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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 19h
#WolffBites: US consumer confidence just fell (in September) to its lowest level since the depths of the Covid-19 pandemic. Meanwhile Trump and Bessent repeat, like robots, how "great" the economy is.
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Just a Dad 📎 @dadmakingcans.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Republicans in America are all responsible-if you voted for Trump you are too!!! Today’s GOP has significantly narrowed its definition of its preferred kind of immigrant to one “defined not by people’s education, potential, or ties to the country, but simply by whether they are white and Christian”
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I really enjoyed doing this interview with Frances Haugen about how leaking to journalists works and why sources get caught, why Meta continues to he a disaster, and what it’s like to see yourself dramatized in a movie: youtu.be/oB3IxwCfP7M?...
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The Real Facebook Whistleblower Behind the Social Reckoning
YouTube video by 404 Media
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404 Media @404media.co · 09/10/2026
"It's making me dumber." At 404 Media's three-year anniversary, we got into how we report our stories. @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social talks about how he was able to talk to developers at Google about how forced AI use was making them feel stupid. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_Vj...
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404 Media @404media.co · 08/10/2026
SCOOP: 404 Media obtained body cam footage of the first Flock camera searches ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge, and highlights how the system has turned otherwise mundane traffic stops into interrogations for drivers. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports:
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Watch Footage of the Flock Search a Judge Ruled Unconstitutional
"I saw her go by, and I just started running her info on Flock."
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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
French students lead against gov't cuts in public services (like schools), healthcare, pensions. Instead, Macron uses tax revenues to aid big business, rearm, fund Ukraine's war, save the rich from paying fair taxes. What "Alors enfants de la patrie" really means. www.cnn.com/2026/10/06/e...
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Unprecedented student protests are rocking France. Here’s why they’re angry | CNN
France is struggling to contain its biggest student protests in decades. What started as a demonstration in support of striking teachers at a suburban high school to the north of Paris has snowballed ...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Alarming — 🇺🇸 Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social denied access to military facilities in the Middle East: “Unprecedented. Hegseth is trying to cover up the extent of the damage from a war spiraling out of control. This should be unacceptable to everybody, Republican or Democrat.”
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404 Media @404media.co · 06/10/2026
Senator Bernie Sanders, Representative Ocasio-Cortez, and Senator Jeff Merkley introduced the Ban Flock Act on Friday, which would stop federal agencies from using automatic license plate readers.
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Lawmakers Introduce Multiple Laws to Curb Flock After 404 Media Coverage
Senator Bernie Sanders, Representative Ocasio-Cortez, and Senator Jeff Merkley introduced the Ban Flock Act on Friday, which would stop federal agencies from using automatic license plate readers.
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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#WolffBites: France's students raise crucial school issues. Macron ignores them. Students demand change. Macron ignores them. They protest publicly. Macron's police try to intimidate students. Street fires emerge. Of course, Macron blames students and "condemns violence." www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Wolff Responds: "Diesel: A Typical Capitalist Hustle" Dated October 5, 2026 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdPQ...
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Wolff Responds: "Diesel: A Typical Capitalist Hustle" Dated October 5, 2026
YouTube video by RichardDWolff
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: The NAACP sued the Trump administration, seeking records about its plan to deploy roughly 1,000 federal personnel to polling places during the 2026 midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DOJ sued for records on ‘unprecedented’ plan to deploy 1,000 election monitors in midterms
DOJ's planned effort represents an extraordinary expansion of federal election monitoring. It has already sparked confrontations with state officials and concerns about voter intimidation.
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Stephanie Miller @stephaniemiller.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
MONDAY! With The Rude Pundit & JoJo From Jerz! Join us 9a-Noon ET on: Radio: SiriusXM Progress 127 TV: Free Speech TV on AppleTV / #AmazonFireTV / Roku / #SlingTV / Streaming: AM950Radio (Twin Cities) on TuneIn Video: PoliticalVoicesNetwork.com
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The hilarious thing about Whole Foods banning MSG is that Whole Foods is, nonetheless, packed full of MSG.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 04/10/2026
Cornell president vows transparency amid outrage over fraternity rape case aje.news/9s8o95
Cornell president vows transparency amid outrage over fraternity rape case
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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#WolffBites: After Macron's gov't saved money on education to spend more on big business, military goods, and anti-Russian hysteria. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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France school protests escalate into ‘urban violence’ as PM calls crisis cabinet meeting
About 900 demonstrations, blockades and related incidents under way outside high schools around the country
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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Thank you @robinsonerhardt.bsky.social for having me
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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Farewell my friend
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404 Media @404media.co · 02/10/2026
The massive FBI hack; a company wants to add facial recognition onto Flock; and Muse in some cases is actually just people.
