{"id":110024,"date":"2023-06-04T21:37:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T01:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=110024"},"modified":"2023-06-04T21:37:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T01:37:12","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-june-2nd-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=110024","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, June 2nd, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, June 2nd, 2023&#8230;but before we begin, Joe Biden just had his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governing.com\/context\/jimmy-carter-malaise-forever\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Jimmy Carter moment<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Biden takes a big fall on stage just now at the U.S. Air Force Academy graduation <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GxkMbpyoNo\">pic.twitter.com\/GxkMbpyoNo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jake Schneider (@jacobkschneider) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobkschneider\/status\/1664343681321541636?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and the ChiComs, NoKos, Russkies and Iranians are laughing their collective a*ses off.\u00a0 At least Biden wasn&#8217;t attacked by the rabbit&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/58034-f8282287e07512ab73438f436ce7a630.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110036\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/58034-f8282287e07512ab73438f436ce7a630.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/58034-f8282287e07512ab73438f436ce7a630.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/58034-f8282287e07512ab73438f436ce7a630-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-09-at-8.56.26-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110037\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-09-at-8.56.26-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-09-at-8.56.26-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-09-at-8.56.26-AM-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/YHS_Rabbit_Carter_1_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110038\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/YHS_Rabbit_Carter_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/YHS_Rabbit_Carter_1_2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/YHS_Rabbit_Carter_1_2-300x134.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;that threatened Carter&#8217;s life.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a break from our usual order, we&#8217;re kicking off the first edition of June with the <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>EnvironMental Moment<\/em><\/span>, as <em>Best of the Web<\/em> informs us&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"css-1hch5ce-StyledHeadline e1ipbpvp0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/california-admits-alternative-energy-still-unaffordable-7804cb2a?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #008000;\">California Admits Alternative Energy Still Unaffordable<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"css-jiugt2-Dek-Dek e1jnru6p0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><a style=\"color: #003300;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/california-admits-alternative-energy-still-unaffordable-7804cb2a?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Plan to limit fossil fuels works well\u2014except when they\u2019re needed<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/download.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110020\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/download.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/download.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/download-300x158.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;President\u00a0Joe Biden\u00a0and other Democrats love to pretend that replacing fossil fuels with less efficient energy sources is an economic win for the United States. Last year Mr. Biden\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\/something-joe-biden-hasnt-forgotten-11647984259?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"link\">claimed in a speech<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0to corporate CEOs that \u201cit won\u2019t hurt your bottom lines.\u201d But the U.S. state with the largest economy is implicitly acknowledging the opposite. In fact so-called green energy is such a burden on bottom lines that even in the most climate-obsessed jurisdiction in the country politicians still can\u2019t persuade enough businesses to generate it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Adam Beam\u00a0reports\u00a0for the Associated Press that the Golden State\u2019s campaign against fossil fuels <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>appears<\/em><\/span><\/strong> to work <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">really well<\/span><\/em><\/strong>\u2014<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>until summer arrives<\/em><\/span><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Then<\/span><\/strong> it gets <strong>hot<\/strong>, and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">everyone<\/span><\/strong> in the nation\u2019s <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">most populous state<\/span><\/strong> turns on their air conditioners <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">at the same time<\/span><\/strong>. That\u2019s when California has come close to running out of power in recent years, especially in the early evenings when electricity from solar is not as abundant.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>Now, Democratic Gov.\u00a0Gavin Newsom\u00a0wants to buy massive amounts of renewable energy to help keep the lights on. The idea is to use the state\u2019s purchasing power to convince private companies to build largescale power plants that run off of heat from underground sites and strong winds blowing off the coast \u2014 the kinds of power that utility companies have not been buying because it\u2019s too expensive and would take too long to build.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">So it turns out that summer is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>still hot<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, and alternative energy is <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">still expensive<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. On the one hand the high cost shouldn\u2019t be a surprise, given that state and federal politicians have been shovelling subsidies at alternative energy projects for decades. If such power sources really were economic winners, businesses and consumers would just adopt them without any need for government intervention.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">But some may be surprised that even after Mr. Biden\u2019s historic subsidy blowout that is\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:\/\/taxfoundation.org\/inflation-reduction-act-green-energy-tax-credits-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"link\">now expected to cost more than twice the initial estimate<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>, it\u2019s still not nearly enough to make this political agenda economical.