{"id":70020,"date":"2019-05-19T20:38:37","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T00:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=70020"},"modified":"2019-05-19T20:38:48","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T00:38:48","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-may-17th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=70020","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, May 17th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, May 17th, 2019&#8230;but before we begin, check out these emasculated metrosexual Progressive presidential wannabes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UPbJER0GP_g\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Such cringing recalls one of our favorite scenes (edited to run in the time allotted) from the Steve Martin remake of <em>Father of the Bride<\/em>.\u00a0 After first announcing to her parents the wedding&#8217;s off, the bride-to-be tearfully explains to her father why: her\u00a0<b>fianc\u00e9<\/b>, in an unforgivable act of patriarchal misogyny, had presented the little woman with a&#8230;GASP&#8230;blender!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VhxCM_SESgM?start=3327&amp;end=3456&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cut to Martin&#8217;s future son-in-law fully engaged in a soul-baring effort to identify and root out any vestige of subconscious sexism or politically-incorrect thought&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VhxCM_SESgM?start=3503&amp;end=3538&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><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;followed by a tearful, apologetic reunion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VhxCM_SESgM?start=3664&amp;end=3674&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>What was obvious satire in 1991 is today the harsh reality of Progressive politics, which demands an almost interminable expression of groveling remorse whenever a written or oral statement which violates the politically-correct mores of the minute comes to light; no matter how long ago, or how far, far away the transgression occurred.\u00a0 And it couldn&#8217;t happen to a more deserving bunch.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>That reminds us, did you hear the one about when&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_2983.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69927\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_2983.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_2983.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_2983-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FbjiKIKzY3c\" width=\"400\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hat tip to Speed Mach for the Barr joke.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of Bill Barr, we lead off with the latest from the <em>WSJ<\/em>&#8216;s Kim Strassel, as she updates us on the AG&#8217;s ongoing\u00a0efforts to bring the guilty to justice:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/justice-done-right-11558048561\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff; text-decoration: underline;\">Bull Durham at Justice<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/justice-done-right-11558048561\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Bill Barr\u2019s latest appointment reminds us how the department should operate<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/3168dw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69966\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/3168dw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/3168dw.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/3168dw-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Better late than never<\/em><\/span>: Attorney General William Barr has tasked U.S. Attorney John Durham to investigate the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">If the Justice Department had done this <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>two years ago<\/em><\/span>, the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>country<\/em><\/span> would be in a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>much better place<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">Mr. Barr has made clear that he intends to restore his department\u2019s credibility.<\/span> The Durham appointment is a perfect example of that effort. <span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">This is how Justice <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ought<\/em><\/span> to operate, from the nature of the probe to the choice of prosecutor.<\/span> It\u2019s a striking contrast to the hash that became of the Mueller investigation.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong>Because Mr. Durham is operating as a U.S. attorney and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span> as a freewheeling special counsel, he will <em>share findings with the attorney general <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">as his review progresses<\/span><\/em>.<span style=\"color: #333399;\"> Based on what we\u2019ve seen <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>so far<\/em><\/span> from Mr. Barr, <em>expect him to be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">as transparent with information as possible<\/span><\/em>\u2014<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">especially<\/span><\/em> with regard to Congress.<\/span> What a refreshing departure from a Justice Department that for two years used the Mueller probe as its excuse <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not to comply<\/em><\/span> with Congressional oversight.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Americans demand a few <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>basic things<\/em><\/span> from government\u2014accountability, <em>transparency<\/em>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>blind justice<\/em><\/span>. We are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>finally<\/em><\/span>\u2014two years late\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>getting them<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>We only hope and pray it&#8217;s so, and that Barr and Durham live up to Kim Strassel&#8217;s expectations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next up, courtesy of <em>American Greatness<\/em> via our old friend, classmate and rotorhead par excellence Jim &#8220;Cool Breeze&#8221; Gould, Victor Davis Hanson suggest it&#8217;s high-time we realized&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title fusion-post-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-fontsize=\"30\" data-lineheight=\"42\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amgreatness.com\/2019\/05\/12\/the-media-wounded\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">Journalism is Dead\u2014Long Live the Media<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #333399;\">!