{"id":109905,"date":"2023-05-28T14:42:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-28T18:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=109905"},"modified":"2023-05-28T14:42:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T18:42:05","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-may-26th-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=109905","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, May 26th, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, May 26th, 2023&#8230;but before we begin, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>finally<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fhch9skg6V8?start=45&amp;end=47&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><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-25-23-at-5.25-PM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109895\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-25-23-at-5.25-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-25-23-at-5.25-PM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-25-23-at-5.25-PM-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>May the best man&#8230;that would <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>clearly<\/em><\/span> be Ron DeSantis&#8230;win!\u00a0 You can help support the best-qualified candidate in the Republican field by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/rondesantis.com\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>here<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By the way, if you can tell a lot about a man by his friends, his enemies&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7n5w4s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109911\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7n5w4s.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7n5w4s.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7n5w4s-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;speak volumes!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, Andy McCarthy explains why an&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<header class=\"article-header article-header--full\">\n<div class=\"article-header__inner\">\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2023\/05\/obstruction-indictment-may-be-imminent-in-trumps-mar-a-lago-case\/?bypass_key=eFN6VWtGak9QOUNJQUhmWk13ZmVEUT09OjpSbEVyUzA4eU5EQTViREJLV0Vka1NURnNiVk5SVVQwOQ%3D%3D&amp;lctg=547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202023-05-24&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">Obstruction Indictment May Be Imminent in Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago Case<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2023\/05\/obstruction-indictment-may-be-imminent-in-trumps-mar-a-lago-case\/?bypass_key=eFN6VWtGak9QOUNJQUhmWk13ZmVEUT09OjpSbEVyUzA4eU5EQTViREJLV0Vka1NURnNiVk5SVVQwOQ%3D%3D&amp;lctg=547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202023-05-24&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">How a case that was originally about the mishandling of classified information became about misleading a federal grand jury<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #800080;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7n5c6f.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109893\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7n5c6f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7n5c6f.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7n5c6f-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"drop\">&#8220;H<\/span><span class=\"small_caps\">ow<\/span>\u00a0could Trump <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>do<\/em><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em> it<\/em><\/span><\/strong>? How could someone who sat in the Oval Office, responsible for national security, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>be so recklessly irresponsible<\/em><\/span><\/strong> with the nation\u2019s defense secrets?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>This<\/em><\/span><\/strong> was the sort of <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>hair-on-fire stuff<\/em><\/span><\/strong> we heard from the media\u2013Democratic complex for five months, beginning with last summer\u2019s shocking FBI search of the former president\u2019s Mar-a-Lago estate. Did Trump sell classified information to China? Or did he just hand it off to his old pal Vlad Putin . . . or maybe even Nick Fuentes! It continued, day after day, court proceeding after court proceeding,\u00a0<em>Washington Post<\/em>\u00a0after\u00a0<em>New York Times<\/em>\u00a0after CNN. Right up until the calendar turned to 2023.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">That\u2019s when we suddenly learned . . . <em>drumroll<\/em> . . .\u00a0<em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">that Joe Biden<\/span><\/strong> had been illegally hoarding classified information <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">for decades<\/span><\/strong><\/em>, from his time in the Senate through his time as Obama administration vice president. He\u2019d stored such information at <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>location after location<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, from his <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>private office<\/em><\/span><\/strong> to his <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>private den<\/em><\/span><\/strong> to his <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>private garage<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Only <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>then<\/em><\/span><\/strong> did we hear that, well, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>whaddya know<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, it turns out to be <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>very, very difficult<\/em><\/span><\/strong> to keep track of all these top-secret papers in a busy pol\u2019s chaotic exit from high public office to the complex \u201cprivate\u201d world of leveraging political influence for Chinese cash. It\u2019s not <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>easy<\/em><\/span><\/strong> being \u201c<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/11\/29\/joe-biden-expected-10-percent-cut-in-deal-with-a-chinese-giant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">the big guy<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Biden\u2019s<\/em><\/span><\/strong> little problem prompted a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>major overhaul at the Justice Department<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, which had been cruising toward a Trump\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/uscode\/text\/18\/793\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">Espionage Act<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0indictment (the lead crime \u2014 mishandling national-defense information \u2014 in its Mar-a-Lago search warrant).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Suddenly<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, there was <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no more chatter<\/em><\/span><\/strong> about how condemnable Trump was for keeping over 300 classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, some of them at the highest levels of secrecy that could do grave damage to national security if mishandled \u2014 just like Biden\u2019s haul. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Suddenly<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, the Trump documents-retention case was <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no longer<\/em><\/span><\/strong> a documents-retention case.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Presto<\/span><\/strong>: The Trump <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">documents<\/span><\/strong> case became the Trump <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">grand-jury-obstruction case<\/span><\/strong>.<\/em>\u00a0We started pointing this out to you in February (see\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/presto-trumps-classified-dox-probe-is-suddenly-a-grand-jury-obstruction-probe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"dynamic-link\">here<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2023\/02\/subpoena-of-trumps-lawyer-confirms-classified-docs-probe-is-now-an-obstruction-probe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"dynamic-link\">here<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>), and have offered periodic reminders ever since (see, e.g.,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/mar-a-lago-documents-investigation-is-an-obstruction-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"dynamic-link\">here<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2023\/03\/as-world-waits-on-manhattan-da-judge-orders-trump-lawyer-to-testify-in-mar-a-lago-obstruction-probe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"dynamic-link\">here<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>, and\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/federal-appeals-court-rejects-trump-stay-request-ordering-his-lawyer-to-provide-information-on-mar-a-lago-to-special-counsel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"dynamic-link\">here<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">There are now signs that an indictment <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>could be imminent<\/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.wsj.com\/articles\/special-counsel-is-wrapping-up-trump-mar-a-lago-probe-99cd2517\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">The\u00a0Wall Street Journal\u00a0reports<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0that Special Counsel Jack Smith has <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>completed<\/em><\/span><\/strong> the investigative phase of his Mar-a-Lago inquiry, and is at the point of deciding whether (more like <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>when<\/em><\/span><\/strong>) to indict Trump. The former president\u2019s lawyers have dashed off a\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/trump-garland-classified-documents-investigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">letter to Biden\u2019s attorney general, Merrick Garland, demanding a meeting<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>, which suggests they believe Smith is poised to file charges.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;At first, it seemed that Biden\u2019s misadventures with classified intelligence\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/magazine\/2023\/02\/20\/bidens-classified-documents-scandal-will-save-trump-from-his\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"dynamic-link\">might make it politically impossible to charge Trump<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0with any crimes arising out of his document retention at Mar-a-Lago. But the Democrats\u2019 progressive base zealously wants Trump to be charged, and Biden is not in the habit of denying the base. Smith has thus homed in on a narrow path for distinguishing the Biden and Pence situations from Trump\u2019s: While they cooperated with the government\u2019s efforts to locate and return the secret intelligence to its proper files, Trump <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>fought<\/em><\/span><\/strong> the government <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all the way<\/span><\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0<em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Obstruction<\/span><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Consequently, the most important document in the Mar-a-Lago case <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>does not<\/em><\/span><\/strong> bear classified markings; it bears the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>raised seal of a federal grand-jury subpoena<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. The Trump case is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no longer<\/em><\/span><\/strong> about classified documents. It is about how Trump <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>caused false information to be communicated to investigators and the grand jury<\/em><\/span><\/strong> \u2014 <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>specifically<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, through the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>sworn claim<\/em><\/span><\/strong> provided by his lawyers on June 3, 2022, that, after a diligent search, the approximately 38 documents they surrendered to the FBI that day <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>were the only ones bearing classified markings left<\/em><\/span><\/strong> at Mar-a-Lago. Since Biden\u2019s little problem arose, Smith has spent his time amassing evidence that Trump <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>knew this was untrue<\/em><\/span><\/strong> and spent the ensuing weeks overseeing the handling and hiding of documents he <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>knew he should have turned over to the FBI<\/em><\/span><\/strong> pursuant to the subpoena \u2014 many of which were found in his <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>personal office<\/em><\/span><\/strong> when the FBI executed the search warrant at Mar-a-Lago in early August.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">That\u2019s what the Mar-a-Lago case is now about: <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>lying<\/em><\/span><\/strong> about the documents and <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">hiding<\/span><\/em><\/strong> the documents,\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not the content of the documents<\/em><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 which would hit <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>too close to home for Biden<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The signs indicate that Smith <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>thinks<\/em><\/span><\/strong> he has made that case. If so, Trump will say he is <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">being persecuted<\/span><\/em><\/strong> by his political adversaries. The Biden administration will say that anyone in America would be prosecuted for <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>willfully misleading a grand jury<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. And as ever, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>other<\/em><\/span><\/strong> Republican presidential candidates will have to spend their time <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>talking about Trump rather than their own campaigns<\/em> <\/span><\/strong>\u2014 a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>perfect execution<\/em><\/span><\/strong> of the Democrats\u2019 <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>2024 plan<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>First<\/em><\/span>, they&#8217;ll indict The Donald.