April 11 was Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel. But since holidays in the Jewish calendar begin at sunset, the traditional moment of silence was observed at 10 a.m. Thursday.
On Wednesday, a day of significant breaking news about what looks to be blatant overreach on the part of Mueller’s team, I appeared on Shannon Bream’s late-night show on FOX News –- having knocked back a couple of Red Bulls first –- to talk about some of it.

Zuckerberg struggles

April 11, 2018

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s time in the hot seat (or booster seat) in front of the Senate made for great political theater...

Today's Commentary: Serious business: Robert Mueller goes too far -- China blinks -- Daily Caller probes Russian propaganda efforts -- Trump to appoint replacement to 9th Circuit Court -- Syria response -- Additional Mike Huckabee commentaries

Paul Ryan steps down

April 11, 2018

Okay, now it’s safe to believe it: House Speaker Paul Ryan announced that he will not run for reelection this November and is retiring from Congress.
This morning, President Trump unleashed another Twitter barrage over the FBI (acting on a tip from Robert Mueller) raiding three locations of his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, and seizing records that reportedly include confidential communications covered by attorney-client privilege.
Saturday night, there was a four-alarm fire in a residential apartment on the 50th floor of Trump Tower in New York City. Tragically, one person was burned to death and six firefighters were injured putting it out.
Whenever I see a quote in the news from London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan, it’s usually one of two things: he’s either promoting leftist policies that require major denials of reality, or else he’s blasting the efforts of other leaders to try to find solutions for the horrible consequences wrought by the type of policies he espouses.
Today's Commentary: Are the rich paying their fair share? -- Bill Maher defends Laura Ingraham -- Have decency and civility become obsolete? -- Chuck McCann RIP -- Mike Rowe's "S.W.E.A.T" -- Additional Mike Huckabee commentaries

News roundup for April 10

April 10, 2018

Monday, the Dow gained about 450 points after Chinese President Xi Jinping announced his willingness to discuss opening up the country's economy to foreign investors, reducing import tariffs on cars and other products, and enforcing intellectual property rights, which eased fears of a trade war.

Unemployment dropping

April 10, 2018

With unemployment at 4.1% and dropping, Americans might soon see something we haven’t had in a long time: unemployment at 3% or less.
When the GOP tax cut bill was first proposed, Democrats attacked it the way they attack virtually all Republican proposals: by claiming that letting Americans keep a little more of their own money instead of it giving it to Washington would make millions of people “DIE!”
You might have noticed yesterday that Facebook placed a disclaimer on a post that I wrote, claiming it was under factual dispute, because it linked to a story in the Washington Examiner about the claim that Amazon costs the Post Office $1.46 in lost revenue for each package delivered.
Imagine a world in which digital technology was so sophisticated that you couldn’t ever be sure if anything you saw or heard was real. There are already plenty of fakes online, but I’m not just talking about digitally altered photographs or the “creative editing” done to audio and video recordings used in news reports and documentaries to remove context or change the intended meaning of what was said
At a women’s conference in Boston, Michelle Obama took a swipe at President Trump by saying that when her husband was in office, it “was like having the ‘good parent’ at home” who makes you eat your vegetables and go to bed on time.
Proving the old saw that “A fool and his money are soon parted,” there’s a GoFundMe account for the legal defense of fired former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.

Today's Commentary: "Fake news" is getting even faker -- One man speaks out for the majority on the Second Amendment -- President Trump ditches boring script -- Huck's Hero salute -- Syria heats up -- Additional Mike Huckabee commentaries
It’s undeniable that President Trump likes to go off-script (last week, he literally tossed away a script before he started ad-libbing), and that sometimes results in him saying things that are...
We keep hearing that law-abiding gun owners who’ve never harmed anyone “have blood on their hands” because of the big rise in mass shootings, and they need to stop bitterly clinging to their guns and let liberals repeal the Second Amendment because our kids are too terrified to go to school, where they might be killed at any minute.
Today's Commentary: Dan Rather attacks bad journalism -- "Huckabee" preview-- Trump reverses reviled Obama policy -- The truth about mass shooting deaths -- Michelle Obama takes a swipe at President Trump -- Additional Mike Huckabee commentaries
For years, skeptics of gun control groups who believed the real goal was gun confiscation and repealing the Second Amendment were laughed off as they were espousing the Flat Earth Theory.

