{"id":105449,"date":"2022-11-29T13:45:45","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T18:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=105449"},"modified":"2022-11-29T13:45:50","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T18:45:50","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-monday-november-28th-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=105449","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Monday, November 28th, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Monday, November 28th, 2022&#8230;but before we begin, a question and a comment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First, the question: N<\/strong><strong>ow that he&#8217;s proved about as popular in Pennsylvania as the Army of Northern Virginia (which spent about as much time in the state and had as valid a claim to residency as he did), how much more of Dr. Oz do you thinks Keystone Staters will see?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Second, Donald Trump is political poison.\u00a0 As demonstrated repeatedly, from his celebration of Republican senate losses&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Celebrating losing what would have been a crucial senate seat pick up even as odds the GOP takes a majority fade away. \ud83e\udde2 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9HUSf1xnHM\">pic.twitter.com\/9HUSf1xnHM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cernovich (@Cernovich) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cernovich\/status\/1590205185439453184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;to his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-deems-kanye-west-seriously-troubled-man-just-happens-black-mar-a-lago-trip-fallout\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">entertainment of unrepentant racists<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>, the man is a toxin which grows more lethal with every passing day.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>As Dan McLaughlin noted at <em>NRO<\/em>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/these-exit-polls-show-how-toxic-trump-is-now\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">These Exit Polls Show How Toxic Trump Is Now<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/trump.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105437\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/trump.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/trump.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/trump-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Donald Trump announced his 2024 presidential campaign Tuesday night, heavy with the odor of a man fighting the last war.<\/span> But politics is all about matching the man to the moment. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">Trump\u2019s moment was six years ago.<\/span> The nation\u2019s voters have moved on, and if early signs are any indication, Republican primary voters are ready to consider doing so as well.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">The 2022 midterms were about as decisive a failure for Trump as it was possible for them to be.<\/span> Consider, as one item of evidence, the exit polls. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">Exit polls are not perfect; even though they\u00a0<em>should<\/em>\u00a0have the advantage over other polls of polling only people who actually voted, they still have their known biases and shortcomings.<\/span> Still, they are the only evidence we get of who voted for whom and why at the time of the actual election, and when they deliver messages in bold, screaming letters, we should listen.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022-Trump-Unpopular-Exits-copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105426\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022-Trump-Unpopular-Exits-copy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022-Trump-Unpopular-Exits-copy.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022-Trump-Unpopular-Exits-copy-224x300.png 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">A key question: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>28 percent<\/em><\/span> of voters said they were casting their ballots to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>oppose<\/em><\/span> Trump, while only <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>16 percent<\/em><\/span> said they were casting votes to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>support<\/em><\/span> Trump.<\/span> Thus, the anti-Trump voters outnumbered the pro-Trump voters by 75 percent. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">If you run the numbers, Democrats won 59.3 percent of the combined vote of the two groups.<\/span> If both groups had stayed home, by contrast, the remaining 58 percent of voters who said that Trump was not a factor in their vote broke 58 percent to 40 percent for Republicans \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a whopping 18-point win that would have satisfied even the wildest fantasies of the Big Red Tsunami<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">The same story appears in race after race.<\/span> In 16 of the 19 races polled, voters who cast their ballots without reference to Trump made up a majority, between 51 and 56 percent of the vote. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">In the other three (the North Carolina Senate race and the two Arizona races), they were just under half.<\/span> In 18 out of 19 races, those voters supported the Republican candidate, frequently by wide margins. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">Among voters who didn\u2019t cast a ballot with Trump in mind, Kari Lake won by 36 points, Blake Masters by 28, Adam Laxalt by 22, Don Bolduc by 19, Tim Michels by 17, Tudor Dixon and Dr. Oz by seven apiece, and Herschel Walker by six.<\/span> Only Doug Mastriano was a bad enough candidate to lose on his own merits. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">But in each of those races, the anti-Trump voters swamped the pro-Trump voters by a wide enough margin to cancel that out.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Does Donald Trump add votes to the Republican Party?<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Sure.<\/span> But he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>subtracts more than he adds<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">Without him, 2022 would have been much more about Joe Biden, and things would have gone very differently.<\/span> 2024 doesn\u2019t have to be that way.