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@galavitzrowena.bsky.social
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Educator in the Midwest. Lover of languages, lit, and MX. IU gave me a bunch of MAs. Left of the Dems. Views: my own.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A win for voters! A judge ruled that the DOJ’s policy of collecting states’ unredacted voter rolls and urging states to remove voters flagged as ineligible is illegal.
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Federal judge shuts down Trump DOJ’s nationwide voter roll crusade, even in states that cooperated
The ruling also reaches voter rolls that states voluntarily turned over. By vacating the policy itself, the court barred DOJ from continuing to use those already-obtained files as part of the nationwi...
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
In my lawsuit against Todd Blanche, a NEW order calls him out for failing to produce the redacted versions of the handwritten FBI interview notes of the South Carolina victim who alleges she was sexually and physically abused by Trump when she was just 13-15 years old: youtu.be/63K57knWExU?...
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🚨Judge REBUKES AG Blanche Over NONCOMPLIANCE In MY Epstein Lawsuit!!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
In WA State farm workers are harvesting Granny Smith apples. Hector says, "I feel very unhappy about what they're paying us. Last year, we were paid $33/900lb bin. This year they are only paying us $30/bin. It's increasingly difficult to cover my family's expenses. #WeFeedYou
A farm worker hand holding up a granny Smith's Apple
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026
This is as treasonous as it gets
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Was Jared Harvard material? Nope. Jared Kushner bought his Harvard degree—or rather his father bought it for him. “Kushner was admitted to Harvard only after his father pledged to donate $2.5 million—with donations beginning once his son started classes." www.thedailybeast.com/jared-kushne...
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Jared Kushner, 45, Drops Stunning Admission About His Education
After Trump’s son-in-law went after an exposé last week, he’s now defending his high school record.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Pentagon says it plans to livestream an execution. Pete Hegseth said the public will be able to watch the firing-squad execution of Nidal Hasan, convicted of the 2009 Fort Hood mass shooting, scheduled for December 3. Turning a government execution into a livestream should alarm everyone.
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Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed
The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be “public.”
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Julie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NEW: Maybe it's time to take a good look at all these deaths in the Epstein-Trump orbit. jkbjournalist.substack.com/p/dead-men-t...
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Dead men tell no Epstein-Trump tales
When witnesses, whistleblowers and accusers die, it’s time to look at whether they have anything in common. Here is a list of some of the recent deaths.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 08/10/2026
BREAKING: A Trump-appointed judge has ruled DHS violated the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment when it removed Ahmed Soliman to Equatorial Guinea and must facilitate his return to the US. prospect.org/2026/10/07/f...
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Federal Judge Rules DHS Must Bring Back Gay Arizona Man Imprisoned in Africa - The American Prospect
A Trump-apppointed judge ordered Ahmed Soliman must be returned to the United States.
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RG @galavitzrowena.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Lower ribs removed?
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Congratulations to Anne Carson! She was awarded the #Nobel Prize in Literature this morning! 🥳 The Canadian poet and essayist won "for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature." #LitSky #Canada
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Canadian Poet Anne Carson Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature (Gift Article)
The writer joins a list of laureates that includes Toni Morrison, Samuel Beckett and Bob Dylan.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Trump administration broke federal law by withholding more than $78 million Congress had approved for healthcare research, according to a Government Accountability Office report. The watchdog found that HHS violated the Impoundment Control Act by withholding
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🔥 @katiephang.bsky.social (With Deniro behind her): “I’m suing A.G. Todd Blanche — Trump’s cosplaying personal lawyer — for the unredacted Epstein files… as an independent journo 🗣️ I don’t have a corporate oligarch telling me what to say… Trump has been violating federal law every day.”
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RG @galavitzrowena.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
God, save me from death.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 07/10/2026
NEWS: The DNC is suing Trump for illegally diverting $20 million in taxpayer funds—including money intended for line-of-duty memorials—to air pro-Trump propaganda ads ahead of the midterms.
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DNC Sues Trump Over Taxpayer-Funded Propaganda Ads Ahead of Midterms
The lawsuit alleges Trump personally ordered $20 million in federal funds diverted toward campaign-style TV spots—including money budgeted for commemorative events such as line-of-duty memorials.
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RG @galavitzrowena.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Don`t be fooled into thinking the $90 rebate for Medicare is a good thing. Next year, the maximum out-of-pocket expenses for prescriptions will go up $300. For those of us on expensive meds, we'll max that out. My Medicare Advantage will go up by $36 a month.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 02/10/2026
Soon you could buy a gun online and have it shipped to your door without ever setting foot in a gun store—if a Trump administration proposal is finalized. Donald Trump Jr. is a shareholder and board member of a company that says it’s “uniquely positioned” to capitalize on the opportunity.
