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Denise Gill

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She/her/hers. I teach high school because being around teenagers is much better than grown a$$ adults who should know better. I like books. My husband and I made a good kid.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 14h
Time for this classic again.
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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 13h
Excited to see how the Atlanta Hawkeyes do this year and whatnot.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We’ve now reached the point of “black site” hearings – secret, illegal hearings as part of Trump & Stephen Miller’s wretched crusade to detain & deport our immigrant neighbors. Quite literally: hidden tribunals that disappear people.
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DHS Opens ‘Black Site Docket’ for Immigrants Without Lawyers at 26 Federal Plaza
A reporter from The City Reporter was threatened with arrest while attempting to observe comings and goings from the new courtrooms, which have left advocates mystified and fearing the worst.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Joel Tenney is an Iowa pastor who gave the invocation for a Trump rally there in 2023. He's been to Mar-a-Lago and campaigned this summer with IA GOP gubernatorial Zach Lahn. He's got pics of himself with Trump and Vance. Oh, and also, he's an antisemitic white nationalist Holocaust denying Nazi.
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Standing by the man who stood by his promises! It was such a great honor to pray over The Greatest President of my life time. Believing for 4more yrs! I will be opening the Coralville lowa Rally in prayer before The President Speaks, on Dec 13th @ 6pml hope to see you all there!
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Zach Lahn for Governor, Had the honor to march with this lowan Patriot in the fairfax parade today!... moreDid you know that Auschwitz had a swimming pool, dentist, hospital just for inmates. swimming pool, theater, orchestra, sports fields, and soccer team
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Is that Rolfe from Sound of Music?
Because that sure is a young Nazi if I ever saw one.
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R.T. Ester @shoutoutmapes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Congressional Black Caucus links up with Palantir to honor Shirley Chisolm's legacy
A digital banner inside the Walter E. Washington Convention Center shows Palantir and their brand logo listed among the Congressional Black Caucus
Annual Legislative Conference's "top
supporters."Palantir Named A Top
Supporter' At CBC
Foundation's Annual
Conference
The controversial data and Al firm
which has millions of dollars of
contracts with ICE, has been trying to
curry favor with Democratic-aligned
groups.
By Brianna Tucker
Sep 23, 2026, 06:53 PM EDT
Updated 21 hours agoOn one digital banner that led to the
vendor hall expo, the firm was listed
among the conference's "top
supporters." The background
featured a faded portrait of Shirley
Chisholm, the first Black woman
elected to Congress, whose
campaign motto "unbought and
unbossed" symbolized resistance to
corporate influence
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Everything the pro-Trump billionaire Ellison family will now own: Paramount+ CBS CNN Showtime HBO Warner Bros TNT TBS MTV DC Studios Nickelodeon Comedy Central And more... With this comes the power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told. Shameful.
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gary’s anatomy @sablaah.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“I don’t have a problem with trans people, I just don’t think they should be able to use public bathrooms or play sports or get healthcare—“ ok so that’s segregation. you are functionally a segregationist. and you want me to believe that fights fascism somehow. ok.
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Frankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · 18/09/2026
I'm really glad that Code Switch included this part of my interview, because I think these are the points that so often get lost in the discussion of trans panic and why the WNBA might be an ideal target for those anti-trans groups to latch onto. www.npr.org/2026/09/15/n...
We're talking about actual bigotry and the belief that this group of people shouldn't have, like, the same human rights as another group. It legitimizes them. And so the WNBA is a big platform for them to be able to do that. But I think what's actually really insidious about being the target is that transphobia is rooted in white supremacist ideas of who is allowed to be a woman and what a woman should look like. Those beliefs have, you know, negatively impacted Black and brown and non-Western women throughout history.

So what you have is a league in the WNBA that is full of Black women, 7-foot-tall women, masculine women, women who don't fit kind of the traditional markers of conventional white Western ideas of womanhood. And so I don't think it's surprising that transphobic ideas around the acceptable kind of woman are coming and impacting this league.

