{"id":8683,"date":"2018-08-16T13:48:27","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T17:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/?p=8683"},"modified":"2018-08-16T13:55:28","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T17:55:28","slug":"quote-for-the-day-127","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/?p=8683","title":{"rendered":"Quote for the day"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p>[ &#8230; ]<\/p>\n<p>Whereas  tyrannical  and  authoritarian  governments  and  leaders  throughout  history  have  sought  to  undermine,  censor, suppress,  and  control  the  press  to  advance  their  undemocratic goals and actions; and <\/p>\n<p>Whereas  the  United  States,  including  the  long-held  commitment  to  and  constitutional  protection  of  the  free  press  in the  United  States,  has  stood  as  a  shining  example  of  democracy,  self-government,  and  freedom  for  the  world  to emulate: Now, therefore, be it <\/p>\n<p>Resolved that &#8230;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p><SPAN style=\"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a8f2f5\">The Senate affirms  that  the  press  is  not  the  enemy of the people<\/span> &#8230;<\/p>\n<\/ol>\n<p>[ &#8230; ]<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.schatz.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/FPR%2008-15-18.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">United States Senate<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>OK, not exactly brave in view of all the other misbehaviors toward which the Senate has contentedly turned a blind eye, but a nice rebuke that Trump will surely notice on the day that newspapers nationwide are condemning Trump&#8217;s relentless abuse of the press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ &#8230; ] Whereas tyrannical and authoritarian governments and leaders throughout history have sought to undermine, censor, suppress, and control the press to advance their undemocratic goals and actions; and Whereas the United States, including the long-held commitment to and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/?p=8683\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8683"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8683"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8693,"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8683\/revisions\/8693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}