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☆ Why Slurs Are Back in Left-Leaning, Liberal Language
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

A few weeks ago, I started asking left-leaning people their thoughts on slurs being peppered into everyday conversations. An inclusive eraKayla Cash, a 31-year-old PR manager, grew up using words she now considers offensive. Some of the language felt ubiquitous; she remembers the 2004 release of "Let's Get It Started," the Grammy-winning Black Eyed Peas hit that was originally released as "Let's Get Retarded." It was billed as discussions between two "bohemian layabouts" who called out performative aspects of progressive politics — while using language more often associated with the right, such as that offensive term for someone with intellectual disabilities. Looser language and new rulesEveryone I talked to for this story had rules for which words they would and wouldn't say.

Persons: It's, I've, Kayla Cash, Cash, Obama, Ari Lightman, Lightman, Seth MacFarlane, Kevin Hart, Robbie Goodwin, would've, Donald Trump, Goodwin, Reagan, who've, Zach Beauchamp, Ezra Klein, Beauchamp, Joe Rogan, Elon Musk Organizations: University of Idaho, Rosa's Law, Twitter, Carnegie Mellon University, New York Times, Yorker, Vox, Democratic Locations: Vietnam, Brooklyn

☆ JD Vance's pro-natalist comments are older than his political career
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Alice Tecotzky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Vance's campaign has been careful to point out that his comments about childless adults are aimed Democratic leaders. Advertisement"You go on Twitter and almost always the people who are most deranged and most psychotic are people who don't have kids," Vance said. AdvertisementJust two days later, Vance went on "Tucker Carlson Tonight" and made the comment about "childless cat ladies." Rather than walk back his comments, Vance attempted to profit off of them. Unknowingly addressing his future political opponent, Vance said, "If you want to brainwash children, have your own kids to brainwash."

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☆ Short seller Andrew Left surrenders on securities fraud charges in L.A., due in court
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The activist short seller Andrew Left surrendered in Los Angeles on Monday to face federal criminal securities fraud charges, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office there said. Left, 54, is scheduled to appear before Magistrate Judge Rozella Oliver in U.S. District Court in L.A. at 4:30 p.m. ET, where the Citron Capital hedge fund boss is expected to be released after bail conditions are set by Oliver. "This should be Mr. Left released on his own recognizance," Spertus said. Left, who lives in Florida, was indicted last week on 19 criminal counts by a grand jury.

Persons: Andrew Left, Judge Rozella Oliver, Oliver, Left's, James Spertus, Spertus Organizations: U.S, Attorney's, CNBC Locations: Los Angeles, U.S, L.A, Florida

☆ Short seller Andrew Left charged with fraud by prosecutors, SEC
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Federal prosecutors have criminally charged the well-known short seller and analyst Andrew Left with securities fraud related to allegedly using his public platform to illegally profit to the tune of at least $16 million from manipulating stock market activity contrary to positions he presented to the public from 2018 through 2023. The indictment notes that Left is a frequent guest commentator on CNBC and other business cable news channels. Prosecutors said that Left used Citron's online platform to comment on publicly traded companies and claim that their stock was incorrectly valued by the market. Left, who previously lived in Beverly Hills, California, is charged in the indictment with one count of engaging in a securities fraud scheme, 17 counts of securities fraud, and one count of making false statements to federal investigators. If convicted, he would face a maximum possible sentence of 25 years in prison for the securities fraud scheme alone.

Persons: Andrew, Citron, L.A ., Akil Davis Organizations: Andrew Left, Securities and Exchange Commission, Boca, Attorney's, SEC, CNBC, Los Angeles Field Office, Prosecutors Locations: Boca Raton , Florida, Los Angeles, U.S, L.A, Beverly Hills , California

☆ Steve Bannon filmed Jeffrey Epstein for 15 hours. His 'documentary' has never surfaced.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

Read previewBefore his 2019 death in jail, Jeffrey Epstein spent hours being interviewed on camera by Steve Bannon. AdvertisementAlexandra Preate, a spokesperson for Bannon, told BI in December 2021 that the documentary about Epstein would be screened "probably around Labor Day." In the 2000s, Trump and Jeffrey Epstein fought over Trump's purchase of a Palm Beach mansion that Epstein coveted. Mark Epstein said Jeffrey Epstein told him he wasn't subpoenaed for any depositions at that time. "You were the only person I was afraid of during the campaign," Bannon told Epstein, according to Wolff's book.

