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paul goyette

@pgoyette.bsky.social
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Chicago-based photographer documenting and uplifting collective action for progressive change. Most work licensed via Creative Commons at flickr.com/pgoyette

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/09/2026
This will make it nearly impossible to file habeas petitions, because attorneys won’t even know what federal district their client has been moved to to stage for their removal. Something like a third of all people in ICE custody. apnews.com/article/ice-...
apnews.com
AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
ICE got permission to cut open a Cuban hunger striker’s stomach and insert a gastric tube to make him easier to forcefeed Nuremberg trials are too merciful for these monsters www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
ICE given permission to force-feed Cuban hunger striker with gastric tube
Exclusive: court orders seen by Guardian show agency given approval to fit Texas detainee with tube without his consent
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maureen @maureenf.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Horrific. This man had already been kidnapped at knifepoint near the border twice before he crossed and claimed asylum in 2019. Federal agents treated him with the same level of assaultive tactics before immediately shuffling him to TX TO deport him with no medical care after this brutal exchange.
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IL Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspayil.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
THROWBACK: To the Make Polluters Pay campaign launch at the Aspen Ideas Climate conference. The mission is the same, and the coalition is growing: it's time to make corporate polluters pay their fair share for the climate crisis. linktr.ee/makepolluter...
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Make Polluters Pay - Illinois Official: Instagram | Linktree
For all things related to the coalition of Illinois organizations committed to making sure corporate polluters pay their fair share for the mess they made.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Trump admin has quietly drafted new rules governing the census expected to recategorize millions of immigrants (both unauthorized and legal) as not actually living here in the United States This would allow the GOP to steal congressional seats & redirect hundreds of billions of federal dollars
thebulwark.com
Inside Trump’s Stealth Trick to Rig the Census—and Congress
The administration’s latest power grab is disguised as boring technical guidance.
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Phil Rosenthal @philrosenthal.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Left, logo for Anthropic’s AI chatbot, Claude Right, Kurt Vonnegut’s drawing of an asshole in his 1973 novel, “Breakfast of Champions” Not only do they look alike, the same stuff comes out of it in either case.
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Mike Flannigan @mikeflannigan.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Graphs showing cumulative area burned and carbon emissions in Ontario. Note in terms of area burned 2021 is the top spot but 2026 is top spot in terms of carbon emissions. Both are correct. The reason for this is that the 2026 fires are more severe - consumed more biomass (greater depth of burn).
Cumulative area burned (hectares) in Ontario.Cumulative total carbon emissions from wildfires in Ontario 2003-2026
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
ICE has killed another person, this time by depriving him of life-sustaining medication for a known medical condition. Jesus Manuel Arenas-Silva was detained on Thursday. He was dead by Monday. Per @detentionwatchnetwork.org:
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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
there's (rightfully) been a lot of attention paid to la, chicago, minneapolis, and dc, but the the joint federal-local task force in memphis is uniquely horrifying in ways not seen in other cities. this is at least the fourth person shot during the task force's monthslong occupation.
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 24/06/2026
Liz Soto and Savanna Batten are 2 of those sentenced to 50 years in prison for Prairieland. I visited them in a north Texas jail—11 months into their incarceration over a July 4 noise demo—to meet the Trump admin’s “Antifa terrorists”. from behind glass, Soto said, “They didn’t like my book club.”
theguardian.com
‘This is injustice’: how leftist zines were used to sentence anti-ICE protesters to decades in prison
Advocates sound alarm after zines were used as evidence to convict protesters of terrorism charges tied to 2025 protest at Texas ICE facility
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Felicity Hayes-McCoy @fhayesmccoy.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
This was always coming. Always. And history tells us what will come next.
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
From Christopher Parente, attorney for former "Broadview Six" defendant Brian Straw:
"The U.S. Attorney has now acknowledged having personal contact with the Broadview 6 grand jury—on the date they delivered the indictment in this case. As the transcript demonstrates, U.S. Attorney Boutros asked these grand jurors, who previously refused to return an indictment, to 'raise their hand' if they had personal feelings on immigration cases, and informed them there would be a 'different procedure' for them. This was one week after the AUSA dismissed grand jurors who voiced dissent in the Broadview 6 case presentation.



