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Decimus

@decimus.bsky.social
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𝙳𝚊𝚍, 𝚖𝚒𝚡𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝙸𝙰𝚃𝚂𝙴 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛. 𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚠 𝙱𝙱 𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚐. 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 23h
Write it on the blackboard a thousand times: this election is akin to the '24 general election in Britain. It is a vote against. Don't mistake it.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 22h
I'm not sure who saw this coming, but so far nearly all the jobs created during the second Trump administration have gone to women.
Line chart titled "So far during Trump's second term, just 8% of all job growth has gone to men" showing change in employment by gender since January 2025. Total nonfarm employment grew by 776,000 jobs through September 2026, with women gaining 711,000 positions (92% of growth) while men added only 65,000 jobs (8% of growth). Women's employment gains accelerated sharply through 2026, reaching 711,000 by September, while men's employment growth remained flat with brief periods of decline, including a drop of 96,000 jobs in February 2026.
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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 22h
BYD sold 1.3 million electric cars in the 3rd quarter on the other hand. 18% over last year.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 22h
A great deep dive into conspiracist Kurt Olsen's efforts to undermine democracy -- especially important now that GA has asked DOJ to intervene. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Olsen’s investigation ultimately found no evidence that foreign actors had infiltrated US voting systems, manipulated machines or swayed the 2020 election. He told colleagues that intelligence agencies and White House officials had thwarted the effort by withholding information, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.
In May, he joined federal prosecutors in Florida examining whether the Obama and Biden administrations had weaponized the government against Trump. Olsen told Reuters that he had stepped down from that role on Monday but remains employed by the Justice Department. He declined to discuss his work or answer questions about this story. The Justice Department confirmed he remains an employee.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
1. Let's not say goodbye to Eric Schmitt just yet. His story is about more than a power-mad senator falling on his face. It's part of a larger story about the Republicans defending the leader of an insurrection against the United States.
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#BREAKING U.S. District Judge April Perry is moving forward with further fact-finding regarding potential prosecutorial misconduct in the case of the "Broadview Six," with a special prosecutor still on the table.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
BIG WIN for making the Epstein Files public Judge Kollar-Kotelly grants summary judgment to us at @democracydefendersfund.org Orders DOJ to get busy giving us the docs. We will hold their feet to the fire!
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration illegally changed a form used by overseas voters to register and request mail ballots just weeks before the midterms, Democrats argue in a new lawsuit filed Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump admin quietly changed overseas voter form at 11th hour to disenfranchise Democrats, lawsuit says
The change is part of a Republican plan to make it more difficult to vote or outright disenfranchise a bloc of voters viewed as more inclined to vote Democratic, the DNC lawsuit argues.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Renee Good's family filed two lawsuits today. The first, against, USG, is a standard wrongful death. The second is a Klan Act lawsuit against Jonathan Ross, AND STEPHEN MILLER and Greg Bovino. It names Nick Shirley and Christopher Rufo as non-party co-conspirators for their racist propaganda.
44. At all relevant times, Defendants Ross, Miller, Noem, Lyons, Homan,
Bovino, and the John Doe Federal Agents acted under color of federal law and within the
scope of a joint enterprise with the private actors described below. Defendant
Lewandowski acted in part under color of federal law and in part, as alleged below, as a
private person, his federal status having been limited to a temporary part-time designation
that his conduct exceeded. Shirley, Rufo, and Ben Bergquam, and the other non-party
private actors described below, agreed to and in fact participated in the conspiracy alleged
here: each acted in concert with, and with the knowledge and encouragement of, federal
officials.
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David Grimm @david-grimm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
When looking back on more than a century of physics Nobel Prizes, it’s clear they have missed some of the most important discoveries in the field. Here are the top five--victims of politics, bad timing, and plain old skepticism--that should have won. Fun story by Adrian Cho for @science.org
science.org
Five physics breakthroughs that should have won a Nobel Prize—but didn’t
How politics, bad timing, and skepticism left foundation stones of modern physics unrecognized
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
To stand-up claims of massive manufacturing investment in the US, Trump, Lutnick and top Alaskan officials announced a roughly $50bn investment by the South Korean government into an Alaska liquefied-natural-gas pipeline. When approached to confirm, the South Koreans said these claims were pure
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South Korea Contests U.S. Claims of New $50 Billion Alaska Investment
The Trump administration asserted this week that South Korea will fund an LNG pipeline, but Seoul is disputing the status of negotiations.
