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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2h
Gov. Josh Shapiro: "Measles was eliminated back in the year 2000. And now, 26 years later, we’re dealing with it coming roaring back. Pennsylvania has now eclipsed 1,000 cases across 39 counties, with five deaths." Shapiro says amid the outbreak, vaccinations have now doubled.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1h
Breaking News: The U.S. abruptly withdrew aircraft from a British base because of new intel about a potential attack by Iran, officials said.
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Potential Iranian Drone Attack Led to Exit of U.S. Aircraft from British Air Base
According to U.S. and British officials, 12 B-1 Air Force bombers from R.A.F. Fairford air base were withdrawn because of the risk of a drone attack ordered by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 5h
Pennsylvania has now reported: -At least 1004 measles cases -198 hospitalizations -Five deaths Only four of the cases had been vaccinated. Sure, we’ve got some numbers here, but the damage from RFK Jr.’s malicious treachery is actually incalculable.
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Pennsylvania measles cases reach more than 1,000. Track outbreaks in your state
Measles cases have surged in 2026, and Pennsylvania reported more than a thousand cases as of Monday.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 4h
State health officials reported this week that more than 250 locally acquired cases of the mosquito-borne disease have been tallied so far this year. The vast majority of them were in Hillsborough County, home to Tampa. to.pbs.org/4j0drPH
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Florida's dengue outbreak is largest in continental U.S. in decades
Experts warn that local dengue outbreaks could become more frequent due to persistent mosquito populations and climate conditions.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 3h
At a Nebraska rally, Trump called higher prices a “small price to pay” before suggesting allowing Iran to "take out" Los Angeles and San Diego
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Trump Says to Let Iran ‘Take Out’ Los Angeles, San Diego in Nebraska Speech
At a Nebraska rally, Trump called higher prices a “small price to pay” before suggesting allowing Iran to "take out" Los Angeles and San Diego
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 3h
A lack of transparency about the events and conflicting reports about the type of illness and how the young woman was infected have fueled concerns and speculations about a suspected case of pneumonic plague. to.pbs.org/3TENI58
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What to know about a Russian lab worker's death and speculation about pneumonic plague
Local officials have confirmed the illness and death of a lab worker at an anti-plague research institute in Russia.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 3h
Trump says 'Let them take out Los Angeles.' Recall this map: The *entire states* with population smaller than LA County. Among them they have 80+ US Senators. LA is about 1/3 of Calif's population, which has 2.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h
Trump: "With the war, it's just artificial. It's a little bit high. It's a small price to pay ... let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2h
Trump suggested tonight that Iran could "take out" American cities: "It's a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe. They can take out a city. Let them take— let it, let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 2h
The U.S. is closely monitoring a potential case of pneumonic plague in Russia after a laboratory worker who studied the disease fell ill and died. to.pbs.org/4y345X4
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Understanding pneumonic plague after Russian lab worker's death
The U.S. is closely monitoring a potential case of pneumonic plague in Russia after a laboratory worker who studied the disease fell ill and died. Russian authorities insist there is no cause for alar...
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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 7h
UPDATE: After deciding this weekend to block Politico from riding on Air Force One, White House staffers called numerous outlets to ask one to fill the primary print slot for the out-of-town pool rotation. Each of those outlets declined to step in. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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White House blocks Politico from Air Force One trip, cannot secure replacement
President Donald Trump will travel without a primary print pool reporter for the first time in recent memory.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 6h
With fewer than 30 days before the midterm elections, Democrats are reaching deeper into traditionally conservative areas while Republicans find themselves fighting to save their incumbents. nyti.ms/4ywJNX0
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Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social · 6h
I asked Chat GPT why the buildout of AI requires facism, and it gets it…
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 5h
Respiratory illness season 🤧 is right around the corner - masking 😷 can help prevent the spread of germs through sneezes and coughs Plus it keeps your nose warm in cold, icy conditions 🧂🧊 www.wired.com/story/ice-ha...
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a database run on Palantir software, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Jamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social · 5h
Robert Draper sure knows how to write a lede: “In the go-big-or-go-home collective consciousness of Texas, no ambition is deemed too reckless, no daydream too wild. Save perhaps one.” Gift Article www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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In Texas, Talarico Inspires a Recurring Blue-Tinted Dream (Gift Article)
After a dry spell of more than three decades, Democrats are daring (yet again) to believe they can win one or more top-of-the-ballot races in a vast and stubbornly red state.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 5h
Despite multiple complaints — and videos — of physical abuse and mistreatment of students, Arkansas' Delta Institute continues to receive public funds. It is just one of hundreds of private schools taking state money with little oversight. (Published July with @arktimes.bsky.social)
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This Private School Had Students Scrub Floors and Attack a Fellow Classmate. The State Still Funds It.