Today's Commentary: Illinois town disarming citizens -- Jobs, jobs, jobs -- National Guard to the border -- Planned Parenthood fined by FEC -- "Mostly false" -- Additional Mike Huckabee commentaries
Since everyone is discussing “privilege” on college campuses, one of the more galling examples of privilege that isn’t likely to be criticized by the university elite are the privileges enjoyed by illegal immigrants in California.
Why, I was just thinking the other day how long it had been since we’d seen the cheery face of former DNC chair and Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz or heard anything about that nice family of Pakistani “IT professionals” who kept Democrats’ laptops in tip-top shape for over a decade.
Today's Commentary: Wasserman Schultz and Pakistani IT family back in news -- Not that David Hogg -- CNN gulps -- The Amazon story -- California hikes tuition for citizens not illegals -- Additional Mike Huckabee commentaries
At the link, you can see video of DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen explaining President Trump’s decision to send National Guard troops to assist border security agents on the U.S.-Mexico border in response to an increasing flow of illegal immigration.
As this story notes, it sounds like a late April Fool’s Day joke, but the “progressive” website The Young Turks responded to the Sinclair Broadcasting video about avoiding “fake news” with its own video on the subject, featuring (grab something solid)…Dan Rather.

The YouTube Shooter

April 4, 2018

Yesterday, in a bizarre and tragic incident at YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, California, a shooter injured three people before committing suicide.

Today's Commentary: The YouTube shooter -- Haley helping craft real change at UN -- "I Can Only Imagine" -- New guidelines -- Two stories worth reading -- Additional Mike Huckabee commentaries
On Monday, the day before Alex Van Der Zwaan was scheduled to be sentenced under his plea agreement in the “Trump/Russia” special counsel case, Robert Mueller and deputy attack dog Andrew Weissmann filed a three-page notice arguing that Van Der Zwaan should not be allowed to file FOIA requests, which is his constitutional right under the law.
The acquittal of Noor Salaman in Orlando, Florida, sparked such widespread public outrage that one anonymous juror felt compelled to try to explain it to the Orlando Sentinel.
Today's Commentary: Victims denied justice in Florida -- Mueller team in lockdown, forbidding FOIA requests -- Google Doodle -- Stephon Clark -- Trade war heats up -- Additional Mike Huckabee commentaries

The "Roseanne" reboot

April 3, 2018

The reboot of “Roseanne” returns tonight, and I’m sure many liberals will be watching the ratings closely, praying (if they believe in such things) that viewership falls so that they can write off the monumental debut ratings to nostalgia rather than “giving the people what they want” – the first hour of network TV in over a year that didn’t relentlessly insult Trump voters.
The same week Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced his decision not to appoint a special counsel to investigate misconduct at the FBI and DOJ, choosing instead to appoint a U.S. attorney to look into it, famed civil liberties attorney Alan Dershowitz was making it clear in interviews that the “criminalization of political differences” is wrong for democracy, no matter which side of the aisle is doing it.

Go away Hillary

April 2, 2018

First, she gave headaches to Democrats up for reelection by insulting people who didn’t vote for her as either bigots and sexists, or weak-willed women voting the way their husbands told them to.

Infuriating spending

April 2, 2018

If you are fuming about the $21 trillion national debt that the government is saddling our grandchildren with, at least take heart that all that spending is both wise and necessary. We know from the great relief expressed by Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer that the “days of austerity” are over that whatever spending Washington has been doing over the past few years has been absolutely essential.

Like, for instance, spending $142 billion since 2009 on improper Medicare payments. Or $55 billion to maintain outdated computer technology instead of simply replacing it with better, cheaper, newer computers. Or $1.3 million for a social media campaign urging women not to spend too much time in tanning beds, plus $500,000 for a text message campaign telling people not to chew tobacco (the same message that’s on the chewing tobacco package.) Or $48 million to build the Afghan Ministry of Defense a new headquarters building, a project that ran five years late and $106 million over budget. Or a $412,000 grant for a scientific paper on whether glaciers should be studied from a feminist point of view. Or $3.4 million to study aggression and anxiety in fighting hamsters. Or $5 million for a Brown University study that determined that frat and sorority members drink more than other students. Or $3 million for a study to see if hearing the “Jaws” theme music gives people negative feelings about sharks.

I could go on all day, but I can’t decide whether to laugh or cry. For more of the most ridiculous and infuriating wastes of your tax money, click the link.

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Today's Commentary: Alan Dershowitz on equal justice and special counsels -- Go away Hillary -- Infuriating spending -- US-Russia relations -- NRA money -- Additional Mike Huckabee commentaries

Collusion at the RNC?

