{"id":21488,"date":"2025-04-12T20:28:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T00:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=21488"},"modified":"2025-04-12T21:28:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T01:28:20","slug":"pummeling-protectionists-on-x-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/12\/pummeling-protectionists-on-x-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"Pummeling Protectionists on X &amp; Beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1911175643628187731\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1910729985167425935\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1910729985167425935<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump and his Ukraine deal mania: In the 1970s, folks knew there was nothing as expensive as a used car that cost you only $100.  Same deal with used Soviet nuclear reactors<\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1910729985167425935?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1911145450427531576\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1910497709674340577\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1910417355026686207\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1909993860459098239\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1909619749018890366\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1909082238509023433\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1909067285744037981\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1909067285744037981<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1907838281938571731\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1909993860459098239\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1911175643628187731 https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1910729985167425935 Trump and his Ukraine deal mania: In the 1970s, folks knew there was nothing as expensive as a used car that cost you only $100. Same deal with used Soviet nuclear reactors&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) April 11, 2025 https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1911145450427531576 https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1910497709674340577 https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1910417355026686207 https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1909993860459098239 https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1909619749018890366 https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1909082238509023433 https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1909067285744037981 https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1907838281938571731 https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1909993860459098239<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2354,495,4523,4522],"class_list":["post-21488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-china","tag-free-trade","tag-lawn-mowers","tag-protectionism-trump"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pummeling Protectionists on X &amp; Beyond - James Bovard<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"My tweets on Trump&#039;s protectionist onslaught\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/12\/pummeling-protectionists-on-x-beyond\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pummeling Protectionists on X &amp; Beyond - James Bovard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"My tweets on Trump&#039;s protectionist onslaught\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/12\/pummeling-protectionists-on-x-beyond\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"James Bovard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jim.bovard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-13T00:28:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-13T01:28:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fair-trade-fraud-and-torpedo-67468publicdomain.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"761\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jim\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@jimbovard\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jim\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/12\\\/pummeling-protectionists-on-x-beyond\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/12\\\/pummeling-protectionists-on-x-beyond\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jim\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/79550830ad81c14be529a2c37469974f\"},\"headline\":\"Pummeling Protectionists on X &amp; Beyond\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-13T00:28:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-13T01:28:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/12\\\/pummeling-protectionists-on-x-beyond\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":66,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/12\\\/pummeling-protectionists-on-x-beyond\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/fair-trade-fraud-and-torpedo-67468publicdomain.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"China\",\"free trade\",\"lawn mowers\",\"protectionism trump\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/12\\\/pummeling-protectionists-on-x-beyond\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/12\\\/pummeling-protectionists-on-x-beyond\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/12\\\/pummeling-protectionists-on-x-beyond\\\/\",\"name\":\"Pummeling Protectionists on X &amp; Beyond - James Bovard\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/12\\\/pummeling-protectionists-on-x-beyond\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/12\\\/pummeling-protectionists-on-x-beyond\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/fair-trade-fraud-and-torpedo-67468publicdomain.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-13T00:28:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-13T01:28:20+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/79550830ad81c14be529a2c37469974f\"},\"description\":\"My tweets on Trump's protectionist onslaught\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/12\\\/pummeling-protectionists-on-x-beyond\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/12\\\/pummeling-protectionists-on-x-beyond\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/12\\\/pummeling-protectionists-on-x-beyond\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/fair-trade-fraud-and-torpedo-67468publicdomain.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/fair-trade-fraud-and-torpedo-67468publicdomain.