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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Here's the truth about tax cuts for the rich. They explode the federal debt, fuel giant profits at the biggest firms and financial institutions, and stoke a surge in billionaire wealth but do nothing for average working people. Nothing trickles down — and the tax cuts don't "pay for themselves."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Are you paying attention?
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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
If Trump retires “peacefully to enjoy his cryptocurrency wealth, his presidency will still go down in history as the embodiment of injustice, malfeasance, cruelty and transgression.” He certainly should be impeached and convicted, though he almost certainly won’t be. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/o...
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Opinion | Could the Third Time Be the Charm on Impeachment and Removal?
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Morning Joe @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Obama warns the U.S. is 'dangerously close' to slipping into an autocracy www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLbS...
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Obama warns the U.S. is 'dangerously close' to slipping into an autocracy
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Tom Lehrer > all other political pundits
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 19/06/2025
Michigan Republicans are targeting Sec. of State Jocelyn Benson by pushing conspiracy theories, holding her in contempt and now trying to impeach her. The fight started over access to election training materials but has become a broader effort to discredit her ahead of 2026.
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Michigan GOPers Target Jocelyn Benson, Sow Denialism for 2026
Read more here.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Two weeks you say?
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
We were warned. People chose to ignore it. Now this is our reality.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Trump’s order stops short of Insurrection Act…BUT we’re on a slippery slope. Hegseth can mobilize as many National Guard and regular troops as he wants. They’re to protect “federal functions,” which is elastic. And once some use of military is normalized, won’t Trump seek any excuse to go further?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/06/2025
“I think that mistakes were made,” said Sahil Lavingia, who worked at DOGE for nearly two months, about the AI tool he developed. “I’m sure mistakes were made. Mistakes are always made.” By @bxroberts.org and @vernalcoleman.bsky.social
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Inside the AI Prompts DOGE Used to “Munch” Contracts Related to Veterans’ Health
Experts who reviewed the code for ProPublica found numerous and troubling flaws in the system, providing a disturbing glimpse into how the Trump administration is allowing artificial intelligence to g...
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 08/06/2025
When the animals overthrow the farmer who lords over them, they dream of a utopia built on an inclusive mission: all animals are equal. But an autocratic pig seizes control and imposes a new creed: All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
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Velshi Banned Book Club: ‘Animal Farm’ by George Orwell
When the animals on Manor Farm overthrow the farmer who lords over them, they dream of a utopia built on an inclusive mission: all animals are equal. But power is corrupting, and soon an autocratic pi...
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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
When CA asks for federal help from Trump, it gets stiffed. In this case, no help was asked. CA's 75,000 uniformed law enforcement personnel were equal to the scale of disruption. Trump was testing powers for later, not responding to a threat now. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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For Trump, This Is a Dress Rehearsal
Ordering the National Guard to deploy in Los Angeles is a warning of what to expect when his hold on power is threatened.
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Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
For those folks who have been waiting to climb the pole and ring the “constitutional crisis” bell, it would appear we have arrived. Neither Judge Sorokin nor Judge Boasberg believed that he was signing a meaningless order, and both judges demanded compliance that never came.
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We’ve Officially Entered the Next Phase of Trump’s Dictatorship Era
Taken together, these actions and declarations amount to a significant escalation in Trump’s transformation of his own presidency into an autocracy.
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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
I wonder if anyone will tell him that the water is gone and that Trump voting farmers in the Central Valley are going to be devastated because of it
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
More explicit threatening of allies in violation of our obligations under God knows how many treaties and rules.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
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Dr. Mehmet Oz may have underpaid Medicare and Social Security taxes, Senate Democratic memo finds
The report comes as Oz, Trump's nominee to lead the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is set to face a Senate confirmation hearing Friday.
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Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Listen to Anat
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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Reuters/Ipsos poll: More than half of all Americans - including 1 in 4 Republicans - worry that President Trump is too close to Russia. www.reuters.com/world/us/ame...
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Americans worry Trump too closely aligned with Russia, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
More than half of Americans, including one in four Republicans, think President Donald Trump is "too closely aligned" with Russia, as he radically realigns U.S. foreign policy, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows.
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Hey MAGA people, having any buyer’s remorse yet? 🤣🤣🤣
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Three years ago, three other reporters and I ID'd and called any school accused of having litter boxes for furries. We found one (1) in the entire country: Columbine's school district. Cat litter was for a "go bucket," in case kids were locked in during a shooting. www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinfo...