\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Second<\/em><\/span>, they&#8217;ll push off the trial until, they hope and pray, he secures the Republican nomination, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>then<\/em><\/span> put him in the dock, preferably before a jury in Washington, D.C.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>However, to borrow a phrase from the Bard, aye, there&#8217;s the rub!\u00a0 Were Trump being tried for mishandling classified documents or violating the Espionage Act, the prosecution could convincingly argue, as the crimes <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>originated<\/em><\/span> in the District, the trial should be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>held<\/em><\/span> in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the District<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 Unfortunately for the Progressive plan, Trump&#8217;s obstruction took place <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in Florida<\/em><\/span>, thus his attorneys could similarly argue his trial should take place before a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>much friendlier jury<\/em><\/span> in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the Sunshine State<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 Stay tuned!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of documents, <em>FOX<\/em> reports&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/afghanistan-document-shows-biden-didnt-heed-warnings-withdrawal-rep-mccaul-says\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">Afghanistan document shows Biden \u2018didn\u2019t heed\u2019 warnings ahead of withdrawal, Rep. McCaul says<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download-1-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109900\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download-1-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download-1-2.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download-1-2-300x199.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download_4-copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109897\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download_4-copy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download_4-copy.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download_4-copy-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/folly1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109898\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/folly1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/folly1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/folly1-300x161.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download-9.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109899\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download-9.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download-9.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download-9-300x171.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;President Biden&#8217;s administration <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>failed to heed certain warnings<\/em><\/span><\/strong> from <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>U.S. officials on the ground in Afghanistan<\/em><\/span><\/strong> prior to the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/bidens-afghanistan-withdrawal-remains-catastrophe-american-weakness-year-later\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">president&#8217;s withdrawal operation in 2021<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>, a top House Republican says. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/state-department-grants-access-biden-afghanistan-documents-gop-threatens-contempt-charge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">viewed a State Department document<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0detailing the concerns diplomats at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul had at the time of the withdrawal. McCaul <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>worked for months to access the document<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, known as a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>dissent cable<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, through <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>subpoenas and a threat of contempt charges<\/em><\/span><\/strong> before viewing the document himself on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;The dissenters were absolutely right <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">about everything<\/span><\/em><\/strong> they said, and it was a warning to the administration about what was going to happen and what they needed to do,&#8221; McCaul told Punchbowl News in an interview, adding that the dissenters &#8220;deserve a medal.&#8221; &#8220;Unfortunately, the administration <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">didn\u2019t heed<\/span><\/em><\/strong> all their warnings and we got what we got,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">McCaul viewed a version of the document that had the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>names<\/em><\/span><\/strong> of the dissenters <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>redacted<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. Only he and Rep. Greg Meeks, D-N.Y., the ranking member of the committee, were permitted to view the document. Meeks argued the document revealed no new information, however, it &#8220;puts to rest this whole thing about having a subpoena and the president is hiding something or whatever it is.&#8221;<u><\/u><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Secretary of State Antony Blinken had <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>for months stonewalled<\/em><\/span><\/strong> McCaul&#8217;s attempts to access the document, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ignoring<\/em><\/span><\/strong> multiple subpoena deadlines and offering half measures such as a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>briefing<\/em><\/span><\/strong> on the document&#8217;s content rather than a look at the document itself. McCaul did not make <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>any<\/em><\/span><\/strong> progress until earlier in May when he threatened to\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/top-house-republican-hit-blinken-contempt-charge-i-dont-take-this-lightly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">hold Blinken in contempt<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0of Congress for blocking access. Even so, only he and Meeks were allowed to view the document Tuesday, despite McCaul&#8217;s wish for <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>every member<\/em><\/span><\/strong> of the Foreign Affairs Committee to gain access.