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@lirbrown.bsky.social
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Ready to march again, and again, and again. Hint: wear comfortable shoes—we’re in this for the long haul.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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lirbrown.bsky.social @lirbrown.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Reading between the lines on Arkansas’ disqualified ballot signatures arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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Reading between the lines on Arkansas’ disqualified ballot signatures - Arkansas Times
A review of more than 19,000 pages provided by Cole Jester's office shows little rhyme or reason for why some signatures were culled. Here are several examples.
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lirbrown.bsky.social @lirbrown.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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Longtime publisher of Stars and Stripes to retire, citing differences with Pentagon leadership
Longtime Stars and Stripes publisher Max D. Lederer Jr. has announced his retirement. The development comes as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon seeks to exert editorial control over the milit...
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lirbrown.bsky.social @lirbrown.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Tom Cotton comes home to praise Medicaid, which he helped imperil arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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Tom Cotton comes home to praise Medicaid, which he helped imperil - Arkansas Times
Nothing says midterm season like Cotton praising Medicaid after voting for sweeping new restrictions on the program.
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AnthropoceneMPG 🌊 @anthropocenempg.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Data Centers becoming the new coal plants, still polluting.
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Chris Jones @jonesforar.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Ready to help bring change to Arkansas? Every action helps us reach more voters and build a people-powered campaign. Donate: secure.actblue.com/donate/chris... Join Team Jones: chrisjonesforcongress.com/volunteer/ Volunteer Opportunities: www.mobilize.us/chrisjonesfo...
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Chris Jones for Congress Canvassing Launch! · Chris Jones for Congress
Join Team Jones to launch our canvassing program and knock on doors in Little Rock! Canvassing begins with a brief 9 AM training at our Little Rock office, followed by hitting the road to talk with voters...
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Mir (Read a book, not ban a book) @mir-scs.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Where are the Republicans screaming "Bengazi"?
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Jayapal: I’m somebody who feels like it doesn’t matter what you want to call it, but we have to disband ICE. We have to melt ICE. We have to abolish ICE. Whatever word you want to use, what we need to get to is the end result: ICE should not exist as it exists. And DHS should not exist as it exists
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
An open door is not consent. PAXIS.app confirms: An administrative warrant is just ICE paperwork, not a judge-signed warrant, and it does not give ICE permission to enter your home. Say clearly: “I do not consent to entry. I do not consent to a search.” FIGHT ICE: GoFundMe.com/PAXIS
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
You can't make this up: House Republicans just snuck a provision to help private jet owners avoid state and local taxes into a major AIR SAFETY bill! Instead of working to prevent another mid-air collision, the GOP is more concerned with making their wealthy donors even richer.
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GOP Blasted for 'Handout to the Superwealthy' Private Jet Owners Slipped Into Air Safety Bill | Common Dreams
"Oh look—Republicans helping private-jet billionaires avoid paying taxes," said one Senate Democrat. "If only they worke
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lirbrown.bsky.social @lirbrown.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Girls State implosion continues with scathing letter from 74 counselors arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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Girls State implosion continues with scathing letter from 74 counselors - Arkansas Times
Seventy-four of 78 counselors from this year's session signed the letter calling out organizers for what's described as a hostile, misogynistic and shaming atmosphere.
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lirbrown.bsky.social @lirbrown.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
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Arkansas Online
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lirbrown.bsky.social @lirbrown.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
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Martin and Lewis - The 4 Stepp Brothers 3rd time on M&L
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lirbrown.bsky.social @lirbrown.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
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EXCLUSIVE: Clinton, Bush, Obama and Biden Share Message for America250
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lirbrown.bsky.social @lirbrown.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
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Charles Laughton recites President Lincoln's 'Gettysburg Address' - "Ruggles of Red Gap" (1935)
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lirbrown.bsky.social @lirbrown.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Go Tigers! Softball, Title IX and an easy fix for LRSD arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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Softball, Title IX and an easy fix for LRSD - Arkansas Times
Central High has a shiny new ball field, but the girls' softball team isn't allowed to use it. Parents want a fix for this Title IX violation.
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lirbrown.bsky.social @lirbrown.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
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Arkansas Appleseed on Instagram: "Arkansas has a higher unemployment rate than any neighboring state - yet we have one of the best pro-business regulatory environments. Why don't employers come to A...
2 likes, 0 comments - ar.appleseed on April 11, 2026: "Arkansas has a higher unemployment rate than any neighboring state - yet we have one of the best pro-business regulatory environments. Why don'...
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lirbrown.bsky.social @lirbrown.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Go Tigers! ao.pressreader.com/article/2817...
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lirbrown.bsky.social @lirbrown.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Yippee! www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/u...