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justfara @justfara.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
quoth the great Dolly
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Semafor @semafor.com · 30/09/2026
Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Apparently people are trying to doxx Cornell’s Jane Doe. I have never felt so concerned about a Jane Doe in my entire life. I am shaken. It is so incredibly difficult for women to pursue justice. Sexual assault causes higher PTSD rates than war. This excerpt is by Rebecca Solnit.
former Marine David J. Morris, author of a book on post-traumatic stress disorder, notes that the disorder is far more common and far more rarely addressed among rape survivors than combat veterans. He wrote me, "The science on the subject is pretty clear: according to the New England Journal of Medicine, rape is about four times more likely to result in diagnosable PTSD than combat.
Think about that for a moment-being raped is four times more psychologically disturbing than going off to a war and being shot at and blown up. And because there are currently no enduring cultural narratives that allow women to look upon their survival as somehow heroic or honorable, the potential for enduring damage is even greater."
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 30/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a win for Georgia voters, a federal judge dismissed the DOJ's lawsuit seeking access to the state's unredacted voter registration list. The department is now 0-26 in its sweeping legal hunt for states' private voter data.
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Lawyers for Good Government (L4GG) @lawyers4goodgov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Two federal courts just ruled EPA unlawfully killed the $7B #Solar for All program. What's next? Join us for a frank talk on the rulings + practical next steps. 📅 Thu, Oct 1 | 2 pm ET Register now: L4GG.org/SFAWebinar
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
👀 🔥
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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Decimus @decimus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
… these ppl have lost their steering wheel
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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This Day in Labor History: September 29, 1917. The Army intervenes in the strikes of the Northwest forests and sends in the military to get out the wood for airplanes. It both busted the IWW and also massively improved conditions on the ground for workers. Let's talk about this unusual moment!
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How embarrassing 😳
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 28/09/2026
Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.
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ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identified
The federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte...
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵On Feb. 26, 1931, the INS under the orders of Herbert Hoover deported up to 1.8 million people to Mexico. An investigation in 2004 revealed 60% were U.S. citizens. Pull up a seat🪑. (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory www.history.com/articles/the...
history.com
The Long History of Anti-Latino Discrimination in America | HISTORY
School segregation, lynchings and mass deportations of Spanish-speaking U.S. citizens are just some of the injustices...
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 28/09/2026
Check it out: Not one but TWO Democratic governors recently spoke out against the party abandoning trans rights. Plus Cheryl Reeve continues to be a stand out ally at the WNBA and a lawsuit confronts the impact of Trump's discriminatory policies in HIV/AIDS care. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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Democratic Governors, WNBA Coach Defend Trans People in Sport - Assigned Media
Leading Off: Reagan appointed judge defends trans Americans, WNBA coach Cheryl Reeve defends trans athletes, and Governors Gretchen Whitmer and Andy Beshear both spoke out in favor of Democrats contin...
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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 28/09/2026
NEW: After we published an investigation into Brown Brothers Media, a company that buys struggling news sites and turns them into AI-powered content mills, we got a tip that completely gobsmacked me: one of the brothers has extensive connections to Ghislaine Maxwell futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com
You Know Those Three Brothers Who Buy Struggling News Sites and Turn Them Into AI-Powered Content Farms? It Turns Out One of Them Has Extensive Connections to Ghislaine Maxwell
Ideapod, a cornerstone brand of Brown Brothers Media's AI empire, has deep ties to convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.
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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Mafia presidency
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Trump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won’t Touch It (Gift Article)
The administration is brokering deals in a notoriously corrupt industry, including one with a company that the United States deems a security threat.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
ICE is now lying in wait outside convenience stores, or at busy intersections. Agents are arresting people at international airports. Local police and sheriffs, deputized by the federal government, are detaining immigrants during traffic stops. ICE is now detaining more immigrants than ever before.
A chart that shows a timeline of ICE immigration enforcement against different significant events (Los Angeles raids, Minneapolis and Chicago raids), with a line in late March 2026 that says "New enforcement strategy begins" before a peak of over 1,500 daily arrests in July 2026.
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Tomi Oladipo @tomioladipo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If your dog attacks someone, you’re held responsible.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
ICE BEHIND THE MASKS HAVE NAMES 2 masked agents threatened to arrest Robert Peck for legally observing them. He sued. “And now, because of a lawsuit, the (ICE) agents have names.” A Hylton 📌Nicholas Lapointe 📌Christopher Semler I hope more people take ICE to court when their rights are violated.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 25/09/2026
In case you need an example of how a powerful company can leverage its influence over government to enlist the power of the state in advancing its interests, this just happened yesterday. bsky.app/profile/soci...
