{"id":2584857,"date":"2026-03-28T10:29:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T14:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-only-is-radical-senile-maxine-waters-refusing-to-retire-at-87-she-could-chair-powerful-committee-come-next-january\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T10:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T14:32:12","slug":"not-only-is-radical-senile-maxine-waters-refusing-to-retire-at-87-she-could-chair-powerful-committee-come-next-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-only-is-radical-senile-maxine-waters-refusing-to-retire-at-87-she-could-chair-powerful-committee-come-next-january\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Only Is Radical, Senile Maxine Waters Refusing to Retire at 87, She Could Chair Powerful Committee Come Next January"},"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\">40<\/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%2Fnot-only-is-radical-senile-maxine-waters-refusing-to-retire-at-87-she-could-chair-powerful-committee-come-next-january%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=2584857&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 centers on California Rep. Maxine Waters, now in her late 80s, as she remains a prominent and polarizing face of the Democratic Party. it notes that as the 2026 elections approach, Waters plans to run for a 19th term and aims to become chair of the House Financial Services Committee, a move that would keep her in a powerful, high-profile role amid ongoing debates over technology, cryptocurrency, and regulatory oversight. While she is likely to win re-election thanks to strong name recognition and a Democratic-leaning district,she faces a primary challenge from Myla Rahman,who argues for newer leadership and a baton pass. The article also reports private concerns among some Democrats about Waters\u2019 age and leadership style,suggesting she dominates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-freedom-caucus-members-jostle-for-top-post-on-immigration-oversight-panel\/\" title=\"Exclusive: Freedom Caucus ... Jostle for Top Post on Immigration Oversight Panel\">committee activity<\/a> and limits opportunities for other members. Publicly, the piece highlights criticisms and praise of her, including a bold self-styling as \u201cAuntie Maxine\u201d and various provocative reactions on social media, framing this as part of a broader conversation about rejuvenating the party versus maintaining established power.  <\/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>At 87 years old, California Rep. Maxine Waters isn&rsquo;t just part of the Democratic gerontocracy the party is trying to fight against &mdash; she&rsquo;s arguably its most visible face.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, approaching the 2026 election, you&rsquo;d think that she&rsquo;d be considering retiring &mdash; and if not that, at least scaling back her role a bit. Pulling a Pelosi, if you will: take it a bit easy and let your stock portfolio do the work for you.<\/p>\n<p>But, no. Not only does crazy old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/unhinged-maxine-waters-latest-preposterous-allegation-trump-killer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Auntie Maxine<\/a> plan on running for her 19th term in office &mdash; which she&rsquo;ll almost certainly succeed at, given her name recognition and how blue her district is &mdash; but she hopes to also take control of one of the most powerful committees in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you take a look at my energy and what I do &mdash; I am Auntie Maxine,&rdquo; Waters told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/03\/23\/maxine-waters-democrats-new-hill-leaders-00839497\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a> in an interview about running again.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m the one who popularized &lsquo;reclaiming my time.&rsquo; &hellip; I don&rsquo;t know who&rsquo;s got more energy, more concern. And so, Maxine Waters seems to be doing alright.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.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\tloadAnyclip(); \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 #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>She&rsquo;ll be doing more than alright, however, if the Democrats win the House this November. And, if history holds for midterm performance for a party out of power in the White House, they will. And thus, she confirmed, she expects to be the chair of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ftx-founder-met-white-house-officials-look-happened-next\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House Financial Services Committee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This means, as Politico noted, that the &ldquo;committee could soon have the oldest leader in its history as it grapples with technological shifts like cryptocurrency, and Democrats look to aggressively ramp up oversight of the president, his family business and his Wall Street regulators.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>There are some people looking to pump the brakes on this &mdash; some publicly, some privately.<\/p>\n<p>Publicly, there&rsquo;s Myla Rahman, her main challenger in the primary process. The nonprofit executive, who is in her mid-50s, said that constituents &ldquo;are sick and tired of the same old thing&rdquo; when she announced in February, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/people-sick-same-old-thing-maxine-waters-faces-primary-from-democrat-34-years-her-junior\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Time is of the essence,&rdquo; she said last month. &ldquo;Why wait when you can make an impactful change now?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She reiterated that criticism, albeit in more moderate terms, in Politico&rsquo;s &ldquo;Auntie Maxine&rdquo; puff piece.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She&rsquo;s done a lot of great work,&rdquo; Rahman said. &ldquo;But we&rsquo;re saying, let&rsquo;s pass the baton and let a new generation of leadership come have a seat at the table.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rahman, of course, has to be public. Most of the criticism of Waters that Politico got was private:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Waters&rsquo; grip on the role illustrates the entrenched power that many older members of Congress hold, despite growing scrutiny of elder politicians who show signs of decline while serving. Unlike Republicans, Democrats don&rsquo;t have term limits for House committee leadership positions. But privately, some Democrats worry about the optics of having an octogenarian &mdash; and soon-to-be nonagenarian &mdash; in the seat&hellip;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In Washington, Waters&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/haley-acknowledges-that-democrats-are-wise-to-select-a-younger-nominee-but-labels-harris-as-the-weakest-candidate-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Haley acknowledges that ... are wise to select a younger nominee but labels Harris as the &quot;weakest candidate.