{"id":110266,"date":"2023-06-13T19:47:25","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T23:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=110266"},"modified":"2023-06-13T19:47:29","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T23:47:29","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-monday-june-12th-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=110266","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Monday, June 12th, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Monday, June 12th, 2023&#8230;but before we begin, ICYMI&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline headline--single\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/05\/19\/starbucks-goes-full-bud-light-with-trans-ad-in-india\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Starbucks slammed for going \u2018full Bud Light\u2019 with trans ad<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/NYPICHPDPICT000011376644-copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110244\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/NYPICHPDPICT000011376644-copy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/NYPICHPDPICT000011376644-copy.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/NYPICHPDPICT000011376644-copy-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;A Starbucks ad in India featuring a trans actress that promotes inclusivity has ignited a brewing firestorm against the coffee giant for going \u201cfull Bud Light.\u201d The two-minute video shows a supportive mother and wary father meeting their daughter, played by transgender Indian actress Siya, at a Starbucks. The father has not seen his child since her name was <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Arpit<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, before her transition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The father is visibly struggling with accepting his daughter when he gets up to order coffee. The barista then announces the drinks are ready for \u201c<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Arpita<\/em><\/span><\/strong>,\u201d a more feminine spin on the daughter\u2019s pre-transition name and an indication that the father is working towards acceptance. \u201cFor me, you are still my kid. Only a letter has been added to your name,\u201d he says to his daughter&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sorry, but rather than sitting down for an overpriced cup of unremarkable coffee, we&#8217;d be aiding our son in seeking the psychiatric treatment he so desperately needs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s <em>Sky News Australia<\/em>&#8216;s thoughts on the subject:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CtyOiXdb9TU\" 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><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>Arpit&#8230;Arpita; more like Armpita.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item, <em>The Daily Signal<\/em> is reporting a pending&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"post-title entry-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2023\/06\/09\/california-bill-would-charge-any-parent-doesnt-affirm-transgenderism-child-abuse\/?utm_source=TDS_Email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MorningBell\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">California Bill Would Charge Any Parent Who Doesn\u2019t Affirm Transgenderism With \u2018Child Abuse<\/span><\/a>\u2019<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7ozw0j.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110229\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7ozw0j.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7ozw0j.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7ozw0j-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;A\u00a0recently amended California bill\u00a0would add \u201caffirming\u201d the sexual transition of a child to the state\u2019s standard for parental responsibility and child welfare\u2014making any parent who doesn\u2019t affirm transgenderism for their child guilty of abuse under California state law.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB957\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">AB 957<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0passed California\u2019s State Assembly on May 3, but a co-sponsor amended it after hours in California\u2019s State Senate on June 6.\u00a0Assembly Member Lori Wilson, D-Suisun City, wrote the bill and introduced it on Feb. 14. State Sen. Scott Weiner, D-San Francisco, co-sponsored it. Wilson\u2019s child identifies as transgender.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Originally, AB 957 required courts to consider whether a child\u2019s parents were \u201cgender-affirming\u201d in custody cases. Wiener\u2019s amendment <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>completely rewrites<\/em><\/span><\/strong> California\u2019s standard of child care. AB 957 post-amendment \u201cwould include a parent\u2019s affirmation of the child\u2019s gender identity as part of the health, safety, and welfare of the child,\u201d <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">altering the definition and application<\/span><\/em><\/strong> of the\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2023\/06\/06\/antifa-armenian-parents-clash-california-school-board-meeting-required-lgbtq-activities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">entire California Family Code<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span>. California courts would be given <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>complete authority<\/em><\/span><\/strong> under Section 3011 of California\u2019s Family Code to <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">remove a child<\/span><\/em><\/strong> from his or her parents\u2019 home <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>if parents disapprove of LGBTQ+ ideology<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">By changing the definition of what constitutes the \u201chealth, safety, and welfare of [a] child,\u201d schools, churches, hospitals, and other organizations interacting with children would be <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>required to affirm<\/em><\/span><\/strong> \u201cgender transitions\u201d <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in minors<\/em><\/span><\/strong> by default\u2014<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>or risk charges of child abuse<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. AB 957 could also expand <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">which organizations provide \u201cevidence<\/span><\/em><\/strong>\u201d of gender \u201cnonaffirmation\u201d to California\u2019s courts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Because of the addition of \u201cgender affirmation\u201d to the qualifications of California\u2019s standards for \u201chealth, safety, and welfare,\u201d California\u2019s courts would now be able to accept reports of gender \u201cabuse\u201d from <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>progressive activist organizations<\/em><\/span><\/strong>\u2014as long as they claim to provide \u201cservices to victims of sexual assault or domestic violence.