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Today we're publishing a monster feature that dives deep into the initial six weeks over Elon Musk's government takeover. Our entire newsroom came together to help make this story happen. Read this culmination of our blood, sweat, and tears:
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Inside Elon Musk’s ‘Digital Coup’
Musk’s loyalists at DOGE have infiltrated dozens of federal agencies, pushed out tens of thousands of workers, and siphoned millions of people’s most sensitive data. The next step: Unleash the AI.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
🚨 Holy crap. Marco Rubio is seemingly purporting to exempt nearly all immigration regulations and policy, along with things like export controls, trade rules, and more, from notice and comment rulemaking requirements. public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-04116.pdf
5. For these reasons, I hereby determine that all efforts, conducted by any agency of the federal government, to control the status, entry, and exit of people, and the transfer of goods, services, data, technology, and other items across the borders of the United States, constitute a foreign affairs function of the United States under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 553, 554.
Dated: February 21, 2025.
Marco Rubio, Secretary of State.
[FR Doc. 2025-04116 Filed: 3/13/2025 8:45 am; Publication Date: 3/14/2025]
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Brandon Ruth @brandonruth.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
The Dow Jones has dropped more than 3,000 points in a single month. #Dow #DJI
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
With his detention and threatened deportation of lawful permanent U.S. resident Mahmoud Kahlil, Donald takes his contempt for the First Amendment to a disturbing new level, literally criminalizing political speech. Todd Beeton breaks it down for The Big Picture.
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Trump's Disappearing Of Mahmoud Khalil Should Be A Warning For Us All
If Trump has his way, Kahlil will be just the first of many
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
LOL yeah ya think? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...
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As Trump’s Untested Emissary to Putin, Witkoff’s Role May Bring Risk
The real estate developer and president’s friend lacks diplomatic experience, but the new administration might view that as a plus.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/03/2025
Tuberville: "We don't need immigration laws. We need a president. And that's exactly what we got."
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 13/03/2025
"This is a direct threat to the judiciary of the United States, and it includes the Supreme Court justices themselves."
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Conservative ex-judge fears 'the end of the rule of law' amid Trump and Musk attacks
Conservative former Judge J. Michael Luttig spoke to MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace on Thursday about the attacks on judges and law firms by President Donald Trump's administration. Trump issued an executive...
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Pro-tip: Don't lie to the judge. "I've been practicing in this court for over 50 years and I know how we get at the truth. And you're not helping me get at the truth. You're giving me press releases, sham documents. I'm getting mad." www.rawstory.com/william-alsu...
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'I'm getting mad': Judge reams Trump lawyers and threatens mass rehiring over 'sham' docs
U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup blasted attorneys for the Trump administration after he said he suspected they were lying and giving him "sham" documents.At a hearing on Thursday, Alsup became...
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Education is a right! We aren’t going to sit by & watch our kids be thrown under a bus driven by Elon Musk while McMahon tries to learn about what she is destroying! Every student deserves a great public education! Act NOW & make your voice heard! p2a.co/1hUCZ68
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Fighting for: The Right to Education
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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
WATCH: By eliminating the consideration of carbon’s costs, the Trump admin not only stands to eliminate the consumer benefits, but also allow carbon emissions to grow unabated, intensifying the very increases in 🌎 🌍 🌏 temperature that are driving the broader economic damages. 📰: @abrahm.bsky.social
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Trump Executive Order Shifts the Financial Burden of Climate Change Onto Individuals
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WMUR @wmur9.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Lawmakers in some states where abortion is already banned are seeking to explicitly bar abortion pills or take a step that most leading anti-abortion groups oppose: punish women who seek to end their pregnancies.
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What to know about proposals to ban abortion pills and punish women who seek abortion
Lawmakers in some states where abortion is already banned are seeking to explicitly bar abortion pills or take a step that most leading anti-abortion groups oppose: punish women who seek to end their pregnancies.
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Diversity and inclusion are racism. Censorship is free speech. Constraints on the executive are tyranny.
Screenshot of a White House webpage displaying an executive order text. It states that the federal government must enforce civil rights laws by eliminating “illegal preferences and discrimination.” The order mandates all executive agencies to terminate policies, programs, and mandates that are deemed discriminatory or illegal, including private-sector DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) initiatives.Screenshot of a Fox News article with a headline reading: “CDC staff told to remove terms like ‘non-binary,’ ‘they/them,’ ‘pregnant people’ from public health material.” A subheading states that the removals were part of an effort to comply with executive orders from President Trump. The article is by Alec Schemmel and was published on February 7, 2025, at 4:21 PM EST.Screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) by “Harry Bõlz” (Elon Musk), responding to a tweet by Mario Nawfal. Musk’s post reads: “Absolutely. The people unequivocally voted for major government reform. Judicial tyranny is grossly improper!” Nawfal’s original tweet discusses former President Trump fighting what he calls an “unconstitutional” Treasury blockade, referring to a judge barring top Treasury officials from accessing the federal payment system.
