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Susan Marquis

@slmwrite.bsky.social
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Teacher, writer, Nats fan. Author “I Am Not A Tractor”; “Unconventional Warfare.” CFR. Not a bad cook, eh? Princeton Univ

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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
There is no “justice” in this failed “botched” execution. It is a travesty. There is no deterrence or righteousness in a successful execution. It is simply murder by the state. Cold-blooded and in too many cases just inept. The US execution system is just barbaric. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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‘It was a mess’: Tennessee fails to execute woman after 2 lethal injections
Christa Pike’s attorneys said she was being treated at a hospital, but her condition is unknown. May Martinez, the mother of the murdered teenager Colleen Slemmer, called the failed execution “a mess....
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Jess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This courage— from the woman who witnessed and filmed Alex Pretti’s murder—is like nothing I’ve ever seen OMG 😭 Thank you to Senator Blumenthal and Rep. Garcia for giving Stella an opportunity to finally tell her story.
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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
All hands on deck. Time to stop this new vandalism. abcnews.com/Politics/tru...
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Trump photographed with 'Kennedy Center Demolished' sign as venue says closure 'temporary'
President Trump was photographed Wednesday night looking over a placard that appeared to include the words "Kennedy Center DEMOLISHED."
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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Yes. open.substack.com/pub/chrisgei...
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Breaking: SCOTUS rejects Trump admin’s request to enforce new USPS mail ballot restrictions
The brief order denying DOJ’s request for a stay of a lower court order blocking the rule only prompted noted dissents from Justices Thomas and Alito.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
If you follow me and want to help, I only have one request. Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Today is the 9/11 anniversary. Tragedy that also had beauty as our nation came together. Instead, today we must pay attention to the president leading his followers in an oath to cheat as they must, to ensure GOP victory.@aaron.rupar @heathercoxrichardson www.politicususa.com/p/trump-make...
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Trump Makes Republicans Take An Oath To Cheat In The Midterm Election
Trump’s night two speech at the midterm convention contained a meltdown about the crowd size, and an oath to cheat in the midterm election.
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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This is incredibly dangerous. A website (votesafe.org) supported by Musk that appears to be legit for checking your registration but is actually a massive data collection set up in order to target voters for voting disinformation open.substack.com/pub/populari...
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The hidden dangers of Musk’s votesafe.org
The slick voter registration website, currently being promoted to millions of people, is a digital surveillance machine.
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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Tremendous chaos regarding the Missouri congressional map and the courts. @chrisgeidner provides the clearest explanation, far better than I’ve seen in traditional media. open.substack.com/pub/chrisgei...
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Dueling rulings cause chaos over Missouri maps
By Tuesday night, Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins faced an order from the Missouri Supreme Court to show cause why he should not be held in contempt.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Please don't overreact to Roberts Court decision on the contemplated USPS ballot moves They simply held that the injunction came too early in the process, before there was a final rule👇 Now we HAVE a final rule & we will litigate it. I'm as confident in our arguments here as in any of our cases!
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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
No fooling around here. The Association of American University Presidents report describes the Trump administration’s grantmaking as a “massive extortion racket.” www.aaup.org/news/new-rep...
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New Report on Extorted Compliance Charges “Massive Extortion Racket” Against Higher Ed
A new AAUP report, "Extorted Compliance: A Threat to Institutional Autonomy, Academic Freedom, and Shared Governance," exposes how the Trump administration has extended its pay-to-play approach to gov...
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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Is it just me asking why @repjeffries would do this? Is there any reason to believe Kushner is at all credible or trustworthy? Seems like a Lucy and the football moment. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/u...
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Jeffries and Kushner Meet Privately as Midterm Attacks Fly
President Trump’s son-in-law and the man in line to be speaker of a Democratic-led House discussed how Democrats and the administration could work together.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
ICE just arrested a 5-year-old on his way to a soccer game in Austin. His name is Liam, just like the little boy from Minnesota. He should be in kindergarten this week. Instead he's in a trailer prison in the desert. Release Liam. Release these kids. Close the Dilley children’s prison.
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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Thank you @beyer.house.gov Time to recognize that we are at a point where a member of Congress must issue this press release We have a government that does not believe it is accountable to its people. Our job is to hold them accountable beyer.house.gov/news/documen... beyer.house.gov/news/documen...
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Beyer Warns Of Increased ICE Violence And Warrantless Detention In Northern Virginia
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Iran is now publicly talking about what I’ve been saying since this war started: They’re trying to Jimmy Carter him, and he’s letting it happen while telling everyone he’s winning.
