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I’m absolved, right, because Trump posted my New York Post Ruby Ridge<\/strong> <\/a>piece in 2022?\u00a0 Even for today’s article,\u00a0Latest Federal Killing in Minnesota Echoes Ruby Ridge<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Trump posted my NY Post article on Ruby Ridge on his Truth Social account in 2022<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m absolved, right, because Trump posted my New York Post Ruby Ridge piece in 2022?\u00a0 Even for today’s article,\u00a0Latest Federal Killing in Minnesota Echoes Ruby Ridge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[512,3103,652,708],"class_list":["post-22296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-humor-2","tag-new-york-post","tag-ruby-ridge","tag-trump"],"yoast_head":"\nTrump Posted My 2022 Ruby Ridge Oped on His Truth Social Account - James Bovard<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Donald Trump posted my 2022 New York Post oped on Ruby Ridge on his Truth Social account.\" \/>\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\/2026\/01\/26\/trump-posted-my-2022-ruby-ridge-oped-on-his-truth-social-account\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump Posted My 2022 Ruby Ridge Oped on His Truth Social Account - 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