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Politico @politico.com · 10/07/2026
‘We're fighting this by ourselves’: Southern Black leaders feel abandoned by Democratic Party
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‘We're fighting this by ourselves’: Southern Black leaders feel abandoned by Democratic Party
Black lawmakers and activists in the Deep South say they are fighting an existential crisis on their own in the wake of a major Supreme Court ruling.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
My dear lord. lareviewofbooks.org/article/dang...
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A Better World Is Not Possible | Los Angeles Review of Books
Did the Weather Underground have a point?
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Did other people know this is fiction? It's an incredibly bizarre choice and something I haven't seen magazines do before.
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This Is How a Child Dies of Measles
When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak
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SCTPosts @sctposts.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
We’re going to do the Community Transformation Grants but for the absolutely dumbest possible ideas.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
When I see people online, even in jest, suggest that people living in Republican-controlled states should be abandoned because of their politicians, I feel a deep heartache. New York CREATED Donald Trump and none of y’all are ever talk about it the way you disparage Alabama or Mississippi.
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SCTPosts @sctposts.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Would be very cool to know what Gov. Kemp thinks about this since he was so hoo-rah about them last year. gov.georgia.gov/press-releas...
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Gov. Kemp, State Leaders Celebrate Hyundai Motor Group’s Historic Impact on Georgia
Atlanta, GA – Governor Brian Kemp and First Lady Marty Kemp today joined President and Global COO of Hyundai Motor Company and President and CEO of Hyundai and Genesis Motor North America José Muñoz t...
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
This is terrible.
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Southern Alliance for Public Health Leadership @saphl.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
I wrote this before the news broke yesterday about Monarez's firing and the leadership resignations. It still remains true today and in case it isn't obvious, we're headed towards catastrophe. saphl.substack.com/p/foodborne-...
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Foodborne Illness, the CDC, and a lack of Coordination and Leadership
The Value of a Team and an Organizational Team
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 08/08/2025
ROYBAL CAMPUS - CDC SHELTER IN PLACE. GUNMAN AT EMORY POINT (EMORY ATLANTA CAMPUS AT EMORY POINT CVS) per the emory emergency alert. Hide, stay safe, we love you all. We hope this ends asap.
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
As end-of-empire scenarios go it is so much more dignified to get your capital city sacked by the Visigoths than to have a bunch of illiterate rich people in their 70s doing it through a series of incomprehensible tantrums because their brains were defeated by their phones.
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Southern Alliance for Public Health Leadership @saphl.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
What Medicaid cuts and the ACA subsidy act lapse will look like in Tennessee: open.substack.com/pub/saphl/p/...
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TennCare and the ACA Subsidies
A health care lifeline for Tennesseans
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Southern Alliance for Public Health Leadership @saphl.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Read the first in our series on what Medicaid cuts and the ACA subsidy lapse will look like in the South: open.substack.com/pub/saphl/p/...
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Unraveling Our Safety Net
Millions across the Southeast are about to lose their health insurance.
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Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
CLIPSE TINY DESK CANCEL WORK CANCEL YOUR WEDDING IT'S TIME www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7gI...
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Clipse: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
#DYK? The Vaccines for Children (VFC) program is estimated to have helped prevent almost 500 million illnesses and over 1 million deaths since it began. This program provides vaccines to families that might not be able to afford them. But cuts to HHS could jeopardize this vital program. #ResignRFKJr
A CDC infographic highlighting successes from the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program. The infographic begins with "CCD estimates that vaccination of children born between 1994 and 2021 will:" The first point says "prevent 472 million illnesses (29.8 million hospitalizations" an arrow points right to an illustration of a group of children. Below them, it says "more than the current population of the entire U.S.A" The second point says "help avoid 1,052,000 deaths" an arrow is pointing right to an illustration of a city. Below it, it says "greater than the population of Seattle, WA". The third point says. "save nearly $2.2 trillion in total societal costs (that includes $479 billion in direct costs". An arrow points right to a dollar bill. Below that, it says "more than $5,000 for each American".
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Georgia Equality @georgiaequality.org · 01/07/2025
Today, the US Senate passed the Reconciliation Bill (51-50) which includes numerous cuts to Medicaid that will jeopardize the health of more than 14 million people. The House could now take up the bill as soon as tomorrow! TAKE ACTION: secure.everyaction.com/tvsQE7mMt06B...
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
🤧UPDATE! U.S. Confirmed Measles Cases. 🗓️As of June 24, 2025, 1,227 confirmed measles cases in 36 states & 1 city. We have 23 outbreaks reported so far in 2025. 🚨Starting June 25, 2025, CDC is releasing measles data on Wednesdays. www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 27/06/2025
"For the child born this summer in Texas, whose parents receive no documents, whose name never appears in any system, and who grows up asking why she can’t go on field trips, apply for scholarships, or open a bank account, the consequences are not legal theory. They are her life."
