{"id":109108,"date":"2023-04-27T16:01:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T20:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=109108"},"modified":"2023-04-27T16:01:18","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T20:01:18","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-wednesday-april-26th-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=109108","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Wednesday, April 26th, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Wednesday, April 26th, 2023&#8230;but before we begin, courtesy of Marcus Aurelius, here&#8217;s Jason Whitlock&#8217;s observations on Tucker&#8217;s termination:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u2019ve watched Tucker Carlson get closer, and closer to God, and get closer, and closer to understanding what\u2019s at the heart of what&#8217;s going on in America. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0SpXrVtPTS\">pic.twitter.com\/0SpXrVtPTS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhitlockJason\/status\/1650634472478441476?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item, Jim Geraghty offers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/the-disparate-interests-of-tucker-carlson-and-fox-news\/?lctg=547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20230425&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>a few facts you should have in mind when attempting to make sense of Carlson\u2019s departure<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tucker&#8230;gone?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1otTZq6UzLM?start=192\" width=\"462\" height=\"258\" 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>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We don&#8217;t normally lead off with a video, but this snippet from Jordan Peterson <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>so perfectly epitomizes the prevailing Progressive perspective<\/em><\/span> it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>deserves<\/em><\/span> top billing:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w5SleCZ1y98?start=0&amp;end=79&amp;\" width=\"462\" height=\"258\" 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>WOW!\u00a0 Watching this clip, one word came to mind:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X48G7Y0VWW4?start=28&amp;end=29&amp;\" width=\"462\" height=\"258\" 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>Next, in a story some of you might not have heard of before today, the <em>Morning Jolt\u00a0<\/em>relates&#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\/the-morning-jolt\/the-biggest-scoop-that-had-the-smallest-consequence\/?lctg=547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20230424&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\">The Biggest Scoop That Had the Smallest Consequence<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/the-biggest-scoop-that-had-the-smallest-consequence\/?lctg=547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20230424&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Immigrant-Child-Abuse Scandal That Generated Yawns<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/child-labor.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109087\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/child-labor.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/child-labor.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/child-labor-300x206.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/7jgqkz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109089\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/7jgqkz.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/7jgqkz.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/7jgqkz-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;A week ago,\u00a0<em>New York Times<\/em>\u00a0investigative reporter Hannah Dreier\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/04\/17\/us\/politics\/migrant-child-labor-biden.html?searchResultPosition=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">reported<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0that the Biden administration had ignored and downplayed repeated signs that migrant children were being widely exploited \u2014 \u201cworking overnight in slaughterhouses, replacing roofs, operating machinery in factories \u2014 all in violation of child labor laws.\u201d It was and is a massive, shocking scoop:<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><p><em>Over the past two years, more than 250,000 migrant children have come alone to the United States. Thousands of children have ended up in punishing jobs across the country \u2014 working overnight in slaughterhouses, replacing roofs, operating machinery in factories \u2014 <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all in violation of child labor laws<\/span><\/strong>, a recent\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/02\/25\/us\/unaccompanied-migrant-child-workers-exploitation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">Times investigation<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0showed. After the article\u2019s publication in February,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/02\/27\/us\/biden-child-labor.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">the White House has announced policy changes and a crackdown<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0on companies that hire children.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all along<\/span><\/strong>, there were signs of the explosive growth of this labor force and warnings that the Biden administration <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ignored or missed<\/span><\/strong>, The Times has found.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Again and again<\/span><\/strong>, veteran government staffers and outside contractors told the Health and Human Services Department, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">including<\/span><\/strong> in reports that reached Secretary Xavier Becerra, that children appeared to be at risk. The Labor Department put out <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">news releases<\/span><\/strong> noting an <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">increase in child labor<\/span><\/strong>. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Senior White House aides<\/span><\/strong> were <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">shown evidence<\/span><\/strong> of exploitation, such as clusters of migrant children who had been found <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">working with industrial equipment or caustic chemicals<\/span><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">This <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>should have been<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>should be<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, an epic <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>year-defining scandal<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. Americans have <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>intense disagreements<\/em><\/span><\/strong> about illegal immigration and what should be done in the situations of unaccompanied minors who cross the border. But <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no one<\/em><\/span> with a <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">lick of sense<\/span><\/em><\/strong>, an <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ounce of compassion<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, or an <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>iota of respect for the law<\/em><\/span><\/strong> would contend that <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>exploiting<\/em><\/span><\/strong> those poor kids in dangerous workplaces is the right answer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Any way you slice it<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, this outcome is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>just about the worst<\/em><\/span><\/strong> \u2014 <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>much worse<\/em><\/span><\/strong> than a system that catches migrant teenagers and puts them on flights or other transportation, returning them to family members in their home countries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">In fact, the\u00a0<em>Times<\/em>\u00a0found some evidence that the Biden administration <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>punished<\/em><\/span><\/strong> lower-ranking government officials who noticed and attempted to call out the problem&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;this is one of those stories that doesn\u2019t provide <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>any easy angle to blame Republicans<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. This widespread exploitation of teenagers is the result of the policies and decision-making of a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Democratic administration<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. And I think news stories that <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>don\u2019t<\/em><\/span><\/strong> offer a \u201cblame Republicans\u201d angle <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>bore<\/em><\/span><\/strong> a lot of people who need the dopamine rush of knowing that <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all problems in this world<\/em><\/span><\/strong> can be traced back to Donald Trump, or Ron DeSantis, or Kevin McCarthy, or Mitch McConnell.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">In the end, a lot of people who say they care about the abuse of migrants <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>really<\/em><\/span><\/strong> mean that they care about the abuse of migrants\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>during a Republican presidency<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. Once a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Democrat<\/em><\/span><\/strong> is in office, they just <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>assume<\/em><\/span><\/strong> everything is going fine. After all, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Democrats<\/em><\/span><\/strong> are the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>good guys<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Why is America witnessing this humiliating outrage? Because a lot more kids and teenagers came across the border than our border-security and immigration-enforcement systems could handle. It was <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span><\/strong>,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2021\/03\/25\/remarks-by-president-biden-in-press-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">as President Biden INITIALLY insisted<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>, a routine seasonal pattern: \u201cIt happens every single, solitary year: There is a significant increase in the number of people coming to the border in the winter months of January, February, March. That happens every year.\u201d With way more children and teenagers than any system could reasonably track, the U.S. government system of <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>vetting and keeping track<\/em><\/span><\/strong> of who was taking custody of these migrant children <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>broke down<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepAndyBiggsAZ\/status\/1498691224953360388\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">According to the Department of Health and Human Services<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span>, as of February 2023, out of 108,981 \u201csafety and well-being calls\u201d conducted for children discharged from the Office of Refugee Resettlement, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>17,926 sponsors could not be reached<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. Jennifer Cannistra, the deputy assistant secretary for policy at the Department of Health and Human Services,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepAndyBiggsAZ\/status\/1498691224953360388\/photo\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">stated in a letter to Representative Andy Biggs of Arizona<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span>, \u201cThere are a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>number<\/em><\/span><\/strong> of reasons why a sponsor may not answer a phone call, including not recognizing the phone number or not wishing to speak with government officials.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">It seems <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>quite likely<\/em><\/span><\/strong> that at least <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>some<\/em><\/span><\/strong> of those 17,926 sponsors who could not be reached <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>are among those who put these kids in these exploitative jobs<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice: Perhaps if 46* were to hire 80,000+ additional agents at the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">INS<\/span><\/em> rather than the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>IRS<\/em><\/span>, we might be able to get a handle on a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>REAL<\/em><\/span> problem.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, <span style=\"color: #000000;\">the hits just keep on coming, as a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on Wednesday will feature the testimony from a whistleblower who will warn lawmakers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/whistleblower-tell-house-us-govt-middleman-multi-billion-dollar-migrant-child-trafficking-op\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>the U.S. has become the &#8220;middleman&#8221; in a multi-billion dollar\u00a0migrant child trafficking\u00a0operation at the border<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings to mind not only this scene from <em>Eight Men Out<\/em>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KQveng3Wxz8\" width=\"462\" height=\"258\" 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>&#8230;but Shoeless Joe&#8217;s legendary response: &#8220;Sorry kid, but it is.