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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 15m
Elon Musk is the top political donor of this midterm election, a report shows. Our reporter Theodore Schleifer explains how Musk, the world's richest man, came back from a brief rift with President Trump and Republicans to become a central player. trib.al/8zaFISN
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 4h
Assigned Media has been AI free since the beginning. Our new AI policy makes that easier for readers to find and formalizes what we mean by AI free, what we'll do if we unintentionally publish AI slop, and how you'll know if anything changes for us.
AI Policy
Generative AI has been hastily and sloppily incorporated into numerous newsrooms where it has no place. This has contributed to declining standards, reduced trust, and eroded he value of journalism as a field entirely distinct from mere content creation.

Although we acknowledge this technology has promise, due to the numerous practical and ethical concerns around this tech Assigned Media is currently completely AI free. This means we do not knowingly publish journalism where generative AI has been used in any way.

If an error occurs we commit to removing all content (such as stock photos or freelance essays) later shown to have been produced using AI.

Although we intend our work to remain largely AI free, as this technology matures there may be ethical use cases we have not foreseen. We commit to complete transparency around all future AI use and to updating this policy to reflect any changes that may occur.
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 4h
To support AI free independent media donate or become a member of Assigned here: assignedmedia.org/support/
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Support OurJournalism Our journalism is only possible through the support of our members! As a supporting member, you’ll receive a special edition of our newsletter, featuring bonus essays and insight...
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 4h
We could actually really use some more support - it's been really slow lately and I'm getting a bit nervous. May try to throw together a more organized campaign in the next week or two, but for now I'd love it if you'd join or share.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17h
When immigration agents struck a man with an SUV in Houston over the weekend, they said they were chasing an undocumented Mexican man facing deportation and multiple criminal charges. But the photo they shared of their target was of a man whose family says he died almost a decade ago.
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ICE Agents Who Rammed a Worker in Houston Were Chasing a Dead Man, Family Says
ICE agents rammed a man during a pursuit in Houston, leaving him with a shattered leg. But a bulletin of the target shows a man who died in 2017, his daughter said.
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Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · 20h
Elon Musk is single-handedly funding the Ken Paxton campaign:
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 16h
UN Ambassador Mike Waltz’s longtime chief of staff left the NSC and State Dept. last year. In Sept., Ballard Partners registered him to lobby the White House on Venezuelan oil for Argentine-owned Aldyl Energia. Today’s filing: Aldyl paid Ballard $200K last quarter, and he’s quietly off the account.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h
Wow -- Hannity is moving in for the kill: "Why not just say 'I went to Pepperdine Law School and then took a different career path'? Why get into this long drawn-out thing about the difference between a lawyer and an attorney?"
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Matter News @matternews.bsky.social · 17h
The ACLU of Ohio has been monitoring the Statehouse to Prison Pipeline for the past 10 years; In the most recent General Assembly, 7.5 percent of all bills introduced created a new crime or expanded sentences. And Andy’s Law might just be the most consequential piece of legislation to surface yet.
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The rapid origination of Andy’s Law  – Matter News
Tensions between guards and the incarcerated at Ross Correctional Institution went from bad to worse following the 2024 murder of corrections officer Andy Lansing. Now, the prison could serve as a res...
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Still trying to understand how Napster got shut down, but Anthropic is going public and still hasn’t paid us authors yet after stealing our work.
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 17h
Regime wants to spend $335K of your $ on State Dept ads targeting white folks that apparently don't even want to come here... “There’s currently little research about why Afrikaners are not applying to request referral into the US Refugee Admissions Program,” the proposal reads." 🧾 t2m.co/JjwTiey
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US officials considering ad campaign to urge South African Afrikaners to emigrate
Exclusive: Trump has falsely claimed Afrikaners are facing ‘white genocide’, but very few have applied to live in US
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h
(Reuters) - The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefed on the matter. @reuters.com 🇺🇦 www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h
Trump suggests he is going to pardon everyone, including himself: "I'm allowed to do a self-pardon ... I don't want to see people that work for me go through years of nonsense"
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 17h
A study of Maui survivors found high amounts of toxic metals in their bodies for as long as 18 months after the 2023 blaze. Another study found the Eaton Fire’s smoke had lead concentrations up to 250 times higher than normal.
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What new research reveals about the dangers of smoke from urban firestorms
A study of Maui survivors found high amounts of toxic metals in their bodies for as long as 18 months after the fire. Another study found the Eaton Fire’s smoke had lead concentrations up to 250 times...
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Oklahoma Watch @oklahomawatch.bsky.social · 17h
Eye on Oklahoma: Data Center Pollution - A researcher at the University of Oklahoma says that as more data centers are planned across the state, emissions from those coal-burning plants will only increase. ow.ly/yxax50ZYe6X
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 17h
As she prepared to publish a story about Rep. Max Miller, his crisis communications adviser warned @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social that Miller has “many defamation lawyers.” The possible implication seemed clear: Publish a story that reflected poorly on Miller and potentially face legal consequences.