One of the few requirements for Arkansas private schools is that they have an American flag and a flagpole. But millions in state funds go to the largely unmonitored schools while complaints about saf...
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NPR @npr.org · 4h
Activists have spent the last 70 days camped around and inside a cottonwood tree right along the border, the last of a grove estimated to be up to 250 years old. (via @kjzz.org) n.pr/4hKJ79B
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At least 10 arrested at Arizona-Mexico border as 250-year-old cottonwood tree cut down for wall
Activists have spent the last 70 days camped around and inside a cottonwood tree right along the border in the tiny town of Lochiel. The tree was the last of an old grove estimated to be up to 250 years old.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4h
Jeffrey Archer, the best-selling British author and politician, whose résumé seesawed between achievement and disgrace, has died at 86.
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Jeffrey Archer, Novelist Whose Real Life Rivaled His Thrillers, Dies at 86
In a life of achievement and disgrace, ambition, self-promotion, misbehavior and scandal were themes that he knew intimately and that propelled his best-selling novels.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 4h
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says in a new book that his deciding vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is the "biggest regret of my career" and that he also "should've stopped" RFK Jr. from becoming Health and Human Services secretary. to.pbs.org/4i4JblK
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Sen. Tillis says his vote for Hegseth was 'biggest regret of my career' in new book
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says in a new book that his deciding vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in January 2025 is the “biggest regret of my career” and that he also “should’ve stopped...
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 12h
India boasts some of the world’s most iconic landmarks and dozens of Unesco World Heritage Sites — but it attracts fewer foreign tourists than Albania. Read the Businessweek story: bloom.bg/4yAa3zY 📷️: Vishal Bhatnagar/NurPhoto/AP Photo
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h
😕 🌎 🔥
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 11h
If your newscast says Hastert was 'tied to' a child sex abuse scandal, you're failing your listeners.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 11h
Hey WHCA -- u up?
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 11h
Scoop: The White House is refusing to allow Politico on Air Force One today, which means the news outlet cannot fulfill its pool responsibilities. There's another show of solidarity in the works >>> www.cnn.com/2026/10/05/m...
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White House blocks Politico from Air Force One amid press access lawsuit | CNN Business
The White House is refusing to allow Politico on Air Force One on Monday, which means the news organization cannot fulfill its press corps pool responsibilities.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h
Why independent media is so needed, in one post👇🏽 Framing matters
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 9h
BREAKING: The Trump White House has blocked Politico from accessing Air Force One on Monday to carry out its pool responsibilities.
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White House blocks Politico from Air Force One
The news outlet was supposed to travel with the president to Nebraska on Monday.
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NPR @npr.org · 01/10/2026
Starting Oct. 1, many immigrants who are here legally lose their Medicaid coverage because of the Republican budget bill passed last year. n.pr/4z0FPpq
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'It's a nightmare.' Former refugee, professor on Trump's new Medicaid policy
Starting Oct. 1, many immigrants who are here legally lose their Medicaid coverage because of the Republican budget bill passed last year.
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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 22h
ACCURATE AF. Don't even get me started on their weird obsession with drinking people's tears, and delight in the suffering of others.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18h
Breaking News: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their discoveries in neuroscience.
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Discoveries in Neuroscience
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, Georg Nagel were awarded the prize for their work on light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16h
“.. following the illness of an employee at an anti-plague research institute in Irkutsk.” @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2026/10/05/s...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2026
A 17-month-old girl was hospitalized with E. coli after consuming raw milk. Soon, another child — a 6-year-old girl who’d drunk milk from the same farm — would wind up in the same San Diego hospital, with the same potentially fatal illness.
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A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In her last hours as DHS Secy, Noem's agency bought 5 planes from a donor at markups. In all, DHS gave $900M in contracts to that donor’s companies during her term. One plane had electronic bidets, 2 bedrooms, bar, wine chiller, a manta-ray skin table. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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Kristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left (Gift Article)
The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.