&#8221;\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>second<\/em><\/span> shot of the juice: Only a child-like, ignorant naivet\u00e9&#8230;or a completely corrupt, self-serving heart&#8230;could explain how <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>anyone<\/em><\/span>\u00a0could <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>still<\/em><\/span> support this completely crooked, decidedly demented deviant.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And in a rare twofer, the <em>Jolt<\/em> goes on to record&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"nr-heading\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/the-biggest-scoop-that-had-the-smallest-consequence\/?lctg=547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20230424&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Another Biden Promise Broken<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/7jgrlh.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109090\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/7jgrlh.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/7jgrlh.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/7jgrlh-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2022\/08\/01\/remarks-by-president-biden-on-a-successful-counterterrorism-operation-in-afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>President Biden, August 1, 2022<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a>:\u00a0\u201cNow we have eliminated the emir of al-Qaeda. He will never again \u2014 never again allow Afghanistan to become a terrorist safe haven because he is gone, and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we\u2019re going to make sure<\/em><\/span><\/strong> that nothing else happens. You know, it can\u2019t be a launching pad against the United States. We\u2019re going to see to it <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that won\u2019t happen<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">This weekend, the\u00a0<em>Washington Post<\/em>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2023\/04\/22\/afghanistan-terrorism-leaked-documents\/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&amp;stream=top\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">revealed that once again<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>, an assurance from this president has <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span><\/strong> panned out:<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><p><em>Less than two years after President Biden withdrew U.S. personnel from Afghanistan, the country has become a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">significant coordination site for the Islamic State<\/span><\/strong> as the terrorist group plans attacks across Europe and Asia, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and<\/span><\/strong> conducts \u201caspirational plotting\u201d <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">against the United States<\/span><\/strong>, according to a classified Pentagon assessment that portrays the threat as a growing security concern.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The attack planning, detailed in U.S. intelligence findings leaked on the Discord messaging platform and obtained by The Washington Post, reveal <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">specific efforts<\/span><\/strong> to target embassies, churches, business centers and the FIFA World Cup soccer tournament, which drew more than 2 million spectators last summer in Qatar. Pentagon officials were aware in December of <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">nine<\/span><\/strong> such plots coordinated by ISIS leaders in Afghanistan, and the number rose to <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">fifteen<\/span><\/strong> by February, says the assessment, which has not been disclosed previously.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/04\/24\/us\/politics\/biden-2024-democrats.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>The lead story in the\u00a0New York Times\u00a0this morning<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0discusses how many Democrats have a lot of doubts about Joe Biden but are sticking with him anyway. A better Democratic Party, with more self-respect, would look at this administration\u2019s results and say, \u201cThis is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>terrible<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. His <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>allegedly<\/em><\/span><\/strong> humane immigration policies have led to an <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>explosion of migrant-child labor<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. His <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>allegedly<\/em><\/span><\/strong> smart foreign-policy moves have put us <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>right back to September 10, 2001<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, with the Taliban in power and hosting an anti-American terrorist group. He <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>said<\/em><\/span><\/strong> he would turn Saudi Arabia into a pariah and then went over there and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>gave MBS a fist-bump<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. He keeps <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>making big promises<\/em><\/span><\/strong> and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>delivering the opposite<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. We can do <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>better<\/em><\/span><\/strong> than this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">But apparently, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>it can\u2019t<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of the worst occupant ever to soil the spaces of the White House, in a forward from the <em>New York Post<\/em> via Balls Cotton, Andy McCarthy avers&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline headline--single\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/04\/24\/bidens-corruption-is-enough-to-disqualify-him-from-office-now\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Biden\u2019s corruption is enough to disqualify him from office now<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/biden-crime-family-copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109101\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/biden-crime-family-copy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/biden-crime-family-copy.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/biden-crime-family-copy-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;A little advice to Republicans overseeing the Biden investigations: Don\u2019t worry if he\u2019s a criminal. It\u2019s bad enough to be corrupt. James Comer (R-Ky.), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, has been\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/04\/23\/at-least-a-dozen-biden-relatives-will-be-exposed-in-foreign-money-deals-james-comer\/\">teasing details about his committee\u2019s Biden investigation<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>. We\u2019re led to believe that a dozen or more Biden family members \u2014 not just the president, his ne\u2019er-do-well son Hunter, and his smooth-operator brother Jim \u2014 will be implicated in the transfer of piles of foreign money into the family coffers. Comer suggests that the only rational explanation for this is that foreign regimes, including such hostile ones as Communist China, were\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/04\/24\/comer-flags-six-concerning-biden-decisions-in-biz-probe\/\">buying Biden\u2019s political influence<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">This would be shocking <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>if<\/em><\/span><\/strong> proved.