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Ximena Vargas

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 7h
The next No Kings Day is almost here. Let’s make it clear that We The People won’t let the fascists sabotage the midterms: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump redirected $176.9 million from a US human-rights fund towards global right wing groups, including $40 million for an “anti-communism” consortium and $1 million for fascist groups opposing Brazil’s Supreme Court days before the presidential election.
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Trump diverts $176.9m of Human Rights aid to far-right groups; targets Europe, Canada and South America
Marco Rubio overrode congressional holds, a Democratic aide said. The money funds opponents of Brazil's supreme court days before its vote and Europeans who reject "gender ideology", as Trump official...
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 7h
Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures up to 90° on CAs coast and 105° in the valleys continue until 8 pm PDT Thursday. Farm workers are toiling in the fields in this dangerously hot weather working to put food on our tables 1/
Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures up to 90° on CAs coast and 105° in the valleys continue until 8 pm PDT Thursday.

This warning may be extended
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 17h
The masked men behind Kamloops’ “Got bones?” banner belong to a white-nationalist group that trains with US fascist networks tied to MAGA and promotes “remigration,” a far-right agenda pushed by Trump. Its founder told followers to “arm up now.” #cdnpoli
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Second Sons: foreign-trained in Texas with a militant US right-wing group, promoted by promoted by Trump allies
The masked men behind Kamloops' "Got bones?" banner belong to a federally registered white nationalist group that trains with US fascist fight clubs and pushes the "remigration" agenda Donald Trump ha...
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Brazilian intelligence says it confirmed interference from both the US and Russia ahead of Sunday’s presidential election, rated the risk of US influence on the vote “critical.” Brazil is now investigating foreign interference.
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Brazil votes as intelligence agency finds US and Russian interference; US backs the right wing
In the final week before Brazil votes, the US government put money behind opponents of the Supreme Court, closed its consulates over a threat Brazilian police could not find and was reported to have t...
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 22h
Susan Collins, Mainers still have questions for you. We’ll keep asking, even though you refuse to answer.
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Joshua Collins @murosinvisibles.bsky.social · 7h
Brazilian elections could determine the shape of US hegemony in South America Will the country join Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Chile, Paraguay, Argentina, and Peru in submission to Washington?
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Brazilian elections could determine the shape of US hegemony in South America
Will the country join Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Chile, Paraguay, Argentina, and Peru in submission to Washington?
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Daily Kos @dailykos.com · 7h
This administration sure loves victim blaming. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Survive an ICE shooting? Get charged with a crime.
When it comes to ICE shootings, the agents are never to blame.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7h
Russia strikes Kyiv bridge as German chancellor visits Ukraine in show of support
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Russia strikes Kyiv bridge as German chancellor visits Ukraine in show of support
Attack happened shortly after Merz arrived in city on unannounced visit intended to underline Germany’s backing of Ukraine Russia has struck another major bridge in Kyiv as the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, arrived in the capital in a show of support for Ukraine. A Russian drone hit Kyiv’s key Northern Bridge over the Dnipro River, marking the fourth consecutive day that Russia has targeted bridges used by thousands of residents commuting between the city’s two banks. Video footage showed cars driving across the bridge as the drone plunged into the roadway and exploded in a burst of fire. Two people were injured in the strike, said Kyiv’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko. Continue reading...
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 7h
If Brazil falls to the right wing today, the Trump capture of South America will be complete. The US, Israel and Russia anti-democratic forces will have greater room to concentrate operations on Mexico and Canada. Brazil’s outcome will carry global consequences for democracy.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h
Trump: "Remember the global warming hoax? But the problem is the ice caps have gotten bigger. Everybody said 'we're all gonna be dead.' I think it was AOC."
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h
Vivek Ramawamy on Ohio: "I think this state needs and deserves a governor who will actually collaborate with, work with, partner with the president of the United States of America."
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Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 18h
Trump is coming to San Antonio Wednesday. I invited him to the Dilley Trailer Prison. He should face the children he’s traumatizing. Can the president look these innocent children in the eyes and tell them they deserve to be there?
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 18h
Soaring diesel prices take their toll on US farmers in midwest corn belt
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Soaring diesel prices take their toll on US farmers in midwest corn belt
Fuel costs are biting for crop growers, trucking firms and a host of other industries as Iran war stokes record prices
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 20h
CNN and CBS News are now under the control of the Ellison family. We need independent, pro-democracy media to grow. If you agree, please subscribe to Democracy Docket now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18h
Oh no the very popular president is going to spread his popularity around and make other Republicans as popular as he is oh no
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h
"Were he trying to raise the cost of diesel, Trump would be hard pressed to improve upon the combination of trade wars, tariffs, and a Strait of Hormuz-choking Mideast war. At this point, he may as well propose doubling the 24.4 cents per gallon federal diesel tax."
