{"id":2292,"date":"2010-12-07T21:10:53","date_gmt":"2010-12-08T02:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=2292"},"modified":"2010-12-07T21:10:53","modified_gmt":"2010-12-08T02:10:53","slug":"the-wikileaks-pledge-by-tom-blanton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/07\/the-wikileaks-pledge-by-tom-blanton\/","title":{"rendered":"The WikiLeaks Pledge &#8211; by Tom Blanton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/5241303625_f34f9137be_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/5241303625_f34f9137be_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"5241303625_f34f9137be_z\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/5241303625_f34f9137be_z.jpg 427w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/5241303625_f34f9137be_z-333x500.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This great artwork is from Tom Blanton, the mastermind of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnar.org\/\"><strong>The Project for a New American Revolution<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Tom has other top notch libertarian-themed political art work at his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/project2000\/\"><strong>Flickr page here<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This great artwork is from Tom Blanton, the mastermind of The Project for a New American Revolution. 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