{"id":2391180,"date":"2025-01-16T12:48:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T17:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-crones-pecking-at-hegseth-ignore-devastating-study-on-women-in-combat-from-the-marine-corps\/"},"modified":"2025-01-16T12:53:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T17:53:01","slug":"senate-crones-pecking-at-hegseth-ignore-devastating-study-on-women-in-combat-from-the-marine-corps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-crones-pecking-at-hegseth-ignore-devastating-study-on-women-in-combat-from-the-marine-corps\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Crones Pecking at Hegseth Ignore Devastating Study on Women in Combat from the Marine Corps"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-crones-pecking-at-hegseth-ignore-devastating-study-on-women-in-combat-from-the-marine-corps%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2391180&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>the confirmation hearings for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s\u200d nominee\u2064 for Pentagon leadership, were marked\u200c by significant challenges for the Democrats. rather of achieving their goal of discrediting Hegseth, the hearings fell flat, \u2063failing to unveil any\u2064 new evidence against him and instead highlighting the tactics of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amid-media-onslaught-tennessee-parents-double-down-on-efforts-to-establish-no-politics-public-schools\/\" title=\"Amid Media Onslaught, Tennessee Parents Double Down On Efforts To Establish No-Politics Public Schools\">media smear campaigns<\/a>. The\u2064 Democrats had accused Hegseth\u200d of promoting sexist\u2062 views,\u200c specifically\u2063 regarding \u200bthe effectiveness of women in combat roles.However, during the hearings, he clarified that while he supports women in\u2063 combat, they must \u2063meet the same standards\u200d as men.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Kirsten Gillibrand became a focal \u2062point of criticism due to her assertions defending women in combat roles, arguing that labeling mothers as ineffective soldiers is baseless. She emphasized the capabilities\u200c of women currently serving in the military. Conversely, it&#8217;s noted in the article that\u2064 studies\u200c from the Marine\u200d Corps indicated that all-male combat units performed better in numerous tasks compared to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-draft-our-daughters-for-front-line-combat-duty\/\" title=\"Don\u2019t Draft Our Daughters for Front-Line Combat Duty\">mixed-gender units<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The overarching theme of the article critiques the Democrats&#8217; prioritization of \u200dinclusivity over \u2062practical\u200b effectiveness in military\u2062 roles, while acknowledging Hegseth\u2019s stance on maintaining rigorous standards for combat roles. The \u2063discussion points to\u200c a broader narrative about the implications of political correctness \u200dand militarization of gender equality, suggesting that the focus should remain on the safety and effectiveness of military personnel \u2063rather than on fulfilling quotas for \u2064diversity. The author concludes that \u2064while the hearings aimed to highlight issues of equality, they ultimately misfired, \u2062with substantive concerns about military efficacy sidelined for political motives.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s difficult to understate how badly the Pete Hegseth confirmation hearings went for the Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Appalling? Cataclysmic? Inauspicious? Which synonym of &ldquo;disastrous&rdquo; do you want to go with when it came to the grilling of President-elect Donald Trump&rsquo;s pick to lead the Pentagon? The Democrats promised us from the beginning that they&rsquo;d reveal Hegseth as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/answer-lord-savior-pete-hegseth-lights-media-shows-exactly-trump-chose\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an alcohol-sodden creep<\/a> with antediluvian opinions on women.<\/p>\n<p>Not only did the Tuesday hearing produce nothing we hadn&rsquo;t heard before, they produced <em>less<\/em> than that &mdash; providing an object lesson in the smear tactics of the media without doing any real reputational damage to the man.<\/p>\n<p>But what about that sexism charge? As you doubtlessly saw if you saw one clip from the hearings, Hegseth once upon a time believed what we all believed until about six minutes ago: that women were less effective than men on the combat lines.<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth has backtracked a bit on allowing women in combat roles, saying he would let them provided that they meet the same standards as male troops and those standards aren&rsquo;t compromised. That didn&rsquo;t stop a flock of crones (what is the collective noun for a group of them? A murder of crones? A wrinkle? A cackle?) from berating Hegseth to produce donor clips to prod Democrats ill disposed to give the party any more of their money to misuse to donate.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Allow me to catch you up on the Hegseth confirmation <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/id2fUg2mQ8\">pic.twitter.com\/id2fUg2mQ8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IndySpanglish (@IndySpanglish) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndySpanglish\/status\/1879301041625444594?\">January 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While there was no shortage of cronishness among Democrats on the committee, the hands-down winner was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hysterical-dem-senator-embarrasses-screaming-pete-hegseth-sending-moms-combat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand<\/a> of New York.