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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
From March through August, Karl Rove averaged 7 weekday Fox appearances a month. He hasn't been on one since September 14. Hours after that last appearance, Trump asked why Fox and the WSJ "keep his RINO Voice alive." www.nationalmemo.com/karl-rove-fo...
Karl Rove
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Oracle's bonds now yield over 8% — junk territory. It also asked to get out of some payments on a New Mexico data center it's building. Dean Baker: when the financing gets this crazy, the end may be in sight. www.nationalmemo.com/ai-finance
Oracle executive chairman Larry Ellison
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump says news outlets that reported empty seats at his rallies "should be arrested." This is his Alabama rally. Reporting what you can see isn't a crime: www.nationalmemo.com/trump-empty-...
Rows of empty seats behind President Trump at a rally in Mobile, Alabama
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Wear it to the polls. The Vote Necklace: polished stainless steel from $45, 18K gold finish from $60. Comes in a gift box. store.nationalmemo.com/products/vot...
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Republicans are reportedly talking about walking away from their own incumbents in New Jersey and Iowa. Meanwhile, the DCCC says Democrats could hold as many as 240 House seats. Six more districts Trump won by double digits just got added to the target list: www.nationalmemo.com/2026-house-r...
Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The MAHA movement was built on "MAHA moms." At its big summit, only 7 of the nearly 60 speakers were women. One original activist: "I don't recognize this version of MAHA." www.nationalmemo.com/maha-activist
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
DHS floated nearly 16,000 possible noncitizen voters in Nevada. The list it actually handed state officials: 185 names. All 185 turned out to be citizens. www.nationalmemo.com/false-alarm-...
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
$4 million in book contracts. Free luxury travel from "allies." Residuals from his own anti-vax lawsuits. RFK Jr. promised to fight corporate interests. Joe Conason on what he's actually been collecting instead: www.nationalmemo.com/maha-corrupt...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
RFK Jr. sold "Make America Healthy Again" sponsorships for hundreds of thousands of dollars — to the same ultra-processed food and pesticide companies MAHA was built to fight. Joe Conason on the corporate capture of the health secretary's own movement: www.nationalmemo.com/maha-corrupt...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The whole point of Trump's tariffs was to shrink the trade deficit. Dean Baker: August's deficit just hit $132.6 billion — the second-highest on record. www.nationalmemo.com/august-trade...
President Trump and trade advisor Peter Navarro
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hours after Trump bragged he's doing a "phenomenal job" on the economy, the real numbers came out: unemployment up to 4.2%, only 29,000 jobs added — a third of what was expected. His response? "They came up with the word affordability." www.nationalmemo.com/trump-oklahoma
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
RFK Jr.'s own allies are turning on him. One longtime anti-vaxxer ally called his MAHA movement "a grift," straight to his face. Joe Conason on the MAHA moms who feel betrayed — and the opening it creates for Democrats: www.nationalmemo.com/maha-corrupt...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Susan Collins' net worth went from $250,000 to $4.1 million after she married a lobbyist. Now her husband's old firm is tied to the pay-to-play scandal threatening her reelection: www.nationalmemo.com/susan-collin...
Sen. Susan Collins and her husband Thomas Daffron
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"We're all going to lose." "Everyone needs a lawyer now." That's Republicans talking about themselves. Democrats now lead the generic ballot by 8.8 points: www.nationalmemo.com/generic-ball...
Rep. Scott Perry
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
House Republicans cut their session two weeks short specifically to dodge a vote on impeaching Hegseth. A conservative commentator's warning: delaying it won't save him. The Hague might be next: www.nationalmemo.com/maga-2677975...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump called a story about Byron Donalds "fake" and demanded the outlets that reported it be banned from the White House. The story was confirmed true — Donalds admitted it himself: www.nationalmemo.com/trump-267795...
President Donald Trump on Fox Business Network
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump's $5,000-check-for-every-voter promise would cost $1.2 trillion. His tariffs have raised $270 billion, total. The math doesn't work — and even some Republicans are calling it what it is: www.nationalmemo.com/trying-to-bu...
Gov. Kathy Hochul
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Kazakhstan pays almost 14% interest on its bonds. The U.S. pays about 5.3%. Dean Baker on why that gap is exactly what stops a stolen election — Trump's billionaire allies care more about their money than about him: www.nationalmemo.com/trump-steali...
President Donald Trump
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Last week, National Memo told you about $30 million in cabinet self-dealing, a $5 billion Saudi fundraising push, and a $17 million no-bid contract. Here's how to wear your response — two new hats, out now: store.nationalmemo.com/collections/...
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump's new 30-second ad ends with a disclaimer: "Paid for by the U.S. Government." That's your money. A former Republican congressman's verdict: "the most shameless administration of our lifetime." www.nationalmemo.com/trump-267795...