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">When the Framers gave Congress the power to remove a president from office by inserting impeachment clauses in the Constitution, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>nothing<\/em><\/span><\/strong> more animated them than <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>fear of foreign corruption<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. A president whose influence and authority had been purchased through shady foreign deals, and who could thus be expected to subordinate American interests to those of anti-American powers, could <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>profoundly<\/em><\/span><\/strong> damage the United States. It is among Congress\u2019 most solemn duties to ensure that American power, especially executive power, is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>insulated<\/em><\/span><\/strong> from foreign corruption.That is why even <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>middling executive officials<\/em><\/span><\/strong> who need security clearances to do their jobs must make extensive disclosure of <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all<\/em><\/span><\/strong> their foreign contacts and transactions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">People <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>needn\u2019t be guilty of crimes<\/em><\/span><\/strong> to be denied such clearances. The rational concern that they <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>could<\/em><\/span><\/strong> be compromised is enough to wall them off from access to intelligence and national security functions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">With the Bidens, of course, there is a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>lot more than mere potential<\/em><\/span><\/strong> to be worried about. They <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>undeniably<\/em><\/span><\/strong> reaped millions of dollars, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>mainly through obscure entities patently set up to make the transfers hard to trace<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, apparently <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>without providing discernible value in goods or services to justify the breadth of the payments<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. It looks like <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>sheer influence peddling<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. We are entitled to <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>presume that it is<\/em><\/span><\/strong> unless and until an (unlikely) <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>innocent explanation<\/em><\/span><\/strong> is posited.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Wait a minute, don\u2019t they get a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>presumption<\/em><\/span><\/strong> of innocence? <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>No<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, they <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>don\u2019t<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. This is a congressional inquiry, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span><\/strong> a criminal case.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;Did President Biden and his family members rake in millions from foreign sources in a manner that is despicable? It <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>sure looks that way<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, but Comer is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>publicly<\/em><\/span><\/strong> suggesting that they are <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not only sleazy<\/em><\/span><\/strong> but <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>guilty of crimes<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. If no one is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>indicted<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, though \u2014 other than, perhaps, Hunter on comparatively minor charges \u2014 the president will <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>claim<\/em><\/span><\/strong> that he has been <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>vindicated<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0He will use Comer\u2019s public claims to argue that <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Republicans<\/em><\/span><\/strong> were wrong and that <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>he<\/em><\/span><\/strong> has done <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>nothing<\/em><\/span><\/strong> wrong.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The problem here is that our adversaries in China, among other alien governments, have lavished <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>millions of dollars<\/em><\/span><\/strong> on the president\u2019s family to buy his influence. If\u00a0<em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">that<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>is shown to be true, then he is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unfit<\/em><\/span><\/strong> to be president. Whether it is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>also<\/em><\/span><\/strong> a crime is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>beside the point<\/em><\/strong><\/span>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>third<\/em><\/span> intoxicating shot of the juice: The term &#8220;corrupt&#8221; doesn&#8217;t BEGIN to describe Joe Biden.\u00a0 There have been <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>many<\/em><\/span> corrupt presidents; TWW, WJH, FDR, LBJ, JFK, WJC all come to mind.\u00a0 BHO <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>was<\/em><\/span> corrupt, but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>primarily post-presidency<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 46*, on the other hand, has had <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>well over fifty years<\/em><\/span> in Washington to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>acuminate his skills at corruption<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 Frankly, he&#8217;s only in danger of being called to account because, like <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>so many<\/em><\/span> successful criminals, he got complacent <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> sloppy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s the reason why\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>the editors at NRO believe America doesn&#8217;t want this Biden reelection bid<\/em><\/span><\/strong><strong>.