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Ashley St. Clair, a 27-year-old former brand ambassador for Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA, has turned into one of the fiercest critics of the movement she helped build.St. Clair, who amassed more than a million followers on X, published an anti-transgender children's book, appeared on Fox News and took selfies at Mar-a-Lago, now alleges that...
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Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA), one of President Joe Biden's fiercest Republican critics over inflation and gas prices, is refusing to account for his stunning reversal now that a Republican president's unpopular war in Iran is putting an even bigger squeeze on American consumers.When pressed by MS NOW's Jack Fitzpatrick, the normally press-friendly...
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One of Donald Trump's Cabinet members is considering a plan to upset the natural order of the administration by challenging JD Vance for the 2028 Republican nomination, according to those analyzing a recent campaign-style video that was released.Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said that he would give Vance the top spot, insinuating he...
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With Donald Trump's approval rating hitting a historic low, longtime Beltway analyst John Heilemann told the hosts of MS NOW's "Morning Joe” that Republican Party lawmakers are being swamped by multiple problems with little time to convince voters they should be allowed to keep their jobs.Using a horse-racing analogy, Heilemann told co-host Mike...
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President Donald Trump claimed during his recent "60 Minutes” interview, based on the federal indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center on fraud and money laundering charges, that the violent 2017 Unite the Right rally was "a total fake” funded by the extremist watchdog group "to make me look bad.”The actual facts have stood in plain...
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The Department of Justice is seeking the names of every individual who worked during the 2020 election in Georgia's Fulton County, where President Donald Trump has long claimed voter fraud robbed him of a win, but a legal expert said those efforts to intimidate election workers are doomed to fail.Lawyers for the county filed a motion Monday to...
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The Republican Party's electoral prospects in the midterms have dimmed as President Donald Trump's polling has slid into oblivion. But those prospects were arguably long to begin with, Aaron Blake wrote in an analysis for CNN published on Thursday."Republicans would have turnout challenges in the 2026 midterm elections regardless of how President...
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Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) told The Daily Beast's Joanna Coles he believes President Donald Trump's cognitive decline is accelerating in a dangerous way, in an interview released this week.This comes amid ongoing additional questions about the president's mental and physical health, including unexplained bruises on his hands."Do you think there has...
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Senate and House Democrats are investigating whether President Trump's pardons and commutations have been driven by "pay-to-play dynamics," launching a coordinated probe into wealthy businessmen who appear to have received favorable treatment from the White House in exchange for financial contributions or other forms of influence.According to a...
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Donald Trump has been playing the long con with his MAGA cult for over a decade now. When he descended that tacky gold escalator in June 2015 to declare his candidacy, he essentially set up a traveling game of Three Card Monte that's never ended. Trump first learned how to grift from his con artist father, then polished his people skills under...
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Canada's military is quietly deploying counter-drone defences at ports and air bases, racing to keep pace with lessons from Ukraine's devastating strikes on Russian assets. The effort exposes a legal and operational grey zone — how to stop airborne threats over Canadian cities without disrupting civilian life or crossing regulatory lines.
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NEW YORK – A judge on Wednesday unsealed a suicide note purportedly written by Jeffrey Epstein from the New York jail where he was held while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. The note, which was allegedly written before a suicide attempt weeks before he was found dead in August 2019, was released now only […]
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Péter Magyar promised a full reset between Hungary and Brussels after Viktor Orbán's defeat — but the EU may be ready to unlock only part of Hungary's frozen billions. Zoya Sheftalovich, dialing in from Madrid, and Sarah Wheaton unpack the first possible tensions emerging between Brussels and post-Orbán Hungary. Then: a right-wing MEP is...
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In Berlin wird heute Ministerpräsident Winfried Kretschmann offiziell verabschiedet. Ein Moment, der weit über die Landesgrenze von Baden-Württemberg hinaus strahlt. Während Horst Seehofer die Laudatio hält, steht der Nachfolger bereits in den Startlöchern: Cem Özdemir. Gordon Repinski analysiert, wie Özdemir die Grünen neu erfinden...
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President Donald Trump received an almost "psychedelic" rebuke from a foreign leader recently, and that may help explain why he's kicked his revenge tour into high gear, according to one analyst. Sean Wilentz, co-host of "The Court of History" podcast on the Legal AF Network, argued during a new episode on Wednesday that King Charles III's speech...
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Canadian businessman and star of CNBC's "Shark Tank," Kevin O'Leary, sparked an uproar on CNN on Wednesday after he defended the costs of President Donald Trump's war in Iran. O'Leary argued during a segment on CNN's "NewsNight" with host Abby Phillip that waging the war in Iran is worth the associated costs because it will allow American...