\u201d In essence, a boy could report his parents to his local school\u2019s Gay-Straight Alliance club or other LGBTQ+ organization, who could then report the boy\u2019s parents\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2022\/10\/14\/virginia-attorney-general-vows-protect-parental-rights-democrats-transgender-child-abuse-bill\/\" class=\"broken_link\">for child abuse<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Incredibly, the bill provides <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no definition whatsoever<\/em><\/span><\/strong> of what would <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">qualify as \u201cnonaffirming<\/span><\/em><\/strong>\u201d to a child\u2019s gender&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>This from the same political party who can&#8217;t provide the definition of a woman.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, after reading the document in its entirety, the Editors at <em>NRO<\/em> have concluded&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2023\/06\/the-trump-indictment-is-damning\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=31754333\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">The Trump Indictment Is Damning<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/download-1-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110231\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/download-1-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/download-1-1.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/download-1-1-300x175.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"drop\">J<\/span><span class=\"small_caps\">ust\u00a0<\/span>as paranoiacs <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>sometimes have enemies<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, people obsessively pursued for alleged violations of the law by their political opponents <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>sometimes commit criminal offenses<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">At many junctures, most recently with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg\u2019s\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2023\/04\/braggs-trump-indictment-folly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"dynamic-link\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2023\/04\/braggs-trump-indictment-folly\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1686440397195000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3cO9xJ6MEfwrRHE_iu8U21\">flimsy charges<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span>, we\u2019ve had occasions to point out how Donald Trump\u2019s adversaries <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>have<\/em><\/span><\/strong> twisted the law in a politically motivated effort to nail the former president. And we <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>certainly do not welcome the precedent<\/em><\/span><\/strong> of a federal prosecutor, who ultimately reports to the president. That said, it is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>impossible<\/em><\/span><\/strong> to\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/read-trump-indictment-unsealed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"dynamic-link\">read the indictment<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0against Trump in the Mar-a-Lago documents case and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not be appalled<\/em><\/span><\/strong> at the way he <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>handled<\/em><\/span><\/strong> classified documents as an ex-president, and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>responded<\/em><\/span><\/strong> to the attempt by federal authorities to reclaim them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">When he moved out of the White House, Trump moved many boxes of materials to Mar-a-Lago. Many contained nothing more than mementos such as newspaper clippings, photos, cards, and various notes and letters. But <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>included<\/em><\/span><\/strong> along with these run-of-the-mill items were <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>hundreds of documents marked classified<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. These documents, according to the indictment from special counsel Jack Smith filed in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of Florida, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>included<\/em><\/span><\/strong> \u201cinformation regarding defense and weapons capabilities of both the United States and foreign countries; United States nuclear programs; potential vulnerabilities of the United States and its allies to military attack; <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span><\/strong> plans for possible retaliation in response to a foreign attack.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Once Trump was <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no longer president<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, he had <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no right to these materials<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. He stored them <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>recklessly<\/em><\/span><\/strong> \u2014 <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span><\/strong> in a secured space that had been approved to handle classified documents, but, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>farcically<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, in places including his bedroom, a bathroom, and a ballroom. This was within his Mar-a-Lago Club that has hosted events for <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>tens of thousands of people<\/em><\/span><\/strong> within the roughly year and a half that the documents were in his possession.