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The Murder of Alex Pretti
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The Murder of Alex Pretti
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https://www.telos.news/p/the-murder-of-alex-pretti
about 1 month ago
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Trump's Board of Peace combines the scaminess of Trump University, the membership rules of Mar-a-Lago, and the spirit of Trumpâs newfound interest in imperialism. It is also one of the greatest bait-and-switches in diplomatic history.
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The Humiliation of Donald Trump in Davos
The leading democracies of the world revolt against Trumpâs absurd Board of Peace as the âmiddle powersâ swoon to the rallying cry of Canadaâs Mark Carney
https://www.telos.news/p/the-humiliation-of-donald-trump-in
about 1 month ago
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Part 9: Cover-up
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The biggest and most newsworthy revelation of this series is that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. conspired with a reporter to abuse a D.C. court so he could save his relationship with Trump and become the next Secretary of Health and Human Services.
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Part 9: Cover-up
Combat Journalism
https://www.telos.news/p/part-9-cover-up
about 1 month ago
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Caving to Trump: The Top Ten Worst Offenders of 2025 The newsroom leaders, tech oligarchs, law firm chairs, and university presidents who helped Trump coerce and capture large swathes of the media, the legal profession, and academia.
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Caving to Trump: The Top Ten Worst Offenders of 2025
The newsroom leaders, tech oligarchs, law firm chairs, university presidents, and others who helped Trump coerce and capture large swathes of the media, the legal profession, and academia.
https://www.telos.news/p/caving-to-trump-the-top-ten-worst
about 2 months ago
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Part 8: Bamboo You'll want to read this one all the way to the end.
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Part 8: Bamboo
If you are new to this series, start here with Part 1.
https://telos.news/p/part-8-bamboo
2 months ago
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Part 7: Day in Court
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Part 7: Day in Court
If you are new to this series, start here with Part 1.
https://www.telos.news/p/part-7-day-in-court
2 months ago
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Part 6: âBobby was behind the whole thingâ
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Part 6: 'Bobby was behind the whole thing.'
If you are new to this series, start here with Part 1.
https://open.substack.com/pub/telos/p/part-6-bobby-was-behind-the-whole?r=bqri&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=card
2 months ago
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telos.news
3 months ago
Part 5: Loyalty Test No pay wall.
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Part 5: Loyalty Test
If you are new to this series, please read Part 1 here, Part 2 here, Part 3 here, and Part 4 here.
https://www.telos.news/p/part-5-loyalty-test
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Olivia's strategy memo to Bobby.
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Olivia's Strategy Memo to Bobby
'You are Rocky while the other candidates are Rocky and Bullwinkle.'
https://www.telos.news/p/olivias-strategy-memo-to-bobby
3 months ago
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Part 4: Means of Control
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Part 4: Means of Control
The Mar-a-Lago tape, the Bobby phone call, Olivia's side of the story, and the neighbor who cracked the case.
https://www.telos.news/p/part-4-means-of-control
3 months ago
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Part 3: Catch and Kill
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Part 3: Catch and Kill
If you are new to this series, read Part 1 here and Part 2 here.
https://www.telos.news/p/part-3-catch-and-kill
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Part 2: She Did It Again
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Part 2: She Did It Again
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https://open.substack.com/pub/telos/p/part-2-she-did-it-again?r=bqri&utm_medium=ios
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Part 1: How I Found Out
Olivia had just returned from a reporting tripâat least thatâs what she told me it wasâand her Herschel backpack, the one with the flap that never quite closed properly, was tossed beside our bed, its...
https://open.substack.com/pub/telos/p/part-1-how-i-found-out?r=bqri&utm_medium=ios
3 months ago
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BREAKING: New Epstein Emails About Trump
The correspondence between Jeffrey Epstein and two associates raises new questions about the relationship between Epstein and Trump.
https://open.substack.com/pub/telos/p/breaking-new-epstein-emails-about?r=bqri&utm_medium=ios
4 months ago
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The Quiet Rebellion of the Lower Courts
On the pleasures of reading the opinions of judges who stand up to Trump.
https://open.substack.com/pub/telos/p/the-quiet-rebellion-of-the-lower?r=bqri&utm_medium=ios
5 months ago
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In 2025 America, telling Democrats to run âproâlife Democratsâ isnât the savvy strategy Klein thinks it is. Instead, itâs urging them to normalize the same authoritarian threat theyâre supposed to defeat.