And I think the last piece that I will say is, I think, in some ways, the lack of visibility that the league had for a lot of years really protected it. Like, it wasn't as successful as it should have been because of racism and homophobia and misogyny. And once it becomes successful, the flip side of that is it really does become a different kind of victim of those ideas. And the fact that you have a league that is all women, predominantly Black women, largely queer women who have been successful and they don't need men to do it, and their product is not necessarily for men. I think that's a threat to the status quo. And so it's not just about protecting women's sports. It's actually about dismantling them from the inside.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I'm deleting most fundraising texts these days, but if you sent me one saying you had identified these consultants and promised never to work with them, I would give you the max
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 12/09/2026
lol everyone keeps taking cues from the group that got us into this mess. If your track record is destruction and theft, why should I listen to you?!!! Stop playing around and go listen to Black women, like bruh. @alondra.bsky.social @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team @ajlunited.bsky.social
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Nene Painting a White Object
Alt: Nene Painting a White Object
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Holy shit someone needs to set this to hype music it’s so good.
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Democratic strategists: Ahhh! What's the right message!!?? Where do we moderate!?!? The Science Victory Fund: Data centers are bad! Cancer research is good! You should be able to see a doctor! Salad shouldn’t make you shit your pants! Voters: YES! Strategists: I can't figure it out!!!!!
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 17/09/2026
I would like media to care more about the reality that tech tycoons want to kill people than what they’re imagining about AI wanting to kill people. We have multi-millionaires (with support from billionaires!) calling for ethnic cleansing, a thing that has happened in living memory. Not theoretical!
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NYTimes: affirmative action for mediocre editors angry at MeToo @originalist.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
"Texans 17% more likely to be murdered than Californians Texans 34% more likely to be raped earn 13% less and pay 3.8% more in taxes" (overall) Every MSM only mentions the word "crime" right before an election! "Germans call this "a permanent bailout." We just call it "Missouri."
Mentions of crime relative to first six months of 2022
The figures below compare the average percentage of 15-second segments in a given day during a 10-day chunk of a month with the average percentage for 10 day chunks over the first six months of the year.

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TOTAL STATE AND LOCAL TAXES AS SHARE OF FAMILY INCOME BY INCOME GROUP

Texas Tax Rate	California Tax Rate

Income Bracket	

0-20%	13%	10.5%
20-40%	10.9%	9.4%
40-60%	9.7%	8.3%
60-80%	8.6%	9.0%
80-95%	7.4%	9.4%
95-99%	5.4%	9.9%
99-100%	3.1%	12.4%

Source: https://itep.org/whopays/Don Moynihan
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Here's another secret about federalism: blue state taxpayers are subsidizing the lower tax red states
4:47 PM • Apr 30, 2023 • 33.4K

Federal Aid as Share of State Budget
2017

Mississippi, Louisiana, Idaho, Montana, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, South Dakota, Georgia, Maine