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Trump <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>brushed off<\/em><\/span><\/strong> months of demands from the National Archives and Records Administration to return the missing records before relenting in January 2022, but only providing <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a portion<\/em><\/span><\/strong> of what was in his possession \u2014 roughly 15 boxes, which included <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>197 documents that were marked as classified<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. After a grand-jury subpoena demanded <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all<\/em><\/span><\/strong> classified documents, Trump\u2019s lawyers <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>then<\/em><\/span><\/strong> turned over <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>38 more<\/em><\/span><\/strong> documents marked classified. But when the FBI carried out a controversial search warrant later that summer and seized <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more<\/em><\/span><\/strong> boxes, they found <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>102 additional documents with classified markings<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The indictment offers evidence that Trump <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>misled investigators<\/em><\/span><\/strong> about his possession of the documents and took actions to <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>conceal<\/em><\/span><\/strong> them. But <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>most damning<\/em><\/span><\/strong> is the transcript of a conversation during which Trump <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>showed one of the documents to a reporter<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. Speaking of a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>theoretical attack plan<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, Trump <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>produced<\/em><\/span><\/strong> a document and said, \u201cIt is like, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>highly<\/em><\/span><\/strong> confidential.\u201d He <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>also said<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, \u201cSee as president I could have declassified it\u201d but admitted, \u201c<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Now I can\u2019t<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, you know, but this is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>still<\/em><\/span><\/strong> a secret.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The audio of this conversation makes it a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>lot<\/em><\/span><\/strong> more difficult for Trump to chalk everything up to an innocent case of some classified documents getting mixed up with other personal items from his presidency. It also <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">directly contradicts<\/span> <\/em><\/strong>some of the laughable public defenses that were made by Trump and his team last summer, including the idea that there was a \u201cstanding order\u201d that whatever documents he brought to Mar-a-Lago to work on were automatically declassified. It\u2019s clear from the conversation that he <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not only knew<\/em><\/span><\/strong> he was in possession of secret documents that were never declassified, but <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>knowingly shared them with people who lacked the security clearance to see them<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Equally damning<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, particularly for someone who was and would like again to be the nation\u2019s chief executive, responsible for the enforcement of the laws, is the evidence that Trump <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not only deceived the investigators<\/em><\/span><\/strong> and the grand jury, but <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>his own lawyers<\/em><\/span><\/strong> \u2014 <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>knowing and intending<\/em><\/span><\/strong> that they would <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>consequently<\/em><\/span><\/strong> obstruct the investigation. If the allegations in the indictment are true, Trump tried to nudge his lawyers into <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>concealing or destroying<\/em><\/span><\/strong> incriminating evidence. Unable to bend them in that direction, he and an aide <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>hid<\/em><\/span><\/strong> boxes of documents <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>from<\/em><\/span><\/strong> them, causing them <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>falsely<\/em><\/span><\/strong> to tell the grand jury, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>under oath<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, that the classified documents they delivered to the FBI in June 2022 were the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>only ones<\/em><\/span><\/strong> remaining in his possession. They <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>weren\u2019t lying<\/em><\/span><\/strong>; according to prosecutors, they were <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>passing along what he told them<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. It is worth noting, moreover, that the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>substantiation<\/em><\/span><\/strong> of this allegation is likely to come from testimony of <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the lawyers themselves<\/em> <\/span><\/strong>\u2014 <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span><\/strong> from people out to get the former president, but people who tried, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>futilely<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, to help him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">We understand why many conservatives are unwilling to view the charges against Trump in a vacuum given that the Justice Department <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>let Hillary Clinton off the hook<\/em><\/span><\/strong> for her reckless handling of government secrets and the resulting cover-up, that President Biden is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unlikely to pay a price<\/em><\/span><\/strong> for his