{"id":2734,"date":"2022-09-08T12:12:35","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T16:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2734"},"modified":"2022-09-08T13:56:29","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T17:56:29","slug":"stop-the-spiel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2734","title":{"rendered":"Stop the Spiel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Classified documents are missing.
\nIt’s time to stop Republican ring-kissing.
\nRemember in November when you’re picking,
\nthese red state liars need a good ass-kicking.
\nDemocracy itself is now at stake.
\nVote out the MAGA-morphs for your own sake.
\nTo pass these fiends along to yet another generation
\nwill just continue ruining our country’s reputation.
\nWe can only hope that ’24 will have distinction
\nas a free election that prevents our own extinction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Classified documents are missing. It’s time to stop Republican ring-kissing. Remember in November when you’re picking, these red state liars need a good ass-kicking. Democracy itself is now at stake. Vote out the MAGA-morphs for … 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-2734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":704,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=704","url_meta":{"origin":2734,"position":0},"title":"Space Warlord","author":"Rick Young","date":"February 20, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Monitored me on t.v. Took away my privacy. 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