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How Rep. Max Miller and his lawyer try to silence foes
Court filings and cease-and-desist letters reveal their aggressive legal tactics.
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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 22h
Meta’s invite-only program for content creators has accounts promoting white supremacy, neo-Nazi ideologies and histories of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric.
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Ahead of the midterms, Meta has paid at least 29 anti-LGBTQ accounts for their posts
The company’s invite-only program for content creators has accounts promoting white supremacy, neo-Nazi ideologies and histories of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Our report on surging anti-Indian bigotry in right-wing media from last week: www.mediamatters.org/immigration/...
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Anti-Indian racism has been surging in right-wing media
Right-wing media’s racist attacks and ethnic slurs directed at Indians, other South Asians, and South Asian Americans have surged over the past year, in part fueled by conservative infighting over the...
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
An attempted attack on a Hindu temple came amid a weeks-long right-wing frenzy over "The Indian Question"; police found a manifesto from the alleged shooter "containing statements expressing white supremacist and extremist ideologies."
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Kevin Collier @kevincollier.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
New this morning: @citizenlab.ca has identified an Israeli ad tech company — one that's placed ads on NBC News — that ran a secret side platform to let spyware companies plant malicious code to hack people browsing those sites. 45 Al Jazeera employees and journalists were infected!
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Israeli ad company helped a spyware firm target Al Jazeera through online ads, researchers say
Researchers say Discover-Tech used online ads to deliver zero-click spyware, the first public evidence of the technique, with its ads reaching nearly 200,000 websites and apps.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Most people don’t know it takes only a simple majority in the House to impeach a Supreme Court justice. In 19 days, voters decide who holds that majority. Tell your members to impeach John Roberts: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org
Tell Congress: Impeach Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts
Contact Congress today!
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Justice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
More than 21,000 DOJ employees have left since January 2025, including 4,333 attorneys, threatening the department’s ability to keep people safe. Justice Connection’s new dashboard allows users to track hiring & departures across DOJ – and compare current trends with the past three administrations:
thejusticeconnection.org
Justice Connection
The only public dashboard bringing transparency to case data from Department of Justice. Follow the data to hold DOJ accountable to their numbers.
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chugs1222.bsky.social @chugs1222.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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Sure, Jan. (Brady Bunch Meme)
ALT: Sure, Jan. (Brady Bunch Meme)
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026
Exclusive Senior Adviser to The First Lady Marc Beckman says Melania "has a direct line to leadership in Russia"
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Axios @axios.com · 14/10/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Former Trump attorney Alina Habba told the president Friday in the Oval that former Kennedy Center leader Ric Grenell failed to deposit a multimillion-dollar donation that her billionaire husband made to the center a year ago.
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Exclusive: White House probes claims of missing Kennedy Center money in "MAGA blood feud"
"If there is missing money, this is a big, big problem," a senior administration official said.
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Johana Bhuiyan @jmbooyah.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
In May 2025, a man detonated a car bomb outside a Palm Springs fertility clinic. The suspect used an unnamed gen AI tool that failed to detect his request for bomb-making instructions, law enforcement officers wrote in a previously unreported document. www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
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Tool and target: US law enforcement grapple with AI-enabled terrorism and anti-tech extremism
From the FBI to local police departments, US authorities are increasingly warning of would-be terrorists using AI to plan attacks and anti-datacenter extremism
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 14/10/2026
As we said in our lawsuit, his ownership of Affinity Partners creates a potential conflict of interest with this diplomatic work. By the end of 2025, Affinity’s assets under management had surpassed $6 billion, with foreign investors accounting for about 99% of them.
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Lavonne @loveon9.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Affinity Partners is largest shareholder of Phoenix Financial (Tel Aviv financial services) who holds hundreds of millions of in investments in Elbit Systems (Israel's largest arms manufacturer). @robertgarcia.house.gov robertgarcia.house.gov/media/in-the...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
FLASHBACK: “Was the civil war fought over slavery?” REP. MIKE SPARKS (R): “I haven’t really studied it… we all need to study our history…🤔” (He backed keeping the KKK Grand Wizard bust in our capitol… up for re-election again in Rutherford County😬)
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This Cornell Chi Phi alum's story of being sexually assaulted as a pledge—and his ensuing mental health struggles—has really stuck with me. (Chi Phi is the fraternity where Jane Doe was gang raped.)
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GUEST ROOM | I Lived at Chi Phi in 2012. Now I Say Tear It Down and Build Something New
Jared Hoffman '15 shared his experience as a member of the Xi chapter of Chi Phi. He calls for the tearing down of the Greek system and of the Chi Phi house.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
This is a story we're seeing all over—how places where local law enforcement are particularly intent on helping ICE are leading to tragic stories. Here's my colleague @burness.bsky.social on Maryland: boltsmag.org/frederick-co...
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“We're Afraid on a Daily Basis”: How a Maryland Sheriff Targeted Immigrants Long Before ICE Raids Spiked - Bolts
Frederick County’s sheriff turned his office into a force multiplier for ICE before such collaboration became commonplace. As he again faces voters this year, the harm to immigrant communities is impo...
