{"id":71353,"date":"2019-07-16T20:30:47","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T00:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=71353"},"modified":"2019-07-16T20:30:53","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T00:30:53","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-july-12th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=71353","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, July 12th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, July 12th, 2019&#8230;but before we begin this unexpected edition of <em>The Daily Gouge<\/em> (we were headed out of town when our flight was cancelled literally as we left for the airport), here are two cartoons which exemplify the perverse politics of contemporary Progressivism:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cross-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71231\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cross-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cross-1.png 425w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cross-1-300x227.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/afb071019dAPR20190710054531-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71232\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/afb071019dAPR20190710054531-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/afb071019dAPR20190710054531-1.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/afb071019dAPR20190710054531-1-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Though we shouldn&#8217;t forget their utterly idiotic embrace of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>male<\/em><\/span> athletes competing&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/im-88657.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71267\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/im-88657.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/im-88657.jpeg 425w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/im-88657-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/yearwood-1280x720.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71280\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/yearwood-1280x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/yearwood-1280x720.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/yearwood-1280x720-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/a-connecticut-girl-challenges-male-domination-of-female-sports-11562885421\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\">as females<\/span><\/a>&#8230;<\/em>said male athletes\u00a0possession of male genitalia <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span>\u00a0the accompanying <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>significantly higher levels of testosterone<\/em><\/span>\u00a0notwithstanding.\u00a0 So much for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>truly<\/em><\/span> being &#8220;pro-woman&#8221;!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(Hat tip to Jeff Foutch for the depiction of San Francisco&#8217;s avid embrace of public defecation and heroin addiction, while banning e-cigarettes.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item, <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Jack Crowe reveals how&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/pelosi-advises-illegal-immigrants-on-how-to-avoid-ice\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Pelosi Advises Illegal Immigrants on How to Avoid ICE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MUG9VzHoEoc?start=1&amp;end=7&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>Just so we understand: somehow, <em>someway<\/em>, House Dimocrats still believe there&#8217;s meat on the obstruction bone they continue to desperately clench between their Trump-hating teeth<\/strong><strong>&#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;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/house-judiciary-committee-votes-to-authorize-subpoenas-for-a-dozen-trump-officials\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">House Judiciary Committee Votes to Authorize Subpoenas for a Dozen Trump Admin. Officials<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"section-content--primary\">\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/35gexl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71261\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/35gexl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/35gexl.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/35gexl-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;while the Speaker of the House <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>publicly advises<\/em><em> illegal aliens<\/em><\/span>&#8230;i.e., those who are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in criminal violation of American law<\/em><\/span>&#8230;how to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>evade<\/em><\/span> federal agents <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>seeking to enforce same<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>So<\/em><\/span>,&#8230;explain to us again <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>who&#8217;s obstructing justice<\/em><\/span>?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, courtesy of Bill Meisen,\u00a0<em>FOX News<\/em>. tells us how&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/ocasio-cortez-pelosi-singling-out-women-color\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">AOC ups ante in feud with Pelosi, suggests speaker is &#8216;singling out&#8217; newly elected &#8216;women of color<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8216;<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/bg071019dAPC20190710034507.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71244\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/bg071019dAPC20190710034507.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/bg071019dAPC20190710034507.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/bg071019dAPC20190710034507-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Echoing Mr. Meisen&#8217;s comment, can it not have occurred to Nancy where AOC &amp; Company ever got the crazy notion criticism, legitimate or not, of a colored person constituted racism?\u00a0 Sure, she&#8217;s\u00a0one of the dimmest bulbs on the planet, but surely she realizes the chickens she did SO much to raise are finally coming home to roost.\u00a0 Then again&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/35gfxq.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71262\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/35gfxq.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/35gfxq.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/35gfxq-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;maybe not.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For more on the revolt the House Dimocratic leadership is striving to suppress, we offer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/pelosis-prima-donnas-11562885342\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>the latest from the WSJ&#8217;s Kim Strassel<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, Nancy Pelosi isn&#8217;t the only Progressive pillar feeling heat, as\u00a0<em>FOX News<\/em>\u00a0reports that&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/cnn-ratings-don-lemon\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">CNN is mired in a credibility crisis as ratings continue to collapse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CCzD3ONQsmM?start=1&amp;end=12&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>We know it&#8217;s hard to believe a cable news network whose star anchors make their fictional male model and newsman counterparts seem like MENSA candidates by comparison&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cooper.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71263\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cooper.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cooper.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cooper-300x185.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cuomo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71264\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cuomo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cuomo.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cuomo-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;could be facing a credibility crisis, but&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZB52NEPJxUs\" 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>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of gays in decline, as\u00a0<em>The Guardian<\/em>\u00a0details&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"content__header tonal__header\">\n<div class=\"u-cf\">\n<h1 class=\"content__headline \" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><a style=\"color: #ff00ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2019\/jul\/11\/acceptance-gay-sex-decline-uk-first-time-since-aids-crisis\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Acceptance of gay sex in decline in UK for first time since Aids crisis<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"http:\/\/Number of people believing there is nothing wrong with gay sex has fallen, survey finds\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Number of people believing there is nothing wrong with gay sex has fallen, survey finds<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/35fqnx.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71246\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/35fqnx.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/35fqnx.