{"id":2563559,"date":"2026-02-03T10:57:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T15:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thank-you-billie-eilish-you-just-accidentally-did-more-to-expose-the-stolen-land-lie-than-any-conservative-in-history-8\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T10:59:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T15:59:23","slug":"thank-you-billie-eilish-you-just-accidentally-did-more-to-expose-the-stolen-land-lie-than-any-conservative-in-history-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thank-you-billie-eilish-you-just-accidentally-did-more-to-expose-the-stolen-land-lie-than-any-conservative-in-history-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank You, Billie Eilish &#8211; You Just (Accidentally) Did More to Expose the &#8216;Stolen Land&#8217; Lie Than Any Conservative in History"},"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\">42<\/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%2Fthank-you-billie-eilish-you-just-accidentally-did-more-to-expose-the-stolen-land-lie-than-any-conservative-in-history-8%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=2563559&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 piece traces the Grammys\u2019 history of controversial moments, arguing the show often reveals the entertainment industry\u2019s disconnect from mainstream audiences, ranging from past award decisions to edgy performances that backfire. It centers on Billie Eilish\u2019s Grammys speech claiming that \u201cno human being is illegal on stolen land,\u201d describing it as a flashpoint that exposes the contradictions of the \u201cstolen land\u201d narrative and sparks a wave of online reactions and memes. The article recounts a GoFundMe-style push by Australian activist Drew pavlou to move into Eilish\u2019s Malibu home as a provocative test of the central claim,using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lol-cnn-warns-of-far-right-violence-following-roe-leak\/\" title=\"Lol: CNN Warns of ...Far Right\u201d Violence Following Roe Leak\">social media chatter<\/a> to critique the rhetoric on borders and land. It suggests conservatives see such rhetoric as overblown, while the piece argues the remarks inadvertently publicize the tension by juxtaposing it with Eilish\u2019s wealth and property ownership. Ultimately,the author argues for respecting private property and questions the practicality and coherence of the \u201cstolen land\u201d argument in contemporary discourse.  <\/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>The Grammys have a rich and beautiful history of accidentally exposing just how out of touch the wokest arm of the entertainment industry really is.<\/p>\n<p>When I was a kid, it used to be about the awards. For instance, Album of the Year was always an opportunity to see how much industry execs were living in the past; Tony Bennett winning for his &ldquo;MTV Unplugged&rdquo; in the middle of the alternative music revolution in 1995, for instance, or the thoroughly washed-up Steely Dan winning in 2001 against epoch-defining albums by Radiohead and Eminem are perfect examples of why even artists hate the people technically responsible for making them multimillionaires.<\/p>\n<p>Nowadays, it&rsquo;s about the accidental faceplant caused by an attempt to be edgy. For instance, who can forget this wonderful moment where Sam Smith and Kim Petras performed their hit &ldquo;Unholy&rdquo; as satanic entities, followed by&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/people-even-disturbed-satanic-grammys-performance-seeing-sponsored-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an advertisement for Pfizer<\/a>? Whoops:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">They claim it&rsquo;s &ldquo;Art&rdquo;. I say it&rsquo;s satanic rituals on national television. Sponsored by who? No surprise there&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>NEW &ndash; Sam Smith dresses as the devil in Satanic performance of &ldquo;Unholy&rdquo; during The Grammys.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Sponsored by Pfizer&rdquo; on CBS. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gnCckZwlbo\">pic.twitter.com\/gnCckZwlbo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; &#127482;&#127480;Chelle&#127482;&#127480; (@CHELLESHOCKEDTM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CHELLESHOCKEDTM\/status\/1622583894091366401?\">February 6, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/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>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thank-you-billie-eilish-you-just-accidentally-did-more-to-expose-the-stolen-land-lie-than-any-conservative-in-history\/\" title=\"Thank You, ... Eilish - You Just (Accidentally) Did More to Expose the &#039;...&#039; Lie Than Any Conservative in History\">accidental historical moment<\/a> on Sunday came, this time, from Billie Eilish. She&rsquo;s technically still relevant and was one of the big winners this year &mdash; but during her speech for her award for Song of the Year with &ldquo;Wildflower,&rdquo; she exposed the whole problem with those who say we&rsquo;re on &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/local-native-american-chief-responds-ben-jerrys-stolen-land-post\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stolen land<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In case you missed it, here are the remarks that Eilish made. TL;DR: There are no such thing as illegal immigrants because we&rsquo;re illegally on this land, and also you should have sexual congress with an entire government agency. (I think that&rsquo;s what she meant when she said &ldquo;f*** <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/clinton-judge-releases-boy-5-father-ice-detention-makes-mistake-bad-order-may-first-time-ever-recorded\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICE<\/a>,&rdquo; anyhow.