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Delaware
California
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Minnesota
Hawaii
Nevada
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Source: Tax Foundation
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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Wayne was my MA thesis and PhD dissertation adviser at Mizzou. He is kind, and good, and represents the best of what Mizzou is and has to offer. The Missouri state law that seeks to criminalize even the discussion of DEI is shameful, and so are those who support it. abc17news.com/news/educati...
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University of Missouri investigating professor after video alleges DEI sympathies
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri is investigating allegations of staff violating federal and state laws against diversity, equity and inclusion practices after a video reportedly showin...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
JUST NOW: A confused, clearly not-there McConnell votes “AYE” after almost voting NO with Dems but getting *corrected* by handlers around him
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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 15/09/2026
Governor Abigail Spanberger quietly ended a rulemaking process initiated in the waning days of former-governor Glenn Youngkin’s administration. The rule would have limited transgender students' ability to play sports and use facilities. www.wvtf.org/news/20... #transgender
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Spanberger quietly kills Youngkin-era transgender rulemaking effort
“There’s no legal authority to move forward with rulemaking and prior administrations may have tried to create lanes and we’re not doing that,” Gov. Abigail Spanberger said.
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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Googling these days
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andykimnj.bsky.social @andykimnj.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Stop calling this a DC makeover. This is an illegal desecration of our capital and a huge waste of American families’ money. DC is sacred ground, and we shouldn’t minimize the real damage being done.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It’s all identity politics, but since it’s largely white identity politics it’s fine and doesn’t count. It’s not something communist like police shouldn’t be able to get away with murder bsky.app/profile/chri...
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14/09/2026
We are not going to get out of the fascism problem by accepting just enough fascism to turn the heads of the fascism-curious.
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Tuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026
If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:
Image of Sundar Pichai and the Gmail logo
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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
After reading some of the recent pubs and discourse around US higher ed.… I should just stop right here. But here are the three major fallacies of much of what’s out there, three contexts that are missing, and the one big thing that is driving me around the bend (actually already there, but). 1/
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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
3. That college is about reading for “the workforce.” No, it’s about development for the adult force. Of which work is a part. 4/
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Equatorial Guinea is a dictatorship run by the same man since 1978, with his children running large portions of the state now. We paid this dictatorship millions of dollars to let us deport random people there. Our money was used for this inhumanity.
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eb99 @eb99.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I think it's more comforting for some people to think of OBL as some evil genius or tragic victim of imperialism rather than a bog standard delusional ideologically extremist billionaire failson who thought he could accellerationism his way to a theocratic utopia
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Sojourners @sojo.net · 11/09/2026
An artist by the name of Maeril created a comic for anyone witnessing Islamophobic harassment in public. sojo.net/articles/wha...
sojo.net
What to Do If You See Islamophobic Harassment
A young artist by the name of Maeril created a fantastic comic for anyone witnessing Islamophobic harassment in public.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
sikhs were beat up for supposedly being muslim. muslims were branded terrorist cells. democrats were sent anthrax and called pro-terrorist for opposing invading iraq. this post-9/11 unity you always hear republicans, democrats and the media talking about NEVER HAPPENED.
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Aleksandra Vaca @transiticsnews.com · 10/09/2026
I’m a Texan trans kid who almost died because of Ken Paxton. The world should know what he’s done. This was very difficult for me to write, but given what's at stake, I cannot bear to stay silent about what I went through at Paxton's hands. He must not be rewarded for what he's done to trans kids.
transiticsnews.com
I’m a Texan Trans Kid Who Almost Died Because of Ken Paxton. The World Should Know What He’s Done.
Regardless of Talarico’s recent statements on trans people, Paxton cannot be rewarded for the extreme suffering he’s inflicted on me and tens of thousands of Texan trans kids.
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 10/09/2026
Now is a good time for you to sign the petition demanding that the criminal who conspired to endanger first responders, and supported insurrection and election denial, be prohibited from attending 9/11 observances and disrespecting survivors and the city: c.org/DWLWktyGcj
c.org
Sign the Petition
Ban Rudy Giuliani from 9/11 observances
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
*Trigger Warning* Alaska Native youth die by suicide at more than twice the statewide rate. The Republican Governor vetoed a bill to expand school mental health services. ictnews.org/uncategorize...
ictnews.org
Suicide deaths and attempts among Alaska youth continue at high rates, report shows - ICT
The 2025 fatality rate was the highest in a decade, despite numerous prevention programs
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
They would not be treated like New Yorkers. There was no one to kill in the name of their trauma. Instead, they would be hunted, a hunt fueled by the weaponized trauma of their neighbors. Kicking off 9/11 Week at FOREVER WARS, we return, again, to Little Pakistan.