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Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 01/10/2026
Human Rights Groups Ask UN Panel to Help End ICE’s ‘Enforced Disappearances’ of Noncitizens | “Disappearing people into a network of remote detention sites, hiding their whereabouts, and cutting off their access to outside help is the definition of an enforced disappearance.”
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Human Rights Groups Ask UN Panel to Help End ICE's 'Enforced Disappearances' of Noncitizens - Bucks County Beacon
The practice involves withholding the whereabouts of thousands of detainees facing deportation from families and lawyers.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/10/2026
This is crazytown. Why are they taking our money to run illegal ads? www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Trump buys ads on CNN, MS NOW as he fights to bar them from the White House
Taxpayer-funded ads denouncing the “deep state” and “globalists” aired locally on the two cable networks Trump has sought to ban from White House grounds.
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RG @galavitzrowena.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Shame on every single judge who's heard the cases of children who have come before you with no legal representation. Shame on those who deported these children who are all alone! No lawyer, no family, no one to receive them. You took a vow to uphold the law. This isn't due process. It's an inhumane!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When historians reflect on this regime, cruelty will be the word most often used to define it. www.commondreams.org/news/trump-dep…
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'Monstrous' US Deportation Hearings for Children Who 'Have No One' Shock Consciences | Common Dreams
Children as young as 3 facing deportation orders without legal representation in immigration court hearings. How can we
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I hope everyone reads this, thinks about it and then shares it. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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A few hundred noncitizen votes are a national scandal. But when states reject hundreds of thousands of ballots from eligible voters, it’s business as usual
One state rejected ballots because some voters failed to include their mother’s maiden name on the back of the return envelope.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ron Wyden says the DOJ and FBI withheld a secret interview with a banker tied to Jeffrey Epstein from the files released to the public. And he says there may be more.
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EXCLUSIVE: Senator Accuses DOJ and FBI of Withholding Secret Epstein Banker Interview, Demands Release of All FBI 302s
Senator Ron Wyden is accusing the Justice Department and the FBI of withholding a key record from the Epstein files, demanding in a letter obtained exclusively
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: 18-year-old Arya Satheesh from Ireland has developed a plant-based plastic that can biodegrade and release an enzyme that helps break down other plastic waste. A plastic that could actually help clean up plastic waste.
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RG @galavitzrowena.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Up to $20 million of our taxes were illegally used to fund Trump ads. Preposterous! How is this not getting more attention? No president should use our taxes to fund their ads.
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Impeachment Calls Grow as Dems Say Up to $20 Million in Taxpayer Funds Were Used for 'Illegal' Pro-Trump Ads | Common Dreams
Democrats in Congress demand answers and accountability for Trump's misuse of taxpayer dollars for "illegal" ads.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/09/2026
The senator who mistook the Atlanta Hawks for the Iowa Hawkeyes and tried to accuse Jack Smith of perjury? He could be the most dangerous man in the US Senate. What to know about Eric Schmitt:
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Is this the most dangerous man in the US Senate?
Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri is pushing a tribalistic ideology suggesting only descendants of white Christian pioneers are true Americans.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The president has repeatedly exhibited bizarre conduct in the public eye. Not only does that include taking naps during public events, but also erratic behavior, slurred speech, appearing lost or disoriented, and sporting mysterious bruises.” newrepublic.com/post/215938/...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
MacFarlane: The Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio has got the same issue. Last year, they paid $50,000 for diesel to transport their food. Now, they’re paying $150,000 for the diesel to transport their food.
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RG @galavitzrowena.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Maybe she meant help that's cool?
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 26/09/2026
Trump’s DOJ claims it has turned over unredacted handwritten FBI notes from four interviews with a woman who alleges Trump sexually and physically abused her as a minor. But there’s a major question about what else Todd Blanche actually handed the judge.
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Trump DOJ Claims It Complied With Latest Epstein Order in Katie Phang Case
Judge Emmet Sullivan ordered Attorney General Todd Blanche to submit unredacted FBI notes and support disputed victim redactions, while a temporary appellate pause now blocks foreign-language file rev...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
From 16,000 to 185 to Zero. The Trump admin claimed as many as 16,000 noncitizens had been registered to vote in Nevada. Then DHS came back and said the number was actually 185. This week, Nevada told the admin every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
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RG @galavitzrowena.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"The Supporters Urging Trump to Declare Martial Law for the Midterms"
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The Supporters Urging Trump to Declare Martial Law for the Midterms
Trump’s advisers have been working for months to move his focus away from baseless theories of election fraud. A group of outsiders is making that difficult.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Per his lawyer, Blanche has produced to the judge the unredacted handwritten FBI interview notes of a victim who alleges sexual & physical abuse by Felon Trump. Here's the latest, incl. Blanche’s attempts to get a stay from the appeals court for foreign language documents. youtu.be/IEhnvAhlitw?...