Still from the taxpayer-funded ad featuring President Trump
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump's plan to cut farmers' fertilizer costs: buy potash from Belarus. Belarus's own leader says it doesn't have the volumes to sell. About 90% of U.S. potash comes from Canada — the ally Trump has been feuding with. www.nationalmemo.com/trump-farmer...
Image from the National Memo article on Trump and American farmers
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Drunk drivers go to jail. Why shouldn't AI executives who push ahead without safeguards? Economist Dean Baker argues Sam Altman, Elon Musk and the rest should know they could face criminal prosecution: www.nationalmemo.com/sam-altman
Caricature of Sam Altman
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
$5,000,000,000. That's what Jared Kushner is trying to raise from Saudi Arabia — while officially serving as a U.S. diplomat. One of 5 stories they don't want you reading. Get all 5, free: eastern-harbor-media.myklpages.com/l/QW8Rqp?utm...
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The White House defied a federal judge's order Thursday — then folded 8 minutes after reporters filed an emergency motion. CNN, MS NOW, and Politico are back in: www.nationalmemo.com/trump-press-...
CNN Chief White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Kansas hasn't sent a Democrat to the Senate since 1932. That streak might be about to end — and Republicans have Trump to thank for it: www.nationalmemo.com/kansas-senat...
Rev. Adam Hamilton with supporters in Kansas
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
For the first time in decades, corruption is a top issue in a national election. Joe Conason on exactly whose fault that is: www.nationalmemo.com/donald-trump...
President Donald J. Trump
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
'Trump Derangement Syndrome' is real — it's just not who you think has it. Joe Conason on the ignorant arrogance that dragged us into an unwinnable war: www.nationalmemo.com/kushner-tds
Jared Kushner
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
He brought notes to a debate and still couldn't read them. Arizona's Republican AG candidate just handed Democrats a highlight reel: www.nationalmemo.com/arizona-atto...
Arizona AG Kris Mayes and Warren Petersen debate
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A federal judge ordered the White House to restore CNN and Politico's press credentials Wednesday night. They defied it the very next morning: www.nationalmemo.com/trump-267792...
President Trump confronting CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins at the UN
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
End US aid to the starving and sick -- but send big bucks to foreign fascists
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Trump Officials Direct Funding To White South Africans and Europe's Far Right
Reprinted with permission from ProPublica
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
What's next? Ban mifepristone nationwide -- and then all abortions. It's coming
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Blanche Agrees To Consider New Restrictions On Mail-Order Abortion Medication
Anti abortion Republican senators scored a big win from embattled acting Attorney General Todd Blanche during his contentious confirmation hearing to lead the Department of Justice.
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Repelled by Trump's "patriotic" carnival of hatred and grift? Celebrate this great nation with our amazing @USMNT. #WorldCup #USConstitution
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On This Special July 4, Celebrate With America's Diverse, Inspiring World Cup Team
Americans seeking inspiration during this anniversary of independence should turn away from the nation’s capital, where Donald Trump’s narcissistic celebration provide only national embarrassment (and perhaps a few laughs). Look instead to the World Cup, where the performance of the US Men’s Nationa
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Surely Vance knows Nixon was guilty of high crimes. Like Trump, he just doesn't care.
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Mocking Watergate Scandal, Vance Flaunts Corrupt Cynicism Of Trump White House
In his clueless and clumsy style, JD Vance has unmasked the cynical corruption at the core of Trump’s White House.
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Corrupt contracts. Fake prosecutions. Climate denial. All in the Relfecting Pool scandal.
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Pool Of Slime Reflects The Depth And Breadth Of Trump's Betrayals
Of all the scandals that have beset the nation during the years of the Trump regime, few have so neatly represented the would-be dictator as his despoliation of the Reflecting Pool between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument. The overgrowth of green slime caused by Donald Trump's idioti
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
HELL NO! Albania rejects Jared and Ivanka's "private island" billionaire resort
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Rising Up Against Trump-Kushner Resort Ripoff, Albanians Lead The Way
Americans exasperated by the Trump family’s ceaseless trashing of culture and nature can look toward a small country on the Mediterranean for inspiring resistance. As we await with dread the president’s next round of gilded vandalism in our capital, the people of Albania are pouring into the streets
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Suddenly Iowa is seriously in play...and even more so after last night
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Iowa Dogfight: Trump's Ruinous Policies Shaking Up Ruby-Red State
President Donald Trump’s policies have hurt farmers so badly, Republicans are getting nervous that they could flip the state in both its Senate and gubernatorial elections.
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Ever wonder how a new US Senator gets rich? Not by any ethical means
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New Research Report Accuses GOP Senate Candidates Of Self-Enrichment
A new memo from End Citizens United flags ethics concerns about five Republicans competing in marquee Senate races.
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Superb profile of our insecure "Secretary of War" in crisis
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Amid Failing War, Pete Hegseth Is Forever Seeking Masculine Validation
Earlier this year, President Donald Trump surveyed his top military brass on the prospect of making war in Iran. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine urged caution, presciently predicting that a ramped-up campaign against Iran could lead its leaders to close the Strait of Hormuz.