<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/980x.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69959\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/980x.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/980x.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/980x-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"wpsdcp-drop-cap-default\">&#8220;T<\/span>here still exists a physical media in the sense of airing current events. <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>But it is not journalism as we once understood the disinterested reporting of the news. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Journalism<\/span><\/em> <em>is now <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">dead<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>media<\/em><\/span> lives on.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Reporters <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>today<\/em><\/span> believe that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>their coverage serves higher agendas of social justice, identity politics, \u201cequality,\u201d and diversity<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em>To the degree a news account is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">expanded or ignored<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">praised or blasted<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">depends on its supposed utility to the effort to fundamentally transform the country into something unlike its founding<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>What destroyed the present generation of journalism <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>was not just<\/em><\/span> that they live in coastal corridors of progressive groupthink. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">It <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>was not just<\/em><\/span> because they almost all graduated from liberal journalism programs that still regurgitate ossified Watergate psychodramas of investigative reporters as comic book heroes.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Nor<\/em><\/span> is the cause of their decline even their own hair-trigger and social media snark <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>or<\/em><\/span> the pushback from Donald J. Trump.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Instead, over the last 20 years, marquee journalists saw themselves as wannabe celebrities who were to make news, not to report it, to massage stories in such a fashion to serve their social justice agendas, and to virtue signal their superior morality, as many revolved in and out of government.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">What have they become instead?<\/span> People with enormous self-regard, but with little experience with the public whom they were supposed to serve.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">They espouse opinions<\/span> on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">nearly everything<\/span> while knowing almost nothing<\/em>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">They believe Washington and New York <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>are the centers of the universe<\/em><\/span>, while the universe is making both more irrelevant.<\/span> As their <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ethics dissipated<\/em><\/span>, their <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>vocabularies shrank<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em>Their poor communication skills grew ever poorer, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and they displayed little knowledge of the history and culture of the people they reported on<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> <em>Most could give an in-depth lecture on Botox, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">but are ignorant about the U.S. Constitution or basic facts of American history<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>The people finally are tiring of their bias, their incompetence and their arrogance\u2014and are finally beginning to ignore most of what they say and write.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>With all due respect to VDH&#8230;which is considerable&#8230;we&#8217;d suggest a sizable portion of &#8220;the people&#8221; have been ignoring the MSM since their partisan coverage of the 2000 election and subsequent inexcusable treatment of George W. Bush.\u00a0 And we&#8217;re no fan of Dubya, either!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of the utterly inaccurate, courtesy of\u00a0<em>FOX News<\/em>, Deroy Murdock details&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/deroy-murdock-joe-biden-democrats-jim-crow-republicans\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">What Joe Biden should remember when he evokes Jim Crow<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/joe-biden-something-stupid.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/joe-biden-something-stupid.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/joe-biden-something-stupid.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/joe-biden-something-stupid-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;Former\u00a0Vice President Joseph Biden\u00a0detonated a stink bomb on the campaign trail. Stumping in South Carolina for the\u00a02020 Democrat presidential nomination, Biden earlier this month criticized GOP voter-integrity efforts. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Thanks\u00a0to\u00a0Republicans, he told voters, \u201c<\/strong><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Gq28F8dz2YM?t=19\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>You\u2019ve got Jim Crow sneaking back in<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>This comment paired nastily with Biden\u2019s comments before black voters in Virginia in August 2012.<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>He said that if that year\u2019s GOP nominee, Mitt Romney, and Republicans won the election, \u201c<\/strong><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5gII8D-lzbA?t=4\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">They\u2019re gonna put y\u2019all back in chains<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Biden absurdly suggested that Republicans long to restore slavery<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Biden must have forgotten his U.S. history. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Here is a badly needed booster shot.