forever-wars.com
Return To Little Pakistan: The Reign of Terror in Brooklyn after 9/11 (Reprise)
Pundits and politicians declared America united while "unity” preyed upon New York City’s Muslim communities. We must never forget. Part 1 in a series
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 07/09/2026
Perspective.
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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The idea that classrooms are chiefly spaces for product testing, and that it is irresponsible pedagogy not to enforce this, is both cynical and vile, and “fuck off” is a cogent response from any professional educator to any non-teaching salescreep or tech-but-not-subject-matter expert who voices it.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
‘Springfield is under siege right now.’ ICE agents in Ohio have detained 2 Haitian pastors. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/31/s...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
'Springfield is under siege right now.' ICE agents in Ohio have detained 2 Haitian pastors. • Ohio Capital Journal
More than 40 Haitians in Springfield have been detained by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement after President Donald Trump revoked their legal status earlier this summer.
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Mel @newthoughts.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Same experience in other AI use scenarios—the people pushing it aren’t listening to the experts in the field. They believe any resistance to AI is ignorance or refusal to adapt to new tech instead of LISTENING to concerns about nuance AI doesn’t understand/can’t process accurately. Infuriating!
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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Just went to buy @gilduran.com's "The Nerd Reich" on Google Books, and discovered that the enshittification is so thorough that it's not safe to do so - I was very close to buying one that's actually AI slop with an identical title and author name. This is utterly insane.
A screenshot of deceptively marketed books on Google books.
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Michael P. Breen @mpbreen21.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
AI apologists to actual disciplinary experts & experienced teachers
NEW YORKER “allow me to interrupt your expertise with my confidence” cartoon
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
HHS is canceling infant mortality and postpartum grants to focus instead on research related to what the department says are “root causes” like sperm counts and erectile dysfunction. www.notus.org/health-science/hhs-ca…
notus.org
HHS Cancels Infant Mortality, Postpartum Grants to Focus on Sperm Counts, ED
Officials at the Office of Minority Health told grantees that they’re prioritizing “root causes” of infertility and promoting exercise.
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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Write it on the blackboard a thousand times: they will have to demolish the ballroom, the arch and so forth. They will have to make a show of it. You will get the usual sons of bitches saying we don’t do that in this country. We do now. That is not emotion, it’s politics. To do less is dereliction.
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Turp @turpin4prez.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This story should have more attention. ASU's idiot coach brought in some military prick to run a grueling boot camp-style workout in the heat, which included restricting water intake. NHL prospect player suffers a heat stroke and is probably going to die from it. arizonasports.com/ncaa/arizona...
arizonasports.com
ASU hockey player Matthew Mayich has no chance of recovery after heatstroke, attorney says - Arizona Sports
"His body ceased functioning in a fundamental way, and this condition is irreversible," Robert Carey said.
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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
There it is: "More than half of the officers affected by Mr. Hegseth’s dismissals are Black or female in a force whose senior ranks are dominated by white male officers. Of the seven officers Mr. Hegseth removed from the Army two-star promotion list, two are Black and two are female"
nytimes.com
Hegseth Targets 7 More Officers as His Frustrated Army Secretary Quits (Gift Article)
The defense secretary’s cuts, which have hit about 10 percent of the military’s top officers, are dividing the Pentagon, officials said.
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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Nihilism is boring. Care about stuff.
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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
....the ongoing delights of being both a Hugo finalist and a wheelchair user. "The backstage is for walking participants," said directly to my face, as a wheelchair user.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
It’s mind-blowing that we have literal white nationalists in the White House carrying out unfathomably cruel, abusive, white nationalist policies, and the punditariat has spent the last two weeks debating if some people were too intemperate after a Black man was murdered by cops six years ago.
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
We really needed this rain. #MidwestDadEnergy (recommend sound on).
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Arife Kose @arifekose.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This is very good.. I loved the relationship that @johannawinant.bsky.social establishes between close reading and speaking up and arguing for a case. She claims that the difference between a student's close reading of a Renaissance poem and a citizen's+ www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
bostonreview.net
The Claims of Close Reading
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
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Sapling 🌱 @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
And the companies behind this! Don’t even get me started. They are now *profiting* off of the CSAM they scraped and own in their databases, and profiting off every prompt that generates a virtual version. Class action lawsuit time honestly. This has got to be something we can fight.
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Sapling 🌱 @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It also opens the door to actual traffickers or possessors of CSAM to claim everything is AI generated when they actually had a child in their basement they exploited for a year. It encourages killing child victims, so recognition to a real child can’t be matched in court.
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