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 26/09/2026
Whether or not you agree w/Obama here (and there’s a lot to debate about his point), this isn’t unclear at all. As a religion and politics reporter, I can assure you: Obama is talking about a real thing, that candidates in *both parties* are playing with right now, with real political impact.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Does more press freedom lead to more responsive government? Short answer: yes. Every time. Why are we going backwards? newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
CARTOON OF THE DAY…
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 26/09/2026
The Supreme Court’s willingness to use the 14th Amendment to emancipate white people from Black elected officials—but not to help Black people elect officials—signals its fundamentally racist priorities.
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Jim Crow was on the ash heap of history. Then came the Roberts court.
The disaster the justices have unleashed has its roots in one of the darkest periods of our past.
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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Google Aquinas & Unitary Executive Theory. Google Carl Schmitt & Unitary Executive Theory. Youll find 100% Alignment from 13th Century, Hitler’s Catholic lawyer & Leonard Leo’s Catholic court in all its historical perversity. No Evangelical Nationalists? 🤷‍♂️ washingtonmonthly.com/2026/09/24/u...
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The Unitary Executive Theory in All of Its Historical Perversity
The unitary executive theory rests on a misinformed reading of the Constitution and the Founders’ understanding of presidential power.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
Amazing detail in this @wsj article about Kimberly Guilfoyle, US ambassador to Greece: she told a Greek minister, in a conversation about the collapse of the Romanian government,“We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here." www.wsj.com/articles/kim...
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The Mystery Man Shadowing Kimberly Guilfoyle as She Pushes Deals Across Europe
Christos Marafatsos works as an energy lobbyist while also closely advising the U.S. ambassador to Greece.
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
That's a headline for you cmarmitage.substack.com/p/big-balls-...
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Big Balls Now Exposed to Serious Criminal Charges in at Least Six States
Fired at 17 for leaking secrets. Served a cybercrime ring. Named by the Social Security whistleblower. Now the government's model employee.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 25/09/2026
A New Mexico jury on Friday found Facebook liable for deceiving users about privacy protections on the social media platform. to.pbs.org/4iKeVNX
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New Mexico jury finds Facebook liable of deceiving users about privacy protections
The trial centered on accusations that Facebook deceived users about a data breach stemming from a third-party personality quiz that harvested data from roughly 87 million profiles and sold it to a po...
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/09/2026
The DOJ dropped 23,000 criminal cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — while prosecuting 32,000 new immigration cases in the first six months of Trump’s second term. (Published March)
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Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration
Under Attorney General Pam Bondi, the DOJ abandoned a record number of cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — in just the first six months of Presi...
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 24/09/2026
Our Flock reporting just got five cops arrested. The Indianapolis officers were just criminally charged for spying on women. @aaronschaffer.com, @douglasmac.bsky.social and I found suspicious searches and got their agency to investigate. How many bad cops are still getting away? wapo.st/4xDOH3d
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 25/09/2026
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a fiery UN speech assailing enemies and allies alike -- and sparking uproar in the chamber. Dozens of envoys from across the world walked out. Protesters, some brandishing "stop the genocide" banners, rallied near the UN u.afp.com/S9Tv
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEW YORK, Sept 24 (Reuters) - New York sued Polymarket on Thursday, accusing the prediction markets operator of running an illegal gambling operation. @reuters.com
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Democrats filed a lawsuit late Wednesday asking a federal court to prevent the Trump administration from deploying armed federal agents to voting sites during the midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Democrats sue Trump admin to keep armed agents from polls during midterms
Democrats filed a lawsuit late Wednesday asking a federal court to prevent the Trump administration from deploying armed federal agents to voting sites during the midterm elections.
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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
to be clear, the admin is alleged to have deported AT LEAST 25,447 individuals TO COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOT THEIR OWN with, evidently, ZERO PROTECTIONS. this is a scandal and crime of historic proportions.
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The Deportation Project Map
Between 2025 and August 2026, the Trump administration deported over 25,000 people to countries other than their country of origin. Very few of these removals were publicly announced by the US. The De...
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Decimus @decimus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office. Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor. Donors make huge profits while workers get shafted. Repeat. This is not a coincidence. It's a political-economic system that's been corrupted by design.
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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Human trafficking
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