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>As the <em>Journal<\/em>&#8216;s Kim Strassel observed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-gops-wake-up-election-donald-trump-announcement-republicans-vote-2024-2016-president-mar-a-lago-florida-campaign-11668714655\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>the 2022 midterms should have served as a wake-up call<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong><strong>\u00a0for both the GOP <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> diehard Trumpeteers: If it wasn\u2019t clear before, it is now:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KmKOVdAGtzM?start=12&amp;end=13&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>At the same time victories for Trump&#8217;s anointed are not only <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span> inevitable, but increasingly unlikely, the man who seriously stated the night of November 7th,\u00a0\u201cIf they win, I should get all the credit, and if they lose, I should not be blamed at all\u201d continues to make himself evermore unelectable.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>His narcissism and ego will not allow him to appreciate the truth related by Marc Thiessen: &#8220;In 2020, voters didn&#8217;t reject <em>Trumpism<\/em>, they rejected <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Trump<\/em><\/span>.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>So, at the risk of losing friends and readers, here&#8217;s the juice: The Donald served a purpose in 2016.\u00a0 He can still serve a purpose in the future by campaigning on behalf of the eventual Republican nominee for President.\u00a0 However, if history is any guide, he&#8217;s incapable of acting in the interests of anyone but himself, so he needs to go.\u00a0 And the sooner the better.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A lot can happen between now and the Republican primaries, and Mike Pompeo would make an excellent President.\u00a0 But Ron DeSantis made history by winning Miami-Dade County, a feat no Republican has achieved in two decades, and he did it without the dubious assistance of The Donald.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>As we&#8217;ve observed before, anyone who thinks Trump is still the solution doesn&#8217;t understand the nature of the problem.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><noscript>Watch the latest video at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\" class=\"broken_link\">foxnews.com<\/a><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, since we&#8217;re on the subject of those with a limited understanding of the nature of the problem&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Montana voted to let babies die. Let that sink in. All this would have done is force doctors to give care to a living human baby, including if they\u2019re born alive after an abortion. What a dark, horrific day. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TTrxB5B152\">pic.twitter.com\/TTrxB5B152<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robbystarbuck\/status\/1590714379997442048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>We know many ballot questions are horribly worded, but&#8230;C&#8217;MON MAN!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next,\u00a0<em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Charlie Cooke is right to be concerned&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/11\/when-journalists-become-speech-police\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=WIR%20-%20Sunday%202022-11-27&amp;utm_term=WIR-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">When Journalists Become Speech Police<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/11\/when-journalists-become-speech-police\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=WIR%20-%20Sunday%202022-11-27&amp;utm_term=WIR-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Too many in the media now seek to neuter free expression in the name of saving it<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/free-speech-3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105460\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/free-speech-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/free-speech-3.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/free-speech-3-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"small_caps\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Call<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>\u00a0it Cooke\u2019s First Law: Whatever the story, however complex its details, members of the American press will react by announcing who must be forbidden to speak going forward.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">That is what too many journalists are now \u2014 not firefighters, not mediators, not conveyors of vital information, but zealous obscurantists staffing would-be censorship agencies.<\/span> In comes the news, and, within minutes, out comes the latest justification for shutting everyone up. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A mentally ill homeless man attacks Nancy Pelosi\u2019s husband with a hammer?<\/span> That\u2019s the Republican Party\u2019s fault\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/10\/29\/paul-pelosi-attack-republicans-target\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">for running political ads<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0against Pelosi \u2014 and it must stop. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A disturbed man shoots up a gay club in Colorado Springs, Colo.?<\/span> That\u2019s the fault of Americans who\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/opinion\/story\/2022-11-20\/colorado-springs-club-q-shooting-republican-anti-gay-politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">object to drag shows for kindergartners<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0\u2014 and they must be quiet. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Elon Musk plans to moderate Twitter with a lighter hand? That will\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/11\/18\/opinion\/twitter-yoel-roth-elon-musk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">cause<\/a>\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/11\/18\/opinion\/twitter-yoel-roth-elon-musk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">\u201chavoc<\/a><\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2022\/11\/24\/twitter-musk-reverses-suspensions\/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=wp_main\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">put lives at risk<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 and it must be prevented at all costs.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>C. S. Lewis once observed that \u201cit would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.\u201d <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">So it is here<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Last week, the\u00a0<em>Times<\/em>\u2019 Michelle Goldberg\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/11\/21\/opinion\/colorado-springs-shooting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">conceded at the outset<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0of her piece on the shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs that \u201cthe police are still investigating the motive.