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Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts whined about how Americans view his court during a recent speaking appearance, according to a new report. NBC News reported on Wednesday that Roberts decried how little Americans know about the Supreme Court's functions and how they view the court as "truly political actors." He also added that the court...
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Political analysts and observers were aghast on Wednesday as a new report revealed the impetus for President Donald Trump's most recent abrupt reversal. NBC News reported that Saudi Arabia had revoked the U.S.'s access to its military bases to conduct operations for "Project Freedom," Trump's plan to guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz and...
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Trump's push to have his administration take a bigger stake in major American businesses is beginning to scare industrialists and executives, according to a new report. "Some executives are so worried Trump will ask for a stake in their company that they have prepared for Oval Office meetings by rehearsing what they would say to fend off the...
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Red-state lawmakers had to stop working and leave the state house while debating a redistricting bill because of a blaring fire alarm and major flooding. "Crazy moments unfolding at the Alabama State House," reported journalist Jeff Sanders from X on Wednesday. "During Senate debate over the redistricting bill involving Senate Districts 25 and 26,...
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MS NOW's Jen Psaki started her segment on Wednesday with a review of the news that FBI Director Kash Patel has personally branded liquor bottles — and the brutal fact-check The Atlantic provided on the agency's excuse for their existence."Tonight, even though Sarah Fitzpatrick is already being sued by Kash Patel, and even though she may be being...
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Turning Point USA, the conservative political group, is threatening to deploy its campaign tactics against Trump's GOP enemies in other red states after a recent victory. "[A lot of Republicans] will lose their jobs if they don't get on board, they don't listen to their voters, if they don't do the right thing and fight the manipulation of the...
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A Trump supporter got much more than he bargained for when he attended the Ashnikko concert at Hard Rock Live Orlando on Tuesday.A viral TikTok video showed the crowd jeering and shouting him down for his MAGA hat, which devolved into vulgar chants of "[Expletive] Donald Trump! [Expletive] Donald Trump!" as the man tried to cover his...
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Kyle Rittenhouse, who fatally shot two protesters during a social rights demonstration in 2020, was hospitalized on Wednesday after a venomous spider bite.The 23-year-old shared a photo of himself in the hospital, angling the camera to show where the alleged venomous spider had bitten him."The communists couldn't take me out and i'll be d---ed if I...
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An immigration judge in California sued the Trump Department of Justice on Wednesday, alleging she was fired because of her political beliefs and affiliations with an immigrant-rights group, Fox News reported.The judge, Kyra Lilien, alleged that the Trump DOJ declined to continue employing her past her probationary period for myriad reasons,...
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The Atlantic revealed a startling new detail about FBI Director Kash Patel's drinking habits in an article published on Wednesday.This comes after an initial expose of Patel from last month that detailed his frequent drunkenness, unexplained absences, and his increasing paranoia that he's going to be dismissed from his job."After my story appeared,...
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A federal court ordered the release of disgraced financier and convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein's alleged suicide note on Wednesday, according to reports.The alleged suicide note has been a contentious topic of debate since Epstein died in 2019. A former cellmate of Epstein's claimed he found the note in a graphic novel in their cell.The...
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The Wall Street Journal editorial board isn't all that impressed with Trump's successful effort to boot Republican state lawmakers who opposed his redistricting efforts in Indiana. "The media scorekeepers have declared that President Trump remains the king of the Republican Party, after he helped to oust at least five GOP Indiana Senators, out of...
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MS NOW's Chris Hayes kicked off his segment on Wednesday evening with an analysis of the suspiciously timed FBI raid on the office of Virginia state Sen. Louise Lucas just weeks after passage of an anti-Trump redistricting referendum she helped lead.This came after Hayes discussed the recent FBI actions against reporters who ran unflattering...
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President Donald Trump just launched a new war on the American people, and it's being led by an "eccentric" MAGA figure, according to a new report. Sebastian Gorka, the White House terrorism czar, has come up with a plan to label broad swath of Americans as domestic terrorists, journalist Ken Klippenstein reported on Wednesday. The plan labels...
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The official X account for the U.S. Department of Education posted an overtly political image on Wednesday to mark Teacher Appreciation Week — depicting a beloved Nickelodeon cartoon character as a MAGA supporter."Teachers are dedicated," stated the account, showing a picture of Mrs. Puff, SpongeBob SquarePants' drivers' ed instructor, reading a...
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Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) is responding after a viral internet clip of her violently shaking during an interview with Fox News posted on Tuesday.In Collins' explanation, it's a non-threatening medical condition she has lived with for decades.Collins, 73, told Semafor's Burgess Everett that she has "an essential tremor, which I have had throughout...