"Of all days for the U.S. Attorney to make a rare appearance before the grand jury, that he would be present on the day he likely knew this case would be re-presented speaks for itself. Despite this interaction having occurred in October, none of this information was disclosed to the defense or the public before this afternoon. It is only being revealed now because of the demands of the Broadview 6 defense team for transparency on this U.S. Attorney's engagement in the grand jury process."
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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
More than two dozen people arrived to face federal agents in five different unmarked vehicles with aftermarket emergency lights. One agent had a Jerusalem cross sticker on the back of his phone, a Christian symbol dating to the Crusades that more recently has been associated with white supremacy.
chicago.suntimes.com
Federal agents crash into car while detaining man in Albany Park
It unfolded around 8:07 a.m. near Lawrence and Kedzie avenues as a black Nissan SUV began chasing a shirtless man before a different black Nissan SUV pulled out of grocery parking lot and hit a woman’...
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The Daily Northwestern @thedailynu.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
1/ This line is the border between Evanston and Rogers Park, Chicago’s northernmost neighborhood. On Oct. 31, it became the site of what appears to be an attempt by Evanston police to dodge the city’s sanctuary city ordinance... 🧵
A minimal map with the text “Evanston” on the top, “Rogers Park” on the bottom, and a dotted line as a border between them.
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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Why does State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke request warrants for people who can't come to court bc ICE kidnapped them? And why would judges grant those requests?
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
After a Wisconsin town did this, the mayor said: “The fact that they didn’t take the cameras down shows that we are the product. They were never really selling to us in the first place. They're selling to much bigger agencies the ability to spy on a ton of people.” (via boltsmag.org/verona-wisco...)
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
They stole the internet’s knowledge and all the work that went into it and they want to sell it back to us for a fee. What a business model.
 ALTMAN: "WE SEE A FUTURE WHERE INTELLIGENCE IS A UTILITY, LIKE ELECTRICITY OR WATER, AND PEOPLE BUY IT FROM US ON A METER.
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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Kind of feel like we especially don’t need fancy law explainers at the moment. “Can the president just take money when he wants?” A third grader could answer this. A Yale law prof is likelier to write the wrong answer so their 2L can work for Alito
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23/05/2026
Under Trump, more than 145,000 US kids have been separated from their parents, a study shows
theguardian.com
Under Trump, more than 145,000 US kids have been separated from their parents, a study shows
A thinktank investigation shows how immigration detention has torn apart families, and experts point to trauma
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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 21/05/2026
I am so fucking proud of @brianstraw.bsky.social and his attorney Chris Parente for fighting tirelessly on the grand jury transcripts issue. Without them, there likely would have been an acquittal at trial, but no public awareness of the gross misconduct that took place in the Broadview 6 case.
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paul goyette @pgoyette.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
So you won’t be able to Google things at Google anymore?
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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
you see, everything starts to make a lot more sense when you realize laws are made up
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paul goyette @pgoyette.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Fuck 12. Defund the police.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.
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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 13/05/2026
a revolving door of scumfuckery
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
New from 404 Media: spoke to four people who attended a trade show where senior ICE officials spoke about how much Palantir is supercharging their arrests. List of 20 million people on ICE agents phones now; increased chance of successful arrest from 28 to 80% www.404media.co/ice-agents-h...
404media.co
ICE Agents Have List of 20 Million People on Their iPhones Thanks to Palantir
The comments made by a senior ICE official at a trade show highlight how Palantir is increasing the speed at which ICE operates. Most people detained by ICE have no criminal conviction.
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My Password is Louvre @bmceuen.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
It’s very simple: the 6 republican Supreme Court justices are functionally no different than klansmen
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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
new: sheriff tom dart is quietly pitching the cook county board on two new surveillance systems that could be approved as soon as thursday. dart wants $2 million for a software that uses ai to monitor the jail’s cameras for drug use and nearly $1 million for more flock license plate readers.
chicagoreader.com
Cook County Sheriff’s Office pitches expanded surveillance network
Sheriff Tom Dart is quietly lobbying the Cook County board for an AI jail security system and nearly $1 million for license plate readers.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Supreme Court affirms that when it says whites only it means whites only. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/u...
nytimes.com
Supreme Court Clears Path for Alabama to Use New Voting Map
