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House Judiciary Dems @democrats-judiciary.house.gov · 01/09/2026
RM @raskin.house.gov breaks down how diverting local resources for chaotic federal immigration enforcement makes everyone less safe. youtu.be/4IiRDsn92Yo
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Republicans Want to Defund Local Police to Fuel Trump’s Immigration Crackdown: Raskin Says
YouTube video by House Committee on the Judiciary
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House Judiciary Dems @democrats-judiciary.house.gov · 01/09/2026
Republicans have already handed DHS nearly $240 billion. Now they want to defund local law enforcement unless states agree to do DHS’s job for them. WATCH👇
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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
How did Texas get into this Flock mess? Great reporting from the @texastribune.org fills you in. By the way: it's reading your bumper stickers! www.texastribune.org/2026/08/28/t...
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How a $1 Texas insurance fee funded thousands of Flock cameras
The higher fee, meant to combat catalytic converter theft, provided millions to expand the Flock network across Texas. Some lawmakers say that wasn’t the intent.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This regime is torturing and trafficking people. People who were guaranteed protection for their families' roles in the war that we launched. People at risk of summary execution upon return home. People. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/w...
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Deportees Sent to Liberia Recount Harrowing Details of U.S. Expulsion and Treatment by ICE
Ten deportees said they experienced or witnessed what they called abusive or violent treatment by ICE. They spent months in detention, they said, before being sent to nations where they had no ties.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 01/09/2026
BREAKING: Trump's DHS took a step back from seizing Fentanyl so that ICE could terrorize our streets. In just one year at HSI: - Fentanyl investigations down 24% - Fentanyl seizures down 39% - Hours spent countering fentanyl down approx. 30%
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 01/09/2026
That’s why I introduced the Protecting Taxpayers from Risky Investments in Venezuela Act to prevent tax dollars from being used to rebuild a foreign country’s oil infrastructure without congressional approval. www.npr.org/2026/08/31/n...
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The U.S.-Venezuela oil deal won't lower your gas prices. Here's what you need to know
The Trump administration announced a deal Friday to develop a vast amount of Venezuela's oil reserves, with the U.S. taking a majority stake. Energy experts say there are many reasons to be skeptical.
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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 01/09/2026
Voter fraud means a voter attempting to vote fraudulently. Election manipulation means a compromise of the election system, not a single vote... Sidenote: This is our final myth in Part 1 of our Myths vs. Reality series! Thanks for sticking around and for all the feedback 😊 Myth 13#: Since voter
Image with dark blue background, titled Myths vs Reality. Text is Myth 13#: Since voter fraud is very rare in the United States, this means that other forms of election manipulation are also highly unlikely. Reality: Voter fraud and election manipulation are not the same thing.

Voter fraud is votes cast illegally (e.g. impersonation, double-voting, or ineligible voting). For this to influence an election, it would require thousands of voters to act in coordination, each risking being caught.

Election manipulation (cyberattacks, digital tampering, or machine-hacking) can be pulled off by a small group or even a single actor with skills to compromise the system and leave little trace.

Although research finds that voter fraud is exceedingly rare, this tells us very little about the likelihood of election manipulation.
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Cole Donovan @colesci.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Hello this is a cut Yes, it’s 2 year funds, but that’s like telling a person with a blood clot that “it’s ok all the blood is still there”
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
2/2 One bad barcode scan and the WHOLE batch of ballots gets HELD. North Carolina starts mailing Friday. Now…read that again. The whistleblower was represented by their lawyers and the information was released by Senator Richard Blumenthal.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
1/2 🧵The attacks on voting rights continue. A federal whistleblower says United States Postal Service built the system that screens your mail ballot in a rush. Four days of user testing. Requirements never written down.
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Congressman Eugene Vindman (VA-07) @gene4va.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Trump is trying to silence your voice and undermine your vote because he knows that prices are up and his policies are unpopular. We will fight this — and the American people will be heard loud and clear on Election Day.