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">It is unclear whether McCaul will continue to push for other members&#8217; access after viewing the document itself. McCaul had initially threatened to go into the criminal contempt process on Wednesday. His office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday morning.&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><strong>This is just another he said\/she said without the sworn testimony of the dissenters, hence the redacting of their names and the continued refusal of the State Department to allow more than one set of eyes from each side of the aisle to view the evidence.\u00a0 If the House Foreign Affairs Committee, which has oversight and jurisdiction relating to, among other things, &#8220;national security developments affecting foreign policy&#8221;, doesn&#8217;t go to the mattresses on this one, what&#8217;s the point of putting Republicans in power?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For more on the most corrupt Administration in the 21st century, which is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>saying<\/em><\/span> something, Jim Geraghty observes their well-deserved reckoning may not come in this life, as the&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"crawler css-bsrkcm-Box e1vnmyci0\">\n<h1 class=\"css-1hch5ce-StyledHeadline e1ipbpvp0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/bidens-will-probably-get-to-keep-money-from-overseas-f0fa8a91?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Bidens Will Probably Get to Keep Money from Overseas<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"css-jiugt2-Dek-Dek e1jnru6p0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/bidens-will-probably-get-to-keep-money-from-overseas-f0fa8a91?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #008000; text-decoration: underline;\">Voters will render a verdict<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #008000;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7n59bf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109890\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7n59bf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7n59bf.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7n59bf-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;On Wednesday\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a class=\"css-1h1us5y-StyledLink el06won0\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-biden-administration-investigates-the-bidens-d3ea0fa8?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"link\">this column expressed the hope<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0that the flow of money from foreign tycoons to the Biden family would <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>finally<\/em><\/span><\/strong> receive the investigation it deserves\u2014and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not just<\/em><\/span><\/strong> on the question of whether taxes were appropriately paid <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">but on<\/span><\/em><\/strong> the particulars of the services rendered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\">This column is going to be <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>disappointed<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, according to an email today from a Wall Streeter who is also experienced in the ways of Washington:<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><em>Unfortunately, the likely outcome of all of this is that the Bidens\u2019 <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ill-gotten wealth<\/span><\/strong> will go <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">untouched<\/span><\/strong>. Biden seems almost assured, subject to further health or mental deterioration, to be the Democratic nominee. He will then likely lose the election, although there is some chance that he will win <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">if<\/span><\/strong> his opponent is\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Donald Trump<\/span><\/strong>. If Biden <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">should win<\/span><\/strong>, of course, the new Biden administration will <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">continue to cover it all up<\/span><\/strong>. If he <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">loses<\/span><\/strong>, the new Republican President will have <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">no interest in following it up<\/span><\/strong>, because Biden is finished and the process undermines the legitimacy of the office the new President has just won. <\/em><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(<em>We&#8217;re not so sure about that last point. It seems far likelier Biden would be dead or totally insensate before being brought to trial.<\/em>)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\">Perhaps this will be a form of political justice. The Bidens have denied wrongdoing and when it comes to the law deserve the presumption of innocence just like everyone else.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\">But the president has told\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a class=\"css-1h1us5y-StyledLink el06won0\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/what-joe-biden-said-about-the-family-business-in-2020-11670279050?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"link\">numerous falsehoods<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0in the course of issuing his denials. And <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>legal issues aside<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, it was <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>flat-out wrong<\/em><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(<\/strong><em><strong>We&#8217;d suggest bordering on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">treasonous<\/span>!<\/strong><\/em><strong>)<\/strong><\/span> for him to represent America overseas while allowing family members to trail along behind him with their hands out. Perhaps someday a memoir will help us understand how the Biden family enrichment schemes ever got\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a class=\"css-1h1us5y-StyledLink el06won0\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/biden-burisma-and-the-obama-administration-11574807939?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"link\">past the Obama White House counsel\u2019s office<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\">As for questions related to the taxation of Biden family income, more\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a class=\"css-1h1us5y-StyledLink el06won0\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/irs-whistleblower-tax-probe-hunter-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"link\">news arrived Wednesday evening<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0from\u00a0Jim Axelrod, Michael Kaplan and Andy Bast of CBS News:<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><em>A whistleblower from inside the Internal Revenue Service has spoken publicly for the first time about a highly sensitive political probe <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">he has supervised<\/span><\/strong>, which CBS News has determined is the ongoing probe into the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">finances of President Biden\u2019s son\u00a0Hunter Biden<\/span><\/strong>&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><em>\u201cThere were <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">multiple steps that were slow-walked<\/span><\/strong> \u2014 were just <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">completely not done<\/span><\/strong> \u2014 at the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">direction of the Department of Justice<\/span><\/strong>,\u201d said Gary Shapley, a 14-year veteran of the agency, who spoke exclusively to CBS News chief investigative correspondent Jim Axelrod on Tuesday. \u201cWhen I took control of this particular investigation, I <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">immediately saw deviations from the normal process<\/span><\/strong>. It was <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">way outside the norm<\/span><\/strong> of what I\u2019ve experienced in the past.