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Mother, Wife, Nana, Educator, Poet, Lover of Life, Reposter Of What Should be Shared and a dedicated Justice Fighter #Resist

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Jeffries: Maria Salazar—she's acting like she had nothing to do with it. You had everything to do with it. You gave ICE the money to violently target law-abiding immigrant families in your community.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Con Junior: “I gave Tom Homan cash in a Cava takeout bag to repay the Russians for my wedding.”
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
So a Democratic president can ban Fox, Newsmax and other right-wing reporters from the WH and Republicans are good with that since they are apparently good with that precedent now?
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NARRATOR: "The funny story about the so-called 'Russia! Russia! Russia! Hoax' was that it turned out the connections between Russia[!] and the Trump Family were far deeper and numerous than was originally thought."
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14/09/2026
Katie Phang on a Russian oligarch bankrolling Don Jr.’s wedding: “They’re so dumb, we see it happening in real time. But because there’s no consequence or accountability, they just do it in the wide open.”
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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 28/08/2026
Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests in New York City are once again surging, driven in part by an increase in people arrested and released the same day, new data covering the agency’s activity through early August shows. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/08/28/i...
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ICE Arrests in NYC Peaked This July, But Many Immigrants Were Released the Same Day
The vast majority of people apprehended had no interaction with the criminal justice system, data obtained by the Deportation Data Project shows.
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 28/08/2026
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social Notorious far-right anti-trans troll Milo Yiannopoulos arrested by ICE at New Orleans Airport as an “illegal alien from the UK" who skipped his immigration hearing and is now imprisoned awaiting deportation. Couldn't happen to a nicer... wapo.st/4ybJFMj
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British far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos detained by ICE
The Trump supporter turned critic is being held in Louisiana, awaiting deportation.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
After FDR cleaned up the mess created by Calvin Coolidge and blamed on Herbert Hoover, Democrats spent decades reminding voters what the two parties had done. In recent generations, that basic act of politicking has been deemed impolite by Democratic leaders. That needs to end.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20/08/2026
Ken Paxton’s office helped bury records involving hundreds of lab animals, including at least 100 dogs subjected to painful testing. Now, Meidas News has obtained disturbing photos and video of what he fought to keep hidden.
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Ken Paxton Helped Bury the Records on 400 Tortured Lab Animals.
Ken Paxton is no stranger to cover-ups. But one episode that's gone largely unreported is the fact that Paxton's own office actively helped conceal evidence of
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Natalie’s outside the White House gates holding up a boombox.
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Say Anything: Iconic Boombox Scene
ALT: Say Anything: Iconic Boombox Scene
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Remember that at this very moment Greg Abbott is trying to protect the mass deportation agents currently terrorizing Texans and community members all over this country.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Psaki: Why do you think Mike Rogers is so far refusing to agree to a date for this debate? El-Sayed: I mean, I hate to say it, he’s a coward. Rogers the Dodger does not want to actually debate because he knows that he’s an empty suit with no new ideas
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Hey Jon Ossoff, you got Melania to come out of hibernation by mentioning Natalie Harp. Can you get Mitch McConnell to reappear? 
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
🧵NEW: "In Alexandria, Louisiana, ICE plans to open a 528-bed facility for families, unaccompanied children, and women, next to an airport that has become the largest deportation hub in the nation." Maggie Grether reports for @thenation.com: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Trump Is Laying the Groundwork for the Mass Deportation of Migrant Children
Unaccompanied children have become a new front in Trump’s mass deportation agenda.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) - Editor of Stars and Stripes says he is being fired for insubordination after saying any censorship is a 'red line.'
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
As soon as there‘s a Democrat in the White House again, John Roberts will discover all kinds of new limitations on their presidential powers, but for now, President Make-a-Wish gets whatever his little heart desires
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 21/08/2026
The National Cattlemen's Beef Association chief is condemning Trump's "Great American Beef plan" that he announced Friday. The president announced that within 90 days, the U.S. would import up to 300,000 metric tons of ground beef free of tariffs.
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Trump enrages cattle ranchers with move that threatens to cause beef 'crash'
President Donald Trump's latest beef import order has enraged the trade group that oversees the American cattle industry.The "Great American Beef plan" came down via Truth Social on Friday morning, with the president proclaiming that up to 300,000 metric tons of ground beef will be imported free of ...
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 01/08/2026
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt didn’t mention the president by name—but he’s sending a clear message about Trump’s quest to “federalize” elections. trib.al/O4zYgpf
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Republican Governor Warns Against Trump Attempt to Take Over Elections
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt didn’t mention the president by name—but he’s sending a clear message about Trump’s quest to “federalize” elections.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 01/07/2026
White House staffers scrambled to scrub social media evidence of Donald Trump's humiliating turnout at his "Great American State Fair" opening after the president blew his top over aerial photos documenting the sparse crowd for the rally he headlined.