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What Ezra Klein Gets Wrong About Abortion and Authoritarianism
If you wouldnât trade away voting rights to win a Senate seat, donât trade away bodily autonomy either. In 2025, it's the same fight.
https://open.substack.com/pub/telos/p/what-ezra-klein-gets-wrong-about?r=bqri&utm_medium=ios
5 months ago
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5 months ago
NEW: Trumpâs Purge-Replace-Attack playbook comes for the military.
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America After Trump's 'Enemies Within' Speech
Trump and his MAGA revolutionaries eye their next target: the U.S. military.
https://www.telos.news/p/america-after-trumps-enemies-within
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We were warned about a prosecutor--or president--who might "pick people that he thinks he should get, rather than pick cases that need to be prosecuted."
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When the Prosecutor Picks the Man
We were warned about a prosecutor--or president--who might "pick people that he thinks he should get, rather than pick cases that need to be prosecuted."
https://www.telos.news/p/when-the-prosecutor-picks-the-man
5 months ago
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Apple CEO Tim Cook has lived in fear of Trump all year. And now Apple TV+ has pulled a show about right-wing violent extremism after some criticism from MAGA social media accounts.
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Apple Is the New Disney
The tech giant is censoring a show about right-wing extremism.
https://open.substack.com/pub/telos/p/apple-is-the-new-disney?r=bqri&utm_medium=ios
5 months ago
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5 months ago
It's worth asking: How much crazier would Trump have to get for his craziness to be the main news in stories about him?
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How the Media Sanewashes Trump
The gap between how Trump acts and how he is covered is getting wider.
https://www.telos.news/p/how-the-media-sanewashes-trump
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Telos News is proud to publish this new essay by
@judgeluttig.bsky.social
to mark Constitution Day 2025. Please read it carefully and share it widely.
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Americaâs Grievances Against Its âKingâ on Constitution Day 2025
In July, to mark Independence Day, Telos News published J.
https://open.substack.com/pub/telos/p/americas-grievances-against-its-king?r=bqri&utm_medium=ios
6 months ago
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Charlie Kirkâs Legacy
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On Charlie Kirk
The folks at FIRE noted today that âweâre in the cancel culture phaseâ of the Kirk tragedy news cycle, where any seemingly insensitive comment will attract an online mob seeking vengeance.
https://open.substack.com/pub/telos/p/on-charlie-kirk?r=bqri&utm_medium=ios
6 months ago
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NEW: How Republicans created the Kafkaesque regime of selective prosecution that they once claimed to fear.
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How Republicans created the Kafkaesque regime of selective prosecution that they once claimed to fear.
https://open.substack.com/pub/telos/p/you-have-committed-a-crime
6 months ago
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Why you should cancel your subscription to Paramount+
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The Paramount Betrayal
Why you should cancel your subscription to the streaming service
https://www.telos.news/p/the-paramount-betrayal
8 months ago
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Watch
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@velshi.com
âs show discussing Luttigâs article published at
@telos.news
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Excellent interview!
add a skeleton here at some point
8 months ago
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8 months ago
My friend Ryan Lizza posted this audio of âThe Self-Evident Truths of Freedom â and of Tyrannyâ this morning.
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The Self-Evident Truths of Freedomâand of Tyranny
An audio version of Judge Luttig's special July 4 piece
https://www.telos.news/p/the-self-evident-truths-of-freedomand
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Jim Acosta
8 months ago
A perfect way to tee up the 4th with Judge Michael Luttig whoâs now on Substack with an excellent piece on freedom and tyranny on this coming Independence Day. Heâll he joined by my friend
@ryanlizza.bsky.social
- plus the always hilarious
@thegoodliars.bsky.social
- See you soon at 4p ET/ 1p PT!
