{"id":82313,"date":"2020-06-21T14:09:35","date_gmt":"2020-06-21T18:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=82313"},"modified":"2020-06-21T14:10:34","modified_gmt":"2020-06-21T18:10:34","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-june-17th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=82313","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, June 19th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, June 19th, 2020&#8230;<\/strong><strong>but before we begin, Tucker takes you inside America&#8217;s newest state&#8230;of utter anarchy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tyRpO0uPTCs\" 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>Congratulations, Neil Gorsuch: this is the chaotic future towards which\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>your<\/em><\/span> gay\/transgendered &#8220;rights&#8221; decision has advanced America!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of the most recent defection to the Dark Side by a supposedly-Conservative Supreme Court jurist, the <em>WSJ<\/em>\u00a0relates how this latest turning was particularly hypocritical given the precedents overturned in&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/gorsuch-vs-gorsuch-11592350714?mod=opinion_lead_pos4\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">Gorsuch vs. Gorsuch<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/gorsuch-vs-gorsuch-11592350714?mod=opinion_lead_pos4\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900; text-decoration: underline;\">An alien legal being seems to have captured the Justice<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/45ls1t.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82207\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/45ls1t.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/45ls1t.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/45ls1t-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">An alien appears to have occupied the body of Justice Neil Gorsuch as he wrote Monday\u2019s opinion in\u00a0<em>Bostock v. Clayton County<\/em>, which sometimes happens when Justices breathe the rarified air of the Supreme Court building.<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"> But perhaps he\u2019ll snap out of his living Constitution trance <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>if he\u2019s shown his own previous work<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">In\u00a0<em>Bostock<\/em>, Justice Gorsuch updated the meaning of \u201csex\u201d in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include sexual orientation and gender identity. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>But in 2018<\/em><\/span> in\u00a0<em>Wisconsin Central Ltd. v. U.S<\/em>., the Justice <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>decried this approach to judging<\/em><\/span>:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u201c<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Written laws<\/span> are meant to be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">understood and lived by<\/span>.<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"> If a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">fog of uncertainty<\/span> surrounded them, if <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">their meaning could shift with the latest judicial whim<\/span>, the point of reducing them to writing <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">would be lost<\/span>.<\/span> That is why it\u2019s a \u2018<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">fundamental canon of statutory construction\u2019 that words generally should be \u2018interpreted as taking their ordinary, contemporary, common meaning<\/span>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">at the time Congress enacted the statute<\/span><\/em>.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>And don\u2019t forget\u00a0<em>New Prime, Inc. v. Oliveira<\/em>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in 2019 where he quoted himself<\/em><\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u201c<em>\u2018[I]t\u2019s a \u2018fundamental canon of statutory construction\u2019 that words generally should be \u2018interpreted as taking their ordinary&#8230;meaning&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">at the time Congress enacted the statute<\/span>.\u2019<\/em>\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>He added:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u201c<em>After all, if judges <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">could<\/span> freely invest old statutory terms with new meanings, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">we would risk amending legislation outside the \u2018single, finely wrought and exhaustively considered, procedure\u2019 the Constitution commands<\/span><\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Yes<\/span><\/em> we <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>would<\/em><\/span>, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>nicely put<\/em><\/span>. <\/span>So what happened in\u00a0<em>Bostock<\/em>?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">One answer, we suppose, is that the other cases were obscure while\u00a0<em>Bostock<\/em>\u00a0was politically charged. <\/span>But it\u2019s in these high-profile cases that a Justice makes his reputation <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>for <\/em><em>standing on legal principle<\/em><\/span>\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>or not<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">We still prefer the alien explanation, and we\u2019re available for a legal exorcism upon request.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up,<em>\u00a0<\/em>courtesy of\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Ed Hickey and\u00a0<em>The Federalist<\/em>, John Davidson offers compelling reasons why&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a title=\"Americans Should Never Again Comply With Pandemic Lockdown Orders\" href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/06\/18\/americans-should-never-again-comply-with-pandemic-lockdown-orders\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900; text-decoration: underline;\">Americans Should Never Again Comply With Pandemic Lockdown Orders<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/06\/18\/americans-should-never-again-comply-with-pandemic-lockdown-orders\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">By treating Black Lives Matters protests differently than other large gatherings, public officials and health experts have exposed themselves as hypocrites<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #333399;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/45l8ie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82197\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/45l8ie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/45l8ie.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/45l8ie-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>We\u2019re told a second wave of coronavirus infections is coming. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">As businesses open back up and states relax lockdown orders, the number of new cases is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ticking up<\/em><\/span> in a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>handful<\/em><\/span> of states.