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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Trump’s immigration policies and ICE’s brutal actions have been rejected by most Americans. Why aren’t the Dems running on this (plus corruption)? www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
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Trump's Immigration Policies Have Been Rejected; Why Won't Dems Act Like It? | Common Dreams
​Rather than continue internecine fights, Democratic elites should join the grassroots in fighting the real adversary—the brutal, violent, white-nationalist deportation campaign now tearing this count...
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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
DOJ drops all charges against Olympian David Hearn. A “just kidding” after they could no longer claim what we could all see. Damage wasn’t due to passing vandals. It was due to contractors doing a rush job at the whim of the president. www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-dis... www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-dis...
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DOJ moves to dismiss Reflecting Pool vandalism charges against David Hearn, says damage due to "botched installation"
Federal prosecutors moved to dismiss an indictment charging U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn with ripping the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, saying the damage was caused by "botched ...
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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Catholic or not, please take the time I read this through. This highlights the responsibility we all have. open.substack.com/pub/lettersf...
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Pope Francis Invited Anthony Fauci to the Vatican. MAGA Wants to Throw Him in Jail.
Fauci opened the Vatican’s 2021 “Unite to Prevent and Unite to Cure” summit, and Francis delivered its closing address. A contempt vote lands next week — and seventeen state attorneys general are hunt...
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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Pope Leo & the US Catholic Church call out the abject cruelty of ending TPS for Haitians & others.The Church, whether Catholic or Protestant, must have a different approach, “Where the world sees threats, she sees children; where walls are built, she builds bridges” open.substack.com/pub/lettersf...
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As Trump-Vance White House Attempts to Deport Haitian Catholics, Church Fights Back
One night after protections lapsed for more than 300,000 Haitians, a Maryland parish held a mass of solidarity — and Miami’s archbishop spent two days on Capitol Hill demanding the Senate act.
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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
“Charitable giving” is not all good. It can subsidize broken systems (eg employers who pay so little that their employees need help from food pantries) and determine which public goods (music, art, education) survive or die. @rbreich gets at some of this. open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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"Charitable Giving" Isn't What You Think
And the gusher of it is just beginning
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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Thanks @maxboot.bsky.social Truly helpful in explaining what is going on in Ukraine with the national security leadership and the resulting protests. Also a good example of the power of an aware and engaged civil society
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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Lorenzo and Johan were beloved members of their communities who were killed by ICE. Join a MASS CALL to learn how you can take action over the coming weeks to demand justice and accountability for Lorenzo, Johan, and all the families impacted by state violence. share.indvs.org/s/jIar9Q8y
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RSVP for the mass call Wed 8pm ET
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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
For those in Maine wrestling with what to do to find a new Senate candidate, this seems reasonable. What do you think? Maine Needs a Lighthouse Primary prospect.org/2026/07/06/m...
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Maine Needs a Lighthouse Primary - The American Prospect
The best way to salvage the Senate race against Susan Collins is to give voters another chance to decide her opponent.
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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Kind of ignoring reality, eh?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/07/2026
WOW -- Danish reporter *goes there* with Rutte "You sit next to Trump when he talks about conquering Greenland, lashes out at allies like Spain -- things it doesn't seem like the old Mark Rutte would approve of. Does this have any affect on your self-respect when you sit there and say nothing?"
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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Good for you @hcrichardson.bsky.social You do bring your A game every day to your Substack and your videos, not to mention your books and teaching. Please be complemented by the people asking you to run - it is a sign of appreciation. And thank you for not letting your head be turned.
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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Seems a fitting question for Sunday, July 5. Would Mike Johnson Pass Raphael Warnock’s Test? www.nytimes.com/video/podcas...
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Video: Would Mike Johnson Pass Raphael Warnock’s Test?
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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Livestream of the prep for removing Trump’s name from the KenCen www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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WATCH LIVE: Scaffolding goes up at Kennedy Center ahead of deadline to remove Trump's name
A judge on Friday denied a request from the Kennedy Center to pause a ruling ordering President Donald Trump’s name removed from building.
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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Good, succinct, & maddening summary of handicaps built into the midterms that favor the GOP make the hill the Dems have to climb to take even the House back nearly insurmountable. Raise these risks to Congress & do all you can to protect voter integrity in your district. substack.com/@julianzeliz...
