{"id":71556,"date":"2025-12-23T09:40:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T14:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=71556"},"modified":"2025-12-25T10:36:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T15:36:09","slug":"goodbye-to-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2025\/12\/goodbye-to-2025.html","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye to 2025<\/center>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/12\/23\/us\/politics\/doge-musk-trump-analysis.html?searchResultPosition=1\">The DOGE Cyclops<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/elongated-365bdr-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"365\" height=\"871\" data-attachment-id=\"71554\" 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