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Jim Crow \u201csnuck in\u201d in the first place because <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Democrats<\/em><\/span> \u2013 members of Biden\u2019s party \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>wrote, signed, and brutally enforced the South\u2019s Jim Crow\u00a0law<\/em><em>s<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> This mayhem was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>100 percent<\/em><\/span> the bloody work of\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Democrats<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not Republicans<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>So, if Joe\u00a0Biden\u00a0is going to invoke Jim Crow, he should <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>start<\/em><\/span> by\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>apologizing\u00a0for<\/em> <em>his party\u2019s<\/em><\/span> \u2013 the Democrat Party\u2019s \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>central and indispensable role in inflicting the entire, racist Jim Crow structure on black Americans for 87 grueling years: 1877-1964<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>As for Biden\u2019s underlying claim that Republicans are practicing voter suppression <em>if so<\/em>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>they are failing miserably<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Last fall, <em>black and Hispanic voter turnout was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">way up<\/span><\/em>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>notwithstanding<\/em><\/span> voter ID laws, removal of dead and relocated citizens from voter rolls, and, in some places, curbing early voting in favor of having Americans choose their leaders once they can make fully informed decisions: On <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Election Day<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> (In North Carolina, 2016\u2019s early voting began that September 9, 17\u00a0days before the first Clinton-Trump debate. Disgusting.)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">According to\u00a0Pew Research Center, <em>the share of blacks who voted in last year\u2019s midterm elections <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">soared from 40.6 percent in 2014 to\u00a051.4 percent in 2018<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0<\/span>That represents <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a 26.6 percent boost in black voter turnout last November<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>So<\/em><\/span>, Joe, where exactly <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is<\/em><\/span> the GOP voter suppression?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">In Georgia, Democrat Stacey Abrams keeps whining that racist Republicans cost her the governorship because they barred blacks from voting.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Really<\/em><\/span>?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>In <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>2014<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>43 percent<\/em><\/span> of registered black voters in Georgia cast ballots in the midterm election. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">In <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>2018<\/em><\/span>, that number <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>soared to 60 percent<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>\u201cVoter disenfranchisement doesn\u2019t just show up when you put dogs on people or water hoses, or block entrances,\u201d Florida\u2019s\u00a0failed gubernatorial nominee, Andrew Gillum, said with needless drama.<\/strong> <\/span>Gillum, a black Democrat, added: \u201cThat\u2019s not the only form of voter disenfranchisement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>But black turnout in Florida <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>rose<\/em><\/span> from <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>44 percent in 2014<\/em><\/span> to\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>47.2 percent in 2018<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>What<\/em><\/span> disenfranchisement?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>As part of its 24\/7\/365 anti-GOP smear campaign, the left still claims that there is no need for voter ID or other ballot-integrity measures \u2013 <em>since there is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">no such thing<\/span> as voter fraud<\/em>.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tell <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that<\/em><\/span> to the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>1,037 people\u00a0convicted\u00a0of vote fraud<\/em><\/span> in the Heritage Foundation\u2019s\u00a0database on that topic.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Rather than invoke Jim Crow, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in a cynical and revolting\u00a0ploy to terrify blacks into voting for Democrats<\/em><\/span>, Joe Biden <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>should present a positive agenda that would outperform President Trump\u2019s pro-growth policies<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Trumponomics <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is reducing black poverty and fueling black prosperity<\/em><\/span> \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>amid recent, record-low black unemployment<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> If Biden has <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>better<\/em><\/span> ideas, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we\u2019d all love to see the plan<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note Biden&#8217;s comment in the video clip below&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gq28F8dz2YM?start=34\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>seriously consider it<\/em><\/span>: &#8220;And guess what? <em>MOSTLY<\/em> directed at, quote, &#8216;people of color.&#8221;\u00a0 We purposefully omitted what should have been a quotation mark after &#8220;people of color&#8221; because Hairplug Joe never said &#8220;unquote&#8221;.\u00a0 Neither did he identify <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the source<\/em><\/span> of his purported quote, which, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>if actually accurate<\/em><\/span>, would have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>spelled the end<\/em><\/span> of further voter ID efforts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shotgun Joe&#8217;s sloppy punctuation and unattributed quotes aside, can someone&#8230;ANYone&#8230;PLEASE explain to us how voter ID laws, which carry nary a mention of race, creed, color or national origin, are &#8220;mostly directed&#8221; at anyone other than those ineligible to cast ballots in American elections?!?\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And if presenting a photo ID at a polling place truly constitutes an undue burden on &#8220;people of color&#8221;, we&#8217;re forced to wonder how they&#8217;ve managed thus far to live&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/A-small-list.