{"id":1845134,"date":"2025-11-13T08:17:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T13:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1845134"},"modified":"2025-11-13T08:17:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T13:17:54","slug":"the-onion-doesnt-miss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/11\/the-onion-doesnt-miss\/","title":{"rendered":"The Onion Doesn\u2019t Miss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Study Finds Most Americans Can&#039;t Find Where They Are Being Deported On Map\" width=\"760\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xwFv4e-1PDE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xwFv4e-1PDE\">The Onion<\/a><\/em>: \u201cAn alarming new educational survey has found more than 70% of Americans lack the basic geographic literacy to locate the country, region, or continent they are currently being deported to.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Onion: \u201cAn alarming new educational survey has found more than 70% of Americans lack the basic geographic literacy to locate the country, region, or continent they are currently being deported to.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[{"did":"did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo","date":"2025-11-13T13:18:00+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3m5jauwreip2n","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3m5jauwreip2n\",\"cid\":\"bafyreie2sifzp6ncip4ocmhrt4coxfqs4vnsixzaejtzndtlfjeditm52u\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreievsnxfvqlyqbig4a3tfl26y7sdyt76kemyl4xfv35rwnjkjlenc4\",\"rev\":\"3m5jauwrke72n\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"}],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[936,192,136],"class_list":["post-1845134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-fun","tag-funny","tag-satire","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1786226,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/09\/the-onion-the-cartographers-secret-continent\/","url_meta":{"origin":1845134,"position":0},"title":"The Onion: The Cartographers&#8217; 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