Huckabee on intel leaks: ‘Is that not treason?’

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  • “Is that not treason, when you work against your own government?” Huckabee said.
  • “I don’t understand why there isn’t a great outrage over the leaking of information out of the highest levels of US intelligence,” he said.

“I don’t understand why there isn’t a great outrage over the leaking of information out of the highest levels of US intelligence,” Huckabee, whose daughter is an aide to President Donald Trump, told radio host Laura Ingraham.

Huckabee continued, “This is of grave concern, because if people who are supposed to be guarding our secrets are letting them go — Laura, I hate to use this word, but I don’t know what else to use — is that not treason? Is that not treason, when you work against your own government?”

The former governor also criticized Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham for comparing House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes to Inspector Clouseau from the Pink Panther.

“I’m very disappointed in Lindsey,” Huckabee said. “I sometimes wonder what uniform he puts on each morning when goes out to the field to play, and I’m not just talking about the partisan uniform.”

“But I think to bring that kind of criticism and to call the chairman of the House Intel Committee — who is a person of integrity — to call him Inspector Clouseau, to use those kind of terms basically to diminish him, it’s very unfortunate, it’s demeaning, and frankly it just makes no sense,” Huckabee added. “He ought to be calling Devin Nunes and saying, ‘Congressman what do you have? Tell me what you know that you can tell me about, because we need to find out if there’s something going on here that is nefarious.'”

What’s on Netflix and Amazon in April

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Bill Nye the Science Guy tackles various topics from a scientific perspective in his new Netflix series “Bill Nye Saves the World,” debuting in April. Here’s at look at more of what’s new in the streaming world.

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“The Get Down” Season 2: Baz Luhrmann and his team take on the emergence of hip hop in New York City in the 1970s in this musical series returning for its sophomore season. (Netflix)

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“Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On”: Actress Rashida Jones is one of the producers of this series based on the documentary about the porn industry. (Netflix)

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“Chelsea” Season 2: Chelsea Handler returns with a new season of her comedy and culture talk show.(Netflix)

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“Louis C.K. 2017”: The comic and TV star talks religion, eternal love, giving dogs drugs, email fights and more in a live performance from Washington, D.C. (Netflix)

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“An American Tail”: Fievel Mousekewitz and his family immigrate to the United States from Russia in this beloved animated film. (Netflix)

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“Kubo and the Two Strings“: This Academy Award-nominated animated film follows a young boy searching for a magical suit his father wore. (Netflix)

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“Dear White People” Season 1: Based on the movie of the same name, this series revolves around a diverse group of students trying to navigate life at a predominately white university. (Netflix)

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“Tropic Thunder”: A group of actors filming a war movie end up having to become soldiers in this comedy. (Netflix)

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“Bosch” season 3: Titus Welliver plays LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch in this drama. (Amazon Prime)

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“Almost Famous”: Kate Hudson and Patrick Fugit star in this film about a teenage journalist writing for Rolling Stone magazine in the early 1970s. (Amazon Prime, Hulu)

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“Chaplin”: Robert Downey Jr. won critical acclaim playing silent movie star Charlie Chaplin in this 1992 movie. (Amazon Prime, Hulu)

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“Eddie Murphy Raw”: Eddie Murphy’s epic stand up special is still a fan favorite years later. (Amazon Prime, Hulu)

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“Tommy Boy”: David Spade and Chris Farley star in this 1995 comedy about a slow-witted auto parts company heir trying to save his company. (Amazon Prime,Hulu)

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“Election”: Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon star in this 1999 dark comedy about a high school election. (Amazon Prime)

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“Mulholland Falls”: John Malkovich, Nick Nolte, Chazz Palminteri, and Treat Williams star in this thriller about a special crime squad of the LAPD investigating the murder of a young woman in the 1950s. (Amazon Prime, Hulu)

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“Saturday Night Fever”: Donna Pescow and John Travolta both want a better life for themselves beyond their New York City neighborhood in this classic film that gave the world a killer soundtrack. (Amazon Prime, Hulu)

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“Kiss the Girls”: Ashley Judd stars as a woman abducted by a serial killed in this 1997 thriller. (Amazon Prime, Hulu)

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“Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo”: Rob Schneider and Marlo Thomas star in this comedy about an aquarium cleaner who becomes a gigolo. (Hulu)

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“Days of Thunder”: Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman were still a real life couple when they starred in this race car driving film. (Amazon Prime, Hulu)

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“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” : Matthew Broderick found stardom in this now iconic comedy about a high school student who plays hooky. (Hulu)

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“RoboCop” : Peter Weller stars in this 1987 thriller about a wounded police officer who returns to the force as a cyborg. (Amazon Prime, Hulu)

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“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” : Rose Byrne and Oprah Winfrey star in this drama based on the best-selling nonfiction book about a woman whose cells are still being used in medical research. (HBO Now)

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“Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie” : Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders reprise their roles as Patsy and Edwina in this comedy based on Saunders hit TV show. (HBO Now)

