{"id":2403497,"date":"2025-02-17T17:18:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T22:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/german-prosecutors-accidentally-prove-jd-vances-point-about-free-speech-in-disturbing-60-minutes-interview\/"},"modified":"2025-02-17T17:22:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T22:22:05","slug":"german-prosecutors-accidentally-prove-jd-vances-point-about-free-speech-in-disturbing-60-minutes-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/german-prosecutors-accidentally-prove-jd-vances-point-about-free-speech-in-disturbing-60-minutes-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"German Prosecutors Accidentally Prove JD Vance&#8217;s Point About Free Speech in Disturbing &#8217;60 Minutes&#8217; Interview"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fgerman-prosecutors-accidentally-prove-jd-vances-point-about-free-speech-in-disturbing-60-minutes-interview%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=2403497&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 article discusses the rise of authoritarian practices in\u2063 both the\u2063 United States and \u200bEurope, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">emphasizing recent comments made<\/a>\u2063 by Vice President J.D. Vance during the Munich Security Conference. Vance criticized European leaders for thier increasingly tyrannical behavior, particularly highlighting\u2064 their crackdowns\u200d on free speech and thought control.\u2063 This\u2064 commentary aligns with a \u2062segment aired on\u2064 CBS&#8217;s \u201c60 Minutes,\u201d \u2063where correspondent Sharyn \u200cAlfonsi reported on German prosecutors discussing\u200c severe measures taken against individuals for posting offensive content online, comparing the situation to Gestapo \u2063tactics.<\/p>\n<p>The article suggests that\u200b these authoritarian leaders, who once championed democracy, have now resorted to censorship to \u200bmaintain \u200dcontrol over their populations.it paints a grim picture \u200bof modern Europe, where\u2064 law\u2064 enforcement executes pre-dawn raids on individuals suspected of violating speech laws, showcasing a chilling disregard for personal freedoms. The piece argues that such \u2064actions are a betrayal of the values for which past generations, including world War II \u200dveterans, fought, expressing concern over the implications for free societies if such behaviors \u2062are allowed \u2064to persist. Ultimately, it criticizes both the authoritarian leaders and the media&#8217;s complicity in promoting\u200b these oppressive practices.  <\/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><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_5)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_6)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Authoritarians in the United States and Europe have stopped trying to conceal their tyrannical inclinations and behavior. And it stands to reason that they would.<\/p>\n<p>After all, the skillful use of small forceps can first expose then remove burrowed parasites.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday on CBS&rsquo; &ldquo;60 Minutes,&rdquo; in one of the most chilling segments viewers will ever see, correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi and three German prosecutors smiled and laughed as they described modern-day Germany&rsquo;s Gestapo-like crackdowns on online speech, thereby confirming that Vice President J.D. Vance told the truth last week when he used rhetorical tweezers to carefully expose European leaders as parasitical tyrants.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/delegates-not-appear-happy-jd-vance-skewers-room-full-european-leaders-soil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vance<\/a> provided numerous examples of European governments&rsquo; assaults on free speech.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Unfortunately, when I look at Europe today, it&rsquo;s sometimes not so clear what happened to some of the Cold War&rsquo;s winners,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vp-harris-laughs-when-asked-why-she-hasnt-visited-southern-border\/\" title=\"VP Harris Laughs When Asked Why She Hasn&#039;t Visited Southern Border\">vice president told<\/a> a stunned audience of European tyrants.<\/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<p>As one would expect, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-german-defense-minister-melts-podium-jd-vance-humiliates-european-leaders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tyrants bristled<\/a> at Vance&rsquo;s comments. European leaders and their establishment allies in the United States have spent so many years posing as defenders of &ldquo;democracy&rdquo; that they seem to have swallowed their own lies.<\/p>\n<p>In reality, of course, those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ron-paul-calls-immoral-dangerous-scheme-operated-usaid-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warmongering tyrants<\/a> have enriched themselves at the expense of their native-born populations. Moreover, they have impoverished their own people and eroded the very concept of national sovereignty by throwing open their borders to migrants from across the world.<\/p>\n<p>Worst of all, they have propped up their version of &ldquo;democracy&rdquo; through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/look-back-facebooks-censorship-era\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">totalitarian-style censorship<\/a>. That proves, of course, that they cannot hold onto power if they allow people to speak freely.