own mishandling of classified documents, and that Democrats and their allies have pursued a yearslong campaign <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>to get Trump<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. All of those are <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>legitimate considerations<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, and the contrast with how James Comey and Co. handled the Hillary case is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>particularly<\/em><\/span><\/strong> galling. But it <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>doesn\u2019t change the fact<\/em><\/span><\/strong> the country <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>wouldn\u2019t be in<\/em><\/span><\/strong> this uncharted territory <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>if Trump hadn\u2019t taken documents he had no right to<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>simply complied when asked to give them back<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s Jonathan Turley&#8217;s take:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">TRUMP&#8217;S INDICTMENT FOR MISHANDLING CLASSIFIED DOCS &#8216;A DIFFERENT BALL GAME&#8217; THAN BRAGG PROSECUTION.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonathanTurley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JonathanTurley<\/a>: &#8220;The Alvin Bragg prosecution is a political prosecution, it is what Trump says it is, it is a weaponization of the criminal justice system, in my view. This is a\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5eN7XzAceg\">pic.twitter.com\/5eN7XzAceg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 America&#8217;s Newsroom (@AmericaNewsroom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmericaNewsroom\/status\/1667167765239570433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>That being said, Jack Smith&#8217;s statement announcing Trump&#8217;s indictment was damningly disingenuous, if not downright dishonest:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h22P6Uq_HE4?start=89&amp;end=158&amp;\" width=\"462\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><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>As we often do, we&#8217;ll leave the last word on the subject to Andy McCarthy, and his reasoning&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2023\/06\/why-trumps-witch-hunt-cries-ring-hollow-in-face-of-doj-indictment\/?bypass_key=cVBzZWE2MmUrNHV4U2w2ZjdUdmE2dz09OjpSbFpLTldaSFpVdE5hQzl2VTNkTk5WQTFVVGRUUVQwOQ%3D%3D&amp;lctg=547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Saturday%202023-06-10&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Why Trump\u2019s \u2018Witch Hunt\u2019 Cries Ring Hollow in Face of DOJ Indictment<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2023\/06\/why-trumps-witch-hunt-cries-ring-hollow-in-face-of-doj-indictment\/?bypass_key=cVBzZWE2MmUrNHV4U2w2ZjdUdmE2dz09OjpSbFpLTldaSFpVdE5hQzl2VTNkTk5WQTFVVGRUUVQwOQ%3D%3D&amp;lctg=547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Saturday%202023-06-10&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Just look at the source of some of the evidence. It\u2019s not his enemies<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/download-4.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110230\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/download-4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/download-4.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/download-4-300x209.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"drop\">O<\/span><span class=\"small_caps\">n<\/span>\u00a0May 23, 2022,\u00a0Donald Trump, formerly the president of the United States and thus the nation\u2019s chief executive responsible for executing and upholding its laws, sat down with two lawyers he had retained to help him handle a grand-jury subpoena. The subpoena, which is a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>legally enforceable court order<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span><\/strong> a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>suggestion<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>required<\/em><\/span><\/strong> that he surrender to the grand jury (via the FBI) intelligence files that he had <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>illegally retained<\/em><\/span><\/strong> at Mar-a-Lago, his resort club and estate in Palm Beach. Trump was <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>bent on defying<\/em><\/span><\/strong> the order. He would <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>willfully refuse<\/em><\/span><\/strong> the command of the subpoena and the directive of government officials.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Already, you can see a problem here. Trump and his two lawyers understood that the point of the meeting was to decide how to handle the subpoena. But, it turns out, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not everyone<\/em><\/span><\/strong> was on the same page about <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>what\u00a0<em>handl<\/em>e\u00a0meant<\/strong><\/span><\/em>. Trump turned the conversation to a favorite obsession,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/hillary-clinton-trolls-donald-trump-promotes-but-her-emails-merch-in-response-to-indictment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"dynamic-link\">Hillary Clinton<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Specifically<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, he spoke of a lawyer who had represented her when she was in a similar pickle: the recipient of a subpoena (hers was from Congress) demanding that she turn over emails from her home-brew, nongovernment, nonsecure server system. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Humiliating emails<\/em><\/span><\/strong> she had <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no intention of surrendering<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">According to Trump, then, she got herself a lawyer who would help her, you know,\u00a0<em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">handle<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>the subpoena. To the former president, this was the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>very model of legal acumen<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. Referring to this exemplary lawyer, Trump advised his two attorneys:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>He was great, he did a great job. You know what? He said, he said that it \u2014 that it <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">was him<\/span><\/strong>. That <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">he was the one<\/span><\/strong> who deleted all of her emails, the 30,000 emails, because they basically dealt with her scheduling and her going to the gym and her having beauty appointments. And he was <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">great<\/span><\/strong>. And he, so <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">she<\/span><\/strong> didn\u2019t get into any trouble because <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">he said he was the one<\/span><\/strong> who deleted them.