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Podcast: The FBI Was Hacked. We’ve Seen the Data
The massive FBI hack; a company wants to add facial recognition onto Flock; and Muse in some cases is actually just people.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS lawsuit to compel Georgia to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database. DOJ is now 0-26. Elias Law Group remains undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/georgi...
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🚨 United States of America v. Raffensperger
Learn more.
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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wolff Responds: "Chemical Submission or Sexual Assault" dated September 30, 2026 democracyatwork.substack.com/p/wolff-resp...
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Wolff Responds: "Chemical Submission or Sexual Assault" dated September 30, 2026
In this week’s Wolff Responds, Professor Richard D.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 30/09/2026
URGENT: Hours before Tennessee was set to execute the first woman in the state in more than 200 years today, a federal court temporarily paused Christa Pike's execution. Tell Governor Lee to respect the court's decision and call off her execution NOW.
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Share my Opinion with the Governor's Office
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
Utah death-row prisoner released after new DNA analysis of 1985 killing
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Utah death-row prisoner released after new DNA analysis of 1985 killing
Douglas Carter, 71, who has spent more than four decades on death row, released on bail until new trial begins
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🧑‍🌾 “Iowa is on the verge of a farm crisis that threatens to wreck the agricultural heart of the state and hurt the fortunes of Republicans at the top of the midterm ticket… Democrats could win in several once-reliably Republican states…”
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"Brace for losing everything": Farm crisis fears grip GOP in Iowa
Trump's policies have cause severe financial problems for farmers. Iowa is especially vulnerable.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wow! Can we clone this man? Asking for every American City! 😍
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Marcie Lipsitt @mlipsitt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
09/28/26 AM: Did YOU have Breakfast? 14,000,000 children are starving in America! 770,000 more lost SNAP benefits! 1 in 4 around the world wakeup hungry! You can mute/block me. I don't care. I'll not stop! Will YOU Be Voting for Children to eat in 11/26 & giving to or working in a local food bank?
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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#WolffBites: Trump hits Europe with tariffs and demands for tribute (investments in US). Euro leaders cave plus provide bases for thousands of US bombing raids on Iran since February 2026. Slavish Euro leaders serve US masters. www.nato.int/en/news-and-...
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A conversation on NATO’s Future
with Secretary General Mark Rutte and US Permanent Representative to NATO Ambassador Matthew G. Whitaker, hosted by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs | Des Moines, Iowa
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MJ @bstnboy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
💥💥BOOM💥💥 Costco took its $184M in rebate refund and used it to lower costs targeting products that would have the most impact for members!! Kudos Costco!! www.seattletimes.com/business/cos...
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Costco clinches $184M in tariff refunds, with more expected
The big-box retailer said the money was reinvested to give "value back to our members." It’s more than a third of the total tariff refunds the company expects.
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Nathaniel Greene @nathaniel1776.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
When TRUMP is gone the next POTUS should freeze all of Trumps assets
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So no Supernatural?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/09/2026
NEW: After Colorado officials failed to implement stricter testing protocols that were planned to take effect in July, a marijuana manufacturer recalled dozens of products when a third-party lab found contamination by a chemical that can cause cancer. with @denvergazette.com
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Colorado Marijuana Company Voluntarily Recalls Dozens of Contaminated Products Amid State Regulatory Delays
After state officials failed to implement stricter testing protocols that were planned to take effect in July, a marijuana manufacturer recalled dozens of products when a third-party lab found contami...
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
PRIMETIME, which portrays Chris Hansen as a twisted egomaniac, is really good. It’s also the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Hansen, who has long turned child sexual abuse into a spectacle centering himself—at the expense of actual victims. spitfirenews.com/p/chris-hans...
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Chris Hansen was never the hero
On 'Primetime' and the real child abuse investigations that Hansen led astray.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 24/09/2026
Macklemore says 'being apolitical during a genocide doesn't work', promises to donate proceeds to Palestinian causes aje.news/lem00f
Macklemore says 'being apolitical during a genocide doesn't work', promises to donate proceeds to Palestinian causes
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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
What kind of a nation executes a woman sexually abused and victimized throughout her childhood? Tennessee plans to do that on Sept 30. In Trump's America. truthout.org/articles/ten...?
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Tennessee Is Days Away From Executing a Sexual Assault Victim
Christa Pike’s lethal injection is booked for September 30. She may be the first woman Tennessee executes in 200 years.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
MS NOW: A new letter from the acting secretary of the U.S. Navy has revealed troubling details about conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln — including that there were eight reported suicide attempts from service members of the carrier strike group tied to the USS Lincoln.
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Navy discloses 8 suicide attempts tied to USS Lincoln’s strike group
In a letter, the acting secretary of the Navy disclosed new details about the conditions onboard during the ship’s record deployment in the Iran war, insisting the “Lincoln’s crew is resilient.”
