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FactsOverFeelings @thunderstorming.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
@rbreich.bsky.social is correct. We are still a democracy….
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Democrats’ Policy on Palestine Is Detached From Reality @peterbeinart.bsky.social @jewishcurrents.bsky.social @jvp.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o...
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Opinion | The Democrats’ Policy on Palestine Is Detached From Reality
The party needs more than a stance on Israel.
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I'm listening on Libro.fm to Emily St. John Mandel's "Glass Hotel" soon to be followed by her new book "Exit Party". @emilymandel.bsky.social My purchases on Libro support a book store of my choice, Hippocampo Children's Books. hipocampochildrensbooks.com libro.fm/referral?rf_...
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Buy audiobooks & support local bookstores
Libro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through local bookstores.
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“King James II, was the governor and a substantial shareholder in the Royal African Company (RAC), founded in 1672, which trafficked more African men, women and children than any other single organisation in the history of the slave trade.” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
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The royal crown branded on enslaved Africans: Britain’s monarchy and the slave trade
From Elizabeth I’s backing of early voyages to royal investment in trafficking companies, generations of monarchs were central to Britain’s slave trade
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“If you stick around long enough, you kind of become a migrant from a different timeline.” Emily St. John Mandel, quoted in Guardian profile. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
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Emily St John Mandel: ‘When half the electorate disagrees on basic reality, how do you come back from that?’
Her hit novel Station Eleven seemed to predict the pandemic, now the novelist is tackling the future of the US. She talks about chance, world-building and experiencing a ‘tiny bit’ of clairvoyance
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Bread & Puppet Theatre in Brooklyn next week. www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
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B&P in Brooklyn, NY Fall 2026: The Upside Down World Circus
The Bread & Puppet Circus returns to Brooklyn, NY! Join us for The Upside Down Circus!“Is it or is it not? Am I asleep or am I awake? Am I a cockroach or am I…
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 12/09/2026
Seven months ago, Trump launched an illegal and unconstitutional war in Iran. Today, as servicemembers have been killed and injured and prices continue to rise at home, Trump has no strategy to end this war and no exit plan.
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Jon Gary @recordtronic.com · 12/09/2026
This #design exhibit at RIT City Art Space is definitely worth a look! #rochesterny
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
We look forward to seeing you at Roc Indigenous Peoples' Day on Monday, October 12, 2026 on the Rochester Museum Science Center campus!

Please send our poster (below)  share it, post it widely and wildly! We are still welcoming vendors and sponsors. Go to our website IndigenousPeoplesDayRocNY.org and fill out the vendor form. For the fifth year, there is no charge.

NEW this year, is our location, a Grand Parade at noon, and Indigenous composed classical music from 4:45-5:45 [E-yah-pah-hah Wind Quintet coordinated by Kae Wilbert, with the Rochester Oratorio Society singing special selections]. Then join us for Sunset ceremony at 6:00.
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I just took action with @theactionnetwork.bsky.social: Join Voters of Tomorrow. Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-v...
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Join Voters of Tomorrow
Join Voters of Tomorrow
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: An immigrant rights group sued the Trump administration Wednesday over its escalating effort to screen state voter rolls for alleged noncitizens, arguing the campaign illegally threatens lawful voters just weeks before the midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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New lawsuit challenges DHS over unverified noncitizen voter roll claims
At the center of the case is the Trump administration’s claim that more than 190,000 people on California’s voter rolls may be noncitizens — a figure DHS has not publicly substantiated or explained ho...
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Defend New York: Make Polluters Pay
We call on New York's Attorney General to immediately appeal the decision striking down New York’s Climate Superfund Law.
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
“Paying attention to references is one of the coolest things that you can do: a little keyhole into another piece of knowledge.” YES! www.theguardian.com/music/2026/s...
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‘Everything countercultural is doomed, isn’t it?’​ Sofie Royer, the bracingly brilliant pop star pondering life’s big questions
Referencing Tarkovsky and French theory, the Austrian-Iranian singer is writing some of today’s wittiest music – though she’s ‘too pop for the art world, too indie-darling for the mainstream’
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Tax Big Oil Billionaires
This year, President Donald Trump said that ExxonMobil and Chevron made “too much money” on rising crude oil prices due to the Iran war. For once, we agree with him.
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Empire Justice Center @empirejustice.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Welcome to the August edition of our newsletter, Policy Matters. This month, we share an announcement about new state funding to preserve legal services for unaccompanied minors after a federal contract expires...