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White House deletes photos of sparse State Fair turnout after Trump pitches a fit: report
White House staffers scrambled to scrub social media evidence of Donald Trump's humiliating turnout at his "Great American State Fair" opening after the president blew his top over aerial photos documenting the sparse crowd for the rally he headlined.According to CNN reporting, Trump was "infuriated...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 10/06/2026
ICE detention center in Texas flagged for missing records, medical failures and wasteful spending reut.rs/4uoqxYY
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ICE detention center in Texas flagged for missing records, medical failures and wasteful spending
A federal immigration detention center in Texas erected by the Trump administration failed to issue use-of-force reports, did not give ​medicine to seriously ill detainees and wasted tens of millions in taxpayer dollars ‌through rushed contracts, a U.S. government watchdog report published on Tuesday said.
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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 10/06/2026
U.S. House Republicans on Tuesday approved three years of funding for immigration enforcement without any new guardrails on how federal agents operate. By @jennifershutt.bsky.social
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Republicans in Congress clear final hurdle for $70B boost in immigration enforcement | Colorado Newsline
House Republicans approved three years of funding for immigration enforcement without any new guardrails on how federal agents operate.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 10/06/2026
A massive coastal development project linked to Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump, is facing growing resistance from protesters in Albania. to.pbs.org/3RXewwc
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What to know about the growing opposition to an Albanian resort linked to the Trump family
Albania’s state anti-corruption agency has opened an investigation related to the project but has not disclosed details.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 08/06/2026
The president revealed a new project dedicated to himself after dozing off in a meeting. trib.al/GGZYHtq
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Trump Pitches New “Trump Promenade” in Between Naps in White House
The president revealed a new project dedicated to himself after dozing off in a meeting.
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Jonathan Treble @jonathantreble.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Stephen Colbert’s late night show ended on Thursday night and what does Donald Trump do? He posts an AI video of him throwing Colbert in the trash. It’s a blatant violation of the first amendment and eerily fascist.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/05/2026
Since the Trump administration doesn’t track how many children have been separated from their parents by immigration detention, a Brookings report tried to calculate it — and it cited ProPublica’s reporting.
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More Than 100,000 American Kids Have Had a Parent Detained in Immigration Sweeps, Report Estimates
Since the Trump administration doesn’t track how many children have been separated from their parents by immigration detention, a Brookings report tried to calculate it — and it cited ProPublica’s rep...
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 07/05/2026
Amid raucous protests Thursday, Republicans in Tennessee enacted a new U.S. House map that carves up a majority-Black district in Memphis, reshaping it to the GOP’s advantage as part of President Donald Trump’s strategy to hold on to a slim majority in the November midterm elections.
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Tennessee enacts new US House map carving up majority-Black district in Memphis
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Mirror Politics @politics.mirror.co.uk · 07/05/2026
For a day when Donald Trump has - unexpectedly - been out of the public eye, there's been a lot of nonsense coming out of his White House.
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Trump's 24 hours as he goes full dictator and erects gold statue of himself
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 07/05/2026
Since the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act last week, Republican-controlled states have begun redrawing their voting maps in a “gerrymandering arms race” that “could lead to the largest drop in Black representation since the Jim Crow era,” explains Mother Jones correspondent Ari Berman.
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“Gerrymandering Arms Race”: GOP Rushes to Erase Black Representation After SCOTUS Guts Voting Rights
“The country’s most important civil rights law no longer effectively exists, and that’s going to have ramifications on American democracy for a very long time.” Mother Jones correspondent Ari Berman r...
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Oswald P Haygood @oswaldphaygood.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Looks like he had some IV infusions, and the veins either blew out, or it took multiple sticks to find a patent vein. Either way, he has had something IV, and hiding it makes me think it's a drug they don't want to disclose.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 06/05/2026
Every journalist should be asking what the hell is going on with this guy's health that they aren't telling us.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
At this point, I think he is just trolling us.
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The Watchdog Coalition @thewatchdogco.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
After that garbage court decision last week, we need to be pushing back on this harder than ever. Let’s go! Get heard here:
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Tell Congress: Push back on Trump's attacks on our voting rights
Contact Congress today!
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Thom Hartmann @hartmannreport.com · 05/05/2026
Democrats need to study exactly how the Republicans used the death of four Americans in Benghazi (after Bush refused to harden the facility) to destroy Hillary over the course of years and use that same strategy to go after Trump and Hegseth for the 13 dead soldiers in the Iran “war.”