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cWay outside the norm\u201d also seems like a reasonable description of the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a class=\"css-1h1us5y-StyledLink el06won0\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/house-republicans-report-hunter-biden-james-comer-joe-biden-family-china-c0c506c7?mod=Searchresults_pos4&amp;page=1&amp;mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"link\">complicated architecture of Biden-related entities<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0collecting cash from shady characters overseas. The CBS News team adds:<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><em>Six months ago, a leak from the FBI revealed that <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">agents there believed they had provided prosecutors with enough evidence to support criminal tax charges<\/span><\/strong>. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">No such charges have been brought<\/span><\/strong> as of this publication.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><em>Shapley told CBS News he became increasingly concerned about measures being taken that he said appeared to <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">shield the target of the investigation<\/span><\/strong> \u2014 which CBS News <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">independently confirmed<\/span><\/strong> is Hunter Biden.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><em>\u201cEach and every time, it seemed to <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">always benefit the subject<\/span><\/strong>,\u201d Shapley said. \u201cIt just got to that point where <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>that switch was turned on<\/strong><\/span>. And I <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">just couldn\u2019t silence my conscience anymore<\/span><\/strong>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Where<\/span><\/em><\/strong> was\u00a0Joe Biden\u2019s <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>conscience<\/em><\/span><\/strong> when the family enrichment schemes were being hatched?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-type=\"paragraph\"><strong>Is that a serious question?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Conscience?\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>WHAT<\/em><\/span>\u00a0conscience?!?\u00a0 Where was Joe&#8217;s conscience when he: (i) impugned the integrity of Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas?; (ii) besmirched the character and reputation of the driver at the wheel of the semi his first wife collided with after <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>she<\/em><\/span> crossed over the centerline?; (iii) he said Republicans were &#8220;gonna put ya&#8217;ll back in chains&#8221;?; (iv) lied about his scholastic record?; (v) abandoned his biologic granddaughter?; or, (vi) disparaged The Donald over his illegal possession of classified materials when he himself was, at the time, in possession of far more than Trump?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Conscience?\u00a0 The man <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>HAS NO<\/em><\/span>\u00a0conscience!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>But take heart: As we&#8217;ve so often observed, those who escape due punishment for their sins in this life will most assuredly receive it in the next&#8230;though the fate described in Revelation 14:9-11 is one we&#8217;d wish on no one, not even a damned, demented deviant <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">as evil as Biden<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And in today&#8217;s installment of the <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>EnvironMental Moment<\/em><\/span>, in a decision which doesn&#8217;t bode well for the future of Progressive rule-by-bureaucratic-fiat, <em>Townhall.com<\/em>&#8216;s Spencer Brown tells us the&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/spencerbrown\/2023\/05\/25\/supreme-court-delivers-another-rebuke-of-bidens-epa-n2623708\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #008000;\">Supreme Court Delivers Another Rebuke of Biden EPA Overreach<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download-8.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109892\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download-8.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download-8.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download-8-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;The Supreme Court of the United States on Thursday delivered another stinging rebuke of the Biden Environmental Protection Agency&#8217;s (EPA) overreach with a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unanimous opinion<\/em><\/span><\/strong> essentially trashing the administration&#8217;s &#8220;Waters of the United States&#8221; (WOTUS) policy that relies on an extremely broad interpretation of the Clean Water Act to restrict property owners&#8217; activities on private land that&#8217;s deemed untouchable by EPA bureaucrats.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Justice Samuel Alito authored the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/22pdf\/21-454_4g15.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">opinion<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0in the case, explaining more about how the Biden EPA ran afoul, specifically in the case of Idaho residents Chantell and Michael Sackett, from whom the case \u2014 Sackett v. EPA \u2014 originated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">&#8220;<em>This case concerns a nagging question about the outer reaches of the Clean Water Act (CWA), the principal federal law regulating water pollution in the United States. By all accounts, the Act has been a great success. Before its enactment in 1972, many of the Nation\u2019s rivers, lakes, and streams were severely polluted, and existing federal legislation had proved to be inadequate. Today, many formerly fetid bodies of water are safe for the use and enjoyment oft he people of this country. There is, however, an <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">unfortunate footnote<\/span><\/strong> to this success story: the outer boundaries of the Act\u2019s geographical reach have been uncertain from the start. The Act applies to \u201c<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the waters<\/span><\/strong> of the United States,\u201d but <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">what does that phrase mean<\/span><\/strong>? Does the term encompass <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">any backyard<\/span><\/strong> that is soggy enough for some minimum period of time? Does it reach \u201cmudflats, sand flats, wetlands, sloughs, prairie potholes, wet meadows, [or] playa lakes?