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Opinion writer/editor. Pvs: Politics at USA Today, National Journal, AOL, Daily Beast, AP. Author, "Art of the Political Deal." Threads: @jilldlawrence

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The Trump hush money/election interference trial is darkly revealing about how he and his family do business. Shift the model to running a country, and you've got the dictionary definition of autocracy. We can't let it happen. My new piece @BulwarkOnline
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Done. Senate breaks filibuster on bipartisan USPS reform bill.
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My new column: It pains me to say this, but if you care about your rights and country, don't vote for any Republicans – even admirable ones. The party overall is on a dark path and can't be trusted to run any level of government. @usatoday @usatodayopinion
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Constitutional law prof @tribelaw to House: Ignore trivial White House arguments, vote quickly on #impeachment articles where evidence is clear, keep investigating, and add more charges later. The country has no time to spare. @usatoday @usatodayopinion
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By @dlnewville : Ocasio-Cortez (aka @AOC ) is right: The rich must pay more to help strengthen America and close its wealth and income gaps. Dems have big chance to set an agenda that could become reality. via @usatoday @usatodayopinion
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In abandoning peaceful transfer of power, Trump and his allies reject 224 years of history.
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In abandoning executive privilege, Biden rejects 200 years of history, former deputy attorney general George J. Terwilliger III writes in an op-ed
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. @stuartpstevens : I’ve worked in five Republican presidential campaigns. Four won the nomination and two won the White House. It’s a presidential election summer but I'm doing everything I can to help elect a Democrat: Joe Biden. @usatoday @usatodayopinion
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. @CNN says Trump is home alone, stressed out, gaining weight, realizing job isn't good fit for him.
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By historian @KevinMKruse : Democrats need to get past #impeachment jitters. It's not 1998 and Trump is no Clinton. via @usatoday @usatodayopinion
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Russ Travers, former acting director of the National Counterterrorism Center, with a message to undecided voters: Trump's COVID-19 record is the single greatest failure in US history. We need a new president. via @usatoday @usatodayopinion
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From @AP ... Twitter accounts spread Russian propaganda on the Ohio train derailment, "using Elon Musk’s new verification system to expand their reach while creating the illusion of credibility."
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4 years
Watch and learn, Democrats.
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The Lincoln Project
4 years
Trump’s campaign manager is a felon. His deputy campaign manager is a felon. His national security advisor is a felon. His foreign policy advisor is a felon. His personal lawyer is a felon. His long time advisor is a felon. It’s not a campaign, it’s a criminal enterprise.
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McConnell had "the most power and opportunity" to bar Trump from future public office "at the moment of his gravest offense against the country and Constitution. Instead of exercising that power, he found reasons not to." My latest, @BulwarkOnline :
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Veteran GOP strategist @richgalen : "Putting aside which of the two witnesses you believe (if either), Judge Kavanaugh did not sound like, look like, or act like a Justice of Supreme Court."
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. @maxboot : How I miss Barack Obama. And I say that as someone who worked to defeat him: I was a foreign policy adviser to John McCain in 2008 and to Mitt Romney in 2012.
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Biden 49, Trump 45 in new @QuinnipiacPoll . Top issue, democracy. 56% support Ukraine aid, and there's massive support for NATO.
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Former NH state chair @NHJennifer hoped GOP would come back to her but today, 1st anniversary of @ProjectLincoln founding, she's registering as an independent: #Texas lawsuit was the last straw. I'm leaving the Republican Party. @usatoday @usatodayopinion
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I've gotta say @POTUS has been a badly needed balm to my spirits this week. His UN/Ukraine performance, first ever American Conservation Corps, first ever WH Office of gun violence prevention, legal status and work permits now available to >400K Venezuelans 1/2
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44 years ago (yes you read that right) I was upset because "Rhoda" on the "Rhoda" show didn't seem sufficiently feminist to me. An "executive script producer" responded with a great letter, bless her heart. RIP #ValerieHarper
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3 years
Unsparing, by the editors of the conservative National Review/ @NRO : Trump’s Disgraceful Endgame
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4 years
For all the GOP senators who insist @AmyConeyBarrett deserves a fair and honest confirmation process and call on Dems to help make that happen, two words: Merrick Garland. And four more words: People are ALREADY VOTING.
