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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'd say we have already 'given the country over to a bunch of crazy people," to use Vance's words. The Trump administration. Vice President JD Vance sought to appeal to skeptical voters by highlighting what he calls Republicans' "contrast with the radicals."
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Vance makes pitch to skeptical voters ahead of midterm elections
Vice President JD Vance sought to appeal to skeptical voters by highlighting what he calls Republicans' "contrast with the radicals."
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NPR @npr.org · 25/09/2026
The Supreme Court is allowing use of a data system that Trump officials overhauled. The system has erroneously flagged U.S. citizens and a lower court found it violated federal privacy protections. n.pr/4dRATLp
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The Supreme Court revives a controversial data system for citizenship checks
The Supreme Court is allowing use of a data system that Trump officials overhauled. The system has erroneously flagged U.S. citizens and a lower court found it violated federal privacy protections.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
*Gift article* Just when it looked like the Supreme Court of the U.S. had finally decided to stand up to Trump's fascist strategies, we have this. Voter suppression. Too little time for states to do anything better than butcher the voter rolls.
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Supreme Court Allows Federal Voter Identification Tool Ahead of Midterms (Gift Article)
Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
*Gift Article* Peace? What peace? It's global Darwinism. Trump vs. U.N. founding mission
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Trump Threatens Annihilation in Iran in UN Speech and Lays Out Winner-Takes-All Vision (Gift Article)
President Trump’s speech at the U.N. General Assembly amounted to a rejection of the founding concept of the United Nations.
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I don’t know what this is or how I came to photograph it this morning, but that seems like an appropriate way to start my day here
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
'President Donald Trump has responded in characteristic fashion to the recent debate around AI safety — by declaring that these concerns are part of a long line of hoaxes “generated by the Radical Left Dumocrats [sic], for purposes of destroying our Country.'”
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Trump says it's time to rebrand AI with a new name — and he's also creating an AI Force | TechCrunch
Trump claimed, without evidence, that the AI backlash is a Democratic hoax.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
*gift article* For those of you who think that damage caused by the Trump administration will be repairable once he leaves office, read on. Damage to the environment and to animal populations will not be quickly resolved when the next administration comes in. Stay in the fight.
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Trump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection (Gift Article)
An internal memo reinterprets the law so that only the intentional killing of animals, not collateral harm, is illegal.
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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“I’m not voting for anyone because I oppose genocide.” Guess what, no you don’t.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today is the day! A journey that Astra and I started as an essay in The Guardian is now officially out in the world. End Times Fascism – And the Fight for the Living World is in bookstores now. If you are inclined, please buy one from an indie bookseller or borrow it from your local library.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
*Gift article* Sale of bombs and other arms to Israel approved by Trump
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Trump Approves $2.8 Billion Arms Sale to Israel, Including 40,000 One-Ton Bombs (Gift Article)
The package would be among the largest deliveries of U.S. munitions to Israel.
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
We’ll be coming back to Charlottesville two more weekends this fall. Sign up to join us October 10 and 11, or October 31-November 3! freedcproject.org/news/flip-va-5
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Help us flip Virginia’s 5th this fall — Free DC
Since the start of last year Congress has introduced a historic number of attacks against DC. These bills are a dangerous threat to our communities: they would force DC to allow 14-year-olds to be tri...
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
MAGA John McGuire has spent the last 19 months attacking DC, so this fall we’re teaming up with @indivisiblecville.bsky.social and @robertwhite-dc.bsky.social’s DC51 PAC to get out the vote for @tomperriello.bsky.social in VA-05!! When we fight, we win!
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
*Gift article* Excellent description of the outrageous, ongoing McCarthyist witch hunt.
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Inside the D.O.J.’s Investigation of Fauci and Other Virus Scientists (Gift Article)
As Dr. Anthony Fauci has faced public scrutiny from congressional Republicans, the D.O.J. has pursued a quieter and more expansive effort against a wider circle of researchers.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
*Gift Article The rush to push ahead follows a familiar pattern for Mr. Trump. He has frequently embarked on large-scale changes to historic properties in Washington without approvals from Congress or anyone else. The president last year abruptly tore down the historic East Wing of the White House.