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Get it<\/em><\/span><\/strong>? It doesn\u2019t require a lot of translation. But just in case anyone missed the point, the indictment recounts that the former president of the United States \u201crelated <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that<\/em><\/span><\/strong> story <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more than once<\/em><\/span><\/strong> that day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Now, since we\u2019re hearing a lot, and we\u2019re going to hear a lot more, about <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>selective prosecution<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, about the sense that the \u201cboxes hoax\u201d is the \u201cbiggest witch hunt of all time,\u201d <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>understand this<\/em><\/span><\/strong>: The evidence of this soliloquy \u2014 wherein it was <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Trump-splained<\/em><\/span><\/strong> that a \u201cgreat job\u201d by a lawyer entails <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>making incriminating evidence disappear and taking the fall for it so the client escapes jeopardy<\/em><\/span><\/strong> \u2014 does <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span><\/strong> come from Donald Trump\u2019s <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>enemies<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. These are <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span><\/strong> the people who want to take him out. This is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span><\/strong> Joe Biden, Liz Cheney, congressional Democrats, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>or<\/em><\/span><\/strong> the \u201cfake news\u201d media. It\u2019s <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not even<\/em><\/span><\/strong> RINO Republicans or that (apparently) fiercest of political combatants, \u201cAda\u201d Hutchinson.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">No, the evidence comes from <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Trump\u2019s lawyers<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. The people who were <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>trying to minimize his criminal exposure<\/em><\/span><\/strong> and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>push back against his destructive tendencies<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. The people who were <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>trying<\/em><\/span><\/strong> to <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>help<\/em><\/span><\/strong> him. One of these lawyers, Evan Corcoran, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>kept trying to help Trump even after he knew he\u2019d been had<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. For <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>his trouble<\/em><\/span><\/strong> in representing a former president, Corcoran was <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>subpoenaed and forced<\/em><\/span><\/strong> by a federal judge and an appellate court to testify. He fought them <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all the way<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, struggling to preserve Trump\u2019s attorney-client privilege even though, apparently unbeknownst to Corcoran at the time, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Trump had blithely negated the privilege<\/em><\/span><\/strong> by using Corcoran to provide false information, under oath, in response to a subpoena.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">It\u2019s the Trump pattern: Good people <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>try<\/em><\/span><\/strong> to help wrestle his demons, he gets his kicks out of making <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unsavory acts of loyalty the price of prestigious jobs<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, they <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>finally<\/em><\/span><\/strong> realize the price is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>too high<\/em><\/span><\/strong> \u2014 usually <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>too late<\/em><\/span><\/strong> for their own good \u2014 and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>he trashes them<\/em><\/span><\/strong> as they make their quietus. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Rinse and repeat<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Corcoran was <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span><\/strong> trying to <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>hurt<\/em><\/span><\/strong> Trump, even though Trump had <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>thought nothing<\/em><\/span><\/strong> of putting the lawyer\u2019s livelihood at risk. Corcoran <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>provided<\/em><\/span><\/strong> the lurid testimony reflected in the indictment \u2014 including <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Trump\u2019s suggestions<\/em><\/span><\/strong> that he falsely tell the FBI and grand jury that he did not have documents marked classified, and that he \u201cpluck\u201d out of a package of documents responsive to the subpoena \u201canything really bad in there\u201d \u2014 because the law required him to, not because he wanted to.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Is the former president being unfairly singled out for prosecution by special counsel Jack Smith\u2019s 37-count indictment? <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>I<\/em><\/span><\/strong> think so . . . but <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span><\/strong> for the reasons Trump and his devotees posit. The <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>problem is<\/em><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em> not<\/em><\/span><\/strong> that Democrats, who are leveraging the government\u2019s law-enforcement power for partisan advantage, are going after him, even though Democrats and Beltway big shots \u2014 Hillary Clinton, Sandy Berger, David Petraeus, and (soon) Joe Biden \u2014 get a pass.