By Mike Huckabee
January 16, 2021
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Good evening! Today's Evening Edition includes:
- Excellent New Memoir
- “Is This Really News” Dept
- Biden's Coronavirus Relief Proposal
- New Study Questions Mandatory Lockdowns
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Sincerely,
Mike Huckabee
Excellent New Memoir
By Mike Huckabee
Matthew McConaughey has an excellent new memoir out, filled with wise essays about his life, marriage, fatherhood and Christian faith, and advice that you might be surprised would come from a Hollywood star. He’s also become one of the few voices of reason and moderation in Hollywood. And his willingness to reach out and listen to other viewpoints sets him apart in an ocean of lockstep leftist totalitarians.
But of course, in this toxic political climate, being reasonable is a thought crime, and the Twitter warriors are now after him, accusing him of “flirting with the alt-right” just for granting interviews to promote his book with mainstream conservative TV and radio hosts.
In that story, the Daily Beast writer who went after McConaughey insists it’s not a call to “cancel” him. She writes, "The issue with 'cancel culture,' to the extent that one even exists, is not that anyone is, to borrow McConaughey’s neologism, 'illegitimizing' what these guys are saying. The Jordan Petersons and Joe Rogans of the world are not, as they so often complain, being persecuted or, as McConaughey put it in his Russell Howard interview, erased. They’re simply peddling the losing ends of arguments that have already occurred countless times—perpetuating a culture war while simultaneously trying to frame themselves as its victims."
If she’s so sure that, say, Jordan Peterson’s views are “losing arguments,” why is she so terrified of allowing him to make them publicly? Does she fear his “losing arguments” will be more persuasive than her own, which they surely are?
It’s yet another example of what I always hear from the left: “There’s no such thing as ‘cancel culture!’ And anyone who says there is must be CANCELED IMMEDIATELY!!!”
PS – At the risk of drawing even more fire from the left at Matthew McConaughey, here’s a terrific interview that he was gracious enough to have with me recently on “Huckabee.”
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"Huckabee " Preview
By Mike Huckabee
If you’re not interested in watching Hollywood stars who’ve spent four years calling you a Nazi put on a show about “unity,” I have a great alternative: a new episode of “Huckabee” tonight on TBN! Prof. Alan Dershowitz will talk about “Impeachment 2,” the only flop that ever got a sequel. WalkAway founder Brandon Straka will reveal how Facebook erased his peaceful “leave the Democrats” movement with no warning or reason (you can find it on CloutHub now, and you have even more reason to walk away.) Doug Bender of “I Am Second” will give us a preview of his inspiring new book. Grammy-nominated musician/actor Frank Stallone will tell us about his award-winning new documentary. And we’ll cap it off with Don McLean and a salute to the 50th anniversary of one of the greatest songs of the 20th Century, “American Pie.”
It all starts tonight at 8 and 11 EST, 7 and 10 CST, and Sunday at 9 EST/8 CST, on TBN. To find out where you can watch TBN, from local cable and broadcast channels to streaming, visit https://www.huckabee.tv and click on “Channel Finder” on the top menu. You can stream previous episodes, highlights and online-only “Digital Exclusives,” including extended interviews, “In Case You Missed It” and “Facts of the Matter” segments, and extra performances by our great musical and comedy guests, all at https://www.huckabee.tv. You can also find past shows, highlights and digital exclusives on YouTube and my Facebook page.
“Is This Really News” Dept
By Mike Huckabee
The New York Times compared President Trump’s claims of election fraud to the “big lies” of Hitler and Stalin.
I don’t take that too seriously because I know the Times doesn’t really believe that Trump is Joseph Stalin. If they did, they would have written positive stories about him.
Biden's Coronavirus Relief Proposal
By Mike Huckabee
This week, Joe Biden released a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief proposal. It would include another $1400 a person stimulus check, which added to the recent $600 payments would be a total of $2000.
There are more details at the link, but as usual, there’s not much point in getting too bogged down in the details. By the time it gets through the Congressional meat grinder (if it does), it will likely bear scant resemblance to what Biden proposed.
New Study Questions Mandatory Lockdowns
By Mike Huckabee
A new international study of ten nations by a group of Stanford researchers found that the ruinous mandatory lockdowns early in the COVID-19 (Chinese) coronavirus pandemic provided no clear, significant benefits over other voluntary measures, such as social distancing or travel reduction, in any country.
In a related story, with Joe Biden safely on his way to the White House (and although I’m sure it’s just a coincidence), Democrat Governors and Mayors are finally starting to question the wisdom of making their constituents continue suffering from endless business lockdowns.
I’m sure this also has nothing to do with the fact that Biden will be taking office amid a huge jump in unemployment benefit filings, due to the never-ending blue state business shutdowns.
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