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Portland police chief: cops are seeing an increase in people coming to ICE facility w/ an intent to agitate the crowd + the environment. “We are not going to be accepting of violence in the city of Portland.”
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Portland police chief says ‘no political bias’ factored into arrest of conservative journalist
Chief Bob Day refuted assertions made by the U.S. Justice Department that the city engaged in “viewpoint discrimination.”
https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/10/portland-police-chief-says-no-political-bias-factored-into-arrest-of-conservative-journalist.html
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Man accused of pointing laser from his Portland porch at helicopter, planes circling ICE office
When the FBI raided the man's home Monday, they had no idea Port of Portland police had already seized the laser pointer days earlier, the FBI said.
https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/10/man-accused-of-pointing-laser-from-his-portland-porch-at-helicopter-planes-circling-ice-office.html
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Live Updates: Hamas Agrees to Release All Hostages but Pushes for Talks on Other Issues
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Oregon has begun kicking some people off food stamps, cutting others’ monthly benefit
Republicans' "big beautiful bill" significantly narrows who qualifies for nutrition assistance.
https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/10/oregon-has-begun-kicking-some-people-off-food-stamps-cutting-others-monthly-benefit.html
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Portland police arrest 3, including conservative influencer, after fights at ICE protest
Nicholas Sortor of Washington, D.C., describes himself on X as a journalist who covers on-scene stories the mainstream media won’t.
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/10/portland-police-arrest-3-for-fighting-including-conservative-influencer-at-ice-protest.html
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MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.
A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/10/jack-posobiec-voter-fraud-pizzagate-maga.html?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=traffic&utm_source=article&utm_content=copy_link
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Among President Trump's canceled food aid: * 2,300 gallons of 2% milk to the Heart Of Alabama Food Bank * 19,000 pounds of pork chops to the Palm Beach County Food Bank in Florida And so much more.
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Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
https://projects.propublica.org/trump-food-cuts/
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Portland’s ICE office has become a character in real-life drama
The ICE office in South Portland handles the cases of immigrants from a handful of counties in Oregon and four in Washington.
https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/10/portlands-ice-office-has-become-a-character-in-real-life-drama.html?lctg=5e8c7c4e0bbeac2af4337e86&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter_morning_briefing%202025-10-03&utm_term=Newsletter_morning_briefing
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Oregon data center defendants admit they didn’t tell state Amazon was a customer
The insiders who bought a fiber-optic provider in Morrow County now say they withheld information about their dealings with Amazon from state authorities.
https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2025/10/oregon-data-center-defendants-admit-they-didnt-tell-state-amazon-was-a-customer.html
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What this government shutdown could cost
The longest shutdown in history, which lasted 34 days during President Donald Trump’s first term, cost the government about $11 billion.
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One bright spot in Oregon proficiency tests: Portland Public Schools bouncing back to near pre-pandemic levels. PPS hired instructional coaches for teachers, academic interventionists to help struggling students in small groups. But big achievement gaps remain
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Trump claims National Guard troops ‘in place’ in Portland
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Trump claims National Guard troops ‘in place’ in Portland
State officials Tuesday said troop deployment was still days away.
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/10/trump-claims-national-guard-troops-in-place-in-portland.html
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Message on U.S. Forest Service websites blamed ‘Radical Left Democrats’ amid government shutdown
Politicized messages appeared beside beautiful landscape photos on federal websites.
https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/10/message-on-us-forest-service-websites-blamed-radical-left-democrats-amid-government-shutdown.html
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"The agency issued a correction Tuesday evening after The Oregonian/OregonLive asked why it was applying the new law so broadly." h/t Jonathan Bach
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Rent cap confusion: Oregon agency fumbles announcement of 2026 limits
The agency applied manufactured home park restrictions broadly before The Oregonian/OregonLive questioned the interpretation.
https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2025/10/rent-cap-confusion-oregon-agency-fumbles-announcement-of-2026-limits.html
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Government helicopters keep watch over Portland ICE office, rattling neighborhoods
FAA restricted airspace over South and Southwest Portland through Oct. 17 for "special security reasons."
https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/10/government-helicopters-keep-watch-over-portland-ice-office-rattling-neighborhoods.html
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‘Really scary’: Oregon schools, state agencies face another major increase in pension costs in 2027
Expiring pension side accounts mean contributions rates to the pension system for some public employers will spike again in the next two-year budget cycle.
https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/09/really-scary-oregon-schools-state-agencies-face-another-major-increase-in-pension-costs-in-2027.html
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Trump’s USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting.
