{"id":18721,"date":"2023-11-01T21:13:34","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T01:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=18721"},"modified":"2023-11-01T21:13:34","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T01:13:34","slug":"tarring-and-feathering-congress-on-the-brian-wilson-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/01\/tarring-and-feathering-congress-on-the-brian-wilson-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarring and Feathering Congress on the Brian Wilson Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Congress-Circus-photo-7-09-2017-shrunk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10413\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Congress-Circus-photo-7-09-2017-shrunk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Congress-Circus-photo-7-09-2017-shrunk.jpg 600w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Congress-Circus-photo-7-09-2017-shrunk-126x150.jpg 126w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tw-font-sans tw-text-sm tw-font-semibold tw-uppercase tw-text-gray-500\" align=\"center\">From the <strong>Brian Wilson Podcast<\/strong> page &#8211; https:\/\/brianwilsonwrites.substack.com\/p\/the-two-and-only-brian-wilson-and-119<\/p>\n<p>Listen by clicking below (or above)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tw-font-sans tw-text-3xl tw-font-bold tw-leading-tight\" align=\"center\"><a class=\"tw-text-gray-900 tw-no-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/substack.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._BOls38M2F3NpMzoy1uWniCIk4EpMQgMny-oANJsr9c?\">The Two and Only &#8212; Brian Wilson and James Bovard S2 Ep 44<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"8\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tw-font-sans tw-text-lg tw-font-normal tw-text-gray-500\" align=\"center\">Brian Wilson and author Jim Bovard rip into unconstitutional Congressional raises for the poor $175,000\/yr Swamp Dwellers and other shenanigans typical in the Logic Free Zone of the Nation&#8217;s Capital.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"24\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Brian Wilson Podcast page &#8211; https:\/\/brianwilsonwrites.substack.com\/p\/the-two-and-only-brian-wilson-and-119 Listen by clicking below (or above) The Two and Only &#8212; Brian Wilson and James Bovard S2 Ep 44 Brian Wilson and author Jim Bovard rip into unconstitutional Congressional raises for the poor $175,000\/yr Swamp Dwellers and other shenanigans typical in the Logic Free Zone of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[126,15,127,3888],"class_list":["post-18721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-brian-wilson","tag-congress","tag-podcast","tag-volleyball"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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