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4 years
My new column: Biden's vice presidential choice just got simpler. He needs Kamala Harris or Val Demings. I feel very strongly about this and lay out all my reasons in the piece. via @usatoday @usatodayopinion
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. @usatoday editorial board makes first presidential endorsement ever, for @JoeBiden : "This year, character, competence and credibility are on the ballot... so, too, is the future of America's democracy."
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Perfect, brutal description of the Trump effect from @RadioFreeTom . As the two of us have discussed many a time, it is very tough to continually fight exhaustion and Trump's attempts to turn us into "moral zombies." But we must. Gift link:
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This is one of the most dramatic and underplayed political stories of the last six months.
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Greg Sargent
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Something very important is happening in Virginia. The Dem takeover of state government, fueled by anti-Trump fervor, is now allowing for the first big reversal of what the Tea Party wave wrought: * Voting rights * gun reforms * ACA expansion New piece:
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My new column on new heights in Republican hypocrisy: Trump sycophants have no standing to demand that Cuomo resign. Of course he should, but their tone deafness and double standard on this are breathtaking. via @usatoday @usatodayopinion
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👀Larry Summers supports both BIF and BBB and doesn't think they are inflationary: “I think it’s fine. The 10 years of the two spending bills together, A, are less than the one year of what they did last spring, and, B, 1/2
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2 years
Haunted by this from Sotomayor after lawyer equates Roe with “the right to end a human life": “How is your interest anything but a religious view? The issue of when life begins has been hotly debated by philosophers since the beginning of time. It’s still debated in religions.”
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Someone at @ProjectLincoln made a GOPesque ad -- patriotic and emotional -- for Arizona's @SenMarkKelly and titled it "Right Stuff." #AZSen
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. @JoyceWhiteVance : The Stone commutation is uniquely awful because it is a direct attempt by Trump to protect himself. It is a shocking betrayal of American ideals, & we cannot let it get lost in whatever distraction comes next. @usatoday @usatodayopinion
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About 8% of Republicans voted Dem in 2018, TargetSmart CEO @tbonier told me. If that rises to 15% this year, he added, “the GOP has no chance of taking back either the Senate or the House." Polls suggest that's quite achievable. @usatoday @usatodayopinion
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. @usatoday editorial: Invoke the #25thAmendmentNow : Trump forfeited his moral authority to stay in office, and reinforced profound questions, and raised new ones, about his judgment and ability to fulfill his most minimal responsibilities. @usatodayopinion
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'Your life and family are not ruined': Parkland father slams Kavanaugh via @usatoday
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"Trump stood up and told the American people, 'Merry Christmas, everybody'--a defiant departure from a year earlier, when President Obama said to the American people, 'Merry Christmas, everybody.' " @CNNPolitics @GregJKrieg
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2 years
You think you've heard it all and things couldn't possibly get worse, then comes this: Files copied from voting systems were shared with election deniers, conspiracy theorists and right-wing commentators
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"The idea that someone as ridiculous as Jim Jordan could be in contention to lead the House should make every American pause and wonder how the US has come to such a moment." @RadioFreeTom on the America and the GOP the world needs, vs the one it's got.
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My new column, on the unexpected gift of temporary political kinship with people I usually disagree with bigtime: The Trump and #NeverTrump eras could end soon. Thanks for the memories and inspiration. via @usatoday @usatodayopinion
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Don't you dare, House GOP: The 2022 elections suggested America was moving away from election denialism. A Jim Jordan speakership would inject it right back into the GOP mainstream, with all the risks that poses to democracy. My latest for @bulwarkonline
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. @RadioFreeTom : "Trump’s sociopathic behavior" should be exposed, but CNN's town hall was cringeworthy: "Instead of an important one-on-one interview with a dangerous and malevolent demagogue, CNN presented another episode of Trump’s ongoing reality show."
