Hamas must be rooted out
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Mike Huckabee: Hamas must be rooted out
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No Labels fights back
Speaking of using attorneys for good for a change, a centrist group called No Labels was forced to abandon plans to field third party candidates due to legal harassment by well-heeled Democrat allies. Now, they’re fighting back in court, and in a story we seem to hear a lot these days, the Democrats are frantic to block discovery. But what’s already been revealed is bad enough. The original story is from the Washington Post and requires a subscription, but Instapundit has an excerpt that will give you the sleazy gist.
https://instapundit.com/686778/
Excellent Suggestions!
Blogger Seth Barrett Tillman of London’s New Reform Club offers what he thinks should be the next legal steps now that Jack Smith has dropped his cases against Trump:
“…The DOJ may and (in my opinion) should sue for return of illegal salary paid by the U.S. Treasury to Smith and his staff (that is, those not otherwise employed at DOJ). Special Counsel Smith failed to prove that the documents seized by the FBI at Mar-a-Lago belong to the U.S. government or any of its agencies. Trump should move, and if necessary sue, for return of all his files taken by the FBI at Mar-a-Lago.”
https://reformclub.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-law-of-case-ii.html
Considering it’s estimated that this lawfare jihad against Trump cost us taxpayers upwards of $50 million, and Trump far more, forcible repayment would be a good first step to cutting government waste.
Funny you should mention that
The Democrat Mayor of Denver declared that he’s willing to go to jail to prevent Trump’s ICE agents from deporting the illegal aliens in his city. Trump’s incoming ICE director Tom Homan’s response: Funny you should mention that…
Surprise! At least one Democrat elected official absolutely loves what Homan is saying about deporting illegal alien criminals and arresting anyone who gets in the way.
More Government Abuse of Hurricane Victims:
We’re from the government and we’re here to help you by kicking you out of the tiny homes built by Amish volunteers because they don’t pass local and state building codes. Let’s hope the tent you’ll have to move back into does.
A circular firing squad
The Democratic Party keeps reloading for its circular firing squad. The latest round: Following their epic electoral wipeout, the DNC laid off two-thirds of its staff with no warning and no severance pay. That prompted the union that represents the staffers to accuse the Party of betraying its values and to start a GoFundMe account to raise money to help the newly unemployed.
While nobody wants to see anyone lose their jobs just before the holidays, we have to wonder if they really expected to keep their jobs post-election, not to mention post-disastrous-election. And are they really surprised that voters didn’t want to trust them with the economy when they blew over a billion dollars on things like concerts and private jets, ended up $20 million in the hole, and have to appeal to charity to pay their own workers’ severance pay? The good news is that with Trump coming into office, there should be a lot more good-paying, non-government jobs being created soon.
They should take this as one of Obama’s famous “teachable moments” and go re-register as Republicans.
Shocking, not shocking
Megyn Kelly traced how the slanderous “Tulsi Gabbard is a Russian asset” hoax that Democrats are pushing now originated with the same woman who was responsible for the “Trump is a Russian asset” hoax that undermined his presidency and cost taxpayers $30 million. You guessed it: it all goes back to Hillary Clinton, who assumes that everyone who disagrees with her must be on Putin’s payroll.
MUST-READ:
Among the many reasons we have to give thanks that Trump is returning to fumigate DC, Breitbart.com offers one more big one in an exclusive expose:
Early on Election Night, as exit polls were showing that Kamala was toast, the Biden DOJ moved quickly to ensure a cover-up of a potentially huge solar energy project scandal in Nevada that cost taxpayers over $700 million, even more than the infamous Solyndra bankruptcy. A citizen lawsuit that might have exposed the green energy boondoggle, which stretched back to the Obama Administration, was already in progress, but the DOJ’s actions yanked the rug out from under it.
Read it and seethe, particularly the email from a DOJ fraud division attorney claiming its actions “were commensurate with the public interest and that the matter does not warrant the continued expenditure of government resources.” Funny, we thought that not squandering over $700 million in taxpayer money on shady green energy crony projects and then covering it up would be “commensurate with the public interest.” And since when has Biden’s Administration given a flying flip about the “expenditure of government resources?” If they had, this never would have happened.
Bee Time
Now that we’ve observed all the great Thanksgiving traditions, it’s time to observe our Saturday tradition: seeing how the Babylon Bee covered the week’s news:
https://babylonbee.com/news/its-official-trump-now-has-hottest-cabinet-of-all-time
https://babylonbee.com/news/musk-announces-plan-to-buy-msnbc-and-turn-it-into-a-news-network
https://babylonbee.com/news/trump-proposes-25-percent-tariff-on-imports-from-california
https://babylonbee.com/news/report-kamalas-2028-campaign-already-700-million-in-debt
https://babylonbee.com/news/local-man-passes-bar-exam-after-just-a-week-of-watching-the-view
https://babylonbee.com/news/8-better-things-to-argue-about-during-thanksgiving-than-politics
Israel, Antisemitism, and Unity | Huckabee Today
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Why We Need Term Limits
By Mike Huckabee
You’ve heard the saying, "Two things you should never watch being made -- a law and sausage." I don't agree with half of that. I've been involved in lawmaking as a Lieutenant Governor presiding over the State Senate and as a Governor negotiating every step of the process with a legislature that was 90 percent Democrat. I've also seen sausage made.
I still eat sausage.
For the faint of heart and those without a strong stomach, seeing the process of politics become the process of governing can result in serious reactions. It's not a pretty process. It can be tedious, exasperating, and embarrassing. But let me let you in on a little secret: it’s supposed to be!