\u00a0<em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The problem is that Clinton, Berger, Petraeus, and (soon) Biden get a pass<\/span><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">It\u2019s <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span><\/strong> that Trump is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>owed<\/em><\/span><\/strong> a pass. It\u2019s that <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">every official<\/span><\/em><\/strong> who is entrusted with access to the nation\u2019s secrets, and who then <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>betrays<\/em><\/span><\/strong> that trust by willful law violations and cover-ups, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>should be prosecuted<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Every<\/em><\/span><\/strong> . . . <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>single<\/em><\/span><\/strong> . . . <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>one<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. And <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>none<\/em><\/span><\/strong> of them has <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>any<\/em><\/span><\/strong> business near power. The lesson of the Hillary Clinton precedent is that Joe Biden should be investigated and prosecuted. That\u2019s how the scales of justice are evened out. The <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>fix<\/em><\/span><\/strong> for a two-tiered justice system is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>NOT equal INjustice<\/em><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0under the law.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">As for Trump, say what you want about Democrats being out to destroy him. I know all about that \u2014\u00a0wrote a book about it, in fact. But if Trump ends up being destroyed in this case, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>it will be based on the accounts of people who had his best interests at heart<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">I <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>don\u2019t believe<\/em><\/span><\/strong> that Trump\u2019s lawyers, who were trying to help him, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>would testify<\/em><\/span><\/strong> \u2014 as they <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>hav<\/em><\/span><\/strong>e very reluctantly testified \u2014 that he <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>tried<\/em><\/span><\/strong> to get them to destroy evidence and obstruct justice, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unless he really did<\/em><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em> try<\/em><\/span><\/strong> to get them to destroy evidence and obstruct justice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">If you tell me I need to look the other way on that because <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Hillary Clinton<\/span><\/em><\/strong> got a pass, I <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>respectfully suggest<\/em><\/span><\/strong> that <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>you\u2019ve<\/em><\/span><\/strong> lost your way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>At the risk of offending some readers, here&#8217;s the juice: Note well McCarthy&#8217;s words, &#8220;The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>fix<\/em><\/span> for a two-tiered justice system is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>NOT equal INjustice<\/em><\/span> under the law&#8221; (emphasis added).\u00a0 Just because Hillary escaped justice, at least in this world, it doesn&#8217;t make The Donald any less guilty.\u00a0 And as we mentioned previously, Trump&#8217;s crimes required\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">enormous<\/span><\/em> amounts of ego and hubris&#8230;not to mention a titch of stupidity&#8230;as he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>had to know<\/em><\/span>, having been under the microscope for years, he&#8217;d face far greater scrutiny than any ex-President in history.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Yet he not only <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>took<\/em><\/span>\u00a0classified materials in the first place, he then returned <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>less than all<\/em><\/span> of them while <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>lying<\/em><\/span> about any remaining in his possession, after which he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>bragged about one of them to a reporter with neither clearance nor need to know while the conversation was being recorded<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sorry, folks, but this man <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>isn&#8217;t fit<\/em><\/span> to serve a second term as President, assuming he was for his first, particularly as there are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>far-more qualified<\/em><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>eminently-more electable<\/em><\/span> alternatives in the Republican field.\u00a0 Furthermore, we&#8217;re just tired of everything and anything about him.\u00a0 He kept Hillary out of the White House, and for that we thank him.\u00a0 Now, it&#8217;s time to move on.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of moving on, here&#8217;s another sextet of special selections certain to sate the curiosity of inquiring Conservative minds:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(1). <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Wilfred Reilly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2023\/06\/the-truth-about-redlinings-history\/?lctg=547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=WIR%20-%20Sunday%202023-06-11&amp;utm_term=WIR-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>exposes the fiction of &#8220;redlining&#8221; and other Progressive myths<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(2). Since we&#8217;re on the subject of fiction,\u00a0<em>Best of the Web<\/em> recounts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-continuing-unreality-of-bidenomics-5447a5d6?