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69938\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/A-small-list.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/A-small-list.png 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/A-small-list-300x263.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;in 2019 America?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving on, courtesy of <em>Market Watch<\/em> via G. Trevor,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Brett Arends reports&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/the-media-is-lying-to-you-about-trumps-china-tariffs-2019-05-14?fbclid=IwAR1ONL63QLnWrPkP0ZKVYHjW9VwxGKRiX3AUrSOH2T6KMdduMumrDPB2VwE\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">The media is lying to you about Trump\u2019s China tariffs<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/the-media-is-lying-to-you-about-trumps-china-tariffs-2019-05-14?fbclid=IwAR1ONL63QLnWrPkP0ZKVYHjW9VwxGKRiX3AUrSOH2T6KMdduMumrDPB2VwE\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The hysteria must have a political agenda because the amount that\u2019s being charged is peanuts<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/316430.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69961\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/316430.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/316430.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/316430-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Are you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>kidding me<\/em><\/span>? <span style=\"color: #800080;\">I\u2019m used to partisan, inaccurate drivel from all sides these days, but the media\u2019s coverage of President Trump\u2019s tariffs and the so-called \u201ctrade war\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>takes some kind of cake<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>There\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no serious doubt<\/em><\/span> that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>some in the media<\/em><\/span> would <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>absolutely love to tank the stock market<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong> <strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">They figure that would hurt Trump\u2019s re-election chances in 2020.<\/span> Monday\u2019s\u00a0stock market slump, which saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumble 2.4% and the Nasdaq Composite 3.4%, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>looked just like what the doctor ordered<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>I write this, incidentally, as someone <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>who is no fan of the president<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">But <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>I remember<\/em><\/span> when politics was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>supposed<\/em><\/span> to stop <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>at the water\u2019s edge<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>And, anyway, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>facts are facts<\/em><\/span>.<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Most of what the public is being told about these tariffs is either misleading or a downright lie<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> I\u2019ve been following the coverage <em>all weekend<\/em> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>with my jaw on the floor<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Don\u2019t buy the hysteria<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong> <strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">President Trump is simply trying to pressure our biggest competitor to buy more American goods.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>That<\/em><\/span> should be a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>good thing<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>even if you don\u2019t like him<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which, frankly, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we<\/em> <em>don&#8217;t<\/em><\/span>!\u00a0 Still, we not only\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>support<\/em><\/span> the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>majority<\/em><\/span> of his policies because their right for America, but when it comes to the rest, we never forget she who was&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/hillary-clinton-shoe-duck-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69977\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/hillary-clinton-shoe-duck-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/hillary-clinton-shoe-duck-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/hillary-clinton-shoe-duck-2-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the alternative<\/em><\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s the latest from <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s David French, who correctly concludes&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<header class=\"article-header article-header--full\" data-component=\"articleHeader\">\n<div class=\"article-header__inner\">\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2019\/05\/alabama-and-georgia-are-throwing-down-the-gauntlet-against-roe-good-2\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">Alabama and Georgia Are Throwing Down the Gauntlet against\u00a0<i>Roe<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #800080;\">. <a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2019\/05\/alabama-and-georgia-are-throwing-down-the-gauntlet-against-roe-good-2\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Good<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"section-content--primary\">\n<h3 class=\"article-content\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"article-header__subtitle\" style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2019\/05\/alabama-and-georgia-are-throwing-down-the-gauntlet-against-roe-good-2\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">For two generations the\u00a0<em>Roe<\/em>\u00a0decision has distorted American politics<\/span><\/a>. <a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2019\/05\/alabama-and-georgia-are-throwing-down-the-gauntlet-against-roe-good-2\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Now the states are fighting back<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/gv051519dAPR20190515024539-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69957\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/gv051519dAPR20190515024539-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/gv051519dAPR20190515024539-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/gv051519dAPR20190515024539-1-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>While