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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
It's not surprising that our sheriff is trying this, but the county board still has a say, so it's not too late. If our local elected officials can't see the inherent dangers in a massive expansion of AI-enabled surveillance during this rise of authoritarianism and fascism, what's it going to take?
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 08/05/2026
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids Democrats and Republicans to gerrymander in favor of Democrats.
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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 30/04/2026
People who make good money and live comfortable lives have more than one incentive to think that things truly cannot hit the fan. “It can’t be that bad” is self motivating in a lot of ways. Just like hope, it’s also not a plan nor a strategy.
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 26/04/2026
This is such a flagship moment for where America is right now. Gun violence, showmanship, celebrity, mass confusion, and also according to C-SPAN, people are opening the bottles of wine still on the tables.
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paul goyette @pgoyette.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
not so excited about UBI. how about UBR instead — universal basic redistribution
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paul goyette @pgoyette.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
darkness and filth 🔥🔥🔥
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 15/04/2026
INBOX: Amid rising tendons between Trump and Pope Leo, the administration has abruptly canceled an $11 million contract with Catholic Charities to shelter and care for migrant children who enter the U.S. alone, ending a relationship dating back to the first arrivals of Cuban exiles in South Florida.
miamiherald.com
Amid quarrel with pope, Trump strips Miami charity of funding to house migrant kids
The move comes amid rising tensions between the administration and American Catholics.
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paul goyette @pgoyette.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Happening now in downtown Oak Park: anti-war protesters demonstrate at a busy intersection to demand an end to war in Iran, Lebanon, Gaza, and across the Middle East.
A woman protests holding two signs, one of which reads “this war is illegal, immoral, unprovoked; we need to hold the officials accountable.” Her other sign reads “demand democracy.”Several protesters stand on an oak Park Street corner holding signs for motorist to see as they pass. One prominent sign reads “hands off Palestine; stop arming Israel.”Protesters wearing keffiyehs carry a large red banner that reads “ceasefire now.“Protesters on a street corner in Oak Park carry signs that read “stop the war criminals,” “ seek peace,” and “have you no decency or humanity.“
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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 10/04/2026
JFC they made the Pizzagate lawyer an immigration judge. minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/09/r...
minnesotareformer.com
One of Minnesota's most unhinged right-wing posters is the state’s newest immigration judge • Minnesota Reformer
A right-wing attorney and influential X user who has amplified racist conspiracies and fringe legal theories, will make decisions on which immigrants will be deported in his new job as an immigration judge.
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 10/04/2026
READ: While the world watches Iran, Israel is quietly redrawing the map. Netanyahu has ordered the army to push 10 kilometers into southern Lebanon to create a "buffer zone." Israel's defense minister says they're not leaving when the war ends. mondoweiss.net/2026/04/isra...
mondoweiss.net
Israel is implementing its Gaza strategy in Lebanon: turning ‘buffer zones’ into permanent borders
Israel has stated it does not plan to leave Lebanon even if the current ‘war’ ends. If the Gaza model is any guide, Israel appears to be moving toward expanding its border into Lebanon.
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
When Midway Blitz ramped down late last year, federal officials asserted that they weren't done with the Trump admin's mass deportation campaign in Chicagoland. Activity has yet to reach the heights of last fall, but true to their word, ICE never left. My latest, for @southsideweekly.bsky.social:
southsideweekly.com
Months After Midway Blitz, ICE Activity Has Quietly Persisted
As spring begins, immigration enforcement agents are changing how they operate in the Chicago area.
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Brian Straw @brianstraw.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
The Government’s theory here “makes a crime out of what under the Constitution cannot be a crime.” Coates v. City of Cincinnati, 402 U.S. 611, 616 (1971).
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maureen @maureenf.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
The “Broadview Justice Corridor,” as she called the project, would turn the ICE facility into a “national center dedicated to immigration history, civil rights education, civic leadership, and cultural tourism.”
Marge grumble noise intensifies after reading that scheme
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Michael McLean @michaelmclean.me · 24/03/2026
Mask off moment here from likely candidate for Chicago Mayor
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Will Burrows 🖖🥖🥀 @reforest-kelley.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Every picture of ICE agents in airports is just this again
Two ceramic pigs labeled "pigs with no specific duties"
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
New: District Judge Edmond Chang in Chicago has issued a preliminary injunction against time restrictions on protests outside the Broadview, IL ICE facility which Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson announced via executive order last December. The preliminary injuction takes effect on March 25.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
Robert Held, 
 
