{"id":1007,"date":"2017-12-07T01:43:03","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T06:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1007"},"modified":"2017-12-07T01:43:03","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T06:43:03","slug":"coup-detat-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1007","title":{"rendered":"Coup d&#8217;etat 101"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One day they&#8217;ll teach in public schools<br \/>\nhow Republicans were tools<br \/>\nof some evil autocrats,<br \/>\ntreating folks like fleas or gnats,<br \/>\npromising the rich more wealth<br \/>\nwhile the nation lost its health.<br \/>\nThey were sneaky. They told lies.<br \/>\nSome of them were even spies.<br \/>\nAt their head a demagogue<br \/>\nposed as god but was a cog<br \/>\nin an overarching scheme<br \/>\nto bring down a country&#8217;s dream.<br \/>\nThey would drill in sacred soil.<br \/>\nNothing was immune to spoil.<br \/>\nThey were always on the take,<br \/>\ncalled all accusations fake.<br \/>\nTheir contempt for all our laws<br \/>\nhad the public dropping jaws.<br \/>\nSo it was when this cabal<br \/>\nfound itself nailed to the wall<br \/>\ncitizens sang justice songs.<br \/>\nTraitors were jailed for their wrongs.<br \/>\nHistory calls it failed coup.<br \/>\nBe aware, they&#8217;ll seek re-do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One day they&#8217;ll teach in public schools how Republicans were tools of some evil autocrats, treating folks like fleas or gnats, promising the rich more wealth while the nation lost its health. They were sneaky. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1007\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[3,4],"class_list":["post-1007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2","tag-poem","tag-poetry-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2252,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2252","url_meta":{"origin":1007,"position":0},"title":"No Knews","author":"Rick Young","date":"November 17, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The talking heads illuminate the dead. But nothing that they say has any cred. The numbers are not taken as a fact. The word of this decade might be 'redact.' With snow about to glisten, only half the people listen. 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