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A New York Times reporter melted down during a segment on CNN on Wednesday during a discussion about President Donald Trump's war in Iran. Lulu Garcia-Navarro, a reporter with the New York Times, said she is "completely flabbergasted" by the Trump administration's negotiations with the Iranian regime. Trump has recently rejected two offers to...
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Tennessee Republicans' proposed congressional redistricting map has sparked outrage from Democratic lawmakers and political observers. Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) condemned the plan as a "blatant, corrupt power grab" that would destroy Black community representation in Memphis, on a social media post. The controversial map would connect Shelby County...
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A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that the Trump Department of Justice can keep the ballots it seized from the Fulton County election office in Georgia, according to reports. U.S. District Judge Jean-Paul Boulee ruled that Fulton County's lawyers had not established that the Trump DOJ showed "callous disregard" for the county's rights, CBS News...
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A Trump Cabinet member reportedly became upset when he was asked why he looks like one of the creepy masks found in the home of disgraced financier and sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein. "In closed door interview today, Howard Lutnick was asked about the infamous creepy mask room in Jeffrey Epstein's house," wrote congressional reporter Stephen Neukam,...
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A federal court ordered the release of disgraced financier and convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein's alleged suicide note on Wednesday, according to reports.The alleged suicide note has been a contentious topic of debate since Epstein died in 2019. A former cellmate of Epstein's claimed he found the note in a graphic novel in their cell.The...
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At President Donald Trump's speech on Wednesday, one conspicuous detail stood out to a number of internet observers: the bruises on both of his hands that he clumsily tried to hide with a thick layer of makeup.It's not the first time the nearly 80-year-old president has been spotted with ugly hand bruises — and it triggered a fresh wave of...
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President Donald Trump appeared to doze off while standing during a small business event in the White House East Room this week, accompanied by Small Business Administration Secretary Kelly Loeffler. Political analyst David Pakman reacted to the event on his YouTube channel, noting Trump seemed to nod off while Loeffler spoke, only to later make a...
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A MAGA influencer distanced himself from the idea of another photo op celebrating the Trump administration's release of classified info after he was embarrassed and disappointed with the Epstein files."Happy to report that I will not be helping release the UFO files," MAGA influencer and pro-Trump lawyer Rogan O'Handley, also known as DC Draino,...
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An activist was sounding the alarm over the Los Angeles mayoral race and how incumbent Mayor Karen Bass could be repeating a strategy for MAGA-approved former reality TV star Spencer Pratt — a similar move that ended up costing Hillary Clinton the election against Donald Trump. Adam Conover, a comedian known for both his jokes and political...
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Jesse Watters of Fox News instigated a full-blown shouting match on Wednesday after he told one of his Democratic colleagues that her party does not have any "standards of morality."Watters sparked a clash with co-hosts Jessica Tarlov and Greg Gutfeld on "The Five" during a debate about why some people continue to support President Donald Trump...
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Leaks exposing White House-peddled lies about the Iran War's toll are "forthcoming," a journalist warned Wednesday as he predicted it will also cost a Trump Cabinet member a job amid other botched cover-up efforts. David Rothkopf, the chief global affairs columnist for the Daily Beast, wrote on Wednesday about "what seems to be a growing number of...
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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito dropped a surprising hint about the court's actions during the Louisiana v. Callais case in his "frosty" response to a dissent written by one of his colleagues. The Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board noted on Tuesday that Alito included a footnote stating that the "constitutional question" the...
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Another federal appeals court has ruled against President Donald Trump's Immigration and Customs Enforcement mass detention policy — putting further pressure on the Supreme Court to take up the matter.A divided 2-1 three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit, with Trump-appointed Judge Barbara Lagoa being the lone dissenter, rejected the Trump...
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The popular nightclub Japan, located in Roma Norte, Mexico City, is charging American visitors a $300 cover fee, while citizens from other countries pay $20 and Mexicans and Latin Americans pay $14, in a protest against Trump's attacks on Mexico. "This is a response to a year of insults directed at us – as a country – by the United States,"...
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A GOP heavyweight tore into President Donald Trump in a new op-ed on Wednesday after he helped the Indiana GOP defeat itself. On Tuesday, four of Indiana's high-profile GOP lawmakers lost their reelection bids to candidates endorsed by Trump. The endorsement followed months of pressure exerted by Trump on the Indiana state legislature to redraw its...
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Former GOP strategist Steve Schmidt on Wednesday anticipated what might happen once President Donald Trump's term is up. Schmidt had a scathing response on his Substack to Trump's attempts to leave his imprint on the White House and Washington, D.C. He argued that, despite Trump's desires to leave a lasting impression, most of his legacy designs...