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Mr. Newsom\u2019s agenda may include moving on before everyone realizes just how non-economical it is. AP reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>The Democratic governor, now in his second term and widely seen as a future presidential candidate, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">insists<\/span><\/strong> California will be carbon neutral by 2045. But this goal is often mocked in the summer when, to avoid rolling blackouts, state officials turn on <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">massive diesel-powered generators<\/span><\/strong> to make up the state\u2019s energy shortfall.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Laugh if you must, but Mr. Newsom does seem to have succeeded in keeping Californians in the dark when it comes to the full cost of his energy plans, as the AP explains:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>Customers would have to pay for the new power the state buys through a new, still undetermined, charge on their electric bills.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">What a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>compelling proposal<\/em><\/span><\/strong>! Mr. Newsom is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>promising<\/em><\/span><\/strong> that Californians will <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">pay more<\/span><\/em><\/strong>, but won\u2019t reveal <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>how much more<\/em><\/span><\/strong> while he\u2019s seeking to enact his plan. How could <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>anyone<\/em><\/span><\/strong> be opposed? The AP report continues:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Advocates<\/span><\/strong> say California is in a prime position to try something like this. Last year, five companies spent more than $750 million to lease areas off the California coast for offshore wind projects. These projects could collectively generate close to 5 gigawatts of energy, according to Alex Jackson, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">director of American Clean Power Association<\/span><\/strong>, which represents these companies. That\u2019s enough to power more than 3.5 million homes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>If approved, the next step is getting the permits and building the turbines and the infrastructure necessary to transport the power to the grid. It would be easier for these companies to sell all of their power to the state instead of selling pieces of it to multiple utilities.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>\u201cWe <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">do think<\/span><\/strong> there is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">real advantages<\/span><\/strong> of having a single buyer,\u201d Jackson said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Advocates<\/em><\/span><\/strong> say the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>darnedest things<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. Some readers may wonder why any <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>real business<\/em><\/span><\/strong> would <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>want<\/em><\/span><\/strong> to be at the mercy of <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">just one buyer<\/span><\/em><\/strong>, rather than enjoy a raft of customers bidding for its services. Could it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>possibly be<\/em><\/span> that these are <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not real businesses<\/em><\/span><\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Even in <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>liberal<\/em><\/span><\/strong> political precincts, taxpayers may grow weary of funding losers. On the other side of the country Ry Rivard\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a class=\"css-1h1us5y-StyledLink el06won0 broken_link\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/05\/17\/new-jersey-offshore-wind-00093333\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" type=\"link\">recently noted<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0in Politico that New Jersey\u2019s Democratic Gov.\u00a0Phil Murphy\u00a0is struggling to pay for his windy projects:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"css-oqk0mc-Blockquote e1w9lx6l0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"blockquote\"><p><em>Quiet negotiations have been going on since last year between state officials and Orsted, the company expected to build what would be the state\u2019s first wind farm.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"css-oqk0mc-Blockquote e1w9lx6l0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"blockquote\"><p><em>The stakes couldn\u2019t be higher for either side \u2014 or for state electricity customers, who are caught in the middle and may pay <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">billions of dollars more<\/span><\/strong> in coming decades depending on the outcome of the talks.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"css-oqk0mc-Blockquote e1w9lx6l0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"blockquote\"><p><em>So far, the state has awarded subsidies to three wind farms, all funded by higher bills for electricity customers, but none of them have yet to begin construction. The first project, known as Ocean Wind 1, was approved in 2019. In the years since, inflation, interest rates and supply chain issues have driven up building costs, causing the company behind the project, Orsted, to say it <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">may not make money<\/span><\/strong> on it <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">without help<\/span><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>Oops<\/em><\/strong><\/span>. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Now<\/em><\/span><\/strong> it\u2019s going to cost a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>little more<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. David Nahan\u00a0reports\u00a0for the Ocean City Sentinel:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"css-oqk0mc-Blockquote e1w9lx6l0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"blockquote\"><p><em>The Cape May County Board of County Commissioners is formally opposing the Ocean Wind 1 offshore wind farm and the Danish company\u2019s adjacent proposed wind farm, Ocean Wind 2, and threatening legal action \u201con all fronts.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><em>The board unanimously passed a resolution to that effect Tuesday, May 23, arguing the wind farms will harm the marine environment, tourism and, potentially, real estate values.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Other than <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, the proposal was <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>sensible<\/em><\/span><\/strong>?