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Diesel Don is tanking the GOP
Record high prices are one of Trump’s defining political failures.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 18h
Alberta separatists sought US help to break up Canada, offering the province's oil, water and land while Trump threatened Canada with tariffs and annexation; US Republican operatives offered the separatist campaign voter-targeting technology. #cdnpoli
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Alberta separatists asked the US to help break up Canada and offered the province's oil, water and land in return
Albertans vote on 19 October after separatists offered the US government the province's oil, water and land, Michigan Republicans brought in software that exposed nearly three million voters' data, an...
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 18h
4 October 1942 | A Hungarian Jewish boy, Miklos Gárdos, was born. In July 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- Watch our webinar about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q
Vintage black and white photo of a baby sitting in a crib, wearing a light, patterned outfit.
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 18h
Classic party of family values.
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The Birthday Fairy Project @thebirthdayfairy.bsky.social · 17h
Addtl Oct 3 birthdays — send info to thebirthdayfairyproject@outlook.com Malachi Copeland should be 11 today. He died at 6 in a 2022 unintentional shooting in Evansville, IN. Lokia Walking Eagle should be 4. She died at 2 in a 2025 domestic 2x murder in St Michel, ND.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 17h
JD Vance heckled as MAGA cultists fail to get a USA chant going to drown out the lone protestor.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17h
A child in an Idaho faith-healing family died of a treatable condition. Then another died — and another, and another. Idaho’s child abuse laws contain such broad religious exemptions that authorities didn’t intervene — before or after the deaths.
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Four Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.
An exemption in Idaho law shields faith-healing parents from criminal prosecution for conduct that otherwise would be charged as neglect. It also keeps police and social workers from stepping in to pr...
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United We Dream @unitedwedream.org · 03/10/2026
Isn't it wild that someone can live here 20, 30, even 40 years and still have no pathway to citizenship? ☎️ Call your Representative today: 202-688-0646 📲 Text HOME IS HERE to 787-57 to take action with us
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/10/2026
In the first few months of 2025, the Trump administration attempted to cancel around $267 million in federal spending on legal aid for migrants. For legal aid groups all over America, recovery from the tumultuous early months of the second Trump administration has been excruciating.
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First Trump came for immigrants. Then he came for their lawyers.
How legal aid groups survived the administration’s attacks—barely.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“There are always people who profit from war or government policies. The difference is that the people profiting should not be the people making the decisions to make that policy. And that is what is happening here...” www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/u...
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Jared Kushner’s company has large stake in firm with Israeli military links | CNN
At the same time Jared Kushner has negotiated in the war in Gaza, his company has held the largest stake in a firm backing businesses involved in Israel’s military campaigns.
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
they are here literally committing crimes
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Oklahoma National Guard member deployed to Washington, DC, is arrested on firearms charge
A National Guard member deployed to Washington, D.C., as part of a mission launched by President Donald Trump has been arrested for carrying an unauthorized firearm after a traffic stop by U.S. Park P...
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Calling Russia’s attacks “hybrid attacks” is a cute little way to avoid Article 5. The problem is that Russia is only going to get bolder and bolder until, one day, they drop “hybrid” missiles on your fucking capital.
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Nikki McCann Ramírez @nikkimcr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump straight up doxxed Senator Tom Cotton this morning
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Conservative Cuban Americans have long made S. Florida GOP-friendly. But Trump has deported a record number of Cubans. Older Cubans who lived in the US for decades were deported to Mexico, where they've struggled to get by. Some have been deported to Africa..." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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How Trump’s Deportation Policies Have Rocked a South Florida House Race
Representative María Elvira Salazar, a Republican, ran an ad criticizing the Trump administration. It may have jolted other Republicans — and drawn attention to her Democratic opponent.
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hypothetical: a president publicly discloses a private cell phone number to encourage millions to intimidate and disturb a legislator to pass a bill. It meets the criteria for state criminal harassment. Immune under Trump v. United States? Or official conduct that can overcome the presumption?
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 03/10/2026
Trump’s buddy. “Vladimir Putin instructed his generals to abandon the rules of war … in intensified Russian aerial strikes on Kyiv's civilian infrastructure, including schools, hospitals and key bridges.”
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Putin tells generals to abandon rules of war as Russia targets Kyiv civilians
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Reveal @revealnews.org · 03/10/2026
Something is shifting among American voters and Israel. Democrats who protested their own party over Gaza are now running for office, openly challenging AIPAC’s influence. This week on Reveal, we ask: If the old consensus around Israel is breaking, what comes next?
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America’s new political fault line: Israel
America’s relationship with Israel is becoming an electoral fault line, dividing both parties and major Jewish political groups.