\u201d How about <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ditches, swimming pools, and puddles<\/span><\/strong>?<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The lack of specificity in the Clean Water Act allowed the Biden administration to declare basically <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>any waters<\/em><\/span><\/strong> as falling under its regulatory jurisdiction, even when said waters were separated from other water by dry land and entirely within private property.\u00a0As Justice Alito further explained in his opinion, &#8220;this interpretation is <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">inconsistent with the text and structure of the CWA<\/span><\/em><\/strong>,&#8221; and, &#8220;[b]eyond that, it clashes with &#8216;background principles of construction&#8217; that apply to the interpretation of the relevant statutory provisions&#8221; under which &#8220;the EPA must provide <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">clear evidence<\/span><\/em><\/strong> that it is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>authorized<\/em><\/span><\/strong> to regulate in the manner it proposes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;First, this Court &#8216;require[s] Congress to enact <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>exceedingly clear language<\/em><\/span><\/strong> if it wishes to <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">significantly alter the balance between federal and state power<\/span><\/em><\/strong> and the power of the Government over <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>private property<\/em><\/span><\/strong>,&#8221; Alito continued, noting the &#8220;[r]egulation of land and water use lies at the core of <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>traditional state authority<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.&#8221;&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>It must be emphasized this was a unanimous&#8230;yes, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>9-0<\/em><\/span>&#8230;vote, which means Elena Kagan, Sonja Sotomayor and the Black female who couldn&#8217;t define what a woman is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all<\/em><\/span> voted to curb federal overreach.\u00a0 It must also be noted the court split 5-4 (Good, old John Roberts: the gift from the Bush family that keeps on giving&#8230;until he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>dies<\/em><\/span>!) in its analysis of how the federal government <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">should\u00a0define<\/span><\/em> a water source\u00a0under the CWA.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving on, here&#8217;s an octet of items specially selected to pique the curiosity of inquiring Conservative minds:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(1). In another unanimous decision, SCOTUS ruled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/minnesota-county-had-no-right-to-confiscate-elderly-womans-home-equity-supreme-court-rules\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=31594491\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Hennepin County, MN had no right to the $25,000 in equity<\/em><\/span><\/a> a 94-year-old woman had in her $40,000 condo after it was seized over $15,000 in back taxes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(2). Is anyone else curious as to <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/rebeccadowns\/2023\/05\/25\/indiana-youth-pride-event-n2623681\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>why an Indiana &#8220;Pride&#8221; event won&#8217;t allow parents to accompany children as young as 12<\/em><\/span><\/a>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/youth-carnival.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109917\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/youth-carnival.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/youth-carnival.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/youth-carnival-300x220.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Boy<\/span><\/em>, has Indiana gone a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>long way<\/em><\/span> since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0091217\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Hoosiers<\/em><\/span><\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(3). John Stossel examines <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/johnstossel\/2023\/05\/24\/president-desantis-n2623615\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>the positions staked out by the man who would be President DeSantis<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 We must state we don&#8217;t share Stossel&#8217;s perception DeSantis consistently siding with the rights of the individual to make choices concerning themselves somehow constitutes an authoritarian streak.\u00a0 In our view, if business owners want to remain open for business during a pandemic,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>they<\/em><\/span> can mask up and get vaccinated, but shouldn&#8217;t be able to require their customers to do likewise.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(4). In a rare burst of common sense from the an otherwise generally insane jurisdiction, Montgomery County, MD authorities have determined, &#8220;as the classification of an arrestee\/inmate will depend on whether the arrestee\/inmate has male or female genitalia&#8221;, the &#8220;non-binary&#8221; but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>excessively effeminate<\/em><\/span> cross-dressing Sam Brinton <a href=\"https:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2023\/05\/non-binary-sam-brinton-will-be-held-in-mens-jail-over-more-luggage-theft-charges\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>will be held in the men&#8217;s jail will awaiting transport to Virginia<\/em><\/span><\/a> to face additional charges in connection with his preferred perversion, namely, stealing luggage in hopes of scoring designer dresses.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(5). Proving Republicans aren&#8217;t immune from the corruption which infests the Dimocratic Party, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>put a fork in Ken Paxton<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(6).\u00a0We trust Target&#8217;s shareholders are happy as the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/target-sheds-9-billion-in-market-cap-amid-backlash-over-pride-collection\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=31598097\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>lost $9 billion in market value<\/em><\/span><\/a> after &#8220;Conservatives called to boycott the retail giant upon learning its 2023<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>\u201cPRIDE\u201d collection featured a \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/target-reportedly-moving-pride-items-to-back-of-store-to-avoid-the-bud-light-treatment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"dynamic-link\">tuck-friendly<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u201d swimsuit to obscure male genitalia and other items designed by a brand that specializes in\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/target-knew-of-satanist-inspired-merchandise-when-it-partnered-with-lgbt-brand-designer-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"dynamic-link\">Satanist-inspired<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0merchandise&#8221;.