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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 06:10 AM Original message |
Is a Presidential Coup Under Way? |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
1. Nominated. |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 06:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Before the Iraq "war" |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 06:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. What many of the |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 07:01 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Yes, hence, the surprise of the century, the second term. n/t |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 10:19 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Election fraud can do wonders n/t |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 04:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
57. And Democrats have done noting about hacking of elections as we face 2008 -- !!!! |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 10:21 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. That's one of the weird things about this situation |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 11:14 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Yeah, me too. The Pat Buchanan thing. |
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civildisoBDence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 04:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
54. Buchanan published a column denying global warming today |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 07:06 PM Response to Reply #54 |
74. Buchanan |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 06:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
71. Well, John Dean was not a favorite of mine way back when, I now admire him. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 07:04 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Oh, John Dean |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
2. Thanks for this post. |
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Beerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 06:23 AM Response to Original message |
3. Is this Coup 2.0 or 2.5? |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 10:23 AM Response to Reply #3 |
15. I'm thinking Jim Hightower |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 10:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
17. I was thinking Coup I (2000) happened. Will Coup II be the removal of a D President in 2009? nt |
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Myrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 07:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
77. They won't have to "remove" a D - prez ... |
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jimshoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 06:28 AM Response to Original message |
4. Great post |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
5. This is what I keep returning to. |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 10:24 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. It was an under-the-radar coup |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 11:15 AM Response to Reply #5 |
21. Who knew. Most everyone put the evolution of a form of fascism outside the range,... |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 01:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
35. Sinclair Lewis wrote about the form this fascist unelected criminal regime |
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rockybelt (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 03:16 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. Sinclair Lewis |
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ConfidentialStatus (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 03:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
41. Not to knock your professor |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
6. Been a long time since I heard Jim Hightower on RadioPower.org |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
10. scary shit |
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Totally Committed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 10:43 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Jeez Louise! Between this article and yours on the Irreversable Global Warming, |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. I know what you mean |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
11. "And I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the dest |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
12. the coup isn't "under way" -- it's already happened n/t |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 01:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
31. Right! It's happened-Done! We are now at the end of 2007! |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
20. This is excellent |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
22. Hightower . . . Secretary of Agriculture in the Gore Administration? . . . n/t |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
24. "Separation of powers. Rule of law. Checks and balances." Those were the good 'ole days. nt |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
25. I'm beginning to think that Congress may need the help of the military. |
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Didereaux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:54 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. That's the scary part, we may be close to needing just that... n/t |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:55 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Interesting perspective: congress held hostage. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Military members take an oath to defend the Constitution |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 06:09 PM Response to Reply #33 |
65. It should be very simple |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 08:21 PM Response to Reply #65 |
80. Thank you, and welcome to DU, 14thColony. |
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Mme. Defarge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 07:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
76. They could first try |
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Mme. Defarge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
28. Great Article -- Thanks! |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
29. I love Jim Hightower |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 09:24 PM Response to Reply #29 |
83. Hightower is the Man! nt |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
30. These are the tools that made it possible for them to unravel the Constitution... |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 03:51 PM Response to Reply #30 |
47. You might add: |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 04:42 PM Response to Reply #47 |
59. Fascism spreads and takes control by asking for "cooperation" ... "bipartisanship." |
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Golden Raisin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 03:51 PM Response to Reply #30 |
48. Buying a private army of Blackwater stormtroopers. |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 07:06 PM Response to Reply #48 |
75. while leaving our community's National guard troops overseas. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
32. Spectacular post. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
34. kick.....it may be too late |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
36. Where are all the Constitutional experts on this? |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 02:20 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Bill Moyers had on a liberal Constitutional scholar and a conservative Constitutional scholar |
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WileEcoyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 02:42 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. My estimate is that Congress and the media |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 02:45 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. We need more of that |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 04:27 PM Response to Reply #40 |
56. I know. Most of the protectors were/are conservative. Why are they so quiet? |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 05:27 PM Response to Reply #37 |
62. Were they Bruce Fein and John Nichols? |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 06:28 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Yes -- and thanks for the link, DemReadingDU. |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
38. and that fucking scumbag clinton says she might return some of the stolen powers |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 03:11 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Oh really? |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #38 |
53. The DLC helped build the "Unitary Executive".... |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
42. Where is Congress? Censuring Pete Stark, apparently |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
44. Love this: |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
46. A friend of mine was in Tibet after the last election. People were asking her |
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Just-plain-Kathy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 08:54 PM Response to Reply #46 |
82. Ever since I found out that Bush's grandfather, along with other corporatist wanted to.... |
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robertpaulsen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
49. Where are the likes of Barbara Jordan in today's Congress? |
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Golden Raisin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
50. I expect nothing from Pelosi |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
51. Great article |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
52. K&R! |
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BushOut06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
55. I would love to see the military remove Bush & Cheney from office |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 04:59 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. I believe that would simply create an undesirable precedent. eom |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 06:33 PM Response to Reply #61 |
68. Not if they are poised to start another illegal and immoral war -- and |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 08:10 PM Response to Reply #55 |
79. BINGO! We have a winner! Against ALL enemies foreign & domestic.... nt |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
58. 2000 supreme court decision....that was the coup |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 10:10 PM Response to Reply #58 |
85. Yes indeed. |
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wildbilln864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
60. k&r! eom. |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
63. Sent article to my senators and my representative |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
64. Another coup? A coup de coup? nt |
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A wise Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
67. excuse me dumb ass..... |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
69. Adding my unnecessary recommendation. |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
70. The coup began in December 2000 what we are seeing now is the battle |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
72. ya'think? |
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farmbo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
78. Jim Hightower... Karl Rove's first sleazevictim: |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 09:43 PM Response to Reply #81 |
84. Huh?? Im betting shaved. Just sayin'. nm |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 10:13 PM Response to Reply #81 |
86. How are those caps working out for you? |
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dweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
87. don't miss the link within the link |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
88. Every US Rep should read this... |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
89. Nothing will change |
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