USAID antimalarial and HIV supplies valued at nearly $140 million were delayed in the first half of the year or not delivered at all due to the Trump administration’s foreign aid pause, The Post found...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2025/usaid-trump-malaria-hiv-drugs-death/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F4514bee%2F68dc04bbfc6ee61e4aa6b2ca%2F5a1709b2ae7e8a2a5b5c7c11%2F17%2F66%2F68dc04bbfc6ee61e4aa6b2ca
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In a tense moment at the ICE protest in Portland Sunday, city police intervened when a woman in a Tesla insisted on driving toward the crowd. Otherwise the protest remained largely peaceful.
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Millions Could Lose Housing Aid Under Trump Plan
Drafts of unpublished rules obtained by ProPublica detail plans that would open the door to full-time work requirements, two-year limits on living in federally supported housing and stripping aid from...
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-housing-reforms-aid-hud-immigration-homelessness
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“We chose to indulge the most base motivations of those who just want to see people fired, because we lacked the courage to say that we defend speech with which we disagree.”
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She Was Fired for a Comment on Her Private Facebook Account
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/us/charlie-kirk-free-speech.html?smid=bs-share
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Defense secretary moves to federalize 200 Oregon National Guard members for Portland deployment: Read the memo
Gov. Tina Kotek said she received notice from the Defense Department by email Sunday morning.
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/09/defense-secretary-moves-to-federalize-200-members-of-oregon-national-guard-for-portland-deployment.html
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Oregon sues to block Trump from deploying troops to Portland
The suit filed by Oregon and the city of Portland against Trump alleges his authorization of troops to the state is "patently unlawful."
https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/09/oregon-sues-to-block-trump-from-deploying-troops-to-portland.html?gift=ef9c7019-e265-4fb5-a689-74302a700d05
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Gabbard Ends Intelligence Report on Future Threats to U.S.
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Gabbard Ends Intelligence Report on Future Threats to U.S.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/us/politics/gabbard-intelligence-report-cancellation.html?smid=bs-share
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In tiny Lonerock, the 92-year-old former mayor still operates her tractor
Oregon's second smallest city had 25 residents during the last census, but an updated headcount is 16. It still has a functioning municipal government.
https://www.oregonlive.com/living/2025/09/in-tiny-lonerock-the-92-year-old-former-mayor-still-operates-her-backhoe.html
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Oregon wildland firefighter released from ICE custody after lawyers file challenge
The 23-year-old Oregon man was arrested during a red flag warning at the Bear Gulch fire on Washington's Olympic Peninsula.
https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/09/oregon-wildland-firefighter-released-from-ice-custody-after-lawyers-file-challenge.html?e=611bda27a4ecdbe95980743a343eacf4&lctg=5e8c7c4e0bbeac2af4337e86&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Oregon%20wildland%20firefighter%20released%20from%20ICE%20custody%20after%20lawyers%20file%20challenge&utm_term=Newsletter_breaking_news
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Portland discloses gaping hole in homeless shelter budget
The financial squeeze could further imperil Mayor Keith Wilson’s ambitious pledge to offer a safe place to sleep for all homeless Portlanders by Dec. 1.
https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/09/portlands-homeless-shelter-system-faces-gaping-budget-gap.html
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Oregon hands over Medicaid personal data to feds
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Oregon hands over Medicaid personal data to federal government to avoid losing federal funding
The state was asked to turn over Medicaid member data amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
https://www.oregonlive.com/health/2025/09/oregon-hands-over-medicaid-personal-data-to-federal-government-to-avoid-losing-federal-funding.html?gift=140f931b-59ff-4cb4-ba81-a1e82e6e391d
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Elon Musk’s Father Accused of Child Sexual Abuse
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Elon Musk’s Father Accused of Child Sexual Abuse
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Trump administration cancels annual hunger survey The government has been measuring food insecurity since the mid-1990s, but now says the report has become ‘overly politicized’
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Exclusive | Trump Administration Cancels Annual Hunger Survey
The government has been measuring food insecurity since the mid-1990s, but now says the report has become “overly politicized.”