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 BTW, it&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not like<\/em><\/span> the designers connection with Satanism <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>wasn&#8217;t known<\/em><em> to Target&#8217;s management<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(7). Speaking of $9 billion in wasted value, f<\/strong><strong>or those who don&#8217;t comprehend the parlous state of America&#8217;s Thoroughly Modern Milleytary, this photo of the U.S.S. James E. Williams (DDG-95) leaving the port of Toulon, France forwarded by Breeze Gould&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-23-23-at-6.56-PM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109877\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-23-23-at-6.56-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-23-23-at-6.56-PM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-23-23-at-6.56-PM-300x215.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8230;as well as this photo of the U.S.S. <em>Zumwalt<\/em> (DDG-1000), the Navy&#8217;s brand-spankin&#8217; new $<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>9 billion<\/em><\/span><em>\u00a0<\/em>stealth destroyer returning to San Diego&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/rust.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109878\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/rust.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/rust.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/rust-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8230;should provide you a better understanding of just how far we&#8217;ve fallen.\u00a0 &#8220;Old rust bucket&#8221; has heretofore been used a term of derision for aged naval vessels; Now, consider it the nautical equivalent of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Broken_windows_theory\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>broken windows theory<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 The ChiComs have got to be laughing their Communist a*ses off at the returns they&#8217;ve made on their investment in the Biden crime cartel.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(8). Since we&#8217;re offering cold doses of reality, here&#8217;s another regarding the cost-effectiveness of electric vehicles courtesy of energy correspondent Jeff Foutch:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/foutch.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109886\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/foutch.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/foutch.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/foutch-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Not to mention they don&#8217;t work in cold weather <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> tend to catch fire the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>whole year through<\/em><\/span>!<\/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\/2023\/05\/a-15.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109879\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-15.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-15.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-15-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cb052423dAPR-800x0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109880\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cb052423dAPR-800x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cb052423dAPR-800x0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cb052423dAPR-800x0-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/alg052423dAPR-800x0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109881\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/alg052423dAPR-800x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/alg052423dAPR-800x0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/alg052423dAPR-800x0-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/afb052423dAPR-800x0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109882\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/afb052423dAPR-800x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/afb052423dAPR-800x0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/afb052423dAPR-800x0-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/afb052523dAPR-800x0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109918\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/afb052523dAPR-800x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/afb052523dAPR-800x0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/afb052523dAPR-800x0-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aa-11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109919\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aa-11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aa-11.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aa-11-300x239.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/amazing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109920\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/amazing.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/amazing.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/amazing-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MC_Targeted_web-800x0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109883\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MC_Targeted_web-800x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MC_Targeted_web-800x0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MC_Targeted_web-800x0-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-25-23-at-10.55-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109884\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-25-23-at-10.55-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-25-23-at-10.55-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-25-23-at-10.55-AM-300x208.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-25-23-at-10.50-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109885\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-25-23-at-10.50-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-25-23-at-10.50-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-25-23-at-10.50-AM-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these from Balls Cotton&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-17.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109923\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-17.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-17.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-17-300x208.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Balls1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109912\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Balls1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Balls1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Balls1-300x266.