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s the green energy equivalent of, &#8220;Other than <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">that<\/span><\/em>, how&#8217;d you enjoy the play, Mrs. Lincoln?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice in meme form:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/66qdhn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110011\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/66qdhn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/66qdhn.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/66qdhn-143x300.jpg 143w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>As our friends in Maine would say:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sIJBUZm1HoY?start=72&amp;end=75&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>In a related item, California Republican Tom McClintock lays into the Forest Service over the notable difference between the condition of federally and privately managed forests:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZzMmYlB--Q0?start=91\" 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, <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Michael Brendan Dougherty details<i>\u00a0<\/i>what he terms&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2023\/05\/the-catharsis-candidacy\/?lctg=547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202023-05-31&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Catharsis Candidacy<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2023\/05\/the-catharsis-candidacy\/?lctg=547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202023-05-31&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Ron DeSantis offers something that no other candidate does<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6478fa68ef82c-copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110039\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6478fa68ef82c-copy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6478fa68ef82c-copy.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6478fa68ef82c-copy-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"drop\">&#8220;I<\/span><span class=\"small_caps\">n<\/span>\u00a0the middle of his campaign kickoff speech in Iowa, Ron DeSantis was ticking through a seemingly endless list of legislative accomplishments he has had in Florida as governor. But then he suddenly stepped aside from the microphone and invited his wife Casey DeSantis to speak. The decision to hand over this part of the introduction seemed to have a specific purpose. More easily than her husband, Casey DeSantis summons genuine passion in her political oratory. She was there to talk about the governor\u2019s leadership during Covid and to emphasize that this crisis was a test of political leadership, a test that Ron DeSantis alone passed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201cWhen you look at Covid, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the world descended on Florida<\/em><\/span><\/strong>,\u201d she said:<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><p><em>You had the corporate media, the Left, the White House, Fauci, Birx, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all prognosticating<\/span><\/strong> that <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">every bad thing would happen unless the governor followed their dictates<\/span><\/strong>, and their <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">politicized, unscientific orthodoxy<\/span><\/strong>. But he <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">held the line<\/span><\/strong> in defense of the liberties of the people he represented. He <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">never<\/span><\/strong> backed down. He took their livelihoods and their happiness above his own.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Notice she included \u201c<strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the White House<\/span><\/em><\/strong>\u201d in the list. In other words, this campaign isn\u2019t the first time Ron DeSantis went against Donald Trump. His Covid move was the moment that really mattered, she said. The one that \u201cforever impacts the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><p><em>You can take the path of least resistance. You subcontract your leadership to the medical bureaucracy. You can aim for self-preservation. You can be more interested in your political career. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Or<\/span><\/strong> you can <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">hold the line<\/span><\/strong>. Do you defend the rights of the people? Their ability to earn a living, to be with their loved ones, especially in their final moments. Do you fight for our children to be in school, to breathe without a mask being forced on their face? Do you ensure that people <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">have the choice<\/span><\/strong> as to whether or not they want to take an mRNA vaccine and certainly <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not make it contingent upon their job<\/span><\/strong>? At the end of the day, it\u2019s what you do in the moment that matters.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Now, <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">many<\/span><\/em><\/strong> liberals and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>some<\/em><\/span><\/strong> conservatives reading this list will shrug. They <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>were happy<\/em><\/span><\/strong> to mask their kids for two years. They <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>credit the vaccines<\/em><\/span><\/strong> with ending the public-health emergency.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">But for a <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">huge<\/span><\/em><\/strong> swath of voters, this issue really did bond them to Governor DeSantis. At the moment that Casey DeSantis mentioned masks on children, the crowd spontaneously started roiling with noises of anger at the pro-mask policies \u2014 and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>approval of the governor<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, for rolling them back.