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have hundreds &mdash; hundreds &mdash; of women who are currently in the infantry,&rdquo; Gillibrand said. &ldquo;Lethal members of our military serving in the infantry.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You degrade them. You say, &lsquo;We need moms but not in the military, especially in combat units.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand yells at Hegseth for statements about not wanting to have women serve in combat roles: &ldquo;We have hundreds &ndash; HUNDREDS of women who are currently in the infantry&hellip;You degrade them. You say, we need moms but not in the military, especially in combat units. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LhNKrD4FoV\">pic.twitter.com\/LhNKrD4FoV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Julio_Rosas11\/status\/1879198683616719115?\">January 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Everything you&rsquo;ve said in these public statements is politics. &lsquo;I don&rsquo;t want women.&rsquo; &lsquo;I don&rsquo;t want moms,&rsquo;&rdquo; she went on to say. &ldquo;What&rsquo;s wrong with a mom, by the way? Once you have babies, you, therefore, are no longer able to be lethal?<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I mean, you&rsquo;re basically saying, women after they have children can&rsquo;t ever serve in the military in a combat role. It&rsquo;s a silly thing to say.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Democrat Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is now arguing that moms should serve in combat roles.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What&rsquo;s wrong with a mom, by the way? Once you have babies, you, therefore, are no longer able to be lethal?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Pete Hegseth&rsquo;s composure needs to be studied. I would&rsquo;ve burst out laughing.&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SehH9A6EoN\">pic.twitter.com\/SehH9A6EoN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; George (@BehizyTweets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BehizyTweets\/status\/1879199458728259939?\">January 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Well, it turns out that Gillibrand and her ilk aren&rsquo;t only a gaggle of malicious scolds, they&rsquo;re also quite predictably wrong!<\/p>\n<p>According to a 2015 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2015\/09\/10\/439190586\/marine-corps-study-finds-all-male-combat-units-faster-than-mixed-units#:~:text=%22All-male%20squads%2C%20the,because%20it%20means%20fewer%20casualties.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NPR<\/a> report, a year-long study by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/us-military-draft-ahead-house-eyes-new-plan-fair-equitable-potential-future-draft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marine Corps<\/a> found that &ldquo;all-male squads performed better than mixed groups in 69 percent of the tasks evaluated.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Marines created a battalion of 100 female and 300 male volunteers. During the past year, they trained in North Carolina and California, taking part in realistic combat exercises,&rdquo; NPR&rsquo;s Tom Bowman reported.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;All-male squads, the study found, performed better than mixed gender units across the board. The males were more accurate hitting targets, faster at climbing over obstacles, better at avoiding injuries.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Other findings from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/2394531-marine-corps-force-integration-plan-summary\/?mode=document&amp;embed=1#document\/p4\/a239545\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study itself<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&ldquo;All male squads &hellip; were faster than the gender-integrated squads in each tactical movement. The differences were more pronounced in infantry <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">crew-served weapons<\/a> specialties that carried the assault load plus the additional weight of crew-served weapons and ammunition.&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li>&ldquo;All-male squads, teams and crews and gender-integrated squads, teams, and crews had a noticeable difference in their performance of the basic combat tasks of negotiating<br \/> obstacles and evacuating casualties. For example, when negotiating the wall obstacle, male Marines threw their packs to the top of the wall, whereas female Marines required regular assistance in getting their packs to the top.&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li>&ldquo;Anaerobic Power: Females possessed 15% less power than males; the female top 25th percentile overlaps with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-outlines-virginias-economic-health\/\" title=\"Virginia&#039;s economic health report is outlined\">bottom 25th percentile<\/a> for males.<\/li>\n<li>&ldquo;Aerobic Capacity: Females had 10% lower capacity; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-crones-pecking-at-hegseth-ignore-devastating-study-on-women-in-combat-from-the-marine-corp\/\" title=\"Senate Crones Pecking at Hegseth Ignore Devastating Study on Women in Combat from the Marine Corp\">female top 10th percentile overlaps<\/a> with the bottom 50th percentile of males.&rdquo;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Huh! Who would have reckoned that moms aren&rsquo;t as lethal as men by the very fact of nature. I mean, aside from everybody with a whit of common sense. Also: In case you were wondering, it&rsquo;s a &ldquo;cackle of crones.