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GOP strategist @TheRickWilson , who understands how Republicans have won and used and kept power, with hardnosed tips for Dems: Policy papers are a delusion, Democrats. This is a Trump referendum and you're blowing it. via @usatoday @usatodayopinion
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New column: Trump is nothing like any aspiring presidents I ever covered. He's never been patriotic or defensible. The mystery is why some Republicans needed a coup to figure out he's unfit, and millions still don't get it. via @usatoday @usatodayopinion
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Jill Lawrence
4 years
Public service announcement: if you want to be able to sleep tonight, do not read any tweets about tonight’s coronavirus task force briefing. And if you already started, stop right now.
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6 months
It is essential to US national security that Trump's FL trial proceed in a timely way and finish before the GOP convention, ideally well before it. Seriously, how can Judge Cannon ignore that? We need an informed 2024 electorate. That requires a pre-convention trial and verdict.
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She is a full fledged member of the Trump defense team. Aileen Cannon is utterly unfit for the bench. Someone should introduce an impeachment resolution against her. It will go nowhere but will highlight her outrageous conduct.
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This is what's in the bill. It has nothing to do with DeJoy. That's a matter for the board of governors, which is short two Biden nominees who are pending.
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3 years
My new column: In vetoing Jordan and Banks, Pelosi safeguards democracy and Capitol attack probe. She's got steel backbone and a laser focus on history – both the centuries past and the countless pages yet to be written. @usatoday @usatodayopinion
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2 years
I wish more Democratic candidates would respond to GOP attacks on abortion like @katiehobbs did recently. She said " late-term abortion is extremely rare. And if it's being talked about, it's because something has gone incredibly wrong in a pregnancy. 1/3
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By @GaSecofState Brad Raffensperger: My family voted for Trump. He threw us under the bus anyway. via @usatoday @usatodayopinion
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11 months
Omg. Dictionary company trolls twitter owner. You love to see it. 🙏
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To address extreme levels of language enthusiasm, we've applied the following temporary limits: -Writers, Lyricists, and other Professional Wordsmiths: 6000 definition lookups/day -Thoughtful Readers and Crossword Puzzlers: 600/day -Everyday English Speakers: 300/day
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. @JoeBiden : Trump "proposed draconian cuts to the NIH, CDC and USAID, the very agencies we need to fight this outbreak... He dismissed the top WH official in charge of global health security and dismantled the entire team." #coronavirus @usatodayopinion
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. @usatoday editorial: It is particularly egregious that the Senate would try to rush through a Supreme Court nomination even as it has been unable to pass another relief bill for the millions suffering because of the coronavirus pandemic. @usatodayopinion
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By independent (and former Republican) @Montel_Williams for @usatodayopinion : I voted a straight Democratic ticket because #healthcare is on the line via @usatoday
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Provocative @djrothkopf analysis of Presidents Zelensky and Biden: Both were grievously underestimated by Putin and, perhaps, their own countries when the war began. But today, the two are the Roosevelt and Churchill of the Ukraine war. via @thedailybeast
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McCain on #ArpaioPardon -- it undermines Trump's claim for the respect of rule of law
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By me and @DavidMastio : Donald Trump's big convention speech was filled with lies and gall. He was so over the top, maybe it won't work. A normal political party never would have let things get this far. via @usatoday @usatodayopinion
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. @RadioFreeTom , in his usual gentle way, tells Ds to lay off Biden because "when a sociopath who instigated a violent insurrection is promising that his main platform is to exact vengeance on his enemies, a Democratic Party brawl doesn’t make much sense."
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By longtime Democratic strategist @JoeTrippi : I'm joining the Lincoln Project to make sure Republicans don't win Congress in 2022 via @usatoday @usatodayopinion @ProjectLincoln
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The magic mask-up moment we’ve all been waiting for?
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NBC10 Philadelphia
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Well, this is a bit awkward. COVID-19 may cause long-term erectile dysfunction in men. Yet another reason to heed public health advice as the coronavirus continues to spread.
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Putin doesn't want a stronger NATO and these 18 Republicans agree with him? Just so we're clear.
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18 Republicans vote against Support For Finland And Sweden Applying To NATO
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By @duty2warn psychologist John Gartner: Trump's cognitive deficits seem worse. We need to know whether he has dementia via @usatoday @usatodayopinion
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7 years
A clear-eyed explanation of what Trump and Fox are trying to make you believe.
