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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 1h
NEW: Chicago-area cops took part in an undercover probe by ICE agents into Minneapolis mutual aid networks last spring, records obtained by WIRED show, including unspecified electronic surveillance, audio recordings, ALPR data by @awinston.bsky.social
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Chicago-Area Cops Helped HSI Spy on Minnesota Anti-ICE Activists
Despite Illinois’ sanctuary laws, local police in and around Chicago helped ICE investigative agents track activists engaged in First Amendment–protected activities.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I called Trump’s deal with Putin “a deepening betrayal” on Monday. Now it’s clear he’s a despicable traitor with blood on his hands as Ukraine’s civilian deaths mount—and who’s making all of us less safe. www.americaamerica.news/p/another-be...
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The Deepening Betrayal By Putin’s Servant
In his deal with Vladimir Putin for Russian diesel, Donald Trump assists Russia’s war against Ukraine and our democratic ally’s fight for survival
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
This afternoon in Marble Hill, a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood. Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds. We believe the child was physically unharmed.

This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation. I have called the President; when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city. I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities.

Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight. We are praying for his recovery.

Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children.

Abolish ICE.
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WIRED @wired.com · 08/10/2026
With no accurate Big Tech mapping app to help him, Anas Hattab launched a Telegram group to get himself home at night. Now nearly 350,000 Palestinians rely on it to navigate the occupied West Bank.
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The Man Behind a West Bank Telegram Channel Trying to Keep Palestinian Drivers Safe
With no accurate Big Tech mapping app to help him, Anas Hattab launched a Telegram group to get himself home at night. Now nearly 350,000 Palestinians rely on it to navigate the occupied West Bank.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The mix of departures has shifted sharply. Firings made up under 1% of exits in 2024, but now account for 18%, and Arsenal PAC reports the people being let go typically lasted less than four months on the job. Quitting has surged too, going from about one in seven departures to more than half.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines, as part of a broader effort for the Trump administration to interfere with the midterm vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to seize voting machines
The problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
ICE's expansion became a multibillion-dollar business: CoreCivic sold four facilities to DHS for $2.2B, GEO won major contracts, while Trump's investment accounts traded detention contractors and held stakes in firms benefiting from ICE spending.
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CoreCivic sold DHS two detention centres for $1.47 billion and kept the contracts to run them. Trump's accounts traded prison stock 29 times
ICE spent more than $2.5 billion on warehouses and jails since Dec 2025 without projecting their running costs beyond three years. Seven of the warehouses cost $707 million, have never held a detainee...
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
At Camp East Montana, an ICE detainee's death was ruled a homicide after guards "restrained" him. Federal investigators later found missing or destroyed evidence, while the camp's contractor failed to provide required use-of-force and death reports.
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A detainee's death at ICE's largest camp was ruled a homicide. GAO found the evidence 'missing or destroyed'
Camp East Montana opened without the inspection ICE policy requires. Three men held there died within six weeks. Across the country, people shot by immigration agents are often the ones charged.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Just like Orban tried to do-thank you Senator Slotkin for raising the ongoing efforts Trump may do to continue to interfere with this election. share.google/6qyUwP4jaW6f...
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Slotkin warns Trump could "make up a threat" ahead of midterms
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 02/10/2026
One of the Trump family’s businesses is on its way to becoming a bank. And it’s set to be regulated by a government entity whose leader was appointed by, you guessed it, President Donald Trump.
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Why Trump’s crypto business wants to become a bank
Sen. Elizabeth Warren decries the first family’s latest crypto play as a “clear conflict of interest and corruption.”
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NEW: A top Department of Defense official says the military has “no plan” to deploy troops to election sites this fall. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DOD tells senator it has ‘no plan’ for troops at polls. But she has ‘no idea what Trump will do’
“I take that as a positive sign,” Slotkin said. “[I] still have no idea what Trump will do."
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 01/10/2026
WIN: The DOJ has no right to Georgia’s sensitive voting records —a judge ruled — delivering the department’s 26th consecutive loss in their nationwide hunt for voter data. The judge noted Georgia repeatedly offered its public voter roll, which is available to anyone: demdock.com/4yKtyWN
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 01/10/2026
Black text on white page that reads as follows:

New Yorkers who lost their SNAP benefits because of the federal government's expanded work requirements can reapply starting today, October 1.