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Those days three years ago really were the moment that many families started wondering whether <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>they too<\/em><\/span><\/strong> should join the scores of thousands of other Americans who were moving to Florida during the pandemic. This was the moment that <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>made<\/em><\/span><\/strong> Ron DeSantis a national figure. These voters credit Florida \u2014 and to a lesser degree Georgia and Texas \u2014 with <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">normalizing<\/span><\/em><\/strong> the country after the pandemic. These voters <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>knew<\/em><\/span><\/strong> what the experts <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>also<\/em><\/span><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> knew<\/span><\/em><\/strong> but <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>refused to admit publicly<\/em><\/span><\/strong>: that they <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>didn\u2019t need<\/em><\/span><\/strong> the vaccine because they had already contracted Covid and had natural immunity; or that they were young and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not vulnerable<\/em><\/span><\/strong> to severe Covid. They <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>knew<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, long before the experts <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>admitted<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, that the Covid vaccine <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>did not stop transmission<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, and that the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>logic<\/em><\/span><\/strong> of mandates was <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>therefore mooted<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. In their hearts, these voters <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>knew<\/em><\/span><\/strong> that <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>expert opinion<\/em><\/span><\/strong> was a kind of <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">guild conspiracy<\/span><\/em><\/strong> that \u2014 when joined with the force of government \u2014 <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>directly threatened their livelihood, their family, and the well-being of their children<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">And DeSantis took unorthodox steps to protect the social fabric of Florida. He used the emergency powers the public-health crisis granted to him to mandate that <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>schools remain open<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, and to mandate that schools\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0impose their own mask mandates on children. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Any fool<\/em><\/span><\/strong> \u2014 even Dr. Fauci himself at the start of the pandemic \u2014 could figure out that <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>child-sized cloth masks bought at a sunglasses stand were not an effective public-health measure against an airborne virus<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. But <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>only DeSantis<\/em><\/span><\/strong> and a handful of other governors <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ever acted<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, and acted <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>vigorously<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, on this <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>obvious truth<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">By using his powers in this way, he pioneered a model for how he would begin using constitutional executive power to <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>prevent the ideological contagions of the left from seizing all the institutions of public life<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Later in the event, the governor spoke for himself:<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><p><em>We also pledge to usher in a reckoning for the federal government\u2019s disastrous Covid policies. From lockdowns to mask mandates, to fiscal and monetary measures. The policies eroded freedom and imposed great harms on American society. We desperately need accountability so this never happens to our country again.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">This is something that Ron DeSantis offers that no other candidate does \u2014 and it will infuse his campaign with critical popular support in the GOP: He is the catharsis candidate. He\u2019s the candidate who is telling millions of Americans that they weren\u2019t crazy, that their informed instincts around the pandemic were sound after all. His election is the closest thing to justice on offer for those millions. They\u2019re going to fight like hell for him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, the Trump team and their temporary allies in the MSM focus on the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">really<\/span><\/em> important issues facing the country&#8230;like <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/rebeccadowns\/2023\/06\/01\/is-this-the-weirdest-primary-campaign-issue-yet-name-pronounciation-n2623955\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>how Ron DeSantis pronounces his last name<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span>.\u00a0 In the interest of full disclosure, we have, on occasion, stressed the &#8220;Mick&#8221; in McKee, while at other times using more of a &#8220;Muh&#8221;, which rhymes with&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7ny32e.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110018\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7ny32e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7ny32e.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7ny32e-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jim Geraghty\u00a0has more on the subject of what appears to be&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/trump-2024-shaping-up-to-be-even-dumber-than-trump-2020\/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=river&amp;utm_content=more-in-tag&amp;utm_term=first\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Trump 2024 Shaping Up to Be Even Dumber Than Trump 2020<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/trump-2024-shaping-up-to-be-even-dumber-than-trump-2020\/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=river&amp;utm_content=more-in-tag&amp;utm_term=first\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">If Biden Is Almost Senile . . . What Is Trump<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">?<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7nyobu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110045\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7nyobu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7nyobu.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7nyobu-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;This is an\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/110465888334358659\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">actual Truth Social post<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0from former president Donald Trump yesterday:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>Have you heard that \u201cRob\u201d DeSanctimonious wants to change his name, again. He is demanding that people call him DeeeSantis, rather than DaSantis. Actually, I like \u201cDa\u201d better, a nicer flow, so I am happy he is changing it. He gets very upset when people, including reporters, don\u2019t pronounce it correctly. Therefore, he shouldn\u2019t mind, DeSanctimonious?