<\/span> We\u2019ve heard\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/06\/14\/cdc-warns-of-second-coronavirus-wave-as-state-lift-lockdown\/\">warnings in recent days<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0from the Centers for Disease Control and various public health experts and elected officials that a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>new<\/em><\/span> series of lockdowns <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>might be necessary<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">What these experts and officials <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>don\u2019t seem to realize<\/em><\/span> is that Americans will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>never<\/em><em> comply<\/em><\/span> with their lockdown orders <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>again<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> They have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>burned their credibility to the ground<\/em><\/span>, and they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no longer have the moral authority to tell us what to do<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Simply put, the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>people in charge<\/em><\/span> have shown themselves to be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>rank hypocrites who care more about politics than science<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> For <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>months<\/em><\/span>, we were told that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>large gatherings were deadly<\/em><\/span> because of the coronavirus, but when <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>protests<\/em><\/span> broke out in late May, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>large gatherings were suddenly okay<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>exact day<\/em><\/span> the experts lost their credibility was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>June 4<\/em><\/span>, when <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more than 1,000 public health workers<\/em><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/06\/05\/health\/health-care-open-letter-protests-coronavirus-trnd\/index.html\">signed a letter<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0claiming the protests were \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>vital to the national public health<\/em><\/span> and to the threatened health <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>specifically of black people<\/em><\/span> in the United States.\u201d<\/span> The woke corporate press scrambled to assure us <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>this wasn\u2019t hypocritical at all<\/em><\/span>, and that \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>health is about more than simply remaining free of coronavirus infection<\/em><\/span>,\u201d as a pair of epidemiologists\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2020\/06\/public-health-experts-are-not-hypocrites\/612853\/\" class=\"broken_link\">put it in The Atlantic<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">That\u2019s a curious argument to make <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>after forced business closures and lockdown orders destroyed tens of millions of American jobs, ruined countless businesses and livelihoods, and caused a sharp\u00a0<a style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/05\/22\/california-doctor-calls-for-end-to-lockdowns-over-rising-suicides\/\">uptick in suicides<\/a>, drug overdoses, and domestic abuse<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Never mind the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/06\/16\/research-finds-lockdowns-are-far-worse-for-health-and-lives-than-coronavirus\/\">compelling research<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0showing that lockdowns are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>overall much worse<\/em><\/span> for public health than the coronavirus.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Public officials in Tulsa have also adopted this double standard<\/em><\/span>. The mayor and a cadre of other officials have publicly implored Trump <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not to go ahead<\/em><\/span> with the rally, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>citing concerns about COVID-19<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">But <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>these same officials dared not say a word against recent BLM rallies held in the city and suburbs<\/em><\/span>, including a large one that got out of control and\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tulsapeople.com\/the-voice\/scenes-from-sundays-black-lives-matter-rally-and-protests\/collection_03e2e156-a41a-11ea-a0a5-ab6bab37ee38.html\">spilled onto a busy highway<\/a><\/em><\/span>, where several protesters were injured.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>double standard is everywhere and undeniable<\/em><\/span>, and the message is clear: the experts and the people in charge <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>only care about the pandemic when it\u2019s politically convenient<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">They\u2019re guided by the science, they tell us, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>but only if the science doesn\u2019t get in the way of their virtue-signaling about Black Lives Matter<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>They care about public health, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>but only up to a point<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">They care <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>much more<\/em><\/span> about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>being woke<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> And if you want to go to a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>big rally<\/em><\/span>, it\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>only safe<\/em><\/span> if it\u2019s the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>right kind of rally<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Enough<\/em><\/span> of this.<\/span> Americans should <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>never listen to these people again<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Case in point, courtesy of Fredo Cuomo&#8217;s older brother Sonny:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cuhomo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82208\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cuhomo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cuhomo.png 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cuhomo-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>As has been said many times before, if it weren&#8217;t for double standards,&#8230;!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next, Walt Meisen forwarded this item from\u00a0<em>RedState.com<\/em>\u00a0which details&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redstate.com\/shipwreckedcrew\/2020\/06\/18\/atlanta-da-files-moronic-charges-against-atlanta-pd-officers\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">Part Two on the Ridiculous Press Conference by Atlanta DA on Murder Charges Filed Against Atlanta PD Officers<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/45kuap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82181\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/45kuap.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/45kuap.