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☆ A second Trump term would be 'chaos' for student loan borrowers
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewDonald Trump has long regarded the student loan forgiveness measures rolled out under the Biden administration as a stunt to garner "publicity for the election." At a campaign event in late June, Trump called Biden-era student debt relief measures "vile," suggesting that student loan borrowers shouldn't count on forgiveness under a second Trump administration. A recent Supreme Court ruling striking down the Chevron doctrine has already weakened the Education Department. Biden-era student loan forgiveness measures, as well as his new income-driven SAVE repayment plan, are making their way through court challenges led by conservative groups, which are not likely to be resolved before 2025. Advertisement"Overall, I think a Biden administration is going to be more favorable for college affordability than a Trump administration," Kantrowitz said.

Persons: —, Donald Trump, Biden, he's, Trump, Pell Grant, Jan Miller, Mark Kantrowitz, Kantrowitz, Betsy Mayotte, who'd Organizations: Service, Biden, Business, of Education, Department of Education, US Department of Education, Education Department, Senate, Trump, The, Student Loan Advisors, Education Department's, Education Locations: Washington ,, Mayotte

☆ Famed short seller Andrew Left is back shorting GameStop years after taking a hit during meme-stock mania
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Jennifer Sor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Andrew Left just placed a fresh bet against GameStop shares amid its latest rally. AdvertisementAndrew Left, the famed short-seller who lost big betting against Gamestop's stunning rally in 2021, is back to shorting the meme stock amid its latest surge. Left, who also shorted Hertz and Tesla competitor Nikola in 2020, told Bloomberg he placed a bet against Gamestop stock on Monday. His latest short comes amid a surge in retail interest in GameStop. Left's firm, Citron Research, stopped publishing notes on its short bets in January 2021, around the time GameStop shares notched their all-time high.

Persons: Andrew Left, —, Nikola, Keith Gill, Kitty, Gill Organizations: GameStop, Service, Gamestop's, Bloomberg, Gamestop, Citron Research

☆ Meet the leaders of the Trump era's new conservative economic populism
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Eamon Javers | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Drew Angerer | Getty ImagesThis reported column is Part Two of Eamon Javers' two-part series on the new, conservative economic populism gaining ground among Republicans close to former President Donald Trump. In Part One, Javers introduces readers to the new, conservative economic populism gaining ground among Republicans close to former President Donald Trump. Senator Republican Marco Rubio gives a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, February 25, 2022. Cass counts among his allies several well respected conservative economic thinkers. "It's economic policy that emerges not from good economics, but from politics and the culture war and what your base wants," he said.

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☆ Inside the right-wing subculture of Zyn-obsessed nicotine fiends
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. After Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called for a federal probe into "Zyn" nicotine pouches last week, the GOP backlash was swift. "Unfortunately Chuck Schumer is more focused on Zyn Pouches than he is about Fentanyl pouring over our border," wrote Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee. A 'pro-society' drugA variety of factors drive the proliferation of nicotine among the younger right-wing crowd. Containers of "Zyn" nicotine pouches.

Persons: Tucker Carlson, —, Chuck Schumer, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Schumer, Sen, Thom Tillis, Tim Burchett, Peter Thiel, JD Vance, Ohio, Vance, It's, Michael M, Carlson, Tucker Carlson's, that's, Saagar Enjeti, Greg Price, Andrew Huberman, Peter Attia, they're, There's, Enjeti, Tillis, Gregory Conley, Conley Organizations: Service, GOP, Rep, Fox News, Atlantic, Senate, Republican, State Freedom Caucus Network, Stanford University, Republicans, American Vapor Manufacturers Association, Capitol, Democrats Locations: North Carolina, Tennessee, mainstreaming Zyn, Swedish

☆ ‘America Is Under Attack’: Inside the Anti-D.E.I. Crusade
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Nicholas Confessore | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +44 min

‘America Is Under Attack’: Inside the Anti-D.E.I. “In support of ridding schools of C.R.T., the Right argues that we want nonpolitical education,” Mr. Klingenstein wrote in August 2021. In a 2023 exchange, Dr. Yenor and two associates discussed how to defend Amy Wax, a conservative law professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Yenor and his allies bristled at the conventions of academic life as overly solicitous toward female and nonwhite students. Samuel Ginn, Claremont donor“The president then told him, ‘Things will change,’” a Claremont fund-raiser wrote to Dr. Yenor and other officials there.