Plaintiff, NO. 1:25-CV-13066 
 
v. Judge Edmond E. Chang 
Village of Broadview; Katrina Thompson, in 
her official capacity as Mayor of the Village 
of the Broadview; and Thomas Mills, in his 
official capacity as Chief of Police of the Vil-
lage of Broadview,
 
Defendants. 
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
 Robert Held brings a First Amendment challenge, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, to the Vil-
lage of Broadview’s curfew on protests or gatherings outside an Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement (commonly known as ICE) processing facility in the Village. R. 1, 
Compl. ¶ 1; Pl.’s Exh. 4, Exec. Order 2025-05 § 2.1 Held moves for a preliminary in-
junction prohibiting enforcement of the curfew. R. 8, Pl.’s Mot. Because the govern-
ment has not shown that the protest curfew is narrowly tailored to serve a significant 
governmental interest, Held is likely to succeed on the merits of his First Amendment 
claim. The motion for preliminary injunction is grantedImage text:

I. Background
In August 2025, after the federal government increased immigration enforce-
ment in the Chicago area, there was a corresponding increase in protests outside of 
the ICE processing facility in the Village of Broadview. Exec. Order 2025-05 at 1; 
R. 41, 01/30/2026 Tr. at 40. Altercations between protestors and ICE agents outside
the facility led to injuries and property damage. 01/30/2026 Tr. at 12–14; Pl.’s Exh. 2, 
Exec. Order 2025-01 at 1. In response, on October 2, 2025, the Broadview Police De-
partment, Cook County Sheriff’s Office, and Illinois State Police established a “Uni-
fied Command” to coordinate public-safety measures around the ICE facility. Pl.’s 
Exh. 5, Unified Command Press Release. The Village also implemented restrictions 
on protests outside the ICE facility. 01/30/2026 Tr. at 12–13. 
First, the Village established a designated protest area near the facility. 
01/30/2026 Tr. at 9–10. Initially, the protest area was located on the sidewalks on the 
block of Beach Street north of the ICE facility. Id. at 10. (The map below sets the 
scene.) The Village later banned vehicles from that specific block of Beach Street, and 
instead designated the roadway itself as the protest area. Id. at 10–11. So, as of now, 
vehicles cannot drive down Beach Street directly north of the ICE facility, but they 
can enter Beach Street from Harvard Street on the south. Id. at 11; see generally Pl.’s 
Exh. 1, Aerial MapImage text:

 
Executive Order that was not yet promulgated when he received his citation). See 
supra Section III.A. So even if he sought to challenge his citation on constitutional 
grounds—which he does not—those proceedings would provide an inadequate rem-
edy. 
IV. Conclusion 
 Because Held is likely to succeed on the merits of his First Amendment claim 
(and the other factors also favor a preliminary injunction), the motion for preliminary 
injunction, R. 8, is granted. The Village is enjoined from enforcing Executive Order 
2025-05’s time restrictions on protests. The injunction is operative as of March 25, 
2026. As explained in the Opinion, although the ongoing, daily limits fail to survive 
First Amendment scrutiny, the Village is not foreclosed from enacting more specific 
limits for specific protests on specific days. Indeed, the record evidence shows that 
the Village has operated in good faith in trying to maintain the peace amongst its 
residents, local businesses, protestors, and ICE officers, all in an environment not of 
the Village’s making. But the current restrictions cannot stand under the First 
Amendment. 
Civil Rule 65(d) 
Starting on March 25, 2026, through final judgment in this case, the Village of 
Broadview is enjoined from enforcing Executive Order 2025-05’s time restrictions on 
protests. This injunction applies to the following who receive actual notice of the in-
junction by personal service or otherwise:
(A) the parties;
(B) the parties’ officers, agents, servants, employees, and attorneys; and 
(C) any other persons who are in active concert or participation with anyone 
described above. 
 ENTERED: 
 s/Edmond E. Chang 
 Honorable Edmond E. Chang 
 United States District Judge 
DATE: March 22, 2026
Broadview mayor Katrina Thompson's Dec. 3, 3025 EO establishing time restrictions on protests at the Broadview ICE facility
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 21/03/2026
Senate Democrats may agree to a DHS deal that gives the Trump regime new powers to criminalize protesters and journalists who oppose ICE: "Hoeven said there was room for agreement over creating “serious” criminal penalties for “doxxing” and harassing law enforcement."
politico.com
White House revises its DHS offer as talks to end shutdown pick up
Border czar Tom Homan met again with lawmakers Friday night in the Capitol.
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Alejandro Schuler @aschuler.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Do it, what the fuck else is the Swiss guard up to
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