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">These are apparently the sorts of thoughts that <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>consume the mind<\/em><\/span><\/strong> of one of the four people most likely to take the oath of office on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025. (The other three are Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and Ron DeSantis. While some other figure could surprise us all by leaping to the Democratic or Republican presidential nomination, or even by mounting a competitive independent bid, right now, all other figures are extreme underdogs.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">By the way, the next evidence that DeSantis \u201cgets very upset when people, including reporters, don\u2019t pronounce it correctly,\u201d will be the first evidence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Trump, however, is not alone in spending time and energy contemplating the proper pronunciation of \u201cDeSantis.\u201d The\u00a0<em>New York Times<\/em>\u00a0ran a two-byline column, \u201c<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/05\/24\/us\/politics\/desantis-last-name.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">Deh-Santis or Dee-Santis? Even He Has Been Inconsistent<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>,\u201d although they at least acknowledged that it is a \u201chighly inconsequential matter.\u201d\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/06\/01\/desantis-pronounce-his-name\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">Axios<\/a><\/em>\u00a0also believed that this topic was worth spending time, energy, reader attention, and some of humanity\u2019s presumably finite supply of neurons on. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/newsletters\/axios-am-4faceac0-52f3-4caf-a3af-380bf422d260.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>In Mike Allen\u2019s newsletter today<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>,<\/a>\u00a0the \u201cHow do you pronounce DeSantis\u2019s name\u201d section is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>above<\/em><\/span><\/strong> the section about the House passing the debt-ceiling deal. Smart brevity! All the news you need, <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">if<\/span><\/em><\/strong> you have the attention span of an over-caffeinated ferret.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The former president seems to think it is a real power move to call the Florida governor \u201cRob.\u201d I suppose this is a demonstration that DeSantis is so unimportant that Trump can\u2019t be bothered to remember his first name. But this demonstration of DeSantis\u2019s alleged unimportance is undermined by the fact that\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">Trump\u2019s Truth Social feed is an endless tirade against DeSantis<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>. If you genuinely don\u2019t care about someone, you don\u2019t spend a lot of time and energy talking about them. Trump\u2019s social-media activity makes him look obsessed with DeSantis, not above him. Trump is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/110467202675836514\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>still sharing memes about the failure of the Elon Musk\u2013DeSantis Twitter Spaces event<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0It\u2019s been a week, and DeSantis has done a full schedule of events and interviews. The <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>world has <\/em><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>m<\/strong>oved on<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Trump hasn\u2019t<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Beyond these two men, the ever-expanding Republican presidential field is now set to feature (deep breath): Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, Mike Pence, Chris Christie, Vivek Ramaswamy, Chris Sununu,\u00a0<em>Doug Burgum<\/em>, Larry Elder, Asa Hutchinson . . . and perhaps a few others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">These candidates will attempt to win your vote by laying out proposals on how they would counter the rise of China, secure our border and build an immigration system that works, roll back the federal bureaucracy and administrative state, make sure schools are preparing our children for the challenges of the future economy, stem and roll back the rising tide of crime and chaos in our cities, deal with the ever-increasing federal debt, and address the ominous indicator of a shrinking birth rate and a general darkening pessimism about America\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">And <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">then<\/span><\/em><\/strong> there\u2019s going to be Trump, who <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>may well<\/em><\/span><\/strong> spend part of a debate <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>mocking DeSantis for allegedly not knowing how to pronounce his own name<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Way back in the prehistoric times of my high-school years, I had a drama teacher who loved using the word \u201cmoreso.\u201d (As\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/grammarist.com\/usage\/moreso\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">the Grammarist explains<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>, \u201cThough the phrase\u00a0<em>more so\u00a0<\/em>is conventionally spelled as two words, the one-word\u00a0<em>moreso\u00a0<\/em>gained ground in the late 20th century and continues to appear despite the disapproval of usage authorities and of spell check.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The 2024 cycle Trump will be the Trump of 2020, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>only \u201cmoreso<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.\u201d <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>More<\/em><\/span><\/strong> insulting, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more<\/em><\/span><\/strong> raging, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more<\/em><\/span><\/strong> unhinged, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more<\/em><\/span><\/strong> obsessed with <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>irrelevant minutiae and what the media is saying about him<\/em><\/span><\/strong> \u2014 why would any American president get so worked up about what\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1222028267865223170?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">Don Lemon<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0or\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/06\/29\/business\/media\/trump-mika-brzezinski-facelift.