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>the continuing unreality of Bidenomics<\/em><\/span><\/a>, noting Joe&#8217;s claims stand in stark contrast to his own government&#8217;s statistics.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Here&#8217;s a second shot of the juice, courtesy of <em>The Federalist<\/em>&#8216;s senior legal correspondent Margot Cleveland via Speed: Whenever Joe says, &#8220;I&#8217;m not joking&#8221;, he&#8217;s lying; Whenever he says, &#8220;I&#8217;m joking&#8221;, he&#8217;s telling the truth.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(3). Early Sunday morning, Syracuse police responding to reports of shots fired (do Baltimore cops even respond to such reports any more?!?) <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/syracuse-police-least-13-people-shot-stabbed-struck-cars-mass-gathering-hundreds\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">found a total of 13 people shot, stabbed or struck by vehicles at a &#8220;mass gathering<\/span><\/a>&#8220;<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0 The report includes no description <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>whatsoever<\/em><\/span> of the victims, perps or any other parties involved, which tells you&#8230;they&#8217;re all victims of White supremacy and systemic racism.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(4). <em>Townhall.com<\/em>&#8216;s Sarah Arnold informs us <\/strong><strong><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/saraharnold\/2023\/06\/10\/wh-brings-back-face-masks-social-distancing-for-the-unvaccinated-n2624325\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">even though they announced an end to the authoritarian Covid-19 government mandates, the Biden White House requires guests to practice social distancing and wear masks during their visit<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 This, of course, despite the fact the vaccinated can still transmit the virus; So much for following the science.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(5). What other than unbridled hatred and intolerance explains behavior which is so common on The Left, yet so rare, if not unknown, on The Right?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The car behind me in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dunkin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Dunkin<\/a>&#8216; drivethru saw the Trump2024 sticker on my back window and \u201cwarned\u201d the team at Dunkin that I am a Trump supporter. He then called me xenophobic and told me I\u2019ll be deported. Why are democrats so openly hateful and racist? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0ZrG7rGU77\">pic.twitter.com\/0ZrG7rGU77<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Francisco (@adamfrancisco_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adamfrancisco_\/status\/1666842309067980801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(6). Evidence <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/unabomber-ted-kaczynski-cause-death-federal-prison-cell-reportedly-suicide\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>now indicates Ted Kaczynski committed suicide<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Reports he was prepared to offer evidence against the Clintons in return for a reduced sentence remain unconfirmed.<\/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\/aa-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110233\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aa-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aa-4.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aa-4-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/afb060923dAPC-800x0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110234\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/afb060923dAPC-800x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/afb060923dAPC-800x0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/afb060923dAPC-800x0-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aaa-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110235\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aaa-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aaa-3.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aaa-3-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/LIisa2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110236\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/LIisa2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/LIisa2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/LIisa2-300x208.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gv060923dAPR-800x0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110237\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gv060923dAPR-800x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gv060923dAPR-800x0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gv060923dAPR-800x0-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/MC-Maple_web-800x0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110238\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/MC-Maple_web-800x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/MC-Maple_web-800x0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/MC-Maple_web-800x0-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aaaa-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110239\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aaaa-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aaaa-2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aaaa-2-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/a-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110240\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/a-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/a-3.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/a-3-300x215.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Lisa1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110241\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Lisa1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Lisa1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Lisa1-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/alg060923dAPR-800x0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110242\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/alg060923dAPR-800x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/alg060923dAPR-800x0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/alg060923dAPR-800x0-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these from\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Mark Foster&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Foster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110248\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Foster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Foster.