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Thank you,
@ryanlizza.bsky.social
and Telos for hosting âThe Self-Evident Truths of Freedom â and of Tyrannyâ on Substack.
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The Self-Evident Truths of Freedomâand of Tyranny
Twenty-seven truths about America, our Democracy and Rule of Law, and our rights, freedoms, and liberties.
https://www.telos.news/p/luttig-the-self-evident-truths-of-freedom
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An important new piece from
@judgeluttig.bsky.social
to mark Independence Day:
www.telos.news/p/luttig-the...
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The Self-Evident Truths of Freedomâand of Tyranny
Twenty-seven truths about America, our Democracy and Rule of Law, and our rights, freedoms, and liberties.
https://www.telos.news/p/luttig-the-self-evident-truths-of-freedom
8 months ago
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telos.news
9 months ago
This was a riveting conversation with
@milestaylor.bsky.social
, who provided a firsthand account of how Trump has long sought to deploy troops in American cities.
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@judgeluttig.bsky.social
: "The Republican Party and almost every Republican official in the country has sold their soul to the devil."
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9 months ago
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Freedom of the Press Foundation
9 months ago
đ Join us for a conversation about leak investigations and their impacts on the press, featuring Telos founder
@ryanlizza.bsky.social
, Pulitzer Prize winner James Risen, and FPF's
@laurenleharper.bsky.social
and
@trevortimm.bsky.social
. đď¸ May 28, 2pm ET/11am PT RSVP:
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telos.news
9 months ago
Trump's powers are nearly unchecked on three fronts that no modern president has ever successfully combined.
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Donald Trump Is at the Peak of His Powers
This week revealed that Trump is more powerful than any recent president
https://www.telos.news/p/donald-trump-is-at-the-peak-of-his
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Steven Levitsky, co-author of How Democracies Die, assesses Trump's first four months in office and explains why America has tipped into "competitive authoritarianism."
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Steven Levitsky on Trump and "Competitive Authoritarianism"
YouTube video by Telos News from Ryan Lizza
https://youtu.be/GBm_zjLdMRk
9 months ago
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Paul Krugman on Trumpâs Trade Wars, Part 1:
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Paul Krugman on Trumpâs Trade Wars (Part 1)
YouTube video by Telos News from Ryan Lizza
https://youtu.be/WGOJir-buY0
9 months ago
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Tulsi Gabbard just fired two top intelligence officials at the National Intelligence Council, which recently produced an assessment contradicting the Trump administrationâs claims about Tren de Aragua.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5298799-gabbard-fires-national-intelligence-council-leaders/
10 months ago
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@simonwdc.bsky.social
on Trump's decline, the growing âcircle of defianceâ against Trump, what the media gets wrong in its coverage of MAGA, and his advice for Democrats. Watch here:
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Simon Rosenberg on Trump's decline and the expanding "circle of defiance"
YouTube video by Telos News from Ryan Lizza
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlDb4sp4sh0
10 months ago
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Watch Tom Lobianco
@24sight.news
discuss how he reacted once when a top House Republican tried to get him to out a source and then called him "fake news." So good.
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10 months ago
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telos.news
10 months ago
@judgeluttig.bsky.social
argues that *every* significant initiative of Trumpâs first 100 days lacks legal authority. He concludes: "It would be impossible to say, after Donald Trump's first 100 days in office, that America has a government of laws, not of men."
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Lauren Harper
10 months ago
"Americans are living under a new regime. The question now is whether we will allow it to take root. So far, American societyâs response to this authoritarian offensive has been underwhelming â alarmingly so."
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Opinion | No One Has Ever Defeated Autocracy From the Sidelines
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/opinion/trump-authoritarianism-democracy.html
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10 months ago
I joined Ryan Lizza today on his new Substack podcast to discuss President Trumpâs first one-hundred days and the Rule of Law in America.