https://www.wsj.com/economy/trump-administration-cancels-annual-hunger-survey-ca3d3793?st=EwBE9o&reflink=article_copyURL_share
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Elon Musk’s Father Accused of Child Sexual Abuse
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Elon Musk’s Father Accused of Child Sexual Abuse
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Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr: Trump's reelection changed "the permission structure" for the American government to restrict freedom of the press.
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Trump floats stripping networks critical of him of their broadcast licenses
“They’re giving me all this bad press, and they’re getting a license,” the president said.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/18/trump-floats-stripping-networks-critical-of-him-of-their-broadcast-licenses-00571953
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‘There’s a light in everybody’: Recovery mentor transforms Clackamas County drug program
“He has something that you can't teach people,” one treatment provider said Ron Ross, who connects people accused of low-level drug crimes in Clackamas County with treatment and housing. "He has that ...
https://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/2025/09/theres-a-light-in-everybody-recovery-mentor-transforms-clackamas-county-drug-program.html
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How Tiffany Trump’s Instagram Posts Led Us to an Oil Magnate’s Megayacht
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How Tiffany Trump’s Instagram Posts Led Us to an Oil Magnate’s Megayacht
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/world/europe/tiffany-trumps-instagram-posts-oil-billionaire.html?smid=bs-share
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Trump Administration Live Updates: President Says Broadcasters Should Lose Licenses for Criticizing Him
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Trump Administration Live Updates: President Says Broadcasters Should Lose Licenses for Criticizing Him
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09/18/us/trump-news?smid=bs-share
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"Media companies must punish Trump critics if they want their mega-mergers approved."
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Column | Kimmel’s suspension confirms what many suspected after Colbert’s cancellation
Media companies must punish Trump critics if they want their mega-mergers approved.
https://wapo.st/4nwhz92
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City of Portland officials spent at least $47,000 on a trip to Vienna to research housing policy, at a time PDX has a budget shortfall.
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Portland city councilors outline Vienna trip takeaways, disclose partial costs
Three city councilors who made the trip disclosed related costs, in conjunction with a public forum highlighting key takeaways from the excursion.
https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2025/09/portland-city-councilors-describe-vienna-trip-takeaways-disclose-partial-costs.html?e=611bda27a4ecdbe95980743a343eacf4&lctg=5e8c7c4e0bbeac2af4337e86&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Portland%20city%20councilors%20outline%20Vienna%20trip%20takeaways%2C%20disclose%20partial%20costs&utm_term=Newsletter_breaking_news
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Gov. Tina Kotek tells state agencies to cut their spending, travel now in response to Trump tax cuts
Oregon's is facing a projected $370 million budget shortfall due to federal tax cuts.
https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/09/gov-tina-kotek-tells-state-agencies-to-cut-their-spending-travel-now-in-response-to-trump-tax-cuts.html
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Oregon member of Congress missed deadlines to disclose more than 200 stock transactions
The second-term representative was weeks or months late disclosing 217 individual stock trades, according to an OpenSecrets review.
https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/09/oregon-member-of-congress-missed-deadlines-to-disclose-more-than-200-stock-transactions.html
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Highway 20 cold case solved: DNA identifies ‘Swamp Mountain Doe’ as missing woman from mid-70s
Now, five decades later, the woman long known by investigators as Swamp Mountain Doe has a name: Marion Vinetta McWhorter.