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Policy Matters - August 2026
Welcome to the August edition of our newsletter, Policy Matters. This month, we share an announcement about new state funding to preserve legal services for unaccompanied minors after a federal contra...
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Data Center Expansion ourworldindata.org/data-insight...
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Money spent on building data centers in the US has grown 5-fold since late 2022
The United States is home to thousands of data centers. They are part of the infrastructure that powers many digital services, including email, gaming, streaming, social media, and, increasingly, arti...
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The Lever @levernews.com · 29/08/2026
Read the investigation: www.levernews.com/the-democrat...
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The Democratic Primary Operative With A Wall Street Side Gig
Peter Kauffmann helps lead a billionaire-funded network intervening in Democratic primaries — while representing a front group fighting to keep your credit fees high.
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The Lever @levernews.com · 31/08/2026
NEW: Seth Moulton once called progressive populism a recipe for Democrats to keep losing. Now his campaign is effectively telling outside groups to advertise him as a “progressive fighter” who will tax the rich. A Wall Street-funded super PAC has already spent at least $5.4 million boosting him.
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Horrors of ICE.
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Zuckerberg keeps on winning, even when he loses. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Rebecca Hendin on Mark Zuckerberg and the Meta court settlement – cartoon
The US tech giant will pay $18bn and has agreed to protections for teens on its Facebook and Instagram platforms
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Israel funds massive propaganda scheme to influence AI chatbots. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Fake US thinktank set up and funded by Israel sought to game AI for propaganda
In effort to prime chatbots to make pro-Israel arguments the site published 124 reports, over 560,000 words in nine days, Guardian analysis shows
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Hakeem Jeffries’ Betrayal Shows Why Democratic Voters Are So Enraged www.levernews.com/hakeem-jeffr...
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Hakeem Jeffries’ Betrayal Shows Why Democratic Voters Are So Enraged
House Dems’ leader declared his opposition to Medicare For All on the same day a new poll shows almost all Democratic voters support it.
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I'm attending Food & Water Watch's event, “NY Activist Meeting: What's the Deal with Hochul's Data Center Moratorium?” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/fww/event/99...
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NY Activist Meeting: What's the Deal with Hochul's Data Center Moratorium? · Food & Water Watch
Governor Hochul signed an executive order establishing a moratorium on new data centers, making New York the first state in the nation to put the brakes on Big Tech. But what's in the fine print? Wh...
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
AI is perfectly willing to create disinformation, but is not very good at identifying disinformation!
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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No Big Bend Wall
Visit the post for more.
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Pop is business not culture. “Pop music in America is an extension of whiteness and works just like it — it has no defined borders; it expands and contracts to maintain its dominion; it tells us that nothing too ethnic can have universal appeal.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/o...
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Opinion | BTS’s Grammys Boycott Highlights the Perils of Pop Music
The genre was shaped by exclusion, not expansion.
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Is Trump preparing to invade Iran? www.wsj.com/world/middle...
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U.S. Surges Forces Toward Middle East, Giving Trump Options to Expand Iran War
The influx of troops, medics and weaponry follows the deaths of three U.S. soldiers in an Iranian attack at a base in Jordan.
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
OMG! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Hundreds of masked white nationalists march in Washington on Fourth of July
Neo-fascist group Patriot Front parades banners, including Confederate flag, chanting ‘Reclaim America’ in US capital
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
It’s July 1st, which means that THE CENTRAL FIRE OF THE IROQUOIS, is available for preorder from Yale University Press. Publication date is September 29.
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Do you know about the Sullivan-Clinton campaign across Pennsylvania and NY in 1779 ordered by George Washington? Revolutionary valor is not a phrase I would use, www.wxxinews.org/local-news/2...
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What's fact and fiction in the area's most legendary tale of Revolutionary valor
Whatever the narrative that is told, the events surrounding the deaths of Lt. Boyd and Sgt. Parker in what is now Livingston County left a lasting scar on this region.
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Republican Muslim Texans shunned and ejected from Texas GOP convention and told to become Christian or leave the country. To Texas Republicans Islam = terrorism. www.texastribune.org/2026/06/15/t...
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Muslims at Texas GOP Convention told to leave party, country
Muslim delegates and attendees hoping to participate in the state Republican convention were shunned and rejected by members as they espoused themes of party unity ahead of the November election.
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
“Using data from Illinois and North Carolina, the researchers found that cutting women’s time spent behind bars by 50% had a negligible effect on crime,” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Locked up in America: new reports hit at costs of incarcerating women
Research shows that reducing sentences for women could save tax dollars with virtually no increase in violent crime
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
In case you have not heard, Erin Brockovich is taking on the data center epidemic. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘We’re up against forces that have all the money in the world’: Erin Brockovich on her battle against AI datacentres
In 1993, she squeezed a $333m settlement from a Californian energy company in a scandal over contaminated water. Three decades later, she has a new target in her sights – and it’s global
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
If Trump must have more detention centers I found a site for him.