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🚨AG Blanche ADMITS He TURNED OVER UNREDACTED Epstein Files In MY Lawsuit!?!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Popok: This is, again, the misjudgment by the Trump administration—Donald Trump at the top, Todd Blanche—hoping this case will go away and they can rid themselves of the stench of corruption around their handling of the Epstein matter and the scandal. And they won't, and they can't.
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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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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They warned us Mamdani would impose Sharia law. Instead, he unleashed the real threat: line dancing in Bryant Park.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BREAKING NYT: The California Supreme Court just ordered a county sheriff to return about 650,000 ballots he seized from election officials as part of an investigation into voter fraud that state officials said had no basis in fact.
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Republican Sheriff Illegally Seized California Ballots, Court Rules
The California Supreme Court ordered Sheriff Chad Bianco of Riverside County to return ballots to election officials after he confiscated them for an investigation.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Every taxpayer, no matter your party, should be outraged by this. Your money is being used to fund campaign ads for Trump. It’s totally completely illegally. He’s stealing your money for his campaign. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
nytimes.com
‘Love Me’ Ad Promotes Trump With Public Money Ahead of the Midterms
A disclaimer says the ad was paid for by the U.S. government, which could violate federal law.
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RG @galavitzrowena.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
International housewife?
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teamhamiltonhq.bsky.social @teamhamiltonhq.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Meischa was Roger Marshall's patient. This is her story.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 25/09/2026
Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
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Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
In a report titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns,' the NGO documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States.
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Olive Ann Beech, the “First Lady of Aviation,” was born #OTD in 1903. 1932: Co-founded the Beech Aircraft Company (later, Beechcraft). 1940: Took full command of the company's daily ops & production when her husband fell ill, delivering >7,400 military aircraft during #WWII.🧵 #WomenInBusiness
A warm, intimate black-and-white portrait photograph of an elegant Olive Ann Beech (1903–1993), celebrated as the "First Lady of Aviation" for her historic tenure leading Beechcraft. She sits relaxed inside what appears to be an office or home setting, leaning her left elbow on a surface to rest her head gently against her hand. Her light-colored hair is styled in tight, classic curls, and she flashes a bright, genuine, open-mouthed smile toward the lens, exuding a warm and approachable confidence. She wears a structured textured jacket or blouse accented by an intricately patterned silk neck scarf. On her wrists, several thick chain bracelets with dangling metallic charms are prominently displayed, alongside an elegant ring on her right hand. The background features a soft-focus interior with a light brick or tiled wall, framed art, and a dark credenza holding bottles or barware. The composition focuses entirely on her expressive face, creating a joyful, personal mood that balances her formidable corporate legacy with a charming, personal warmth.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Clarke: spent a lot of time with Nolan Wells’s mother and father, and they are grieving. Nobody has been able to put forth anything that can explain why their son is not here today. There needs to be more focus on the blunt force trauma to the back of Nolan Wells’s head.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
MURRAY: The Trump admin falsely labeled birth control as abortion. Do you agree that an IUD is an abortifacient? OVERTON: If confirmed, I'll be fully briefed M: That's not an answer. The prospect of an FDA commissioner who doesn't know that birth control isn't an abortion is deeply alarming O: 😊
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Possibly the best example of American democracy and governance in the era of Trump.
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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEWS: My new investigation uncovers the horrific ChatGPT history of the Tumbler Ridge school shooter. OpenAI’s chatbot fueled the shooter's violent fantasies and plans up to the day of the massacre. Chats about guns, timing of attacks, becoming infamous, and more. www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
JUST IN: A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction upbraiding ICE for mass arrests that have strained detention facilities and forced detainees all over the country into "overcrowded, squalid, and degrading rooms for excessive periods of time" www.nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/defaul...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BREAKING on MS NOW: MS NOW and CNN journalists have just been denied access to covering Xi Jinping's arrival back at the White House for tonight's state dinner.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If we had actual journalists in this country, this would have been reported as a story.
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RG @galavitzrowena.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
With the calories of the salad?
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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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