\u201d <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">And then, having duly covered her ass with that caveat, she proceeded merrily along as if there were no need to wait for the facts of the case to be determined.<\/span> Throwing caution to the wind, Goldberg proposed that because \u201cwe <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>know<\/em><\/span> that the suspect is facing hate crime charges, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> that the attack took place in a climate of escalating anti-gay and anti-trans violence and threats of violence,\u201d she could write the column she\u2019d wanted to write all along. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Among the causes of the \u201centirely predictable\u201d massacre, Goldberg insisted, were \u201cthe right,\u201d Chris Rufo, Florida legislators, \u201cGov. Ron DeSantis\u2019s press secretary,\u201d \u201cQAnon,\u201d \u201cRepublicans and Republican-aligned groups,\u201d the \u201cProud Boys and other demonstrators,\u201d \u201cRepublican congresswoman Lauren Boebert,\u201d \u201cThe Daily Wire\u2019s Matt Walsh,\u201d and \u201cBen Shapiro.\u201d<\/span> These people, groups, and phenomena, Goldberg concluded, \u201cdon\u2019t get to duck responsibility <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>if<\/em><\/span> a sick man with a gun took them seriously.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">That \u201cif\u201d is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>pretty important<\/em><\/span>, though, isn\u2019t it?<\/span> In the\u00a0<em>Times<\/em>\u2019 op-ed on free speech, the editors complained that \u201cmany Americans are understandably confused, then, about what they can say and where they can say it.\u201d <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">And so they are!<\/span> Which, in no small part, is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>because<\/em><\/span> writers at outlets such as the\u00a0<em>Times<\/em>\u00a0feel entirely comfortable constructing lists of people who are presumptively to blame for crimes that do not, at the point at which those lists are constructed,<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em> even have a clearly established motive<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">If the editorial board of the\u00a0<em>Times<\/em>\u00a0really is as concerned about free expression as it insists it is, it will take the log out of its own eye and stop playing this game, for what Michelle Goldberg did last week was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>by no means an anomaly<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> In 2011, the\u00a0<em>Times\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">repeatedly<\/span><\/em> blamed Sarah Palin for the shooting of Gabby Giffords, only to discover later on that there was\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/06\/14\/opinion\/steve-scalise-congress-shot-alexandria-virginia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">no connection between the two<\/a><\/em><\/span><em>\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>at all<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">In 2016, the\u00a0<em>Times<\/em>\u00a0pulled the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">same trick<\/span><\/em> with the shooting at Pulse\u00ad \u2014 among the attack\u2019s contributing \u201cfactors,\u201d\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/06\/14\/opinion\/what-donald-trump-gets-wrong-about-orlando.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">the editorial board contended<\/a><\/em><\/span>, was \u201ca vicious and virulent homophobia\u201d \u2014 only to learn that the killer had\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/noor-salman-pulse-massacre-wrong_n_5ac29ebae4b04646b6454dc2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">chosen the venue at random<\/a><\/em><\/span>.<\/span> The most recent editorial that the board has published \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>literally<\/em><\/span>, the last thing it has said at the time I\u2019m writing this \u2014 is that the 2022 \u201ccampaign season was marked by numerous incidents in which many Republicans used\u00a0<a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/07\/21\/us\/drag-lgbtq-rights-race-deconstructed-newsletter-reaj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">speech<\/a>\u00a0that has been <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>linked to violence<\/em><\/span>.\u201d <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Linked<\/em><\/span>, one must ask, by\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>whom<\/em><\/span>?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>This is a pernicious practice. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Now, as ever, America plays host to enough firebrand public speakers and enough unhinged criminal actors that it will always be possible for cynics to draw weak lines between the two.<\/span> The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>most clear-cut connection<\/em><\/span> between heated rhetoric and violent action in recent years was between the Democratic Party\u2019s anti-Republican rhetoric and the attempted massacre of Republican lawmakers at a baseball field in Virginia. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">And do you know what that incident taught us?<\/span> What it suggested about the Democratic Party? <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">What it demanded of our political culture?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Nothing<\/em><\/span>, that\u2019s what. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">What happened in <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">that<\/span><\/em> case was the fault of the gunman, and the gunman <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>alone<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> The United States is an enormous, diverse, rambunctious country, with a constitutional order that allows for vibrant civic debate, and to demand that the participants in that debate silence themselves because, somewhere out there, a madman may lie in wait, is to neuter free expression in the name of saving it. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Once upon a time, American journalists understood that.<\/span> Today, too many of them stand in line with the rest of the cynics and the poltroons, warning that it\u2019s a bad idea to pick a fight with a man who buys red ink by the barrel.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Journalists deal in facts, columnists offer opinions; Progressives would have you believe the MSM offers the former in both forums, when in reality it&#8217;s the latter&#8230;and inexpert opinions at that.