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":761},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/12\\\/pummeling-protectionists-on-x-beyond\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Pummeling Protectionists on X &amp; Beyond\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"James Bovard\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/79550830ad81c14be529a2c37469974f\",\"name\":\"Jim\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d95466cfd0934e38803c5035629df727ae4ec1f3f96c6883c05b5c52e2044505?s=96&d=mm&r=r\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d95466cfd0934e38803c5035629df727ae4ec1f3f96c6883c05b5c52e2044505?s=96&d=mm&r=r\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d95466cfd0934e38803c5035629df727ae4ec1f3f96c6883c05b5c52e2044505?s=96&d=mm&r=r\",\"caption\":\"Jim\"},\"description\":\"Bovard's homepage is at http:\\\/\\\/www.jimbovard.com He can be contacted at jim@jimbovard.com James Bovard is the author of ten books. The Wall Street Journal called Bovard \\\"the roving inspector general of the modern state\\\" and Washington Post columnist George Will called him a \\\"one-man truth squad.\\\" His 1994 book, Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty, received the Free Press Association\u2019s Mencken Award as Book of the Year. His Terrorism &amp; Tyranny won the Lysander Spooner \\\"Best Book on Liberty in 2003\\\" award. He received the Thomas Szasz Award for Civil Liberties work, awarded by the Center for Independent Thought and the Freedom Fund Award from the Firearms Civil Rights Defense Fund of the National Rifle Association. Bovard\u2019s writings have been publicly denounced by FBI director Louis Freeh, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Postmaster General, and the chiefs of the U.S. International Trade Commission, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as well as by many congressmen and other malcontents.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.jimbovard.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/jim.bovard\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/jimbovard\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Pummeling Protectionists on X &amp; Beyond - James Bovard","description":"My tweets on Trump's protectionist onslaught","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/12\/pummeling-protectionists-on-x-beyond\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Pummeling Protectionists on X &amp; Beyond - James Bovard","og_description":"My tweets on Trump's protectionist onslaught","og_url":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/12\/pummeling-protectionists-on-x-beyond\/","og_site_name":"James Bovard","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jim.bovard","article_published_time":"2025-04-13T00:28:05+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-04-13T01:28:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":761,"url":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fair-trade-fraud-and-torpedo-67468publicdomain.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jim","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@jimbovard","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jim","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/12\/pummeling-protectionists-on-x-beyond\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/12\/pummeling-protectionists-on-x-beyond\/"},"author":{"name":"Jim","@id":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/79550830ad81c14be529a2c37469974f"},"headline":"Pummeling Protectionists on X &amp; Beyond","datePublished":"2025-04-13T00:28:05+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-13T01:28:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/12\/pummeling-protectionists-on-x-beyond\/"},"wordCount":66,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/12\/pummeling-protectionists-on-x-beyond\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fair-trade-fraud-and-torpedo-67468publicdomain.jpg","keywords":["China","free trade","lawn mowers","protectionism trump"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/12\/pummeling-protectionists-on-x-beyond\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/12\/pummeling-protectionists-on-x-beyond\/","url":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/12\/pummeling-protectionists-on-x-beyond\/","name":"Pummeling Protectionists on X &amp; Beyond - James Bovard","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/12\/pummeling-protectionists-on-x-beyond\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/12\/pummeling-protectionists-on-x-beyond\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fair-trade-fraud-and-torpedo-67468publicdomain.jpg","datePublished":"2025-04-13T00:28:05+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-13T01:28:20+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/79550830ad81c14be529a2c37469974f"},"description":"My tweets on Trump's protectionist onslaught","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/12\/pummeling-protectionists-on-x-beyond\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/12\/pummeling-protectionists-on-x-beyond\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/12\/pummeling-protectionists-on-x-beyond\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fair-trade-fraud-and-torpedo-67468publicdomain.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fair-trade-fraud-and-torpedo-67468publicdomain.jpg","width":1200,"height":761},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/12\/pummeling-protectionists-on-x-beyond\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Pummeling Protectionists on X &amp; Beyond"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/","name":"James Bovard","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/79550830ad81c14be529a2c37469974f","name":"Jim","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d95466cfd0934e38803c5035629df727ae4ec1f3f96c6883c05b5c52e2044505?s=96&d=mm&r=r","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d95466cfd0934e38803c5035629df727ae4ec1f3f96c6883c05b5c52e2044505?s=96&d=mm&r=r","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d95466cfd0934e38803c5035629df727ae4ec1f3f96c6883c05b5c52e2044505?s=96&d=mm&r=r","caption":"Jim"},"description":"Bovard's homepage is at http:\/\/www.jimbovard.com He can be contacted at jim@jimbovard.com James Bovard is the author of ten books. The Wall Street Journal called Bovard \"the roving inspector general of the modern state\" and Washington Post columnist George Will called him a \"one-man truth squad.\" His 1994 book, Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty, received the Free Press Association\u2019s Mencken Award as Book of the Year. His Terrorism &amp; Tyranny won the Lysander Spooner \"Best Book on Liberty in 2003\" award. He received the Thomas Szasz Award for Civil Liberties work, awarded by the Center for Independent Thought and the Freedom Fund Award from the Firearms Civil Rights Defense Fund of the National Rifle Association. Bovard\u2019s writings have been publicly denounced by FBI director Louis Freeh, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Postmaster General, and the chiefs of the U.S. International Trade Commission, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as well as by many congressmen and other malcontents.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.jimbovard.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jim.bovard","https:\/\/x.com\/jimbovard"],"url":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21488"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21494,"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21488\/revisions\/21494"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}