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/45kuap-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">As I sat down to write what was going to be <em>Part 2<\/em>, I continued to watch the press conference where DA Howard <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">said things I would not be surprised to hear coming out of the mouth of a first-year law student<\/span><\/em> \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>but only if<\/em><\/span> that law student was in the process of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>flunking<\/em><\/span> his\/her <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Crim Law or Evidence classes<\/em><\/span> \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>or both<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span> I <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>then<\/em><\/span> had a chance to catch the interview of the attorneys of the second officer, Devin Brosnan, by Fredo Cuomo on CNN, and later the interview of Off. Rolfe\u2019s attorney on the Laura Ingraham show.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #333399;\">What they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>added to the factual puzzle<\/em><\/span> here made the commentary of DA Howard during his press conference <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>even more farcical<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span> Rolfe\u2019s attorney is going to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>chew up<\/em><\/span> any Assistant District Attorney <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>who tries to bring this case to court<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exhibit &#8220;A&#8221;: Howard&#8217;s assessment of the threat Brooks&#8217; possession of Brosnan&#8217;s taser posed this past Wednesday&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">We&#8217;ve concluded, at the time Mr. Brooks was shot, that he did not pose an immediate threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or officers.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;compared with his statement less than a month ago in response to the tasing of two college students:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nxKN46YdWFg\" 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>Hell&#8217;s bells: even Stanley Rothenstein&#8217;s public defender&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N-lZYqCnEXA?start=44\" 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;could successfully defend\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>this<\/em><\/span> case.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you haven&#8217;t caught Tucker&#8217;s segment on the subject, it&#8217;s well wroth watching, summarizing as it does not only the reality behind Rayshard Brooks&#8217; unfortunate demise&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Da1ArUdWhyM\" 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;but the skyrocketing crime already resulting from the Socialist surrender to The Mob.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, <em>ABC<\/em>\u00a0attempts to paint Mr. Brooks with a soft brush&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/abc.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82182\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/abc.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/abc.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/abc-300x268.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;he&#8217;d likely have used to beat his wife and children.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of thugs who prey on the innocent, ICYMI, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/man-accused-of-shoving-elderly-nyc-woman-has-been-arrested-over-100-times\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\">the arrest of Duane Brimmage, the 31-year-old Black male who assaulted a 92-year-old White woman, marked the 103rd time the frequent offender has been busted since 2005 for petty crimes and sex offenses<\/span><\/a><\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>All of which is why, as <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s David Harsanyi notes&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/magazine\/2020\/07\/06\/a-second-amendment-moment\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202020-06-18&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Riots and Protests Will Make Gun Ownership More Popular<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/magazine\/2020\/07\/06\/a-second-amendment-moment\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202020-06-18&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">In their lack of trust and security, people will turn to the Second Amendment<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/download-1-3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82211\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/download-1-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/download-1-3.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/download-1-3-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"small_caps\"><span class=\"drop\">N<\/span>ot<\/span><\/span>\u00a0in a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>million years<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span> if <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all the nation\u2019s prestigious public-relations firms were mobilized for the cause<\/span><\/em>, could gun manufacturers have conceived of a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">more effective advertising campaign for their product than the \u201cdefund the police\u201d movement<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Gun-control advocates<\/em><\/span> have <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">long argued<\/span><\/em> that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>trained police<\/em><em> and military<\/em><\/span>, but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not civilians<\/em><\/span>, have <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">cause to be armed<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">We\u2019ve <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>been told<\/em><\/span> that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>owning a gun is a dangerous fetish<\/em><\/span> \u2014 not to mention <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>useless<\/em><\/span> in the face of a state armed with tanks and thermonuclear weapons.