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">Mika Brzezinski<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0are saying about him? \u2014 and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>even<\/em> <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more reflexively lashing out<\/em><\/span><\/strong> against <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>anything<\/em><\/span><\/strong> he perceives as a slight or disloyalty. (Lord knows I\u2019ve had\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitchy.com\/sd-3133\/2016\/04\/01\/haha-love-it-jim-geraghty-wins-raves-for-amazing-epic-eye-roll-vine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">disagreements with Kayleigh McEnany<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>, but she was about as hardworking and dedicated a staffer as Trump had in his administration. Trump served up an out-of-the-blue tirade\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/05\/31\/donald-trump-slammed-for-milktoast-kayleigh-mcenany-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">calling for Fox News to fire McEnany \u2014 calling her \u201cmilktoast,\u201d his spelling<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u2014 because <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>she<\/em><\/span><\/strong> cited a poll <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>he<\/em><\/span><\/strong> didn\u2019t like. It\u2019s a sign that during the 2024 campaign, Trump will turn against and lash out against <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">anyone for anything<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. When a guy runs around saying \u201c<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>I<\/em><\/span><\/strong> am <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>your<\/em><\/span><\/strong> retribution,\u201d it\u2019s a sign that he gets up in the morning hungering for <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>his own<\/em><\/span><\/strong> retribution&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice: When it comes to The Donald, we&#8217;re a combination of Popeye&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h97kbv4mbsc\" width=\"462\" height=\"258\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Lili von Shtupp&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Uai7M4RpoLU?start=83&amp;end=85&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>&#8230;and <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/n-h-state-rep-endorses-desantis-pulls-support-from-trump-over-lack-of-loyalty-he-cant-be-trusted\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=31666979\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>New Hampshire state representative James Spillane<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;\u201cI was one of the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>51 original endorsers<\/em><\/span><\/strong> for former President Trump. But I <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">cannot<\/span><\/em><\/strong> further <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">continue<\/span><\/em><\/strong> endorsing him. I am <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>withdrawing<\/em><\/span><\/strong> my endorsement. And I\u2019m going to endorse <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Ron DeSantis<\/em><\/span><\/strong>,\u201d he said. \u201cThe reason being that when I did endorse Trump I thought that he would be able to <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>continue with a positive message<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>learn from his past mistakes<\/em><\/span><\/strong> and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>give us a way forward<\/em><\/span><\/strong> to continue the policies that he started before \u2026 But it\u2019s become evident, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>especially with the latest attack on Kayleigh McEnany<\/em><\/span><\/strong> that there\u2019s <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">no loyalty in him<\/span><\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201cHe <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>can\u2019t be trusted<\/em><\/span><\/strong> to stay loyal to the people who supported him in the past,\u201d said Spillane,\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>who backed Trump in 2016 and 2020<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0Meanwhile, DeSantis is \u201c<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>above all else<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, a loyal person and brings a positive message,\u201d he said&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving on, here&#8217;s a septet of special selections certain to pique the interest of inquiring Conservative minds:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(1). In other news from the Granite State, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/new-hampshire-voters-fully-on-board-with-desantiss-disney-fight-it-was-just-pragmatic\/?bypass_key=YzdHTmNodjB1VjZtbVc5MGhVMU9JQT09OjpORFJEWVc1QlpsQXdSMFphSzJWNVJEbEVZMFJOWnowOQ%3D%3D?utm_source%3Demail&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=31664223&amp;utm_source=Sailthru\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>New Hampshire Republicans interviewed by NRO regarding DeSantis&#8217;s ongoing feud with Disney <\/em><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">u<\/span>nanimously approved of the governor&#8217;s approach<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(2). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2023\/06\/setting-the-desantis-covid-record-straight\/?lctg=547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202023-06-01&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>The Editors at NRO set the record straight on DeSantis&#8217;s WuFlu response<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Spoiler alert<\/em><\/span>: When the disgraced author of New York\u2019s draconian Covid-mitigation policies, the man who ordered the deaths of thousands of elderly citizens he was sworn to protect and who resigned amid allegations of sexual harassment and corruption investigations that were bearing fruit, sings your praises, you know you&#8217;re argument is founded on fables.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(3). A forward from <em>RedState<\/em> via Speed tells us\u00a0<em>Politico<\/em> is reporting,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/bonchie\/2023\/06\/01\/hunter-bidens-defense-against-possible-gun-charge-will-have-you-rolling-on-the-floor-n754786\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>if faced with a gun charge, Hunter Biden\u2019s defense team is going to argue that banning drug users from buying guns is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(4). Sorry, but how does\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/fbi-bring-biden-document-capitol-hill-monday-after-threats-hold-wray-contempt-congress\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>this<\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0change anything?\u00a0 Comer will say there&#8217;s fire, Raskin will say he can&#8217;t even smell any smoke&#8230;assuming Wray hasn&#8217;t redacted almost the entire document.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(5). If this speech by Oklahoma&#8217;s Jim Lankford <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>doesn&#8217;t induce<\/em><\/span> Chip Roy to call for a no-confidence vote on Kevin McCarthy as Speaker&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eFawV9H1bqM\" 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=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Roy is as much of a hypocrite as McCarthy<\/em><\/span>!!!