The stakes could not be higher: millions of families—and the integrity of one of America’s most outstanding achievements—hang in the balance.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth looks on as US President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on April 30, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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Oct 14, 2025 (CommonDreams.org)
President Donald Trump, who in recent days has been lobbying to receive a Nobel Peace Prize, announced on Tuesday afternoon that he had ordered a lethal US military strike against yet another boat off the coast of Venezuela.
In a post on his Truth Social network, Trump said that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday morning “ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) conducting narcotrafficking.”
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Trump then claimed that “intelligence” had “confirmed” that the boat was engaged in illegal drug trafficking, although he provided no evidence to back up this claim.
Six passengers aboard the boat were killed in the attack, the president claimed.
Trump has now repeatedly ordered the American military to use deadly force against boats in international waters that are allegedly engaged in drug smuggling. Many legal scholars, including some right-wing experts who in the past have embraced expansive views of presidential powers, consider such strikes illegal.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) condemned Trump’s attack, which she noted was the fifth time the president had ordered a strike on a purported drug-trafficking vessel.
“Using the military to execute alleged criminals with no due process or input from Congress is brazenly unconstitutional and damaging to our democracy,” she wrote in a social media post.
Attorney George Conway, a former Republican who broke with the party over its support of Trump, said there was absolutely zero doubt that Trump’s strikes on the boats were acts of murder.
“That’s 27 flat-out murders,” he wrote in a post on X, referring to the total body count resulting from the president’s boat strikes. “That’s 27 lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.”
Kenneth Roth, former director of Human Rights Watch, said that Trump could face criminal prosecution for attacking the boats.
“Trump keeps ordering the summary killing of people in boats off the coast of Venezuela,” Roth wrote. “Whether drug traffickers or not (we have no idea), these are murders. If on Venezuelan territory, the International Criminal Court could prosecute.”
Richard Painter, who was an ethics lawyer in former President George W. Bush’s White House, similarly described the strikes as “murder” and “a violation of US as well as international law.”
According to The Associated Press, the strikes against boats have unnerved the Venezuelan government, which believes the US is preparing to launch a regime-change war against it. Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino last week even went so far as to tell his citizens to be prepared for a potential invasion during a televised appearance.
“I want to warn the population: We have to prepare ourselves because the irrationality with which the US empire operates is not normal,” he said, according to the AP. “It’s anti-political, anti-human, warmongering, rude, and vulgar.”
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Graham Platner speaks to a crowd in a video released October 14, 2025.
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Oct 14, 2025 (CommonDreams.org)
After weeks of speculation and reports that Democratic Senate Leader Chuck Schumer was privately calling on Maine Gov. Janet Mills to enter the race to unseat longtime Republican lawmaker Susan Collins—despite considerable energy surrounding the candidacy of progressive veteran and oyster farmer Graham Platner—Mills announced her primary run Tuesday.
Mills highlighted her public sparring with President Donald Trump earlier this year and positioned her run as one that would focus on standing up to “bullies” like Trump, who threatened to cut off Maine’s federal funding if it allowed transgender youths to play on team sports that correspond with their identities.
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She also pledged to “fight back” against efforts by Trump and Republicans in Congress—including Collins, who has represented Maine since 1997—to slash healthcare for millions of Americans while handing out tax cuts to corporations and the richest Americans.
“This election is going to be a simple choice: Is Maine going to bow down, or stand up?” said Mills.
But before Mainers decide whether to stick with Collins or unseat her in favor of a Democratic senator, they are set to choose the Democratic nominee next June—and despite being a political novice, Platner has generated excitement across the state since announcing his candidacy in August.
Platner has centered his campaign on naming “the enemy” shared by Mainers and Americans from all walks of life: not immigrants, transgender people, or other frequent targets of the Trump administration, but the oligarchy. He’s also been unapologetically outspoken in his condemnation of the US-backed Israeli assault on Gaza and over the weekend said that should he win a Senate seat, “there will be consequences” for those who have led federal immigration agents’ violent incursion in US cities.
Platner has garnered endorsements and enthusiasm from lawmakers including Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)—who recently criticized reports that Schumer was pushing for a Mills run—and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), who called his campaign “pretty impressive” and “killer” recently.
He’s also proven to be a formidable fundraiser, pulling in more than $4 million since launching his campaign in August, and has spoken to overflow crowds in cities and towns across Maine.
Recent polling has shown Platner outperforming Mills by 21 points among Trump voters, 13 points among voters aged 18-44, and 10 points in rural parts of northern and western Maine.
On Tuesday, Platner released a statement welcoming Mills “into this race” and focusing on the fight to unseat Collins.
