{"id":1545,"date":"2024-05-06T08:40:05","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T15:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mlstoutlaw.com\/home\/?p=1545"},"modified":"2026-02-04T09:22:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T16:22:55","slug":"joseph-cervantes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlstoutlaw.com\/home\/true-believers-and-the-road-to-hell\/joseph-cervantes\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. 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