<\/span> A <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>civilized society<\/em><\/span> relies on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>law-enforcement officers<\/em><\/span> to safeguard the peace, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span> a bunch of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unregulated slack-jawed yahoos<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Even the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>notion<\/em><\/span> of a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>constitutional right to individual self-defense<\/em><\/span> is, they claim, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a fraud perpetrated by the gun lobby and its collaborators<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>same people now inform us<\/em><\/span> that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>cops are shock troops deployed by a systemically racist state to suppress African Americans<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>So much so<\/em><\/span> that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the public should contemplate abolishing, defunding, or \u201creimagining\u201d law enforcement altogether<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> We <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>frequently hear progressives hyperbolically assert<\/em><\/span> that black Americans are being \u201chunted down\u201d in the streets <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>by nefarious cops<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">When the\u00a0<i>New York Times\u00a0<\/i>published an op-ed by Senator Tom Cotton in which he proposed that the president \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>employ the military<\/em><\/span>,\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>if necessary<\/em><\/span>, to protect city neighborhoods from rioters and looters, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>dozens<\/em><\/span> of the paper\u2019s staffers acted as if the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>words themselves<\/em><\/span> were violence, tweeting, \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>This puts Black @nytimes staff in danger<\/em><\/span>.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>So the question is: <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Why have liberals spent years demanding that we arm racist killer cops and disarm innocent black civilians<\/span><\/em>? <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Why do they believe <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>white supremacists should have guns<\/em><\/span> but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not shopkeepers<\/em><\/span>?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Granted, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>most<\/em><\/span> liberals won\u2019t <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>admit<\/em><em> to any inconsistency<\/em><\/span> in their position, because the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>liberal position has devolved into a perpetual game of Calvinball<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">But in the long run, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>this kind of argument<\/em><\/span> is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unsustainable<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>And as the <em>Journal<\/em>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/america-has-a-silent-black-majority-11592348214\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Jason Riley recounts, it&#8217;s not only the silent majority of Whites<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on whom such illogic is lost.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item, courtesy of <em>Medium.com<\/em> via James Nichols, Gavrilo David offers a number of details regarding George Floyd&#8217;s death which have frankly caused us to reconsider our thoughts on the incident:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@gavrilodavid\/why-derek-chauvin-may-get-off-his-murder-charge-2e2ad8d0911\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\">Why Derek Chauvin May Get Off His Murder Charge<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@gavrilodavid\/why-derek-chauvin-may-get-off-his-murder-charge-2e2ad8d0911\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">A deeper look at the policies behind the death of George Floyd<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1_5ti98X2J-UYqo021bMlXDA.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82180\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1_5ti98X2J-UYqo021bMlXDA.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1_5ti98X2J-UYqo021bMlXDA.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1_5ti98X2J-UYqo021bMlXDA-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>The video is\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unquestionably horrific<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>Though, if the evidence Mr. David offers is accurate, not nearly as horrific as we first believed.<\/em>)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>But in our <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>rush<\/em><\/span> to condemn an aggressive use of force and pursue justice for George Floyd, we have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ignored crucial information which is necessary in judging the conduct of the officers<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">While nothing can absolve George Floyd\u2019s death, these facts\u00a0<em class=\"hy\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">do<\/span>\u00a0<\/em>cast doubt on the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>appropriateness of a murder charge<\/em><\/span> for Chauvin, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>paint a more nuanced picture<\/em><\/span> of the events leading up to the tragic encounter.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>There are six <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>crucial pieces of information<\/em><\/span> \u2014 six\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em class=\"hy\">facts<\/em><\/span>\u00a0\u2014 that have been <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>largely omitted<\/em><\/span> from discussion on the Chauvin\u2019s conduct. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Taken <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>together<\/em><\/span>, they likely <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>exonerate<\/em><\/span> the officer of a murder charge.<\/span> Rather than <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>indicating illegal and excessive force<\/em><\/span>, they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>instead<\/em><\/span> show an officer <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>who rigidly followed the procedures deemed appropriate by the Minneapolis Police Department<\/em><\/span> (MPD). <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>evidence<\/em><\/span> points to the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>MPD and the local political establishment<\/em><\/span>, rather than the individual officer, as <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ultimately responsible<\/em><\/span> for George Floyd\u2019s death.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>These six facts are as follows:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>1. George Floyd was experiencing cardiopulmonary and psychological distress\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">minutes before<\/span><\/em>\u00a0he was placed on the ground, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>let alone had a knee to his neck<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>2. The Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>allows the use of neck restraint on suspects who actively resist arrest, and George Floyd actively resisted arrest on two occasions<\/em><\/span>, including immediately prior to neck restraint being used.