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aaaa-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109913\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aaaa-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aaaa-4.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aaaa-4-300x285.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aaa-8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109914\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aaa-8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aaa-8.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aaa-8-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-16.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109915\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-16.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-16.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-16-247x300.png 247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aa-10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109916\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aa-10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aa-10.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aa-10-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aa-10-297x300.png 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;along with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>this<\/em><\/span> one which deserves discussion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/mc-the_plan-web-800x0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109922\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/mc-the_plan-web-800x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/mc-the_plan-web-800x0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/mc-the_plan-web-800x0-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>We generally love whatever Margolis &amp; Cox produce, but their latest begs a question: With an incredibly slim majority in the House, which includes the pathological liar George Santos, along with a hardcore element who would just as soon see the U.S. default on its debt as cut a deal with the opposition, what greater feats of political dexterity could Matt &amp; Joe <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>reasonably\u00a0<\/em><em>expect<\/em><\/span> from Speaker McCarthy than the incredible compromise he&#8217;s already negotiated with his own caucus?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, since we&#8217;re on the subject, we&#8217;ll call it a week with\u00a0our <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Damned If You Do, Dead If You Don&#8217;t<\/em><\/span> segment, courtesy of <em>The Washington Times<\/em> via James Patrick, as we learn an&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"page-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2023\/may\/24\/anne-arundel-county-dad-beaten-death-defending-son\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\">Anne Arundel County dad beaten to death defending son after middle school fight<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-24-at-7.01.28-am.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109873\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-24-at-7.01.28-am.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-24-at-7.01.28-am.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-24-at-7.01.28-am-300x181.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;A father in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, died in the hospital of a traumatic brain injury after a group of people assaulted him in lieu of his 14-year-old son. The group of suspects came to Christopher Wright\u2019s address at around 5 p.m. Friday, looking for the unnamed 14-year-old in what they said was a <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>continuation of an earlier fight at Brooklyn Park Middle School<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span> in Brooklyn Park. Anne Arundel County Public Schools confirmed the earlier fight, and is working with Anne Arundel County Police in the investigation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Wright\u2019s fiance Tracy Karopchinsky described the group as being three teens and two adults, while Anne Arundel County Police said the suspects were three to four males in their 20s and 30s. The suspects originally sought the 14-year-old, but when Wright said that he would <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span><\/strong> be coming out to fight, the group turned their attention to <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>him<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0The suspects \u201cthreatened at one point to come in and get him, and then they said, \u2018If <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>he\u2019s<\/em><\/span><\/strong> not going to fight, then <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>you\u2019re<\/em><\/span><\/strong> going to fight,\u2019\u201d Ms. Karopchinsky told WBAL-TV.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Wright suffered a seizure amid a flurry of kicks and punches and died in the hospital on Saturday night. Security footage from Wright\u2019s home, as well as from a neighbor, captured the incident.\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>All three<\/em><\/span><\/strong> of the family\u2019s children were <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>home<\/em><\/span><\/strong> at the time of the incident&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><\/aside>\n<p><strong>Imagine, if you will, Mr. Wright pulled a gun and ordered the thugs to leave his property, and rather than retreating, had tried to enter his home, and Wright shoots one or all of them.\u00a0 Any question he&#8217;d be the one up on charges rather than the thugs who killed him?\u00a0 As we said, damned if you do, dead if you don&#8217;t.\u00a0 Which is why we&#8217;ll always take the option of being judged by 12 rather carried out by 6.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our thoughts and prayers go out to Wright&#8217;s fianc\u00e9 and his children.<\/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>The great VDH lays out what the average Mr. &amp; Mrs. John Q. Citizen can do to fight wokeness&#8230;besides writing a blog!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b890J3AulnY\" 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>After listening to the conclusion, tell us the first thought that popped wasn&#8217;t,&#8221;You can say THAT again!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fMCFPJ9BdW0?start=0&amp;end=131&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 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>On the Lighter Side<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ami Horowitz demonstrates how deeply Progressives have descended into insanity. We&#8217;d be willing to bet not a single one of the women or men, biologic or otherwise, EVER played a sport in their lives.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MrCLccWG_mA\" width=\"462\" 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Friday, May 26th, 2023&#8230;but before we begin, finally&#8230; \ufeff May the best man&#8230;that would clearly be Ron DeSantis&#8230;win!\u00a0 You can help support the best-qualified candidate in the Republican field by clicking here. By the way, if you can tell a lot about a man by his friends, his enemies&#8230; &#8230;speak volumes!!! 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