\u00a0 Too true; Unfortunately, there&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>another candidate<\/em><\/span>\u00a0&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/7jhpdh.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109098\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/7jhpdh.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/7jhpdh.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/7jhpdh-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;a majority of Americans support <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>even less<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 In all seriousness, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>how objectionably offensive must an individual be<\/em><\/span> to trail a man <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>clearly incapable of leading a book club<\/em><\/span>?!?\u00a0 And mark our words: if the Donald is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>likely<\/em><\/span> to <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/spencerbrown\/2023\/04\/25\/will-trump-refuse-to-participate-in-primary-debates-n2622402\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>avoid debating in the Republican primaries<\/em><\/span><\/a>, assuming he&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not dead<\/em><\/span> or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>certifiably non compos mentis<\/em><\/span>, there&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no way<\/em><\/span>\u00a0Basement Biden will be going anywhere\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>near<\/em><\/span> a debate in the run-up to the general election.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving on, here&#8217;s another sextet of special selections certain to pique the interest of inquiring Conservative minds:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(1). <em>Best of the Web<\/em> asks and answers the question <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/will-electric-vehicles-disappoint-you-2d3e3140?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>will electric vehicles disappoint you<\/em><\/span><\/a>?\u00a0 <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Spoiler alert<\/span><\/em>: They <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>will<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unless<\/em><\/span> you&#8217;re a well-off suburbanite with an in-home charging station using it for your daily commute or weekend errands around town.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(2). Oh, those zany &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/road-rage-shooting-caps-georgia-spring-break-chaos-at-tybee-island\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>teenagers<\/em><\/span><\/a>&#8220;!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(3). Courtesy of Nick, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>this<\/em><\/span> is the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>only way<\/em><\/span> retailers can survive in the Land of Fruits &amp; Nuts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">San Francisco Target puts entire inventory on lockdown amid shoplifting crisis <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/klzL77sp7M\">https:\/\/t.co\/klzL77sp7M<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ppvoKJp04S\">pic.twitter.com\/ppvoKJp04S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1650948522785533963?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2023<\/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>(4). If we <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ever<\/em><\/span> needed <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>another<\/em><\/span> reason not to move to Washington, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/no-reason-other-than-mass-murder-washington-governor-signs-ar-15-ban\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=31280674\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>governor Jay Inslee signed three more gun control bill on Tuesday<\/em><\/span><\/a>, none of which would have prevented a single mass killing, particularly as existing law makes strawman purchases a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>FEDERAL<\/em><\/span> crime.\u00a0 Then again, so is lying on your application to purchase a firearm.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/7jhunl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109102\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/7jhunl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/7jhunl.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/7jhunl-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>As for Inslee&#8217;s assertion &#8220;No one needs an AR-15&#8221;, we&#8217;d observe, YES, Jay, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we do<\/em><\/span>&#8230;against would-be dictators like <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>you<\/em><\/span>!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(5). Dave Rubin explains why the celebration by the horrid harpies on\u00a0<em>The View<\/em>, along with most every other Progressive on the planet, at the departure of Tucker Carlson is, to say the least, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bCVWc7zqzMo\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em> premature<\/em><\/span><\/a>, as evidenced by this tweet forwarded by Nick:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">OAN Founder Says He&#8217;d Pay Tucker Carlson $25 Million To Join Network <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4SgGHrKn6Z\">https:\/\/t.co\/4SgGHrKn6Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 zerohedge (@zerohedge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zerohedge\/status\/1650917896082604032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2023<\/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>Old Tucker is sobbing&#8230;all the way to the bank.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(6). Since we&#8217;re on the subject of premature celebrations, we have to confess we were somewhat buoyed by <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/leahbarkoukis\/2023\/04\/25\/bud-light-sales-plummet-n2622375\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Leah Barkoukis&#8217;s report Bud Light sales are down a whopping 17%<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us, appropriately enough, to <em>The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Light<\/span>er Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/MC_TitleIX_web-800x0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109073\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/MC_TitleIX_web-800x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/MC_TitleIX_web-800x0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/MC_TitleIX_web-800x0-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/afb042423dAPR-800x0-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109074\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/afb042423dAPR-800x0-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/afb042423dAPR-800x0-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/afb042423dAPR-800x0-1-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/aa-9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109065\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/aa-9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/aa-9.