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Judge Orders Construction Stopped on Trump’s White House Ballroom
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lirbrown.bsky.social @lirbrown.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Tom Cotton finally gets his war with Iran arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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Tom Cotton finally gets his war with Iran - Arkansas Times
How the senator’s decade-long crusade to dismantle diplomacy cleared the path to war.
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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
ICE is out heavy today.
LA TACO
ICE TRACKER
03/18/2026 11:00 am
CARPINTERIA:
ICE / NIPOMO & LINDEN /
6:39AM/ SIGHTING /
SAN GABRIEL:
ICE / 1901 S SAN GABRIEL ST /
6:47AM / UNSURE IF ANYONE WAS
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CATHEDRAL CITY:
ICE / 35850 DATE PALM DR / 7:00AM / 1 KIDNAPPING /
RANCHO CUCAMONGA:
ICE / COURTHOUSE / FOOTHILL &
HAVEN/
7:40AM / 5 VEHICLES SEEN /
FONTANA:
ICE / LEWIS LIBRARY /
SIERRA & ARROW /
8:20AM / PARKED IN FRONT OF THE LIBRARY /
FONTANA:
ICE / SIERRA & ARROW /
8:30AM / SIGHTING /
SAN DIEGO:
ICE / 3910 W POINT LOMA BLVD /
9:00AM / 1 KIDNAPPING /
VENTURA:
ICE / GOVERNMENT CENTER /
800 S VICTORIA
9:20AM / SIGHTING/ FONTANA:
ICE / ELM & MERRILL /
9:24AM / 1 KIDNAPPING/
FONTANA:
ICE/ WHITTRAM & BEECH /
9:25AM / SIGHTING/ GLENDALE:
ICE/JUSTIN & 5™/
9:27AM / SIGHTING/ SANTA ANA:
ICE / MAIN & ST ANDREWS /
9:30AM / SIGHTING/ SAN DIEGO:
ICE / NEAR CALIFORNIA WESTERN
SCHOOL OF LAW /
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10:30AM / 1 KIDNAPPING /
LOS ANGELES:
ICE/ ISAP OFFICE / HILL & 2ND / THROUGHOUT THE MORNING
4 PEOPLE WERE TAKEN DURING
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Miami Herald @miamiherald.com · 14/03/2026
The fund was originally created to respond to natural disasters. But DeSantis has spent $573 million for expenses related to immigration enforcement within the last year.
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Florida Legislature agrees on new rules for using emergency fund
The fund was originally created to respond to natural disasters. But DeSantis has spent $573 million for expenses related to immigration enforcement within the last year.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
per washington post, this is the company that's been given a sudden, new no-bid contract to run the disastrous trump prison camp at fort bliss in texas ("camp east montana"), where at least three people have already died: www.amentum.com/markets/civi... www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Supporting Homeland Security Missions | Amentum
Amentum enhances homeland security efforts with cutting-edge technology, risk management expertise, and mission-critical operational support.
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Kathleen @kathleencarson.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Women around the world recognize the lose-lose proposition here: emotionally immature men depend on women to keep them from making the worst possible choices and then demonize them for being killjoy nags. ThOSE who could stop this—Congress GOP—instinctively know this and won't take the hit.
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lirbrown.bsky.social @lirbrown.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
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LRSD makes the Rike choice with new Central High principal - Arkansas Times
April Rike, a native of Little Rock and a 1993 Central High School graduate herself, brings to the table more than two decades of experience in public education in the Little Rock School District.
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lirbrown.bsky.social @lirbrown.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
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LRSD makes the Rike choice with new Central High principal - Arkansas Times
April Rike, a native of Little Rock and a 1993 Central High School graduate herself, brings to the table more than two decades of experience in public education in the Little Rock School District.
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lirbrown.bsky.social @lirbrown.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
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LRSD makes the Rike choice with new Central High principal - Arkansas Times
April Rike, a native of Little Rock and a 1993 Central High School graduate herself, brings to the table more than two decades of experience in public education in the Little Rock School District.
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lirbrown.bsky.social @lirbrown.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Way to go Tigers! LRSD makes the Rike choice with new Central High principal arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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LRSD makes the Rike choice with new Central High principal - Arkansas Times
April Rike, a native of Little Rock and a 1993 Central High School graduate herself, brings to the table more than two decades of experience in public education in the Little Rock School District.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/02/2026
Our Pulitzer-winning "Friends of the Court" series began with this story that revealed how SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas had, for 20+ years, been treated to undisclosed luxury vacations by real estate titan and GOP megadonor Harlan Crow. (Published April 2023)
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Clarence Thomas Secretly Accepted Luxury Trips From Major GOP Donor
Island-hopping on a superyacht. Private jet rides around the world. The undisclosed gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the Supreme Court. “It’s incomprehensible to me tha...