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Lisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In a world of right wing leaning dudebros in podcasting, hoping you’ll support a Latina with an unapologetically progressive show on YouTube. Please take a moment and subscribe! 🙏🏼 youtube.com/@lisaguerrer...
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Lisa Guerrero
Welcome to Lisa Guerrero UNLEASHED, a podcast hosted by award-winning investigative journalist, keynote speaker, actor, and producer. One of the most visible faces in the media, her investigations hav...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/09/2026
Macklemore announces Free Palestine tour to benefit humanitarian aid organisations
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Macklemore announces Free Palestine tour to benefit humanitarian aid organisations
The US rapper, removed from Ed Sheeran’s US stadium tour after voicing support of Palestine, has convened a charity show that will visit Dublin, Paris and London, with a North American run to be announced Macklemore has announced a “Free Palestine” tour, a series of live shows that will feature the US rapper performing alongside musicians and friends to raise funds for humanitarian causes in Palestine. The news comes after Macklemore (AKA Benjamin Haggerty) was removed from Ed Sheeran’s US stadium tour after he called for a “free Palestine” onstage and said he wanted the people of Gaza and “the occupied West Bank” to know “we have not forgotten about them”. Continue reading...
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LibArtie @artie502.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Please Watch! 👀 youtube.com/watch?v=9Q2k...
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"Begin Preparing Yourself..." - Jeffrey Sachs
YouTube video by Savvy Capital
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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#WolffBites: NY Senator Schumer, going down with voters like most other centrists. The center cannot hold and takes its mascots down with it. Unsolved real problems kicked down the road eventually provoke most voters to chose the Mamdanis over the Cuomos. www.cnn.com/2026/09/23/u...
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The Odds: Historic slump facing Senator Schumer | CNN
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is facing a historic slump, with his net favorability among Democrats hitting a record low in new polling. CNN News Central’s John Berman and Chief Data Analyst Ha...
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404 Media @404media.co · 23/09/2026
NEW: Yesterday, 404 Media broke news of the FBI breach. Now, we've discovered it has exposed the FBI's own hacking unit. The FBI's Remote Operations Unit (ROU) is a highly secretive team of hackers making exploits and tools to break into target’s devices. Some of its members just got exposed.
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FBI Hack Exposed FBI’s Own Hacking Unit
The FBI's Remote Operations Unit (ROU) is a highly secretive team of hackers making exploits and tools to break into target’s devices. Some of its members just got exposed.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
CNN is about to travel the same dark path of WaPo and CBS News. They will say it's not true. They will ask you to ignore what you see and disbelieve what you hear. Instead, I suggest you support independent media. You can start with Democracy Docket but there are many others. demdock.com/4w6emld
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wall Street Journal👇
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/09/2026
NEW: The CNN/MSNOW/Politico hearing has concluded. It seems clear to me that Judge Kelly will issue a TRO or a preliminary injunction to restore the press passes. The only question is whether he does it on due process alone, or First Amendment as well. I bet we get a ruling before close of business.
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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wolff Responds: "Inequality Is No Paradox" Dated September 23, 2026 democracyatwork.substack.com/p/wolff-resp...
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Wolff Responds: "Inequality Is No Paradox" Dated September 23, 2026
In this week’s Wolff Responds, Professor Richard D.
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404 Media @404media.co · 23/09/2026
Citizens showed up to the city council meeting with plans to let city leaders know how they felt about the city’s use of Flock. But Springfield mayor Jeff Schrag moved to prevent public comment on Flock. Then, arrests happened, @mjgault.bsky.social reports. Story: www.404media.co/woman-arrest...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23/09/2026
BBC to axe sports bulletins on its news channel
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BBC to axe sports bulletins on its news channel
Cuts are part of plan to save £500m and lose as many as 2,000 staff by 2028 The BBC is to axe sports bulletins on its news channel and make more senior journalists redundant, as the corporation begins to unveil a series of painful cost-saving measures. Lunchtime and overnight bulletins that currently appear on the BBC News channel will no longer be shown, according to internal announcements made to staff. Continue reading...
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Stephanie Miller @stephaniemiller.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wednesday! With Bob Cesca, Malcolm Nance & Carlos Alazraqui! Join us 9a-12n ET! Radio: SiriusXM Progress 127 TV: Free Speech TV on Roku / AppleTV / SlingTV / #AmazonFireTV Streaming: WCPT 820 - Chicago's Progressive Talk on TuneIn Video: PoliticalVoicesNetwork.com
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
As a reminder, Democrats picked up 41 seats in the House in 2018, while losing two seats in the Senate. We should see a bigger pickup in both chambers this time, to put it mildly. But do not get cocky and coast here. Run through the tape.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Trump's approval rating fell to 32% in a new Reuters/Ipsos poll — the lowest ‌approval of his political career in that poll. Just 73% of Republicans approved of Trump's job performance.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.
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F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
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Ohwoisme @kmohwoisme.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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