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The United States Is About to Embark on a Terrifying Experiment in Mass Statelessness
This scenario, until recently, might have read like a dystopian projection. But after the court’s decision on Friday, it is no longer hypothetical.
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Larry Levitt @larrylevitt.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Some Senators are floating the idea of a relief fund to help rural hospitals hurt by Medicaid cuts. A relief fund could help hospitals, and preserve access to care for rural residents. But, a hospital relief fund does nothing for people who lose Medicaid and end up uninsured.
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Your kid’s college tuition is going up because we have to pay for the National Guard to grab people at Home Depot.
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Georgia Recorder @georgiarecorder.com · 29/05/2025
New guest commentary from Natalie Crawford with @georgiafirst.bsky.social: Georgia can’t afford Medicaid cuts
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Georgia can’t afford Medicaid cuts • Georgia Recorder
In Georgia, one in 10 adults or two in five children rely on Medicaid for their health care coverage, over 70% of which is federally funded. While Georgia already has one of the highest uninsured rate...
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Georgia is the testing ground for what the GOP wants to do to Medicaid nationally, and it's hellish. Not even 10% of those eligible have obtained coverage, and those who do keep losing it.
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He Became the Face of Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement. Now He’s Fed Up With It.
A 54-year-old mechanic called Pathways to Coverage a “great program” at the governor’s press conference. But after getting kicked off the health insurance program for low-income Georgians twice, burea...
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SCTPosts @sctposts.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Georgia did this with their pathways program. It 1) didn’t work - they have enrolled like .5% of the eligible pop. and 2) it’s insanely expensive - $13000 per enrollee and far more expensive than traditional Medicaid to implement.
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Southern Alliance for Public Health Leadership @saphl.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Hard to express what a big deal these numbers are. This is just as bad as measles and getting half the attention. www.propublica.org/article/whoo...
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“Not Just Measles”: Whooping Cough Cases Are Soaring as Vaccine Rates Decline
While much of the country is focused on the spiraling measles outbreak, experts warn that whooping cough and other preventable diseases could get much worse with falling vaccination rates and Trump’s ...
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Southern Alliance for Public Health Leadership @saphl.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
A big part of my family hails from Hazard, Kentucky. Hazard tells us how far we’ve come—and where we’re losing ground. This public health week, I'll be thinking a lot about how we can do better by communities like Hazard. open.substack.com/pub/saphl/p/...
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Where We've Come From
How Public Health Changes Lives
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Employees of #HHS and its agencies who are being fired — RIF'd — started to receive termination notices today starting at 5 am. Big swaths of the #CDC appear to have been cut. Developing story. www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/h...
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HHS starts layoffs of thousands of workers across its agencies
Layoff notices began arriving early Tuesday for thousands of employees of HHS and its subsidiary agencies, with as many 10,000 workers potentially expected to be hit by the cuts.
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Southern Alliance for Public Health Leadership @saphl.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Extremely important information from @kff.org on what these Medicaid cuts will look like at the state level. The four state we work in - TN, NC, SC, and GA - stand to lose more than $6 billion! www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
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Putting $880 Billion in Potential Federal Medicaid Cuts in Context of State Budgets and Coverage | KFF
This brief explores the magnitude of the potential federal Medicaid funding cuts under the House budget resolution. This brief puts the $880 billion in cuts in context by comparing the size of the cut...
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SCTPosts @sctposts.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
We’re excited to announce the launch of the Southern Alliance for Public Health Leadership (SAPHL.org), an organization tackling some of the South’s most pressing public health challenges: declining vaccination rates, rising infant and maternal mortality, and inadequate access to quality care.
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Southern Alliance for Public Health Leadership | Support Public Health
Join the Southern Alliance for Public Health Leadership in advancing health outcomes across the South. Advocate, donate, or get involved today.
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Southern Alliance for Public Health Leadership @saphl.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
This will be absolutely devastating for public health in the South. www.wsj.com/health/healt...
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Exclusive | Trump Administration Weighing Major Cuts to Funding for Domestic HIV Prevention
The plans could be announced as soon as within a day, people familiar with the matter said, if the administration goes ahead.
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
I think what is making everyone so angry isn’t just the cowardice of Senate Democrats, it’s their cowardice in comparison to the random normal person who runs for school board to oust a Moms for Liberty freak
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
I love to call my Senators' offices three times per week and try to cajole them into doing the most elementary political messaging and strategy. This is what it means to be an engaged citizen: leaving a strenuously polite voicemail for a 74yo on a more regular cadence than I talk to my parents.
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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
The only elections Democrats are losing tonight are their own eventual primaries.
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Jason Dozier @jasondozier.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Earlier this week, Governing Magazine covered my efforts to encourage local governments to respond to federal layoffs with hiring initiatives. These layoffs disproportionately hurt cities like Atlanta and I'm proud that we're a national leader in this work. www.governing.com/workforce/lo...
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Local Governments Are Helping Laid-Off Federal Workers Find Jobs
State and local officials are working to mitigate the impact of cuts to the federal workforce spearheaded by the Department of Government Efficiency, offering career services and other resources.