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Julian Zelizer (@julianzelizer)
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Platner clearly no saint, but seems noteworthy his accuser is a Republican operative who defended Kavanaugh, attacked Christine Blasey Ford, and falsely accused Mahmoud Khalil & Rumeysa Ozturk of doing things they didn’t, in defense of Israel. (which Platner is critical of)
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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Don’t turn away. Brutal story coming out of ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ Thanks to @workerscircle.bsky.social for getting the word out. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detainees say guards deny them food and clean water until they sign English documents
Detainees say they’re given ‘rotten’ water and denied meals for not signing papers in English that they don’t understand
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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Read this. Want to know why "Alligator Alcatraz" may be shutting down? These people, showing up each week, are why. Thanks @workerscircle.bsky.social for your vision. Determined and driven: The people who show up each Sunday to demand closure of 'Alligator Alcatraz' www.wlrn.org/government-p...
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Determined and driven: The people who show up each Sunday to demand closure of 'Alligator Alcatraz'
They have come from various churches and faith traditions in South Florida to hold "Freedom vigils" for nearly a year to pray and demonstrate against what they say are inhumane conditions inside the i...
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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Please read, register, and make your comment today. This is the Arc d'Trump the president intends to build between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery.
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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
How can any Christian think this is okay? Pastor leads leads wild dedication ceremony for Trump’s giant gold statue www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
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Pastor leads leads wild dedication ceremony for Trump’s giant gold statue
The president himself called into the ceremony to thank the religious leader and guests in attendance
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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Got this right
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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
As the Supreme Court rushes their decision to allow/encourage partisan gerrymandering, Republican states force through new maps with no citizen votes meanwhile, VA’s voter-approved plan is cancelled www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Virginia Supreme Court rejects Democrats' redistricting plan, throws out election
The state’s highest court has overruled the will of Virginia’s voters after the election had already taken place.
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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Listen to this. Thanks @milestaylor.bsky.social and @workerscircle.bsky.social for getting the word out on what is happening, by design, in ICE detention centers…and what we can do. (Minutes 8.5 - 37) - open.substack.com/pub/defiance...
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GTFO ICE Starts Now | Weekly Mission Briefing
DEFIANCE Daily: Dispatches for the Defiant
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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David Beckmann @d-beckmann.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The forgiving love of God invites us to turn away from our shortcomings and live in the Spirit. Through advocacy, demonstrations, and active participation in elections we can also pull our nation into better alignment with God’s coming kingdom. www.davidbeckmann.net/post/good-fr... #GoodFriday
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Good Friday Reflection
“Is not this the fast that pleases me: to break unjust fetters, to undo the thongs of the yoke? To let the oppressed go free and break all yokes? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and shel...
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 01/04/2026
Leah Greenberg: No Kings 3 was a historic day of defiance. And also, you are on this call because you know, as we do, that no one day of protest is going to fix things. No Kings is incredible. It's also a tactic in a strategy.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 01/04/2026
Neidi Dominguez: On No Kings, we, you, showed each other that we're not alone and that we're ready to fight. On May Day, we will continue to show each other that we have more collective power to flex.
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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Worth a read! “No Kings” and Biblical roots
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
So are the headlines saying the Democrats won this round, or nah? Cause they did. Funding for TSA, FEMA, Coast Guard, no funding for ICE. That’s the deal Dems have been offering over & over. Republicans caved.
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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Supporting Democracy Now - Patti Smith, Bruce, and Michael Stipe. Brings it all together. @democracynow.org youtube.com/watch?v=71TC...
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Patti Smith. Springsteen. Michael Stipe. Hurray for the Riff Raff. Democracy Now.
YouTube video by Giselle
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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
counted 25 ICE officers (most with ERO vests) during my 26-minute wait in the LGA Terminal C Touchless line this morning. every one of them was either standing doing nothing or slowly walking the length of the line doing nothing. at least four were in masks.
two ICE officers who look like they’re about 16two ICE officers standing by a walltwo ICE officers pacingtwo ICE officers, both masked, walking the length of the TSA line
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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
This is how you do it.
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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Be there or be square. Your day to standup against a federal secret police, immoral wars of choice, and denial of the right to vote for all citizens. America has #nokings substack.com/@indivisible...
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Indivisible (@indivisibleteam)
No Kings Day will be too big to ignore: https://www.nokings.org/?SQF_SOURCE=indivisible
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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Dear World, I’m a US citizen and I endorse this message #robertreich #USallies open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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Trump Alone
A Note to America's Allies and Friends
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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Don’t turn away. This is in the open and it matters
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Susan Marquis @slmwrite.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
@nslforamerica.bsky.social
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