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Chris Ruddy is a noted journalist and entrepreneur, and CEO of Newsmax Media, Inc., the parent company of NEWSMAX, America’s fastest-growing cable news channel. 

In 1998, Ruddy founded Newsmax, a multimedia publishing company that publishes online and offline content in the fields of news, politics, health and finance. Newsmax.com ranks consistently as one of the country's most trafficked news Web sites.

A Newsweek cover story named him as one of America's top 20 most influential news media personalities. He also studied as a Media Fellow at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University.

When DirecTV and its parent company AT&T made the decision to drop one of the fastest growing and top news networks in America — Newsmax, it prompted calls from lawmakers to investigate the real motive behind this move. They say it's censorship and political bias — and so does Chris Ruddy. He joins "Huckabee" to talk about that and more. Be sure to watch his interview on "Huckabee."

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     Elected in 1980, U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester, N.J.) is currently in his 22nd two-year term in the U.S. House of Representatives, and serves residents of the Fourth Congressional District of New Jersey. Mr. Smith serves as a senior member on the Foreign Affairs Committee and Chairman of its Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations Subcommittee. He also serves as the Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, Chairman of the bipartisan House/Senate/White House Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) and as “Special Representative” on Human Trafficking for the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. Previously, he served as Co-Chair and highest-ranking House member of the bipartisan House/Senate Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) serving as chairman five times, and served as Chairman of the Veterans Committee (two terms), the Foreign Affairs’ Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Operations, and the Subcommittee on Africa.

      Congressman Smith has long chaired a number of bipartisan congressional caucuses (working groups) including, in the 117th Congress, the Pro-life (37 years), Autism (21 years, co-founder), Alzheimer’s (19 years, co-founder), Lyme Disease (15 years, co-founder), Spina Bifida (15 years), Human Trafficking (15 years, co-founder), Refugees (15 years), Heart and Stroke Caucus, Fragile X Syndrome, Hydrocephalus Caucus and Combating Anti-Semitism caucuses, and serves on caucuses on Bosnia, Uganda and Vietnam.

      According to the independent watchdog organization Govtrack, Mr. Smith ranks first among all 435 Members of the House in the number of laws authored. According to the official Congress.gov website run by the Library of Congress, Rep. Smith has authored 49 laws. 

     In 2019, his Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act (House of Representatives 2200 or HR 2200, now Public Law (PL) 115-425)  was signed into law by the President in January 2019. The law authorized $430 million over four years for a comprehensive whole-of-government effort to fight sex and labor trafficking at home and abroad. Rep. Smith is the author of five of America’s comprehensive anti-human trafficking laws, including the landmark Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA, PL 106-386), a groundbreaking law designed to prevent modern-day slavery, protect victims, and enhance civil and criminal penalties against traffickers. He is also the prime sponsor of the law that first reauthorized of the landmark Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), Division B of his TVPA of 2000.

     In 2018, after two years of effort, Congressman Smith's Iraq and Syria Genocide Relief and Accountability Act (PL 115-300) (HR 390), to ensure ISIS genocide victims in Iraq and Syria receive humanitarian relief and to hold the perpetrators accountable for their crimes, was enacted into law in December 2018. His bill, HR 6651, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Extension Act of 2018 (PL 115-305), a five-year extension of PEPFAR, was also signed into law that same day. In March of 2018, key provisions from Rep. Smith’s Kevin and Avonte’s Law (HR 4221) were signed into law as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, authorizing $10 million in funding over five years for the Missing Americans Alert Program which helps protect and locate children with Autism and elderly persons with Alzheimer’s who wander. In February of 2018, a legislative provision from Rep. Smith’s Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness Act, to give houses of worship fair access to disaster relief after a federal declaration, was signed into law as part of the Bipartisan Budget Act.
     In 2016, Congressman Smith's International Megan’s Law to Prevent Child Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes Through Advance Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders (PL 114-119) (HR 515), was passed by both houses of Congress and enacted into law to protect children in the U.S. and around the world from convicted pedophiles who travel in or out of the United States unbeknownst to law enforcement officials. The law capped an eight-year effort to finally enact international notification legislation that draws on current federal and Megan’s Laws in all 50 states that require public notice when a sex offender moves into a U.S. neighborhood. Megan lived in the Fourth Congressional District.