https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/09/highway-20-cold-case-solved-dna-identifies-swamp-mountain-doe-as-missing-woman-from-mid-70s.html?e=611bda27a4ecdbe95980743a343eacf4&lctg=5e8c7c4e0bbeac2af4337e86&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Highway%2020%20cold%20case%20solved:%20DNA%20identifies%20%E2%80%98Swamp%20Mountain%20Doe%E2%80%99%20as%20missing%20woman%20from%20mid-70s&utm_term=Newsletter_breaking_news
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Charlie Kirk Was Shot and Killed in a Post-Content-Moderation World
Videos of the shooting spread across TikTok, Instagram, and X. Researchers say that in some cases the platforms are falling short on enforcing their own content moderation rules.
https://www.wired.com/story/charlie-kirk-shot-videos-spread-social-media/?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIR_Weekly_091225&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&utm_content=WIR_Weekly_091225&bxid=5c92d15d2ddf9c5f6fe5edbd&cndid=18104198&hasha=856930ac469500a24592cc6218802fc2&hashc=d1879056e4d4ba61fb990873d3b7cd0e4054e8831d3f57795ae8a200cb20d5bf&esrc=unsubscribe-page&utm_term=WIR_Optdown
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“It’s shocking to me that they would assume that Republicans would cancel our vacations to allow Democrats to keep theirs. They declined to show up for something that they initiated ... .” via
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Oregon House speaker bungled start of special session. But she still has broad support
The leader's handling of a major transportation package this year has left some members feeling disgruntled.
https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/09/oregon-house-speaker-bungled-start-of-special-session-but-she-still-has-broad-support.html
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Congrats to the OJA winners and finalists! Thank you to Hari Sreenivasan and each member of ONA’s Awards and Recognition committee for helping to bring today’s celebration to life. For more news and opportunities fromONA, subscribe to the ONA Weekly:
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Oregon ethics commission to investigate travel by 4 Washington County commissioners
The review will evaluate travel the commissioners took in their role as board members for the county’s sewer agency.
https://www.oregonlive.com/watchdog/2025/09/oregon-ethics-commission-to-investigate-travel-by-4-washington-county-commissioners.html?e=611bda27a4ecdbe95980743a343eacf4&lctg=5e8c7c4e0bbeac2af4337e86&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Oregon%20ethics%20commission%20to%20investigate%20travel%20by%204%20Washington%20County%20commissioners&utm_term=Newsletter_breaking_news
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Inflation quashed household income gains in 2024, census finds
The U.S. Census Bureau found that the richest Americans’ income rose last year, and women and Black people lost ground.
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Portland Public Schools avoided daylight on a consulting deal by keeping the contract with a Texas firm just $500 under the amount that would trigger public vetting. What did taxpayers get for the $149,500 contract? A 2-page report.
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After Texas construction oversight firm delivers 2-page report for $149K, Portland Public Schools weighs paying it $487K more
The move comes as the district considers whether to outsource more of the functions of the Office of School Modernization, which oversees its construction bond projects.
https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2025/09/after-texas-construction-oversight-firm-delivers-2-page-report-for-149k-portland-public-schools-weighs-paying-it-487k-more.html
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Epstein Estate Turns Over Birthday Drawing Apparently Signed by Trump
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Epstein Estate Turns Over Birthday Drawing Apparently Signed by Trump
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"By opening accounts for young women without meeting them, the bank was missing a well-known hallmark of human traffickers: that they control victims’ interactions with the outside world." How JPMorgan Enabled the Crimes of Jeffrey Epstein
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How JPMorgan Enabled the Crimes of Jeffrey Epstein
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/magazine/jeffrey-epstein-jp-morgan.html?smid=bs-share
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27 days ago
Social Security Praises Its New Chatbot. Ex-Officials Say It Was Tested but Shelved Under Biden. via
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Social Security Praises Its New Chatbot. Ex-Officials Say It Was Tested but Shelved Under Biden. - KFF Health News
Social Security, under the leadership of a tech enthusiast, rolled out an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot to answer calls. But as beneficiaries complain about glitches, lawmakers and former of...
https://kffhealthnews.org/MjA3OTQ1NA
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Authors whose books were used in LLM training by Anthropic to get $3,000 each. Adds up to a very big number. Gift link:
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Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Lawsuit With Book Authors
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/technology/anthropic-settlement-copyright-ai.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jk8.8h87.pSyVbBIx4ia-&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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