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/aa-9-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/aaa-9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109066\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/aaa-9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/aaa-9.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/aaa-9-300x216.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/a-12.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Image-4-25-23-at-9.08-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Image-4-25-23-at-9.08-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Image-4-25-23-at-9.08-AM-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Image-4-24-23-at-10.53-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109072\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Image-4-24-23-at-10.53-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Image-4-24-23-at-10.53-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Image-4-24-23-at-10.53-AM-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these from Speed&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Speed-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109075\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Speed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Speed-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Speed-1-300x293.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\/2023\/04\/Hickey.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109076\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Hickey.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Hickey.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Hickey-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;the lovely Shannon&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Shannon-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109077\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Shannon-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Shannon-2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Shannon-2-300x295.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Balls Cotton&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Balls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109117\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Balls.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Balls.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Balls-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Balls-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and <em>The Patriot Post<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Image-4-25-23-at-1.51-PM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109078\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Image-4-25-23-at-1.51-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Image-4-25-23-at-1.51-PM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Image-4-25-23-at-1.51-PM-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a wrap with yet another sordid story straight from the pages of <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>The Crime Blotter<\/em><\/span>, and welcome news\u00a0<\/strong><strong>at least Fort Worth law enforcement is willing to take on Antifa terrorists who doused peaceful anti-drag show protestors with pepper spray:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">(1 of 2) Video of Protest Report #230030255 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HAXzEGp6xC\">pic.twitter.com\/HAXzEGp6xC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fort Worth Police (@fortworthpd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fortworthpd\/status\/1650634205272080389?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>We were particularly touched by the pepper-sprayer crying for help like a baby while being arrested.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For more on what led to the arrests of these three beauties&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/thugs.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109064\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/thugs.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/thugs.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/thugs-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;catch <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/juliorosas\/2023\/04\/25\/fort-worth-police-release-video-of-antifa-being-arrested-after-attacking-protesters-n2622396\"><em>Julio Rosas&#8217;s account at Townhall.com<\/em><\/a><\/span>.\u00a0 We noted these domestic terrorists were heavily armed, which leads us to believe it&#8217;s only a matter of time until they lose their heads and start shooting.\u00a0 But as Inspector Callahan so sagely observed&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KMJVsyLA5Ak\" width=\"462\" height=\"258\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Video of the Day<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Stossel questions the assertions of a Marxist educated idiot. To borrow a line from Dean Yeager in <em>Ghostbusters<\/em>, this clown&#8217;s theories are the worst kind of popular tripe, his methods are sloppy and his conclusions highly questionable; He&#8217;s a POOR professor!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3Lnd2STIPXk?start=1\" width=\"462\" height=\"258\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>Tales of The Darkside<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tucker rather presciently predicts part of the reason for his termination.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z5T1pVKfJ9M\" width=\"462\" height=\"258\" 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 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>On the Lighter Side<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kvon NAILS the humorless Left!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kfiyLxPAd4s\" width=\"462\" height=\"258\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Wednesday, April 26th, 2023&#8230;but before we begin, courtesy of Marcus Aurelius, here&#8217;s Jason Whitlock&#8217;s observations on Tucker&#8217;s termination: I\u2019ve watched Tucker Carlson get closer, and closer to God, and get closer, and closer to understanding what\u2019s at the heart of what&#8217;s going on in America. pic.twitter.com\/0SpXrVtPTS \u2014 Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) April 24, 2023 In [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1988,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"no","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1988"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109108"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109154,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109108\/revisions\/109154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}