     Mr. Smith is the author of the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2015 (HR 2820), which was signed into law as PL 114-104 on Dec. 18, 2015 and authorizes funding of $265 million for cord blood and stem cell research and treatment over five years. He wrote the first Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005 (PL 109-129) (HR 2520) which established a nationwide program for ethical research and treatment using umbilical cord blood and bone marrow cells. That landmark law was reauthorized in September, 2010 for another five years.

     In 2014, Smith saw over five years of work come to fruition in the House and Senate passage and enactment of his groundbreaking Sean and David Goldman International Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act (PL 113-150) (HR 3212), to help bring American children unlawfully taken out of the U.S. to foreign countries back home. Smith’s law was named after a Monmouth County father and son who had been kept illegally separated by a non-custodial parent. Final passage of HR 3212 was July 25, 2014.
     Congressman Smith authored the Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education and Support Act of 2019, which was signed into law in September 2019. It authorized $1.8 billion in funding over five years to help children and adults with autism by funding research, early detection and treatment. Additionally, other three autism laws which Cong. Smith wrote passed in 2000, 2011, 2014 and have funded millions of dollars for autism research. All four have their origins from an Ocean County family managing two children with autism. In 2014, Smith saw his legislation, HR 4631, the Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research and Education (CARES) Act (PL 113-157) pass the House, then the Senate, and enacted into law. The bill funded $1.3 billion over five years for research into the causes of autism. In October 2011, Smith’s bill, HR 2005, the Combating Autism Reauthorization Act (CARA) of 2011 (PL 112-32), was signed into law, a follow-up to his Autism Statistics, Surveillance, Research, and Epidemiology Act (ASSURE) of 2000 (PL 106-310), HR 274.
     Mr. Smith is also the author of 14 enacted veterans laws to help those men and women who served in uniform, including the Homeless Veterans Comprehensive Assistance Act (PL 107-95) (HR 2716), the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003 (PL 108-183) (HR 2297), the Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 2004 (PL 108-422) (HR 2297), the Veterans Survivor Benefits Improvements Act (PL 107-14) (HR 801) and other veterans laws. His most recent veterans law was the Gold Star Families Voices Act (PL 114-246) (HR 4511), enacted in the 114th Congress in November 2016. He has also authored laws to boost embassy security and promote democracy, religious freedom and health care.

      A lifelong New Jersey resident, Chris Smith was born in Rahway and grew up in Iselin. He lives in Manchester with his wife Marie. He graduated the College of New Jersey with a degree in business administration and spent a semester abroad at Worcester College in England.  Smith was Director of Institutional Sales at his family-owned sporting goods company and served as Executive Director of the New Jersey Right to Life Committee.

Chris Wineland quit writing for late-night comedy to become one of the most in-demand clean Christian comedians and writers. He’s a social media star and he even has a book that tells the story of Jesus from a comedian’s perspective, "The Great Heckle." Don’t miss the hilarious Chris Wineland this weekend on Huckabee!

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Christian McCartney began entertaining family members and guests when he was in pre-school, which is also when he began studying greats such as Jim Carrey and the Wayans brothers on In Living Color.  He began doing standup at age 19 in Baltimore, Maryland. His comedy is a combination of animated storytelling, energetic characters, and pure entertainment. Christian can be seen live on stage touring the country as well as on Instagram, Facebook, and Tiktok where he has 5 million followers from around the world. Best known for his "talking some smack" sound which went viral in 2021 and has been used by the NFL, NBA, as well as numerous celebrities! He has performed with comedy legends such as Rich Vos, Aaron Webber, and Scott Seiss. Recently, Christian  portrayed Levi in the TV series spin off of the Andy Griffith Show known as Mayberry Man.  He was also a featured comedian at the 2023 Alive Music Festival which was the first stop of his self orchestrated tour "The Open Door Tour." "I love seeing other people smiling and God has blessed me with the ability to do that." Christian's faith and trust in God fuel him to become the man God wants him to be. Christian's Mission Statement: Laughter is good medicine, but Jesus Christ is the only healer!

Serving the citizens of Sacramento County for over 35 years, Christine Bish has a proven record of dedication and commitment to serving our community. Christine is currently a small business owner in the Sacramento Valley and the surrounding area. Her Career as a Realtor, Mortgage Lender, Financial Investigator and skip tracer has brought a fresh perspective to the needs of our community. Christine   currently owns a small business in Roseville and was appointed to the Executive Board of the California Republican Assembly as the Corresponding Secretary.  