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Congressman Eugene Vindman (VA-07) @gene4va.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We all know vote-by-mail is safe and secure. Even Trump voted by mail just last month. But a whistleblower just disclosed that USPS is defying a court order and secretly implementing Trump’s “flawed” and “untested” effort to restrict mail-in ballots.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 01/09/2026
US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is set to depart the Pentagon in the next few days. Hegseth is reportedly considering his chief spokesperson, Sean Parnell to succeed Driscoll. This all looks like a move to replace officers who push back on Hegseth’s policies with loyalists.
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It looks like Hegseth is replacing top military officers with loyalists
US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is just the latest to depart.
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Rep. Jimmy Gomez @gomez.house.gov · 01/09/2026
Work more years is the answer for how the Trump administration will fund more tax cuts for the top 1%.
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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Thomas Massie warns Speaker Mike Johnson might send everyone home to avoid another vote on the Epstein files. Why are some of these politicians bent on protecting pedophiles?
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404 Media @404media.co · 01/09/2026
This city tried to charge a farmer more than $17,000 for bodycam footage and records related to his arrest at a city council meeting where he spoke against a data center. The state rejected the fee. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Story by @mjgault.bsky.social: www.404media.co/oklahoma-tel...
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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 01/09/2026
National action alert: Tell Congress Duffy's attacks on bike lanes will get people killed #SEAbikes
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National action alert: Tell Congress Duffy’s attacks on bike lanes will get people killed
Bluesky post by Bike League Policy Director Ken McLeod. Sean Duffy, the corrupt B-list reality TV personality cosplaying as Trump's Transportation Secretary, is trying to put language in the transportation reauthorization bill that would restrict bike lanes on the misleadingly-named "National Highway System." This system includes a lot of regular city streets (map), including streets like Eastlake Ave where a federally-funded project is currently building new protected bike lanes. The system also includes many of Seattle's most dangerous streets, such as Rainier Ave S, Aurora Ave N, Fauntleroy Way SW, 4th Ave S and many more, streets big enough that Federal funding might be needed to help cover the significant cost to repave and rebuild them.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is why you can't have healthcare. www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigratio…
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ICE plans to buy robot ‘dogs’ for some immigration enforcement operations
The doglike robots are equipped with cameras and sensors that can detect chemicals and would be used in situations that
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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver @cleaver.house.gov · 01/09/2026
Congressional Republicans have chosen to spend tens of billions on another war in the Middle East rather than lowering health care costs for Americans here at home. And hardworking families are paying the price.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/08/2026
President Donald Trump has long claimed, without evidence, that noncitizen voting is rampant. His own unprecedented efforts to prosecute these voters show otherwise.
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Inside Trump’s Failed Hunt for Noncitizen Voters
To prove the president’s claims of illegal voting, the government has harnessed the power of Homeland Security Investigations, a branch of DHS established to combat the worst cross-border crime. So fa...
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NPR @npr.org · 15/08/2026
The deployment is expected to cost in the billions after it was quietly extended until Inauguration Day of 2029.
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Armed troops have patrolled D.C. for 1 year now. It's challenging democratic norms
The deployment is expected to cost in the billions after it was quietly extended until Inauguration Day of 2029.
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 15/08/2026
The order will recommend separating the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three different shots administered in separate visits, and direct the nation's health department to improve vaccine research. Separate measles, mumps and rubella vaccines are not available in the U.S.
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Trump to Sign Executive Order Calling for Spacing Out Childhood Shots
President Donald Trump on Monday will sign an executive order calling for spacing out the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine into separate shots.
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Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 15/08/2026
Shock gloves are “inherently abusive equipment that facilitates torture,” said CVT's Yumna Rizvi in @hurwitz.bsky.social's new article in @motherjones.com as the gloves are given to ICE agents. Yumna says use of these tools “is inherently harmful. It has no legitimate law enforcement purpose.”