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, Alfonsi&rsquo;s &ldquo;60 Minutes&rdquo; feature rates as one of the most disgusting betrayals in the history of journalism.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, it might make America&rsquo;s few surviving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/102-year-old-world-war-ii-veteran-dies-trip-d-day-80th-anniversary-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World War II<\/a> veterans question why they bothered fighting at all.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In the United States, most of what anyone says, sends, or streams online, even if it&rsquo;s hate-filled or toxic, is protected by the First Amendment as free speech,&rdquo; Alfonsi said in an unmistakable tone of dismay during the segment&rsquo;s introduction.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But Germany is trying to bring some civility to the World Wide Web,&rdquo; she added, &ldquo;by policing it in a way most Americans could never imagine.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>No, in fact, we actually can imagine government officials &ldquo;policing&rdquo; the Internet so as to impose what they call &ldquo;civility.&rdquo; We, on the other hand, call that &ldquo;tyranny&rdquo; because we know that history&rsquo;s censors have never prioritized &ldquo;civility.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Readers may view the entire segment in the YouTube video below. Alfonsi&rsquo;s once-unfathomable endorsement of censorship appeared at the :21 mark.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-bMzFDpfDwc?si=imlz1TDAre1IU1U5\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For convenience&rsquo;s sake, &ldquo;60 Minutes&rdquo; provided shorter clips of the interview on the social media platform X.<\/p>\n<p>Readers, therefore, might find those clips helpful in highlighting the interview&rsquo;s most casual and jaw-dropping endorsements of tyranny.<\/p>\n<p>As a primer, imagine Alfonsi sitting across from three members of Nazi dictator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/holocaust-survivor-slams-harris-last-ditch-ploy-know-hitler-kamala-will-ever-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adolf Hitler&rsquo;s<\/a> secret police. Then, imagine a &ldquo;60 Minutes&rdquo; camera crew following Hitler&rsquo;s Gestapo on one of its many raids.<\/p>\n<p>In substance, one could not distinguish the behavior of Hitler&rsquo;s Gestapo from what appears in the following clips.<\/p>\n<p>The first clip, for instance, showed a smiling Alfonsi asking the three prosecutors to describe Germans&rsquo; reactions when the police appear at their door.<\/p>\n<p>A bespectacled prosecutor, whose German accent and non-threatening appearance called to mind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/shock-harris-walz-apparently-nazis-videos-seem-show-making-elon-gesture-maybe-really-harmless\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nazi<\/a> propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, set the scene.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So we are here with crimes of talking, posting in Internet,&rdquo; the Goebbels-esque prosecutor said, referring to a typical comment made by police as they descended on suspects&rsquo; residences.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And the people are surprised that this is really illegal to post these kinds of words,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They don&rsquo;t think it was illegal?&rdquo; a still-smiling Alfonsi asked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No, they don&rsquo;t think it was illegal,&rdquo; he replied.<\/p>\n<p>The Goebbels clone then claimed that people do have &ldquo;free speech,&rdquo; albeit with &ldquo;limits.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In Germany, posting hate speech online is illegal. The law is enforced with pre-dawn police raids. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DNAJyNxILt\">https:\/\/t.co\/DNAJyNxILt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OHvWTVaRjQ\">pic.twitter.com\/OHvWTVaRjQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/60Minutes\/status\/1891282394440732787?\">February 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a second clip showed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jd-vance-goes-viral-epic-takedown-cbs-interviewer-dont-really-care-margaret\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS&rsquo;<\/a> cameras embedded with German police as they conducted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-grants-26-pardons-and-3-commutations-includes-numerous-prominent-names\/\" title=\"Trump Grants 26 Pardons And 3 Commutations, Includes Numerous Prominent Names\">pre-dawn raid<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Inside, six armed officers searched a suspect&rsquo;s home, then seized his laptop and cellphone,&rdquo; Alfonsi said, narrating the chilling scene.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The crime? Posting a racist cartoon online,&rdquo; she explained moments later.<\/p>\n<p>Then, without stopping to acknowledge or even to notice as much, Alfonsi cheerfully described the tactics of a police state.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At the exact same time across Germany, more than 50 similar raids played out,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">German state police raid a home, seizing the suspect&rsquo;s laptop and phone. The crime? Posting a racist cartoon online. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4LHUP1ZWrB\">https:\/\/t.co\/4LHUP1ZWrB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tEC1N1Nm1L\">pic.twitter.com\/tEC1N1Nm1L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/60Minutes\/status\/1891282314899910910?