Alabama governor Kay Ivey\u00a0ponders whether to sign\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>she has since signed it<\/em>)<\/span> Alabama\u2019s bill banning all abortion in the state, <em>it\u2019s worth considering <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">why<\/span> this represents an important moment in the battle for life in the United States<\/em>, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">why<\/span> Alabama\u2019s bill (and Georgia\u2019s new heartbeat law) present the right kind of legal and philosophical challenge to\u00a0Roe, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">why now<\/span> is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">exactly the time to make the challenge<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Both Alabama\u2019s abortion ban and Georgia\u2019s heartbeat law contain a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>key<\/em><\/span> provision \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>they declare the personhood of the unborn child<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #800080;\">This is a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>vital<\/em><\/span> measure that is aimed <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>directly<\/em><\/span> at a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>key portion<\/em><\/span> of the\u00a0<em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>\u00a0opinion.<\/span><\/strong> Late last week, I had a lengthy phone conversation with state representative Ed Setzler, sponsor of Georgia\u2019s legislation. <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>He said his bill wasn\u2019t \u201c<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">waving its fist at\u00a0Roe<\/span><\/em>; it\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>answering\u00a0Roe<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Specifically<\/em><\/span>, he pointed at a provision in Part IX of Justice Blackmun\u2019s opinion, where Blackmun states that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>if<\/em><\/span><em> the \u201c<\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>personhood<\/em><\/span><em>\u201d of the baby <\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is established<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>then<\/em><\/span> the pro-abortion case \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>collapses<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> The late Supreme Court justice was of course discussing the definition of personhood under the federal constitution.<\/span><\/strong> <\/span>Setzler, however, notes that Supreme Court doctrine has long allowed states to expand constitutional liberties. <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">They <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>can<\/em><\/span> establish standards of religious freedom, free speech, or due process, for example, that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>go beyond<\/em><\/span> the First and Fifth Amendments.<\/span> They <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>canno<\/em><em>t<\/em><\/span> be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more restrictive<\/em><em> than<\/em><\/span> the federal Constitution.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>In the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>abortion<\/em><\/span> context, this doctrine traditionally has been interpreted to allow states like New York to protect abortion rights <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>beyond the minimal threshold required<\/em><\/span> by\u00a0<em>Roe<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Planned Parenthood v. Casey<\/em>. <span style=\"color: #008080;\">Georgia (and potentially Alabama) would be asking the Court to permit them <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>to expand the constitutional liberty of the unborn child and to recognize the distinct human identity of the baby in the womb<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>In other words, Georgia and Alabama are saying: \u201cWe\u2019ve <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>read<\/em><\/span>\u00a0<em>Roe<\/em>, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we\u2019re making the very legal statement that Justice Blackmun says would fundamentally undermine the case for abortion<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Under our federal system, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we can expand the legal definition of life<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span> While pro-life Americans can and do engage in good-faith debates about tactics, I prefer the most direct approach. <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Tell the Court what life means<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span> Make the Court break the federal system once again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>A <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>judicially invented \u201cright<\/em><\/span>\u201d is damaging the very fabric and premise of our constitutional republic. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">It\u2019s time for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>another fundamental challenge to the \u201cright\u201d to kill a child<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Georgia has thrown down the gauntlet. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">Alabama may follow suit.<\/span> Their laws represent the next righteous and prudent step in the fight for life.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can we hear an &#8220;Amen&#8217;?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, as evidenced by this video, with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>every<\/em><\/span> passing moment and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>every<\/em><\/span> state statute <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>limiting<\/em><\/span> the unconstrained slaughter of the unborn&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/07bjyxgxG94\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;those devoted to the Cult of Death grow <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ever angrier<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 Keep in mind, North Carolina&#8217;s thus far only attempted to prohibit the butchering of babies after the 20-week mark.\u00a0 Oh, the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>inhumanity<\/em><\/span>!!!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us, somewhat incongruously, to\u00a0<em>The Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Tlaib.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69969\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Tlaib.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Tlaib.