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 15/08/2026
Thank you to everyone sharing this story. We can only presume this agent will return to Chicago soon. Quite a lot that had to be left out for brevity's sake, but of note: he has repeatedly called the agents working with him "my guys," definitely indicating he's some kind of team lead.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 15/08/2026
England now has the longest organized coastal footpath in the world: The King Charles III England Coast Path. The writer Paul Theroux traced the British coastline in 1982 for his book “The Kingdom by the Sea.” Here's what he saw as he walked parts of the new route. nyti.ms/3Uxmmh9
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The crisis of federalism continues. Trump also falsely accused CO of fraud and tried to cut off its federal foodstamp benefits to punish the state for punishing Tina Peters, the election denier. CO lost a water project over it, too. They lost a climate research center. All for upholding state law.
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NPR @npr.org · 15/08/2026
When the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan five years ago, thousands of Afghans who helped U.S. troops were brought here to rebuild their lives. But now, some fear the U.S. may want to send them back. n.pr/4xIREjz
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They fought for the U.S. in Afghanistan. Now they worry about losing their green cards
When the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan five years ago, thousands of Afghans who helped U.S. troops were brought here to rebuild their lives. But now, some fear the U.S. may want to send them back.
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NPR @npr.org · 15/08/2026
Homero Calderón's detention by ICE spotlights the massive backlog in the U.S. immigration system. n.pr/3S8L8nc
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ICE detained a Venezuelan soccer pro. His case shows the immigration backlog crisis
Homero Calderón's detention by ICE spotlights the massive backlog in the U.S. immigration system.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 15/08/2026
The gloves, manufactured by a company called Compliant Technologies, have been described by groups like Amnesty International as “readily misused for torture.” And this week, ICE published a plan to order $20 million worth of them.
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The Orwellian Company Behind ICE’s New Electric Shock Gloves
“With a glove, there are no burn marks or scars.” That makes it hard for victims to sue.
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Ways and Means Committee Democrats @waysmeanscmte.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Trump’s Administration spent nearly $500 million on a fleet of planes it rarely uses. Meanwhile, Republicans are doing nothing to lower the price of gas, groceries, health care, or child care. They’re choosing where to spend, and it’s not on you.
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 15/08/2026
From @candicequestions.com: These sacred spaces’ histories and remains—including human burial sites—tie the plaintiffs back to their ancestors. New construction of border barriers threatens to cut them off from religious funeral practices and gravesite visitation and prayer.
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Indigenous Group Sues to Stop Big Bend Border Wall on Religious Grounds
The lawsuit seeks an immediate injunction, arguing that CBP construction and surveying activities in Big Bend violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 15/08/2026
The international repercussions of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s killing by ICE. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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Who Killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo?
A death during an ICE traffic stop raises outrage in Houston—and in Mexico.
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404 Media @404media.co · 15/08/2026
Flock told 404 Media in an email it never executed the partnership with Nexar. But the presentation still shows Flock’s ambitious plan to conscript rideshare and delivery drivers to collect license plate data for its network. www.404media.co/flock-pitche...
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Flock Pitched a Plan To Turn Uber and Lyft Drivers Into Roaming Surveillance Vehicles
A Flock presentation shows the company planned to use around 350,000 Uber, Lyft, and delivery drivers to collect license plate data for its surveillance system.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15/08/2026
"Trump said we're starting a war, and they didn't come up with plans for it...months and months later, the Navy is kind of flailing." @markhertling.bsky.social and Ben Parker on why the USS Lincoln is still at sea.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
New working paper w/ Hanna Folsz In Jan 2025 Trump issued an executive order targeting corporate DEI programs. Many companies ended DEI fearing financial risk We find that firms that kept DEI performed just as well in financial markets, revenue, etc democracypolicylab.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...
The Trump administration has used executive authority to influence the behavior of civil society organizations such as law firms, universities, and corporations.
Do corporations that resist executive orders perform worse financially? In January 2025, the Trump administration issued an executive order directing federal
agencies to investigate and compel firms to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. Some firms complied with the order, whereas other firms
resisted by reaffirming their DEI programs. We find that S&P 500 firms that
maintained their DEI programs performed just as well as compliant firms, both
in terms of stock market returns and revenue. The results are robust across various measures of maintaining DEI, including measures based on executives’ public
statements about DEI programs, interest group ratings, firm financial statements,
and shareholder rejections of anti-DEI resolutions. The results suggest that, at
least in some areas, firms can resist pressure from the executive branch with
minimal costs to financial performance.
