{"id":21976,"date":"2025-10-09T10:23:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T14:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=21976"},"modified":"2025-10-09T17:29:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T21:29:42","slug":"30-years-of-lost-liberties-fff-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/09\/30-years-of-lost-liberties-fff-video\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Years of Lost Liberties: FFF Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/fff.org\"><strong>Future of Freedom Foundation<\/strong><\/a> is producing a series of podcasts on the crisis of civil liberties. 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