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Thanks to everyone who viewed, commented on, or reposted my Ruby Ridge videos I posted on Facebook and Twitter\/X the last few days.\u00a0 \u00a0The number of views on my posts is almost 70,000.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/x.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2090855675760967829 [23,000+]]<\/p>\n

https:\/\/x.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2091140557712007176 [my 1996 Stanford speech] [6,800+ views]<\/p>\n

https:\/\/x.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2091716534129377779\u00a0 [4,000+ views]<\/p>\n

https:\/\/x.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2091209883567735051 [WSJ “No Accountability at FBI”] 3,400 views<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=10239601105239106&set=a.1161173522910 [4,500+ views]<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/3203791486478805 [26,000+]<\/p>\n

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Thanks to everyone who viewed, commented on, or reposted my Ruby Ridge videos I posted on Facebook and Twitter\/X the last few days.\u00a0 \u00a0The number of views on my posts is almost 70,000. https:\/\/x.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2090855675760967829 [23,000+]] https:\/\/x.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2091140557712007176 [my 1996 Stanford speech] [6,800+ views] https:\/\/x.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2091716534129377779\u00a0 [4,000+ views] https:\/\/x.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2091209883567735051 [WSJ “No Accountability at FBI”] 3,400 views https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=10239601105239106&set=a.1161173522910 [4,500+ […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[47,652,4466,4918],"class_list":["post-23115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-fbi","tag-ruby-ridge","tag-videos","tag-views"],"yoast_head":"\nMy Ruby Ridge videos get 70,000 views - James Bovard<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"My videos on Ruby Ridge have gotten roughly 70,000 views on social media in the last few days. 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