To find out whether you're eligible to get your benefits back or qualify for an exemption, call 718-SNAP-NOW (718-762-7669), visit nyc.gov/ACCESSHRA, or use the ACCESS HRA app.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New whistleblower account: Former employees of the Kennedy Center say that center officials canceled a plan to start overhauling its leaking infrastructure months ago, despite those officials now asserting the leaks posed an urgent safety risk requiring the building to close.
nytimes.com
Kennedy Center Shelved Repairs Now Cited for Closure, Whistle-Blowers Say
In a letter to Congress, former employees say the center delayed a plan to address the leaks that its officials now cite as a serious safety risk.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Exactly. As he becomes more deranged and politically weaker, he will become more desperate and more dangerous.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Acosta: This is a Category 5 fuck-up of epic proportions. It is likely to go down as the worst presidency that we have ever witnessed in this country’s history. That tops the first administration that ended with an insurrection.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 27/09/2026
New York City is the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement and has long been a refuge for those seeking community, dignity, and a place to call home.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Censorship is alive and well in the American tech oligarchy. 🇺🇸 www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Who could have seen that coming?? 😅 ICE operations are disrupting the beef supply chain and could drive prices even higher.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 26/09/2026
Iowa radio host Steve Deace just unleashed an extraordinary social media screed. trib.al/3XjCmvj
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MAGA Radio Host Humiliates Trump by Leaking Truly Brutal GOP Poll Data
As an Iowa-based pro-Trump personality drops a midterm bombshell, the chair of the Iowa Democratic Party discusses whether Democrats are about to regain major ground in rural America.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Seems my new book, "HOW RUSSIA WON: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for America," has riled Putin's disinfo agents. They've targeted @motherjones.com as part of their attack on the midterms. See my OUR LAND newsletter. link.motherjones.com/public/47662... Check out HowRussiaWon.com.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Young men are swinging away hard from Republicans, pessimistic about economy, new poll finds
A new poll shows congressional Democrats with a growing lead among young men, who list cost-of-living issues as their top concern.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Supreme Court BLOCKS Missouri's GOP Gerrymander. I will be going live at 6:30ET to discuss this breaking news! www.youtube.com/live/Tm__W1b...
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BREAKING: Supreme Court Blocks Missouri Voting Maps That Would Favor Republicans
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
John Roberts is actively ignoring constitutional boundaries to shield a Supreme Court operating entirely outside the law. Formal articles of impeachment have been drafted. Congress has a duty to remove him. Demand a floor vote today: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org
Tell Congress: Impeach Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts
Contact Congress today!
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
WATCH: “An Olive Tree Grows In Gracie” @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social held a dinner with Palestinian New Yorkers who lost family in Gaza or who are refugees. Together they planted olive trees at Gracie Mansion — “honoring their contributions to NYC and their indescribable losses”
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 23/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: A GOP commissioner on a key federal election agency communicated with Cleta Mitchell's anti-voting group as it worked to boost Trump's plan to require proof of citizenship for voter registration, according to new emails shared with Democracy Docket.
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Exclusive: EAC commissioner communicated with Cleta Mitchell's group on proof of citizenship, emails show
Former vice chair Christy McCormick coordinated with Mitchell's Election Integrity Network to try to boost President Donald Trump’s plan to require proof of citizenship for voter registration.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This will be a catastrophe for both filmed entertainment and news, and it's a great shame that the California AG caved. Trump and his people will celebrate this news today. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/b...
nytimes.com
Paramount to Resolve Antitrust Lawsuit, Clearing the Way for Warner Bros. Acquisition (Gift Article)
The deal would remove the last significant hurdle the media mogul David Ellison faced to create a news and entertainment empire, home to movie studios, HBO, CBS and CNN.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Republican who runs South Dakota's elections just backed a Democrat to succeed her. "South Dakota deserves a Secretary of State who will strengthen confidence through performance rather than provocation; who will support election officials rather than burden them for political effect."
nytimes.com
Republican Who Runs South Dakota Elections Backs Democrat to Succeed Her
Monae Johnson, the secretary of state, is the latest Republican incumbent to speak out against conservative candidates as President Trump loses support before midterm elections.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
WIRED: “Census Bureau Overrun With Staffers From a MAGA Think Tank — home to vast troves of sensitive data on nearly every person, used for drawing congressional districts + allocating federal funding…” Nothing to see here, folks! 😕🤷🏼
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The Census Bureau Is Overrun With Staffers From a MAGA Think Tank
The US Census is home to vast troves of sensitive data on nearly every person living in the country, which is used for apportioning and drawing congressional districts as well as allocating federal fu...
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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: TV pool will not be providing coverage of presidential events until further notice b/c of CNN's ban, pool chair and FOX News Washington Bureau Chief Bryan Boughton said. It's effectively a boycott by the fellow members — ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This might have seemed menacing at the start when he was planning his new Reich, but now everyone can see he’s a loser on every front it just comes across as pathetic, a weak, little man desperate to appear tough.