\u00a0 We were initially willing to give Kevin McCarthy the benefit of the doubt, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>despite<\/em><\/span> his history as a spendaholic.\u00a0 No longer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(6). In what we initially took to be a parody, in another forward from Speed, <em>Vice<\/em> informs us in a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>simulation<\/em><\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/4a33gj\/ai-controlled-drone-goes-rogue-kills-human-operator-in-usaf-simulated-test\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>a U.S. military AI drone killed its operator then took out the base control tower<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 An Air Force official says, &#8220;It killed the operator because <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that person<\/em><\/span> was keeping it from <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>accomplishing its objective<\/em><\/span>&#8220;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DJPCqUhSRbY?start=80&amp;end=88&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=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>You know&#8230;like an innocent fetus spoiling the plans of a self-centered mother.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(7). In an event which must have John Harvard whirling like a dervish in his grave and our brother Rob grinding his teeth, in a trifecta from Speed, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/newsplus\/lori-lightfoot-appointed-menschel-fellow-at-harvard-chan-school\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>The Harvard Gazette reports<\/em><\/span><\/a>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">&#8220;Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has been appointed as a Richard L. and Ronay A. Menschel Senior Leadership Fellow for the fall term at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">During her tenure as mayor, which ended May 15, Lightfoot led a <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">coordinated, citywide response across government, business, and community organizations to safeguard public health and minimize economic impact from the COVID-19 pandemic<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. Among <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>other steps<\/em><\/span><em>\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>One of which was her decision to bring her hairdresser into her home while banning others from having the hair done!<\/em>)<\/span><\/strong>, she created a Racial Equity Rapid Response Team and the COVID-19 Recovery Task Force.\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>Which accomplished exactly JACK SH*T!!!<\/em>)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Chicago\u2019s <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">first Black woman and first openly gay mayor<\/span><\/em><\/strong>, Lightfoot <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>also<\/em><\/span><\/strong> focused on generating inclusive economic growth across the city\u2019s neighborhoods. Her accomplishments included landmark ethics and good governance reforms, worker protection legislation, and key investments in education, public safety, and financial stability. In August of 2021, Lightfoot secured a $15 minimum wage for most workers in Chicago, including domestic workers, years ahead of the state\u2019s planned phase-in of a living wage&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Lightfoot was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>SO<\/em><\/span> successful Windy City residents rewarded her by making her a one-term mayor, a rarity in a city dominated by Dimocratic-machine politics.\u00a0 Perhaps voters cared more about the skyrocketing violence in their city rather than questionable &#8220;ethics and good governance reforms&#8221; in a city <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">rife with corruption<\/span><\/em> and a $15 minimum wage a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>number<\/em><\/span> of Chicagoans <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">won&#8217;t live to spend<\/span><\/em>&#8230;assuming they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>had<\/em><\/span> jobs.<\/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\/06\/aaaa.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110029\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aaaa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aaaa.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aaaa-300x215.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aaa.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110030\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aaa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aaa.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aaa-300x211.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110031\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/a.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/a-300x215.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/cb053123dAPC-800x0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110032\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/cb053123dAPC-800x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/cb053123dAPC-800x0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/cb053123dAPC-800x0-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sk053123dAPC-800x0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110034\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sk053123dAPC-800x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sk053123dAPC-800x0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sk053123dAPC-800x0-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/MC_uganda_web-800x0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110033\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/MC_uganda_web-800x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/MC_uganda_web-800x0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/MC_uganda_web-800x0-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aa.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110035\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aa.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aa-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image-6-1-23-at-8.52-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110021\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image-6-1-23-at-8.52-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image-6-1-23-at-8.52-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image-6-1-23-at-8.52-AM-300x249.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image-5-31-23-at-9.07-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110022\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image-5-31-23-at-9.07-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image-5-31-23-at-9.07-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image-5-31-23-at-9.07-AM-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image-5-31-23-at-9.07-AM-297x300.