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Very important reporting by @willbunch.bsky.social on the harm that a local contract with ICE is doing to immigrant communities in York County, a populous area of Pennsylvania. www.inquirer.com/opinion/york...
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How York County became the most dangerous place for immigrants in the Eastern U.S. | Will Bunch
Local cops working with ICE in York County have made hundreds of arrests, with many more afraid to leave home.
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Rachel Fairbank @sweetsciencewriter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“Guinea-Bissau has some of the highest rates of hepatitis B in the world, with about 18% of adults carrying the virus. While it may be transmitted from mother to child during birth, it could also be transmitted from another parent, relatives, siblings or caregivers.”
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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau
Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers
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Rachel Fairbank @sweetsciencewriter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“The children who are randomly selected not to receive the birth dose of the vaccine, those who “lost the lottery”, face in their earliest days the risk of contracting hepatitis B, which can cause irreversible lifelong damage.” No words. I am speechless. This violates all ethical boundaries.
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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau
Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Rich is a 9-time Mike Rogers voter. Not anymore.
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
And, men? We have to take the lead on this. chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/1...
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Group cheered as woman was sexually assaulted at University of Chicago frat house, police report says
The 21-year-old woman told police the assault happened during a party at the Alpha Epsilon Pi house, according to the report. Her account was backed up by two friends, who stated they intervened by ba...
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
🧵Rape culture is not limited to Cornell and is widespread across campuses elite or not, including the University of Chicago. It is decades past time to critically address the ubiquitous entrenched rape culture in fraternities.
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Group cheered as woman was sexually assaulted at University of Chicago frat house, police report says
The 21-year-old woman told police the assault happened during a party at the Alpha Epsilon Pi house, according to the report. Her account was backed up by two friends, who stated they intervened by barging into the bathroom where the attack happened.
By  Sophie Sherry, Rosemary Sobol and Mary Norkol   Oct 13, 2026, 4:35pm PDT

Image of Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Sen. Ossoff to a confused Mike Collins: "You are getting Medicaid and the ACA mixed up despite reading from your notes."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026
"Guilfoyle was scrambling to save her job ... when the Journal revealed texts showing she had solicited $100k from a Trump donor, Guilfoyle reached out to the WH to say the texts were AI generated. The officials didn’t believe her claims. Journal reporters verified the authenticity of the texts."
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Inside Kimberly Guilfoyle’s Final Days as Ambassador to Greece
To save her job, she claimed the incriminating texts were AI generated; Trump grew annoyed with the damaging revelations.
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Scott Colom @scolom.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
She done lost her damn mind.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14/10/2026
Sen. Ossoff: "Congress is full of congressmen's sons who are only in Congress because their daddies were congressmen, just like Mike Collins, who are perfectly happy to send other people's children to die in a war. How is this war a success, Mike?"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026
Mike Collins says he opposes federal background checks for private firearms sales, and proposes instead putting metal detectors at the entrances of schools
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 14/10/2026
Who’s at the center of the Trump administration’s hunt for voter fraud ahead of the midterms? Notorious election denier Heather Honey, who’s now a top DHS election official. Marc Elias breaks down her role. They want you tuned out. We help you stay in the fight: demdock.com/3U05Y9c
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026
Mike Collins makes apologies for white nationalists like his son in law: "These people feel like they've been forgotten. And they're just lashing out."
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 13/10/2026
The first of these ICE removals has taken off, an Eastern Airlines 767, likely headed for a fuel/crew change stop in Senegal. This will be a thread for all three trips over the next few days.
A screenshot of an ADSBx map showing an Eastern jet (N700KW) leaving Alexandria and heading east over the Atlantic Ocean.
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Yahoo Finance @yahoofinance.com · 13/10/2026
Anthropic says AI models could soon self-replicate on smart ovens and off-brand Android TV boxes, with small models potentially capable within months. And unlike a data center, there won't be a single off switch to shut it down, though the replicator may be slow (with a doubling time of days).
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 13/10/2026
Miguel Parra-Hernandez suffers from serious hip and leg injuries in Houston and remains in ICE custody, according to his representatives
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Texas man run over by ICE has never met the person agents were allegedly chasing
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/10/2026
Collectively, the cases we’ve documented show that as the administration has relentlessly pursued immigrants, it has run roughshod over the constitutional rights of citizens, too, and on a scale not seen in generations. Read our full story:
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump…
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/10/2026
The government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve tallied more than 500 Americans held against their will in warrantless arrests and detentions during President Trump’s second term.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 12/10/2026
RFK Jr: "Native health is not a footnote in my administration—it’s a top priority." And yet CDC's Healthy Tribes program was gutted last year. This older article (post April 1 RIFs) is still relevant. How can you do the important work when you've fired all the staff? #ZombifiedCDC
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RFK Jr. wants American tribes to get healthy. Trump gutted a program that was helping
Native leaders say they are having trouble grasping the dissonance between Kennedy's words and his actions
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