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/35fqnx-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>This poll is intriguing on a number of levels, but we particularly wish it had gone into more detail regarding the views of those who expressed a declining acceptance of gays.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For example, does their &#8220;decline in the &#8216;acceptance&#8217; of gay sex&#8221; mean they are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>homophobic<\/em><\/span> (or, to be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>far<\/em><\/span> more accurate, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>homo-hating<\/em><\/span>)&#8230;or simply <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>tired<\/em><\/span> of having the radical LGBTQRSTUVWXYZ agenda <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>shoved in their faces every single day<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>tired<\/em><\/span> of MSM and sports broadcasters <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>constantly<\/em><\/span> making <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>manufactured gay &#8220;firsts<\/em><\/span>&#8221; the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>center<\/em><\/span> of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>every possible story<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>tired<\/em><\/span> of people <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>pretending mentally-ill males should be allowed to compete in sporting events as females<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>You know&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>actual in-depth analysis<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By the way, if you&#8217;re up for listening to Ben Shapiro totally destroy a lesbian radical on the relative merits of men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s sports in front of her class at NYU, give a listen to the following:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y0SBVS7h1SQ\" 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 &#8220;destroy&#8221; is too kind a term.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s this warning of taxes to come courtesy of Balls Cotton and Philip DeMuth writing at the <em>WSJ<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/congress-is-coming-for-your-ira-11562713559\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">Congress Is Coming for Your IRA<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/congress-is-coming-for-your-ira-11562713559\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Secure Act would upend 20 years of retirement planning and stick it to the middle class<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image001-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71258\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image001-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image001-2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image001-2-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Like grave robbers opening King Tut\u2019s tomb, Congress can\u2019t wait to get its hands on America\u2019s retirement-account assets. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">The House passed the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act, known by the acronym <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>SECURE<\/em><\/span>, in May.<\/span> The vote was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>417-3<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">The Secure Act is widely expected to pass the Senate <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>by unanimous consent<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> While <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ostensibly helping<\/em><\/span> Americans save for retirement, the bill would <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>actually<\/em><em> reduce<\/em><\/span> the value of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all<\/em><\/span> retirement savings plans: individual retirement accounts, 401(k)s, Roth IRAs, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the works<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Color us jaded, but when Congress entitles a bill &#8220;SECURE&#8221;, it&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>bound<\/em><\/span> to be anything <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>but<\/em><\/span>!\u00a0 And when\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>either<\/em><\/span> chamber, let alone <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>both<\/em><\/span>, passes a bill <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>this<\/em><\/span> popular, it generally serves the needs of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>those voting to pass it<\/em><\/span> rather than <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>them who&#8217;re going to pay for it<\/em><\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>As the Gipper said, the&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xhYJS80MgYA?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><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>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\/evita-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71242\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/evita-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/evita-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/evita-1-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/afb071119dAPR20190711044507.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71234\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/afb071119dAPR20190711044507.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/afb071119dAPR20190711044507.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/afb071119dAPR20190711044507-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/epstein.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71235\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/epstein.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/epstein.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/epstein-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image001-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71241\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image001-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image001-1.jpg 462w, 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width=\"462\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/mle190711c20190710085913.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/mle190711c20190710085913-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/sk071019dAPR20190709094514.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71239\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/sk071019dAPR20190709094514.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/sk071019dAPR20190709094514.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/sk071019dAPR20190709094514-300x244.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/White-Lie-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71225\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/White-Lie-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/White-Lie-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/White-Lie-1-300x144.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-8.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71226\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-8.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-8.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-8-246x300.jpeg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-2-3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71227\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-2-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-2-3.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-2-3-282x300.jpeg 282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-1-3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71228\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-1-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-1-3.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-1-3-186x300.jpeg 186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then again, you don&#8217;t need a drink in your hand to be cool&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Thom-F-14.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71229\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Thom-F-14.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Thom-F-14.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Thom-F-14-300x226.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;when you&#8217;re sh*t hot! \ud83d\ude09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S. We\u2019ll be out of town at a wedding through Sunday evening, so \u2019til Wednesday\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GLUNypEfrFQ?start=86&amp;end=88&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Friday, July 12th, 2019&#8230;but before we begin this unexpected edition of The Daily Gouge (we were headed out of town when our flight was cancelled literally as we left for the airport), here are two cartoons which exemplify the perverse politics of contemporary Progressivism: Though we shouldn&#8217;t forget their utterly idiotic embrace of male [&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-71353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71353","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=71353"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71354,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71353\/revisions\/71354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}