“I have held over 20 town halls in every corner of Maine, from Rumford to Madawaska to Portland,” he said. “Everywhere I hear the same thing: People are ready for change. They know the system is broken and they know that politicians who have been working in the system for years, like Susan Collins, are not going to fix it.”
But he also released his own ad, pledging to keep up the momentum in order to “retake our party and turn it back into the party of the working class.”
“We either organize and build power and fight, or we lose,” Platner told a crowd in the video.
Ryan Grim of Drop Site News posited that the entrance of Mills into the race could be “to Platner’s advantage” and may underscore his independent streak.
“By beating her (and Schumer) Platner can solidify the impression that he is independent of the party, whose brand is fatally toxic,” said Grim.
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An aerial view shows a large swath of the Amazon rainforest deforested by illegal fire in the municipality of Labrea, Amazonas State, Brazil, on August 20, 2024.
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Oct 14, 2025 (CommonDreams.org)
The world’s governments are falling far short of their goal to tackle forest destruction by the end of the decade, according to a key annual report published Monday.
At the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP26, in Scotland, 145 countries adopted the Forest Declaration, pledging to end deforestation and forest degradation and restore 30% of all degraded ecosystems by 2030.
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Annual Forest Declaration Assessment reports—which are published by a coalition of dozens of NGOs—track progress toward achieving the objectives established at COP29. Although stopping and reversing deforestation by 2030 is crucial to averting the worst consequences of the climate and biodiversity crises, every annual report has highlighted how the world is failing to adequately protect its forests.
This year is no different. According to the 2025 Forest Declaration Assessment, “in 2024, forests continued to experience large-scale destruction, with nearly 8.1 million hectares permanently lost globally.”
“Primary tropical forests continue to be cleared at alarming rates, with 6.73 million hectares lost last year alone, releasing 3.1 billion metric tons of greenhouse gases,” the report continues. “Losses in forested Key Biodiversity Areas reached 2.2 million hectares, up 47% from the previous year, threatening irreplaceable habitats.”
The assessment notes:
Deforestation remains overwhelmingly driven by clearance for permanent agriculture, accounting for an average of about 86% of global deforestation over the past decade, with other drivers such as mining exerting growing pressure. Because deforestation commodities are both consumed domestically and exported internationally, deforestation represents a systemic problem; national land-use policies and practices are deeply intertwined with global demand. This highlights the urgent need for structural change in how production and trade are regulated, monitored, and ultimately governed.
Furthermore, according to the report, “financial flows are still grossly misaligned with forest goals, with harmful subsidies outweighing green subsidies by over 200:1,” and “despite new pledges, the flow of funds to forest countries and local actors remains far below what’s necessary to deliver on 2030 goals.”
“‘Global forests remain in crisis’ is not the headline we hoped to write in 2025,” the publication states. “As the halfway point in the decade of ambitious forest pledges, this year was meant to be a turning point. Despite the indispensable role of forests, the verdict is clear: We are off track.”
The news isn’t all bad—the report highlights how “restoration efforts are expanding, with at least 10.6 million hectares hosting forest restoration projects worldwide. But global data remain too fragmented to determine whether the world is recovering forests at the scale required.”
The assessment offers the following recommendations for policymakers:
“At the halfway point to 2030, the world should be seeing a steep decline in deforestation,” the assessment says. “Instead, the global deforestation curve has not begun to bend.”
The new Forest Declaration Assessment comes ahead of next month’s UN climate conference, or COP30, in Belém, located in the Brazilian Amazon.
“This COP30 is extremely crucial for us to move these pledges to actions,” Sassan Saatchi, founder of the non-profit CTrees and a former NASA scientist, told Climate Home News on Tuesday.
“The nice thing about COP30 being in Belém,” Saatchi added, “is that there is a recognition that the Global South has really come forward to say: ’We are going to solve the climate problem, even though we may not have been historically the cause of this climate change.‘”
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Oct 14, 2025 (CommonDreams.org)
Standing at a podium that displayed the words, “Our Time Has Come,” Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani and allies made clear on Monday night that the sign referred not only to working people across the five boroughs, but to people across the US whose interests have been abandoned by the political establishment in favor of corporations and billionaires.
Speakers at the rally included leaders who have emerged as targets of the Trump administration, such as New York Attorney General Letitia James, and people who have worked in government at the federal level, in the case of former Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan, and their comments suggested a focus that goes beyond the city and its upcoming election on November 4.