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☆ Republican Hopeful DeSantis Attacks EVs, Emission Goals in Energy Plan
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

Taken as a whole, the plan represents a doubling down on pledges DeSantis and most of his Republican opponents have made on the campaign trail to jettison limits on fossil fuel production and consumption. While the Florida governor had acknowledged that human-induced climate change was real earlier in his career, he has since backed away from that position. The Florida governor has slid in the polls for months, and he now sits 37 points behind former President Donald Trump, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll. DeSantis' plan calls on pensions and government accounts to eliminate environmental, social or governance considerations, known as ESG, from consideration when making investment considerations, a plan which tracks closely with moves he made as Florida governor. In addition to expanding fossil fuel production, DeSantis' plan calls for significant investments in so-called critical minerals, including the creation of a Critical Mineral Strategic Reserve.

Persons: Gram Slattery WASHINGTON, Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, Harold Hamm, Dan Eberhart, Donald Trump, Gram Slattery, Sabrina Valle, Richard Valdmanis, James Oliphant, Timothy Gardner Organizations: Republican, Continental Resources, Environmental Protection Agency, Republicans, Reserve Locations: Midland , Texas, Florida, Texas, Colorado, California

While the Florida governor had acknowledged that human-induced climate change was real earlier in his career, he has since backed away from that position. "We will unleash American energy dominance as a way to stop inflation and achieve $2 gas in 2025," DeSantis said on Wednesday. DeSantis' speech, which is meant to broadly lay out his energy policy, comes as his campaign is in need of a boost. The Florida governor has slid in the polls for months, and he now sits 37 points behind former President Donald Trump, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll. In addition to expanding fossil fuel production, DeSantis called for significant investments in so-called critical minerals, including the creation of a Critical Mineral Strategic Reserve.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Mike Pence, Vivek Ramaswamy, Nikki Haley, Brian Snyder, DeSantis, Harold Hamm, Dan Eberhart, Donald Trump, Gram Slattery, Sabrina Valle, Richard Valdmanis, James Oliphant, Timothy Gardner Organizations: U.S, South Carolina, Republican, REUTERS, Rights, Continental Resources, Environmental Protection Agency, Republicans, Reserve, Thomson Locations: Florida, Milwaukee , Wisconsin, U.S, Midland , Texas, Texas, Colorado, California

☆ Here's where the Republican presidential candidates stand on student loan forgiveness
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Annie Nova | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Republican presidential candidates (L-R): former Arkansas Gov. Donald TrumpFormer President Donald Trump, who didn't attend the debate Wednesday night, has a long record of opposing student loan forgiveness. Ron DeSantisThe Florida governor has said that it's wrong to saddle taxpayers with the expense of student loan forgiveness. Chris ChristieThe former New Jersey governor has said that Biden doesn't have the authority to cancel student debt without prior authorization from Congress. "This federal action will not affect student loans held by the Bank of North Dakota, and we would strongly oppose any copycat legislation at the state level."

Persons: Asa Hutchinson, Chris Christie, Mike Pence, Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Nikki Haley, Sen, Tim Scott, Doug Burgum, Scott Olson, Donald Trump, Trump, Biden, DeSantis, Ramaswamy, Pence, Joe Biden's, Haley, Tim Scott Sen, Tim Scott of, Biden doesn't, Christie, Burgum Organizations: Arkansas Gov, New, New Jersey Gov, U.S, Florida Gov, North Dakota Gov, GOP, FOX News, Getty, CNBC, D.C, South, United Nations, Trump, North, Bank of North Locations: New Jersey, Florida, U.S, Milwaukee, Iowa, America, New York, San Francisco, Washington, South Carolina, Tim Scott of South Carolina, North Dakota, Bank of North Dakota

BELEM, Brazil, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Eight Amazon nations agreed to a list of unified environmental policies and measures to bolster regional cooperation at a major rainforest summit in Brazil on Tuesday, but failed to agree on a common goal for ending deforestation. The failure of the eight Amazon countries to agree on a pact to protect their own forests points to the larger, global difficulties of forging an agreement to combat climate change. Bolivia and Venezuela are the only Amazon countries not to sign onto a 2021 agreement among more than 100 countries to work toward halting deforestation by 2030. But tensions emerged in the lead up to the summit around diverging positions on deforestation and oil development. Fellow Amazon countries also rebuffed Colombia's leftist President Gustavo Petro's ongoing campaign to end new oil development in the Amazon.

