{"id":28647,"date":"2013-02-17T01:23:41","date_gmt":"2013-02-17T00:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Truthdig\/~3\/cpVe02EoFD4\/"},"modified":"2013-02-17T01:23:41","modified_gmt":"2013-02-17T00:23:41","slug":"sequestration-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/sequestration-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sequestration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Sequestration<\/h2>\n<div class=\"article_tools c19\"><span class=\"st_email_custom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.truthdig.com\/images\/icon_email.gif\" height=\"10\" width=\"18\" alt=\"Email this item\" align=\"baseline\"\/> Email<\/span> \u00a0 <a title=\"Print this item\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.truthdig.com%2Fcartoon%2Fprint%2Fsequestration_20130217%2F\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.truthdig.com\/images\/icon_print.gif\" 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