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>WARNING: The following videos contain vulgar language that some viewers will find offensive.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">You cannot simultaneously believe that (1) all borders are fake and should not be policed, and (2) that land can be &ldquo;stolen.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This is one of the most braindead beliefs a person can hold.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yaEMy8aitC\">pic.twitter.com\/yaEMy8aitC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SwipeWright\/status\/2018385874807931128?\">February 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Live reaction to Billie Eilish going on a &ldquo;Fuck ICE&rdquo; rant &#129326;<br \/> Painful to listen to. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CuUVjGJKbZ\">pic.twitter.com\/CuUVjGJKbZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Emily Austin (@emilyraustin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emilyraustin\/status\/2018161941873893462?\">February 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hmm. I wonder where Billie Eilish lives, then. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/south-dakota-governor-banned-sioux-reservation-remarks-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">An American Indian reservation<\/a>? No, she not one but several properties worth millions of dollars &mdash; on stolen land!<\/p>\n<p>And guess what? They have walls, too.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I took a closer look at Billie Eilish&rsquo;s sprawling mansion. She doesn&rsquo;t just have 1 wall&hellip; SHE HAS 3!!! So tall that you can&rsquo;t even see over them &#128064;<\/p>\n<p>Heavily fortified and surrounded by security. Meanwhile, she expects you to let criminals into your community, you bigots! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9i1xokta17\">pic.twitter.com\/9i1xokta17<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Wallace (@MattWallace888) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWallace888\/status\/2018389489614496034?\">February 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I bet that, if you jump her walls, the penalty &mdash; i.e., shooting by bodyguards &mdash; will probably be a lot worse than jumping our border walls, where they even exist.<\/p>\n<p>But she sure paid a lot for that pilfered land. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/02\/us-news\/billie-eilish-under-fire-to-fork-over-mansion\/#Echobox=1770050122\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>, she purchased a $2 million home at age 17, has owned other properties, and is worth upwards of $50 million.<\/p>\n<p>One man has started a fundraising effort to help him to occupy the land she&rsquo;s so blatantly stolen. Help her out on following through with her words, basically.<\/p>\n<p>For a few dollars, you can help Australian Drew Pavlou come to America and do the right thing by moving into Eilish&rsquo;s Malibu, California mansion:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If you would like to help me move into Billie Eilish&rsquo;s beachside Malibu mansion, you can donate to help pay for my flights from Australia at GiveSendGo: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LbfNyxiTFY\">https:\/\/t.co\/LbfNyxiTFY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hopefully will fly out next week. No human being is illegal on stolen land. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ReTiXeL3YO\">pic.twitter.com\/ReTiXeL3YO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Drew Pavlou &#127462;&#127482;&#127482;&#127480;&#127482;&#127462;&#127481;&#127484; (@DrewPavlou) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrewPavlou\/status\/2018554142260924465?\">February 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Billie Eilish announced at the Grammys that no human being is illegal on Stolen Land,&rdquo; he said on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.givesendgo.com\/StolenLand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GiveSendGo<\/a> page. &ldquo;I am therefore raising funds to fly to America and move into her $6 million Malibu mansion.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Everything here is completely and totally legal, I am just going to set up a tent on her driveway and I will leave when they formally ask me to leave.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW: A GoFundMe has been launched so a foreigner can attempt to move into Billie Eilish&rsquo;s home after she said the United States was stolen land.<\/p>\n<p>The man from Australia says he plans to move into her home.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I was inspired by Billie Eilish&rsquo;s recent statement at the Grammys that&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A41zYZPm1Z\">pic.twitter.com\/A41zYZPm1Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/2018489379262763404?