Persons: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Marcio Astrini, Lula, Luis Arce, Mauro Vieira, Ricardo Stuckert, Gustavo Petro's, Petro, Alexandre Silveira, Silveira, Jake Spring, Steven Grattan, Brad Haynes, Rosalba O'Brien, Jason Neely, Peter Graff, Aurora Ellis, Richard Chang Organizations: Climate, Reuters, Bolivian, Brazil's, Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization, REUTERS, Amazon, Brazil's Energy, United Nations, Thomson Locations: BELEM, Brazil, Brazilian, Belem, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela

Lawyers for Donald Trump were told Thursday by prosecutors to expect an indictment against the former president in connection with his efforts to reverse his loss in the 2020 election, NBC News reported. At around the same time, the grand jury that could soon vote on criminally charging Trump assembled in Washington federal court. A number of those anonymous grand jurors were spotted in the cafeteria and then going to the grand jury room on the courthouse's third floor, according to NBC. Trump last week revealed that Smith had told his lawyers on Sunday that the former president was a criminal target of that investigation and had been offered a four-day window to testify to the grand jury. Smith in early June obtained a grand jury indictment of Trump in Florida federal court on several dozen criminal counts related to his retention of classified government documents at his Mar-a-Lago club after he left office in early 2021.

Persons: Jack Smith, Donald Trump, Todd Blanche, John Lauro, Trump, Barrett Prettyman, Smith, Joe Biden, Biden, wasn't, Peter Carr Organizations: US Department of Justice, Lawyers, NBC News, Washington , D.C, Department of Justice, NBC, Justice, Electoral College, Congress, Trump Save America, Department, CNBC, Trump Locations: Washington ,, Washington, Trump, Florida, Lago

☆ Marjorie Taylor Greene believes rap videos 'glorify drugs and violence' but attempts to participate in hip-hop culture in a MAGA-themed music video
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Marjorie Taylor Greene stars in a new rap music video in which she is declared "MAGA's MVP." Florida-based rapper Kurt Jantz, who goes by Forgiato Blow, released a new music video on Sunday dedicated to the Georgia representative. Throughout the video, Greene silently nods her head next to Jantz or remains in the background, sitting on a throne or atop a red convertible. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) July 16, 2023This is not the first time Greene has tried to insert herself into hip-hop culture. "We don't care if you're white/Don't care if you're black/We don't care if you're gay/We're all under attack," they sing.

Persons: Marjorie Taylor Greene, MAGA, Marjorie Taylor Greene's, she's, Kurt Jantz, Forgiato Blow, Marjorie, RINOs, Greene, Jantz, Greene's, Joe Biden, —, Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 ( Organizations: Trump, Service, Georgia, Twitter Locations: Wall, Silicon, Florida, Georgia

☆ DeSantis defends fundraising for the ex-Marine who fatally choked Jordan Neely in subway: 'Vets look out for other vets'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

DeSantis shared a fundraising page for Penny over the weekend, raising $2 million for his defense. "Vets look out for other vets," DeSantis said when asked about it Tuesday. Ron DeSantis of Florida defended ex-Marine Daniel Penny as having done the "right thing" after he fatally choked Jordan Neely on a New York City Subway. Protests ensued in New York City, and the story became national news as it touched on race, homelessness, crime, and mental health treatment. Crime in New York City is higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic, statistics show.

☆ Daniel Penny's crowd-sourced defense funds nears $1 million as DeSantis throws support behind the man who choked Jordan Neely to death
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-13 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Supporters are raising defense funds for Daniel Penny, the man charged for killing Jordan Neely on the NYC subway. Penny is facing a manslaughter charge in the death of Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man. While Neely's behavior alarmed some passengers, one eyewitness told The New York Times that Neely never tried to assault anyone. The case has divided New Yorkers, who are grappling with a rise in crime on the New York subway system. "Justice looks like a conviction for murder," Edwards said at a press conference following the announcement of Penny's charges.

