{"id":71063,"date":"2019-07-07T15:23:37","date_gmt":"2019-07-07T19:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=71063"},"modified":"2019-07-07T15:25:31","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T19:25:31","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-wednesday-july-3rd-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=71063","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019&#8230;but before we begin, there&#8217;s fact&#8230;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/katiepavlich\/2019\/07\/01\/obamas-dhs-secretary-fyi-cages-or-whatever-you-want-to-call-them-werent-invented-by-trump-n2549314\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">Obama&#8217;s DHS Secretary: FYI, Cages or Whatever You Want to Call Them, Weren&#8217;t Invented by Trump<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/D-HXJ-jXkAE1O8O.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70964\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/D-HXJ-jXkAE1O8O.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/D-HXJ-jXkAE1O8O.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/D-HXJ-jXkAE1O8O-300x202.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\/c-oSmFiZ4iY\" 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;then there&#8217;s fiction:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201c<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>I see why CBP officers were being so physically and sexually threatening towards me,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Twitter. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u201cOfficers were keeping women in cells w\/ no water &amp; had told them to drink out of the toilets.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/the-mueller-report-is-old-news-democrats\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Jim Geraghty notes at his Morning Jolt<\/em><\/span><\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><em>Either Ocasio-Cortez or unnamed sources in the CBP <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">are lying about what happened inside<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anyone want to give us odds&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/AOC-tweet.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70977\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/AOC-tweet.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/AOC-tweet.png 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/AOC-tweet-300x155.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;on who&#8217;s lying?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/D5JkVIqU8AEMplQ.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71017\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/D5JkVIqU8AEMplQ.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/D5JkVIqU8AEMplQ.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/D5JkVIqU8AEMplQ-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Face it: if AOC was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>this distraught<\/em><\/span> over viewing an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>empty parking lot<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/AOC.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70961\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/AOC.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/AOC.png 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/AOC-300x284.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;we&#8217;re highly doubtful she could have remained conscious in the presence of toilet-drinking victims of CPB abuse.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And though this admission by newly-elected Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele is a welcome note of reason in an increasingly unreasoned debate&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/av\/embed\/p07fngt5\/48823102\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\"><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;here&#8217;s the juice: Progressives are trying to make this into a domestic Abu Ghraib.\u00a0 Problem is, the abuses in Abu Ghraib were <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>real<\/em><\/span>, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more importantly<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/31553209-soldier-lynndie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71008\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/31553209-soldier-lynndie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/31553209-soldier-lynndie.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/31553209-soldier-lynndie-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>photographed<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 All Progressives have here is a policy enacted under their former standard bearer; and that, as Jeh Johnson records above, with good reason.\u00a0 Besides, heart-rending hyperbole to the contrary notwithstanding, the fact remains&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-4.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71009\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-4.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-4-300x168.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, as recorded by Balls Cotton, here&#8217;s the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>real<\/em><\/span> source of AOC&#8217;s pain and sorrow while at the border:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-1-19-at-9.13-PM-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70984\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-1-19-at-9.13-PM-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-1-19-at-9.13-PM-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-1-19-at-9.13-PM-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-1-19-at-9.13-PM-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, by now, the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/antifa-the-fascist-anti-fascists\/\">latest surrender of Portland&#8217;s streets to the mob<\/a><\/em><\/span>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-2-19-at-8.50-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71004\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-2-19-at-8.50-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-2-19-at-8.50-AM.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-2-19-at-8.50-AM-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;by Oregon&#8217;s equivalent of Scott Israel needs no further comment, except to say&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kvNAid29vv8?start=4\" 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>And it remains our belief those behind Antifa desperately desire it does so, as they seek a denouement soaked in blood: the blood of several sociopathic Antifa thugs shot in self-defense by an innocent victim of their violent assaults exercising his-or-her 2nd Amendment rights while in legitimate fear for their life.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The anti-gun propagandists in the 4th Estate will take care of the rest.\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Mark our words<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item highlighting increasing Liberal intolerance for constitutionally-guaranteed freedoms, writing at <em>Commentary Magazine<\/em>, Abe Greenwald warns of&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commentarymagazine.com\/anti-semitism\/jewish-writers-literature\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">Dark Days for Jews in Literature<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"entry-subtitle\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commentarymagazine.com\/anti-semitism\/jewish-writers-literature\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Intersectionality&#8217;s blind spot<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-5.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71012\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-5.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-5-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>The world of literature, where Jews have made so many invaluable and long-standing contributions, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is succumbing quickly to the new anti-Semitism<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The most recent example comes from the United Kingdom.