Arial photo of Mar al Lago
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Here is a new concept for you, “reverse centaur”! www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
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The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI by Cory Doctorow review – the real price of artificial intelligence
A vivid and entertaining polemnic on the economics of the tech revolution, filled with righteous ire
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Probably the best example of a rapid bottom-up energy transition: Pakistan imported more Chinese solar last year than any country on earth. No big subsidy, no rooftop scheme, no feed-in tariff. Solar is now around a quarter of electricity. More in my piece👇 www.thenewworld.co.uk/jan-rosenow-...
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Pakistan’s solar miracle – how the hell did they do it?
Faced with constant electricity blackouts and a failing grid, people in Pakistan took matters into their own hands. The result is a lesson for the rest of the world, and also a warning
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Bari Weiss’s plans for remaking US media? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘Not puff pieces and kid gloves’: why Bari Weiss is hiring British journalists at CBS News
Editor-in-chief has developed network of UK thinkers she believes reject what she regards as overly ‘woke’ consensus
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Tell the Public Service Commission to stop overcharging heat pump customers for their electricity . Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/new-...
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Tell the Public Service Commission to stop overcharging heat pump customers for their electricity
This month, Alliance for a Green Economy teamed up with Earthjustice, the Environmental Defense Fund, Rewiring America, Sierra Club, and the Building Decarbonization Coalition to file a petition with ...
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Corporate power over human health!
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Tell the Public Service Commission to stop overcharging heat pump customers for their electricity . Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/new-...
actionnetwork.org
Tell the Public Service Commission to stop overcharging heat pump customers for their electricity
This month, Alliance for a Green Economy teamed up with Earthjustice, the Environmental Defense Fund, Rewiring America, Sierra Club, and the Building Decarbonization Coalition to file a petition with ...
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
NY State Comptroller's power www.levernews.com/the-most-pow... @rajgoyle.com
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The Most Powerful Political Office You’ve Never Heard Of
One elected official quietly controls a $300 billion fund and holds the power to move financial markets. Why is no one watching?
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
“Hardworking families are picking up the bill while utility CEOs and their investors are making guaranteed profits” @metrojustice.org @RGE.com rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com?publink=1a72...
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U.S. grid’s problems could boost CEOs’ pay
BOSTON – The U.S. electric grid’s mounting reliability problems ha
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The Wolfpack @wolfpack11720.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
"When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace becomes a circus."
Rick McKee
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
1000 year old oak dies after long, hot, dry summers. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Most famous tree in the world’: Sherwood Forest’s 1,000-year-old Major oak dies
Nottinghamshire tree, one of Europe’s oldest and largest, fails to produce leaves after being stressed by series of hot, dry summers
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Jessica Riedl @jessicabriedl.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
NEW from me. A short blog post walking through how the CBO's (already scary) budget baseline likely under-estimates the 30-year debt projection by 68% of GDP. That means the federal debt outlook is $62 trillion(!) worse than is commonly-reported. 🧵 www.jessicariedl.blog/p/federal-de...
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Federal Debt Outlook is $60 Trillion Worse than Reported
Congress requires CBO to assume unlikely tax hikes & spending cuts
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Yikes! Now the streaming app that I've use for years is absorbed by one of the giant amoebae of billionaire oligarchs!
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Simon Moya-Smith @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
You go to that fancy Italian restaurant — and who’s in the kitchen? Latinos. You go to that fancy French restaurant — who’s in the kitchen? Latinos. Latinos grow it, pick it, clean it, cook it, serve it, and do the dishes. We are the backbone. Don’t fuck with us, we’re busy.
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Witch Doctor @witchdoctor.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Is she any good?
A large, yellow “psychiatric help” stand with Lucy, from Peanuts.
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
📅 Tuesday, June 16th  ⏰ 11:30 am  📍L3 Harris 1350 Jefferson Rd. (Sidewalk in front)       Rochester, NY
Image of rocket aimed at Joe Morelle's head.   All Out!! to Joe Morelle's"luncheon" with L3 Harris Weapons Manufacturers, Tuesday 6-16 11:30am, 1350 Jefferson Rd. Rochester, NY 14623
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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
@morelle.house.gov www.nomojomo.com/party-boss/
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Party Boss – NoMoJoMo
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