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Khan, who spearheaded the Biden administration’s efforts to protect Americans from corporate greed in the form of “junk fees” and megamergers, spoke out against “modern-day robber barons,” and made clear that both major political parties are to blame for an economy where corporations and the ultrarich “wield extraordinary power.”
“They hold enormous control over our paychecks, our bills, our time, and our futures,” said Khan, who has sharply criticized the Trump administration for settling with Amazon in a customer deception case and for letting oil executives “off the hook” in a price-fixing scandal.
“But the good news is that nothing about any of this is inevitable,” added Khan.
Mamdani has centered his campaign on making the city more affordable by expanding his fare-free public bus pilot program, providing universal no-cost childcare, and establishing a city-run network of grocery stores to compete with for-profit companies—and has reached out to New Yorkers from all walks of life, spending a day walking the length of Manhattan as well as using social media to engage with voters.
With top Democrats like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY) refusing to endorse the party’s candidate to lead the largest city in the nation, the mayoral race has teed up one of the latest battles between the party’s progressive wing and the entrenched establishment—one that will hopefully send a resounding message to the party’s leadership, said Khan.
“The days of Democratic leaders choosing to ally with titans of industry over working people are over,” she said.
Despite his decisive loss in the Democratic primary in June, disgraced former Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo is running as an independent and is trailing Mamdani by double digits as he strives to make the state Assembly member’s support for Palestinian rights a centerpiece of the campaign.
The tactic, also employed by Cuomo during the primary, has proven unsuccessful so far, with polls showing that support from the city’s Jewish voters helped Mamdani win in June by more than 13 points. At the rally on Monday night, the crowd at one point erupted in cheers of, “Free, free Palestine!”
Mamdani turned his attention to Cuomo’s enthusiastic participation in the oligarchic political system that’s seen the former governor court the wealthy, including billionaire financier Bill Ackman, and tell rich donors in the Hamptons that he expected help from President Donald Trump to win the general election.
In the city and nationwide, Mamdani said, “we are an existential threat to billionaires who think they can buy our democracy.”
The mayoral campaign represents “a choice between a mayor for those straining to buy groceries or those straining to buy an election,” he said.
The state lawmaker condemned the president’s anti-immigrant escalation, which has been on display in recent weeks in cities including Chicago and Portland, Oregon, and his attacks on protesters who hold anti-fascist views as well as left-wing groups that dissent against the president’s agenda.
“We are in a period of political darkness,” Mamdani said. “Donald Trump and his [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] agents are snatching our immigrant neighbors from our city right before our eyes. His authoritarian administration is waging a scorched-earth campaign of retribution against any who dared oppose him.”
“And again and again,” he added, “Trump has broken the promise he made to the American people that he would fight for the working class by taking on the cost-of-living crisis.”
James joined the rally in her first public appearance since she was indicted by Trump’s personal-attorney-turned-federal-prosecutor, US Attorney Lindsey Halligan, last week on allegations of bank fraud. Having successfully prosecuted the president for fraud, James has been a top target of Trump during his second term.
Along with defiantly speaking out against the indictment, which she called the weaponization of “justice for political gain,” James said that as mayor, Mamdani would come to the defense of freedoms and institutions that are under attack across the US.
“We are here tonight because we are ready to turn the page on the cynical, broken, politics of the past,” said James. “We are witnessing the fraying of our democracy, the erosion of our system of government… This, my friends, is a defining moment in our history.”
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The Department of Homeland Security video blames Democrats for the federal government shutdown. Many airport officials say screening the partisan message at checkpoints would risk violating federal law.
by Esther Kaplan Oct. 14, 2025 (CommonDreams.org)
At least eight international US airports have decided not to show a video from Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, that blames Democrats for the federal government shutdown.
Kaley Skantz, a public information officer for the Port of Oakland, said that the Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport, or OAK, has joined their ranks, bringing the tally to at least nine.
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“The video is not running at OAK at this time,” she said today. “There actually are not any screens to show the video on at OAK’s checkpoints.”
Skantz also noted that the port doesn’t expect screening or air traffic control services to be interrupted as a result of the government shutdown. “We will continue to monitor developments closely and will work with our federal partners to ensure that cargo and passengers travel through OAK safely,” she said.
Newsweek reported today that major airports in Los Angeles; Las Vegas; Seattle; Phoenix; Cleveland, Ohio; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Portland, Oregon have all refused a request from the Department of Homeland Security to show the footage at security checkpoints, with some saying the overtly partisan messaging may violate a federal law, the Hatch Act, which limits political activity by federal civil servants. Some smaller airports, such as the Westchester County Airport in New York, have followed suit.