Trump post: looking at a globe with the words His Hemisphere
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VoteVets @votevets.org · 20/09/2026
Trump knows his 250-foot arch is a political disaster, so just like his monstrous ballroom he's now pitching it as a military installation chock full of drones and snipers. He's lost the American people on this issue and he knows it, so now he's panicking.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/09/2026
The Kennedy Center was financially stable until Trump took over: "In the fiscal year ending in 2024, when the center was led by President Deborah Rutter and a bipartisan board of trustees, it brought in about $40 million more than it spent" www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
theatlantic.com
What the Kennedy Center’s Tax Return Reveals
A previously unseen filing captures the state of the institution seven months after Donald Trump’s takeover.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Every response from Republicans when you asked them about one of Trump's latest abuses of power is to lie about Joe Biden. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
⛽️ MAGA TRUCKERS: “There’s no reason for this… My truck’s gonna sit there and rot until this idiot is out of office… I never thought I’d say this but I miss Biden… we’re dying out here and they don’t give a shit…” cc: @MarshaBlackburn
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
He’s literally building a fortified bunker, now an arch that holds major weapons, and controls the military and nukes. He has zero plams to leave, people better wake tf up
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The law is that “Although the WH is not required to open its doors to the news media, once it establishes press facilities for credentialed journalists, it cannot deny access based on the content of a journalist’s coverage.” That's exactly what Trump is doing. joycevance.substack.com/p/its-a-nice...
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It’s a Nice First Amendment You’ve Got There…
Mea culpa for the long post on a Saturday night, but read on and see if you don’t agree that it’s essential.
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Breaking: CNN reporter Betsy Klein was denied access at the White House this morning and her press pass was seized, one day after President Donald Trump announced that he was “banning” CNN, MS NOW and Politico. My full story: www.cnn.com/2026/09/19/m...
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CNN, MS NOW denied access to White House after Trump ‘ban’ | CNN Business
CNN reporter Betsy Klein was denied access at the White House on Saturday morning and her press pass was seized, one day after President Donald Trump announced that he was “banning” CNN, MS NOW and Po...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“My badge didn’t work, the officer asked me to hand it over.” MS NOW White House reporter Akayla Gardner says she has indeed been banned by authoritarian fascist Trump, as he throws a tantrum over the coverage of his countless failures.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
🛻 TRUCK DRIVERS: “I’ve never seen diesel prices this high.” #TrumpTax #Trumpflation ⛽️
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The top official at the U.S. Postal Service says the agency has stopped work on developing that controversial computer system central to Trump's effort to limit mail voting after the Supreme Court rejected his executive order. "There's an injunction so we're not doing anything."
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Postal Service chief says work stopped on computer system key to Trump effort to limit mail voting
The U.S. Postal Service has stopped developing a controversial computer system tied to President Donald Trump’s effort to limit mail voting.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 18/09/2026
Pro-voting groups are asking a federal court to stop the Trump administration from using federal law enforcement to intimidate voters during the midterms. But the plaintiffs may struggle to convince the court to block it. Here’s why: demdock.com/4rhSAcy
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 18/09/2026
We'll be at the Kennedy Center today reporting LIVE after Trump's continued assault on the building and the rule of law. The latest: Trump was photographed on Air Force One with a placard reading "Kennedy Center DEMOLISHED." This is not a drill.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17/09/2026
🚨NEWS: U.N.-backed investigators say they found “reasonable grounds” to believe the U.S. committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including one on a school in Minab. apnews.com/article/un-h...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 18/09/2026
Trump could try to weaponize the certification of midterm results if he doesn’t like the outcome. But that doesn’t mean he’ll succeed. “When it comes to free and fair elections, almost everything Donald Trump tries, he fails at,” Marc Elias says. Stay in the know: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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Opinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Karl Rove: Why I’m Voting for a Texas Democrat 🎁Gift article: www.wsj.com/opinion/why-...
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Opinion | Why I’m Voting for a Texas Democrat
Bo French’s bigoted tweet after a football game is part of a long and ugly pattern.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Karl Rove comes off the sidelines www.wsj.com/opinion/why-...
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
If Trump doesn’t “take care”of the Kennedy Center, it will “get ripped down.” That is the talk of a lifelong abuser.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is not law enforcement. This is unchecked and unlawful violence by agents of the federal government. Chasing down, pepper spraying, and beating up teenagers—who are U.S. citizens—does not keep our communities safe. This brutality must end. www.thedailybeast.com/horrifying-v...
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Horrifying Video Shows ICE Attack Teens on Way to Enlist
The teenagers said they repeatedly told ICE agents who were attacking them that they were U.S. citizens, but were told that the agents “don’t give a damn.”
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