{"id":144224,"date":"2014-02-19T12:00:38","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T17:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/?p=144224"},"modified":"2014-02-13T11:14:37","modified_gmt":"2014-02-13T16:14:37","slug":"koch-brothers-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/cultural-correspondent\/02\/19\/koch-brothers-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"If The Koch Brothers Were From The Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/billionaire-brothers.jpg\" alt=\"Billionaire Brothers\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-144213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/billionaire-brothers.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/billionaire-brothers-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 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