“Democrats in Congress refuse to fund the federal government, and because of this, many of our operations are impacted,” Noem says in the video. “It is our hope that Democrats will soon recognize the importance of opening the government.”
Portland airport officials told the Guardian they “did not consent to playing the video in its current form, as we believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” noting that playing the video would also violate Oregon state law.
Westchester’s county executive issued a statement describing the video as “inappropriate, unacceptable, and inconsistent with the values we expect from our nation’s top public officials”.
“The PSA politicizes the impacts of a federal government shutdown on TSA operations,” the executive, Ken Jenkins, said. “At a time when we should be focused on ensuring stability, collaboration and preparedness, this type of messaging only distracts from the real issues, and undermines public trust.”
Tricia McLaughlin, an assistant secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, did not immediately respond to queries from The Oaklandside, but in a statement to the Guardian, she blamed the Democratic Party for “political gamesmanship.”
Esther Kaplan was most recently the investigations editor at Business Insider. Before that, she was executive editor at Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, where she oversaw a reporting team that led investigations for a national podcast, and editor-in-chief at the New York City nonprofit Type Investigations. She launched the Ida B. Wells Fellowship, a program dedicated to diversifying the field of investigative reporting.More by Esther Kaplan
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There is always a risk if you invoke Hitler or Mussolini when talking U.S. politics that people will roll their eyes or dismiss the example as being over the top. But in the case of Donald Trump, you ignore the comparison at your peril—at least when it comes to Trump following the fascist playbook in pursuit of one-party rule. That is exactly what Mussolini and Hitler worked quickly to achieve in order to have unchallenged power—and it’s what we are seeing from Trump, Stephen Miller and the GOP.
In the case of Mussolini, he used a political assassination (ironically by one his own supporters of a rival political party official) to justify grabbing power. In an infamous speech to the Italian Parliament in January 1925, Mussolini dared the opposition to hold him accountable for the assassination. It never happened because the opposition was too weak. From there, Mussolini was granted more powers by the Parliament that his party controlled—including restricting freedom of the press.
The next year, Mussolini weaponized an assassination attempt by a leftist to expel all opposition political parties from Parliament and grant himself even more powers. Mussolini had finally achieved his desired goal of becoming “Il Duce” – the absolute leader of Italy.
In the case of Hitler, he exploited the February 1933 fire that burned down the German Parliament–known as the “Reichstag Fire.” Like Mussolini, Hitler saw in tragedy an opportunity to impose one party rule. First, Hitler quickly weaponized the fire to justify imprisoning political opponents. With the Nazi party in control of the Parliament, Hitler was granted more powers to rule.
By the end of 1933, Hitler had banned all non-Nazi political parties, labor unions and other organizations. Hitler, in just one year as Germany’s chancellor, had elevated himself to the nation’s “Fuhrer” (leader).
That is what Trump—and especially people like Stephen Miller and certain GOP leaders–want. This playbook explains why Trump a few weeks ago signed an executive order labeling “Antifa” a domestic terrorist group. It does not matter that under U.S. law there is no legal basis to designate a domestic organization a terrorist group—only a foreign one.
And while many have rightly noted that there is no actual Antifa organization, that is what makes this more alarming. Now Trump and his GOP allies can define Antifa to mean whatever they want. From there, Trump will order his corrupt DOJ to investigate and prosecute the organization as well as people funding these groups.
In fact, to little fanfare, days after Trump announced the Antifa executive order, he signed another order titled, “Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence.” This edict cites as justification the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the two alleged attempts on Trump’s own life and lies about riots in Portland.
From there, Trump claims that all the political violence in the United States falls under the “the umbrella of self-described “anti-fascism.” Alarmingly, Trump’s order lists as “common threads” of the “anti-fascism” movement those advocating “anti-capitalism,” “anti-Americanism,” “anti-Christianity” and “hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family, religion, and morality.” Obviously, those terms are dangerously broad and can be challenged in court, but Trump is telling you his goal is to use the government to “disband and uproot networks, entities, and organizations” that he has deemed a threat to his power.
It’s clear from these two orders that those who want Trump to serve as America’s “Fuhrer,” are just waiting for his “Reichstag Fire” moment to test these powers. Their hope is that the corrupt GOP Supreme Court will uphold Trump’s power grab and criminalize the infrastructure of the Democratic party.
But even before that event, we saw two concerning developments Friday that raise red flags about Trump’s pursuit of single party rule. First, there was Reuters reporting titled, “Trump’s war on the left: Inside the plan to investigate liberal groups.” As they wrote, “Trump’s threatened crackdown on the finances and activities of liberal non-profits and groups opposed to his agenda is a multi-agency effort with top White House aide Stephen Miller playing a central role.”