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>3. The officers were recorded on their body cams assessing George Floyd as suffering from \u201cexcited delirium syndrome\u201d (ExDS), <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a condition which the MPD considers an extreme threat\u00a0to both the officers and the suspect<\/em><\/span>. A white paper used by the MPD acknowledges that ExDS suspects <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>may die\u00a0irrespective\u00a0of force involved<\/em><\/span>. The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>officers\u2019 response<\/em><\/span> to this situation <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>was in line with MPD guidelines for ExDS<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>4. Restraining the suspect on his or her abdomen (prone restraint) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is a common tactic in ExDS situations<\/em><\/span>, and the white paper <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>used by the MPD instructs the officers to control the suspect until paramedics arrive<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>5.\u00a0Floyd\u2019s autopsy revealed <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a potentially lethal concoction of drugs<\/em><\/span> \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not just<\/em><\/span> a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl, but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>also<\/em> <em>methamphetamine<\/em><\/span>. Together with his history of drug abuse and two serious heart conditions, Floyd\u2019s condition was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>exceptionally and unusually fragile<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>6. Chauvin\u2019s neck restraint is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unlikely<\/em><\/span> to have exerted a dangerous amount of force to Floyd\u2019s neck. Floyd is shown on video <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">able to lift his head and neck<\/span><\/em>, and a robust study on double-knee restraints showed a median force exertion of approximately approximately 105lbs.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Let\u2019s be clear: the actions of Chauvin and the other officers were absolutely wrong.<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>An assertion you&#8217;ll find curiously incongruous with the evidence Mr. David goes on to present.<\/em>)<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">But they were\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">also\u00a0in line with MPD rules and procedures for the condition which they determined was George Floyd was suffering from<\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">An act that would normally be considered a clear and heinous abuse of force, such as a knee-to-neck restraint on a suspect suffering from pulmonary distress, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>can be legitimatized if there are overriding concerns not known to bystanders but known to the officers<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">In the case of George Floyd, the overriding concern was that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>he was suffering from ExDS<\/em><\/span>, given <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a number<\/em><\/span> of relevant facts <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>known to the officers<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">This was\u00a0<em class=\"hy\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span>\u00a0<\/em>known to the bystanders, who <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>only saw<\/em><\/span> a man with pulmonary distress pinned down with a knee on his neck.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">While the officers may <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>still<\/em><\/span> be found guilty of manslaughter, the probability of a guilty verdict for the murder charge <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is low<\/em><\/span>, and the public should be aware of this <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">well in advance<\/span><\/em> of the verdict.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">While we should <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>pursue justice for George Floyd<\/em><\/span>, we should be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>absolutely sure<\/em><\/span> that we are pursuing justice <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>against his real killers<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">A <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>careful examination<\/em><\/span> of the evidence points to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the procedures and rules of the MPD<\/em><\/span>, rather than the police officers <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>following<\/em><\/span> these procedures and rules, as the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>real<\/em><\/span> killers of George Floyd.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">If <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>anyone<\/em><\/span> murdered George Floyd, it was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the MPD and the local political establishment<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>A <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>damning<\/em><\/span> indictment <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>indeed<\/em><\/span>!\u00a0 Mr. David goes on to offer a mountain of evidence in support of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>his<\/em><\/span> conclusion, leading <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>us<\/em><\/span> to deduce state and local authorities <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in general<\/em><\/span>, and Keith Ellison <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in particular<\/em><\/span>, KNOW they can&#8217;t support a charge of murder against Derek Chauvin, thus his inevitable acquittal is intended to provide the spark for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>yet another<\/em><\/span> national conflagration&#8230;er,&#8230;dialogue on racism.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Turning now to other news from the Nine Wise (or at least, wiser than <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>you<\/em><\/span>!) Men and Women On High, history records another victory in the Bush family&#8217;s ongoing effort to aid in The Left in bringing the Founders&#8217; Republic to its knees, as&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/scotus-blocks-trumps-attempt-to-end-daca\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=20657114\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">SCOTUS Blocks Trump\u2019s Attempt to End DACA<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DACA.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82179\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DACA.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DACA.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DACA-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/donald-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/donald-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/donald-1.png 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/donald-1-300x115.