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“Kicks” : Christopher Jordan Wallace, Christopher Meyer, and Jahking Guillory star in this drama about a teen on a mission to get his beloved sneakers back. (HBO Now)

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“War Dogs”: Miles Teller and Jonah Hill star as unlikely arms dealers in this crime drama which was based on a true story. (HBO Now)

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“Suicide Squad” : Will Smith and Margot Robbie are part of an ensemble cast in this comic book adaptation. (HBO Now)

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“French Fields”: This lighthearted empty nester Brit-com stars beloved actors Julia McKenzie and Anton Rodgers about a couple who decide to move to France. (Acorn TV)

Dear lupus, I want me back

It’s an autoimmune disease where the body’s immune system becomes hyperactive and attacks healthy tissue. It can cause damage to many parts of body such as joints, skin, kidneys, heart, lungs, blood vessels and the brain. Lupus is one of the most complicated and cruelest autoimmune diseases. Simply put: It’s difficult to diagnose, hard to live with and challenging to treat.

If I could write a letter to lupus, I would say “I want me back, I’ve had enough.”

As a junior at Kent State University, I felt like I was on top of the world. I went to a great school, I was doing exactly what I love (journalism), and then on September 11, 2001, I began to get unexplained illnesses one after another.

Eventually, I landed in a hospital bed with an IV pumping a cocktail of drugs meant to cure “a series of infections” ravaging my body. When I finally felt reasonable enough to go to class, I couldn’t remember things. My essays, as one professor told me, suddenly “read like ramblings.” I wasn’t me.

In April of 2014 Lauren Lee spent time in the hospital getting infusions to help deal with a flare up of Lupus. A flare is a period of heightened disease activity.

That semester, I ended up taking incompletes in all of my classes. My doctors and professors declared I was overwhelmed with catching up in my classes and the anxiety of it all consumed me. Little did I know that it would be a decade later before I would officially find out it was really systemic lupus erythematosus.

My diagnosis came as I was entering what I considered the magical part of my life. I had married, had a beautiful daughter and was working my dream job (CNN) and finally felt like I was walking in my purpose.

Abnormal levels of waste can build up in the blood, and edema is often the first sign of lupus nephritis.

I began to have horrific migraines, excruciating nerve pain down my left arm, and bruises and rashes started to appear more and more often. Initially, I thought I was just tired and it was the allergies and the bruises. I simply attributed it to being anemic.

This was until my esophagus began to feel as if it was closing up. I went to a physician, and he said I had a tumor on the shoulder and that must be causing everything I was feeling.

When I went to the surgical oncologist, she said “it’s not cancer” and referred me to an amazing internist.

I had already gone through the gamut of diagnoses: leukemia, thoracic outlet syndrome, sarcoidosis. I was completely over the diagnosis portion of the process. My life had become work, bed and repeat. They ran multiple tests. I remember the appointment like it was yesterday.

When I came back in for my follow-up, I was told I had lupus. A disease that has no cure. To me, that diagnosis was not a death sentence, but a sentence to feel the way that I felt at the moment for the rest of my life. I felt pain, I felt exhausted and I was not me.

Having lupus has been like having a horrific hangover while doing two-a-day workouts — #exhausting.

No one knows what is wrong unless you tell them. There is no escaping the pain, and the only way out is to sleep or die. I’ve felt like lupus at times has sucked the life out of me. It’s shifted my priorities, taken away many of the things I love because I’m stuck in a holding pattern just treating the symptoms. Never being cured.

Fighting this disease has been no easy ride.

The disease has affected my brain, GI system, lungs and heart. I take twelve medications to get through the day.

Those drugs include chemotherapy, an antimalarial, a beta-blocker, an anticonvulsant, chemotherapy and a monthly infusion of a biological drug. Only one of these drugs is specifically meant to treat lupus.

When people see me, they always say, “You don’t look sick.”

This has sort of been a gift and a curse for me. On one hand, I didn’t want people to look at me as if I had a disability. On the other, I wanted people to know what I’ve been able to accomplish in spite of the disease. It’s an invisible fight for me, but now is my time to make some noise so we can find a cure. If no one is aware of my struggle, we can’t get there.

I want me back, and I’ve realized that every breath I take is blessed with a responsibility. A responsibility to raise awareness about life with lupus and the need for a cure. Every day, this is what keeps me going.

Lupus is one of America’s least recognized major diseases, although 1.5 million Americans are living with it.

Research is not keeping pace with the research for other diseases of similar scope and devastation. A study conducted by the Lupus Foundation of America found 72% of Americans from 18 to 34 (those most at risk for lupus) have either not heard about lupus or know nothing more than the name.

In the past century, only one drug has been developed and approved to treat the disease. With the ebbs and flows of the economy, this disease has taken the backseat to research investment priorities.

The Lupus Foundation of America is the oldest and largest nonprofit organization focused on improving quality of life and finding a cure for lupus. To find out more information about the disease or to make a contribution, head over to lupus.org.

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