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving on, here&#8217;s a sextet of special selections certain to pique the interest of inquiring Conservative minds:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(1). <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/leahbarkoukis\/2022\/11\/23\/nhl-goes-woke-n2616310\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>The NHL having just demonstrated a complete disregard for its fan base<\/em><\/span><\/a>, we&#8217;re adding them to the roster of professional sports we refuse to support in any way, shape or form&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&lt;1% of people woke up wondering what hockey thought of transgenders.And yet major U.S. brands continue to virtue signal to a minuscule percent of the country on LGBTQ &amp; race-related topics.<\/p>\n<p>While the majority country finds these messages unnecessary and annoying grandstanding. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aJ11LJJOVJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/aJ11LJJOVJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bobby Burack (@burackbobby_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/burackbobby_\/status\/1595243074459926528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8230;a boycott which now, given the shirt sported by its coach&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Gregg-Berhalter5-copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105439\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Gregg-Berhalter5-copy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Gregg-Berhalter5-copy.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Gregg-Berhalter5-copy-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8230;includes the U.S. men&#8217;s soccer team.\u00a0 Which isn&#8217;t, of course, any big deal, as we&#8217;ve never watched a soccer match in our life.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(2). In an incredibly ironic twist, a key advocate for sweeping changes to the D.C. criminal code which included reduced sentences for convicted felons\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/washington-dc-man-helped-pass-criminal-code-overhaul-shot-killed\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>was shot and killed in the city November 15th on his way home from work as a security guard<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, mere hours the bill was passed<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(3).\u00a0Boston\u00a0city officials\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/retail\/boston-officials-accuse-walgreens-racism-closing-some-stores\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>have accused Walgreens of racism after the pharmacy giant said it would be closing three stores in primarily Black and Hispanic neighborhoods<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson claimed corporations have long &#8220;treated Black, brown and working-class communities as though we are second-class citizens.&#8221;\u00a0 Hey, problem solved!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(4). In a related item, just when you thought Progressives couldn&#8217;t chalk anything else up to &#8220;historical and persistent forms of structural racism&#8221;, an article at <em>CNN<\/em> claims\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/daylight-savings-time-disproportionately-impacts-communities-color-insists-cnn-article\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Daylight Savings Time disproportionately impacts communities of color<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Yeah,&#8230;whatever.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(5). Just so we&#8217;re clear on the nature of the enemy with which Ukrainian forces are dealing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/leader-of-kremlin-backed-mercenary-group-voices-approval-for-brutal-bludgeoning-of-deserter-with-sledgehammer\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>the leader of\u00a0a Kremlin-backed\u00a0mercenary group voiced his approval for the brutal, sledgehammer bludgeoning death of a recruit who deserted to Ukraine<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(6). And in yet another in a lengthy list of utterly meaningless &#8220;firsts&#8221;,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/brown-universitys-olivia-pichardo-becomes-the-first-woman-to-make-division-i-baseball-roster\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Brown University\u00a0<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><em>freshman<\/em><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><em> Olivia Pichardo became the first &#8220;woman&#8221; on a Division I men&#8217;s baseball roster<\/em><\/span><\/a>, confirming when it&#8217;s convenient for their narrative, Progressives <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>do indeed<\/em><\/span> know what a woman is.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us, appropriately enough, to <em>The Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/climate.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105429\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/climate.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/climate.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/climate-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/gv112622dAPR-800x0.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105430\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/gv112622dAPR-800x0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/gv112622dAPR-800x0.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/gv112622dAPR-800x0-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/sk111722dAPR-800x0.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105431\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/sk111722dAPR-800x0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/sk111722dAPR-800x0.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/sk111722dAPR-800x0-300x246.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/sk112722dAPR-800x0.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105432\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/sk112722dAPR-800x0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/sk112722dAPR-800x0.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/sk112722dAPR-800x0-300x233.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thm_mccarthy_300-800x0.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105433\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thm_mccarthy_300-800x0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thm_mccarthy_300-800x0.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thm_mccarthy_300-800x0-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MC_PardonTurkey_web-800x0.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105438\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MC_PardonTurkey_web-800x0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MC_PardonTurkey_web-800x0.