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s this from Speed:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/speed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110048\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/speed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/speed.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/speed-282x300.jpg 282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a day with the <span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\"><em>Nothing to See Here, Folks&#8230;Please Move Along<\/em><\/span> segment, courtesy today of Breeze Gould, as <em>Asia Times<\/em> relates&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title entry-title--with-subtitle\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/asiatimes.com\/2023\/05\/war-game-china-hypersonics-sink-us-carrier-every-time\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ffcc00; text-decoration: underline;\">War game: China hypersonics sink US carrier every time<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"newspack-post-subtitle\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asiatimes.com\/2023\/05\/war-game-china-hypersonics-sink-us-carrier-every-time\/\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\">North University of China simulation shows three-wave hypersonic attack consistently decimates USS Gerald Ford in a South China Sea battle<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Hypersonic-Missile-Aircraft-Carrier-copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110041\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Hypersonic-Missile-Aircraft-Carrier-copy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Hypersonic-Missile-Aircraft-Carrier-copy.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Hypersonic-Missile-Aircraft-Carrier-copy-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;In the first publicized simulation of its type, China has war-gamed a hypersonic missile attack on the latest US supercarrier, sinking the warship and its escorts in a computer war game.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3221495\/chinese-scientists-war-game-hypersonic-strike-us-carrier-group-south-china-sea?utm_content=article&amp;utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=Facebook&amp;fbclid=IwAR29lYAlihUVi_Dw7aZ_s23HjuO6meT11uxhi9YibW-r0-959a34L8HHnxY#Echobox=1684832425\">South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0that North University of China researchers recently published the results of a war game in which <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>China used 24 hypersonic missiles to sink the USS Gerald Ford supercarrier and its five escorts<\/em><\/span><\/strong> in the Chinese-language Journal of Test and Measurement Technology.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The SCMP and other local language reports describe the war game as a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>three-wave hypersonic missile attack<\/em><\/span><\/strong> that sunk the USS Gerald Ford, the USS San Jacinto Ticonderoga-class cruiser and four Arleigh Burke Flight IIA guided missile destroyers. The war game reportedly simulated a situation where the USS Gerald Ford and its escorts continued approaching a China-held island in the South China Sea despite repeated warnings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;SCMP says that the research team assumed satellite targeting would not be available and only a limited number of hypersonic missiles, forcing the People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA) to rely on sea-based surveillance to track and identify the US fleet. The PLA then fired <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">eight less-reliable hypersonic missiles<\/span><\/em><\/strong> from southern and central China in the simulation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The attack reportedly <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">depleted the US fleet\u2019s 264 interceptor missiles<\/span><\/em><\/strong>, including the advanced SM-3 armed with hit-to-kill warheads, with two missiles fired at the USS San Jacinto. That volley was followed by <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>eight more reliable hypersonic missiles<\/em><\/span><\/strong> fired from northern and western China, with four aimed at the USS Gerald Ford and the others targeting the Arleigh Burke destroyers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Afterward, the PLA confirmed the status of the surviving Arleigh Burke destroyers and then sunk them with six of its remaining less-reliable hypersonic missiles fired from southern China. The destroyers survived the first two waves due to having the most soft-kill weapons in the fleet, such as electronic warfare systems, chaff and flare dispensers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The SCMP report also mentions that the Chinese research team <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>repeated the simulation 20 times<\/em><\/span><\/strong> to minimize uncertainty&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, our Commander-in-Chief, a man <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>literally<\/em><\/span> on the ChiCom payroll, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/06\/01\/joe-biden-takes-hard-fall-at-air-force-academy-commencement-ceremony\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">can&#8217;t stand up<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0long enough to finish his duties at the Air Force Academy commencement.\u00a0 Then again, the Naval Academy Class of 2023 had it far worse; THEY had to endure the constant cackling of Kamala!<\/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>Alistair Begg puts the state of the world into proper perspective.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2NoJ97dGLhI\" width=\"462\" height=\"258\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Tales of The Darkside<\/em><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Too Lazy to Hoop tells trans &#8220;athletes&#8221; to STOP LYING!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pexr7yqPfF4\" width=\"462\" height=\"258\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>On the Lighter Side<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Michael Knowles highlights just how idiotic educated Libtards actually are!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LaERkte8ylA\" 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Friday, June 2nd, 2023&#8230;but before we begin, Joe Biden just had his Jimmy Carter moment&#8230; BREAKING: Biden takes a big fall on stage just now at the U.S. Air Force Academy graduation pic.twitter.com\/GxkMbpyoNo \u2014 Jake Schneider (@jacobkschneider) June 1, 2023 &#8230;and the ChiComs, NoKos, Russkies and Iranians are laughing their collective a*ses off.\u00a0 At [&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-110024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110024","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=110024"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110088,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110024\/revisions\/110088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=110024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=110024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}