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
This guy is an American hero, doing more time than killers or embezzlers
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The Heroic IRS Whistleblower Who Deserves A Payout From Trump's Slush Fund
As Donald Trump establishes his $1.8 billion taxpayer-funded slush fund to reward the people who tried to overthrow the government on his behalf, it is worth taking a moment to honor Charles Littlejohn. He’s the person who made it all possible.
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
MAHA Moms have a sad over #Massie -- but say nothing about #Trump or #RFKJr
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Massie's Primary Defeat Upsets MAHA Moms And 'Wellness' Influencers
On Tuesday, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) lost his primary election against President Donald Trump-backed challenger Ed Gallrein. While the election demonstrated Trump's continued ability to unseat political opponents in primaries, the race also highlighted divisions within the Trump base, with some MAH
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Payback is coming: GOP Senators oppose Trump's ballroom and slush fund
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Senate Republicans Enraged Over Trump Endorsement Of Lone Star Sleazebag Paxton
President Donald Trump’s 11th-hour endorsement in the Texas GOP primary went to far-right Attorney General Ken Paxton over establishment Republican Sen. John Cornyn, dealing a severe blow to the lawmaker’s chances, angering some prominent GOP lawmakers, and likely boosting the chances of underdog De
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
As usual these Fox are agitating for more war. Very few if any have served -- certainly not Kilmeade
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MAGA Propaganda: Trump's Fox News 'Cabinet' Urges Him To Escalate Iran War
As President Donald Trump prepares to meet with top aides to discuss next steps in the Iran war, his Fox News Cabinet is advising him to escalate.
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
When #Trump complained about #NancyPelosi's stock holdings last February, he got a standing ovation in Congress. Now they know he made far more and much sleazier inside trades than she ever could have imagined.
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Insider Trading? Thousands Of Stock Transactions Detail Trump's Market Grift
Rarely does President Donald Trump evoke bipartisan applause while delivering a State of the Union address, but he inspired just such a moment last February -- when he called out former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over her husband’s history of stock trading.
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
When you get the hantavirus, don't forget to thank Don and Bobby!
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Trump And Kennedy Render America Defenseless Against A Deadly Virus, Again
When ominous reports of a highly lethal and potentially communicable illness reach our airwaves, Americans now must rely on foreign authorities to reassure us — or to warn us.
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Are "Trump Accounts" another GOP ploy to kill #SocialSecurity? Smells like it
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Trump Accounts Are A Sick Joke, Not A Replacement For Social Security
Many of the Trump crew seem to be delusional about Trump accounts. They claim to believe that they will replace Social Security. It shouldn’t be a surprise to us that many supporters of Trump are out of touch with reality, but that is not a reason for the rest of us to take their nonsense seriously.
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
"Gold standard"? Kennedy and his medical stooges are wrecking American #science @cdelawalla.bsky.social @standupforscience.net
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Kennedy's CDC Chief Censors Research Proving Benefits Of COVID Vaccination
Previous administrations, including Donald Trump’s first, usually upheld the ideal that the Food and Drug Administration and other federal health agencies would adhere to the “gold standard” for research.
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Low-polling #Trump needs an ego massage from his #FoxNews sycophants
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President Retreats To 'Fox-Trump Feedback Loop' As His Approval Numbers Crash
With Donald Trump’s Iran war driving his public support to its lowest levels of his second term, the president retreated on Wednesday night to Fox News, the propaganda channel he can always count on to tell him that he’s a historic success.
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Maria Bartiromo was indignant about #HunterBiden! But she's thrilled to see the Pentagon greasing Eric Trump's robotics company with $24 million. Fox News phony.
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On Fox, Bartiromo Celebrates Eric Trump's Company Winning $24M Pentagon Contract
Fox Business anchor Maria Bartoromo — who was one of the most fervent participants in Fox’s effort to turn Hunter Biden’s business interests into a corruption scandal for his father, President Joe Biden — congratulated President Donald Trump’s son Eric on air on Thursday after his company landed a r
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
The SPLC indictment is a frameup. And the fascists served by this latest #TrumpAdministration travesty are thrilled -- even while admitting it's all bullshit.
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Trump 'Justice': Fascists Celebrate Bogus DOJ Indictment Of Southern Poverty Law Center
More than friendly to fascists both abroad and at home, the Trump administration is now seeking to destroy the Southern Poverty Law Center – historically one of the nation’s most powerful and effective opponents of the Ku Klux Klan, American neo-Nazis and other white supremacist movements.
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The National Memo @nationalmemo.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Can @WHCA honor press freedom with its worst enemy @RealDonaldTrump?
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How Trump Is 'Celebrating First Amendment' In Weeks Before White House Press Gala
President Donald Trump has accused news outlets of deliberately producing fraudulent reporting -- often claiming they’re doing so to undermine his Iran war — on at least a dozen occasions in the weeks since the White House Correspondents’ Association invited him to attend its annual dinner. Trump bl
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