\">February 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Finally, in a third and lengthier clip, the ever-smiling Alfonsi and the three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/daniel-pennys-legal-team-considers-striking-back-da-alvin-bragg-collusion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prosecutorial goons<\/a> laughed about how &ldquo;shocked&rdquo; people are when the authorities confiscate their devices.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, no one laughed harder than Herr Goebbels.<\/p>\n<p>And the authorities have confiscated offenders&rsquo; devices. After all, in Germany, one cannot lawfully hurl insults, especially online.<\/p>\n<p>Nor can one re-post fake quotes, for readers allegedly cannot distinguish between truth and falsehood. Thus, they need <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-are-pivotal-questions-mcconnell-blasts-biden-scotus-nominee-for-lack-of-candor-evading-questions\/\" title=\"\u2018These Are Pivotal Questions\u2019: McConnell Blasts Biden SCOTUS Nominee For Lack Of Candor, Evading Questions\">government prosecutors<\/a> to protect them &mdash; you know, in the name of &ldquo;civility.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In the case of re-posting, it is a crime as well,&rdquo; an Eva Braun-looking prosecutor said, &ldquo;because the reader can&rsquo;t distinguish whether you just invented this or just re-posted it. That&rsquo;s the same for us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Posting or reposting false information in Germany can be a crime, and the punishment for repeat offenders can include jail time. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/25OLFeLfna\">pic.twitter.com\/25OLFeLfna<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/60Minutes\/status\/1891282865381429292?\">February 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Aside from their tyrannical behavior, nothing chills the blood more than watching the prosecutors&rsquo; glee as they described victims&rsquo; reactions.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, speaking of gleeful, the ever-smiling Alfonsi and her CBS bosses cheerfully enlisted themselves in the service of Gestapo-like tyrants.<\/p>\n<p>Free societies die unless they expose and remove such parasites.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-can-hear-pin-drop-vance-humiliates-eu-leaders-following-greta-thunberg-foisting-rest-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vance<\/a> and others, the authoritarian blood-suckers no longer bother to conceal themselves.<\/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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This shift is understandable, as just like using precise tools to extract hidden parasites, they reveal their true nature. A recent segment on CBS&#8217;s &#8220;60 Minutes,&#8221; featuring correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi and German prosecutors, showcased Germany&#8217;s harsh crackdowns on online speech, validating Vice President J.D. Vance&#8217;s claims about European leaders acting as tyrants. During the Munich Security Conference, Vance highlighted various instances of European governments undermining free speech, leaving the audience of European officials visibly shocked.<\/p>\n<p>In response to Vance\u2019s remarks, these leaders reacted defensively; they have long portrayed themselves as champions of democracy while benefiting at the expense of their citizens and compromising national sovereignty by allowing mass migration. Their version of &#8220;democracy&#8221; relies heavily on censorship to maintain control over public discourse.<\/p>\n<p>Alfonsi\u2019s report was particularly disturbing for its portrayal of censorship in Germany compared to the protections offered by the First Amendment in the U.S., which allows even hateful speech under free expression rights. She noted that Germany is attempting to enforce civility online through measures that many Americans would find unimaginable\u2014essentially equating such actions with tyranny.<\/p>\n<p>The segment included clips showing police raids targeting individuals for posting content deemed illegal under German law\u2014such as a racist cartoon\u2014which were described with unsettling nonchalance by both Alfonsi and her interviewees. The prosecutors expressed amusement at how surprised people are when confronted by authorities for their online expressions.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, this chilling display underscores a troubling reality: without vigilance against such authoritarian practices, free societies risk succumbing to oppressive regimes that thrive on silencing dissenting voices<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2403498,"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\/02\/German-Prosecutors.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[42153,32311,50530,32082,33295],"class_list":["post-2403497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-60-minutes","tag-free-speech","tag-german-prosecutors","tag-jd-vance","tag-media-criticism"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/German-Prosecutors.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403497","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=2403497"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2403501,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403497\/revisions\/2403501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2403498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2403497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2403497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2403497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}