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Donald Trump's 100 Days of Lawlessness
Former federal judge J. Michael Luttig says that ALL of Trump's signature initiatives are unlawful.
https://open.substack.com/pub/telos/p/donald-trumps-100-days-of-lawlessness?r=lnjnn&utm_medium=ios
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This is a must-read/must-watch interview with Judge Michael Luttig.
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Donald Trump's 100 Days of Lawlessness
Former federal judge J. Michael Luttig says that ALL of Trump's signature initiatives are unlawful.
https://www.telos.news/p/donald-trumps-100-days-of-lawlessness
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Hereâs my interview with
@laurenleharper.bsky.social
. She takes us behind the scenes of how she obtained the intelligence document that has undermined Trumpâs basis for invoking the Alien Enemies Act. Clearly, someone inside ODNI wanted this information out there!
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Ryan Lizza on Substack
Hereâs my full interview with @Lauren Harper. She takes us behind the scenes of how she obtained the intelligence document that has undermined Trumpâs basis for invoking the Alien Enemies Act. Clearly...
https://substack.com/@ryanlizza/note/c-115050913?r=bqri&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
10 months ago
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Gil DurĂĄn
10 months ago
Steven Biss made a name for himself by suing journalists on behalf of MAGA figures. He even threatened to sue ME! The insane story of his downfall reveals much about how any broken grifter can play the MAGA game. Wild and revealing tale by
@ryanlizza.bsky.social
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Devin Nunes, Steven Biss, and the Laptop of MAGA Secrets
Attorney Steven Biss represented famous MAGA clients in a lawfare campaign against the press. Things didn't go exactly as planned.
https://www.telos.news/p/devin-nunes-steven-biss-and-the-laptop
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Politicon
10 months ago
NEW Politics War Room w/ James Carville & Al Hunt â100 Days Of Trump w/ Ryan Lizzaâ James and Al unmask Trumpâs first 100 days, welcoming the founder of
Telos.news
@ryanlizza.bsky.social
discussing legacy mediaâs struggle to cover Trump.
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100 Days Of Trump with Ryan Lizza
Podcast Episode ¡ Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt ¡ 05/01/2025 ¡ 1h 20m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/politics-war-room-with-james-carville-al-hunt/id1484862164?i=1000705669674
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Our first big investigative piece at Telos News: Devin Nunes, Steven Biss, and the Laptop of MAGA Secrets
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Devin Nunes, Steven Biss, and the Laptop of MAGA Secrets
Attorney Steven Biss represented famous MAGA clients in a lawfare campaign against the press. Things didn't go exactly as planned.
https://www.telos.news/p/devin-nunes-steven-biss-and-the-laptop
10 months ago
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Our first big investigative piece at Telos News: Devin Nunes, Steven Biss, and the Laptop of MAGA Secrets
www.telos.news/p/devin-nune...
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Devin Nunes, Steven Biss, and the Laptop of MAGA Secrets
Attorney Steven Biss represented famous MAGA clients in a lawfare campaign against the press. Things didn't go exactly as planned.
https://www.telos.news/p/devin-nunes-steven-biss-and-the-laptop
10 months ago
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How you pronounce Telos, reflections on our first week, our new puppy, and a preview of whatâs on deckâŚ
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Telos What Happened This Week
Some notes on our first week and a preview of what's coming up.
https://www.telos.news/p/telos-what-happened-this-week
10 months ago
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10 months ago
Why I wonât cave in to a media conglomerateâs censorship demands.
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Standing Up to Corporate Media Bullying
Here's what I told Politico, Part II
https://www.telos.news/p/standing-up-to-corporate-media-bullying
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Politico Is Demanding I Censor Three More Articles
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Politico Is Demanding I Censor Three More Articles
As Politico editors gather to toast the First Amendment tonight, they are threatening to sue me if I don't erase content that they don't like.
https://www.telos.news/p/politico-is-demanding-i-censor-three
10 months ago
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