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Plans Announced to Break Ground on Trump’s Triumphal Arch Before Final Approval (Gift Article)
Doug Burgum, the interior secretary, announced plans to start work on the site of the 250-foot-tall triumphal arch. Final approval of the project is still pending.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Without approval? Trump doesn't seek approval. After all if he follows the rules, he provides notice of his intent to destroy. Part of what he is destroying is my home town.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
*Gift article* "Mr. Blumenthal said of the report that 'the main takeaway for me is that the Postal Service has designed a system to disenfranchise millions of Americans. One-third of all Americans cast their ballots by mail, and the U.S.P.S. puts all of their votes at risk'.”
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Whistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before Midterms (Gift Article)
A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
*Gift article* "The Trump administration, unable or unwilling to send them to their home country, had bused them 2,000 miles, from the U.S. border to a small city where they don’t have legal status. It’s a practice that started last year without any announcement and has quietly grown since then."
theatlantic.com
A Reverse Ellis Island
A city at the southern tip of Mexico has become the place where migrants’ dreams go to die.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
*Free article* Further erosion of democracy by the Supreme Court
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Supreme Court clears the way for Trump mail voting order in advance of midterms
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump to move ahead on his executive order restricting mail-in voting, though it remains unclear how much his administration can implement be...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Playing in our faces
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 22/08/2026
At this point I'm pretty sure no one who negotiates with this administration expects it to either offer a reasonable deal or to honor the terms of the deal once it's been set. The question is whether to treat it like the unreliable bully it is. We have Canada's answer, for now at least.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Shapiro: When he sits behind the desk in the Oval Office, making $2.2 billion off his corruption for him and his kids, it costs you money. When he sits behind that desk, he’s not thinking about how to put money in your pocket. He’s thinking about how to put money in his own pocket.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
*Gift article* A Trump-effect: it is acceptable for grown adults with supposedly serious jobs to throw around adolescent insults. Not just acceptable, rewarded. The WH asst press secretary, Davis Ingle, recently dismissed Senator Jon Ossoff as a "cringeworthy, feminine theatre kid."
theatlantic.com
Donald Trump Told Me What He Really Thinks About ‘Theater Kids’
The problem with a popular new insult on the right is that it also describes the president.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
BOSTON…😕 ✈️
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
It's not just an emphasis on Western History and Christianity, it's the rewriting of the small slice of history that will be taught.
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AP Exclusive: US military base schools put new emphasis on Western civilization and Christianity
The Department of Defense is introducing a course centered on Western civilization and Christianity this fall in the schools it operates for military families.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
More retribution from Trump and even more dangerous than usual. "It also comes just days after North Korea resumed ballistic missile testing activities that are banned by the U.N" More impotent rage from me
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Trump orders Pentagon to scale back joint exercises with South Korea
President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to scale back joint exercises with South Korea after he says it declined to help denuclearize Iran.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This is not an old article. The Kennedy Center Board voted to *add Trump's name again* today. Do you think they ever actually removed it?
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Kennedy Center board votes to add Trump's name to the facade of the performing arts building
The Kennedy Center board has voted to add President Donald Trump’s name to the facade of the performing arts venue and agreed to move forward with a two-year closure.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 03/08/2026
Donald Trump is determined to make the Justice Department a political weapon for his personal grievances. www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/p...
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Furious Trump is considering removing Pirro over Reflecting Pool filing, sources say | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump is considering removing Jeanine Pirro, the US attorney for the District of Columbia, over a Justice Department filing on the Reflecting Pool, two people familiar with his thinki...
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I feel like I need to vomit. What about you? "The arch design, proposed by Trump, has already received early approval from the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts. The commissioners were all appointed by Trump."
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Trump's arch could disrupt the historical significance of many of Washington's sites, report says
President Donald Trump's proposed 250-foot triumphal arch could disrupt the historical significance of many sites near its planned location.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 04/08/2026
My dude, we don't need to know your "heart and mind," we just have to look at your prior actions. You've already turned CBS News into a ham-handed partisan laughingstock in land speed-record time, so we have an excellent idea what you will do with CNN.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
*Gift article* “'It’s in a lot of ways a public humiliation ritual,' Ms. Rashid said in an interview. 'Going in, I had hoped I was paranoid, and boards’ outcomes were not predetermined. It turned out to be much worse than I thought.'”
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Inside the Secretive Boards Deciding Trans Troops’ Fate (Gift Article)
The Pentagon is relying on closed-door hearings to kick out transgender service members. An Army Reserve lawyer is one of the few who have seen how they really work.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
New photos from the New York Times reveal that construction for Trump's ballroom is now above ground, despite an ongoing lawsuit over its legality. This vanity project is one of the most corrupt things a president has ever done. Watch.