March 30, 2018

With Robert Mueller’s indictment of 13 Russian nationals for allegedly trying to interfere with the 2016 election and Russia accused of poisoning an ex-spy and his daughter in London, President Trump expelled 60 Russian diplomats, and Russia retaliated by expelling 60 Americans.
I’d like to take a break from the news to wish you and your family a happy and blessed Good Friday, Passover and Easter. In fact, I’d love to take a break from the news to do that, but the “news” just keeps intruding on religious faith.

Today's Commentary: Who is John Huber? -- Not a children's crusade -- "The fruits of his reconstruction" -- Good Friday in Gaza -- "De Facto Bad" -- Additional Mike Huckabee commentaries

Not a Children's Crusade

March 30, 2018

There’s a great debate going on in America now between the anti-gun groups who organized the recent “March For Our Lives” rally and Second Amendment defenders.

VA Secretary fired

March 30, 2018

Another Trump Administration official has heard his famous catchphrase: “You’re fired!” Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin was the last major holdover from the Obama Administration, kept on and promoted by Trump because of his outspoken criticism of the shocking VA scandals that had led to veterans dying on waiting lists for care while the officials responsible covered their rears and kept their jobs.

Who is John Huber?

March 30, 2018

U.S. Attorney John Huber of Utah is the latest to be brought in to “investigate the investigators” at the FBI and Justice Department, in lieu of what many had concluded was the only way to get to the bottom of misconduct there: a special counsel.

"Roseanne" returns

March 29, 2018

The success of the return of “Roseanne” has reportedly stunned Hollywood and prompted TV network executives to do some “soul-searching” (or as some wags put it, to start searching for a soul.)
Today's Commentary: FBI Inspector General keeps going: investigates FISA abuse -- This is what the "blue wave" will mean if it comes... -- Zell Miller RIP -- Census fury -- Know the facts about guns BEFORE you open your mouth -- Additional Mike Huckabee commentaries

Zell Miller RIP

March 28, 2018

Wednesday morning at the Georgia State Capitol, ex-Governors Nathan Deal and Sonny Perdue paid tribute to former Senator and Governor Zell Miller, who died last weekend at 86.

Census fury

March 28, 2018

The Trump Administration’s decision to include a question about being a US citizen in the 2020 Census is being denounced by liberals, especially those from blue states with large numbers of illegal immigrants.
Today's Commentary: Stunning Uranium One deal overlaps with other stories -- Media bias on display -- One final idiotic opinion from John Paul Stevens -- Genocide -- Roller coaster ride -- Additional Mike Huckabee commentaries
It’s amazing how much overlap there is in several stories going on right now. For example, while special counsel Robert Mueller’s team continues to investigate alleged but so-far-unsupported ties between the 2016 Trump campaign and “Russia Russia Russia,” Congress is examining alleged and very-much-supported ties between the Clintons and Russia as seen in the unfortunate (for us) Uranium One deal.

Today's Commentary: Hillary's excuses continue -- Facebook apologizes -- The three things Americans can't live with -- At least some lawyers avoid conflicts of interest -- The Stormy Daniels interview -- Additional Mike Huckabee commentaries

Genocide

March 27, 2018

Some states have either passed or are considering bans on abortion solely because a pre-natal test indicates that the baby may have Down syndrome.

Dow sets record again

March 27, 2018

Last week, when the Dow lost over 700 points on one day and 400 the next, largely over fears of a trade war with China over President Trump’ new tariffs, I warned you that...

Media bias on display

March 27, 2018

One clue that the news media are biased is when you have a major event that gets wall-to-wall live coverage, yet only non-mainstream sources point out the obvious truth about it.

Facebook apologizes

March 26, 2018

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg took out full page ads in major Sunday newspapers (I’ll let the irony of that sink in for a while…Okay, ready to continue?) to apologize over the recent scandal involving unauthorized data gathering.
I was Lt. Gov of AR when the Governor was forced to resign because of felony convictions and that elevated me to the office of Governor. We fought the corruption that had infected the state and saw about 17 legislators and other high officials indicted, tried, and convicted.
Hillary Clinton’s recent remarks in India, in which she blamed her Presidential loss in 2016 on Trump voters being racist and sexist, and on women obeying their husbands and voting against her, rightly generated so much angry backlash that Democrats up for reelection in red states are trying to build a “big, beautiful wall”...between them and Hillary.
At the end of last week, word was that with the exit of John Dowd, President Trump’s lead attorney in the special counsel investigation, Trump was bringing on the husband-and-wife legal team of Joseph diGenova and Victoria Toensing.
Early Sunday evening, I thought I heard a wet plopping sound coming from my TV. Turns out it was just “60 Minutes’” reputation for journalistic integrity taking a nosedive into a giant pit of mud.
Today's Commentary: At least SOME lawyers avoid conflicts of interest -- Great video-- UPENN law professor denounced -- John Bolton returns -- Excellent op-ed -- Additional Mike Huckabee commentaries

