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The old red, white and blue has seen its time. Enough of unity and peace. It&#8217;s time we celebrate the police, and get tough on the leftists &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2191\">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":[],"class_list":["post-2191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2206,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2206","url_meta":{"origin":2191,"position":0},"title":"Compilation Blues","author":"Rick Young","date":"November 5, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Arizona, I hope Diamondbacks next year will win it all. Nevada, may your gambling state long reign. 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