&rdquo; (&ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Zmvt7yFTtt8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The more you know&hellip;<\/a>&ldquo;)<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s too easy to pawn off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-pete-hegseth-repeatedly-interrupted-protesters-confirmation-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">these attacks<\/a> as Capitol Hill politics, an attempt to establish a new #Resistance after a demoralizing four years for the Democrats. However, that overlooks the bedrock immorality of this line of questioning.<\/p>\n<p>The people who put their lives on the line in the armed services deserve to have a Senate Armed Services Committee which considers their lives before they engage in donor-clipbait. The Democrats on the committee, however, are more concerned with inclusion than with facts, and demand everyone else is, too.<\/p>\n<p>The one good thing to take away from Hegseth&rsquo;s hearings is that he refused to buckle on women in combat meeting the same standard as men. It would have been more heartening if we heard him say that the evidence was in and all-male units clearly performed better, but at least we have that.<\/p>\n<p>The second problem we have is the&nbsp;<em>lack<\/em> of evidence the Democrats brought <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hegseth-hits-back-sec-def-nominees-top-5-comebacks-tuesdays-confirmation-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to the hearing<\/a>. It&rsquo;s almost as if it didn&rsquo;t matter whether or not the women were effective in combat. They deserve the same chance to bog down their infantry unit as any other unfit troop does! In fact, more of a chance, because women have too long been denied roles reserved for men. For good reason? Well, yes, but &hellip; equity!<\/p>\n<p>Some conservatives are fond of rearranging the letters in DEI around to spell DIE, a formulation I find a bit too on the nose. This time, instead of it eliciting a groan from me, I find it apt: The cackle on the Senate Judiciary Committee doesn&rsquo;t care if good men die so long as military DEI hires are protected. Who cares if the women can survive 15 seconds in combat? Who cares if they can, for that matter? #AdmitAllWomen.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;d be funny, if it weren&rsquo;t so serious.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Disastrous? Catastrophic? Which term would you prefer to describe the intense questioning of President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s nominee for the Pentagon? From the outset, Democrats claimed they would expose Hegseth as a drunken creep with outdated views on women. However, Tuesday&#8217;s hearing yielded no new revelations and even less impact, serving as a prime example of media smear tactics without causing any real harm to his reputation. <\/p>\n<p>As for the allegations of sexism, if you caught any clips from the hearings, you likely noticed that Hegseth once held a belief that was common until recently: that women were less effective than men in combat roles. He has since softened his stance on women in combat, stating he supports their inclusion as long as they meet equal standards without compromise. This did not prevent a group of critics from pressuring him to provide donor clips aimed at persuading reluctant Democrats to contribute more funds.<\/p>\n<p>Among those questioning him was Senator Kirsten Gillibrand from New York, who passionately argued against Hegseth&#8217;s statements about women in combat: \u201cWe have hundreds\u2014hundreds\u2014of women currently serving in infantry roles&#8230; You degrade them by saying we need moms but not in military positions.\u201d She continued her critique by asking what was wrong with mothers serving and implied that having children disqualifies them from being effective soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>Gillibrand\u2019s assertions are not only misguided but also factually incorrect. A 2015 NPR report highlighted a Marine Corps study showing all-male squads outperformed mixed-gender groups in 69% of evaluated tasks during realistic combat exercises.<\/p>\n<p>The findings indicated significant performance differences between all-male and gender-integrated units across various basic combat tasks and physical capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>It seems obvious that biological differences play a role here; however, this reality is often overlooked amid political agendas focused on inclusion rather than effectiveness or safety within military ranks. The takeaway from Hegseth&#8217;s hearings is his refusal to back down on maintaining equal standards for both genders in combat roles\u2014a position worth noting despite lacking robust evidence presented by Democrats during these discussions.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, it appears some committee members prioritize diversity over operational effectiveness while disregarding whether female service members can adequately perform under pressure\u2014a serious concern when lives are at stake<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2391181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pete-1-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[45173,36389,3740,45004],"class_list":["post-2391180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-hegseth","tag-marine-corps","tag-senate","tag-women-in-combat"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pete-1-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2391180"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2391184,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391180\/revisions\/2391184"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2391181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2391180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2391180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2391180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}