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Two cultural organizations in England have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>just\u00a0rejected\u00a0hosting talks by novelist Richard Zimler<\/em><\/span>\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>explicitly<\/em><\/span> <em>because he\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Jewish<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong> <\/span><strong>In the\u00a0<em>Guardian<\/em>, Zimler writes of the conversation with a friend in which he learned of the trouble: \u201c\u2018They asked me if you were Jewish, <em>and the moment I said you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">were<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">they lost all interest<\/span><\/em>,\u2019 he said. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201c\u2018They even stopped replying to my emails and returning my phone messages.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"hidden-xs\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Zimler had been hoping to promote his new novel,\u00a0<em>The Gospel According to Lazarus,\u00a0and up until his friend confirmed the author\u2019s Jewishness, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">these unnamed organizations had been interested<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">And <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">then<\/span><\/em> they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>weren\u2019t<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> \u201cIt made Britain seem like a place I didn\u2019t know and maybe never knew,\u201d Zimler writes. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Even just asking<\/em><\/span> about my religious affiliation struck me as outrageous.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"hidden-xs\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>It gets a bit <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more<\/em><\/span> outrageous when you consider what Zimler\u2019s publicist\u00a0had to say\u00a0to the\u00a0<em>Observer<\/em>\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>while not revealing his own name<\/em><\/span>: \u201cI was very shocked and surprised. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">People in the literary world are not usually narrow-minded.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Everyone who knows Richard knows he is his own person<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"hidden-xs\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Zimler \u201cis his own person\u201d?<\/span> <em>That\u2019s a curious defense, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">isn\u2019t it<\/span><\/em>? <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">It\u2019s hard not to think that what he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>meant<\/em><\/span> was that Zimler, <em>while<\/em> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Jewish<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>isn\u2019t a<\/em> <em>Zionist puppet<\/em><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>can<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>therefore<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>be tolerated<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"hidden-xs\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><em>It might behoove Zimler to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">exercise<\/span> his individual personhood and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">fire his publicist<\/span>\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">at the very least for remaining anonymous while commenting on the matter<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">And it would be helpful, too, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>if he revealed the names of the two blatantly anti-Semitic organizations that shot him down<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"hidden-xs\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>For a Jewish writer\u2014or any writer who\u2019s not slavishly PC\u2014to be truly his or her own person <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>will increasingly mean standing up to the bigots who seek to excise them from the world of arts and letters<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Remember, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Germany<\/em><\/span> loved&#8230;er, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>tolerated<\/em><\/span> the Jews&#8230;until they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>didn&#8217;t<\/em><\/span>!\u00a0 Though we must note, in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>this case<\/em><\/span>\u00a0(curiously enough), the contemporary wave of anti-Semitism was preceded by The Left&#8217;s ever-increasing intolerance for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Christianity<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>If there are truly none so blind as those who <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>will<\/em><\/span> not see, Dimocratic-voting Jews make moles look like eagles.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving on, the <em>WSJ<\/em>&#8216;s Holman Jenkins accurately assesses&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/what-barr-should-declassify-11562109191\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">What Barr Should Declassify<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/what-barr-should-declassify-11562109191\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Release the secret inspector-general report on the Hillary Clinton email case<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71006\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-3.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-3-300x157.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Remind yourself what happened: James Comey, on his sole initiative, held a press conference to announce that, though Mrs. Clinton had behaved improperly, she did not merit prosecution.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Except<\/em> <em>it <\/em><em>wasn\u2019t his decision to make<\/em><\/span>: It was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the Justice Department\u2019s<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>We <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>know<\/em><\/span> that Mr. Comey <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>secretly explained his action by invoking still-classified Russian intelligence<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">In his memoir, he refers to a development \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unknown to the American public to this day<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/span> In fact, we <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>know<\/em><\/span> from news leaks that <em>a Russian intercept of some kind cited a Democratic Party email that referred to an alleged conversation in which Attorney General Loretta Lynch <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">promised to bury<\/span> the Hillary Clinton investigation<\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>On the surface<\/em>, the Russian intelligence <em>indicated political corruption <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">at the Justice Department<\/span> and yet Mr. Comey <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">rejected<\/span> this self-advertised significance<\/em>. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">He<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em> didn\u2019t investigate<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> He <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>didn\u2019t tell the Justice Department<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>He used his possession of the classified intercept as his classified justification for intervening to free Mrs. Clinton from the email matter in time for the Democratic Convention<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The questions about this episode are many. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Mr. Barr could start by releasing the classified appendix of the Justice Department\u2019s own inspector general\u2019s review<\/em><\/span> (whose <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>existence<\/em><\/span> the media <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>uniformly ignores<\/em><\/span>)<\/span><\/span><\/strong>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hillary would howl like a scalded cat&#8230;i.e., like she screeched on the night that made Monica famous!