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Brian Klaas
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1. OK, so this is the summary of the Trump/Fox News argument this week. Let’s try to follow it. It makes absolutely no sense. Here we go:
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Biden is our oldest president, but he’s also—despite and possibly because of his age—an unusually forward-looking one. His AI order coming today is a good example of how he's laying a foundation for future Americans to build on. My latest @BulwarkOnline
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. @RadioFreeTom : "For many of us, it feels as if Trump put up a billboard in Times Square that says 'I will end democracy and I will in fact shoot you in the middle of 5th Ave if that’s what it takes to stay in power' and no one noticed." Exactly. Now what?
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Great idea from @MaxBoot . This would be tough for local media and their readers/voters to ignore.
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Washington Post Opinions
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Kelly, Mattis and McMaster need to mount an "Unfit to Serve" tour targeting early-primary states and general-election swing states, @MaxBoot writes.
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By @RosenzweigP , a vet of Starr's Whitewater investigation & George W. Bush's DHS, one of 800 ex fed prosecutors who signed statement: Mueller didn't say it so we did: Trump would face felony charges if he weren't president @usatoday @usatodayopinion
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What am I thankful for this Thanksgiving week? I’m thankful that I am no longer a parent of small children, or teenagers, or any child under 25. These Trump rallies are terrifying generational disasters in the making. Attention must be paid. Lots of it.
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Former federal prosecutors @Mimirocah1 and @JenGRodgers on #ImpeachmentHearings : Trump abuses power by harassing, intimidating witnesses like Yovanovitch. She's not the first; public witness tampering is one of his go-to moves. @usatoday @usatodayopinion
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. @CheriJacobus on dirty money: Democrats are giving away Weinstein cash. GOP should do same with Mercers. @usatoday
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3 years
My latest: Deliverance is close, but the anxiety of bracing for what will happen next is ever-present. It is always a blow, and it should be. Never get numb. (Plus why Trump trumps Marie Antoinette and we're all Bart Simpson) @usatoday @usatodayopinion
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New from me in @BulwarkOnline : Democrats look like they’re poised for a true transition: the moment they recognized that aggressively mainstream is a winning brand, and embraced it. Pelosi's "majority makers" are the future of the party.
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. @RWPUSA & @NormEisen : Could Trump get a White House job if he weren’t president? Spoiler: Nope. From #StormyDaniels to foreign business interests to women accusers, he wouldn't clear ethics & security background checks. @USATODAY @usatodayopinion
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Sustenance from @djrothkopf : Biden is boring but that's OK because he's also a competent leader. Like pilots, who are hired because they can handle emergencies, often when we notice them least they are doing their best work. @usatoday @usatodayopinion
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6 years
And when will Merrick Garland be confirmed?
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Mark Knoller
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At WH Briefing, @Marcshort45 says it would take 11½ years for all of Pres Trump's nominees to be confirmed due to Senate Dems obstruction.
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A Judge Just Ordered The Trump Administration To Allow An Undocumented Teen To Obtain An Abortion via @zoetillman
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It's tempting to ignore/dismiss the Hunter Biden problem, and I was trying, but I've changed my mind. It's time for Dems, allies and the president to get nervous, tough and practical. We can't afford a Benghazi/emails debacle in 2024. Me at @BulwarkOnline
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This is a hell of a video clip right to the end. Democrats should just recite it word for word on the campaign trail. “As President Biden said …”
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Biden: So let me say this to my MAGA Republican friends. Don’t tell me you support law enforcement if you won’t condemn what happened on the sixth. For god’s sake, whose side are you on? You can’t be pro-law enforcement and pro-insurrection
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"The world—including America—is facing a panoply of dangers, but such perils mean nothing to a group of people for whom Congress is just a lark—a way to live in Washington, raise money and be on TV." Painfully true from @RadioFreeTom . #Ukraine #Navalny
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Chilling from @RadioFreeTom : If Trump wins in 2024, he will attempt to turn the men and women of the US armed forces into praetorians loyal not to the Constitution, but only to him. This project will likely be among his team's highest priorities. 1/2
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