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Lambert: The Strait of Hormuz is going to be open and we’re going to control it. Mockler: In two weeks? Lambert: It doesn’t matter if it’s two weeks or two months. Mockler: It does actually matter because economists are saying if it's closed for a few more months, we're going into a recession
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
NEW. The Senate Judiciary and HSGAC reconciliation bills are out. They would fund, mostly through September 2029: - $38.2 billion for ICE - $26.1 billion for CBP - $5 billion for a DHS deportation slush fund. - $1.5 billion for DOJ criminal enforcement - $1 billion for Secret Service ballroom work
TITLE ll—COMMITTEE ON
2 HOMELAND SECURITY AND
3 GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
4 SEC. lll1. U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION PER5 SONNEL.
6 (a) PERSONNEL.—In addition to amounts otherwise
7 available, there is appropriated to the Commissioner of
8 U.S. Customs and Border Protection for fiscal year 2026,
9 out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro10 priated, $19,100,000,000, to remain available until Sep11 tember 30, 2029, to hire, pay, train, and equip Border
12 Patrol agents, Office of Field Operations officers, Air and
13 Marine agents, rehired annuitants, and U.S. Customs and
14 Border Protection headquarters and field support per15 sonnel.
16 (b) RESTRICTION.—None of the funds made available
17 by subsection (a) may be used to recruit, hire, or train
18 personnel for the duties of processing coordinators after
19 October 31, 2028.
TITLE ll—COMMITTEE ON THE
2 JUDICIARY
3 SEC. lll1. U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION.
4 In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is
5 appropriated to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and
6 Border Protection for fiscal year 2026, out of any money
7 in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
8 $3,470,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
9 2029, for hiring, paying, training, and equipping U.S.
10 Customs and Border Protection agents, and the necessary
11 support staff, and to provide other necessary expenses for
12 U.S. Customs and Border Protection mission support and
13 operations and maintenance, in order to carry out immi14 gration enforcement activities.
15 SEC. lll2. U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCE16 MENT.
17 In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is
18 appropriated to the Director of U.S. Immigration and
19 Customs Enforcement for fiscal year 2026, out of any
20 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
21 $30,725,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
22 2029, for the following purposes:
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 05/05/2026
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 05/05/2026
In which the Defense Secretary insists that when two countries shoot at each other and literally sink ships amid a ceasefire, it’s a “separate and distinct project,” not a continuation of the war said to be stopped by the ceasefire.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
"What's your strategy?" "The strategy is laser focused." "Great. And what exactly is that strategy?" "Laser. Focused." "Right. Focused on ...?" "LASER focused. Kinetic. Lethal warfightering. Strategy."
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Aaron Black @aaronblack.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Trump and his Republican enablers in Congress cut healthcare, but give unlimited funding to sustain a war in Iran that nobody wants. The cost of gas and groceries have increased significantly while you struggle to afford medicine. Vote them all out in November! #HealthcareNotWarfare
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Man, that sounds terrible. Killed with impunity by agents of the state for just being on the street and protesting? Hard to see how regimes like that can continue to claim a popular mandate.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 05/05/2026
Trump aide says the US has established a security 'dome' for ships over Hormuz, but traffic in strait remains stalled aje.news/dvty8s
Trump aide says the US has established a security 'dome' for ships over Hormuz, but traffic in strait remains stalled
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/05/2026
Abortion pill manufacturers have asked the Supreme Court to reinstate an FDA rule allowing mifepristone to be prescribed by telemedicine and sent through the mail. The case could drastically disrupt access to abortion pills across the US.
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A right-wing court just moved to choke off abortion by mail
A sweeping decision threatens to unravel one of the last remaining pathways to care post-Dobbs.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 03/05/2026
Column: State dinners are meant to establish intimacy and communion with foreign leaders. Their purpose is subverted when the guest list grows to convention-center proportions, writes Philip Kennicott. This ballroom is an obvious fundraising space. wapo.st/42DxAS8
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 03/05/2026
A foreign affairs expert shared a sobering warning about President Donald Trump during a new interview on MS NOW.
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'It's worse than that': Expert shares sobering warning as Trump's 'defects' get worse
A foreign affairs expert shared a sobering warning about President Donald Trump during a new interview on MS NOW. Tim Nichols, a staff writer at The Atlantic, told MS NOW's Nicolle Wallace on "Deadline: White House: Weekend" that Trump's personal "defect" appears to be getting worse, and there doesn...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/04/2026
"You're spending taxpayer dollars to drink milk shirtless in a hot tub with Kid Rock. Somehow you think that's a better public health message than informing the public about the benefits of vaccines. Really? -- Rep. Linda Sanchez to RFK Jr
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 16/04/2026
Here's the article which includes the actual interview in question. Yes, he absolutely said this and yes, it's in context. wordinblack.com/2025/02/rfk-...
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RFK Jr.: Black Kids on ADHD Drugs Should be 'Re-parented'
The new HHS secretary has several controversial views on race and public health, including forcing Black kids to work on organic farms.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/04/2026
Ari Melber's show put together a supercut of an 8-minute Trump rant about snakes that raised concerns about his mental wellbeing
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The Watchdog Coalition @thewatchdogco.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Trump is trying to destroy the US Forest Service — closing offices, slashing jobs, and gutting protections for 193 million acres of public land. Tell Congress to block this illegal assault NOW.
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Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Illegal Plan to Destroy the US Forest Service
Contact Congress today!
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