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice: had we the opportunity to confront John Roberts in person, we&#8217;d echo the words of Fletcher to Senator Lane:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kfdpcrOgUp4?start=15\" 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>Then again, we might well find ourselves more of the mind expressed by the old Army vet confronting anti-Trump protesters:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LQUDjt1kqeo?start=0&amp;end=3&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>For more on the subject of anti-American SOBs, writing at <em>The Hill<\/em>, Kristin Tate suggests&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"page-title\" class=\"title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/campaign\/502677-how-the-end-of-lockdown-will-hurt-joe-biden-amid-the-campaign-trail\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #003300; text-decoration: underline;\">How the end of lockdown will hurt Joe Biden amid the campaign trail<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Pouring-It-On-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82172\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Pouring-It-On-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Pouring-It-On-1.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Pouring-It-On-1-300x147.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\">Joe Biden<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>might<\/em><\/span> be the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>luckiest person in politics<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Despite endless gaffes and awkward encounters, he became the Democratic nominee following several candidates dropping out and the implosion of the Bernie Sanders campaign.<\/span> Biden had <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>another major boost<\/em><\/span> with the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>coronavirus lockdown<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Stuck at home, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>some of his worst qualities<\/em><\/span>, including degraded language skills, a tendency to pick fights with his supporters, and his dubious track record, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>became hidden from the public<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> However, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>with restrictions being lifted<\/em><\/span> across many states, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>his weakness will be laid bare<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Before<\/em><\/span> the lockdowns, his campaign was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>flailing<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Biden seemed to make it a point to stick his foot in his mouth at every available opportunity.<\/span> Do you remember when he called a voter a \u201cdamn liar\u201d in Iowa? <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Or when he oddly asserted that 150 million people have died from gun violence over the last 13 years?<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>With the lockdowns <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ending<\/em><\/span>, Biden will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>lose his advantage of staying out of the spotlight<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">He will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>have to<\/em><\/span> transition from interviews with friendly hosts, conducted from his home in Delaware where aides could carefully control optics, to the unpredictable style of town halls.<\/span> <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Without any handlers able to manage every moment<\/span><\/em>, his <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">loose tongue<\/span><\/em> or <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">instigative attitude toward voters<\/span><\/em> threaten <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>to define the remainder of his campaign<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">While the lockdowns <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>allowed Biden to hide his all greatest flaws<\/em><\/span>, they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>also prevented Donald Trump from using his greatest strengths<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> The president is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>at his best in front of energized crowds at his massive rallies<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Due to the coronavirus, he has not utilized his most potent tool <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>just yet<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> However, the reinvigoration of the Trump campaign through its heavily attended events <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>will serve as a reminder of the reasons why he won four years ago<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">His first rally since the start of the pandemic will be next <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>which is now <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">this<\/span><\/em>)<\/span> weekend.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">&#8230;<strong>Trump is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not out of the woods<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">His approval fell below 40 percent in some polls, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and there is plenty of time to make his own errors<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> But we have seen a race between Trump and another Democratic candidate who struggled <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>before<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Biden could hide behind the effects of the coronavirus.<\/span> While the country moves on, his campaign may act too slowly to fight the fact that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Biden has been the only American to benefit from the crisis<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which is why Dixon Diaz recently observed:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/balls-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82171\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/balls-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/balls-3.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/balls-3-300x222.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>And as the <em>WSJ<\/em>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/magafor-all-11592520510?mod=opinion_lead_pos8\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Kim Strassel submits<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>, The Donald&#8217;s about to hit his stride.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>As for Groper Joe, recently reviewed videos of his earlier opinions on contemporary hot-button issues should provide The Donald&#8217;s re-election managers ample material for campaign ads:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qGOgBULMs6Y\" 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 style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7oDHSt-CKtc\" 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>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\/2020\/06\/afb061820dAPR20200618034506.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82184\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/afb061820dAPR20200618034506.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/afb061820dAPR20200618034506.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/afb061820dAPR20200618034506-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cb061720dAPR20200617114510.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82185\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cb061720dAPR20200617114510.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cb061720dAPR20200617114510.