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Tlaib-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/afb051419dAPR20190514064505.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69971\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/afb051419dAPR20190514064505.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/afb051419dAPR20190514064505.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/afb051419dAPR20190514064505-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/chicken.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69972\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/chicken.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/chicken.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/chicken-300x208.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/poor-aim.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69973\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/poor-aim.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/poor-aim.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/poor-aim-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/afb051519dAPR20190515064506.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69946\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/afb051519dAPR20190515064506.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/afb051519dAPR20190515064506.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/afb051519dAPR20190515064506-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/coexist.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69947\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/coexist.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/coexist.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/coexist-300x213.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/lb190515c20190514062020.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69948\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/lb190515c20190514062020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/lb190515c20190514062020.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/lb190515c20190514062020-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/sbr051419dAPR20190514014509.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69949\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/sbr051419dAPR20190514014509.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/sbr051419dAPR20190514014509.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/sbr051419dAPR20190514014509-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Image-5-16-19-at-8.27-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69970\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Image-5-16-19-at-8.27-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Image-5-16-19-at-8.27-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Image-5-16-19-at-8.27-AM-300x228.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Image-5-15-19-at-9.11-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69934\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Image-5-15-19-at-9.11-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Image-5-15-19-at-9.11-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Image-5-15-19-at-9.11-AM-300x199.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/download-1-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69942\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/download-1-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/download-1-1.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/download-1-1-300x288.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/download.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69943\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/download.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"322\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/download-6.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69944\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/download-6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/download-6.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/download-6-266x300.jpeg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a week with yet another sordid story straight from the pages of <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>The Crime Blotter<\/em><\/span>, and how this article would read absent the influence of political correctness:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/chelsea-manning-will-go-back-to-jail-after-refusing-to-testify-to-grand-jury-probing-wikileaks\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\">Bradley Manning, the TRAITOR who Obama pardoned, will go back to jail after refusing to testify to grand jury probing Wikileaks<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Manning-Medal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69967\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Manning-Medal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Manning-Medal.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Manning-Medal-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Former Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning\u00a0is headed back to jail for refusing to testify before a grand jury in the WikiLeaks probe. Manning served two months\u00a0at William G. Truesdale Adult Detention Center in Alexandria, Va.\u00a0for a contempt charge regarding the same issue,\u00a0but was released on Friday\u00a0after the grand jury term expired.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>This time, a judge ordered Manning to the Alexandria Detention Center, where he can face up to 18 months in prison, the length of the grand jury term, unless he agrees to cooperate with the investigation sooner. <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Manning said he\u2019d rather stay in jail &#8220;forever&#8221; than testify to the\u00a0grand jury probing Wikileaks<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reports Bradley&#8217;s willingness to stay in jail &#8220;forever&#8221; was predicated on him being bedded down in the middle rack of a three-man bunkbed <em>and<\/em>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span>\u00a0having to use soap-on-a-rope in the showers remain unconfirmed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Friday, May 17th, 2019&#8230;but before we begin, check out these emasculated metrosexual Progressive presidential wannabes: \ufeff Such cringing recalls one of our favorite scenes (edited to run in the time allotted) from the Steve Martin remake of Father of the Bride.\u00a0 After first announcing to her parents the wedding&#8217;s off, the bride-to-be tearfully explains [&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-70020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70020","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=70020"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70021,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70020\/revisions\/70021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}