{"id":2437889,"date":"2025-05-22T10:46:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T14:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unreal-id-of-judge-overseeing-case-against-judge-dugan-revealed-is-this-fair\/"},"modified":"2025-05-22T10:48:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T14:48:29","slug":"unreal-id-of-judge-overseeing-case-against-judge-dugan-revealed-is-this-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unreal-id-of-judge-overseeing-case-against-judge-dugan-revealed-is-this-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Unreal &#8211; ID of Judge Overseeing Case Against Judge Dugan Revealed: Is This Fair?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Funreal-id-of-judge-overseeing-case-against-judge-dugan-revealed-is-this-fair%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=2437889&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 criminal case against Judge Hannah Dugan from milwaukee County, Wisconsin, who is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fla-couple-charged-with-child-neglect-after-their-21-month-old-child-overdosed-on-cocaine\/\" title=\"Fla. couple charged with child neglect after their 21-month-old child overdosed on cocaine\">facing felony charges<\/a> for allegedly aiding an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-arrests-milwaukee-judge-hannah-dugan-over-obstructing-ice-operations\/\" title=\"FBI ...s Milwaukee ... over obstructing ... operations\">illegal immigrant evade arrest<\/a> by ICE during a court proceeding. Dugan reportedly confronted federal officers and facilitated the escape of the defendant,Eduardo Flores-Ruiz,during a pre-trial conference. The case has become contentious, especially as it will be handled by U.S. district Judge Lynn Adelman, known for his previously stated political opinions. Legal scholar Jonathan Turley criticizes this random assignment of judges, noting that Adelman&#8217;s past comments may bias the case and undermine judicial integrity. He suggests that there shoudl be mechanisms to prevent judges with politically charged statements from presiding over cases with similar implications to maintain objectivity and neutrality in the judiciary. The article highlights the potential for controversy surrounding Dugan&#8217;s trial and the broader implications for judicial conduct in politically sensitive cases.  <\/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><\/p>\n<p>And today in &ldquo;When Randomly Assigning Judges to Political Cases Goes Wrong,&rdquo; I present to you the criminal case against Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan and U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman.<\/p>\n<p>Dugan, as you may recall, is facing felony charges of concealing a person from arrest and obstruction of proceedings after she helped an illegal immigrant inside her courtroom evade Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials who had come to take him into custody.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, a Mexican national, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/got-grand-jury-nails-wisconsin-judge-accused-helping-illegal-dodge-feds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was appearing before Dugan<\/a> for a pre-trial conference on three counts of misdemeanor battery with modifiers for domestic violence when ICE showed up to detain him. Not only did Dugan allegedly furiously confront the officers, she took the defendant and his attorney back into her chambers then got them out a private exit, so they could attempt an escape.<\/p>\n<p>This didn&rsquo;t work, mercifully, and while Dugan now faces the potential for years in prison should she be convicted, she&rsquo;s also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-judge-charged-helping-illegal-alien-evade-ice-now-begging-public-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">become a hero of #TheResistance2.0<\/a>, such as it may exist.<\/p>\n<p>Now, as you may or may not know, cases are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/federal-judge-history-anti-trump-remarks-assigned-hannah-dugan-criminal-case\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">assigned randomly<\/a> to judges, usually by electronic systems, so there can be no question of tampering. Indeed, there&rsquo;s no evidence that the system has acted in a non-random manner in this case or others &mdash; but therein lies the problem with a strictly random system, as constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley noted in a thread on X: Dugan&rsquo;s case will be provided over by Judge Adelman, who has a long history of extrajudicial activism.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/legal-expert-jonathan-turley-whoopi-wise-apologize-air-bakery-snubbed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Turley<\/a>, a professor at George Washington University Law School, noted that the move &ldquo;will add even greater controversy to an already controversial case.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Adelman has a history of injudicious and biased political commentary,&rdquo; Turley wrote in a thread on social media Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Judge Adelman attacked Chief Justice Roberts as lying in his confirmation hearing and described Trump as &lsquo;an autocrat&rsquo; who is &lsquo;disinclined to buck the wealthy individuals and corporations who control his party,&#8217;&rdquo; he noted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&hellip;Judge Adelman attacked Chief Justice Roberts as lying in his confirmation hearing and described Trump as &ldquo;an autocrat&rdquo; who is &ldquo;disinclined to buck the wealthy individuals and corporations who control his party.&rdquo;&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonathanTurley\/status\/1924918159246577877?\">May 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He was previously reversed and rebuked in a voter ID case after <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >largely ignoring controlling precedent<\/a>. For many conservatives, they may see little difference between the two judges in the case in terms of their demeanor and detachment,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/legal-expert-jonathan-turley-says-courts-intruding-trumps-authority-way-cant-stand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Turley<\/a> continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Judge Alderman&rsquo;s public commentary is another example of how extrajudicial statements undermine the judiciary. This history should not be added to a controversial case and raise questions over the objectivity and neutrality of the court.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&hellip;Judge Alderman&rsquo;s public commentary is another example of how extrajudicial statements undermine the judiciary. This history should not be added to a controversial case and raise questions over the objectivity and neutrality of the court. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VXrfJKt7Yv\">https:\/\/t.co\/VXrfJKt7Yv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonathanTurley\/status\/1924927128400757000?\">May 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/turley-shows-receive-preemptive-pardons-biden-still-face-prosecution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Turley<\/a> linked to a <a href=\"https:\/\/jonathanturley.org\/2025\/05\/19\/courting-controversy-justices-side-commentaries-undermine-the-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">piece<\/a> he had written a few days earlier about &ldquo;extrajudicial comments made by [Supreme Court] Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan&rdquo;:<\/p>\n<p><em>The troubling trend has created the impression of justices maintaining constituencies on the left and the right. The adoration and attention can have a corrosive effect on a jurist caught up in the moment. Previously, Sotomayor was criticized when she directly called for political action from young law students to defend abortion rights.