A good guy with a gun

March 25, 2018

Here is yet another reason why we don’t allow people to serve as lawmakers until they are at least 25 (and one hopes, have taken Logic 101 class).

Today's Commentary: A good guy with a gun -- Hillary Clinton update -- Fake news outrage -- Andrew McCabe's pity party -- France terror update -- Additional Mike Huckabee commentaries
Yesterday, President Trump first threatened to veto that horrific $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill, then reluctantly signed it, saying he had to do it because of the necessary military spending increase, but warning that it’s the last such bill he’ll ever sign.

Today's Commentary: Trump condemns system, signs spending bill to protect military -- 2200 pages of frustration -- Saudi progress -- Andrew McCabe -- Music returns -- Additional Mike Huckabee commentaries
Today's Commentary: 2200 hundred pages of frustration -- Prayers for Trebes, France -- Trump veto possible -- The Dow Panics -- John Bolton -- Additional Mike Huckabee commentaries

2200 pages of frustration

March 23, 2018

If there’s one sure way for Congressional Republicans to tell whether or not they should support a bill, it’s to look at the reactions to it from Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer.

John Bolton returns

March 23, 2018

There’s another shake-up at the White House, with news that President Trump’s national security adviser, Gen. H.R. McMaster, will be replaced next month by James Bolton.
Today's Commentary: The Facebook data story -- White House Leaking -- Senator Doug Jones -- Another shady Clinton connection may explain more -- It’s Only A Scandal When Trump Does It -- Additional Mike Huckabee commentaries
Today's Commentary: What the media won't tell you about the Maryland school shooting -- More reason to doubt integrity of Mueller and friends -- No women here -- Pro-Iran state department? -- Huck's Hero -- Additional Mike Huckabee commentaries
A few days back, I steered you to a piece by Mark Tapscott, a writer with quite a talent for breaking out of the “herd” mentality that characterizes today’s so-called journalists, who typically just parrot what others in their illustrious profession are saying.
With all the gleefully obsessive media focus on whether or not President Trump will fire special counsel Robert Mueller (he won’t) and spark a Watergate-style Constitutional crisis (not gonna happen), some interesting developments got shoved to the wayside.

Today's Commentary: Robert Mueller "shreds" DOJ guidelines -- Self-identification makes ICE's job easier -- "Red flag" law followed in Florida -- My advice for Republicans -- California's sanctuary law -- Additional Mike Huckabee commentaries
As more and more Republicans are concluding that there’s no alternative to a second special counsel to investigate bias and abuses of power by the FBI and Justice Department, more attention is being paid to the role played by Deputy Attorney Gen. Rod Rosenstein, and it’s about time, because he's the one who gave us Robert Mueller.

This story is so clueless, it could only come from the intellectuals at NPR. It’s a shocking report that illegal immigration activists who speak out at public rallies about being in the US illegally are being “retaliated” against by ICE and deported.
I’ve been watching in amazement all the fuss and fury over the firing of former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, simply because career investigators and ethics officials in his own agency recommended it due to alleged offenses that other people have faced indictment over.

The Facebook data story

March 20, 2018

You’d think there would be enough in the news these days that really is shocking without seeing the stock market roiled by a giant wave of pretend shock over the “news” that details about users of social media platforms such as Facebook are mined and sold to companies that hope to persuade said users to do, buy or like certain things (for those who truly did just arrive here from the planet Antares, that’s known as “advertising.”)

Hillary's apology

March 20, 2018

Hillary Clinton’s claim that women who didn’t vote for her were told not to by their husbands elicited plenty of heated reactions online, including some from powerful women who didn’t need a man to tell them to be royally ticked off.

Hope for Hollywood?

March 20, 2018

Maybe there’s hope for the movie industry after all: the new faith-based film, “I Can Only Imagine,” opened in third place last weekend, trailing only the giant blockbusters “Black Panther” and “Tomb Raider” that were on twice as many screens.