Targets include the Soros network despite no evidence to back up the claim they support violence. In addition, they are targeting ActBlue, the very popular and effective online fundraising arm of the Democratic Party. In response, Carter Christensen, an ActBlue spokesperson, told Reuters that Trump’s crackdown was an attempt to silence dissent.
And as Reuters reported, Trump officials specifically mentioned they are now looking into Indivisible, the very effective grassroots organizers headed by Ezra Levin and Leah Greenberg. I spoke to Levin after the news broke who stated point blank, Trump is “now coming after pro-democracy, peaceful protesters under the guise that they are supporting violence. Obviously, the accusation that we support violence is utter, complete bullshit” He added, Trump’s actions are “clearly and directly from the authoritarian playbook.” (You can watch my entire interview at end of article)
The second red flag came later on Friday when Trump’s minion/Speaker of the House Mike Johnson began smearing the “No Kings” protest scheduled for this Saturday as being run by Antifa. Johnson despicably called the No Kings march, the “Hate America rally,” adding, “It’s all the pro-Hamas wing and the Antifa people.” (See clip below.)
That lie was backed up by GOP House Majority Whip Tom Emmer who said the gathering is being championed by “the terrorist wing” of the Democratic Party. And GOP Sen. Roger Marshall also drew a straight line from Trump’s “Antifa” order to the No Kings march, saying on Newsmax: “This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We’ll have to get the National Guard out.” He then added, “Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it.”
Yes, the GOP is planting the seeds that if there is violence at this Saturday’s march, it could be there “Reichstag Fire” moment. From there, they will claim that all people who funded and organized the “No Kings” protest are Antifa and, thus, are supporting terrorism.
They may even seek to ban the Democratic Party at some point, designating it a domestic terrorist group. That may sound over the top–but history warns us that is where we are heading.
Yet we cannot and must not back down. As Ezra Levin said in our discussion Friday, Trump “is scared of one thing and that is peaceful, organized people power. That is what he and every other authoritarian fears.”
Levin is right. We need to be louder and in the streets more than ever. And when Trump comes for any pro-democracy group, we need to stand with them. This is part of the formula in defeating aspiring tyrants.
As I keep writing: Alone the fascists will defeat us. United we will prevail!
You can watch my interview of Indivisible co-founder Ezra Levin below
Graham Platner, a Democrat running for US Senate in Maine, held several town halls across the state in mid-October 2025.
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Oct 13, 2025 (CommonDreams.org)
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As immigration agents continue to terrorize communities across the United States under the command of President Donald Trump, Democrat Graham Platner is speaking out from Maine, where he is running to unseat longtime Republican US Sen. Susan Collins next year.
In a video that Platner shared on social media on Sunday, he’s seen taking questions from a crowd. One woman asks the oyster farmer and combat veteran to explain his feelings on US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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“So right now, armed, masked secret police are going around the country kidnapping American citizens, kidnapping people that are here legally, abusing people because of the color of their skin,” Platner noted. “It’s disgusting.”
The candidate envisioned potential hearings about Trump’s attacks on US cities whenever Democrats reclaim control of Congress.
“One of the reasons I want to go to the Senate is that when we have power again, I want to haul all of these people and the ones that made them do it in front of a Senate subcommittee, make them take their masks off,” he said, drawing strong applause.
Before the Senate, those carrying out Trump’s attacks can “explain to the American people how they can justify their illegal and unconstitutional behavior,” he continued. “So, that’s what I think about ICE.”
Polling reported Monday by Newsweek shows that Platner or outgoing Maine Gov. Janet Mills, who’s expected to enter the Senate race on Tuesday, are both well-positioned to oust Collins, who has held her seat since 1997. In the poll conducted by Zenith Research for More Perfect Union, Platner leads Collins by 14 points, while Mills is 8 points ahead of her.
While Maine has seen ICE enforcement actions and protests against the agency, it has not been a primary target—unlike Chicago, where the US Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit on Saturday upheld District Judge April Perry’s block on Trump deploying National Guard troops in northern Illinois.
According to the US Department of Homeland Security, which includes ICE, the agency has arrested over 1,000 people since launching Operation Midway Blitz last month. Federal agents have faced intense scrutiny for their actions in and around Chicago, such as fatally shooting a driver, pinning a news producer to the ground and hauling her off in an unmarked vehicle before releasing her without charges, and violently cracking down on protests—including at a facility in suburban Broadview, which led to another ruling against the Trump administration from a district judge last week.
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