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us, appropriately enough, to\u00a0<em>The Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/afb062819dAPC20190627114517.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71000\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/afb062819dAPC20190627114517.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/afb062819dAPC20190627114517.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/afb062819dAPC20190627114517-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/afb070219dAPC20190702054507.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71001\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/afb070219dAPC20190702054507.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/afb070219dAPC20190702054507.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/afb070219dAPC20190702054507-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/gv062919dAPC20190628084511.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70971\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/gv062919dAPC20190628084511.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/gv062919dAPC20190628084511.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/gv062919dAPC20190628084511-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/sk063019dAPR20190628104520.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70972\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/sk063019dAPR20190628104520.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/sk063019dAPR20190628104520.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/sk063019dAPR20190628104520-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Lisa.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71002\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Lisa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Lisa.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Lisa-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/sbr070219dAPR20190702014639.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71003\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/sbr070219dAPR20190702014639.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/sbr070219dAPR20190702014639.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/sbr070219dAPR20190702014639-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/afb070119dAPC20190701054507.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70973\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/afb070119dAPC20190701054507.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/afb070119dAPC20190701054507.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/afb070119dAPC20190701054507-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/bg062719dAPR20190623014523.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70974\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/bg062719dAPR20190623014523.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/bg062719dAPR20190623014523.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/bg062719dAPR20190623014523-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/stg070119dAPR20190630094505.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70975\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/stg070119dAPR20190630094505.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/stg070119dAPR20190630094505.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/stg070119dAPR20190630094505-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70968\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-1.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-1-246x300.jpeg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70969\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-2.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-2-246x300.jpeg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s this series of memes from Balls Cotton&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-1-19-at-9.12-PM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70980\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-1-19-at-9.12-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-1-19-at-9.12-PM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-1-19-at-9.12-PM-300x265.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-1-19-at-90.12-PM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70981\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-1-19-at-90.12-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-1-19-at-90.12-PM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-1-19-at-90.12-PM-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-1-19-at-09.13-PM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70982\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-1-19-at-09.13-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-1-19-at-09.13-PM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-1-19-at-09.13-PM-300x263.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-1-19-at-9.13-PM-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70983\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-1-19-at-9.13-PM-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-1-19-at-9.13-PM-2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-1-19-at-9.13-PM-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-1-19-at-9.13-PM-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;evidence of advancing age from Bill Magruder with which we can relate more and more with each passing day&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-1-19-at-7.22-PM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70963\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-1-19-at-7.22-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-1-19-at-7.22-PM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-1-19-at-7.22-PM-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;as well as these two instant classics from the lovely Shannon:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/shannon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70991\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/shannon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/shannon.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/shannon-300x265.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image0000001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70992\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image0000001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image0000001.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image0000001-300x292.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a day with a glimpse into an all-too-predictable future courtesy of yet another counterproductive Progressive policy pronouncement:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/austin-plan-to-allow-homeless-camps-faces-backlash\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Austin plan to allow homeless camps<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SfUkQy8lz6Q?start=160&amp;end=162&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;and we see Austin in the same, sh*thole condition&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/illegal_pooping.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70995\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/illegal_pooping.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/illegal_pooping.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/illegal_pooping-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230; currently enjoyed by Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and many other urban enclaves of enlightened Progressivism.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Bon app\u00e9tit<\/em><\/span>, Austin; the soft aroma of human feces should prove the perfect partner for Texas barbecue.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019&#8230;but before we begin, there&#8217;s fact&#8230;\u00a0 Obama&#8217;s DHS Secretary: FYI, Cages or Whatever You Want to Call Them, Weren&#8217;t Invented by Trump &nbsp; \ufeff &#8230;then there&#8217;s fiction: \u201cI see why CBP officers were being so physically and sexually threatening towards me,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Twitter. \u201cOfficers were keeping women in cells [&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-71063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71063","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=71063"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71064,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71063\/revisions\/71064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}