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Kassie Navarro @kassien.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Susan Collins claims that @propublica.org’s reporting about CEO Martin Kao’s bribery allegations took him at his word. That’s not true. We reviewed a trove of FBI evidence and legal records. 📽️ Here’s how we independently corroborated much of Kao’s account. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqyi...
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We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Against Susan Collins
YouTube video by ProPublica
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 03/10/2026
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 03/10/2026
Sorry this is unclear and I rounded up. Premiums are going up TO around $203. www.aarp.org/pri/topics/h... “Beginning in January 2026, the standard Part B monthly premium is $202.90, up from $185 in 2025, representing a 9.7% jump.”
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Medicare Part B premium rises in 2026 with details on who pays, how premiums are calculated, key cost drivers, and trends shaping future Medicare expenses.
<p>A breakdown of the 2026 Medicare Part B premium increase, including who pays, how the premium is determined, the role of Medicare financing, and factors driving higher spending. The overview also h...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/10/2026
New in PN: Diesel Don is tanking the GOP "Making matters even worse for Republicans, the bitter yet deserved irony is that key constituencies across Red America that elected Trump are particularly hard-hit: men, whites, farmers, rural citizens, and those from the South and West."
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Diesel Don is tanking the GOP
Record high prices are one of Trump’s defining political failures.
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Randy Villegas @villegas4congress.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ballots are coming! Help us reach voters by joining us on the doors or on the phone. www.mobilize.us/randyvillega
On October 3rd he asked me what day it was. It's two days before ballots get mailed out.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/10/2026
The latest episode from @revealnews.org tackles Israel's changing role in US politics heading into the midterms. We think you'll find it enlightening.
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America’s new political fault line: Israel
America’s relationship with Israel is becoming an electoral fault line, dividing both parties and major Jewish political groups.
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MoveOn @moveon.org · 03/10/2026
Housing crisis. Soaring gas prices. Massive health care bills. But Trump wants to focus on renaming buildings and lakes.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It's hot out there! Farm workers are out in the fields working in these conditions in triple digit temperatures. America we need to do better. 1/
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump calls the Baltics “model allies,” then shuts them out of NATO talks while weighing troop cuts in Europe, opening a path to Russian sanctions relief and inviting Putin to Trump’s own golf resort.
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US shuts UK, France and Baltic states out of NATO planning group as Trump moves to ease Russia sanctions
The Pentagon has left the UK, France and NATO's three top defence spenders, the Baltic states, out of an allies' meeting in Poland as Trump moves to ease Russia sanctions, invites Putin to his Doral r...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I definitely think it possible Trump would be so shameless as to appoint Aileen Cannon. Which makes the current timing of the hearing on lawsuit to liberate the stolen documents report, November 2, of interest.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🟣 SUBSTACK 'Digital Armies' and Disinformation: How Big Tech is Influencing Brazil's Upcoming Election By Caroline Orr Bueno and PhD Read below. ↓
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'Digital Armies' and Disinformation: How Big Tech is Influencing Brazil's Upcoming Election
Caroline Orr Bueno reports on why Brazil is a testing ground for information warfare tactics as the country heads to the polls on Sunday 4 October
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Five Russian drones crossed into Moldova on 3 October, exploding in vineyards and fields south and east of Chișinău. The strikes are the latest in an escalating series of Russian incursions and attacks targeting European countries.
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Russian drones and missiles strike Moldova as Moscow trains saboteurs to break it from within
Five Russian weapons crossed into Moldova on 3 October and blew up in vineyards and fields south and east of Chișinău. The strike is the latest front in a war Russia is fighting against Moldova with b...
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Nobody's ever seen numbers like these before." - Senile Satan
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump has stopped using the Flying Bribery Palace. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Trump Stops Using Luxurious But Defenseless Jet He Solicited From Qatar
The president has for his five most recent trips, including Friday’s, used the real Air Force One built for that purpose. The White House refuses to explain the switch.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Renee Nicole Good's family has now filed TWO lawsuits, alleging a conspiracy between Greg Bovino, Stephen Miller, & others to deprive people of their rights & killing Renee in furtherance of that conspiracy. Why discovery will bring accountability for Renee’s murder: youtu.be/2kU7_-Yt-Ig?...
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Trump HIT With TWO NEW LAWSUITS Over DEADLY ICE SHOOTING!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Senate Republicans are suddenly rushing to save a Senate seat in Kansas. On Friday, the Senate Leadership Fund, Senate Republicans' top super PAC, reserved over $8 million in ads starting this weekend to prop up GOP Sen. Roger Marshall.
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Kansas enters the chat as Senate map tilts further into red territory
The Senate GOP’s top PAC is diving into Kansas, a sign that the deep-red state is in play amid a worsening political environment for Republicans.
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