\">February 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The question raises itself, Billie: If it&rsquo;s stolen land, why did you pay so much for it, and why protect it? Do you admit you&rsquo;re a thief? (There&rsquo;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DyDfgMOUjCI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&ldquo;Bad Guy&rdquo;<\/a> pun here, I just know it.)<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives either roll their eyes or sneer at land acknowledgements and &ldquo;stolen land&rdquo; lines, but we don&rsquo;t really make any arguments about how silly these statements are on their face because we don&rsquo;t think it matters. Except, when it comes to wokeness, everything sounds silly until it becomes sacrosanct to the left, and don&rsquo;t you dare say a word against it.<\/p>\n<p>Average Americans aren&rsquo;t that aware of this idea that all land (that white people are on) is stolen. But thanks to Billie, they are now. And it&rsquo;s not taking them long to realize that if their little $1,500 per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thank-you-billie-eilish-you-just-accidentally-did-more-to-expose-the-stolen-land-lie-than-any-conservative-in-history-2\/\" title=\"Thank You, ... Eilish - You Just (Accidentally) Did More to Expose the &#039;...&#039; Lie Than Any Conservative in History\">month mortgaged home<\/a> is stolen, then so is Billie&rsquo;s $2 million mansion. So why can&rsquo;t they have it for themselves?<\/p>\n<p>Billie Eilish, in one night, on one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/americans-send-message-politicized-vulgar-grammys-suffer-shocking-ratings-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mostly unwatched awards program<\/a>, did more to debunk the &ldquo;stolen land&rdquo; controversy than conservatives have done with those sneers and side-eyes we&rsquo;ve been giving this sort of piffle. Thanks. 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In earlier decades, winning the top awards often reflected insiders\u2019 nostalgia rather than current musical trends. Examples cited include Tony Bennett\u2019s Album of the Year win in 1995 during the rise of alternative music, and Steely Dan\u2019s 2001 win over records by Radiohead and Eminem\u2014moments that frustrated artists who felt betrayed by those who shape the industry\u2019s fortunes. Today, the show is portrayed as chasing provocative moments to look edgy, rather than focusing on the music itself. A notable moment praised by some as art\u2014Sam Smith and Kim Petras performing \u201cUnholy\u201d with satanic imagery and then airing a Pfizer ad\u2014was for others a contradictory stunt that exposed the show\u2019s sponsorship-driven nature.<\/p>\n<p>A separate controversy centers on Billie Eilish at the Grammys. While she remained a major winner, her remarks during her Song of the Year speech about \u201cstolen land\u201d and borders are criticized here as revealing flaws in the view that immigration policy can be dismissed by framing all land as stolen. The piece quotes reactions and tweets that debate or mock her stance, including references to vulgar language used in the moment and to the broader claim that land can be \u201cstolen.\u201d The article also quotes or cites reactions about Eilish\u2019s wealth and properties, including claims that her properties sit on land described as stolen, and it even mentions fundraising efforts aimed at influencing or challenging her on these issues.<\/p>\n<p>The author argues that discussions of \u201cstolen land\u201d and related woke rhetoric have become nearly sacred to the left, shaping Americans\u2019 perceptions of ownership and rights. The sense given is that if even a billion-dollar property can be labeled as on stolen land, ordinary homeowners might worry that their own homes could be viewed the same way. The piece suggests that in a single moment, Eilish amplified or undermined public debates about the authenticity of the stolen-land narrative, and it closes with a somewhat provocative push to engage with these contradictions, including a form-like ending as part of the presentation.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like, I can tailor this paraphrase to a different length, tone (more neutral or more critical), or focus on specific details you want highlighted<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2563560,"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\/2026\/02\/Michael-Featured-Image-614.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[72714,72716,72728,72715],"class_list":["post-2563559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-billieeilish","tag-conservativecritique","tag-indigenousrights","tag-stolenlandlie"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Michael-Featured-Image-614.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2563559","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=2563559"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2563559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2563563,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2563559\/revisions\/2563563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2563560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2563559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2563559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2563559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}