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Trump’s Ballroom Corruption Exposed
Is this the most corrupt thing a president has ever done?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
*Gift article* Trump is blaming it on Minnesota!
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Scope of Hacks on U.S. Water Supply Widens as Evidence Points to Iran (Gift Article)
Michigan and Minnesota are among at least seven states coping with cyberattacks aimed at disrupting water systems nationwide.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
"On Friday, Pirro’s office said the Department of the Interior was at fault for the charges brought against Hearn, writing that her team would’ve refrained from bringing the initial indictment had the agency been more forthcoming about information it had."
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Trump dings longtime ally Jeanine Pirro for dropping Reflecting Pool vandalism case
The president said he disagreed “100%” with the top Washington prosecutor after her office abandoned vandalism charges for the former Olympian.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
This is good news. robertreich.substack.com/p/hope-for…
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Hope for Stopping the Biggest Pro-Trump Media Monopoly Ever
Twelve state AGs are challenging it
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
*Gift article* "Mr. Hegseth did not provide a rationale for pulling Admiral Bauernschmidt or the other officers off the promotion list. But he has claimed in recent years that the military has focused too much on promoting people of color and women, at the expense of white men"
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Opportunities Narrow for Women as Hegseth Blocks More Promotions (Gift Article)
For the first time in more than a decade, no active-duty female Navy officers are likely to be promoted to admiral this year.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
*gift article* Wow! Here's some great news! You can get a job where you are treated badly in a toxic work environment where the goal of your job is to put jobs for humans through the shredder. What an opportunity!
nytimes.com
The Work of Helping A.I. Destroy Work (Gift Article)
Start-ups are paying white-collar professionals to teach their jobs to artificial intelligence models. It’s a bonanza. It’s bleak. Where will it end?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
This summer's record-setting heat wave is making wildfires in states like Colorado and Utah even worse. And to top it off, private equity investors are even price-gouging firefighters.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
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Obama Center opens <br> as ex-presidents, music <br> legends, celebs attend
Thu, 06/18/26
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 08/06/2026
This is how he compensates his gang of thugs for disrupting the elections this coming November. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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Trump doesn’t rule out giving Jan. 6 rioters who attacked police payouts from the ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
In an interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Trump also baselessly claimed that Tuesday’s elections in California were “rigged.”
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 07/06/2026
Bad enough to say “pretexts are fine as long as you’re going after black voters”; worse when the pretext is exploded, and the Court still blocks.  www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...
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The Supreme Court Is Illegitimate
The court’s conservatives ripped the mask off the institution in a brief, unsigned decision allowing Alabama to use a racially discriminatory congressional map.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Definitely the president to have if the goal is to essentially throw away vast amounts of money and to waste it on ludicrous ideas and whims.
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Why Trump’s Reflecting Pool Repairs Are in Trouble
YouTube video by The New York Times
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
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Morgan J. Freeman (@mjfree)
I’m gonna post this video every day so we NEVER FORGET what Donald Trump did to the USA on Jan 6th
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
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Pentagon Gives Jan 6 Rioter Top Secret Clearance #breakingnews #politics #shorts
YouTube video by Adam Kinzinger
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 28/05/2026
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
*gift article* Scott Pelley “terminated for cause effective immediately" by Bari Weiss.
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CBS News Fires Scott Pelley of ‘60 Minutes’
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
This New Yorker cartoon is accurate but a gut punch.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
*Gift Article* Trump's investment portfolio shows "Dell stock purchase of $1 million to $5 million in February, and smaller amounts in the months since." More illegal insider trading. More corruption.
nytimes.com
Dell Gets a $9.7 Billion Defense Contract. Trump’s Portfolio Stands to Benefit.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
"DHS has defended its online tactics as 'bold and effective."
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ICE Recruitment Tweets Are So Racist That Cops Feared They Could Incite Neo-Nazi Violence
Social media posts by the Department of Homeland Security recruiting for ICE contained so many white supremacist themes that they could endanger the public, Colorado law enforcement officials warned, ...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
They had contracts for prison labor at these camps?? Before they even bought them? www.projectsaltbox.com/p/contracts-...
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Contracts Show ICE Planned Detainee Labor at Warehouse Sites Slated as Short-Term Facilities
Contracts signed before the government owned either warehouse described years of detention operations, and a program to put detainees to work
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