☆ Enraged congressional Republicans call Biden's reelection bid a sign of the apocalypse. But some of his former GOP colleagues say America can simply do better.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

incumbent President Joe Biden is officially running for reelection in 2024 to "finish the job." Some House and Senate Republicans cast a second Biden term as certain doom. "Finishing the job would be truly catastrophic," Ted Cruz said, riffing on Biden's reelection theme. Cruz delved even deeper into the bleakness, predicting that a second Biden administration would usher in more inflation, crime, illegal crossings at the southern border and embolden global adversaries including Russia, China, Iran and North Korea. And surely, we can do better than that," Wicker told Insider at the US Capitol.

☆ Man who threatened to bomb Merriam-Webster offices over gender identity definitions sentenced to year in prison
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Aaron Mcdade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A California man got a year in prison over threats to Merriam-Webster and other businesses. Jeremy Hanson made threats related to gender, including some related to the definition of "female". Hanson used an anonymous account to post threatening responses to new definitions added to words like "female" on Merriam-Webster's website. "It is absolutely sickening that Merriam-Webster now tells blatant lies and promotes anti-science propaganda," Hanson wrote. "You [sic] headquarters should be shot up and bombed," Hanson wrote in a message on the site's Contact Us page.

☆ Arkansas enacts law restricting school bathroom use by transgender people
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Mike SegarMarch 21 (Reuters) - Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday signed a law targeting the trans community, prohibiting transgender people from using the restroom that matches their gender identity at public schools. The law requires schools to provide reasonable accommodations, that include single-person restrooms and changing areas. School authorities that violate the law can face fines of at least $1,000, and parents can also file lawsuits to enforce the measure. Similar laws directed at transgender youth have been enacted in Alabama and Oklahoma. read moreRepublican legislators across the United States have escalated a campaign to ban certain healthcare for transgender youth, in some cases seeking to charge parents and doctors with child abuse if they provide treatment.

☆ Gen Z congressman Maxwell Frost calls out Biden for breaking climate promise to young voters that helped him win in 2020
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

President Joe Biden's positions in recent weeks have put him at odds with some members of his party. That includes Rep. Maxwell Frost who says Biden broke his promise to young voters. Rep. Maxwell Frost, the first Gen-Z member of Congress, says he is "very disappointed" in Biden for approving the $8 billion ConocoPhillips Willow oil project in Alaska, one of the largest-ever drilling projects on federal land. In November, Frost praised Biden in an interview with CNN, saying: "He's been unafraid to put forth bold, transformational ideas and policies, and that's really what excites young voters." When contacted after the Willow project decision, which Bowman opposed, he said his thinking had not changed.

☆ Ted Cruz keeps dodging on whether he agrees with his former podcast co-host's call to eradicate 'transgenderism'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Conservative personality Michael Knowles called for the eradication of "transgenderism" in a CPAC speech. "I think the extreme left's ideology has been very harmful," Cruz initially told Insider on Tuesday before boarding an elevator in the Capitol building. "I get that you have a story you want to write," Cruz told Insider. "The press is being silly and deliberately taking him out of context," Cruz told Insider when first asked about the issue on Tuesday. But even so, Knowles' comments go well beyond what most Republican lawmakers have articulated.

☆ Republicans meet Biden's calls for unity with partisan broadside
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( David Morgan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

A day after Republican U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy called on Biden to work together toward compromise on the debt and spending, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders delivered a partisan broadside during the party's official rebuttal to Biden's speech. Biden did pledge to work with Republicans, as during the last Congress when both chambers were controlled by Democrats. Republicans hope to exact spending cuts from Biden in exchange for raising the debt ceiling. He drew boos and shouts of "liar" by asserting that some Republicans would like to "sunset" Social Security and Medicare. The former president, facing several investigations from federal and state prosecutors, also described himself as "a victim" of Biden's Justice Department.

☆ Republicans ready partisan response to Biden's calls for unity
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( David Morgan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A day after Republican U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy called on Biden to work together toward compromise on the debt and spending, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders stood ready to deliver a partisan broadside during the party's official rebuttal to Biden's speech. "The Biden administration seems more interested in woke fantasies than the hard reality Americans face every day," she said. Republicans hope to exact spending cuts from Biden in exchange for raising the debt ceiling. A Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Sunday found that just 43% of Republicans approve of McCarthy's job performance. The former president, facing several investigations from federal and state prosecutors, also described himself as "a victim" of Biden's Justice Department.

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