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MC_PardonTurkey_web-800x0-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Image-11-17-22-at-4.31-PM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105434\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Image-11-17-22-at-4.31-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Image-11-17-22-at-4.31-PM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Image-11-17-22-at-4.31-PM-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Image-11-18-22-at-9.36-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105435\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Image-11-18-22-at-9.36-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Image-11-18-22-at-9.36-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Image-11-18-22-at-9.36-AM-240x300.jpeg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these holiday-themed offerings from the lovely Shannon&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/shannon1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105461\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/shannon1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/shannon1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/shannon1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/shannon1-300x298.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Shannon2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105464\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Shannon2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Shannon2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Shannon2-235x300.png 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/shannon3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105465\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/shannon3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/shannon3.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/shannon3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/shannon3-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;as well as these from Balls Cotton&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Balls2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105441\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Balls2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Balls2-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Balls2-1-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/balls1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105442\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/balls1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/balls1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/balls1-259x300.png 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Speed&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Speed1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105462\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Speed1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Speed1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Speed1-300x221.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Speed2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105463\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Speed2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Speed2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Speed2-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Ed Hickey&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hickey1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105443\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hickey1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hickey1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hickey1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hickey1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and Fielding:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Fielding.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105445\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Fielding.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Fielding.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Fielding-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a wrap with the <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Sports Section<\/em><\/span>, as we learn&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/legendary-basketball-coach-tara-vanderveer-takes-issue-how-popular-gymnast-olivia-dunne-earns-nil-deals\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Legendary basketball coach Tara VanDerveer takes issue with how popular gymnast Olivia Dunne earns NIL deals<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/TVD-Olivia-Dunne-copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105411\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/TVD-Olivia-Dunne-copy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/TVD-Olivia-Dunne-copy.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/TVD-Olivia-Dunne-copy-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Legendary\u00a0Stanford women\u2019s basketball\u00a0coach Tara VanDerveer took issue with how LSU gymnast Olivia Dunne was earning big bucks in name, image and likeness (NIL) sponsorships. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Dunne, a junior going into the 2023 season, has one of the largest social media followings of any collegiate athlete across any sport male or female.<\/span> She reportedly earns around $2 million with various sponsorships such as the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/sports\/lsu-gymnast-olivia-dunne-activewear-company\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">activewear brand Vuori,<\/a>\u00a0American Eagle and Planet Fuel. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Dunne is also signed to one of the biggest agencies in WME Sports.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>VanDerveer, a staunch supporter of women\u2019s rights who was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, said she saw the trend as a &#8220;step back&#8221; for female athletes.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Dunne told the paper she is proud of what she has been able to accomplish with the floodgates opening for NIL deals.<\/span> &#8220;Seven figures,&#8221; she said. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">&#8220;That is something I&#8217;m proud of.<\/span> Especially since I&#8217;m a woman in college sports. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">There are no professional leagues for most women&#8217;s sports after college.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sounds to us like sour grapes&#8230;from a wrinkled old prune!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>Video of the Day<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Part II of John Stossel&#8217;s expos\u00e9 of the fantasy world that is electric vehicles.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p 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