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Foster-268x300.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Mark Hannon&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Hannon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110247\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Hannon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Hannon.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Hannon-238x300.png 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Balls Cotton&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Balls-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110257\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Balls-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Balls-2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Balls-2-300x262.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Andy Meyers&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Change-My-Mind.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110258\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Change-My-Mind.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Change-My-Mind.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Change-My-Mind-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Dick-Chick.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110259\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Dick-Chick.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Dick-Chick.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Dick-Chick-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Who-Decides.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110260\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Who-Decides.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Who-Decides.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Who-Decides-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Who-Decides-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and the lovely Shannon:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Shannon-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110232\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Shannon-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Shannon-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Shannon-1-300x274.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>As regards that last one, in its zeal to indulge and affirm the conduct of the mentally ill, the Biden clown car&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/GettyImages-1258589569-copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110250\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/GettyImages-1258589569-copy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/GettyImages-1258589569-copy.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/GettyImages-1258589569-copy-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;clearly violated Section \u00a77. (e) of the U.S. Flag Code, which <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unambiguously<\/em><\/span> dictates, &#8220;The flag of the United States of America should be at the center and at the highest point of the group when a number of flags of States or localities or pennants of societies are grouped and displayed from staffs.&#8221;\u00a0 Can it really be no one advising this demented, old deviant understands the proprieties surrounding the display of Old Glory, or do they simply not care?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, in a departure from our usual M.O., we&#8217;ll it a wrap with a forward from Carl &#8220;The Great One&#8221; Polizzi, a 1941 poem which inspired us to pursue the golden wings of a Naval Aviator,\u00a0<em>High Flight<\/em>, by John Gillespie Magee:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Sunward I&#8217;ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>of sun-split clouds,\u2014and done a hundred things<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>You have not dreamed of\u2014wheeled and soared and swung<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>High in the sunlit silence. Hov&#8217;ring there,<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>I&#8217;ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>My eager craft through footless halls of air &#8230;.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>I&#8217;ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Where never lark nor ever eagle flew\u2014<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>And, while with silent lifting mind I&#8217;ve trod<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>The high untrespassed sanctity of space,<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.<\/strong><\/em><\/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>Watch as Josh Hawley rips this useless harpy up one side and down the other!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zwvgsSWG_-g\" width=\"462\" height=\"258\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Tales of The Darkside<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The fabulist &#8220;facts&#8221; surrounding the Nationals abject surrender to the infinitesimal percentage of the population backing Pride Month.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mtVYTjiIp3w\" 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>We thought the &#8220;In the Navy&#8221; clip featured in the Friday edition well worth watching in its entirety.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HAEGz1HROEA\" width=\"462\" height=\"258\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Monday, June 12th, 2023&#8230;but before we begin, ICYMI&#8230; Starbucks slammed for going \u2018full Bud Light\u2019 with trans ad &nbsp; &#8220;A Starbucks ad in India featuring a trans actress that promotes inclusivity has ignited a brewing firestorm against the coffee giant for going \u201cfull Bud Light.\u201d The two-minute video shows a supportive mother and wary [&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-110266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110266","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=110266"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110325,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110266\/revisions\/110325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=110266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=110266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}