In 2021, Christine was appointed to the California GOP Committee for the Deaf, Blind, and Disabled, to bring engagement opportunities for a Better California. She was re-elected as a Vice President of the Sacramento Republican Assembly in December of 2022. Christine has also served as the Sacramento Area Director for the Educational Freedom Initiative led by Dr. Milton Freidman and helped to launch the campaign to Recall Gavin Newsom in 2020. She is actively working to ensure California has fair and transparent elections. Christine has received endorsements from the NRA and several political organizations. Her work with the Sacramento Suburban Republican Women Federated in the early 1990s included the club newsletter, voter outreach, and ultimately an invitation to the inauguration of President George W. Bush.   

Christine’s dedication to the community included recruiting for the Boy Scouts of America to bring new Cub Scout Packs to the organization while training adults to engage and lead our youth. She has served as a coach, a tutor, and an advocate for displaced children in public schools and children requiring special needs. Her travels, in dedication to helping others, have taken Christine across the State and across the county. She has participated in dozens of radio, TV, and online interviews. Her activism has brought attention to the needs of California while sharing the beauty and history of our great state.   

Christine married her high school sweetheart, James Bish, in 1987. James and Christine met in the early 80’s in Redding California. They have four adult children, Jackie, Jimmy Jr., Will, and Kara who tragically passed away in May 2022. The Bish’s are now raising Kara’s son, the youngest of their grandchildren.   

Christopher Beth was a business consultant accompanying his daughter on a mission trip to the Brazilian Amazon in 2012 when a woman handed him a dirty cup of water taken straight from the river. Hearing the Lord say to him, “Help them,” he returned home with a conviction to follow God's calling. Upon his return from Brazil,  his team were introduced to the Sawyer PointONE filter. Using the same technology as kidney dialysis, the Sawyer PointONE filter removes all harmful bacteria, protozoa, and cysts like E. coli, Giardia, Cholera, and Typhoid once water passes through its membrane. Equipped with these filters and enough buckets to drain the Red Sea, they returned to Brazil, administered medicinal aid, distributed the buckets and filters, and, most importantly—delivered the Gospel of Jesus Christ to any heart willing to receive it.  Chris founded The Bucket Ministry (TBM), a non-profit organization working to share God’s love through the gift of clean, safe, drinking water.

Upon moving to Nashville in 2012, Christy enrolled in Rik Roberts’ School of Laughs at Zanies and was hooked. Since then, she has been pursuing clean comedy and bringing laughter to all ages. She has performed at Zanies in Nashville, Gutty’s in Indianapolis, various churches, and special events as well as being the warm-up comedian for The Huckabee Show.  In 2018, she won Fan Favorite at the Clean Comedy Competition in Nashville.

Christy Denney is the creator of the popular cooking blog "The Girl Who Ate Everything". She's a mother of five with her husband, former Miami Dolphin John Denney. With all those mouths to feed, she’s the perfect person to write this new cookbook, “Scrumptious: Recipes for Busy Families and the Game Day Crowd.”

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Chuck Leavell has been pleasing the ears of music fans for more than 40 years now. His piano and keyboard work has been heard on the works of Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, John Mayer, The Black Crowes, George Harrison, The Allman Brothers Band, The Indigo Girls, Blues Traveler, Train, Montgomery-Gentry, Lee Ann Womack and many, many more.  In addition to music, Chuck is also an Award-winning, Conservationist & Tree Farmer.

Cindy Morgan is a two- time Grammy nominee, a fourteen time Dove winner, and the recipient of the prestigious Songwriter of the Year trophy.  In 2024 she won her most recent Dove as a producer for the Inspirational album of the year, Turn Your Eyes by Point of Grace. An East Tennessee native, her evocative melodies and lyrics have mined the depths of life and love both in her own recording and through songwriting for noteworthy artists around the globe, including Vince Gill, India.Arie, Rascal Flatts, Amy Grant, Sandra McCracken, and Glen Campbell. Cindy released her critically acclaimed debut novel TheYear of Jubilee in April of 2023.  Cindy is a cocreator of the charitable Hymns for Hunger Tour, which has raised awareness and resources for hunger relief organizations across the globe. Cindy  has also served as an active writer and board member for the Nashville based nonprofit— Operation Song; an organization that partners professional songwriters with veterans suffering from PTSD, giving veterans the opportunity to tell their stories and find healing in the songwriting process. Cindy has two daughters and splits time living between a small town near Nashville and Holly Springs, North Carolina with her husband Jonathan. For more information visit cindymorganmusic.