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Southern Alliance for Public Health Leadership @saphl.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
A second death from measles after a decade with none. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/h...
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Unvaccinated New Mexico Resident Dies of Suspected Measles
The patient tested positive for the infection, but state health officials could not confirm that it was the cause of death.
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Osita Nwanevu @ositanwanevu.com · 28/02/2025
If you are a liberal in deep blue territory, one thing you could try doing right now is figuring out how to replace your Democratic member of Congress next year. With very few exceptions, the typical safe seat Dem is not meeting the moment. Find someone who will and help them.
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Defend Public Health @defendpublichealth.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
To emphasize the importance of preserving Medicaid, we request that people in high-priority districts call and write their members of Congress who are in areas that have high Medicaid usage and whose reps have competitive seats. A handy list is below; the Capitol Switchboard is (202) 224-3121.
Screenshot of a list of elected reps in competitive districts and high Medicaid use. The list is: 
AZ-06: Juan Ciscomani
CA-03: Kevin Kiley
CA-22: David Valadao
CA-41: Ken Calvert
CO-08: Gabe Evans
FL-04: Aaron Bean
FL-15: Laurel Lee
FL-27: Maria Elvira Salazar
FL-28: Carlos A. Gimenez
IA-01: Mariannette Miller-Meeks
IA-03: Ashley Hinson
IA-04: Zach Nunn
MI-04: Bill Huizenga
MI-07: Tom Barrett
MI-10: John James
NC-06: Addison McDowell
NC-09: Richard Hudson
NC-13: Brad KnottScreenshot of the Continuation of the list and some guidance as well. It reads: NJ-02: Jefferson Van Drew
NY-01: Nick LaLota
NY-02: Andrew Garbarino
NY-17: Michael Lawler
OH-10: Mike Turner
OH-15: Mike Carey
PA-01: Brian Fitzpatrick
PA-07: Ryan Mackenzie
PA-08: Robert Bresnahan
PA-10: Scott Perry
TX-15: Monica De La Cruz
VA -02: Jennifer Kiggans
WI-01: Bryan Steil
WI-03: Derrick Van Orden

You may call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with the appropriate member. We also encourage you to write to them. To be maximally effective, it is important that you contact YOUR member.
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Rep. Saira Draper @sairaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
The indiscriminate mass layoffs at the CDC are not only devastating for the affected GA employees and their families, but also for public health at large. From measles, to e-coli, to ebola, the CDC has kept us safe for a very long time. #cdcheroes #gapol #publichealthmatters #speakup
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
You up, Governor Kemp? —> Atlanta-based CDC to lose 10th of workforce under probationary job cuts www.ajc.com/news/nation-...
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Atlanta-based CDC to lose 10th of workforce under probationary job cuts
Nearly 1,300 employees are being forced out under the Trump administration’s move to get rid of all probationary employees
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Big day for the sellers of tiny coffins
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SCTPosts @sctposts.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
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Save Foreign Aid
YouTube video by friendsofUSAID
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
if the president’s lackeys can functionally seize control of treasury funds and dismantle a congressionally-created agency without consequence, it’s not that it’s a constitutional crisis as much as it means the constitution is vapor.
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
we're going to need independent, authoritative medical statisticians - probably having to compile data down to the level of individual hospitals in red states - to measure the rise in deaths as a result of this, because they're corrupting or removing the data at the federal level
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Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
one way to think about the dems in the last 8 years is that they wanted all the electoral benefits of being a popular front against authoritarianism but none of the substantive commitments
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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
If Democrats in Congress keep going the way they’re going, the anti-incumbency wave of 2024 will hit their shores in the form of 2026 primaries.
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
I went to post about the National Japanese American Memorial in D.C., which is beautiful but usually missed by tourists. It is a deeply staggering admission of guilt and a warning to future Americans. I went to link to the inscriptions and- Well, they took the site down. www.nps.gov/places/japan...
stone text inlay: HERE WE ADMIT A WRONG
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
New: Trump officials have paused all external communications at health agencies like CDC, FDA, NIH. No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts. And no indication how long the pause will last. With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.
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Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review
The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers.
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Defend Public Health @defendpublichealth.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
This is us. We are pushing back. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/sh...
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RFK Jr. faces fierce pushback from coalition of health professionals, scientists
Thousands of physicians are mobilizing, hoping to derail Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s confirmation. The question is whether Republican senators will care.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/01/2025
this urge to launder rfk jr. as “just a guy who is right about a few things” is such a perfect example of how liberals are people who won’t take their own side in a fight
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Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
i am completely fine with biden pardoning his kid. i have one single complaint about biden and clemency and it's...not this! here are my thoughts:
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
You likely grew up with many of her songs, the call and response inspired by the long tradition of communal Black music (gift link)
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Ella Jenkins, Musician Who Found an Audience in Children, Dies at 100 (Gift Article)
Performing and recording, she transformed what was seen as a marginal genre in the music industry into a celebration of shared humanity.
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