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Politico @politico.com · 04/10/2026
Sen. Kennedy bashes Trump for giving out Cotton's phone number politi.co/47zsfOc
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Sen. Kennedy bashes Trump for giving out Cotton's phone number politi.co/47zsfOc
Sen. Kennedy bashes Trump for giving out Cotton's phone number politi.co/47zsfOc
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/10/2026
The Department of Homeland Security signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft at a substantial markup from a company owned by a political contributor of Kristi Noem on her last day as secretary, documents show. trib.al/a3d0s6B
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 04/10/2026
The U.S. Air Force has brought home its bombers stationed at a U.S.-run military air base in England used to strike Iran following an investigation into a planned terror attack at the RAF Fairford base. to.pbs.org/4yG2M1x
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AP report: U.S. Air Force removes all bombers from British air base targeted by a suspected terror attack
The U.S. Air Force has brought home its bombers stationed at a U.S.-run military air base in England used to strike Iran following an investigation into a planned terror attack at the RAF Fairford bas...
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 03/10/2026
RFK Jr. should be FIRED or RESIGN immediately. PREDICTABLY: He’s STILL rubbing elbows with anti-vaxxers and lifting the same conspiracy theories that are getting kids killed.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
A growing network of American high schoolers and young adults are helping to arm some of Mexico’s most powerful and violent cartels, according to law enforcement officials, trafficking experts and students interviewed by The New York Times. nyti.ms/4hNkx86
Two teenage American weapons traffickers shooting rifles in the desert outside of Phoenix. A headline reads: "American High School Students Are Selling Guns Bound for Cartels" Photo by Adriana Zehbrauskas
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
Surprise raids of Mumbai kitchens called for by Maharashtra’s new top food and drug official have made him an unlikely celebrity and set off a conversation about food standards in India. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/w...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
The failed effort to kill Christa Pike in Tennessee has placed a harsh spotlight on the practice of capital punishment in the U.S., as well as the regularity with which those executions go awry.
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‘How Does That Happen?’: America’s Execution System Is Long Flawed
The failed execution of Christa Pike, which left her clinging to life in Tennessee, was the latest grisly error to take place in an American execution chamber.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
Christa Pike’s legal team repeatedly warned that her execution could go wrong. On Wednesday, Pike survived two attempts to inject her with execution drugs, bringing horrified reactions, renewed scrutiny of the death penalty and the second moratorium on executions in Tennessee in recent years.
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How a Failed Execution Left Christa Pike Hovering Between Life and Death
Her legal team had repeatedly warned that her execution could go wrong. On Wednesday, they were proven right.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 03/10/2026
Ebola death toll in DRC passes 4,000, as health workers are fighting to get paid
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Ebola death toll in DRC passes 4,000, as health workers are fighting to get paid
8,300 cases have been recorded since the outbreak was declared in eastern Congo on May 15.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 03/10/2026
Ebola death toll in DRC passes 4,000, as health workers are fighting to get paid
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Ebola death toll in DRC passes 4,000, as health workers are fighting to get paid
8,300 cases have been recorded since the outbreak was declared in eastern Congo on May 15.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Federal laws prohibit the use of government funding for ‘publicity or propaganda’ purposes. Now, exactly what meets that definition can be elastic, but in this specific case, the imagery featuring the president so directly stood out.” www.nytimes.com/video/us/100... www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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Video: How Trump Directed Tax Dollars to Ads Praising Him
President Trump personally directed the use of taxpayer money for ads praising his presidency, according to people familiar with the matter. Our White House correspondent, Maggie Haberman, explains.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Please please please stop making a big deal out of the G7 reserves release. Yes, it’s 100 million barrels over 4 months. We - the planet - use 100 million barrels of crude every…single…day. Almost literally a drop in the bucket.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/10/2026
The White House’s proposal to penalize nonprofits that help disabled people vote is just part of the Trump administration’s broader attempts to restrict voting access, especially among groups that have historically faced disenfranchisement.
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This White House Plan Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans Vote
A new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restr...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/10/2026
The White House is coordinating with the Justice Department to hide its abortion agenda from voters until after they've voted in order to try to influence the results of the election.
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
FLAG AJC: Georgia's Republican-led State Election Board has sent a letter to top Trump officials (Blanche, Dhillon, Mullin) asking the admin to (1) force changes to the state's voting system before November and (2) investigate Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.
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Georgia board asks Trump administration to investigate voting machines
The State Election Board's executive director, in a letter, asked the Trump administration to examine Georgia's voting machines and prohibit QR-code vote counting.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
For decades Americans in Republican counties have died sooner than those living in Democratic ones Now they’re dying faster than they’re being born These are policy choices
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WIRED @wired.com · 02/10/2026
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say. www.wired.com/story/ice-ha...
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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