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History will mark the day, minute and second that the rest of the world gave up on the hope of y\u2019all leading by example.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for the USA to give up silly notion of being leader of the &#8220;free world&#8221;. Number 45 is the latest in a string of ideological straw men pushed onto the dais by a cabal of corporate shills, self-serving &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cpaulcarter.com\/newfish\/index.php\/2017\/06\/12\/leading-from-behind\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,42,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-war","category-geo-politics","category-politics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7qEar-Jj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2346,"url":"https:\/\/cpaulcarter.com\/newfish\/index.php\/2019\/01\/29\/the-cult-of-trump\/","url_meta":{"origin":2809,"position":0},"title":"The Cult of Trump","author":"cPaul","date":"29 January 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"I came across a disturbing image of US President Trump portrayed as Christ upon the Cross. what the heck is going on down there? 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