Recently, some Congressional Democrats have been publicly ranting over what an offense to “our democracy” it is that they can’t ram through their agenda with a one-vote majority. Some are pushing to blow up the system that slows down their efforts to enact what they claim “the people” (i.e., “them”) want, from eliminating the Senate filibuster to stacking the Supreme Court with partisan political appointees.
POLL:
This is what John Adams called “the tyranny of the majority.” It’s not only poison to the American system, it’s also a really stupid political tactic. Apparently, Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin were the only Democrats who understood how dumb it is to strip all power from the minority when you’re just one election and one seat away from being the minority yourself (see the 2022 House elections.)
As hard as it may be to believe, making a law was never designed by our Founding Fathers to be quick and simple. When they wrote and approved the Constitution, they intended for the passage of a bill into law to be a hard slog. They feared that passion would overwhelm reason and thoughtfulness, and so they built in plenty of speed bumps to make sure that a bill never whizzed through Congress and got signed by the President as hurriedly as some celebrities go through rounds of rehab.
Now, I'm pretty sure that the Founding Fathers didn't want total gridlock in Congress, but as much as it may surprise you, they would prefer gridlock to haste. Why? Because they feared government in the same way I fear snakes, spiders, and sharks. They knew that the sheer power of it is an intoxicant and that most of the people who enter government will be like sixteen-year-old boys with keys to the liquor cabinet whose parents are gone for the weekend. Watching Congress make laws and oversee regulation is a lot like watching sixteen-year-olds with booze and a BMW. You get the distinct impression that they have no business with either one, and a crash is inevitable.
This is why I have long been a proponent of term limits, which are hardly a new idea. The concept dates back to ancient Rome and Greece, with the great Greek philosopher Aristotle observing, “It is not so easy to do wrong in a short as in a long tenure of office.”
This idea was most famously summed up many years later by English historian, politician and author Lord Acton, who said, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.” The current DC bureaucracy seems to be trying their best to become a living illustration that absolute power corrupts absolutely and turns you into a bad person.
In 1807, half-way through his own second term, President Thomas Jefferson warned that "if some termination to the services of the chief Magistrate be not fixed by the Constitution, or supplied by practice, his office, nominally four years, will in fact become for life."
The popular novelist James Fenimore Cooper summed up the prevailing American attitude in 1838 when he said that "contact with the affairs of state is one of the most corrupting of the influences to which men are exposed." This might explain why so many of them retire (if they ever do retire) as multi-millionaires after a life selflessly devoted to “public service.”
Historian Robert Struble notes that the American preference for turnover in leadership was so deeply ingrained that it took until the twentieth century for the concept of “career politicians” to take hold. Unfortunately, among the many bad ideas that arose in the twentieth century, like Nazism, socialism, and letting movie actors talk, came the argument that a lifetime of "experience" in government was a far more valuable asset than a fresh perspective or a knowledge of business, farming, or other fields in which the vast majority of Americans work. Not everyone swallowed that argument, including twentieth-century Presidents of both parties.
In 1953, after deciding not to run for a third term, Democrat President Harry Truman said:
“In my opinion, eight years as President is enough and sometimes too much for any man to serve in that capacity. There is a lure in power. It can get into a man's blood just as gambling and lust for money have been known to do.”
Interesting quote, considering that he became President only because he was Franklin Roosevelt's Vice President when FDR died in office shortly after being reelected to his fourth term.
Republican Calvin Coolidge, who was President in the 1920s, said:
“When a man begins to feel that he is the only one who can lead in this republic, he is guilty of treason to the spirit of our institutions...It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion. They are always surrounded by worshipers. They are constantly, and for the most part sincerely, assured of their greatness. They live in an artificial atmosphere of adulation and exaltation which sooner or later impairs their judgment. They are in grave danger of becoming careless and arrogant.”
Old “Silent Cal” must have been truly passionate about this subject because I believe those are the most words he ever said in one sitting.
Fun Thanksgiving Weekend Activities
By “Huckabee” pop culture guru Pat Reeder (http://www.hollywoodhifi.com)
Since it’s a long weekend and you might run out of things to say to your relatives (particularly if they voted for Kamala and refuse to speak to you), here are some fun ways to kill a little time:
1. Now that it’s no longer officially too early for Christmas music, get into the mood by streaming my wife/co-writer Laura Ainsworth’s great new recording of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” featuring the original lyrics from the movie “Meet Me In St. Louis.”
And if you’re a true trivia nut like we are, try this version, featuring the really original lyrics that Judy Garland rejected as too sad. We have to agree with Judy on this one, but as always, Laura sings it beautifully…
If you have good musical taste and like that, you can find all of Laura’s albums here:
https://www.lauraainsworth.com
2. A cherished annual tradition is back! Read Dave Barry’s Christmas Gift Guide, featuring everything from cologne that smells like Play-Doh to a fried egg mold shaped like a pistol, to confirm your liberal relatives’ darkest suspicions about you.
https://www.miamiherald.com/living/liv-columns-blogs/dave-barry/gift-guide/article294794934.html
3. If you love classic rock, check out this PR release I distributed about our friend Abigail DeVoe’s wonderful “Vinyl Monday” YouTube channel, and follow the links. Abby is so deep into ‘60s and ‘70s music and fashion that she reviews a classic album every week, dresses to match it, and creates thumbnails that place her into the album covers. We’re endlessly impressed by her wit, deep research and knowledge: you may learn things from this 25-year-old that you never knew about albums that have been your favorites for decades. If you’re concerned about the awful pop “music” being sold to the young generation these days, she might restore your faith in the future of civilization. Please feel free to share!