{"id":14205,"date":"2025-10-08T16:21:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T16:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/sen-chris-murphy-warns-america-is-in-the-middle-of-an-authoritarian-takeover\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T16:21:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T16:21:33","slug":"sen-chris-murphy-warns-america-is-in-the-middle-of-an-authoritarian-takeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/sen-chris-murphy-warns-america-is-in-the-middle-of-an-authoritarian-takeover\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. 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