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Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak @alikodjak.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Elon Musk's SpaceX wants to launch 25 Starship rockets this year. The last one exploded, sending debris raining down on the islands of Turks & Caicos. He now has power over the federal agency that licenses launches. @propublica.org @heathervogell.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/elon...
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One Agency Tried to Regulate SpaceX. Now Its Fate Could Be in Elon Musk’s Hands.
The Trump ally and DOGE chief is expected to turn his budget-slashing sights on the FAA’s little-known commercial spaceflight office, which has proposed fines and grounded SpaceX after explosions and ...
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 11/02/2025
Eighty percent of all global trade travels by sea, and the ships carrying those goods account for 3 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Now, some shipping companies are taking a new tack as they try to navigate the industry to sustainability on the high seas.
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How sail-powered cargo ships are charting a course to sustainability on the high seas
Eighty percent of all global trade travels by sea, and the ships carrying those goods account for 3 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Now, some shipping companies are taking a new tack as…
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Herman Wong @hermanywong.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Johns Hopkins officials said the NIH funding cut puts at risk approximately 600 current and ongoing clinical trials at Hopkins, including open clinical trials in cancer, pediatrics and children’s health, heart and vascular studies and the aging brain. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...
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Johns Hopkins sues federal government over NIH funds
Johns Hopkins University joined several universities in a lawsuit on Monday evening suing the federal government over NIH funding.
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Paul Gowder @gowder.io · 11/02/2025
Agency staff need to obey the law, not the illegal commands of their bosses.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
"We plan our year based on certain costs," Wright said. "Uncertainty makes it difficult. The last time tariffs were imposed, they lasted just 24 hours. Now, we don’t know what to expect." www.tmj4.com/news/milwauk...
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Milwaukee businesses wait for impact of new Trump tariffs on steel, aluminum
Third Space Brewing is one of the local businesses now wondering if they could see rising costs due to a new 25% tariff on aluminum imports.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
So pathetic that Rubio lacked the courage to say No when told by the White House to employ this embarrassing creep.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
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Richard Gere Rips 'Bully' Trump And Rise Of Authoritarianism In Powerful Awards Speech
No lie detected.
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Ben Penn @benjaminpenn.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Scoop: Trump DOJ removes head of Tax Division, a 40-year veteran who is latest civil servant reassigned to the sanctuary cities office. He's resigned, prompting alarm over how Trump may deploy tax enforcement against enemies. w/ Erin Slowey, David Voreacos news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Trump DOJ Forces Out Top Tax Enforcer in Civil Service Purge (1)
The Justice Department’s chief tax official is resigning rather than accept a forced transfer to a new unit, raising fresh concerns about the Trump administration’s aggressive drive to reshape the age...
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Renard Fox @therenardfox.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Just finished ‘ Strongmen ‘ by @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social READ THIS BOOK! It foretells the Now we are in. From Mussolini to now laid out in exacting detail. If 2.0 continues we are in for a hell of a ride & there will be no joy. Interview article: jpr.winchesteruniversitypress.org/articles/100...
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Trump means to wield the power of prosecution and specifically of the Tax Division for political purposes. That’s what dictators do.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
“At least 24 million cases, 310,000 hospitalizations and 13,000 deaths — 57 of them children — have been reported for this flu season, which began in October” www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Flu is surging nationwide, with 24 million cases so far
Ten states and New York City are experiencing the highest levels of flu activity, according to the CDC.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
“Those employees who remain are being warned to expect their actions to be surveilled, from their swipes into government facilities to the keystrokes they type on their computers.” Definite Big Brother energy here. www.npr.org/2025/02/11/n...
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GSA staff facing massive cuts and fears of 'nonstop' surveillance
The remaining employees at the General Services Administration are being warned that their work will be heavily monitored, from their swipes into the office to what they type on their computers.
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Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
The White House fired USAID’s inspector general a day after he warned the Trump administration about funding and oversight - and cuts that made it impossible to monitor **$8.2 billion** in unspent humanitarian funds. apnews.com/article/usai...
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White House fires USAID inspector general after warning about funding oversight, officials say
The White House fired the inspector general for the U.S. Agency for International Development on Tuesday. That's according to several U.S. officials.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
We know
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WMUR @wmur9.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
The campus vote in New Hampshire, especially the surge of students casting ballots in presidential elections, has long been a point of contention at the State House.
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Senate bill would eliminate college IDs as qualifying identification for voting
The campus vote in New Hampshire, especially the surge of students casting ballots in presidential elections, has long been a point of contention at the State House.
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
big develpoment on the USAID front as the Trump administration has begun formally canceling EXISTING contracts the agency has in place. Groups warn hundreds of thousands could get infected with deadly diseases. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-gutt...
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Trump Gutting of USAID Moves on to Killing Its Contracts
Documents and lawsuits reveal dozens of live projects being axed.
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