{"id":15271,"date":"2018-01-02T12:18:10","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T17:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=15271"},"modified":"2018-01-02T12:18:10","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T17:18:10","slug":"bribery-i-support-ms-warren-but-i-do-not-condone-corporate-or-other-bribery-in-american-politics-the-idea-that-more-blood-money-donated-means-a-better-more-popular-candidate-is-fundamentally-fla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2018\/01\/bribery-i-support-ms-warren-but-i-do-not-condone-corporate-or-other-bribery-in-american-politics-the-idea-that-more-blood-money-donated-means-a-better-more-popular-candidate-is-fundamentally-fla\/","title":{"rendered":"Bribery. I support Ms. Warren, but I do not condone corporate or other bribery in American politics. The idea that more blood money donated means a better, more popular candidate, is fundamentally flawed and steeped in injustice. Elizabeth Warren has raised more campaign money than nearly any senator ever: report"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bribery. I support Ms. Warren, but I do not condone corporate or other bribery in American politics. The idea that more blood money donated means a better, more popular candidate, is fundamentally flawed and steeped in injustice.<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Warren has raised more campaign money than nearly any senator ever: report<\/p>\n

http:\/\/bit.ly\/2A7TDkm<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bribery. I support Ms. Warren, but I do not condone corporate or other bribery in American politics. The idea that more blood money donated means a better, more popular candidate, is fundamentally flawed and steeped in injustice. Elizabeth Warren has raised more campaign money than nearly any senator ever: report http:\/\/bit.ly\/2A7TDkm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[582,580,579,581],"tags":[584,583,523,159,536],"class_list":["post-15271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-2","category-facebook-2","category-photo-2","category-sharedpic","tag-personal","tag-sharedpic","tag-blog","tag-facebook","tag-photo"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17390,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2019\/03\/dccc-raises-record-sum-in-february\/","url_meta":{"origin":15271,"position":0},"title":"DCCC raises record sum in February","date":"March 20, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"We really need to stop measuring political success and power by how much money is thrown at the candidate or cause. 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