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The Atlantic revealed a startling new detail about FBI Director Kash Patel's drinking habits in an article published on Wednesday.This comes after an initial expose of Patel from last month that detailed his frequent drunkenness, unexplained absences, and his increasing paranoia that he's going to be dismissed from his job."After my story appeared,...
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A local county commissioner in Utah was irate after he and his family received threats following a vote to approve a data center project, according to a new report. Lee Perry, a commissioner in Box Elder County, Utah, told local news station KSL5 that he began receiving threats after he voted to approve a 9-gigawatt data center located on a...
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Blake Fiechter, a Trump-endorsed real estate agent, defeated incumbent Indiana State Senator Travis Holman on Tuesday with a 20-point margin, signaling President Donald Trump still holds control over the GOP. Holman, the third-ranking Republican in the Indiana state senate and a member since 2008, had joined Democrats and other Republicans in...
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The campaign of Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) was targeted by a hacker who stole $3,000 from its bank account — and the campaign has yet to reclaim the lost money.According to NOTUS, "The $3,092 unauthorized charge to American Express by an unknown person took place on Dec. 17, Booker's campaign told the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday. The...
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MAGA isn't pulling any punches against a rebel Republican who lost his seat in the Indiana state senate after opposing Trump. Outgoing Indiana State Senator Travis Holdman lost his seat to the Trump-backed real estate agent Blake Fiechter on Tuesday. Trump endorsed candidates to oust GOP state lawmakers who stood up to his push to redistrict...
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President Donald Trump has a staffing problem as more MAGA moms are doing what he had requested them to do — have more babies, according to a Wednesday report from The Swamp, The Daily Beast's Substack.The timing is difficult for the Trump administration, with key midterm races just six months away. "Donald Trump's plea to MAGA moms to bear more...
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First lady Melania Trump made the room laugh during a White House event on Wednesday when she touted her husband's "empathy." The Trumps were speaking at an event to honor military mothers ahead of Mother's Day this weekend when Melania Trump's comment prompted giggles. "Most know my husband as the strong commander-in-chief, but his empathy...
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Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) faces scrutiny after a Politico investigation revealed that his advocacy and political groups paid over $720,000 to Checkmate Strategies, a consulting firm he co-founded and later sold for up to $50,000. Lawler's campaigns previously paid the firm $500,000, while organizations he directed paid an additional $221,515 between...
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President Donald Trump appeared to have a confused moment while giving a speech on Wednesday, admitting he used to not know what the phrase "by sea" meant, and thought it was actually "by see.""By sea, by ocean, by water," said Trump. "A lot of people say, 'What do you mean by sea? Is it see? Like vision?' No, it's sea, SEA."This remark drew...
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President Donald Trump paused an event at the White House to ask UFC lightweight interim champion Justin Gaethje for his opinion on the war with Iran.During an Oval Office meeting to promote an upcoming UFC fight on the White House lawn, a reporter noted that Iran had "refused to submit" despite an onslaught of attacks and other wartime...
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Serious questions were raised about market manipulation as President Donald Trump and his administration came under scrutiny over the status of the ongoing Iran war amid a chaotic rise and fall of oil prices. Axios released a report early Wednesday that the United States was moving closer to an end of the Iran war — that's when people started to...
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MAGA fans fumed after former President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday that the unveiling of his new presidential library in Chicago will take place on Juneteenth this year."Michelle and I can't wait for you to visit the Obama Presidential Center!" Obama posted on X. "Starting on June 19, the Center will be open to the public, and you'll be...
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The proposed map for a redistricted red state ahead of the midterms has voters and lawmakers sounding the alarm. "This is insane," wrote Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN), reacting to the proposed map for Tennessee redistricting on X. "It's a blatant, corrupt power grab that would destroy the Black community's and our entire city's voice." Cohen was...
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Pope Leo XIV dismissed President Donald Trump's accusation that he supports Iran's right to possess nuclear weapons, denouncing the claim as false. The 70-year-old pontiff told reporters Tuesday night, "The mission of the church is to preach the gospel, to preach peace," emphasizing the Institution has opposed all nuclear weapons for years, reports...
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Democracy defenders sounded the alarm just over three months ago, when the Federal Bureau of Investigation executed a search warrant at a Georgia election hub. They expressed concerns again after a court filing revealed late Monday that President Donald Trump's Department of Justice is demanding the names of Fulton County's 2020 election...
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A Trump official's comments about the Federal Reserve set off alarm bells and fears that an attempt to take control of the country's central bank hasn't ended. Trump Housing Director Bill Pulte said on CNBC on Wednesday that he expects Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook, whom he accused of mortgage fraud, to be indicted by the Department of Justice. "I...
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