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lirbrown.bsky.social @lirbrown.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Part 12: Data Is the New Power Grid open.substack.com/pub/drchrisj...
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Part 12: Data Is the New Power Grid
And it cannot be governed like a gadget
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NPR @npr.org · 16/02/2026
For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory. n.pr/4ayRPUJ
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How to register to vote and check your registration status
For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
There is no constitutional right of law enforcement to detain me, throw me to the ground, and then put five bullets in my back while masked and unidentified. There is a right to vote.
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Rep. Judy Chu @chu.house.gov · 11/02/2026
In just a few moments, I will vote against the so-called SAVE America Act and I am a strong no. That's because this bill would place unnecessary burdens on millions of women and eligible citizens to register to vote and make their voices heard. It is un-American & undermines our democracy.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 12/02/2026
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Tulsi Gabbard is related to a foreign conversation about Jared Kushner that was intercepted last spring.
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Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Intercepted Conversation About Jared Kushner
The substance of the conversation, which covered in part issues related to Iran, isn’t known.
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lirbrown.bsky.social @lirbrown.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
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Nancy Rousseau, longtime principal of Little Rock Central High, announces retirement - Arkansas Times
Rousseau has served as Little Rock Central's principal since 2002.
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
New video released by the FBI shows a suspect in a mask outside of Nancy Guthrie’s house the night she disappeared. If you have any information about who this person is please call the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI or the local sheriff at 520-351-4900. substack.com/@shero/note/...
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Amee Vanderpool (@shero)
New video released by the FBI shows a suspect in a mask outside of Nancy Guthrie’s house the night she disappeared. If you have any information about who this person is please call the FBI at 1-800-CA...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
My law firm intervened in every case DOJ has filed to gain access to states' sensitive voting data. So far we have won several and lost none. But this is going to be a long fight for free and fair elections.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Today, construction on the nation’s largest infrastructure project came to a halt - with hundreds laid off - because Donald Trump is out of control. The good news: political pressure still works, and we can use our voices to make sure he doesn’t have the last word.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
He lied at the National Prayer Breakfast to take credit for a prisoner freed who was actually freed during Obama. You heard that right — Lying 🤥 at 🤥 a 🤥 prayer 🤥 breakfast 🤥 www.cnn.com/2026/02/06/p...
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Dee Chan @deechan17.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Red hats sweeping the U.S. as resistance knitters embrace 'melt the ICE' pattern - Yahoo News Canada share.google/qjiUYUOO8H5v...
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Red hats sweeping the U.S. as resistance knitters embrace 'melt the ICE' pattern
If the marching resistance to U.S. President Donald Trump's first term had a colour, it was probably pussy-hat pink. But knitted protest headwear has a new look in 2026, thanks to the popularity of a ...
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lirbrown.bsky.social @lirbrown.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Since Americans first witnessed the corrupted title display which Trump added to the Kennedy Center, we’ve watched him destroy our national memorials, federal buildings, and the laws which protect them. When will Congress step up?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
But Bezos had $75 million to spend on Melania’s vanity project.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
America's Sleeping Giant roared when police attacked civil rights marchers. And when Nixon tried to cover up Watergate. Today it roars in Minneapolis and around the country — at the jack-booted thugs occupying our cities.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/02/2026
🚨 Pritzker: The monsters responsible for unleashing this havoc on American cities, whether they were firing at civilians in the streets or calling the shots from their cushy offices in Washington, need to be investigated and prosecuted.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 28/01/2026
South Carolina Measles Outbreak Reaches Nearly 800 Cases
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South Carolina Measles Outbreak Reaches Nearly 800 Cases
South Carolina has reported nearly 800 measles cases — the largest outbreak in the United States since the disease was declared eliminated nearly two decades ago. The state’s health department said at...
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
AOC lays it out for all to see.
Screenshot of an X post with large text at the top: “Keep America divided so they can loot the economy, gut healthcare, and funnel billions into ICE and surveillance contracts for companies like Palantir.” Below is a video thumbnail of a CNN split-screen: a male anchor on the left and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the right, with a “BREAKING NEWS” banner and a chyron that begins “DHS: MAN FATALLY SHOT ‘VIOLENTLY RESISTED’ ATTEMPTS TO BE DISARMED,” plus location “Austin, TX,” and a red “LIVE” indicator.
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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center Philip Glass Philip Glass Philip Glass Philip Glass Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Chief Justice John Roberts turns 71 today. Two decades ago, I warned the Senate that confirming Roberts to the Supreme Court would be a disaster for working people. I'm sad to say I was proven right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir5kmPdRJLw
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How SCOTUS shapes economic rights for the little guy with Robert Reich
My testimony at John Roberts’ confirmation hearing.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
It's time for a truly massive general strike. robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-t…
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