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Rep. Richard Neal @neal.house.gov · 15/08/2026
Trump’s sham lawsuit against the IRS was so corrupt that a federal judge ordered him to pay his opponents’ legal fees & referred his attorneys for potential discipline. Now, he’s doing everything he can to protect himself from the consequences of trying to pickpocket taxpayers to the tune of $10B.
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Trump Seeks Immediate Halt to Judge’s Penalties in IRS Case
President Donald Trump has asked a federal appeals court to pause a judge’s order imposing sanctions on him and his lawyers for how they handled his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Se...
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Jesse Coburn @jessecoburn.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
To tell this story, I spoke with 36 current and former employees of General Dynamics, the Army, the Pentagon and the White House. You can read my full investigation here: www.propublica.org/article/gene...
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Fiasco in the Factory: Taxpayers Funded a $533 Million Artillery Plant That Made Nothing
General Dynamics opened a Texas factory to churn out artillery shells for Ukraine, but the machines kept breaking. Robot arms smashed into things. Hunks of metal crashed to the floor. There was even a...
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#Nov2026 🌊🌊 Vote for Democracy 🗳️ - ICE❌ @kdjs-1.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Defense/Pentagon has never passed an audit Think of the level of scrutiny to get SNAP benefits - barely enough money to eat - compared to the massive waste -no oversight for military contractors…
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/08/2026
Mamdani: "If a New Yorker looks at what ICE is doing and wants to see more of it, they should vote for Bruce Blakeman, who has created his own militia in Nassau County. If they look at what ICE is doing and they are shocked by the inhumanity and cruelty, they should vote for Gov. Kathy Hochul."
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
All. Of. This.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Wouldn’t it have been great if Trump’s racism was treated as an actual story in 2016?
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 15/08/2026
The average age of a first-time homebuyer is the oldest it’s been in at least four decades. In some pockets of the country, young Americans are bucking that trend
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The Midwest City Keeping the American Dream Alive for First-Time Homebuyers
Young people are flocking to Grand Rapids, a rare pocket of relatively affordable homes and plentiful job opportunities.
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Congressman André Carson @carson.house.gov · 15/08/2026
Indianapolis: follow the advice and directives of local authorities as we navigate severe flooding. Residents in Ravenswood and Rocky Ripple are strongly advised to evacuate. I’ll continue monitoring conditions—if necessary, I’m prepared to work to bring federal resources to Indianapolis.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This is a historic-preservation nonprofit challenging a White House construction project in federal court, and the president is publicly accusing it of treason for doing so.
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 15/08/2026
Trump To Order Redesign of Aircraft Carriers Because They Don’t Look Right
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Trump To Order Redesign of Aircraft Carriers Because They Don’t Look Right
This probably won’t get the attention or, frankly, outrage that it deserves...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
FLASHBACK — J.D. VANCE: “I’m not sure the dollar being the reserve currency is actually good for 🇺🇸.” 🤔 Seems like it should be a bigger deal the vice president believes the dollar should no longer be the 🌎 reserve currency because it helps 🇺🇸 consumers too much.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
"Most sailors are working excruciatingly long shifts, and depending on their job, some are rarely getting a day off, family members told MS NOW. One father, who is a Navy veteran, said his son described seeing holes that have worn through the Lincoln’s flight deck."
The flight deck of an aircraft carrier is already one of the most dangerous places in the military. High-speed aircraft with powerful engines can burn sailors and blow them overboard. Spinning propellers can cause accidents. And the constant loading and unloading of bombs, missiles and rockets pose the risk of explosions and fires. 
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
They're just coming right out and saying it. When body camera footage makes them look bad, no one sees it. When it serves a proagandistic purpose, everyone sees it.
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AL.com @al.com · 08/08/2026
Mobile prepares for former Enterprise aircraft carrier arrival as Navy finalizes plans to scrap it mrf.lu/214xM
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