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cb061720dAPR20200617114510-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cb061820dAPR20200618014511.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82186\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cb061820dAPR20200618014511.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cb061820dAPR20200618014511.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cb061820dAPR20200618014511-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/nonsense.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82187\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/nonsense.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/nonsense.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/nonsense-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/kelley.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82190\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/kelley.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/kelley.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/kelley-300x244.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/lil-kim.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82188\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/lil-kim.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/lil-kim.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/lil-kim-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/afb061720dAPR20200617034537.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82189\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/afb061720dAPR20200617034537.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/afb061720dAPR20200617034537.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/afb061720dAPR20200617034537-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/gv061720dAPR20200617074512.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82192\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/gv061720dAPR20200617074512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/gv061720dAPR20200617074512.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/gv061720dAPR20200617074512-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Syruptitious-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82173\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Syruptitious-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Syruptitious-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Syruptitious-1-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-18-20-at-7.33-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82174\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-18-20-at-7.33-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-18-20-at-7.33-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-18-20-at-7.33-AM-300x156.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/you-think-it-was-rough-going-down.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82175\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/you-think-it-was-rough-going-down.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/you-think-it-was-rough-going-down.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/you-think-it-was-rough-going-down-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/you-think-it-was-rough-going-down-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/must-be-aliens.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82176\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/must-be-aliens.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/must-be-aliens.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/must-be-aliens-246x300.jpeg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/poster-canada-add-moose-and-completely-summed-up-canada.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82177\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/poster-canada-add-moose-and-completely-summed-up-canada.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/poster-canada-add-moose-and-completely-summed-up-canada.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/poster-canada-add-moose-and-completely-summed-up-canada-252x300.jpeg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s this timely meme from our sister-in-law Jackie&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/jackie-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82215\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/jackie-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/jackie-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/jackie-1-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;another from Speed Mach&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/download-1-4.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82223\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/download-1-4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/download-1-4.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/download-1-4-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;along with this walk down Memory Lane courtesy of Balls Cotton&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image000000.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82213\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image000000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image000000.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image000000-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>So much for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Republicans<\/em><\/span> bearing responsibility for any &#8220;systemic&#8221; American racism.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a week with this headline courtesy of George Lawlor, as <em>FOX News<\/em> reports&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/food-drink\/aunt-jemima-brand-removing-image-racial-stereotype\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">Aunt Jemima changing name, removing image &#8216;based on a racial stereotype&#8217; from packaging<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/GettyImages-120764381.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82160\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/GettyImages-120764381.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/GettyImages-120764381.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/GettyImages-120764381-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reports possible replacement names include &#8220;Yo Mama&#8221; and &#8220;Mutha F*#@a&#8221; remain unconfirmed.\u00a0 In any event, we&#8217;re certain this change will have an impact second only to renaming of the Washington Bullets on the death spiral of the Black family, Black on Black violence and other legacies of slavery&#8230;which, let&#8217;s not forget was <em>created<\/em>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/maxresdefault.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82218\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/maxresdefault.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/maxresdefault-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/dem-sen-kaine-claims-united-states-created-slavery-and-didnt-inherit-slavery-from-anybody\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>by the United States<\/em><\/span><\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Friday, June 19th, 2020&#8230;but before we begin, Tucker takes you inside America&#8217;s newest state&#8230;of utter anarchy: \ufeff Congratulations, Neil Gorsuch: this is the chaotic future towards which\u00a0your gay\/transgendered &#8220;rights&#8221; decision has advanced America! 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