&quot; - Washington Examiner\">age isn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t the only focus for her critics. Over the years, some Democrats on House Financial Services have complained that she keeps the spotlight of committee activity on herself and doesn&rsquo;t create enough opportunities for rank-and-file members to lead on issues.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A leader should &ldquo;always take care of your troops first,&rdquo; said one committee Democrat granted anonymity to speak candidly. &ldquo;I think Maxine has a challenge with that.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Maxine Waters has been in politics for longer than I&rsquo;ve been alive, and in Congress since George H.W. Bush was president. The fact that some people are discovering that Maxine Waters is 100 percent about Maxine Waters&nbsp;<em>now<\/em> is one of the features, adorable and poisonous in equal measures, of the Democratic Party, one in which obvious personal flaws are obliquely acknowledged several decades too late.<\/p>\n<p>Heck, this is a woman who unironically makes the statement &ldquo;I am Auntie Maxine&rdquo; as if this is some sort of great argument in her favor. One half expected her to adopt full-on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/another-new-york-yankee-number-retired-will-join-exclusive-club-legends\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reggie Jackson<\/a> illeism during the entire interview and start referring to herself only in the third person: &ldquo;Auntie Maxine is going to be the chair of the House Financial Services Committee come January, and if any of these wet-behind-the-ears 50-somethings have a problem with Auntie Maxine, they should come tell it to Auntie Maxine&rsquo;s face and not this Politicos AOL chatroom or whatever it is you&rsquo;re running there.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And yes, one gets that there&rsquo;s an old 87 and a young 87, although once you&rsquo;ve reached 80 it&rsquo;s probably time to stop splitting (very gray) hairs in that department.&nbsp;But fine: Here&rsquo;s your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/maxine-waters-breaks-public-spouts-bizarrely-wild-lies-melania-ignorant-crowd-eats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Auntie Maxine<\/a>, Democrats. You make up your mind whether she&rsquo;s still capable of running one of the most important committees in Washington:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Maxine Waters wants to deport Melania <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5ja21ES3qV\">pic.twitter.com\/5ja21ES3qV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/1904286164208501163?\">March 24, 2025<\/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\">Rep. Maxine Waters: &ldquo;Elon Musk with his <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >high-tech ass<\/a> may have hacked our last election&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JlBvb4oAbe\">pic.twitter.com\/JlBvb4oAbe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/1897287270430073287?\">March 5, 2025<\/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\">Deranged Maxine Waters: &ldquo;The president of the United States is a killer.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S5Z64ouHIa\">pic.twitter.com\/S5Z64ouHIa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TheBlaze (@theblaze) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theblaze\/status\/1997010664410280383?\">December 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I guess you could make the point that this is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-check-maxine-waters-right-just-1-2-people-committed-violence-la-riots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">par for the course for Auntie Maxine<\/a>. But then, that just makes the point that the Democrats should have reclaimed her time a few terms ago.<\/p>\n<p>This is the invariable problem with the Democrats promising to take care of their establishment gerontocracy, only to back off when hard decisions have to be made. Waters is no asset and a heck of a liability, and at age 88 she could be ranting her radical, senescent keister as the head of a major House committee, and no elected official will go on record telling the woman to leave already.<\/p>\n<p>And it&rsquo;s not even the outrage of just slowly taking power away from the senile, entrenched, and corrupt: They&rsquo;re giving her <em>new powers<\/em>, instead. It&rsquo;s more proof that all that talk about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democrats-geriatric-crisis-dcs-warrior-hill-nowhere-found\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">making the Democratic Party younger<\/a> and less establishmentarian was just that: talk.<\/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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Maxine Waters, now 87, remains a very visible symbol of the Democratic establishment that critics say the party wants to move beyond. As the 2026 elections approach, it might be natural to expect she\u2019d consider retirement or at least scale back her role, but Waters plans to run for a 19th term and even aims to chair the powerful House Financial Services Committee if Democrats hold the House. She argues her energy and influence, including her famous line \u201creclaiming my time,\u201d keep her indispensable.<\/p>\n<p>If Democrats win the House, Waters would likely lead the committee, potentially becoming its oldest chair and confronting issues like cryptocurrency and heightened oversight of the president, his family business, and financial regulators. Some Democrats privately worry about the optics of an octogenarian in that role and about Waters\u2019s tendency to centralize control rather than cultivate leadership among newer members; publicly, her challenger Myla Rahman advocates for new leadership and a change in direction.<\/p>\n<p>Waters has been in politics for decades and has served in Congress since the George H. W. Bush era, which fuels ongoing debate about whether leaders should be refreshed. The discourse includes criticism from opponents about her prominence on the committee and questions about rotating leadership, with supporters arguing she remains effective. Overall, the piece frames the question as a broader clash over whether the Democratic Party should entrust a younger, less entrenched leadership, or keep aging incumbents in power<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2584858,"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\/03\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-03-28T094331.001.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[76718,3780,34525,5894,7620],"class_list":["post-2584857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-committee-chair","tag-january","tag-maxine-waters","tag-politics","tag-retirement"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-03-28T094331.001.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584857","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=2584857"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2584861,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584857\/revisions\/2584861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2584858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2584857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2584857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2584857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}