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Sotomayor acknowledged, &ldquo;I am pointing out to that when I shouldn&rsquo;t because they tell me I shouldn&rsquo;t.&rdquo; However, she criticized a recent decision of the court from which she had dissented and chastised her conservative colleagues who &ldquo;have opted to bury their heads in the sand.&rdquo; She added, &ldquo;You know, I can&rsquo;t change Texas&rsquo; law but you can and everyone else who may or may not like it can go out there and be lobbying forces in changing laws that you don&rsquo;t like.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Kagan, Turley noted, has a history of flip-flopping on precedent, particularly when it comes to venue-shopping for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/clarence-thomas-makes-point-day-supreme-court-hears-arguments-birthright-citizenship-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">universal injunctions<\/a> during oral arguments over a case involving birthright citizenship:<\/p>\n<p><em>In 2022, when President Biden faced a fraction of the injunctions imposed against Trump, Justice Elena Kagan publicly condemned the use of universal injunctions in an interview at Northwestern University School of Law. She lashed out at the obvious &ldquo;forum shopping&rdquo; to get before favorable courts and said &ldquo;It just cannot be right that one district judge can stop a nationwide policy in its tracks and leave it stopped for the years it takes to go through the normal [appellate] process.&rdquo; She added, &ldquo;You look at something like that and you think, that can&rsquo;t be right.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Now, in the Trump administration, Kagan has a case that can right that wrong by requiring parties to certify a national class action if they want a national injunction. However, Kagan raised some eyebrows by quickly&nbsp;stating&nbsp;that &ldquo;this case is very different&rdquo; and then suggesting that there was a need for national injunctions against Trump.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>As Solicitor General John Sauer tried to distinguish between the procedural question before the Court from the merits (which have not been fully briefed), Kagan and Sotomayor insisted that the unconstitutionality was clear. Kagan snapped &ldquo;Every court is ruling against you.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Kagan and Sotomayor, of course, have a greater purview than Judge Adelman does, and there&rsquo;s no system to force their recusal from cases, but this makes an excellent argument for something at lower levels that would discourage extrajudicial judicial activism.<\/p>\n<p>In cases like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wisconsin-supreme-court-suspends-judge-accused-aiding-illegal-alien-evade-ice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dugan&rsquo;s<\/a>, where the political import is clear, there needs to be a clear mechanism to flag both judges who have made these comments and cases that might carry political significance &mdash; based around discrete criteria in both situations, so there isn&rsquo;t a slippery slope &mdash; and a mechanism that precludes these judges from being matched up with these cases, whether their political views comport or clash with those of the parties involved.<\/p>\n<p>This doesn&rsquo;t need to be a laundry list or put a gag on judges who feel that they need to exercise their First Amendment rights outside of their job as independent arbiters of the law inside their courtroom. Rather, it removes the stench of doubt that will hang over this case if Dugan manages to get a hung jury or an acquittal. Questions will then invariably arise about what evidence was allowed to be introduced, what questions were allowed to be asked of witnesses, and so on and so forth.<\/p>\n<p>Judges may have political leanings, and identifiable ones, but when they make clear their opinions on the events on partisan matters outside of their opinions and obvious partisan matters happen to come up before them, it&rsquo;s not rocket science that the appearance of conflicts of interest need to be avoided.<\/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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Dugan is currently facing felony charges for allegedly helping an illegal immigrant evade arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during a court appearance. Last month, Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, a Mexican national, was in Dugan&#8217;s courtroom for a pre-trial conference on misdemeanor battery charges when ICE attempted to detain him. Reports indicate that Dugan confronted the officers aggressively and then took both the defendant and his attorney into her chambers before attempting to facilitate their escape through a private exit. Fortunately, this plan failed, but now Dugan could face years in prison if convicted; meanwhile, she has gained notoriety among certain activist groups.<\/p>\n<p>As you may know, judges are typically assigned cases randomly through electronic systems to prevent any manipulation of assignments. There is no evidence suggesting that this system has been compromised in this instance or others; however, as constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley pointed out on social media, the random assignment process can lead to complications-Dugan&#8217;s case will be overseen by Judge Adelman, who has a history of controversial political activism.<\/p>\n<p>Turley emphasized that Adelman&#8217;s involvement could exacerbate an already contentious situation due to his past comments criticizing Chief Justice Roberts and labeling Trump as an &#8220;autocrat.&#8221; He noted that many conservatives might perceive little difference between the two judges regarding their impartiality.<\/p>\n<p>Turley also referenced previous extrajudicial remarks made by Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan that have raised concerns about justices appearing biased toward particular political factions. He argued for mechanisms at lower judicial levels to prevent judges with known biases from presiding over politically sensitive cases like Dugan&#8217;s-suggesting such measures would help maintain public confidence in judicial neutrality while still respecting judges&#8217; rights to express opinions outside of court proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, it&#8217;s crucial for the integrity of the judiciary that potential conflicts of interest are avoided when politically charged matters arise before judges who have publicly expressed strong opinions on related issues<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2437890,"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\/05\/Hannah-Dugan.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32417,55714,20625],"class_list":["post-2437889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-court-case","tag-judge-dugan","tag-unreal"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Hannah-Dugan.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437889","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=2437889"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2437893,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437889\/revisions\/2437893"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2437890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2437889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2437889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2437889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}