{"id":2485,"date":"2011-02-02T21:51:46","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T02:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=2485"},"modified":"2011-02-02T21:51:46","modified_gmt":"2011-02-03T02:51:46","slug":"egyptian-heroine-we-do-not-trust-a-govt-that-sends-thugs-to-kill-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/02\/egyptian-heroine-we-do-not-trust-a-govt-that-sends-thugs-to-kill-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Egyptian Heroine: &#8220;We Do Not Trust a Govt. That Sends Thugs to Kill Us.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just listened to a live interview on <strong>Al Jazeera English<\/strong> with a 23-year-old woman in Tahrir Square.  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